Ch. 776..780: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 776-780

Chapter 776

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 776 Naturally, Noah never had the audacity or courage to ask the Fendersons about things regarding his son’s marriage. After all, the Fendersons were still the Schuyler’s main affiliate family.

However, since such a massive event was taking place today, Noah took the initiative to finally ask about it, just to see how the old master would reply.

In response, Bryson frowned. With a wry smile on his face, he then said, “Are you proposing a marriage between Jasmine and Yael?”

“Well, I’m afraid that it all boils down to what Jasmine has to say about the matter. After all, marriage is the personal affair of young people! You should allow the younger generation to deal with this matter on their own!”

Hearing this made Noah slightly upset, as he knew that his proposal had just been indirectly denied. After all, Bryson’s granddaughter clearly didn’t have any interest in Yael at all.

“As parents, we’re naturally our children’s matchmakers. Lord Fenderson, I truly believe that as long as you suggest it, Jasmine will have no other choice but to obey! After all, to children, our commands are as good as the law. Unless you feel that Yael isn’t worthy enough to be together with Jasmine…? Do you fear that he’ll end up embarrassing the Fenderson family?” asked Noah, adamant on pressing on.

“Hahaha! That’s not the case at all!” replied Bryson as he laughed.

At that moment, the study room door creaked open and Jasmine walked in.

“Here’s the list of guests and the schedule of events for today. Do have a look at it, grandpa.”

Jasmine’s main responsibility of the day was to be in charge of the event.

“You can just leave it on my table. I can rest assured with you in charge.”

“Speaking of which, Jasmine, you came at the right time! Lord Fenderson and I were just talking about you!” said Noah as he looked at her.

“Oh? You were talking about me, Uncle Schuyler? What a great honor!” replied Jasmine, a cold smile on her face.

“Indeed! See, I was just discussing with Lord Fenderson about your marriage with Yael… You aren’t young anymore, Jasmine, and it’s about time you thought about your future and marriage! Since both you and Yael have known each other since childhood, both of you will definitely be the perfect couple!” said Noah with a smile.

“Apologies, Uncle Schuyler, but I’m not interested in marriage at the moment! In the meantime, your son should look for someone else!” replied Jasmine in a cold voice.

Since Jasmine wasn’t giving him any face at all, Noah’s face immediately turned red in anger.

Bryson simply laughed as he said, “Calm yourself, Noah. Since we’re already talking about this, I’ll just make things clear now. Even if Jasmine and Yael do end up in a relationship, they will never get married in the end. After all, Jasmine’s already been destined to be with someone else from the day she was born.”

The moment they heard Bryson’s words, both Jasmine and Noah were startled speechless.

“What do you mean by that, Lord Fenderson?”

Even Jasmine was looking at her grandfather in surprise as Noah asked that question.

“It’s a long story. Before that, I’m sure that both of you know about the bad blood between our family and the Crawfords, right?” asked Bryson.

With a cold expression on his face, Noah then frowned before nodding.

“Well, both families were already hostile with each other even from the previous generation. While we were constantly fighting in secret back then, there was also a period of peace between the families. At the time, Daryl Crawford was the head of the Crawford family. His son, Dylan, is the current Crawford family head. When we were much younger, Daryl and I were both close friends, up to the point where I could even call him my brother. Once both of us inherited the positions of family heads, we were able to momentarily end the dispute between the Crawfords and the Fendersons! To ensure that the peace continued, we formed an alliance. However, there was one condition to said alliance…”

“…It… Couldn’t be… Was it a contractual marriage?” asked Jasmine in surprise.

“It was indeed. By coincidence, both you and Daryl’s grandson were born on the same day, month, and even year! Because of that, both of us came up with the idea of a marriage contract and I agreed to let you get married to Daryl’s grandson!”

