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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 821

“Why don’t you come over here?!”

It was at this moment that one of Brandon’s rough and stalwart men tried to take advantage of Gerald’s conversation and grab Giya over to their side.

However, someone caught hold of his wrist as soon as he reached towards her.

The crisp sound of his arm bones cracking followed.

The man’s wrist was forcibly bent to an extremely jarring angle.

Argh!

The person started squealing miserably like a pig that was about to get slaughtered.

After that, Gerald grabbed the man’s hair with all of his strength before his head was sent slamming towards the marble wine table in front of them.

Boom!

With a loud crashing sound, the marble wine table was smashed into pieces with the poor man’s head.

Blood poured profusely from his skull as the man convulsed on the floor.

“What?!”

Suddenly, Brandon awakened from his drunken stupor.

Much to his surprise, this young brat was actually stronger than he anticipated. After all, that goon of his was one of his strongest men.

However, it seemed as though he posed little to no threat to Gerald at all.

This young brat was way too ruthless!

“Ahhh! Gerald!”

He wasn’t the only one that was shocked. Giya screamed when she saw all the blood spurting out of the man’s face. His nose was crooked in a weird angle, no doubt broken by the impact just now. She was scared to death!

When and how did Gerald become so merciless?!

Giya’s heart was beating frantically.

“Your name is Brandon Zouch, right? You are Jeremy Lauder’s subordinate?” Gerald asked coldly.

“You…who are you?”

Brandon’s heart trembled when he heard this.

After all, Jeremy was someone with a powerful background. He used to be the driver for Philip, the boss of Trustdeck Group in Yanken.

Because of this, after Jeremy’s debut, his endeavors had been very successful and prosperous in every aspect.

Jeremy had also been looking out for Brandon all this while and this was a large part of the reason why Brandon could make a living for himself.

It was no surprise why no one dared to call Jeremy by his full name in front of him.

However, it seemed as though this young man knew all the details there were to know about Jeremy!

Speaking of which, no one knew how Philip found out that Bea nearly got extorted last night. Such a situation should not have arisen!

So, he made a phone call and found out that the other party’s backer was none other than a subordinate of the subordinate of his previous driver. In other words, it was Brandon who was behind this!

After that, Philip asked Gerald if he should deal with Brandon and that couple on his behalf so that he could avenge Gerald’s cousin.

However, Gerald simply told him to let it go.

“You do not deserve to know who I am! You should ask Jeremy about it when you have the opportunity to do so!”

After he was done speaking, Gerald walked forward before pushing Brandon aside.

After that, he grabbed hold of Bea’s hand and he glared at Brandon, a final warning before he left the place wordlessly.

Even though Brandon was usually a very ruthless man, being in the contempt of Gerald made him so timid that he dared not even breathe too loudly around him.

For one, he was shocked by how brutal Gerald was when he beat up his men.

Also, Gerald seemed to have completely disregarded Jeremy as they spoke.

This made Brandon feel as though Gerald was not a mere simpleton.

After all, how did these gangsters make their living? Was their income based on their territory? Obviously not! To put it bluntly, gangsters must’ve been relying on their connections to make a living!

The strong ones would dominate the weaker ones, and the cycle repeats itself.

They usually dealt with people who had no backers at all just to show off their might during ordinary times. However, if they really encountered anyone with a strong background or backer, they’d all freeze up out of fear.

“Brandon, he beat our brother up like this. Are you really going to let him leave just like that?”

One of Brandon’s men asked.

Brandon stared at his subordinate before he said, “Hmph! I was frightened for a moment there because that brat mentioned Jeremy’s name. It’s okay. Yura already told me that this brat is nothing more than a pauper from Mayberry City. However, to be on the safe side, it would be better for me to clarify the situation with Jeremy first. If that brat lied to me, then I’ll make sure that he won’t live to see the light of day!”

That’s right. This was all just a setup and Yura’s phone call just now was part of it.

They were prepared to humiliate Gerald, the country bumpkin.

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Paranoid, Brandon thought that it was better safe than sorry as he called up Jeremy.

Upon hearing him answer his call, Brandon explained his little incident with Gerald to Jeremy in a brief manner.

After that, Brandon’s men saw their boss’ face turning paler and paler!

“You are not worthy enough to know who he is! However, if you are concerned about survival, I’d advise you to chop off the hands of anyone who touched Miss Bea just now! Perhaps you will be given an opportunity to live then!”

After Jeremy said his last sentence in a sympathetic tone, he hung up the phone immediately.

“Brandon, what’s going on? What did Jeremy say?”

Brandon’s subordinates couldn’t resist the urge to ask when they saw the horrified expression on his face.

“Damn it! That scumbag Yura really got me into big trouble this time!”

After that, Brandon smashed his cell phone on the ground out of anger.

