The Secretly Rich Man

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.

up with the Long and Quarrington families. However, when it comes to comprehensive personal connections, the

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!”

the past ten years, the Long family and the Quarrington family have been able to gain so many projects

Yaleman asked as

covered their mouths

Why don’t all of you take a good look at yourselves? The older and

turned around and glared at

take a look at all of you! I doubt that I’ll even be able to make it to my own birthday

At this time.

the meeting room was

servant walked

luncheon

her tone and said, “If there are no other ways, then try to come up with a solution! It is useless for us to only complain about it. Alright

would always eat a

another before they entered the

arrived, they saw a young man and a young woman sitting

she did not even bother with attending the family meeting! To think that she’d been sitting here the entire time! Oh? It

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aunts started ridiculing her and sneering

the side of the room, not daring to speak up for her own

ugly expression on

Gerald. However, it was clear that Bea was defying her order as Gerald was

not my boyfriend. He’s actually

“What? Ger…Gerald?!”

“It’s him!”

descended upon the room as soon as those words came out from

eyes were fixed on

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

blessed and fortunate that woman is to

the women

introduce them to

started introducing her relatives to

greeted them politely one

uncle who responded with a smile and a

are all of you

lady yelled as she entered the living room with the

a gift right before your birthday! That woman’s son has

the old lady a hand while

“Hmm?”

lady immediately turned to

first time that Gerald had seen his grandmother ever since

he felt a bit excited to

“Grandma!” Gerald called out.

slightly when she heard him calling her grandma. She did not say anything but she

is Gerald, right? Where

took a deep breath before

She is not back yet.” Gerald

many years. Do you even remember that

asked with

the same as what Gerald’s mother had told him beforehand. The old lady would not be

she started fearing

you’re still a filial child since you’ve at

Rose were surprised to discover that the old lady

suffered yesterday was

grudge against Gerald, he tugged at his mother’s arm under the

immediately started sneering. “Hahaha! Mom, you think too well of him, don’t you? Haven’t you realized? They haven’t seen you at all in the last twenty years but why are they suddenly here 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 even think of you

attempt to sow discord, it was clear that the old

really here to get your hands on

lady asked

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no intentions of taking any of

with a

longer have anything to do with the Yaleman family! I have already made it official that I have severed all ties with that girl! Before you proceed, understand

The old lady sneered.

did not say anything

how tense the situation had become, the fourth uncle cleared his throat before

good thing for the kid to still have some sense of filial piety. This is the first time that he has

that both

Gerald simply nodded

the teapot from the

a cup of

“Grandma!”

her upon hearing

closed her

cup

the tea Gerald

serve his second and

he poured a cup of tea for

Rose smiled coldly at him and said, “Hmph! When someone is giving a free lunch without any reason or cause, he

the content of her cup

girls of the Yaleman family were all looking

tea, but to think that she had

was obviously trying to embarrass Gerald by trampling all over

think how perfect it would be if Giya was here to see this as

all the people Gerald served, his fourth uncle was the only one who drank the cup

You sure know how to find the right timing to visit Lady Yaleman don’t you? Why didn’t

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

Rose sneered.

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

also

as this topic came bubbling up, it became

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

Enough! Stop talking about

immediately. She shouted as she slammed her hands down on the

Everyone shut up instantly.

my room!

“Yes, ma’am!”

the old lady left the living

fault! You hapless guy! Why did you come back? Was it

Rose scolded Gerald again.

you stop reprimanding my cousin? He is simply back here because he wants to visit

felt so anxious that she was about to burst into

butting in when the adults are speaking? Is not being scolded not good enough for you? If it weren’t

said as

Is that the way that you

mother was also very

lecture my junior if she does not understand the rules around here? Hahaha! Why don’t you take a look at your status in 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 pressing matter at hand is for

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capable you are then? If you can’t even contribute to the family, then both you and your mother will only be able to get a small share

was destructive,

families used to have a pretty close

Rose, on the other hand, had always

was working for the company, Yulia discovered that she had

Rose to Lady Yaleman, who then proceeded to slap the culprit right

had been at odds with one another since

began to hate

who were in control of most of the company’s resources at the

company, so she naturally

this that Bea and her

Mom already emphasized earlier that family unity is the most important thing!” Yuma

right. Gerald, you don’t need to stand there anymore. Come, sit down and eat

asking him to sit down with

Several aunts responded unhappily.

this moment that Gerald realized that if he continued staying around here, he’d only further exacerbate

think that it’s

lightly, a gesture for her to not bother with him

final ultimatum. He is not related to the Yaleman family in any way. If I find out

warned the juniors of

to convey the message to

Everyone nodded in agreement.

the Crawford family and the

had no fear as all he wanted to do was to help ease the relationship between his

willed it to be, things would not be too

that an outcome directly the opposite of what he intended, would arise. In other words, he feared that he would

depend on

fact, Gerald called

to prepare some gifts for

It was already noon.

came home, she had a very sullen expression on her face.

suffered because of him. Although Catherine remained silent, she was already looking

come. I will buy you

looked over at

a good girl but she had not been living well for the past two years because of

the clothes that Bea wore were much more tattered and had much less “bling”

anything else to show his gratitude to

need for that, Gerald!” Bea

keep me company while I

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

Beep! Beep!

the

why the long face! Hey, hey, looks like they’ve just dropped a

stepped out of the

other than Marilyn and Giya,

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Giya up to the

all very expensive. Are you sure you want to shop

asked with a half-hearted

the third floor were considered the crème de la

be the place where many young girls loved

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

just shop around on the third floor first. If there is something that

replied with a beaming

started working their way through the

into

pretty this dress

a liking to a long

the dress with her to the

was on a men’s clothing store next

design of the clothes were all very

style, which would always be very plain and

she thought of choosing some nice clothes for Gerald, something that would make the rest of the

dress, Giya went out to take a look at the

out giddily from the fitting room and struck multiple poses

it just hit the racks the day before

said as she

time ago. By the way, isn’t there a purple color option for this dress? Can I

purple design dress now. It

“Ahhh?” Marilyn gasped.

that purple dress, the number of heads turning

fitting room popped open, and out walked a girl with said purple dress in

that it was the dress that she was

dress suits you very

boy sitting in

take a look at the price! This dress costs more than thirteen thousand dollars! We should just go somewhere else to buy

a wry

“Gerald? So, it’s you?”

sounded in Gerald’s

a look. He did not know when

sudden appearance surprised

dress so you should hand it over since you can’t afford it anyway! Salesgirl, I

she saw that her counterpart was just

it as him trying to show off by acting pretentious. She thought that it was just him trying to save himself some face. Maybe even the outfit he wore yesterday was just a

no matter what it was, Marilyn refused to believe

“Okay, no problem!”

she felt the same way as well. Marilyn was dressed head-to-toe

wore

she didn’t even

she had already concluded that Marilyn would be the one that could

said that we cannot afford

“You?” Marilyn replied contemptuously.

over the price tag of the dress and it was that moment that her jaw

actually costs $

Marilyn was shocked.

expensive than she had

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only had about seven to nine thousand

$13,999 too

Marilyn while chuckling

the one who poked his head and mocked him

settle his grudge

So, Gerald responded jokingly.

possibly not be able to afford

would be for a pauper like Gerald to be actually looking