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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.

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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.

a fight. How unruly can

it has already been broken. I’m too old to be wearing such a thing anyway! What Rose said is

vision blurred up from the tears that were welling up

a similar dragon jade bracelet before as well,

out of fear that Bea

before everyone shifted

you’ve got nothing with you. Did you really

asked with a cold expression on her

right. In the entire Yaleman family, Rose hated her fifth brother-in-law’s

popped up at the top of

in light of everything that happened

guess he’s too broke to even afford

then that Lady Yaleman noticed Gerald’s hands

little upset in

his gift

remained silent and he did not say anything at

and correct her ways. 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 to go on any longer!” Rose continued

back at Rose hastily, “Just what do you mean by that? When has Bea not worked

do not know which one of you is telling the truth but only those who are worthy shall receive any sort of reward! Bea, I will keep my eye on you from now on. If you fail to

do not need to worry about me. If my eldest aunt said she is telling the truth, then so be it! I don’t feel so

with red,

and left immediately after saying

“Bea! Bea!”

after

frowned. It seemed as though this was not the first time that Rose and

Gerald

it’s not that hard to imagine how she usually acts in front of

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Rose said.

Out of

a look

were so many distinguished guests at my birthday banquet last year around this time.

suddenly realized

guests here today? I mean, didn’t

Lady Yaleman’s face was a

her butler,

turnout rate for the guests

happened and they cannot make it here anymore. They simply asked me to congratulate you on their behalf! As of

“What?”

a 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 have personally sent them

and the rest remained

have you already gotten the project that I asked you to bid for? Or did we come back empty-handed?” Lady Yaleman

a major problem right now. Mom, I am already working on it as fast as I possibly can. I’ll come up

feel of a proper home, and the same’s happening to our bloody business!? Are we really going to fall

Suddenly.

the mansion from the main

“Ma’am! Ma’am!”

going on,

come out to take a

he looked very

“Huh?”

Lady Yaleman was surprised.

never react in such an exaggerated way if they were ordinary gifts from ordinary

could it

was momentarily

from her seat and followed Sheldon

and the rest also followed behind them out

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

in black were standing in

a gift

Crawford family sends these gifts to you, Lady Yaleman! The Crawford family wishes you a very happy

the bodyguards finally

and the others were all dumbfounded and at a loss

not get any

the first bodyguard opened

“A thousand-year-old ginseng!”

“What? Thousand-year-old ginseng?”

Everyone was surprised.

white marble

“What?”

moved by

the other hand could

authentic Henri Matisse’s

box was

authentic Henri Matisse’s

clustered around the

he? How could he possibly be

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lot more

the Yaleman family,

not have been an exaggeration to describe each and every one of these gifts as

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

was filled

ripe old age of 80, she had obviously been around for quite a while, but

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

troupe of butlers handed a list over to Lady

I don’t 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

enveloped the scene

we’ll be

people were

back for a

your generous offer, but I

man bid them farewell, the rest

can it be anymore lavish

calm and disciplined! Just who are the Crawfords and

members of the Yaleman family were all

him before. Why are they giving us such expensive gifts? A rough estimate places these gifts at close to a hundred and fifty

so excited that his hands were

he!? But isn’t it odd that we’ve never met them before? I’ve been around for so long and yet I have never heard of such a

Yaleman said

all of the juniors exchanged glances with

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

such extravagant gifts, they’re yours no matter what! If you sell any one of these items, you’ll

with a sparkle in

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 him or

Lady Yaleman was staring intensely at

what are you

would not be able to get

those men were? They’re not the subordinates of your run-of-the-mill

other words, we have to figure out the identity of this Mr. Crawford as soon as possible so that we can get in touch with him and ask

said

“Understood, mom!”

is actually

second aunt suddenly

What could

Yaleman family? Maybe he’s

second aunt said with a cunning

of them, Ysabel, the second aunt’s daughter was the most

the wealthy Mr.

really thinking

as soon

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

spewing all this bullcrap just to try and get in good graces with Lady

for it, in the end, it was personal interests that reigned above all.

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she said made sense too. A young master from a top-tier family would never be cumbersome in doing things and they would never make their intentions direct

after studying abroad for years. I believe you have met a lot of people and participated

of how eye-catching Ysabel was. Yeah, Bea was on par with her beauty but she was rarely exposed to grander

a moment to think about her experience before she

Yaleman family! Ysabel, if there is anything that you want or need in the future, do not hesitate to ask

you, grandma!”

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

as they returned to the

time that

you just say? Can you repeat yourself

expression on Yuma’s

up, it seemed as though all

“Mom!”

perplexed and he was in a state of utter stupefaction as he approached

“What’s wrong?”

to the

“What happened?”

expression on Lady Yaleman’s face

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 subordinate just called to say that something’s gone wrong with the

“What?”

did not expect things to

you use as

thing and it would always end up with

Long family! It has to be the

said with a pale look on his

it was one of the more senior members of the family who had personally approached him to talk about

that he had walked right into a

also interested in that piece

realization came about a tad bit too

Yaleman was so infuriated that she

had always been a long-standing rival of the Yaleman family. However, Yuma had been blinded by his lust for

were able to manipulate the bank’s choice with just a

piss me off as

Yaleman said as she waved the

we going to do now? We are already halfway through our project now.

asked with

Slap!

useless little thing! Don’t ask

was so angry that she didn’t hesitate to slap Yuma the second time. She was so angry that she had lost all steam to proceed with her birthday celebration. Fuming from the

…

“Bea, are you okay?”

as she ran all the

Gerald followed her back.

room. She held his hand as

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speak up and defend mom when everybody’s attacking her! I am a disappointment! I’m so sorry that

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

overreacting. She said that it was nothing more than just a jade bracelet.

felt seriously

endure it when everyone else ridiculed her or her

was a blatant display

with it anymore,

or me and mom? Every day, she’ll try to find all sorts of reasons to send us into exile from the

head into her father’s bed and

could only pat her shoulder gently as he tried his best to comfort

was a kind and tolerant girl, she had her own self-esteem too. No one on Earth will ever be able to endure a never-ending

one else understood what Bea was feeling right now, aside

family did not help his mother back then, they would not

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

made you worry. I’m so sorry

to apologize before she had even truly stopped sobbing. She wiped the tears

be better in the future. It certainly will, and you have my word

as he held Bea’s

do hope

Bea nodded.

cell phone suddenly

the caller ID revealed that it was a phone call

holding an emergency family meeting. Everyone has to be

hung

your face and we’ll

understand why my aunt refused to stay there, despite being such an outstanding and capable individual! Seriously, sooner or later, I’m going

could you say 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

it for a moment before she

agreed

meeting ended at two

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

home with Catherine

hear Catherine cursing loudly as soon as

this will be a fight to the death! There will be no end

Catherine cursed.