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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 801

“My word! Since when has the Crawford family assembly become this lax? Can literally anybody participate and sit wherever they like? Just look at how pathetic this awkward-looking person is!”

Gerald had just finished sending a message to his sister when he heard a woman’s voice mocking him. When he turned to look at the woman beside him who had heavy makeup on, she simply rolled her eyes at him.

“Humph! And here I thought that I’d only be able to meet distinguished people after getting married into the famous Crawford family! Never would I have imagined to have to sit at a table here with such a person!” complained the woman loudly, just so Gerald could hear her.

The woman looked down on Gerald so much that she seemed to be embarrassed just having to sit next to him.

“That’s quite enough! Watch your mouth. While everyone in the family is wealthy, some people are still less knowledgeable and insightful than others! Besides, some of us here may have attitudes of an upstart, so just ignore them!” explained her husband.

It was clear that the rude woman’s husband was also feeling slightly embarrassed having to share a table with Gerald. Due to the couple’s words, a few others who were sitting at the table began insinuating Gerald as well.

Bethany herself—who was also sitting beside Gerald—frowned before saying, “You’re just a lowly actress! What right do you have to criticize those from the Crawford family? Do you lack self-awareness or something?”

“Come again? Who could you possibly be referring to when you said, ‘lowly’?” replied the woman coldly when she heard what Bethany had said.

“Oh, stop with the acting. We all know who she was referring to,” said Niki as she too smiled coldly whole looking at the woman.

To Gerald, it seemed like both parties held grudges against each other.

“That’s enough, there’s no need to argue with them!” dissuaded her husband.

“Humph! Just look at you! You hardly have any status among the other Crawford family members! These two are just mere girls! Remember the last time we went abroad? While both of them were received in the most distinguished manner possible, we were only seen as important guests! We were just one level below them! As if that wasn’t enough, here they are condemning me now! Yet you don’t even dare to speak up against them!” replied his wife in dissatisfaction.

Hearing that, her husband simply sighed.

“It’s not like I can help it. It’s simply true that their family is ranked higher than mine! Besides, the Crawford family has lots of rules and regulations! The family branches are separated according to our levels, which also represent our seniority! To put simply, imagine a situation where a young master meets his grandfather. Naturally, the young master has to bow when he greets him!” explained the man in resignation.

“Speaking of young masters, do you know the young master of the Crawford family? You need to contact him more since he’s the Crawford family’s heir!” asked the woman.

At that, the man could only sigh again before replying, “The young master’s only returning to the family today… In fact, this family assembly was most probably held specifically for him. How could I possibly know who he is?”

“Humph! Useless! How truly useless!” said the arrogant woman embarrassedly.

Since she had seen Gerald follow Bethany in, the woman was sure that Bethany had allowed such a person to sit at her table just to humiliate her. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became!

“Humph! Change seats with me! I don’t want to continue sitting beside a person who wears clothes that don’t even cost a thousand dollars! Such a humiliating person can only be from one of the family’s outer branches! How disgusting!” said the woman as she glared at Gerald.

Upon standing up and taking a step forward, however, the woman suddenly began screaming!

The truth was, while she was making all sorts of gestures while arguing with Bethany earlier, the hem of her long dress got closer and closer to Gerald’s foot. As a result, Gerald ended up stepping on a small part of her dress without even noticing it.

While it definitely wasn’t something to shout about, the woman seemed extremely furious.

“You b*stard! You did that on purpose!” roared the woman as she looked at Gerald.

“It wasn’t on purpose!” replied Gerald in bitter resignation.

“F*ck you! It was Bethany who told you to sit here, right? After mocking you like that, why else would you continue staying here? Just get lost already!” shouted the woman angrily as she pushed him.

As a result, the cup of tea in front of Gerald splashed all over him!

“How audacious can you be, Xandra?! How dare you be this rude to someone from the Crawford family!”

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The one who had immediately stood up and shouted at the madwoman was Bethany.

“So what if I’m rude? What are you going to do about it?” retorted Xandra, not wanting to be outdone.

The two seemed to have forgotten where they were as they continued arguing with each other. This was made apparent since everyone else had already gone silent for some time.

“Brother!” shouted a crisp and clear voice which silenced the two arguing women.

