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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 781

Gerald himself was wondering the same thing. It looked as though some sort of conflict was going on. Everything seemed to be going fine before this. How did things end up this way?

As Gerald stared at the scene in bewilderment, he could see a middle-aged woman kneeling within the crowd.

The members of the families affiliated with the Fendersons seemed to be filled with rage and even Lord Fenderson himself had an ugly expression on his face.

“It’s her! It’s that sinner’s maid from back then! Hurry up and tell us where Xara is now! If you speak the truth, we’ll consider sparing you!”

“Remember! The Crawfords and the Fendersons only got into a huge fight back then because of her! We, the affiliated families, were the ones who had suffered the most losses because of that battle! How pitiful my son was for having to grow up in such turmoil because of her! Lord Fenderson, if you’re hiding Xara anywhere, we demand that you hand her over to us!”

“That’s right! Hand her over so that you can give an account to our families!”

Many of the affiliated family members were now gathered around Lord Fenderson, demanding for Xara.

Noah himself was sneering at the side.

The conflict had started when Bryson reprimanded Noah in public for inviting the Longs without asking for his permission first. In retaliation, Noah then revealed the fact that the Fendersons had already located Xara’s old personal maid.

He was done having to play nice with Bryson.

Noah’s actions had stemmed from the fact that he had regarded himself as the head of several big families for years by now. One could even say he was almost as influential as the Fendersons.

Aside from that, Bryson had also placed him in an awkward situation when Noah went looking for him to ask for some assets while also discussing his son’s marriage with Jasmine.

His grievances that he had piled-up up till this point were by no means a small amount.

Since he couldn’t achieve his goal peacefully, he was going to use the event to his advantage and go all out today.

He was glad that he had previously sent several of his men over to monitor every move the Fendersons made. In addition to having quite a number of informers from within the family, he was able to gain information about everything they did.

It was why he managed to find out about the existence of Xara’s maid being there in the first place.

Noah even had a trump card in hand, and he had personally given it to Bryson a few days prior. Now that all the pieces were in place, he would simply allow the internal conflicts to erupt in all its splendor!

Bryson himself could only glare in rage at the crowd before him.

This conflict was nothing new to him. After all, they had secretly been fighting for many years by now.

While the Fenderson family was still colossal in size, it was now akin to a high-rise building that had lost its main supporting pillar. Though the outside looked majestic, its insides were already crumbling in a state of jeopardy.

It wasn’t as though Bryson hadn’t taken precautions against Noel and Yael either.

However, he had simply assumed that he would still be able to control both the father and son, even in his old age.

To think that both of them would make a move on him during his birthday banquet!

The accumulated grievances between both parties had already made things very stressful for him. Yet here Noah and Yoel were, deliberately trying to heighten the conflicts between them!

It was just like last time… Had he not wanted to calm and appease the affiliated families back then, he would never have been willing to sever his relationship with his very own daughter!

“It’s my grandfather’s eightieth birthday today! Are all of you here to celebrate it or did you come here just to criticize and question him?” said Jasmine rather coldly.

“Jasmine, while we’re naturally happy that it’s Lord Fenderson’s birthday today, our families have already lost too many of our relatives back then. It’s been more than twenty years since Lord Fenderson told us that he would compensate for our losses and also provide a reasonable explanation to all our families. Yet even after all this time, he won’t even let us catch a glimpse of Xara! The woman who was the cause of all that chaos back then!”

“The only ‘compensations’ we received were a few trivial assets and properties. What about the reasonable explanation we were promised? And to think after we’ve waited patiently all this time, Lord Fenderson was actually housing the maid who once used for Xara! If Mr. Schuyler hadn’t brought the matter to light, we would’ve never found out about this!”

“Our families have already been affiliated with the Fendersons for generations! How could Lord Fenderson do this to us? How can you even expect us to be appeased now?” said a middle-aged man indignantly.

“That’s right! Rather than continue debating the matter, I say we should just capture her maid and torture her till she tells us where Xara is!”

“Men! Drag her out immediately!”

As soon as those words were said, a few bodyguards working for the affiliated families rushed forward and grabbed Xenia by her arms.

