The Secretly Rich Man

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 831

“Are you saying that the clothes that Gerald wore cost just as much?” Rose asked in disbelief.

“Impossible! It is absolutely impossible! We already know about his father, Dylan Crawford’s status from back then. Like hell, their family’s that affluent! The most probable explanation is that Gerald won the lottery! He must’ve blown all that cash impulsively just now!” Rose said.

It seemed as though the million dollars Gerald spent really left a huge impact on them.

“Now that eldest aunt and the others are all gone, let’s go back to the shop and ask for a refund for this membership card. It’s way too expensive! So much money’s in there! Don’t you think it’s a waste to leave it all in there?”

“There is no need for that, Bea…”

“It’s a million bucks! How could you just brush it off like it’s nothing? Also, why…why do you have so much money?”

Bea seemed a little terrified.

Gerald laughed as he shot a glance at Bea who was behind the wheel. After that, he said, “I will tell you something, something that you can’t tell anyone else yet. This includes fifth aunt too!”

“What is it?” Bea asked.

“I am actually a rich heir and I am the kind of rich heir who has an unlimited amount of money to spend!” Gerald replied with an eager smile on his face.

“Hahaha!”

Unexpectedly, Bea suddenly laughed out loud, “Okay then, rich heir, if you’ve that much money, then please allow your humble cousin to help you to spend some of that cash!”

Bea obviously thought that Gerald was just pulling her leg.

“Cough. Cough. You can choose to believe me or not!” Gerald replied after clearing his throat.

“By the way, what gift are you planning to give to grandma for her birthday tomorrow?” Bea asked.

“I do not know what to give her either! I’ll think about it tomorrow!”

The atmosphere at the Yaleman family mansion was extremely lively.

It was Lady Yaleman’s eightieth birthday today.

Compared to the previous years, her eightieth birthday banquet was much grander and multitudes livelier.

Not only were all the members of the Yaleman family present, there were multiple distinguished guests who were also invited here to celebrate Lady Yaleman’s birthday.

“Each and every gift from the distinguished guests should be recorded down on paper clearly and re-checked. You absolutely mustn’t be careless about this! There should be a lot of distinguished guests present this year and the ranking arrangements should be treated with utmost seriousness!”

Lady Yaleman was wearing a red festive robe early in the morning as she instructed the butler.

Lady Yaleman took her seat after that.

Upon receiving a signal from their parents, the younger generation of the family started coming forward to offer their gifts to Lady Yaleman.

“Grandma, this is the jade bracelet that I bought for you. Take a look at it and see if you like it?”

A girl came up with a sweet smile on her face.

“I like it. I like it a lot! Ooh, a piece of nephrite jade! What a good child you are!”

Lady Yaleman smiled happily.

She held the girl’s hands throughout their brief exchange.

“Oh! Bea! The both of you just arrived, I presume?”

Bea had arrived with Gerald.

They happened to run into Yura and a few others.

“Bea, what kind of a gift did you buy for grandma this year? Don’t tell me that you’re giving her another embroidery that you made yourself again, just like you did last year! Hahaha!”

Yura and the others started cackling away.

Yura’s laughter was the clearest and the loudest. After he was satisfied with mocking Bea, he shot a cold, hostile glare at Gerald.

“I didn’t expect that you’d attend grandma’s birthday banquet too! Hahaha! To think that you came empty-handed!” Yura said as he laughed.

After that, he whispered into Gerald’s ear, “I am warning you. You should stop thinking about laying your hands on the Yaleman family’s assets! Don’t let me catch you trying to put any weird thoughts into that old woman’s head!”

Gerald quietly listened to Yura’s provocative words.

He did not even bother to look at him but instead, he flashed a kind smile at Bea. “Come, let’s go in now!” he said to her.

They proceeded to make their way towards grandma.

Yura was so angry that his fists were tightly-clenched out of anger.

“Country bumpkin! I will never let you off so easily!”

Yura thought indignantly to himself.

Due to the previous grievances, Yura had never liked Gerald. Despite how honest and decent that hillbilly seemed, that bastard kept stealing the limelight from Yura when they were in the bar last night.

Yura did not know what Gerald said to Brandon in the end that ended up with his head getting smashed in by Brandon in front of all his cousins.

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 832

Yura placed the blame entirely on Gerald.

The thing that pissed him off most was when he finally found a goddess that he was interested in, Gerald had to butt in and screw-up his chance to shine.

“Look, grandma! This is my birthday gift to you!”

The younger generation of the family was still presenting their gifts at the main table of the birthday banquet.

Lady Yaleman was grinning from ear-to-ear; she could not conceal the happiness that she was feeling right now.