After all, they knew who the voice belonged to. Both of them then turned to look at Jessica who was hurriedly walking toward them.

“Sister!” replied Gerald as he tried wiping the tea stains off his body.

“…Sister?”

Everyone there was immediately stunned. He called Jessica his sister? Was he really…

“Who did this? Who dared to humiliate the young master of the Crawford family? That person must have a death wish!” scolded Jessica in a frigid tone which sent chills down the spines of the other Crawford family members.

Xandra and Bethany themselves had their jaws wide open. Both of them simply couldn’t believe their ears.

‘…What? He’s… the young master of the Crawford family?’

“I… Young lady! I-I’m so sorry! I didn’t know!” said Xandra as she began vigorously shaking her head.

“So it was you! Get out of my sight!” growled Jessica coldly.

“I-I’ll leave right away!”

Knowing how much trouble she had gotten herself into, Xandra knew better than to linger around any longer.

As she turned around to leave, Jessica added, “Hold it. You’re to roll all the way to the doorstep from where you stand. Don’t make me repeat myself!”

Xandra completely understood Jessica’s order and metaphor. She was to leave the Crawford family for good, and she would never be allowed in again.

Though she was in deep regret, she was so panicked that she immediately obeyed, rolling on the floor in front of everyone before finally leaving.

“Now come on, Gerald. Let’s head up there!” said Jessica with a smile once she saw that Xandra was no longer there.

Bethany and many others still had their mouths covered. None of them even dared to say a word.

Since Gerald seemed to be quite an honest man at first glance, Bethany hadn’t thought twice about bullying him. To think that she had ordered such a terrifyingly powerful person to pick up tennis balls for her!

“He’s… He’s Gerald Crawford! The young master of the Crawford family!”

As Gerald headed toward the elevated platform, several people were already discussing it while simultaneously clapping loudly as he walked on.

Mr. Crawford had finally returned to the family.

Upon seeing him, both Dylan and his wife stood up with smiles on their faces. Nothing made them happier than meeting their son.

“Dad! Mom!” shouted Gerald whose eyes were already watery as he ran toward them. After all, he hadn’t met them for almost an entire year.

“You’re finally back, son! Our family is finally reunited again!” said Dylan as he patted Gerald’s shoulders firmly.

“Speaking of which, Gerald, while we were educating and raising you in poverty back then, we failed to introduce you to an equally as important person!” said YuliaYaleman—Gerald’s mother—as she turned to look at the woman beside her whose face was already red.

The blushing woman in question then stood up before softly saying, “We’ve already met each other earlier, mom…”

The woman in question was Lyra!

“Mom?” replied Gerald, stunned when he heard what Lyra called his mother.

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“This is Lyra, Gerald! Though we’ve never mentioned her to you before, she’s the one who’s been helping you handle your financial issues all these years. We’ve raised her since she was young!” said Yulia who didn’t seem to have heard what Lyra had said earlier.

Though her mother wasn’t saying it directly, the underlying message she was implying was clear as day to Gerald. After all, not only had Gerald already heard others referring to Lyra as the young lady, it was also obvious based on the current expressions on his parents’ faces.

“Mom, we’ve already met earlier!” said Lyra a little louder this time as she looked at Gerald with a faint smile.

“Oh, you have? Well all the better then! Haha! Alright, no more beating around the bush! Lyra is your fiancée, Gerald!” said Dylan who was looking very happy.

In response, however, Yulia coughed before tugging gently on Dylan’s sleeve. After all, they were aware that their son had a girlfriend. Not only that, she was now missing! It simply felt too early to be talking about engagements.

Gerald himself was astonished beyond words. He hadn’t expected the gentle and elegant Lyra to be his fiancée. No wonder the others were addressing her as the young lady!

This turn of events was somewhat similar to a television series he had watched in the past. Just like the girl in the show, Lyra had been adopted by the family just to end up becoming his parents’ future daughter-in-law.

The entire situation was simply bizarre to him. It seemed that his family had put in a lot of effort just to raise and educate Lyra too.