“Presumptuous! All of you! I’m well aware that all of you are just pretending to look for her! Your main goal has always been to get your hands on the assets she owned back then!” said Jasmine, her tone frigid.

Hearing that, several of the more capable individuals within the crowd went silent.

“You can’t just put it that way, Jasmine. However, since you’ve already said it, it wouldn’t be right if the Schuylers didn’t use this chance to set a proper example! That’s right! While we had been delegated a small portion of the assets Xara owned in the beginning, the consequences that we had to pay for clearly outweighs what we should have received! It’s only right for us to demand for an equal distribution of assets!” replied Noah.

What he said wasn’t wrong either, since Xara and the eldest master of the Fenderson family were the ones who had held and controlled most of the assets and properties belonging to their family back then.

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It was obvious that Xara clearly had more power compared to Jasmine’s father back then.

Even if Xara’s assets were to be equally distributed among the affiliated families now, it wouldn’t be as simple as the families being able to gain equal footing with the Fendersons anymore.

This was probably what Noah and Yael had intended for to happen this entire time.

“You can all continue to dream on…” replied Jasmine angrily.

“Step aside for the moment, Jasmine. You don’t need to get involved in this!” said Bryson, a gloomy expression on his face.

Not daring to go against her grandfather’s words, she immediately stood aside.

Bryson then personally began negotiating with Noah.

While this was happening, Mindy suddenly began shouting, “Jasmine! Over here!”

Frowning, Jasmine then walked over to Mindy before realizing who else was with her. To her surprise, Gerald was present!

“Why are you here?”

“Let’s not bother about him for the moment. More importantly, what on earth is going on here? Are the affiliate families trying to rebel against us?” asked Mindy as she hurriedly held on to Jasmine’s hand.

Jasmine simply nodded before saying, “Grandpa’s already told me to keep an eye on the Schuyler family once the birthday banquet is over. After all, the Schuylers have been conspiring against us for many years now…”

After pausing for a moment to look at Gerald, she then continued, “They’re getting bolder by the year… To think that he would actually cause a scene during grandpa’s birthday banquet! No wonder he dared to make demands when he came looking for grandpa this morning!”

“Huh? What kind of demands? Oh wait, it must’ve been a proposal for you and Yael to get married, right?” asked Mindy.

In response, Jasmine gave a simple nod.

“Pfft! Is he really aspiring for something that he’s clearly not even worthy of? Grandpa must’ve immediately rejected his proposal, right? How did grandpa turn him down anyway for him to get so much courage? He seems really desperate!”

“I… Well… He accepted the rejection once he found out that I was bound to a marriage contract which had been made from when I was still a child!” replied Jasmine in a soft voice as her face began blushing slightly.

“…Huh? What? With whom? Why haven’t I heard of this before?”

“Just! Forget it for now! I don’t want to talk about this anymore!” replied Jasmine as she shook her head.

To take her mind off things, she focused on the scene unfolding between Noah and her grandfather.

“I’ll be honest with you, Lord Fenderson. I’ve already been very lenient and merciful toward you. As long as you’re willing to give us the compensation we rightfully deserve, we’ll definitely continue following the Fendersons with all our hearts in future. After all, it isn’t really necessary for me to expose everything here, am I not right?” said Noah as he sneered.

Bryson immediately knit his brows tightly together when he heard that.

Bryson finally understood why Noah had a sudden change in character back when Noah had told him that he had managed to locate Xara’s daughter. To think that Bryson had initially thought that Noah had finally turned over a new leaf!

It was all just part of his grand scheme!

Bryson was now in this mess because he had fallen for Bryson’s trickery. He had been careless due to his love for his daughter.

However, at the end of the day, the older a person was, the wiser he tended to be. Bryson had no doubt taken extra precautionary and security measures in case he ever had to deal with such a situation.

“Hahaha! I have no idea what you’re hinting at, Noah! While it is true that I’ve found Xenia, I only brought her back to interrogate her about Xara’s whereabouts. Sadly, Xenia doesn’t know anything at all! I simply took her in since I couldn’t bear the thought of leaving her to wander outside alone. Now that I’ve made myself clear, what else do you wish to talk about?” replied Bryson calmly.