“However, things went south when Daryl had a fierce argument with his son. Because of that, he decided to let go of the matter, forgetting everything else. Once that happened, he no longer spoke about anything regarding the Crawfords. Dylan himself was an extremely arrogant and domineering person. He preferred relying on his own efforts and abilities over forming alliances. His goal was to get the Fenderson family to surrender to the Crawfords! That was the reason why the disputes between the two families began again. It was around then when the matter regarding your aunt happened… After that, the Crawfords and the Fendersons completely ended all their relations.”

 

Chapter 777

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 777 “While Daryl hasn’t shown up for quite a while, that doesn’t mean that the marriage contract ceases to be valid. In fact, even though Dylan had been extremely hostile toward the Fendersons, he hasn’t sent anyone over to formally end the contract. As long as the marriage contract isn’t called off, then it’s rules still apply till the day the Crawford family chooses to acknowledge it!” explained Bryson before looking at Noah.

“Do you understand what I mean now, Noah?”

“…To think that the Crawfords and the Fendersons had such a history… However, since both families are still disputing against each other, then the marriage contract should, by right, be automatically called off, should it not, Lord Fenderson?” replied Noah rather reluctantly.

“While it’s true that both Dylan and Daryl had a huge conflict back then, I don’t think his son would actually have the courage or audacity to privately amend or go against the rules set by his father!”

“…Very well, Lord Fenderson. I’ll just pretend that I never brought the matter up. However, do remember that we’ve been at war with the Crawfords for all these years. We’ll never stop holding our grudges against the Crawford family, especially after that incident involving Xara that brought such colossal losses to our families!” said Noah before finally leaving the study room.

“He’s getting more and more presumptuous by the day!” said Jasmine coldly.

She then ran over to her grandfather’s side and began massaging his shoulders before saying, “Still, regardless of how much Noah enjoys scheming, he’s no match against you, grandpa! To think that you

could come up with something so incredible in such a short amount of time just to deceive him! Hahaha!”

Laughing back in response, Bryson then gently patted the back of Jasmine’s hand before saying, “But I didn’t deceive him, Jasmine… You truly are betrothed to the young master of the Crawford family!”

“…H-huh?!”

Jasmine was momentarily stunned speechless because of that.

“…How… How could that be possible, grandpa? You can’t be serious, right…?”

She could never have imagined that something as absurd as this would actually happen to her.

“Of course I’m being serious!”

“…But… There’s still something I don’t quite understand… Since such a marriage contract existed, why was aunt and Peter’s—the second master of the Crawford family—relationship opposed and criticized so much back then?” asked Jasmine rather doubtfully.

“You aren’t the same as your aunt. When you were born, Daryl was still the head of the family. Dylan only became the head when you reached the age of one. At the time, Dylan had sent Peter over to the Fenderson family to steal something from us, and not just anything. He was sent to steal our most treasured family heirloom! If he had succeeded, the Fenderson family would have already fallen apart right there and then! Dylan had lied to us, and I didn’t want to lose both my daughter and the rest of my family!”

“…What exactly is that item?” asked Jasmine in surprise.

“I can’t share the details about it yet. You’ll find out about it once you’re at the stage where your aunt was back then!” replied Bryson with a laugh.

“…Still, can that marriage contract truly still be counted now, grandpa?” asked Jasmine again. This was honestly what worried her the most.

“To be completely honest, even I can’t say for sure… I feel helpless about the situation at times as well!”

“Then why hasn’t there been any news about the young master of the Crawford family, even after all these years, grandpa?”

“Well, Dylan made sure that the young master of the Crawford family was raised in poverty. That allowed the young master to blend in rather well among other ordinary men. While Dylan’s also been actively trying to hide his whereabouts and identity, I’ve managed to uncover a few clues over my many years investigating. My guess is that the famous Mr. Crawford from Mayberry is closely related to the Crawford family’s young master!”

“Mr. Crawford?”

“Indeed! However, whenever I try sending someone over to investigate the matter, Dylan always responds immediately! Because of his constant interfering, I haven’t been able to look into the matter any further!”

