Ch. 836..840: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 836-840
Chapter 836
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 836 “Hmm? But what 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 and clear either. There was a real possibility that Mr. Crawford had indeed fallen for one of the young ladies from the Yaleman family!”
“Ysabel, 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 remember encountering any such powerful and formidable young masters?”
Lady Yaleman asked. After all, she was perfectly aware 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 world compared to Ysabel.
Ysabel took a moment to think about her experience before she replied, “I think so, grandma!”
“Well, if that’s the case, then we’ll count it as a blessing for the Yaleman family! Ysabel, if there is anything that you want or need in the future, do not hesitate to ask grandma for it!” Lady Yaleman said.
“Thank you, grandma!” Ysabel replied excitedly.
These words foreshadowed the possibility that Ysabel would be able to secure a high position for herself in the company.
Grandma held Ysabel’s hand as they returned to the mansion.
It was around this time that Yuma suddenly received a phone call.
“What did you just say? Can you repeat yourself one more time?”
The expression on Yuma’s face changed immediately.
After hanging up, it seemed as though all color had been drained from Yuma’s face instantly.
“Mom!”
Yuma was a little perplexed and he was in a state of utter stupefaction as he approached Lady Yaleman.
“What’s wrong?”
“Something happened to the company!”
“What happened?”
The expression on Lady Yaleman’s face changed immediately.
Yuma gulped 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 subordinate just called to say that something’s gone wrong with the loan! The bank has just rejected our loan application!”
“What?”
Lady Yaleman really did not expect things to turn south so fast.
“What did you use as collateral?” Lady Yaleman asked.
“I put up the existing land that the 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 bank just informed us that they won’t
be releasing the land back to us anymore! We’ve tried to negotiate but nothing’s moving forward!”
“It must be the Long family! It has to be the Long family!”
Yuma said with a pale look on his face.
Turns out, the guarantor Yuma had relied on was the Long family. To be exact, it was one of the more senior members of the family who had personally approached him to talk about the loan.
He was completely oblivious to the fact that he had walked right into a trap they’d set up just for him.
They were also interested in that piece of land after all.
Yuma’s realization came about a tad bit too late.
Lady Yaleman was so infuriated that she slapped Yuma viciously across his face.
The Long family had always been 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 enemies.
Considering how powerful and influential the Long family was, they were able to manipulate the bank’s choice with just a snap of their finger.
“You, you…are you trying to piss me off as much as you can?!”
Lady Yaleman said as she waved the walking stick in her hand.
“Mom, what are we going to do now? We are already halfway through our project now. Is the Long family trying to take advantage of all our preparations?”
Yuma asked with a dejected expression.
Slap!
“You useless little thing! Don’t ask me that!”
Lady Yaleman 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 ears, she stormed off into the building!
…
“Bea, are you okay?”
Bea cried as she ran all the way home.
Gerald followed her back.
Bea ran straight into the fifth uncle’s room. She held his hand as she sobbed away…
Chapter 837
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 837 “Dad, I am useless. I couldn’t even speak up and defend mom when everybody’s attacking her! I am a disappointment! I’m so sorry that I failed to live up to your expectations!” Bea said as she cried.
“Mom gave me her favorite and 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 their own two eyes what he did!”
“But dad, grandma turned the other cheek and accused mom of overreacting. She said that 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 at all?”
Bea felt seriously aggrieved today.
Usually, she would just endure it when everyone else ridiculed her or her mother.
However, this time, there was a blatant display of unfairness.
No longer able to put up with it anymore, she ran all the way back home.
“Don’t you know how much Rose hates you, or me and mom? Every day, she’ll try 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 on!”
Bea said. She buried her head into her father’s bed and continued sobbing away.
Gerald could only pat her shoulder gently as he tried his best to comfort her.
Although Bea 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 cycle of discrimination and bullying.
No one else understood what Bea was feeling right now, aside from Gerald himself.
Speaking of which, if Bea’s family did not help his mother back then, they would not have ended up in such a terrible state.
Since his mother had already entrusted him with dealing with this issue, Gerald would have to come up with a solution to end his fifth uncle’s peril!
“Cousin, I am sorry that I made you worry. I’m so sorry that you didn’t even get to enjoy the banquet today!”
Bea started to apologize before she had even truly stopped sobbing. She wiped the tears away from her face while sniffing incessantly.
“It’s okay! Listen, Bea, you’ve got to stop having such bleak thoughts. Everything will be better in the future. It certainly will, and you have my word on that!”