“Is that so? Hahaha! I really admire you, Lord Fenderson! However, that doesn’t explain the beautiful girl in the car who was trying to leave the villa this morning! It was such a coincidence too that my subordinates had managed to catch a glimpse of her, subsequently preventing her from leaving! Mr. Lambert and Mr. Wellington, do you wish to know how beautiful that girl truly is? Why, she’s so beautiful that she looks exactly like Xara! If you don’t believe me, I can order my subordinates to bring her over right now!” said Noah as he laughed.

“…You… you took Queta away?” asked Bryson, finally losing his cool as his body began trembling uncontrollably.

“So her name is Queta! She refused to say a word to me when I asked her for it! Regardless, everyone else will now have their chance to question her! Being her in, men!” yelled Noah.

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Upon hearing Noah’s command, a few men stepped forward, dragging a girl along.

Her head was lowered and her mouth was shut tight. However, her appearance alone was enough to shock everyone present.

“She… She looks exactly like her!”

“That’s right! I almost thought that she was a much younger version of Xara!”

“We’ve all been deceived! Lord Fenderson must have already known about Xara’s whereabouts a long time ago! Yet he left all us affiliated families in the dark on purpose!”

While the audience began discussing aloud, Queta herself bore an extremely ugly expression on her face. After all, she had been physically hurt and her body was currently feeling very weak.

“It… It really is my aunt’s daughter! So it turns out that grandpa’s already found aunt’s daughter!” said Jasmine.

“Queta!” shouted Bryson, a stern expression on his face.

He had initially arranged for someone to secretly send Queta away that morning. Little did he know that there would be a snitch working for the Schuyler family! The current scene was a result of that.

“So, lord Fenderson. We now have all the necessary witnesses and evidence! What else do you have to say for yourself? We demand that Xara be handed over to us as soon as possible!”

All the guests were now gathering around Bryson, glaring at him angrily.

Bryson was at a complete loss of words, a tense expression on his face.

While he truly wanted to save Queta, after facing all the provocations from the Schuyler family, he had no real choice but to give an explanation to all the other affiliated families

As he was wondering how to deal with the dilemma, a voice suddenly called out from behind everyone.

“Hey now, why are all of you bothering the Fendersons? I’m here, you know!”

Turning around to see who had shouted, everyone saw a woman walking toward them from the outside.

“…Huh? Who on earth is that? How did she even get in?”

“Oh god, just look at her face! How absolutely ugly!”

“I can’t continue looking at her anymore… I can already feel goosebumps on my skin!”

As the commotion grew louder and louder, Xavia finally lay eyes on the woman in question.

Her eyes had earlier been fixed on Queta. After all, the girl looked extremely familiar to her. Xavia simply couldn’t put her finger on where she had met her before.

disgust when she saw the woman walking up

trembling uncontrollably at this point. He knew who this person was just by listening to her voice. It was a voice he had been waiting to hear for almost two

could only stare in disbelief when she finally stood before him. Was this really her? His daughter who used to be the most alluring woman in the

really you, Xara?” asked Bryson,

they quickly shook off their shock for the moment as they hurried over to support

father. I’m finally back!” said Xara as

asked Second and Third simultaneously as they exchanged looks with

and the others were all breathing

To think that the once extremely gorgeous and beautiful Xara who

if we bumped into her on the street, we wouldn’t have been

ran toward Xara before saying, “Why did you

I’ve caused you so much harm and grief for

that, Queta finally

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Fenderson had treated her so dearly before this! Was

was now brewing in Queta’s heart. She didn’t even know whether she

No wonder we couldn’t find any clues about my aunt, even after investigating for so