“Do take a seat, Gerald!” said Lyra at that moment, still blushing as she took out more tissues to help Gerald wipe the tea stains off his body.

myself…” said Gerald as he took the tissues from her hand. He was honestly still weirded out by

have any feelings for her. What more, she was at least four years older than him! While it was true that her beauty was near unparalleled, Gerald simply couldn’t accept something like this that easily, and the feeling persisted

staying here for a long time now, and also about the fact that it was his

had happened to Mila in Hong Kong. She had even told him that it was going to be difficult for them to be

he had tried contacting his parents back then to no avail. Now, however, he understood everything.

to see Lyra following behind him. His shock didn’t stop there,

be sleeping in another room tonight, Lyra… Since you’re probably already used to sleeping in this room, you can continue sleeping here! I’m sure you’re tired after today’s family assembly, so make sure

if he continued facing Lyra, things were only going to become

to just accept our marriage out of the blue. I’m well aware of what you’re currently

hadn’t expected her to say something like that at all. However,

the room for a little while

was no way in hell that he was going to be in the mood to face another woman. He simply couldn’t rest easy until Mila

true that the Crawfords had raised her, she should have the right to choose who she truly wants to marry! Why should she have to marry a man much younger than her? They didn’t even have

found a random guest room to

up early the next morning, he saw three differently colored suits hanging on the head of the bed, and a pair of leather shoes

Gerald knew he didn’t need to keep a low

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be able to dress in attire suited for rich heirs, he was exhausted and in a bad mood yesterday. Because

had already done that without

saw that all the usual

this was his home and family after all. The servants needed to be at

room as he slept—to prepare such things for him—still

the maids entered while he was sleeping naked? The thought of it alone sent chills running down

heard three distinct knocks on

it?” asked

I go by Helena. May I know what you wish to

that, Gerald headed to the door and opened it. Just as Helena had said, she was a maid standing attentively

my bed already look fine to me. Weren’t you the

for you! She’s the only one who’s allowed to enter any room you’re in. What more, when

So it

he allowed Helena to resume her

some time to explain everything clearly to Lyra. After all, both of them were simply not

free to pursue her own happiness. She didn’t need to get

changed into one of the suits. However, he found it quite awkward that he still didn’t know how to wear a tie properly. Even

smiled at him. Apparently, he had been so engrossed with getting his tie right that he hadn’t even noticed that she had been standing

was, Gerald simply gave it and allowed her to

walked over to him. With her help, it didn’t take long before his collars were

Since it’ll be our first reunion meal together, let’s head there

a large villa within

that. While we’re at it, do take me to my father. I’ve been told he has something to inform me!” replied

ushered Lyra to come to the side to have a

himself entered the study room with his father. Once they were inside, Dylan looked at his son before getting straight

be sad, Gerald. This entire incident… It isn’t as

you

disappearance, Gerald. It’s the very same symbol that your uncle received that year before he disappeared as well. While both incidents are similar, more clues—aside from the fact that the victims disappear after receiving the pendant with the symbol—have been hard

after investigating it for so many years, I think I’ve finally found a few relevant clues! Gerald, both Mila and your uncle may

Is that really true, dad?” replied Gerald

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already a grown man so you should be aware of the secrets that

this symbol behaves somewhat like a curse… People call it the symbol of the Sun League. Whenever anyone personally receives the symbol, they go missing within three days! To think that Mila’s currently facing what

had said, the curse resurfaces every twenty years, and whenever it does, people go missing. He also said that nobody who’s received the curse has managed to escape it!” replied

correct there. While it’s true that the majority who receive the symbol go missing, I’ve been able to locate someone who’s managed to return

that, Gerald’s eyes lit

him, the person stated that he had been saved by someone. Aside from that, I also gained some vital clues to help crack the code. Based on everything I currently know about the curse, it’s highly likely that

who? Who on earth could be that powerful?” asked Gerald, a

clues to go with in the first place, it saddens me to say that we probably won’t be able to investigate any

looking for the person who made it back alive again to see if we get

he was alive for fifteen years after safely returning, he died some six years ago. If we truly want capable helpers now, then we’ll need to look for the family who saved him back then,” replied Dylan as

doubled! Son, let me ask you. Which of the families do you think is the most powerful now?”