Gerald said as he held Bea’s hand.
“Yes, I do hope so!”
Bea nodded.
Bea’s cell phone suddenly rang.
Looking at the caller ID revealed that it was a phone call from Sheldon, Lady Yaleman’s butler.
“The Yaleman family is holding an emergency family meeting. Everyone has to be here as soon as possible!”
After saying that, Sheldon hung up the phone immediately.
“Go and wash your face and we’ll head over, pronto!” Gerald said.
“Like hell, I’m going there! 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 or later, I’m going to die from all the torment they’ve put me through!” Bea replied angrily.
“How 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 her. You should at least go for now!” Gerald replied with a smile.
Bea thought about it for a moment before she nodded slightly.
Finally, she agreed with Gerald’s words.
The meeting ended at two o’clock in the afternoon.
Gerald did not go along with Bea to the emergency family meeting. Instead, he stayed at home to help his fifth uncle work his limbs to keep them functioning.
Bea finally came home with Catherine from the meeting.
Gerald could hear Catherine cursing loudly as soon as they came back.
“Rose I swear to God, this will be a fight to the death! There will be no end to this until blood is spilled! How dare you bully someone like this! I’m coming for you!”
Catherine cursed.
“Fifth aunt, what’s wrong?”
Gerald asked.
Catherine did not reply to his question. Her eyes were red and tears were welling up in them as she walked straight into the house.
Bea was also in a visibly bad mood.
However, instead of ignoring him, she replied to Gerald.
“Cousin, something terrible has happened to the Yaleman family. Everything is a complete mess now!”
Chapter 838
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 838 “Something happened?”
Bea proceeded to explain to Gerald what had happened to the Yaleman family.
To put it briefly, the Yaleman family, which was already down in the dumps had just been stabbed in the back by the Long family, again.
The Long family had set their crosshairs on the Yaleman family’s main source of income, which was also the largest remaining development project they had on hand.
This was in spite of the fact that the Yaleman family’s finances were well-structured enough for them to retaliate.
However, both of them had control over massive industries which further fuelled their never-ending demand for more capital.
This was especially so for the kind of business their family was directly involved in. It was the Yaleman family’s immediate lifeline, without which they would cease to exist.
Such a massive project had been yanked out of their hands.
It was natural for them to feel the pain at first instance.
When Lady Yaleman was lecturing Rose for her mistakes, she shoved the blame to someone else.
To be more exact, she pressured Bea into getting a new project for the company.
Lady Yaleman was so frustrated that she told anyone who was inactive and wasn’t willing to chip in to get lost from the family.
She pointed her finger directly at Bea and Gerald’s fifth aunt.
This naturally pissed the both of them off.
“Hahaha. Is that all? Then it should be a pretty easy job!”
Gerald said with a wry smile on his face after listening to Bea.
“Cousin, the Yaleman family is in a complete mess right now, so don’t joke around with me anymore! God! My mother and I are both really frustrated right now. This is obviously all my eldest uncle’s fault. He was the one who got us into this mess so why are they shoving the blame to us instead?!”
Bea started complaining.
“Why would I be joking with you? Y’know, grandma’s not feeling this way because you guys have just lost this project. After all, the Yaleman family is not desperately in need of money. However, she is feeling anxious because the Yaleman family has no new projects anymore. The Yaleman family specializes in engineering development. Having a project on hand is like constantly having an advertising campaign. It all pays to have our name circulating among our potential clients. Without a project, the only outcome will be a downward spiral, and it’s this thing that grandma’s really worried about!” Gerald replied.
“I guess you’re right. But even though I’m in the project department, I can’t just handle the entire project on my own. Rose is supposed to be in charge of all of this. I knew she was just trying to get rid of me and my mother! She won’t stop until we’re out of the family!”
“Then, you should just gain a few large-scale projects for the Yaleman Group and show her that you’re a capable person. I’ll help you with that!” Gerald replied with a smile.
“There you go, pulling my leg again!”
“I am not joking with you! I am dead serious!”
Gerald shook his head before he whipped out his cell phone.
After uttering a few words into the phone.
Gerald looked at Bea and, “It’s done. You can go to the headquarters of the Trustdeck Group later in the afternoon and the person-in-charge there will hand over the project to you, okay?”
“Cousin brother, you know people in the Trustdeck Group?”
Bea always felt something mysterious about Gerald.
“Yep! Sure do! One of my classmates works there!”
Gerald replied as he feigned ignorance.