Jasmine had come to learn about many things from this conversation alone.

The biggest shock to her yet, however, was the fact that she was contractually bound to have a marriage with Mr. Crawford!

It was simply too surreal.

After all, she hated the Crawfords. Each and every one of them.

They were the reason why her parents were dead.

Yet here she was, learning about all this now. It was almost as though the heavens were playing a prank on her.

“Then… What happened to Daryl Crawford?”

“He’s gone into hiding. I haven’t seen him in a good twenty years! The Crawford family’s matters are equally as complicated as what the Fendersons have to deal with!” explained Bryson.

After that, the grandfather and his granddaughter continued talking for quite a bit in his study room.

 

Chapter 778

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 778 In the blink of an eye, many people had already gathered at the event.

The two Fenderson brothers were in charge of greeting and entertaining the guests outside.

“You’re here early, Mr. Schuyler!” said most of the guests who immediately went over to greet Noah as soon as they saw him.

It was evident that to the guests, the two Fenderson brothers were nothing compared to Noah. Seeing that, the second son of the Fenderson family could only wave his hand in indignation.

It was at that moment when someone suddenly yelled, “The Long family from Yanken has sent a white jade statue here!”

“…Huh? The Longs from Yanken?”

Everyone was astonished to hear that. Why would the Long family come all the way here just to attend such an event?

While the two families had been on good terms, with the Longs even helping the Fenderson family before, both families hadn’t interacted much with each other for quite a long time.

The Fenderson’s old master himself had mostly only invited direct members and descendants of the Fenderson family to his banquet. The Longs were considered to be a foreign connection.

Everyone knew this, which was why everyone was currently discussing the matter among themselves.

Even both the Fenderson brothers were surprised by the Longs’ arrival.

“Haha! Ah, Second master and third master, the Longs have come together with the Schuylers today! The moment I heard that Lord Fenderson was hosting a banquet, I immediately notified the Long family! They’ve sent a special representative here today to pay their respects to Lord Fenderson!” explained Noah in a cold tone.

“How very bold of you, Noah Schuyler! Who was it exactly who gave you the right to invite guests over to the Fenderson family mansion? Just who do you think you are?”

Their reactions were understandable. After all, the Longs giving face to Noah and them giving face to Lord Fenderson were two completely different matters.

“Second uncle and third uncle, please don’t be angry. Since the Longs are already here anyway, we should naturally treat them as our guests. After all, the Schuylers are still affiliated under us. It shouldn’t matter whether the Schuylers or the Fendersons invited the Longs. After all, we’re all one big family. Aren’t I right, Uncle Schuyler?” said Jasmine as she walked out with a smile on her face.

“Hahaha! My niece, Jasmine, is truly the most sensible person here! I think the longer people live, the more backward their thinking becomes!”

“You!”

Second and Third were both feeling extremely dissatisfied now.

Before they could say another word, the Long family representative finally showed herself.

“…Huh? A woman?”

Everyone was equally surprised to see the woman—who looked to be around twenty-two— leading about a dozen people from the Long family into the banquet.

“She’s… The Long family’s second young master’s fiancée, right?”

“I think she is! I saw her when I attended the Long family’s second young master’s engagement banquet!”

After discussing among themselves, the guests suddenly came to a simultaneous realization. Of course the Long family’s second young master wouldn’t personally attend such an event!

“Welcome, Miss Xavia!” greeted Yael respectfully as he walked forward together with a few others.

“Hello, Yael and Uncle Schuyler. I’ve come to pay my respects to you.”

As it turned out, the representative the Longs had sent was Xavia!

At that moment, the sound of a wine glass shattering could be heard.

Throughout the day, Gerald had been running up and down, doing odd jobs. The moment he caught a glimpse of Xavia, he was so shocked that he couldn’t even hold on to his tray properly.

Why on earth was Xavia here too?