Since you’ve finally decided to show yourself, shouldn’t you give us a proper explanation for everything that happened back then, Xara? After all, we’ve been searching for you for a good twenty years now and we’ve already wasted enough

you to continue blackmailing the Fenderson family. I’ll say it loud and clear now. The assets and properties I’ve been holding on to will never go to you or any of the other affiliated families! And since you’ve been trying so

was so enraged that he looked like he was ready

be in his favor, her sudden reappearance after twenty years

able to get their hands on any of the assets. What even was the point of him

her under house arrest once he found her! However, he simply couldn’t locate her

about it, she behaved just like a ticking time bomb. To think that the bomb would explode during such a critical

others were at a complete loss

with us, right this instant!” yelled one of the many heads of the other affiliated

a very anxious expression on his face came running toward him. In between pants, the butler then said, “L-Lord Fenderson, someone’s sent you a birthday gift outside! The gift

sent it?” said Bryson as he looked

had invited should have already arrived by

none of them could afford to give him such an invaluable gift, or at least that was what he assumed from the way

he had reason to be curious since his butler wouldn’t have been this

said that he was a friend of yours from the Crawford family

The Crawfords from

so much that his walking cane soon fell to the

present was

Crawfords from Northbay well. After all, not only were the Crawfords living there extremely influential and powerful, they were also the ones

put simply, they were

there was naturally aware of the grievances

over

Crawfords had been the ones who had caused her parents’ death. Was she finally going to be able to see who

hand, had gone deathly pale. He was now sure that he had definitely tried to stir trouble at the wrong time. Now that even the Crawfords were here, nothing he had

it for the sake of it. Who among them would actually have the

lose so many of their relatives and family members back then, Noah and the other affiliate heads would never dare to even say a

feeling dumbfounded as he continued watching the scene unfold

from his family was

that he had informed his subordinates about the location of the Fenderson family’s mansion, he hadn’t really expected for any of them to make their appearance here, especially

it wasn’t them,

in question is the young master of the Crawfords from Northbay,

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The young master,

exchanging glances with each other

the Crawford family had

for anyone to get any information about him! Not even the Fendersons know much about him, even after investigating so much into the matter back

already returned to his family! Why, he’s even come all the way here just to look for the Fendersons! How powerful and impressive! It wouldn’t be farfetched to say

was breathing rather frantically. She was currently

affiliate families dared to continue causing a scene, and the same went

background of Northbay’s Mr. Crawford

banquet as the second young mistress of the Long family and after seeing

mere mention of the name, ‘Mr. Crawford’,

from Northbay is very powerful and secretive. I’ve heard that even their weakest affiliate family is almost as strong as the Fendersons! We minor affiliate families

family even

already gained a lot of knowledge and seen much of the world

years now. However, they simply had no way of defeating the Crawfords at all! That’s the reason why the Fendersons have been living in secrecy!

Now that the Crawfords are at the Fenderson’s doorstep, it’s natural for Lord Fenderson

even own?” asked Xavia, now even more

rumors that the Crawford family already owns half of the world’s wealth and

so much that her eyes looked like they

resources?

power and influence, what kind of person was Mr. Crawford from Northbay even going to

in their confusion, a few girls began tugging Alice to the scene while saying, “Alice! Come listen to this! It seems that a powerful young master is about

powerful are we talking about here?” asked Alice

that he owns half of the world’s wealth and resources! What an incredible family the Crawfords from Northbay is!”

talking about rich and handsome guys. What more, being

Alice herself immediately

master… You said the young master’s name was Mr.

heart. After all, she had

resources and capabilities as well. Not

Crawfords from Northbay… Could it really

feel her breathing grow heavier

spot, right there and then! After all, since she was the one who had rejected him, if Gerald had

going to just accept that if Gerald truly was such an

to immediately fall silent. Everyone was now waiting anxiously,

men dressed in black began approaching

an old man who

him, was a young, formally-dressed man who looked to be around the age of twenty-two. His eyes were rather beady and he was

“Is that Mr. Crawford?”