On the other end of this whole incident, Gerald held Bea’s hand as he led her out swiftly. Bea went back to their original room to inform her cousins that everything was fine.

Frightened by what had just happened, she had completely lost the mood to enjoy herself. That was also the moment that she decided that she was going to leave together with Gerald.

The same went for Giya, who was never interested in partying in the first place.

Furthermore, Gerald was already leaving. There was no reason for her to continue lingering around here anymore.

So, she chose to leave together with Gerald too.

Yura was burning with jealousy at this point but even more than this was the feeling of shock.

“What is going on?”

As they had agreed upon, Gerald should have been humiliated and embarrassed at this point. Wasn’t Yura supposed to bring everyone else with him to watch and ridicule Gerald as he was being humiliated?

What was Brandon up to? What the hell is he doing?

Yura approached Brandon’s room, filled with anger and rage.

“What are you doing?”

Yura asked Brandon coldly.

Yura was stunned when he saw one of Brandon’s men lying down on the ground with his face covered in dark-red, gooey blood.

“What happened?” Yura asked.

Boom!

The answer to Yura’s question was Brandon’s red wine bottle smashing into the side of his head.

“Yura! I will settle this score with you in the future! Let’s go! A few of you will have to go to the entrance of the hall tonight! I won’t let you go without some punishment!”

After Brandon was done speaking, he left with beads of cold sweat all over his face.

All this was simply because of a sentence Jeremy had said over the phone, which made Brandon feel nervous and on edge. He felt as though his spiritual and carnal side as a human being was in a great conflict with one another at this point!

“The both of us are not worthy enough to find out about his true identity. All that you need to know is that even Mr. Hodges has to bend over backward and bow down in front of him to speak to him every time they meet!”

After leaving with Bea, Gerald walked Giya downstairs as Giya was still following him.

There was an awkward silence between the two of them. They simply walked forward wordlessly.

“Gerald, you have changed!” Giya suddenly said.

“Me? Changed? No, I did not!” Gerald replied with a smile.

Gerald felt that although he had already returned to his family, nothing about him changed that much. He was not as extravagant as his elder sister and he was still the same old Gerald from before. He still very much enjoyed living a plain and simple life.

Nothing about him had changed!

“You really have changed! Perhaps you cannot feel it, but I can see it in your eyes! Seriously! You’re like a completely different person now!”

“When Tammy and the others were mocking you back then, you would simply lower your head. However, things are different now! You even hit someone else in retaliation just now. I mean I was scared but, no doubt, you made me feel as though you were a complete stranger and not the Gerald I used to know!”

Giya struggled to articulate her feelings concisely.

If she really had to point out which part of Gerald had changed, then it would be how he created a sense of security whenever he’s around her, something that at one point in the past was lacking.

“I really did not change at all. I bet it’s because of how little time we spent together in the past!”

Giya did not refute his statement. Instead, she carefully raised her gaze and glanced at Gerald meekly before she stopped and asked softly, “Gerald, what exactly happened to Mila?”

Although Giya knew that Gerald would feel upset if she reminded him of that girl, the reason why she tagged along with him was that she wanted to find out what happened to Mila…

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“The Northbay territorial waters is a very large area to cover. It has already been so long. Mila, perhaps she…”

After listening to Gerald’s account of everything that had happened, Giya was both visibly shocked and also worried.

When Giya saw the dark expression on Gerald’s face, she refrained from saying anything unnecessary.

There was no explanation for the emotions Giya was feeling right now.

Although she had been Mila’s rival before this, Giya had to admit that she really was a good girl and she really loved Gerald very much.

Surprisingly, Giya felt upset to hear that something horrible had happened to Mila.

But aside from these sad emotions, Giya also felt a hint of excitement.

She knew that it was not right of her to have any other ideas at a time like this. However, it was impossible for her to resist such an urge.

Gerald did not stay with Giya for a long time.

Gerald appeared to be rather dejected after they started speaking about Mila.

He returned to his room after a brief exchange.

Gerald would be going back to the Yaleman family mansion to visit his grandmother at noon tomorrow.

The next day, in the meeting room of the Yaleman family mansion in Yanken.

Every member of the Yaleman family was gathered here.

The Yaleman Group was a family business and subsequently, the executive members of said group were all members of the Yaleman family.

Such business meetings were the norm.

“The Yaleman family is becoming more and more desolated in recent years. We used to be the top family amongst the big four families. What about now? Why don’t all of you take a good look at the Yaleman family’s annual revenue? Even though we are considered by many as a member of the top three families, do you really think we can be labeled as such?”

An old woman in her eighties spoke with a sonorous and powerful voice.

She glanced coldly at her descendants and grandchildren.

She slammed her walking cane loudly against the floor.

