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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.

was natural for him to feel

them the

girl… She hardly offends anyone! Who would anyone even want to harm

aunt. I’ll send some of 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 continued supporting Lady Yaleman all the way

should we do now, mom?” said

that Gerald was a soft-hearted person, his bloodshot eyes that stemmed from his anxiety to find the culprits honestly frightened both of them. His

would be dispirited and nervous after finding out about Bea’s disappearance! Never would they have imagined that he could express such viciousness and

herself was now feeling intimidated, wondering what would happen if Gerald ever found out that they were involved. Would he end up ruining their

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the thought of it alone was terrifying, Rose kept her

just act accordingly. Though the Longs aren’t as powerful as Gerald, their family still wins in terms of size and history. I’m sure it won’t

for all the members of the Yaleman family to

tell you, Mr. Crawford,” said Philip to Gerald

on!” replied Gerald as he

I find Yura and his family to be rather suspicious. After all, they clearly have

replying, “Indeed. I suspect them to be the culprits as well. I’ve already ordered a few people to investigate more about them. After all, his family is being a little too quiet this time around, contrary to how they usually behave. It simply feels off.

moment, Sheldon knocked on the

had any rest since you returned, sir. You must be exhausted. I’ve ordered a servant to brew

How’s my grandmother? Is she doing

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

Gerald was about to taste some of the soup, Sheldon opened his

the foreign loans… Did she manage to resolve them with the Long family? Or did

Wasn’t able to resolve it in time… The incident happened before she… managed to do so,” replied

take a rest for

Do enjoy your soup while it’s

replied Gerald as he watched Sheldon leave

that old man immediately,” said Philip in a cold voice the moment

himself looked at the soup before shaking his

and loyal his entire life… He’s quite diligent too, though he’s a terrible, terrible liar… He must have done something extremely embarrassing for

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

the Yaleman family had a part in all this. While he didn’t particularly have a good relationship with

In a

After all, there were now clearly people who had gone so far over the edge that they were willing to harm their own family

to investigate any further… Just force the truth

they were now willing to directly harm him, Gerald was getting more

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 do anything to

possible scenario. In fact, there was now even a possibility that she was already

had fallen way too far off mark. The culprits definitely still had the drive to ruin both

away!” shouted Philip as he turned to look at the corner

of his had been

me!” growled Philip as he led

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with! If the truth ever gets out and Jessica realizes that we

Yura was now talking

the right to inherit the Yaleman family from Bea. With Gerald dead, we

Sheldon doesn’t mess up. After all, I’m aware of how much Gerald trusts

someone

odorless. Besides, even if someone does manage to detect the poison, Sheldon’s the one who technically

“I understand, mom…”

burst open! Immediately

of you doing?!” shouted Rose as both she and her

with black hoods

finally came to a

men to give up, all it took was half an hour

his men were proficient in

dared

one 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 orders, he would’ve killed us by now! We weren’t involved in the planning

that she had looked down upon how ruthless Gerald could actually get. Rose had simply assumed before this

wrong she was. After all, Gerald had suspected them from the very

do hope 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 tomorrow. She’ll know how to punish you. As for the Longs! I

Where did Shane

was a little while later in a dimly lit room within a secluded factory when Shane

was tying Bea to a chair as several of his subordinates

already!” growled Bea

her directly

There’s a limit to my patience, you know? If it gets to a point where I think you’re too

As if you’d ever let me

eyes turned bloodshot the moment he heard

Bea owned. Just as she

and the others over! They can act now! Humph! Still, before they do it, perhaps I should let them enjoy themselves first! After all, you’re quite

away, Mr. Long!” said his subordinates as

of the subordinates activated

Finding it odd, he called out to the

No reply either.

happening here? Head downstairs and have

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few subordinates then

down, no noise followed. Everything

Shane realized that something

a lone subordinate

step, however, he stopped. The room was pitch

proceed any further, he felt a sharp pain against the back of his head! He could only assume that someone had smashed his head with a bat before he eventually passed

very exhausted Bea finally made it back to Bea’s room. As she fell asleep

right outside her room was a group of bodyguards dressed

one of their most capable people! As to be expected,

as well! Imagine

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 a large gift by

“Get him ready!”

“Roger, Mr. Crawford!”

the Long family’s manor when Master Long asked,

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 family were honestly

can tell, the Yalemans should be behind this. After all, Miss Bea was saved last night.

dream of even trying to stand up against the Long family. The one who did it was most probably Jessica’s brother, Gerald!” replied Master long as he squinted his

the butler,

the first time I’ve heard his name… From what I can recall, he seemed to have grudges against Mr. Yunus back in Mayberry… What more, Gerald seemed to be there when Mr. Yunus went missing

that, Master Long clenched his walking stick

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

meet them in person sometime. If they really are the perpetrators who caused both Yunus and Shane to disappear, I don’t care what kind of influential supporters

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

With a delighted nod, he

were still much too weak to go against the Crawford siblings. If the Longs truly wanted to take the siblings down, then their best bet to achieve that would be by cooperating with powerful people from all walks of

refuse to participate,

were

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 yet I’m hardly scared at all! Why are you the ones scared?” said Giya as

place like

you’ll have to keep me company this time around!”

replied Marilyn as she stuck her tongue

a team of luxurious cars coming this way!” squealed one of Giya’s

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luxurious!” added the other women in

cars, Marilyn and the others chose to wait near the door to

got out of the car

of the cars before finally opening the door to the most expensive-looking car. Out stepped a rather familiar-looking

that Gerald?” asked Marilyn,

it?” repeated Marilyn as

Giya nodded before

that he actually has a team of cars…

since previously, Marilyn had only found out that Gerald was rich. What she was seeing now was on a whole other level.

that Giya and the others were spying

his subordinates all the way to the Long

invite Gerald or

way they could have… Something feels off… Come

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

family didn’t invite you over!”

And Mr. Yunus as well! Did you kidnap them both?” shouted another

could any of you say that without any evidence? What if Mr. Crawford isn’t involved at all?” said Master Long as he made his appearance, gesturing to

looked at Gerald with a coy smile on his

and Shane’s cases!” replied Gerald as he shook his head with a bitter smile

Master Long as he felt his eyelids twitch

bloodshot the moment he heard

cases! What the hell did you do to both

Before that, I’d like to talk about some unresolved issues which I believe need to be handled today. You Longs have done plenty of wicked

What do you mean

watching the scene unfold

it turned out, Gerald had come here today to deal

even is Gerald? How is he possibly standing up

one of his subordinates walked

young master of the Long family, Shane. He deeply offended the Crawford family, and has therefore decided to compensate the Crawford family. All of the Long family’s properties that are under his

agreement, Master Long could feel his lips twitching so quickly that it

at least

is clearly blackmail!” shouted Master

alone isn’t enough to settle everything,”

“Not enough?”

still needs to pay a compensation of fifteen billion