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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 891

“…What? What’s wrong with Felicity? What happened?” asked Gerald hurriedly as soon as he saw Naomi’s expression.

Tears flowing down her cheeks again, Naomi cupped her mouth with a hand as she slowly began explaining what had taken place about half a year ago sometime after Gerald’s disappearance.

While the Crawfords had easily prevented the first flow of news—about Gerald’s disappearance—from getting out to the public, eventually, people still managed to catch on.

From there on out, rumor after rumor began popping up and spreading around like wildfire. Some of the rumors claimed that Gerald was kidnapped. Bolder rumors even stated that he had been murdered!

With the rumors spreading around so quickly, it was only a matter of time before Felicity and a few other acquaintances of Gerald caught wind of it. Felicity and Naomi themselves had particularly been more anxious compared to the others.

Because of that, Felicity wasted no time declaring that she would get to the bottom of the incident. Since she had once fallen for him, it really was no mystery why she was this determined to look for him.

Still, what had truly happened to Gerald? And why did it have to happen to him?

Though the two girls remained in a panicked state for quite a while, in the end, Felicity decided to head to Northbay with Naomi.

They were well aware that they first needed a clearer picture of the whole incident before they could even begin investigating, and who better to ask than Chairman Lyle? After all, they both knew that he had returned to Northbay right after Gerald went missing. Because of that, Mr. Lyle was simply the obvious go-to.

Upon arriving there, the two girls quickly headed over to Zack’s company. To their dismay, however, they found that Chairman Lyle had already left for a business trip by then.

Seeing no other options, Felicity finally decided to make use of her best connections to aid with their investigation.

It took her a while, but she eventually managed to secure some help from a senior executive who worked for Zack. After agreeing to meet at a hotel’s lobby, the two girls headed over and waited for him.

Unfortunately for them, a young man happened to cross paths with them that day. Seeing how beautiful the two girls were, the cunning youth immediately tried hitting on both of them.

When that failed, he ordered his men to forcefully drag them out of the hotel instead! From the lustful gaze in his eyes, it was clear that r*pe was the only thing on his mind!

However, the two girls held their ground. They weren’t going down that easily. Felicity eventually got so nervous that she bit down hard on the youth’s arm!

The youth was so infuriated by this that he dragged her all the way to the top of the building—with his badly injured arm—before tossing her off from the roof!

The chain of events was so alarming that even the Crawfords were made aware of it, and though Chairman Lyle had rushed back as soon as he heard the news, in the end, he wasn’t really able to help with much.

As it turned out, the youth in question held immense power and influence. Because of that, he didn’t even receive punishment for his evil deeds!

Though she had selflessly planned to locate Gerald in any way she could, in the end, Felicity ended up in a position arguably as pitiful as Gerald’s.

While Felicity’s lifeline was stabilized after several nights of doctors tirelessly working to save her, she had simply suffered too many injuries. As a result, though she wasn’t in danger of losing her life anymore, she could only exist in a vegetative state now, and she would remain in this state for the rest of her life.

As if things weren’t bad enough, Felicity’s company was disbanded soon after.

“Who exactly is this person?” asked Gerald, his tone frigid as he raised his head. While he was now filled with anger, he was also filled with grief.

After all, upon becoming Mr. Crawford, Gerald was well aware that he had both ignored and let a lot of people down.

Felicity was definitely one of them.

To his surprise, the two girls had actually been worried about him from the moment they had heard that he had gone missing. What more, the only reason why Felicity was in her current state was because she wanted to help him.

Wiping her tears away, Naomi replied, “I’ve heard others address him as Mr. Jett Moldell… Even when I asked Chairman Lyle why Jett didn’t have to take responsibility for his actions, Mr. Lyle completely ignored the question, telling me to quickly return to Mayberry instead.”

“Jett Moldell?” repeated Gerald as he felt his right eyelid twitch.

When he had previously enquired about it, Gerald learned that Kort had three sons. One of them was Jett.

“So it’s Kort and the Moldells again!” growled Gerald, clenching his fists tight.

Felicity wouldn’t have ended up this way if Gerald hadn’t been forced out of his own home in the first place.

Knowing that filled Gerald with immense resentment.

