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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 861

“Didn’t you say that your aunt was here? The construction zone is completely devoid of life!” said Bea within a parked car.

The site itself was connected to their family. After all, it was initially her uncle’s project. However, due to a very serious issue with her uncle’s loan, any further development of the construction zone was completely terminated.

While that was so, since the handover ceremony was held just the other day, a few people should still be present. The fact that nobody was there was honestly what surprised Bea the most.

“Humph! Your aunt’s waiting for you inside there!” shouted Yura in a cold tone, a stark contrast to his desperate voice just minutes ago.

“…What do you mean by that, Yura?” said Bea, realizing now that something was terribly off with him.

“Oh, nothing really! Since we’re already here anyway, why not just follow me in after a little chat!” replied Yura with a wicked grin before locking the car doors.

Frowning, Bea then casually said, “I’m not sure what you’re up to, but if it truly is nothing, then I’m calling Sheldon now to tell him that everything’s fine.”

The moment her cell phone was in sight, however, Yura snatched it away from her! As soon as he did that, several people rushed out from the building, surrounding the car in seconds!

“Call? Now why would you do that? After all, as I’ve said, you’re getting out of the car together with me later, cousin!” growled Yura intimidatingly.

“So you did deceive me! Did you conspire with my uncle and the others to lead me to your trap? Do you have any idea what you’re doing now?” said Bea.

“Any idea? Haha! Under these circumstances?! Cousin, I really couldn’t be bothered about things like that at this point! The only thing I know is that the family’s properties must never fall into a b*tch’s hands such as yourself! Never, I say!” roared Yura.

“Do you have any idea how long I’ve been planning to become the family heir? Or how much I’ve had to fawn on grandma to please her? After countless hours of dedication—even from when I was young—I was so close to getting my hands on the family’s properties together with my dad! And the day finally came! Yet what the fck happened at the most crucial moments? You did! You, Bea! You ruined all my efforts and fantasies, you btch!” hollered Yura almost maniacally.

Yura was honestly well aware of how crazy his current actions were. However, he knew that both he and his parents had run out of options. He needed to take such drastic measures for the sake of his future prospects.

He also knew that simply trying to force his way back into becoming the Yaleman family’s head wasn’t going to happen since his family had already personally offended the powerful and influential Crawfords. It wasn’t hard for him to imagine how his family would continue living in the future. Knowing that fuelled him to continue his current plans till the very end.

“Bea, I won’t allow you to even start planning your revenge on me! You’ll never get it!” screeched Yura.

By now, Bea was already in tears. However, she wasn’t crying out of fright. Rather, it was because she now knew that internal familial fights like these were still happening.

While it had been her top priority to solve such issues from the moment Lady Yaleman had left her in charge, to think that the first instance of her finding out that such conflicts still existed would be so extreme.

“When did I ever say that I wanted to take revenge on you?” said Bea between tears.

“There’s no need to play dumb, Bea! You now own everything whereas my family owns nothing! Isn’t the first phase of your revenge already in action?! After I’m done dealing with you, my family and I will return in charge of the Yaleman family! My family will only rest easy once you’re completely out of the picture!” replied Yura before unlocking the car’s doors and dragging her out.

“Time to switch locations! Be sure to guard her properly!” ordered Yura.

“Don’t be too happy too soon, Yura! You won’t be able to just inherit the family after capturing me! After all, grandma and Gerald aren’t even back yet! Once they return, you’ll regret it! Besides, Sheldon is probably rushing over now, so you better think about what you’re doing while you can!” said Bea.

“Hah! I’ve already considered him while planning all of this! He won’t come, trust me! Tell me Bea, did you know that he has a granddaughter whom he absolutely adores? She’s studying in a kindergarten in one of the Yaleman family’s buildings you know? If there aren’t any issues, my mom should be talking to him about this now! Haha! That old fart will be sure to remain silent for good! So just give up already, Bea!” shouted Yura with a monstrous expression befitting his evil nature.

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It was at that moment when a phone belonging to one of Yura’s subordinates began to ring.

“It’s Mr. Long, Mr. Yaleman,” said the subordinate.

“So you’ve actually sided with the Long family now! You’ve truly gone insane, Yura! And not just you, aunt and uncle must have lost their minds as well!” said Bea in disbelief.

“Just take her away already!” ordered Yura as he waved a hand impatiently before answering the call.

“Everything’s going smoothly, Mr. Long. You better not forget the promise you’ve made me.”

“But of course I haven’t! I’d never forget such a promise, Mr. Yaleman!”

It was nearing night at the Yaleman family house and nobody seemed to have noticed anything particularly abnormal.