Chapter 779

Gerald was now frustrated beyond words. The initial plan to make use of the Fenderson birthday banquet to rescue Queta was now at stake.

To think that he would meet both Alice and Xavia back to back! There were simply too many unexpected issues popping up at the same time.

If either of the girls recognized him, then the situation would definitely take a turn for the worst.

What more, Gerald had just broken a wine glass and many people were already looking in his direction! D*mn it all! Gerald was so frightened that he immediately lowered his head and began picking the broken glass shards off the ground.

“...Eh?”

While Gerald managed to quickly clean up the mess and make his hasty escape, he seemed to have also attracted another girl’s attention.

The girl in question was standing right next to Jasmine. It was Mindy!

‘...Why did that young man look so similar to Gerald? This doesn’t make any sense at all! Why would that silly boy even be here at the Fenderson birthday banquet?’ Mindy thought to herself.

Curiosity piqued, Mindy then began following him sneakily.

“That was a really risky situation!” said Gerald as he heaved a huge sigh of relief the moment he arrived at the backyard.

“Gerald!” called out a female voice at that moment.

Turning to look at who had mentioned his name, Gerald’s eyes opened wide in bewilderment when he saw who it was.

‘F*ck! It’s Mindy!’

“Oh my god! And here I was, thinking I was seeing things earlier! I really didn’t expect to see you here! You... Why did you come all the way here to the Fenderson family mansion? Actually hold on, how did you even get in?” asked Mindy in surprise.

While her grandfather had held similar banquets here in the past and Mindy wasn’t exactly known to be the most attentive girl, she did know that the Fenderson family had always been extremely secretive.

Gerald was nothing more than an ordinary rich heir. How could he possibly have the right to attend her grandfather’s birthday banquet?

“O-oh! I’m here to attend Lord Fenderson’s birthday banquet on behalf of my family. I was just looking for the washroom! In fact, I was just about to send a message to both of you!” lied Gerald casually.

“Oh? Is your family subservient to the Fenderson family as well? But I don’t remember our family having any sort of influence in Mayberry City nor Serene County!”

Hearing that, Gerald became increasingly nervous. After suddenly recalling that Xavia was also here, he quickly explained, “I’m not exactly subservient to the Fendersons. It was the Schuylers who had invited me to the banquet today!”

“...I see! Well that makes much more sense!” replied Mindy.

However, her expression soon changed as she came to a sudden realization. Before Gerald could ask what was wrong, she hit him angrily on the back of his head!

“What was that for!”

“Humph! You should know that the Schuyler family hasn’t been on good terms with ours! I really hadn’t expected your family to be subservient to theirs. You know, the Schuyler family is getting more and more atrocious by the year!” said Mindy rather indignantly.

“Even if you say that, it’s not like I have any say in my family’s matters! I’m not really involved in any of their decisions!” replied Gerald.

“...Hey, look over there! Isn’t that the kid who scalded you last night, Loraine?”

Looking at the direction where the voice had come from, several gorgeous women—who seemed to be the celebrities from the previous night—could be seen walking toward the venue.

As the women in the group looked at the direction their celebrity friend was pointing at, one of them immediately started rushing toward Gerald in an imposing manner!

She seemed to be the leader of their group, and Gerald instantly recognized her as the celebrity from last night who had knocked over her own supper!

“So here you are! Do you have any idea how hard it was to find you? Listen here, I can’t wear a dress today because of you! Do you have any idea how many points will get taken away during my performance later because of that?!” growled the celebrity as she began smacking the back of his head resentfully.

“Hold it! Who do you think you are? What right do you have to treat him that way?”

Since she had a much higher status than Gerald, it was fine for Mindy to hit him. However, this was just a regular celebrity. How dare she treat him that way!

Mindy had only reprimanded her since she felt that she would lose face if she continued allowing the celebrity to do as she pleased in front of her.

Chapter 780

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 780 Seeing how well-dressed Mindy was, the celebrity instantly knew that she was a member of the Fenderson family.