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However, upon seeing how sad and lonely Naomi looked, he instantly felt sorry for her. As a result, he was able to momentarily suppress his resentment.

“…Well… What about you, Naomi? What kind of illness is your mother suffering from?” asked Gerald.

“Well, after returning to Mayberry under Chairman Lyle’s protection, it didn’t take long for me to realize that my mom had contracted some sort of weird illness. Even after meeting countless doctors, nobody’s been able to cure her. As you can imagine, however, hiring doctors isn’t cheap… As a result, I ended up having to sell all of my family’s properties! It was about a month ago when all my resources finally ran dry. Having no other options, I came to the Salford Province to seek help from an uncle. During my time here, I found out that a famous doctor lives nearby! He goes by Master Jenkinson! However, since I barely have enough money to survive now, I can’t really meet up with him…” explained Naomi in an embarrassed tone.

Sighing, Gerald then replied, “To think that a single incident could cause such a massive ripple effect… Now even people acquainted with me have to share my burden…”

Guilt-ridden, Gerald then added, “It’ll be fine. Speaking of which, don’t pawn off this jade bracelet. After all, this person’s a liar! Such a bracelet is worth at least fifty-four thousand dollars! Regardless, I’m going to help find out what’s wrong with your mother and cure her.”

While Naomi was slightly confused to hear that, she believed that Gerald wouldn’t ever lie to her.

The boss himself seemed to give up after hearing Gerald say that.

“F*cking hell! You do realize you’ve ruined my business, don’t you?” said the boss angrily.

In response, Marven sneered before whispering something into the boss’s ear. Seconds later, the boss’s face turned pale as he immediately shut up. For the rest of his duration there, he simply stood respectfully in place.

Knowing that Marven would know how to handle the rest, Gerald held Naomi by her hand and led her out of the place.

“Where’s your mother at?” asked Gerald.

“She’s currently staying up north at a hotel at the foot of Yorknorth Mountain… Do you know Master Jenkinson, Gerald?” asked Naomi in return.

“I do!” replied Gerald with a slightly bitter laugh.

“Speaking of which, what exactly happened to you in the past half year? Do you have any idea how worried all of us were for you?” said Naomi.

“Come, get in the car first. Your mother is our top priority now. I’ll tell you about it on the way there…”

Gerald didn’t really have any qualms when dealing with Naomi, so he found no reason not to tell her what truly happened.

Upon arriving up north, Gerald rented an electric tricycle and told Naomi to hop on. With Naomi sitting behind Gerald, both of them then rushed toward Yorknorth Mountain.

Since Gerald was quite close to Naomi, it was impossible for Gerald to just ignore her when he knew that she was in trouble.

Reaching the hotel shortly after, Gerald and Naomi were just about to get off the electric tricycle when they heard, “Hey! Isn’t that Naomi? Haha! She’s riding an electric tricycle!”

Turning to look at who had said that, the duo saw a few young men and women laughing at them as the group stood beside an Audi A6. Since the car’s doors were open, Gerald could only assume that they were about to leave before they spotted him and Naomi.

“They’re from my uncle’s family, Gerald,” said Naomi as she lowered her voice.

“I see…” replied Gerald while nodding slightly.

Getting off the tricycle, Naomi looked toward the group of people before asking, “Why are all of you here?”

“Why, we’re here to cancel your room of course! We were just about to call you! Dad said that since you don’t even have the money to meet Master Jenkinson, why should we continue paying for your room? I’ll tell you now that this high-ranked hotel only permitted a poor person like you to stay here since they wanted to pay respect to the Legh family! You’ve humiliated our family enough for staying here for far too long! This ends today!” sneered a woman dressed in luxurious clothes.

“Indeed! Look, if you really can’t afford it, just bring your mom home already. As if you don’t already know that only those who are influential and powerful are able to meet Master Jenkinson. With the small amount of money you have left, you won’t even make it halfway up the mountain!” added another man from the group contemptuously.

When Naomi’s family was still considerably rich in Mayberry, her family had contacted the Leghs from the Salford Province quite often.

Because of that, Naomi had gone to them to ask for their help after selling off all her properties. They had taken her in at the time since they didn’t know she was already poor by then. However, it only took a day for them to realize what she had done with her family’s properties.