“I am already getting older and older and I do not know when I will leave this world. How can I possibly feel okay with leaving our assets in your hands? Answer me! How?!” The old lady said.

She was Lady Yaleman, the head of the Yaleman family and also the chairwoman of the Yaleman Group.

Lady Yaleman used to be a well-known career woman in Yanken. However, as the years finally caught up to her, she began to retreat from the limelight and was only working in the background for the past couple of years. Aside from making the major decisions for the company, she was no longer involved in running the business.

It was precisely because of this that there was a serious internal struggle and a never-ending conflict between the younger generation of descendants who were also senior executives of the company. The kids have divided themselves into various factions and the Yaleman family rules and discipline had been on a steady decline ever since.

Lady Yaleman’s descendants and grandchildren all bowed their heads upon hearing her words.

“Answer me!”

Lady Yaleman slammed her hand on the table angrily and her face had already turned purple in anger.

this time, “As for our family matters, we are also trying to catch up with the Long and Quarrington families. However, when it comes to comprehensive

even able to make a bid in the real estate business for the three big families. This is the biggest reason why both the Long family and the Quarrington family are rapidly overtaking the Yaleman family!”

know what our weakness is, why didn’t you devote your time and energy to strengthening our family and expanding your network and connections instead? In the past ten years, the Long family and the Quarrington family have been able to gain so many projects precisely because of their ties to the Trustdeck Group. Why can’t we do the same? Did you send anyone to

Yaleman asked as she poked

covered their mouths as they giggled secretly to

good look at yourselves? The older and younger generation are all equally

Lady Yaleman turned around and glared at Yura who had a bandage

I doubt that I’ll even be

At this time.

of the meeting room was

servant walked

the luncheon is

a deep breath before she lowered her tone and said, “If there are no other ways, then try to come up with a solution! It is useless for us

they would always eat

one another before they entered the living

a young man and a young woman

Isn’t that Bea? It’s already noon and she did not even bother with attending the family meeting! To think that she’d been sitting here the entire time! Oh? It looks like she brought a

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ridiculing her and sneering at

at the side of the room, not daring to speak up

ugly

already told Bea many times not to come here with Gerald. However, it was clear that

aunt, he is not my boyfriend. He’s actually my cousin, Gerald!”

“What? Ger…Gerald?!”

“It’s him!”

as those words

eyes were

birth to a pair of children, Jessica and Gerald, after she left, this was the first time that they had seen

is

the

me introduce them

her

politely one

with a smile and a nod, pretty much every one of

you

entered the

granddaughter, Bea, has brought you a gift right before your birthday!

to give the old lady a hand while wearing a nasty sneer on

“Hmm?”

lady immediately turned to look

that Gerald had seen his grandmother

he felt a bit excited

“Grandma!” Gerald called out.

lady’s hands trembled slightly when she heard him calling her grandma. She did not say anything

is Gerald, right? Where is your

lady took a deep breath

She is not back

so many years. Do you

lady asked with a

indifferent, the reality was the same as what Gerald’s mother had told him

wordlessly, she started fearing that being overly-blunt would

guess you’re still a filial child since you’ve at least made the decision to come

Yuna and Rose were surprised to discover that the old lady was far

especially shocked. The humiliation and embarrassment he suffered yesterday was a result of

he tugged at his

now? To think that they even have the guts to appear before you one day before your birthday! How outrageous! I’m gonna be blunt here, they’re just here to get their hands on a share of the Yaleman family’s inheritance! Why else would they

discord, it was clear that the old lady

here to get your hands on a share of the Yaleman family

old lady asked with an unhappy

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of taking any of the Yaleman

with a

that ungrateful daughter of mine left the Yaleman family, all of you no longer have anything to do with the Yaleman family! I have already made it official that I have

The old lady sneered.

say anything at

how tense the situation had become, the fourth uncle cleared

kid to still have some sense of filial piety. This is the first time that he has come back home so I’d advise you to stop scaring him away! Gerald, come

his mother told him, that both his

Gerald simply nodded

the teapot

started pouring a cup of tea for the old

“Grandma!”

old lady was reminded of how sad her past had been. Or perhaps it was the anger within her upon hearing

simply closed her

another cup of tea

the tea Gerald poured for

serve his second and third

that, he poured a cup of

When someone is giving a free lunch without any reason or cause, he must have something evil or obscene in

content of her cup onto the floor after

boys and girls of the Yaleman family were all looking at Gerald when Rose

tea, but to think that she had the

was obviously trying to embarrass Gerald by trampling

how perfect it would be if Giya was here to see

uncle was the only one

clear to a certain someone. Stop having weird fantasies or foolish intentions. You sure know how to find the right timing to visit Lady Yaleman don’t you? Why didn’t you come sooner

knows that something’s good around here. What’s the matter? You’ve grown sick of living in poverty and you’re looking

Rose sneered.

