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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1161

Even though he hadn’t even begun thinking about what the dark light—that had escaped from the black coffin—was, Gerald truly didn’t dare to dwell any longer on any of all this, at least not for the moment.

The stress of all this just felt like a ticking time bomb weighing on his mind.

“…Speaking of which, where’s Chester?” asked Gerald, suddenly remembering about him.

“Ah. Well, the young lord had been comatose for quite a long time as well, but he regained his consciousness about half a month ago. However, he suffered quite a lot of physical injuries, especially his legs. Even till today, he still hasn’t been able to get out of bed,” replied one of the bodyguards.

“I see. It’s good enough for me that he survived!”

While the way Gerald and Chester had gotten acquainted was nothing short of dramatic, Gerald remembered how Chester had risked his life to protect him back when he was close to passing out. Due to his heroic actions, Gerald had felt extremely touched.

“…Also, aside from our signals, were any of you able to detect Miss Gunter’s…?” asked Gerald.

“About that… We searched for her for seven whole days and nights, but we weren’t successful in locating her at all, Mr. Crawford!” replied the same bodyguard from before.

Upon hearing that, Gerald was immediately filled with self-reproach.

Before descending into the ocean, Gerald had made up his mind that he would protect her since he had brought her beneath the waves with him. In the end, however, he had nearly failed to protect himself!

Due to that, he had burdened Yume. He didn’t even know if she was currently still alive or not. If only she hadn’t gone down there with him, she could have remained safe…

The thought of that made Gerald clench his fists tightly.

While he had initially thought that he could just do as he pleased with his current capabilities, in the end, it was all just a hopeless endeavor… He had just been lying to himself this entire time.

To think that a few small Dead Annies was all it took to render him incapable of fighting… If he hadn’t arranged for support above sea back then, Gerald knew that there was a high possibility that he would’ve already died in the depths of the ocean by now.

Even so, the most pitiful person throughout this entire event had to be Yume…

‘I’m so sorry…!’ Gerald thought to himself, his expression pale.

When Jasmine saw that expression on his face, her initial joy—of him finally waking up—instantly disappeared. In its place, an immense sense of loss began filling her heart.

‘…Why does she get to be blessed with having Gerald worry about her…? Haha! I’m pretty sure that Gerald wouldn’t be this sad if I were in her shoes…’

As Jasmine thought about that, Gerald himself was already scanning through the eternal coffin again.

No matter how much he looked at it, however, the coffin didn’t seem to be fake.

‘…Then… perhaps I really did save the woman in white…? The problems just keep adding to the pile… Regardless, it seems that grandpa knew about the origins of the Dead Annie flowers… Once I meet up with him, I’m sure I’ll be able to understand more about its mysteries…’

‘Speaking of grandpa, since a month and a half has already passed, he and the other legends should have long started their journey to the pledge of the holy water… I wonder how they’re all doing…’

‘Regardless, while I had initially promised to meet up with grandpa and the others once I located the woman in white’s corpse, I don’t even know where her body has gone now…’

His train of thought was cut short when miserable screams of bodyguards could suddenly be heard outside the manor!

Seconds later, the sound of a door being smashed open could be heard!

“What on earth are you doing? Anyone without an invitation is prohibited from entering this place!” shouted Gerald as he ran out to have a look at what all the commotion was about.

Upon arriving at the scene, Gerald saw a few of his bodyguards confronting a young woman who looked to be around twenty. The woman herself looked extremely cold and unapproachable.

Gerald also saw over ten seriously injured bodyguards—who were all clutching onto their chests—lying on the floor.

Before he could register anything else, several of the remaining guards began rushing toward her while shouting, “You’re courting death!”

Lifting her arm and waving her hand slightly, the bodyguards quickly found themselves flying backward as though they were all just broken kites!

As Gerald watched his men topple all over the place, he felt his eyelids twitch rapidly as he shouted, “Step down, men!”

After getting his subordinates to stop attacking, Gerald turned to get a better look at the woman.

While the purple and black eyeshadow as well as her relatively dark lipstick made the woman look extremely charming, that wasn’t what was on Gerald’s mind at the moment.

After all, he now knew who the woman was. She was none other than Linus’s kind-hearted niece, Queena!

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He remembered how she had helped him enter the Yonwick family’s manor in the previous month after he had been denied access into the manor by one of the Yonwick’s apprentices.

At the time, Gerald had thought that she was extremely sweet and warm-hearted. After all, from what Gerald had personally experienced, nice women like her were far and few between in today’s world.

While that had been his initial impression of her, the current Queena’s temperament was vastly different from the one he had met back then.

Instead of the gentleness he had remembered her by, she was now displaying extreme arrogance and viciousness.