Fearing that Naomi would only continue burdening them, from that day onward, they began treating her terribly like how they had just done. That was the gist of how things ended up this way.

“Yeah! Besides, my dad was already kind enough to find a family here for you to get married to! However, you ended up refusing it. Sure, the guy’s a bit slow in the head but at least he’s rich!” said yet another woman without filtering her words.

“I know right? Still, it’s no wonder why you refused it back then. So you already have a boyfriend! However, to think that he only rides on electric tricycles to move around!” added another woman.

Listening to all their ridicules, Gerald could only shake his head while laughing bitterly. If this had happened in the past, he would’ve already humiliated them by now. However, he knew better than to succumb to standards as low as theirs.

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“Tanya! Mollie! You’re still here? Your grandma’s heading up the mountain now so come along and help!” said a middle-aged woman as she walked toward the group at that moment.

“Oh? Alright, mom! Let’s head there together then!” said both of the girls.

Seeing the two people who had just arrived, Naomi respectfully greeted, “Uncle, aunt…”

“Humph! So you’re here too?” said the woman in a contemptuous manner while crossing her arms.

At that, Naomi nodded before saying, “Is grandma meeting Master Jenkinson to have her illness diagnosed? Is she feeling alright?”

“Hold it right there!” said her aunt in shock when she heard her question.

“Ignoring grandma for the moment, I’m telling you now that Master Jenkinson charges patients individually! You better not be getting any ideas!”

From what she had said, it was clear that she was afraid that Naomi wanted to bring her mother along.

On the contrary, however, the thought hadn’t even crossed Naomi’s mind!

“Look, Naomi. Since you won’t be able to afford the medical expenses anyway, just bring your mom home. Don’t worry, we’ll cover the hotel expenses for the previous nights,” added the woman, her arms still crossed.

“That’s quite enough of that. As for you, Naomi, it’s better that you just head up and take care of your mom,” said her uncle in a casual tone.

Just as he was about to leave with his children, an extended luxury car slowly came to a halt right in front of the hotel. When the car’s door opened, a distinguished and polite-looking middle-aged man stepped out before looking at Jorge and asking, “Good day, sir. Is it right to assume that this is Yorknorth Mountain? The area where Master Jenkinson lives?”

Since Jorge was the president of several furniture factories in the Salford Province, he had seen enough of the world to know that the middle-aged man standing before him was an extraordinary person.

Knowing that, he then respectfully replied, “You would be correct.”

“I see. Thank you for your time,” said the man as he nodded slightly.

“Well, Mr. Duncan? Is this the place? Why isn’t there any parking space here?” asked a young man wearing a blazer as he got out of the car together with a young woman.

The man was so handsome that as he walked over to Mr. Duncan’s side, almost all the women present began breathing heavily. What a prince charming!

As for the woman who had stepped out of the car with him, she was both tall and slim. While she was also extremely beautiful, the slight aloofness she projected on her face was enough to make anyone who looked at her feel slightly tense.

“Yes, this is the place,” replied Mr. Duncan with another slight nod.

As Jorge looked at the youth before nodding with a smile, both Tanya and Mollie—who were still standing beside their father—cast flirtatious gazes at the handsome young man instead. To their disappointment, he didn’t even take a glance at them.

can park here!” said the youth as he loosened his tie while looking around before pointing at

hotel’s entrance immediately ran over and pushed the tricycle aside. As a result, the tricycle began moving on its own and finally stopped

that, Tania, Mollie, and the others simply

“You!” said Naomi angrily.

that supposed

Gerald simply pulled her back before shaking

grandpa up the mountain already,” said

supporting an old man out of the car. The old man himself had a sallow complexion as the group slowly began ascending

together with

Naomi behind, Naomi lowered her head with shame before saying in a resentful tone, “I’m so sorry, Gerald… Not only have

no need for that. Now let’s head to your room to

Where are

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him diagnose her illness

aware that it simply wouldn’t do to

and convenient

seeking Master Jenkinson’s help now? But didn’t you say that you were no longer Mr.