After all, it was not the time for him to reveal his identity yet. Although there was no need for him to keep any secrets from Bea, there were still some things that he thought were very troublesome to explain.
“Don’t worry about it. When have I ever lied to you? After going there, you’ll be meeting someone named Mr. Kayden Zelly. He’s the guy in charge of the project!” Gerald replied seriously.
Bea nodded when she realized Gerald wasn’t fooling her.
Nothing posed much of a difficulty for Gerald who had already gained full control over all the family businesses in Weston.
Of course, Bea wasn’t going to waste her time talking to Gerald.
After freshening up, Bea headed straight for the headquarters of the Trustdeck Group. She did so having complete faith in her cousin, that he wasn’t bamboozling her.
Trustdeck Group was a massive corporation in Yanken. It was no family business, but it was commonly regarded as the God of Wealth for many family businesses.
Therefore, their strength and influence were absolutely unimaginable.
“Miss, there are a lot of clients here today so please wait in the VIP waiting area!”
When Bea arrived at their building, a customer service representative led Bea to the VIP waiting area in a very respectful manner.
After entering the waiting area.
Bea saw several of her acquaintances waiting inside.
Simultaneously, all of those acquaintances saw Bea too.
“Oh my! Why if it isn’t Bea? You came here too?”
Chapter 839
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 839 “It’s you guys?”
Bea frowned as soon as she saw them.
Sitting there was none other than her eldest uncle’s family of three and also her second uncle’s family of three.
What happened today fostered the hatred Bea had for Rose and the rest of the Yaleman family.
“How disrespectful of you, Bea. Aren’t you supposed to greet your elders when you see them? Have you no manners, or even a basic sense of courtesy!?”
Rose’s response was cold as ever.
Yuma glared at her with an angry expression.
“What are you doing here?” he questioned.
“I am here to discuss a project of ours!”
Bea had a bag she was holding. Everyone in the VIP waiting area was all either bosses or some local tycoon. Either that or they were second-rate owners of their respective enterprises, just like her eldest uncle.
She was the only person here who was dressed like an ordinary employee.
“Hmph! What did you say? You’re here to talk about a project?” Rose asked while laughing in Bea’s face.
She stared at Bea as if she was looking at a fool.
“Do you know that this is the Trustdeck Group we’re talking about? Why don’t you take a look around you again and see what sort of people are waiting here right now? You really think that you will have the honor of working with these folks based on your abilities?”
The second aunt said as she smiled wryly.
“Hey, maybe Bea’s starting to panic because of what you said earlier today. Maybe she finally realized that she’s nothing but a liability to the family! Maybe she’s so terrified of being kicked out of the family that she’s got no choice but to try her luck here!”
Yura shook his head as he directed a bitter smile at Bea.
“That sounds about right! Never have I ever heard of ordinary employees coming to the headquarters of the Trustdeck Group just to talk to the person-in-charge about a pathetic little project. Bea, I’m warning you, don’t you even think about telling them that you’re a part of our family! You bring nothing but shame and embarrassment to our name!”
Ysabel said contemptuously.
Bea was furious but she paid them no heed. She sat down at the corner of the VIP waiting area.
“You know what, forget it. Let’s just ignore that silly girl. Yura, didn’t you say that your classmate from M Country is working here as well? Your classmate’s father knows Mr. Huddell, who is the manager here, right? Why isn’t he here yet?” Yuma asked.
They were here to ask for his help.
If Yura could get his hands on a project this time, his position as the future heir of the Yaleman family would be set in stone.
This was the reason why they’ve decided to come here.
The second eldest, however, was a shameless bunch, so they too decided to follow Yura and his family all the way here.
However, Yuma was not afraid that they would steal the spotlight from Yura.
“I have already made a phone call just now. Mr. Huddell’s still in a meeting. My classmate’s father has already told him about this just now. Since he knows that we’re from the Yaleman family and have personally come here to see him, I have faith that he won’t ignore our pleas.”
Yura replied confidently.
“Alright then!”
It was around this moment that a beautiful receptionist approached them.
“Are you Mr. Yuma Yaleman?”
“Yes!”
“Hello, Mr. Yaleman. Mr. Huddell has just finished his meeting. Please enjoy a cup of tea while you wait here. I will bring you over to Mr. Huddell’s office to proceed with your discussion later!”
“Okay! Thank you very much!”
Yuma and Rose were overjoyed when they realized their plans were going smoothly.