What more, while Gerald was sure that she was just an ordinary woman before this, he could now sense immense inner strength emanating from her. It was so overbearing that even Gerald had to admit that he was probably weaker than her at that moment. It was truly bewildering, to say the least.

“…What are you doing, Queena?” asked Gerald rather hesitantly.

“Why, I came over to see you, of course!” replied the woman as she placed both her arms behind her back while looking at Gerald rather fiendishly as though she was staring at someone whom she hadn’t met for a long time.

“While I appreciate your kind gesture of visiting, don’t you think you went a little overboard by hurting my men, Queena?” said Gerald as he turned to glance at the wailing bodyguards who were still lying on the floor.

“It’s their fault for stopping me from entering! Quite honestly, if it wasn’t for the fact that I was worried that you’d get angry, I would’ve just chopped their heads off by now! I refrained from doing so just for you, you know? I hope that gives you a clear image of how important you are to me!” replied the woman as she began seductively walking toward Gerald.

No human would ever treat another’s life as a trivial thing, especially not Queena, the person who would probably be sad for quite some time after a kitten or puppy died.

“…You… You aren’t Queena, are you? Who are you?! Queena isn’t like this at all!” declared Gerald in a frigid tone.

“You’re always like this, aren’t you…? No matter what I do, you’ll still end up having doubts about me… While it’s true that I cheat a lot, I’d never ever cheat you! Despite that, you still keep doubting everything I do!” said Queena in return as her eyes suddenly turned vicious.

“I’ve no idea what you’re talking about, but I know for a fact that you aren’t Queena!”

“Is it really that important whether I truly am Queena or not? After all, the most important thing is that we’ll still end up being together in the future! Nobody’s going to be able to snatch you away from me!” replied Queena as she smiled smugly.

Now directly in front of Gerald, Queena stared intently at his face. However, the moment she raised a hand to caress his cheek, Gerald quickly took a step backward, leaving her hand hanging in mid-air.

Looking at Gerald with a smile, she then said, “Fine, fine, I won’t tease you anymore… See, I came here today to give you some time to prepare yourself. Since tomorrow’s a good day, I’ve decided that we’re getting married then!”

“…What? Marriage?” replied Gerald, stunned.

“…I already have a fiancée so it’s impossible that I’d marry you! Also, I’m a good three to four years older than you!” added Gerald.

After undergoing such a huge change, Gerald knew that Queena wasn’t the same person she used to be. While he was sure about that, he wasn’t willing to argue with her just yet. After all, he was still unable to get an accurate reading of how strong she truly was. Due to that, he would only have a row with her as a last resort.

“I don’t care about that! We’re getting married tomorrow and that’s final! I wish to announce our love and marriage to everyone on the planet!”

Following that, Queena turned around and headed to the door leading outside. However, the moment she got there, Jasmine suddenly stepped forward while exclaiming, “Hold it! Who do you even think you are? Gerald already has someone he loves! You can’t just order him to get married to you out of the blue!”

Upon hearing that, Queena stopped walking forward. Tilting her head slightly to look at Jasmine, she then growled in a spine-tingling voice, “While I already hate any women that get too close to him, I hate women like you more! Women who dare to disobey my wishes!”

The moment her sentence ended, she stretched open her fingers before taking in a small breath. Through that action alone, Jasmine felt her entire body being pulled toward her!

“Jasmine!” shouted Gerald as he immediately stretched his own hand out to hold onto her.

However, before he was even able to touch Jasmine’s arm, Gerald suddenly felt a strong inner force against him! He found himself retreating a few steps due to the impact alone.

Looking at his hurting hand, Gerald saw that her attack had caused his thenar webspace to be completely torn off! His green veins were also extremely visible now, pulsating as his arms and palms began bleeding.

Jasmine herself was now being strangled by Queena…

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‘S-she’s so strong…!’ Gerald thought to himself.

He only needed to experience her inner force once to know that her current force was already immensely different compared to the other forces he had previously come into contact with.

If he had to make a comparison between his force and hers, it was like comparing dirty water in a stagnant pool to pure and distilled water. With a difference that large, there was absolutely no doubt who held more power here.

Gerald watched as Jasmine’s face flushed as Queena slowly intensified the grip of her force.

Jasmine was going to die any second now if Queena truly wanted to end her!

“Stop!” shouted Gerald as he quickly began running toward her again.

“Worry not, I won’t kill her like this… After all, I can see that you care for her a lot! Anyway, I’ll be taking her with me until I get your answer!” replied Queena as she gently touched Jasmine’s body…

The moment she did so, Jasmine instantly blacked out! As Queena exited the manor, both Gerald and Bryson ran after her.