she asked that question. She simply hadn’t expected that Gerald would still be able to maintain

no longer Mr. Crawford, that doesn’t mean that all my connections are now useless! Now let’s get your mother up the

the trio then began ascending the

Master Jenkinson was extremely famous, it was no wonder why his clinic was so crowded. Though he was well known for his skill,

doctor.

have to wait here? To think that I’ve spent a good seventy-seven thousand dollars just to have to wait in line!” said

dollars just for the registration fee, you know?”

an antique clinic. Even the staff working there wore traditional attire

almost forty-six thousand dollars yet we’re still only forty-fifth in place!” said Mollie as she made her way back to her family

amount doesn’t matter…” replied

thousand dollars was merely for the registration number. They still had to pay a much higher fee for the diagnosis

amounts for the registration fee? I’ve noticed others paying fifteen thousand dollars, forty-six thousand dollars, and

higher you pay, the faster you get to be

one

Let me just go over and have a look… Holy cr*p! The highest registration fee ever made was two hundred and thirty thousand dollars!”

seven hundred and seventy thousand dollars at the registration

“S-seven hundred and seventy-”

that moment for almost everyone to hear what the woman said. As a result,

enough, however, the noise died down again though everyone was now looking at her in

on the machine prepared there. Once the amount was paid, he returned with the registration number that had cost seven hundred and seventy

obvious that they were going to

so rich!” screamed several people

remained flabbergasted, Mollie—who had just so happened to turn around at

aunt turned to look at the direction her daughter was pointing at, she anxiously said, “Oh my god! What are you doing, Naomi? Do you even know where you are right now?

does Naomi and her family have to cling

she was about to further mock Naomi, a staff member appeared before saying, “Our sincerest apologies, ladies and gentlemen, but the master can only diagnose two more patients today. Once that’s over, we’ll be closing for the day. Aside from the first two clients, the rest may leave

us

left stupefied as well the moment they

Master Jenkinson is ready to treat the patients again!” announced the people there, one

considerate, ladies and gentlemen. Do understand that there are simply too many of you making a ruckus in here which

down… Besides, we’ve all already paid so much for the

the staff member

even be in line, we should all be considered VIP clients! Instead of asking us to leave, you should instead be chasing away those who didn’t pay to register! That

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Her action was clear enough for

registration number to me?” asked the staff member as

don’t have one…” said Naomi

over there to pay for one,” said the staff member

Don’t have the money for that…” said Naomi as she

Did they actually sneak

take a look around you! Why would you even come here

girl too… Too bad she

in the lobby were now shaking their heads with disapproving

now?” said Naomi’s mother as she tugged on her daughter’s sleeve. After all, she was well

Madam. Just leave it to me,” replied Gerald as he turned to

it slide. Ask for Joshua Jenkinson to come out! Tell him that a young man

you mean by Crawford? You… You rude person, you!” replied the staff

room shared the same feeling as well, and they were all looking at Gerald now with dumbfounded expressions on their

nobody is going to be able to meet him today!” said Mollie aloud. She seemed to be enjoying fueling

in the

this guy even come from? How utterly

woman and old man from earlier were now

it, isn’t he!” said Quest as

trouble, they didn’t stop him. Perhaps they subconsciously felt that the fearless Gerald needed to be put

tricycle, weren’t you? If you’re penniless, then just get lost already! Stop disturbing those who want to meet the master to get diagnosed!” shouted Quest as he pressed his hand down hard on Gerald’s

shoulder, he said, “Move

calm aura was immediately replaced with a frigid

I do for a living!” sneered Quest

realize that Gerald had tilted his shoulder slightly before a sickening crack could

sound that followed was the anguished

retreated from where he once stood as he held on to

dripped down his forehead. When he finally took a look at the condition of his hand, he could see that

break your limbs!” roared Quest, feeling that he

about to pounce on Gerald, the ill old man shouted, “Quest! Stop, right this

man had already caught a glimpse of the back of his pulsing hand. Upon seeing the damage that had been done, the old man was filled