“Oh! Isn’t that Bea? What took you so long? Have you already forgotten that it is your grandmother’s birthday today?”

In walked Bea and Gerald.

Rose wore a cunning smirk as she spoke.

“How can I possibly forget about grandma’s birthday? Eldest aunt, you are too much!” Bea retorted immediately.

“Hahaha! Let’s see what kind of birthday gift Bea prepared for grandma this year-round!”

Several girls simultaneously.

Bea’s mother was visibly irritated when she heard what those girls said about her daughter. She then directed a reassuring smile at Bea whilst glancing down at the gift she was holding.

She knew that her mother would be overjoyed if she received this gift.

“Bea, hurry up and show your grandmother the gift that you’ve gotten for her!” Catherine said.

“Okay! Grandma, this is the birthday gift that I have prepared for you this year! It’s a dragon jade bracelet!”

Bea said as she opened the box carefully.

“Dragon jade bracelet?”

Lady Yaleman was stunned for a moment.

She looked down at the gift and realized, it was just as she had said, a dragon jade bracelet!

In fact, Gerald had already bought a dragon jade bracelet for Giya before this and it cost about fifteen thousand dollars.

Of course, it wasn’t like Lady Yaleman couldn’t afford such a small gift.

But she knew very well that Bea’s family was not doing as well for the past few years. It was part of the reason why they could not afford to give her any decent gifts back then.

However, the fact that Bea was willing to give her a dragon jade bracelet that was worth more than fifteen thousand dollars naturally proved Bea’s filial piety towards her.

“Okay! It’s pretty good!” Lady Yaleman said with a smile.

The dragon jade bracelet had already completely won over Lady Yaleman’s heart, and her reaction was completely different from when she was presented with the nephrite jade bracelet from earlier on.

The expression on Gerald’s second aunt and cousin turned sour immediately.

“Bea, I heard that you’re working as an intern in the group’s project department for a couple of months now. Sigh, you’re all grown up in a blink of an eye. If you perform well, granny will teach you the way of the trade, and maybe then, you’ll be able to lead a bigger department on your own!” said Lady Yaleman.

“Thank you, grandma!”

Bea was very happy when she heard her grandmother’s words. Catherine was elated to hear those words as well.

“Grandma, how can you be so sure that this is an authentic dragon jade bracelet? After all, there are countless knock-offs in the market!” sneered Yura as he approached them.

The expression on Bea’s face changed slightly.

The same went for Catherine, who finally decided to stand up for her daughter, “Yura, what are you talking about? Let me tell you. This bracelet is something my mother gave me, and now it’s passed on to Bea. It’s impossible that it’s a knock-off!”

Catherine was telling the truth. She had really gone all in at this time.

“Grandma, I learned some basic identification techniques when I was studying abroad. Why don’t you let me take a look at it?” Yura said.

Yura’s words cast doubt in Lady Yaleman’s heart, which quickly became apparent on her face.

After all, she knew her daughter-in-law, Catherine very well. If this really was such a precious item, why would Catherine be willing to give it to her as a birthday gift?

Lady Yaleman handed the dragon jade bracelet over to Yura.

“Oh, man. There’s no doubt about it. It’s a fake!”

Yura shook his head with a mere glance at the bracelet.

“You don’t know what you’re talking about Yura! What do you know?” Catherine replied anxiously.

“Hahaha! Fifth aunt, why do you sound so anxious? Okay then. I’ll keep my mouth shut. If you say it is authentic, we’ll just treat it as such!”

He proceeded to hand the jade bracelet over to Catherine.

However, before poor Catherine could grab it, he released his grip deliberately.

Clink!

With a crisp sound, the jade bracelet shattered into a million pieces on the cold hard ground…

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“My jade bracelet!”

The jade bracelet had shattered into a million pieces.

Catherine’s eyes widened from the shock.

Bea was also taken aback by what Yura had just done.

This jade bracelet was the most precious treasure in their family.

Her grandmother had given this jade bracelet to her mother before it was passed down to Bea.

The reason why Catherine was willing to let go of the bracelet as a gift for Lady Yaleman was quite simple.

Her husband was currently lying in bed in a vegetative state and there was no more hope for her.

She hoped that her daughter would be able to prove herself and gain recognition from the Yaleman family, someday in the future.

As long as Lady Yaleman was pleased and satisfied, then Bea would be able to move forward.

Otherwise, if Rose was allowed to gain full control of the company in the future, then all hope would truly be lost for Bea and her family.

But now, this final bastion of hope had been smashed into the cold hard ground!

Yura had obviously done this on purpose!

“Give me back my jade bracelet! I want you to compensate me for my jade bracelet!”