Upon exiting, however, the two men immediately saw several of the Yonwick family’s cars and bodyguards waiting outside. As the unconscious girl was brought into one of the cars, Queena herself stood before another car’s door before tilting her head to look at Gerald.

“You know, no matter where you go, you won’t be able to escape! I’m not letting you slip away from me again!” said Queena before closing the car’s door behind her and ordering her men to drive.

worried as he watched the

shouted, Gerald began coughing loudly before vomiting a mouthful of

“Mr. Crawford!”

“Senior!”

Joshua and the

only at around seventy percent of his usual strength at the moment due

Queena had almost crushed the force in Gerald’s entire body when he came into contact with her force while trying to save Jasmine

Due to all the injuries, he simply couldn’t hold back the

that even at his peak form, it was still going to be difficult for him to

too strong, senior! I don’t think you can take her on

replied Gerald as he shook his

that she’s so strong despite her

pretty good hunch of who she actually is!” replied Gerald as he held

mind?” asked both Joshua and Bryson

to face the manor, looking in the direction where the eternal coffin had been

since all this is happening because of me, I won’t allow anyone other than me to get hurt! Worry

when the team of cars stopped before the Yonwick family manor. Turning to look at the back seat, the driver saw that Queena

was certainly astonishing for the driver and the other Yonwick family bodyguards. Starting as early as

since she had constantly kept herself locked in her

came out again today, her immediate response was to order—in a commanding tone—the Yonwick family’s team of cars to set off

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seen Queena behaving like that. However, due to how commanding her tone was, everyone couldn’t help but obey

after being told that they had arrived, Queena simply stepped

familial commotion seemed

fact that several Yonwicks were currently standing together, Freya herself was

pick a friend up. However, she soon realized that Queena had taken all

all!’ Freya cursed in her

would actually be

saw Queena slowly making

time, dad! Even though she’s just from Third uncle’s family,

Linus said nothing, Queena’s parents quickly ran over to the angered girl before saying, “We’ll discipline our own daughter, young

resources, it’s up to you whether you wish to discipline her. Regardless, I’m still going to personally teach her a lesson!” growled Freya

as she stood before her, Queena never stopped walking… In

manor, Queena simply continued making her way to her room without a

of course, only served

Queena! Didn’t you see us standing here? Aren’t you going to greet us at all? Regardless, why the hell did you use all the family’s cars without permission?

she saw the woman that her family’s bodyguards were currently dragging in, her voice slowly trailed off in shock. She wasn’t the only one

second Linus and the others

stuttered Linus whose face

to send her away back then… To think that she had actually been recaptured by one of his family members! Wasn’t this

Fenderson back

Queena’s cold gaze on her, Freya instantly began trembling. Both frightened and shocked, Freya felt as though she

“From now on, everything in this family is at my disposal, and that includes you! Now step

Queena simply waved her hand slightly

sneer alone already sounding so oppressive, none of the Yonwicks dared to go against her decision, not even Linus! In a

ground—was now too terrified to even crawl back up. Gulping in fear, she then

before… She’s kind and gentle! After all, my grandpa, younger sister, and Master

you afraid of me…? Don’t you fear that I’ll kill you at all?” replied Queena

to die if it’s for Gerald, the person I love most! If you’re planning on using me to threaten Gerald to marry such a vicious woman as you are, you’d best give up the idea! Know that the moment you threaten him with that, I’ll end myself so that Gerald won’t have to worry

that, Queena’s eyelids twitched. It was evident that what Jasmine had just said had seriously irked

the point of sacrificing yourself! You’d abandon everything for him without

tell, her words had evoked some painful memories

strong feelings for Gerald, I’m able to do anything for him without ever having to

as you are, would truly abandon everything for him! After all, even I wasn’t able to do that… And because of that, I’ve suffered terribly for my entire life!” shouted Queena as she clenched her fists so tightly that her sharp fingernails

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much of them you gain, you won’t ever truly be happy without knowing what love is! After all, with an empty heart, you won’t be able to hold on to anything dear… No amount of fame or wealth can fill that gap, and you’ll

yet, that wasn’t really the crucial thing now. The important thing was that though the woman was extremely powerful, she had a fatal

been deeply hurt

to kill Jasmine after inflicting immense fear into the girl—to the point of forming an utterly terrified expression—she now felt as though she had been

her

need you to identify which of the two girls in the tale are wrong! If you’re able to give me a clear answer, I’ll consider freeing

verbal reply, and only

then began

a pod, and the older sister was named Chloe while the younger one went by Indigo. The sisters had always had a very good relationship, even from their childhood days. They always enjoyed things together, but also made sure to endure all their

of sixteen. Not only was the person in question extremely diligent and considered to be a young genius, he was also extraordinarily handsome!