However, many family members did notice that Bea had been missing for the entire day, particularly Second aunt and her family who had been waiting to treat Bea and Catherine to a meal. Due to her absence for most of the day, they simply assumed that Bea was extremely busy.

When they enquired both Catherine and Sheldon about her whereabouts, neither knew where she was.

Eventually, Second aunt walked out of Bea’s office in resignation as she shook her head and sighed.

“If only I knew she was going to end up becoming the family head, I would’ve treated her much better! With how tense our current relationship is, I wonder if treating her to a meal will even change anything…”

The day soon passed and on the morning of the second day, Second aunt and her family waited in front of Bea’s office once more. However, even as noon approached, there wasn’t any sign of Bea anywhere.

“Mom, let’s just leave… There’s probably no point in us waiting here like this… After all, Bea’s different now! She’s the most powerful big shot there is in the North! Why would she still be willing to even attend to us?” said Ysabel, dissatisfaction in her tone.

After all, Bea had risen the ranks so quickly that it made Ysabel extremely upset. She couldn’t even categorize the feeling as simply feeling envious anymore.

As a woman, Ysabel knew that Bea would’ve already done the family proud if she had gotten married into a rich family. If she had just stuck to that, Ysabel wouldn’t be feeling such complex emotions right now!

But of course, she had to go out of her way to become a powerful big shot! She was now truly a strong and independent boss.

After thinking about it for a moment, Ysabel realized that she couldn’t be envious anymore since there was literally zero chance she would be able to ever top Bea ever again. In fact, if she pleased Bea, there was a chance that she would still be able to become the second most important female boss in the area. Now that would be a good feeling…

“Be patient, Ysabel… After all, as you said, Bea is now different from before…” said Second aunt.

Just as she said that, Catherine came rushing over.

“Good morning, Catherine! Why isn’t Bea here with you?” asked Second aunt.

“I wanted to ask you the same thing! Hasn’t Bea arrived at work?” replied Catherine in an anxious tone.

“We’ve already been here for at least three hours! We haven’t seen her at all!” explained Ysabel.

“How odd… I’ve failed to contact her on the phone since yesterday and Sheldon hasn’t seen her either… Where could she have gone? Knowing her, it’s unlikely that she ever switches her phone off, even if she’s busy!” said Catherine.

Hearing that, Second aunt and Ysabel looked at each other. After a brief moment, Second aunt then asked, “Could… something have happened to her? Is her phone still off even now?”

Helplessly, Catherine nodded, “Yes… It’s not been on this entire time!”

“What should we do?” asked Second aunt, unsure of how to even process the sudden turn of events.

Though it took her a while, she soon snapped out of it and began consoling Catherine.

“Worry not, Catherine… After all, Bea’s both influential and powerful now! I’m sure she’s fine! Let’s just wait a little longer… If she isn’t back soon after, we’ll come up with something else…”

With motherly concern reflected in Catherine’s eyes, she could only nod slightly at her suggestion.

With that, even the second day soon came to pass… Then the third… and the fourth…

“What did the police say?” asked Yuma—the eldest son—hurriedly.

It had now been seven days since Bea’s disappearance and the rest of the Yalemans were now having a family meeting.

“Up till this point, we haven’t even found any clues! What on earth could have happened to Bea…?”

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Bea’s disappearance had caused a massive uproar among those living in Yanken, and that included several big shots from Jacksonville. Since they were aware that Mr. Crawford wasn’t around, they had personally sent their own subordinates out to search for Bea in the meantime.

While they did suspect a few people to be involved, in the end, there simply weren’t enough clues to go with. Bea just seemed to have vanished into thin air!

Though Catherine herself wanted to contact the Crawfords from Northbay, only Bea had the means to contact them! Nobody else knew how to even get to them!

They weren’t even sure if Bea was still alive. After all, it had already been seven days since anyone had seen her. From the day she realized that her daughter could very well already be dead, Catherine had had an extremely haggard expression etched on her face.

Today, the Yaleman family’s members were all gathered to discuss how to progress with Bea’s disappearance. Though everyone at the meeting was solemn, Catherine herself was wailing her eyes out.

Nobody spoke a word and everyone simply lowered their heads as they faced the distressed mother.

Among the Yalemans, however, Yura and Rose secretly smiled as they exchanged gazes with each other.

The plan had worked flawlessly. After all, with the help of the Longs, of course they wouldn’t be able to find any clues from their investigations! Even if the others were to somehow doubt them, with the Longs on their side, nobody would be able to touch both mother and son.

