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.

today here you are, trying to start a fight. How unruly

wearing such a thing anyway!

blurred up from the tears that were welling up

noticed how biased his grandmother was, even when Yura was clearly in the wrong here. He had purchased a similar dragon jade bracelet before as well, so he knew that Catherine’s bracelet

did was out of fear that

before everyone shifted their attention

nothing with you. Did

asked with a cold expression

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

top of her “most-hated” list, and that person was none other

light of everything that

I guess he’s too broke to even afford

then that Lady Yaleman noticed Gerald’s hands were

she felt a little

need his gift anyway!” Lady Yaleman

he did not

My guess is that she’s simply here to squander away all the inheritance money! We should not allow this to go

you mean by that? When has Bea not worked hard for our

should just stop arguing right now! I 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 meet my expectations, don’t blame grandma for being heartless when the day

telling the truth, then so be it! I don’t feel so

replied with

and left immediately

“Bea! Bea!”

chased after her

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

Gerald too tagged

mom? If Bea can act like this in front of you, it’s not that hard to imagine how she usually acts in

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Rose said.

She can leave if she wants to! Out of sight, out of

then turned around to take a look at

on? There were so many distinguished guests at my birthday banquet last year around this time. Where have they all gone this

realized that something was

feel rather odd. Why are there so few guests here today? I mean, didn’t

face was a sour

her butler, Sheldon

asked him about the low turnout rate for the guests they had specially invited to

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

“What?”

really on the decline now! If it were a few decades ago, this place would’ve been packed to the brim whenever the Yaleman family

the rest remained

project that I asked you to bid

I am already working on it as fast as I possibly can. I’ll come up with a solution for the supply chain issue before

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

Suddenly.

rushed into the

“Ma’am! Ma’am!”

on,

to take a look. There’s a

said and he looked

“Huh?”

Lady Yaleman was surprised.

would never react in such an exaggerated way if

who could

Yaleman was momentarily

she got up from her seat and followed Sheldon

the rest also followed behind them

they saw more than a dozen Rolls-Royce Phantoms outside

in

of them held a

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

of the bodyguards

were all dumbfounded and at a loss

could not get any fancier

later, the first bodyguard opened the gift

“A thousand-year-old ginseng!”

“What? Thousand-year-old ginseng?”

Everyone was surprised.

white

“What?”

moved by the

Rose on the other hand could only swallow

authentic Henri

gift box was

Henri Matisse’s

around

Who is he? How

Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or

a lot

everyone in the Yaleman family, including Lady Yaleman herself, feel very

describe each and every one of

tell and all had incredibly rich histories. They

Yaleman was

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 at

the troupe of butlers handed a

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 a

cold atmosphere that enveloped the scene

nothing else, then we’ll

people were told to keep their mouths

don’t you stay back for a

appreciate your generous offer, but

bid them farewell, the rest of his colleagues climbed

can it be anymore lavish than

Just who are the Crawfords and what

Yaleman family were all

think we’ve ever met him before. Why are they giving us such expensive gifts? A rough

so excited that

like they cost that much! Mr. 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 long and yet I

said in

all of the juniors

never be willing to present birthday gifts worth more than one hundred and fifty million dollars! What Lady

worry that much about this. If they’re willing to provide such extravagant gifts, they’re yours no matter what! If you sell any one of

a sparkle in

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

the same time, Lady Yaleman was staring intensely at the convoy that was driving into

what are you

came forward and asked when he realized that he would not be able to get his hands

looking at those people who got out of the cars just now. Yuma, did you see how well-trained and disciplined those men were? They’re not the

to figure out the identity of this Mr. Crawford as soon as possible so that we can get in

said

“Understood, mom!”

is

aunt suddenly

could it

one of the young ladies in the Yaleman family? Maybe he’s giving us all these gifts now as a lead-up to his marriage

said

Ysabel, the second aunt’s daughter was the

simply trying to tell everyone else that the wealthy Mr. Crawford might very likely be interested in her own

You are really thinking too

became unhappy as soon

Yura was supposed to be the future heir

this bullcrap just to try and get in good graces with

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

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be cumbersome in doing things and they would never make their intentions direct and clear either.

studying abroad for years. I believe you have met a lot of

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

moment to think about her experience before she replied,

the Yaleman family! Ysabel, if there is anything that you want

you, grandma!”

able to secure a high position

Ysabel’s hand as they returned

was around this time that Yuma suddenly received a phone

say? Can

expression on Yuma’s

as though all color

“Mom!”

little perplexed and he was in a state of

“What’s wrong?”

happened to

“What happened?”

Lady Yaleman’s face

“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 loan! The bank has just

“What?”

not expect things

did you use as collateral?”

Yaleman family was going to use for our project. I have always done the same thing and it would always end up with success. But the

family! It

with a pale look

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

walked right into a trap they’d

in that piece

a

she slapped Yuma viciously

Yaleman family. However, Yuma had been blinded by his lust for money, that he was willing

powerful and influential the Long family was, they were able to manipulate the bank’s

me off as

Yaleman said as she waved the walking stick

We are already halfway through our project now. Is the Long family

asked with a dejected

Slap!

thing!

time. She was so angry that she had lost all

…

“Bea, are you okay?”

she ran all

Gerald followed her back.

into the fifth uncle’s room. She held his hand as she

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defend mom when everybody’s attacking her! I am a disappointment! I’m so sorry that I failed to live

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

it was nothing more than just a jade bracelet. Dad, could it be that in grandma’s eyes, nothing can ever be comparable to Yura

felt seriously aggrieved

just endure it when everyone else ridiculed her

time, there was a blatant display of

to put up with it anymore, she

to find all sorts of reasons to send us into exile

into her father’s bed

pat her shoulder gently as he tried his best

self-esteem too. No one on Earth will ever be able to endure a never-ending cycle of

was feeling right now, aside from Gerald

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

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

made you worry. I’m so sorry that you didn’t even get to enjoy

stopped sobbing. She wiped the tears away

thoughts. Everything will be better in the future.

he held

I do hope

Bea nodded.

cell phone

at the caller ID revealed that it was

family meeting. Everyone has to be here

hung up

and wash your face and

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

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 a moment before

agreed

two o’clock in the

stayed at home

home with Catherine from the

cursing loudly as soon as

swear to God, this will be a fight to the death! There will be no end to this until blood is

Catherine cursed.