however, was somewhat similar to the love that Jasmine had earlier described, though both of them would

for Chloe, the elder twin. While for a time, the three of them were able to enjoy beautiful sunsets and sunrises together, hand

a gut feeling that her younger sister would end

baseless assumption either. After all, both of them had constantly been compared with each other ever since they were young. While the younger sister was

began taking it more personally. Knowing how much more exceptional her younger sister was compared to her, she was well aware that

herself from Indigo. Eventually, she

always tolerate Chloe’s behavior. To Chloe’s dismay, the

up her own aura,

becoming. Eventually, she became completely blinded by fame and wealth, losing herself as well as her initial

where Chloe stepped over the line. Because of her actions, everyone ended up standing against her and this included her younger sister who ended up breaking relations with her. However, the most devastating blow

lost everything at that moment, Chloe became enveloped with fury

genius grew further and further apart from Chloe. This was because throughout the past few years, he had endured a number of misfortunes together with Indigo. Due to that, both of them

about that, Chloe began deliberately starting fights with Indigo. Due to how

crisis happened one day, Chloe finally had a chance to prove

she had only been willing to abandon all her fame and wealth to save him back then, the situation could’ve been eased… However, she had been hesitant at the most critical

and life, immediately rushing over to the young genius’s

Chloe

person she

eyes

the story to Jasmine, Jasmine could sense that Queena was truly concerned about that young

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asked Gerald in

after being betrayed by her friends and family, Jasmine now felt that Queena was more

important. Regardless, know that I won’t stop until I get my hands on him, and I will get what I

What does all this have to do with Gerald…?” asked Jasmine rather

only telling you a summarized version of this story. After all, I’m well aware that you’re a smart girl! I’m not going to tell you

with everyone around you…? Were

It was the reason why he began distancing himself from me in the first place! However, I’m going to win this time… And I’m winning everything!”

one of the maids suddenly walked over before

“What is it?”

to

Miss Fenderson to the room downstairs… She’s not allowed

the maid on what to do, Queena walked out the room and began heading to the living room where Gerald

saw Linus and the others in the room. Gerald himself was seated on one of the

Linus and the other Yonwicks to leave the room, Gerald watched as all of them left before standing up and saying, “While I’m not quite sure what is going on between the two of us, I assure you, Miss Queena, that none of this has anything to do with my friend. With that in mind,

her expression bittered as she instantly said in a spine-tingling cold voice, “…So… You only came

replied Gerald as Queena immediately shot a frigid glare at

Zeus. However, I do know that while I may look exactly like him, I’m not the person you think I am, which is why I’ll never fall for the woman in white! There’s only

had found back on Montholm Island, Gerald recalled there being someone that looked similar to the woman in white, yet wasn’t really her. The doppelganger was the one in charge of heartlessly killing

one who had saved him that night was this woman. With her standing before him right now, all

look of disbelief on her face, clearly angered by Gerald’s claim

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reason to lie to you! All that I’ve said is true! I’m truly not the person you’ve been looking for!” said

saved was definitely not the woman in white. As for the real woman in white,

to mention where Zeus’s whereabouts was. He would

you! Regardless, I’ve told you that we’re getting married tomorrow! Do you already have your answer?”

the first place… With that in mind, how could we get

I agree with that. Whatever the case is, does that mean that there really is no room for further discussion between us? Is the only one in your heart that lover of yours?” asked Queena

from Gerald, Queena glared daggers at him as she added, “I see. So that’s how it’s going to be. I get where you’re coming from, but just because you don’t love me today, that doesn’t mean you won’t end up loving me in the

that, she pointed at both Gerald’s shoulder and forehead in quick succession. A split second later, Gerald felt his entire body stiffen. He

to look at Queena—who had the elegance of

restrain the three largest chakras on your body. I’ve also sealed your inner strength! Due to that, you’re just a regular human being now. Tell you what, I’ll give you a bit more time to think about it. If you truly wish to recover your strength in order to get one step closer to finding the answer you seek,

breath, she then gave Gerald an emotionless

turned around to

Yonwicks had been standing outside, listening intently to

an incredible powerhouse. However, that changed when he found out about Gerald’s

god away from their family when

was already well aware that the current Queena was no longer the

his strength anymore. As a result, he was well

her on! There must be…!’ Gerald thought to

Freya noticed that

person, Freya rushed toward him with glistening eyes as she yelled, “You heartless jerk! How dare you show your face here just to reject our

only doing all this to get on Queena’s good side. However,

Freya turned around and saw that

You have little right to do so! Now leave!” shouted Queena as she tossed

look at Gerald again, Queena then said, “One day, you’ll understand that I’m only doing all this for you… I hope that you won’t disappoint me because I’ll destroy anything that