Thus, instead of continuing to act presumptuously, she smiled brightly before saying, “Beautiful young lady, please don’t get me wrong, but this young man here is just a handyman who does odd jobs for us!”

“A handyman? Are you even that worthy? What exactly is going on here, Gerald?” asked Mindy in a puzzled tone.

She knew for a fact that he was a dignified, rich heir so why would he even need to serve and do odd jobs for these minor celebrities?

“I’ll… Explain everything to you in the future! For now, I really need to use the bathroom so I’ll be taking my leave first!”

Gerald could feel like his head was going to explode! If he kept dallying here then Xara’s plan was definitely going to fail because of him!

“Stop right there!” shouted both Mindy and the celebrity in unison.

Mindy could tell that Gerald was hiding something from her and she wasn’t the kind of person who liked being kept in the dark. The more he wanted to leave, the more she refused to let him go.

The celebrity herself wanted to personally deal with Gerald. However, now that she knew that Mindy was a Fenderson, she was simultaneously trying to please her so that there could possibly be a chance

for her to get into Mindy’s good books.

Realizing that Mindy also seemed to have some sort of misunderstanding with Gerald, the celebrity knew she didn’t need to worry about shouting for him not to leave.

The celebrity’s friends seemed to have caught on as well, and all of them hurriedly ran over to block Gerald’s path.

“This is the Fenderson family mansion, Gerald. Where do you even think you’ll be able to escape? Now hurry up and tell me the truth! What exactly is going on here? How are you both a rich heir and a handyman at the same time? If you refuse to tell me what’s going on then I’ll call Jasmine over!” said Mindy strictly as she grabbed him by the collar. It was clear that she had no intention of hearing any more of his excuses.

While Gerald could easily get rid of these girls if he truly wanted to, he knew that fighting back now would only make matters worse. The only thing he could do now was try to delay things so that he could buy more time.

“Indeed! I feel that he’s being very dishonest! Something’s definitely up with him and we can’t just let him leave!” said Loraine, the leader of the celebrities.

Though Mindy didn’t exactly like any of the celebrities, what they said made sense. Gerald had clearly been sneaking around so something suspicious must be going on.

Feeling a sudden strong sense to bring honor and justice toward her family, Mindy knew she needed to investigate the matter no matter what.

Mindy then twisted Gerald’s ears before saying, “Humph! I know how well you fight, but remember, this is the Fenderson family mansion! If you even dare to try anything funny, I’ll call our guards over to beat

you to death! Don’t say I didn’t warn you! Since you’re being so dishonest, you can just stay by my side! Once Jasmine’s done with her work, I’ll tell her to question you then! Now come along!”

After ending her sentence, Mindy then began dragging Gerald along as she walked toward the front hall.

At that moment, Gerald noticed two men with cold expressions on their faces swiftly making their way toward the group. In their hands, were fine, silver needles and both of them looked ready to strike the moment they could.

The two men in question were Drake and Tyson who had been searching all over for Gerald for most of the day. To their surprise, Gerald was already in trouble! Since Gerald’s safety was their priority, they were ready to risk everything just to rescue him.

However, Gerald immediately shook his head the moment he saw them, a clear signal that they should stick to the original plan. He wanted them to leave the matter to him!

Both of them could only look at each other after receiving his silent order, feeling both confused and baffled.

“Still moving around? Just behave already and come with me!” said Mindy as she continued walking forward while grabbing on to Gerald’s ear.

The celebrities themselves followed behind them. Some of them were even holding on to Gerald’s arms!

They had definitely made a huge contribution to the Fenderson family this time around, right?

As for Mindy, true to her word, she really intended to look for Jasmine so that she could question Gerald.

However, when their group finally arrived at the front hall, they saw that most of the guests there were standing up.

The atmosphere in the hall was rather tense, and Jasmine could be seen standing in front, seemingly confronting some of the guests.

“What on earth is happening?” asked Mindy in shock.