“Mrs. Yaleman! Both Mr. Crawford and the chairman have returned!” announced a servant excitedly.

“What? Gerald’s finally come back?” said Catherine as she jolted up and rushed outside.

Several of the other Yalemans followed them out as well, everyone but Yura and his mother.

“…M-mom… Gerald’s back!” said Yura as he gulped while trembling.

“Fear not! There’s nothing to be afraid of! So what if they’ve returned?” soothed Rose calmly.

Hearing that, Yura became much more assured that their plan would still work out in the end.

Gerald himself was helping Lady Yaleman out of the car. Despite being at her age, she had accompanied Gerald for the past eight days. It was natural for her to be this exhausted.

When he saw the other Yalemans coming out to welcome their return, he was about to greet them when Catherine staggered toward him before grabbing his arm and pleading, “G-Gerald! Thank god you’re finally back! Please! We have to save Bea!”

“…Save? What do you mean ‘save her’? What happened?” asked Gerald.

“Calm yourself, Catherine. Now explain slowly to us… What’s wrong?” added Lady Yaleman.

“Bea… She’s… She’s gone missing for a week now! We haven’t been able to locate her at all!”

“What?!” replied Gerald, stunned.

To think that something would actually happen to Bea during his eight-day absence!

“Elaborate. What led to her disappearance?” asked Gerald rather anxiously.

family were particularly important to him. It was natural for him to feel concerned if anything were

then told them the gist of what

offends anyone! Who

my men to begin investigating the matter right this instant! Worry not, for whoever the culprits are, I’ll make sure each and every one of them come to regret ever being born into this world should they have laid their fingers on her!” declared Gerald as he

said Yura as he

his bloodshot eyes that stemmed from his anxiety to find the culprits

dispirited and nervous after finding out about Bea’s disappearance! Never would they have imagined that he

ever found out that they were involved. Would he end up ruining their entire

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of it alone was terrifying, Rose

powerful as Gerald, their family still wins in terms of size and history. I’m sure it won’t be that easy for Gerald

a command for all the members of the Yaleman family to remain inside the Yaleman

you, Mr. Crawford,” said Philip

replied Gerald as he

After all, they clearly have a motive

is being a little too quiet this time around, contrary to how they usually behave. It simply feels

that moment, Sheldon knocked on the

haven’t had any rest since you returned, sir. You must be exhausted. I’ve ordered

you, Sheldon. How’s my grandmother? Is she doing alright?”

sir. However, she’s now taking a rest…” explained Sheldon as

of the soup, Sheldon opened his mouth though no words came out. In the end,

before I left about a week ago… If I remember correctly, she said that she wanted to help the Yalemans resolve the issue with the foreign loans…

Mr. Crawford… She… Wasn’t able to resolve it in time… The incident happened before

ahead and take a rest for now,” said Gerald

will, Mr. Crawford. Do enjoy your

he watched Sheldon leave the

Philip in a cold voice the moment

the soup

diligent too, though he’s a terrible, terrible liar… He must have done something extremely embarrassing for him

many things, Gerald was no longer the gullible and naïve person whom he used to be. After all, he had already met so many wicked and vicious

still slightly reluctant to believe that those from the Yaleman family had a part in all this. While he didn’t particularly

take the first step until concrete evidence was found. In a perfect scenario, he would very much have preferred

far over the edge that they were willing to harm their own family members! It was almost as if they were forcing Gerald to use vicious tactics on them on

need to investigate any further… Just force the truth

willing to directly harm him, Gerald was getting more and more

that they wouldn’t harm Bea since they would still be able to gain the same benefits by getting close to her. What more, they were still family in the end. Surely they wouldn’t

scenario. In fact,

had fallen way too far off mark. The

he turned to look at the corner of the

had been standing there

as he led them

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bit too cruel…? Gerald’s not to be trifled with! If

room, Yura was now talking in an extremely worried

options from the moment we decided to snatch the right to inherit the Yaleman family from Bea. With

up. After all, I’m aware of how much Gerald

if someone

detect the poison, Sheldon’s the one who technically killed Mr. Crawford! If the moment ever comes, he’ll definitely be unable to defend himself!”

“I understand, mom…”

soon as his sentence ended, however, the door to their room instantly burst open! Immediately after, a group of people dressed fully in

Rose as both she and her son started

replying, the men immediately covered their heads with black hoods which muffled

to a halt, Philip was standing before

men to give up, all it took was half

his men were

neither of them dared to lie before

who gave us the idea! Besides, Bea’s with him now! We’re out of options too! You know, if we hadn’t followed his

ruthless Gerald could actually get. Rose had simply assumed before this that as long as he didn’t have enough

After all, Gerald had suspected them from

you don’t assume that you’ll be let off the bat just by putting all the blame on Shane. Regardless, grandma will hear about all this

Where did

a little while later in a dimly lit room within a secluded factory when Shane shouted, “Btch!