Quest was. He was also well aware that Quest was proficient in fighting alone. Even if three specially trained soldiers were to face him,

taken for Gerald was a slight tilt of his shoulder for Quest to get hurt so badly. If that was the only thing Gerald needed to do to inflict so much damage, then the old man didn’t even want

said!” ordered the

the aloof beauty who had been staring at Gerald for a while now had a slight

was truly rude earlier…”

as his sentence ended, however, he instantly began coughing

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shouted both Quest and the cold

the ill person from your group first. I can wait,” said the old man, much to

should we let him

a terminally ill patient,” said Gerald in a casual tone without any intention of being

and

man bore a rather ugly expression on his

are very powerful, you should watch your mouth and manners. I don’t really mind since I’m already this old, but if you say such things to others, trouble will definitely come your

the staff member—who had been watching all this unfold from the

fine, Gerald… I don’t need to see the doctor anymore… Please… We can’t afford to

hands with a towel within a

room—that was located in the inner part of the building—after receiving his diagnosis, the staff member from earlier came running in while shouting,

dare people create trouble here! Kick all the people involved out!”

involved with the fight is quite noteworthy. Their family name is Westley and they’re quite generous with their money. They paid seven hundred and seventy

tone. Linking that surname with how lavish they were, Joshua was able to slightly get

I guess I’ll have to head out there myself now! Who exactly was foolish enough to offend the Westleys?” asked Joshua as

you to meet him in

holding on to immediately

say his surname was? Crawford? You said he was a young man, right?” asked Joshua, expressions of

the staff member, clearly starting to

it actually be him?” said Joshua in a nervous

but he’s also offended such a high-status rich heir! ”Hah! Let’s see

be able to meet Naomi in the Salford Province ever

her sentence ended, several of the clients there

had finally made his appearance and his gaze was now locked on the

he looked more excited than anything as he quickly made his

I wonder what kind of power they truly have

know right? It’s so

surprised by how eager Joshua looked, their jaws truly dropped

guy! As if that wasn’t shocking enough, Master

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“…Senior?”

master, Joshua Jenkinson… Did he

the ones who were left the most stupefied were those from

said Gerald in resignation. Though he wasn’t sure whether he should’ve let Joshua address him as his senior, it was too late for Joshua to retract

please use my facilities as you see fit, senior!” replied Joshua with utmost respect in

mother moved on, those from the Westley family

as the old man had thought, the youth truly was extremely

to and fro outside a guest room door. She had been

myself to believe that that guy actually knows how to treat illnesses!”

from Naomi, the three Westleys were waiting behind her

dissatisfaction was clear as day. After all, not only had he been humiliated by Gerald in terms of

being arrogant and ruthless, the embarrassment he suffered today had no doubt left

up!” said Master Westley coldly

had simply assumed that Gerald was being rude when he was earlier told that Master

he heard Master Jenkinson addressing Gerald as his senior, Bob Westley began fearing that what Gerald had claimed was true. That even Master Jenkinson wouldn’t be able to

due to that fear that Bob had waited respectfully for

stepped out, Naomi immediately rushed over to him before asking in an anxious voice, “How’s

recover in three months if she takes her herbal medicine as prescribed,” replied Gerald with

asked Naomi, feeling both delighted and surprised. After all, the

if there’s a chance for me to in the future. For

as he said that, Joshua himself stepped out of the room with a needle bag in hand. From the looks of it, it was evident that Gerald had been the main doctor this time around. At most, Joshua must have

while handing the bag of

Gerald could only sigh

about five months ago when he had first met Joshua. At the time, Finnley was still busy teaching Gerald all his medical

man had even given Gerald a medical book, and Gerald was told to memorize all its contents. Since he was excellent at

able to recall the contents of the medical book by heart. However, though his theory was strong, his actual skill in handling medicine was far from perfect

his appearance around

begged Finnley to take him in again, it seemed that the old man had once taught medical knowledge to Joshua sometime in the

was clear that he simply wanted to deepen his knowledge and skills, and he was extremely persistent. After kneeling outside Finnley’s house for an entire day and night, the old man simply couldn’t bear seeing him

result, he told Gerald to teach Joshua some of the contents in the medical book. Finnley had hoped that by

Gerald to educate Joshua for about a month, Finnley himself never took Joshua in as his apprentice. Due to that, Joshua habitually addressed Gerald as his senior even though Gerald

worked hard!” said Bob