At the same time, however, they sighed under their breaths upon realizing that they would have to lower themselves in front of another person in order to get what they want.
To tell you the truth, Mr. Huddell was merely an assistant manager. He was just one of the many managers in the secretarial department.
It wasn’t like they had better options though.
What Yuma desperately needed now were projects which would secure his position in the Yaleman family.
After all, there were also the Long and Quarrington families in the equation, meaning the Trustdeck Group had many options to choose from.
“Are you Miss Yaleman? I just checked and I didn’t see any appointments made under your name?”
The receptionist shifted her attention over to Bea.
“Ah? Do I need to make an appointment? My cousin told me to come and there’d be someone waiting for me here!”
Chapter 840
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 840 Bea said a little nervously.
“Your cousin? May I know who he is? Who did he ask you to look for here?”
The receptionist working the front desk had a very good temperament and it was clear that she had received special training for serving their clients. She treated everyone in the room with respect, even the plainly-dressed Bea.
“His name is Gerald Crawford. He told me to come here and look for a man named Mr. Kayden Zelly!”
The receptionist at the front desk shook her head and with a painful smile, she told Bea, “I am sorry but there is no one named Kayden Zelly here. We have never heard of anyone called Gerald Crawford either. Are you sure you didn’t make a mistake?”
“What?”
Bea’s nervousness spiked upon hearing the receptionist’s response. This was especially so because everyone had their eyes on her. She started blushing out of embarrassment.
“Oh my god! What did I say just now? God, how embarrassing! What a fool she was to come all the way here!”
Speechless, Ysabel covered her face to shield herself from the awkward atmosphere.
“Whose connection did she say she was relying on? Gerald Crawford? Has this girl gone mad? Gerald is the one who made her come here? Hahaha! Even the receptionist has never heard of that name she
said!” Rose sneered.
Bea was so nervous that she clenched her fists tightly, clueless as to what to do next.
“Yura! Uncle Yaleman! Everything’s already settled. Mr. Huddell will come over here in a short while. You guys should drink up first!”
A young man showed up with a bright smile on his face.
He was obviously none other than Yura’s classmate.
“Miss Lacroix, what’s wrong?”
Yura’s classmate glanced at the front desk, this time with a much more half-hearted smile.
The receptionist at the front desk replied, “Miss Yaleman said that she’s here on her cousin’s recommendation. She said she’s looking for someone called Mr. Kayden Zelly. Tobias, you have not heard of anyone called Kayden Zelly working here, have you?”
“No, I don’t think I’ve ever heard of that name before as well!” Tobias replied while shaking his head.
Taking up a more dominant posture, he told Bea, “Listen, would you like to re-check with that cousin of yours to ask if you’re in the right company?”
Everyone in the room started laughing as soon as they heard him say that.
“Embarrassing! God this is humiliating!” Yuma said angrily.
“You fool! You buffoon! Gerald is just lying to you. You sure are thick-skinned, aren’t you? Should Mr. Huddell hear about this matter, he’ll undoubtedly treat our family as a bunch of clowns! I’m telling Lady Yaleman about your acts when we get home later!”
Rose said while poking her finger against Bea’s skull.
“Why don’t you look at that fool’s character and personality? Do you seriously believe everything that he says?”
“No, my cousin would never lie to me! He’s not that kind of a person!” Bea refuted their words immediately.
“Hmph! You’re literally the only person who treats him as your actual cousin! He is nothing but a fool, and so are you!” Ysabel replied.
“Oh! Mr. Huddell is here!”
Someone called out.
A middle-aged man dressed in a tailored suit and polished leather shoes walked out of the elevator into the VIP waiting area with a group of female assistants.
The assistants parted into two neat rows.
There were about forty people.
It was Mr. Huddell’s personal way of welcoming his guests.
Some of the leaders of their respective departments were present as well.
Mr. Huddell was focused on arranging their positions, from the front, all the way to the back.
“Wow! Miss Lacroix, is a VIP coming today? Maybe it’s some big executive from the senior management of some MNC?”
Tobias was stunned. “They’re actually preparing a welcoming ceremony!”
“I’ve no idea. We’re not qualified enough to get in touch with any of the senior management executives. Only people like Mr. Huddell is authorized to do that!”
The receptionist at the front desk replied.
Trustdeck Group was a massive corporation and it was divided into three different classes, low-level, mid-level, and high-level management.
The front desk only had contact with people from the low and mid-levels, never anyone from the high- level management.
Such a scene more likely than not was a sign that someone from the high-level management was coming…