Catherine’s eyes were red and blinded by rage as she rushed forward and grabbed Yura forcefully by the collar.

Everyone at the birthday banquet stopped what they were doing and stared at the source of the commotion.

“Stop it! Do you still know how to behave yourself?!”

Lady Yaleman yelled angrily at them both. She was a woman who cared about her public appearance after all.

“Mom! Yura did it on purpose! He deliberately broke my dragon jade bracelet!” Catherine complained in a distressed tone.

“Oh! It’s just a lousy bracelet anyway! Chances are, it might even be a fake! So what if it was an authentic dragon jade bracelet?”

“Aren’t you a bit too old to be quarreling with your own junior? Have you no shame?”

Second aunt chimed in.

mom’s birthday today here you are, trying to start a fight. How unruly can you be!? Can’t you behave

enough! ‘Tis nothing but a jade bracelet! There’s nothing we can do now, since it has already been broken. I’m too old to be wearing such a thing anyway! What Rose said

vision blurred up from the tears that were

had purchased a similar dragon jade bracelet

was out of fear that Bea would gain his grandmother’s love and

wasn’t long before everyone shifted their attention

you. Did you

a cold expression on her

the entire Yaleman family, Rose hated her fifth brother-in-law’s family the most, followed

top of her

in light of

even afford a gift for Lady Yaleman at this

then that Lady Yaleman noticed Gerald’s

she felt a little upset in

I don’t need his

silent and he did

She keeps drifting off during work. My guess is that she’s simply here to squander away all the inheritance money! We should not allow this

what do you mean by that? When has

know which one of you is telling the truth but only those who are worthy shall receive any sort of reward! Bea,

my eldest aunt said she is telling the truth, then so

with red, misty

stood up and left immediately

“Bea! Bea!”

chased after her

It seemed as though this was not the first time that Rose and her son, Yura had targeted Bea and

Gerald too tagged along

not that

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Rose said.

if she wants to! Out of sight, out of mind!”

take a look at the scene of

at my birthday banquet last

Yaleman suddenly realized that something was

replied, “Yeah, it does feel rather odd. Why are there so few guests here today? I

face was a sour

signaled for her butler,

turnout rate for the guests they had specially invited to

of the distinguished guests and partners that we invited suddenly called to say that something has happened and they cannot make it here anymore. They simply asked me to congratulate you on their behalf! As of now, there have been more than thirty chairmen of various

“What?”

few decades ago, this place would’ve been packed to the brim whenever the Yaleman family hosted an event. But now, people aren’t even bothering to attend the event, even after we

and the

asked you to bid for? Or

it as fast as I possibly can. I’ll come up with a solution for the supply chain issue

God, our home no longer has the feel of a proper home, and the same’s happening to our bloody business!?

Suddenly.

the mansion

“Ma’am! Ma’am!”

is going on, Sheldon?”

out to take a look.

he looked very

“Huh?”

Lady Yaleman was surprised.

way if they were ordinary gifts from

who could it possibly

was momentarily taken

from her seat and followed Sheldon

also followed behind them out of

got out of the mansion, they saw more than a dozen Rolls-Royce Phantoms outside the door. These vehicles cost

of bodyguards dressed in black

held a gift

from the Crawford family sends these gifts to you, Lady Yaleman! The

the bodyguards finally spoke

others were all

of gifts could not get any fancier than

bodyguard opened the gift box in his

“A thousand-year-old ginseng!”

“What? Thousand-year-old ginseng?”

Everyone was surprised.

ancient white marble

“What?”

Yaleman was visibly moved by the

and Rose on the other hand could only

Henri Matisse’s

gift box was the next

Henri

around the

is he? How could he

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lot more unopened

Yaleman family, including

to describe each and every one of

gift had its own story to tell and all had incredibly rich histories. They were all

Yaleman was

she had obviously been around for quite a while, but never in her life had she ever witnessed

this is the list of gifts presented today. Please take a look

young man leading the troupe of butlers handed a list over to Lady Yaleman in a respectful

need to look at it anymore! Please thank Mr. Crawford for all these gifts. However, you must tell him that these gifts are really too expensive! By the way, I don’t think that I’ve ever met this Mr. Crawford that you’re talking about before. Can you tell me who your master is?” Lady Yaleman asked with

atmosphere that enveloped the scene

is nothing else, then we’ll be leaving now!

was obvious that these people were told to keep

stay back for

generous offer, but I really can’t!