us to such great risks back then! I can remember clearly how furious mom was when she

aunt also chimed

came bubbling up, it

accusing and pointing their finger at Gerald’s mother, one after the

Stop talking about

old lady’s blood pressure spiked immediately. She shouted as she slammed her

Everyone shut up instantly.

me back to my room! I’d like to

“Yes, ma’am!”

later, the old lady left the living

guy! Why did you come back? Was

Rose scolded Gerald again.

simply back here because he wants to visit grandma! Why are all of

she was about to burst

not good enough for you? If it weren’t for your damn good-for-nothing father’s help, his mother would not have been able to escape

said as she

that the way that you should be talking to a

was

the Yaleman family now? Bea, you just started working for the Yaleman Group, right? That’s right! You happen to be in the project department too, right? During the meeting just now, Lady Yaleman already said that the most urgent and

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you really good at talking? Why don’t you show me how capable you are then? If you can’t even contribute to the family, then both you and your mother will only be

destructive, just like a

fourth and fifth brother’s families used to have a

on the other hand, had

when Rose was working for the company, Yulia discovered that

Lady Yaleman, who then proceeded

and Yulia had been at odds with one another since that very

to hate

who were in control of most

company, so

of this that Bea and her

anything unnecessary. Mom already emphasized earlier that

need to stand there anymore. Come, sit down and eat with us!” urged the

are you asking him to sit down

Several aunts responded unhappily.

that Gerald realized that if he continued staying around here, he’d only further exacerbate his fourth uncle’s already deteriorating relationship

that

a gesture for her to not bother with him anymore before he left the

related to the Yaleman family in any way. If I find out that any of you are still keeping in touch with him, I will sack you

the juniors

was trying to convey

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Crawford family and the Yaleman family would turn out to be so

Gerald had no fear as all he wanted to do was to

believed that as long as he willed it to be, things would

was that an outcome directly the opposite of what he intended, would arise.

everything would depend on his grandmother’s

Gerald called up Philip

Philip to prepare some gifts for

It was already noon.

on her face. She had obviously been given

how much Bea had suffered because of him. Although Catherine remained silent, she was already looking at Gerald with a cold and unkind

I will buy you some

over at

the past two years

Bea wore were much

done anything else to show his gratitude to the

There is no need for that, Gerald!” Bea hastily rejected

go. You can keep me company

her brand-new BMW 7 Series and headed straight for the shopping district where

Beep! Beep!

the

they’ve just dropped a whole new line of clothes. C’mon, let’s enjoy shopping

stepped out of

and Giya, who was

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led Giya up to the

are all very expensive. Are you

asked with a

branded, but the clothes on the third floor were

place where many young girls loved

to be familiar with the items up on sale, just for the sake of keeping up with the

shop around on the third floor first. If there is something that really suits me, then I will buy it no matter what the price

replied with

both of them started working

point, they walked into a

look! Look how pretty this dress is!

a liking to a long one-piece

with her to the fitting room

was on a men’s clothing store next

design of the clothes were all very cool and

dressing style, which would

clothes for Gerald, something that would make

out to take a look at the men’s clothes on

from the fitting room and struck multiple poses in front of the mirror. It

the latest design of the year and it just hit the racks the day before yesterday. We have a new product promotion

as

dress on the official website a long time ago. By the way, isn’t there a purple color option for this dress? Can I try that

else is trying on that purple design dress now. It

“Ahhh?” Marilyn gasped.

she were to put on that purple dress, the number of heads turning would exceed two

girl with said purple dress in her hand. She walked straight towards the designated customer waiting

that she was looking for, she hurriedly followed

you very well!

was a boy sitting in there, waiting for

I need to wear something so expensive? Just take a look at the price! This dress costs more than thirteen thousand dollars!

with a wry smile shook

“Gerald? So, it’s you?”

a voice sounded in Gerald’s

look. He did not know when

appearance

in this purple dress so you should hand it over since you can’t afford it anyway! Salesgirl, I am not going to try it on.

was relieved when she saw that her

shocked everyone yesterday, Marilyn merely thought of it as him trying to show off by acting pretentious. She thought that it was just him trying to save himself some face. Maybe

Marilyn refused to believe that

“Okay, no problem!”

both of them, she felt the same way as well. Marilyn was dressed head-to-toe in branded

other hand wore clothes that were from

to be frank, she didn’t even know what sort of clothes he was

Marilyn would be the one that

on. Who said that we cannot afford

“You?” Marilyn replied contemptuously.

the price tag of the dress and it was

actually

Marilyn was shocked.

expensive than

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only had about seven to

matter? Is $13,999

asked Marilyn while chuckling

the one who poked his head and

felt the urge to settle his

So, Gerald responded jokingly.

watch it. How can I possibly not be able to afford

it would be for a pauper