Shane was tying Bea to a chair as several of his subordinates stood guard over the

up already!” growled Bea

slapped her

to a point where I think you’re too much of a hassle to be useful,

fool, Shane! As if you’d ever let me go after I

bloodshot the moment he heard

contract before her was signed, he would be able to retrieve a few of the properties that Bea owned. Just as she said, once that happened, there was absolutely no way he would ever let

Still, before

Long!” said his subordinates as they all

subordinates activated his walkie-talkie

few seconds had passed, there was no reply. Finding it odd, he called out to

No reply either.

Head downstairs and

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his orders, a few

even after they went down, no noise followed. Everything was quiet.

moment when Shane realized that something was terribly

rest of you follow me downstairs!” ordered Shane as a lone subordinate stood at attention in the room

arrived at the last step, however, he stopped. The room was pitch black and not a sound could be

pain against the back of his head! He could only assume that someone had smashed his head with a bat before he eventually passed

made it back to Bea’s room. As she fell

a group of bodyguards dressed

one of their most capable people! As to be expected, they’re searching all over for Shane

for him for seven days as well! Imagine their reactions after a week without their precious grandson!” added another

have the time to mess with the Longs for a week. Speaking of the Longs, they’re celebrating some kind of occasion tomorrow, right? Perfect. Since Shane gave us such

“Get him ready!”

“Roger, Mr. Crawford!”

the next day in the Long family’s manor when Master Long asked, “How’s the situation? Did any of you manage to find

After all, they were celebrating a special occasion today. Several of their family members were coming over alongside many more distinguished guests. While the atmosphere was somewhat festive, all those from the Long

this. After all, Miss Bea was saved last night.

they would never dream of even trying to stand up against the Long family. The one who did it was most probably Jessica’s

the butler,

he seemed to have grudges against Mr. Yunus back in Mayberry… What more, Gerald seemed to be there when Mr. Yunus went missing in the Salford Province,”

Master Long clenched his

truly are deliberately standing against the Longs! How pitiful Yunus is… Up till recently, I had no idea who had caused Yunus’s disappearance… As it

really are the perpetrators who caused both Yunus and Shane to disappear, I don’t care what kind of

Quarrington family have arrived!” announced a servant as he approached

was here. With a

Longs truly wanted to take the siblings down, then their best bet to achieve that would be by

refuse to participate,

Long family’s manor, a few women were

unwilling to be here, I have to come on my father’s behalf since the Longs invited my entire family over. Besides, I’m the one who bears grudges against them

like

so you’ll have to keep me company this time

with you!” replied Marilyn as she

over there! There’s a team of luxurious cars coming this way!” squealed one of Giya’s friends in

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added the other women in

to know what kinds of big shots drove such expensive-looking cars, Marilyn and the others chose to wait near the door to see who got

all, if the ones who got

opening the door to the most expensive-looking car. Out stepped a

Isn’t… Isn’t that Gerald?” asked Marilyn, stupefied by what

isn’t it?” repeated Marilyn as she started hopping excitedly

response, Giya nodded before saying, “It

Gerald… To think that he actually has a team of cars… What

that Gerald was rich. What she was seeing now was on

was clearly unaware that Giya and the

the way to the Long family manor’s entrance, filled with

family personally invite Gerald or

off… Come one, let’s get closer and have a look!” said

baffled—by the hand, and together, they silently made their way into the manor as well. Upon entering, they

what I can recall, my family didn’t invite you over!”

Shane Long? And Mr. Yunus as well! Did you kidnap

Mr. Crawford isn’t involved at all?” said Master Long as he made his appearance,

smile on his face before saying

actively involved in both Yunus’s and Shane’s cases!” replied Gerald as he shook

as he felt his eyelids twitch

father’s eyes turned bloodshot the moment

siblings in both cases! What the hell did you do

issues which I believe need to be handled today. You Longs have done plenty of wicked deeds throughout the years and it’s about time you paid your

What do you mean by

watching the scene unfold together with the other girls.

Gerald had come here today to

hell even is Gerald? How is

written down here!” said Gerald as one of his subordinates walked forward with an agreement

the Crawford family, and has therefore decided to compensate the Crawford family. All of

his lips twitching so

least a third of

This is clearly blackmail!” shouted

alone isn’t enough to settle

“Not enough?”

still needs to pay a compensation of fifteen