soon as the young man bid them farewell, the rest of his colleagues climbed aboard the cars and left

it be anymore

disciplined! Just who are

the Yaleman family were all taken

they giving us such expensive gifts? A rough estimate places these

that his hands were trembling

Crawford from the Crawford family, a real generous fella ain’t he!? But isn’t it odd that we’ve never met them before? I’ve been around for so

said

juniors exchanged

be willing to present birthday gifts worth more than one hundred and fifty million dollars! What Lady Yaleman said

matter what! If you

with a

blabbering such nonsense! These are gifts the Crawford family has generously decided to present to me. Who gave you the courage to even make such an outrageous suggestion? No one is allowed to touch them before I ascertain the true identity of this Mr. Crawford. If anyone dares to lay their hands on any one of these gifts, I will kick

Lady Yaleman was staring intensely at the convoy that was driving into the

are you looking

that he would not be able to get

out of the cars just now. Yuma, did you see how well-trained and disciplined those men were? They’re not the subordinates of your run-of-the-mill rich

possible so that we can get in touch with him and

said in

“Understood, mom!”

There is actually another

aunt suddenly

could it

Maybe he’s giving us all these gifts now as a lead-up

said with a

was the most

everyone else that the wealthy Mr. Crawford might very likely

are really

soon as she

all, her son, Yura was supposed to be the future heir of the

spewing all this bullcrap just to try

it was personal interests that reigned above all. Thus, it

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doing things and they would never make their intentions direct and clear

you’ve just started working with the company recently after studying abroad for years. I believe you have met a lot of people and participated in many different events and occasions, yes? Do you

Yeah, Bea was on par with her beauty but she was rarely exposed to grander events and

about her experience before she replied, “I think so,

as a blessing for the Yaleman family! Ysabel, if there is anything that you want or need in the future,

you, grandma!”

foreshadowed the possibility that Ysabel would be able to secure a high position for

held Ysabel’s hand as

time that

did you just say? Can you repeat

Yuma’s face

seemed as though all color had been drained

“Mom!”

and he was in a state of utter

“What’s wrong?”

happened to

“What happened?”

on Lady Yaleman’s face changed

nervously and said, “For the past couple of days, the company’s supply chain had been under strain, so I followed my usual procedure of applying for a loan with the bank. My

“What?”

not expect

did you use as collateral?” Lady

was going to use for our project. I have always done the same thing and it would always end up with success. But the bank just informed us that they won’t

It has

said with a pale look

one of the more senior

fact that he had walked right into a trap they’d set up just for

were also interested in that

a tad bit

Yaleman was so infuriated that she slapped Yuma viciously across

a long-standing rival of the Yaleman family. However, Yuma had been blinded by his lust for money, that he was willing to court the risk of collaborating with his

and influential the Long family was, they were able to manipulate the bank’s choice with just a snap of

me off as much as

she waved the

We are already halfway through our project now. Is the Long family trying to take advantage of

with a dejected

Slap!

thing! Don’t

hesitate to slap Yuma the second time. She was so angry that she had lost all steam to proceed with her birthday

…

“Bea, are you okay?”

she ran all the

Gerald followed her back.

fifth uncle’s room.

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mom when everybody’s attacking her! I am a disappointment! I’m so sorry that I failed to live up to your expectations!” Bea

most precious bracelet with the intention of giving it to grandma as a birthday gift, to please her and make her happy. She did this hoping that I’ll strive forward in the company! But Yura broke the bracelet! He did it on purpose, I know he did! Everyone saw with

accused mom of overreacting. She said that it was nothing more than just a jade bracelet. Dad, could it be

seriously

it when everyone

time, there was a blatant display of

with it anymore, she

to find all sorts of reasons to send us into exile from the family! Fine! I’ll never go back to the Yaleman family from now

She buried her head into her

could only pat her shoulder gently as

tolerant girl, she had her own self-esteem too. No one on Earth will ever be able

understood what Bea was feeling right

help his mother back then, they would not have

mother had already entrusted him with dealing with this issue, Gerald would have to come

you worry. I’m so sorry that you didn’t even

she had even truly stopped sobbing. She wiped the tears away from her face while sniffing

will be better in the future. It certainly will,

as he held

do hope

Bea nodded.

phone

the caller ID revealed that it was a

meeting. Everyone has to

that, Sheldon hung up

and wash your face and we’ll head over,

I’m not even going to step foot in that dreaded place! Finally, I understand why my aunt refused to stay there, despite being such an outstanding and capable individual! Seriously, sooner

that? You have to think about your mother as well. I’m sure your eldest aunt will keep on making all sorts of ludicrous remarks about her. You should at least go for now!”

about it for a moment before she nodded

she agreed

ended at two

family meeting. Instead, he stayed at home to help his fifth

finally came home with Catherine from

cursing loudly as soon as

end to this until blood is spilled! How dare you bully someone like this! I’m

Catherine cursed.