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must

the crowd of people gulped, not even daring to speak loudly, the new group of people continued walking forward till they were

you, Fynn?” asked Bryson as

long time since we’ve last met! I trust you’ve been well since then!” replied Fynn

is now an old man… If it wasn’t because of your unchanging, sharp as ever eyes, I wouldn’t have been able to recognize you at all! It really has been too long!” said Bryson, his tone tinged with regrets

day, Bryson and Daryl were so close that they even considered each other to be brothers. The old man that now stood before him went by the name of Fynn, and he

“A long time indeed…”

on Fynn’s face as he said that. While at their roots, grievances still existed between the Crawfords and the Fendersons, regardless of whether they were still

for the ‘Mr. Crawford’ standing beside Fynn, he looked rather carefree as he scanned through the area. However, his demeanor changed the moment his gaze fell upon somebody standing

“…Huh? It’s you?”

the one

woman who had spoken in unison with

was clearly surprised to see Xavia there, Xavia was even more

The young man with beady eyes was Gerald’s godbrother, Yoel! The son of the richest

wasn’t Gerald, Xavia still

master? Why were you given the title of Mr. Crawford

that, Jasmine was surprised. After all, when she had first heard that he was Mr. Crawford, she had been wondering if this was the one whom she was contractually

turned out, he wasn’t, or at least from what Xavia

replied, “Now who said that I was Mr. Crawford? I’m just here to join in the fun and

so if he’s not Mr. Crawford… Then where’s the

surprised by

seems that we’ve made a real fool of ourselves this time! Let me explain. There are two reasons why we’re here today. Our first is to represent Mr. Crawford and the Crawford family to present your birthday gift to you. After all, after all these years, even our family has

the Crawford family is around, I believe that nobody will even dare

soon as Noah and the others heard that, they felt themselves gulping before each taking

is the sister-in-law of the Crawford family’s

took in a deep breath upon hearing that. So things had already advanced to

the way here, they must have already been fully prepared for

even know what to say. After all, the

It was because of that, that Bryson believed that Dylan wouldn’t try to go overboard any

current best choice of action would be for both parties

it is!” replied Bryson

par with the Crawfords, Fynn. While you said that the young master of the Crawford family wanted to wish me a happy birthday and celebrate my eightieth birthday together, it seems that he isn’t present. While he did send someone here in his stead, I don’t think that it justifies

who said that our young master wasn’t here? In fact, he’s already arrived at the Fenderson family mansion a day in advance to make all your birthday

What do you mean Mr. Crawford’s

Crawford’s already here?

Everyone was equally astonished.

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scanning through the crowd

to what Mr. Zartyr had said, Mr. Crawford had

everyone was exchanging glances with one

wasn’t I aware of any of this at all?” said Mindy

was no surprise why she wanted to see Mr. Crawford for herself. After all, he was the reason why she and Jasmine couldn’t even leave their house when they

were looking around excitedly. While they were quite sure that actually being able to get acquainted with someone with such a high status as Mr. Crawford was completely out of the question, a chance

that would make the

shake his head with a wry smile on his face. Since things had turned out this way, it was impossible for him to continue maintaining

initial plan, Gerald had simply told Barry to create

father had sent some of the people from the Crawford family from Northbay over. To be honest, Gerald himself didn’t really fully comprehend everything that was

had already turned out this way, in a way, his task was already complete. Understanding that,

are you doing,

the female celebrities

calling for Mr. Crawford. Why are

didn’t know any better, they must be thinking that he’s the actual

look at

standing

think that Gerald really was here! Moreover,

bed and helped her change into her pajamas… Was it

swirling in Alice’s heart at that moment.

at Gerald wide-eyed

this event, just to finally be able to shine and show off a little. She really hadn’t expected

seeing him here. After all, based on what Fynn had earlier said, did that mean that he truly was the Mr.

definitely be unable to even come close to comparing

was also feeling very uncomfortable by Gerald’s sudden spike in

she watched Gerald walk toward her grandfather. She was so surprised by the sudden revelation

Mr. Crawford she

that Gerald was simply one of the descendants of the Crawford family. Never

said Fynn with a smile as he looked at the young master while reminiscing the time when he had first carried a much younger Gerald in his

been working as Dylan’s personal driver, he had also been the one in charge of Gerald’s poverty education

even though Fynn very rarely directly contacted Gerald, he knew Gerald’s attitude and behavior well. Gerald was both a steady and mature young man

“Mr. Crawford!”

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simultaneous shout had come from the people standing behind

“I really hadn’t expected

was afraid that you wouldn’t be able to handle the matter alone, he sent me