Fynn

in terms of economic power, when it comes to brute strength, a few families are stronger than

“The Moldells from Yanken?”

heard about the Longs and Quarringtons from

another powerful family living there, he quickly realized how little he actually knew. This conversation was definitely helping him expand his

strength, quite literally. Those from the Moldell family are naturally physically stronger than the average human. It’s no wonder that most of them are active in the

if they were to target us! Throughout the years, our family has recruited several experts and masters to protect ourselves from that family, just in case they ever decide to assassinate any of us. However, the gap

father hadn’t told all that to

like the Drake & Tyson duo and

then how about Drake and Tyson? Are they comparable to those in

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that twelve-year-olds from

that, Gerald felt himself

However, he quickly shook the thought away. After all,

knew that he had to find a way to get the Moldell family’s help. After all, their family would be an incredibly

in seclusion most of the time. Even I wouldn’t contact them if it wasn’t our last resort. However, your uncle held on to a very important secret relating to the Crawford family’s bloodline. If the secret had gotten out from the time he went missing, our family would’ve already been ruined by the time your generation came to be! Now that I know that there’s a chance that he’s still alive, I’m left with no other option but to seek the Moldell family’s help for fear that the

only looking for his uncle because he was family. The other reason was to protect

secret of our bloodline?” asked

your grandpa sometime around then, but let’s not talk about that for the time being. The priority now is to

you want me to go there,

a long time ago. I told you, the Moldells live

“Who is it?”

grandmother from

“Grandma?” replied Gerald, stunned.

Gerald knew that his parents were sensitive when discussing topics

had asked his parents about his grandparents at the age of seven. Gerald simply wanted to know why he didn’t have any while others did. As a result, his mother—who had always been gentle with

for him and also his sister. After that, both

the Yaleman family from Yanken. In the past, your grandma would occasionally contact the Moldells. If she’s willing to lend a hand this

inconvenient for me and your mother to meet her, you’re different. I believe that our grudges won’t be reflected upon

that, he called Yulia in. Upon realizing that Gerald and her husband were talking about her mother, Yulia’s expression instantly

mother more about his grandparents. After all, Fynn had told Gerald that even his grandfather was still alive.

exactly took

had asked many years ago, his mother didn’t slap him. Instead,

those god d*mned rules

poverty training. Similar to Gerald some time ago, his father was already rich by then, though he couldn’t just casually expose his identity. It was around then when

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the time, Yulia had felt that Dylan was quite mysterious. After all, while the shabbily dressed boy—who looked quite weak back then—never fought back whenever he was bullied or scolded, he was always

of pity, eventually, both of them fell in love with each other, not unlike how Gerald and Mila’s

of four large families in Yanken

had passed on, Gerald’s grandmother, Lady Yaleman, was able to make the Yaleman family even stronger than before. It was because she was the kind of person who was particularly strict when it came to managing

was what Yulia hated about her mother the

who strongly valued the opinions of men, yet considered females, in general, to be of

the Yaleman family, females would never be given important positions, no matter how hard they worked. Only the males in that family would

traditional-minded, and it wasn’t uncommon for a person with such

partner—without Yulia’s consent—that Yulia would marry their son in exchange for starting a business partnership. The decision was made simply because their business partner’s son was the

keeping a low profile back then, nobody knew that the wealthiest person was actually from the

Yulia ran away from the wedding and eloped with Gerald’s

why both the Yalemans and the Crawfords ended up resenting each other

who had treated her well from her childhood days.

severely punished by Lady Yaleman,

started bearing grudges against their business partner as

happened, Dylan’s poverty training finally ended. Immediately after that, he had wanted to meet up with the Yalemans to seek justice for

days, the Fifth brother had been brutally assaulted. By the time Gerald’s parents found out,

who caused so much pain to him was the Yaleman’s business partner. To them, he was the one who had humiliated

found out, Lady Yaleman immediately blamed Yulia for all that had happened. She

being way too cruel. After all, she was the one who had kicked Fifth

mother held against each other for all these years. It was the reason why Gerald’s parents never

partner. It

large families in Yanken now

his parents had gone through so much

took care of your uncle. However, it was around ten years ago when your grandma took your uncle back to

the only one who can talk to her now after all that has happened. Only your grandma will be able to persuade the Moldells, and if you succeed, your action will be seen as a great

“I understand!”

go smoother for you. While your grandma is quite the stubborn woman, I believe that she won’t treat you too cruelly. I need to warn

her. No matter how much they hated each other, in the end, they