Ch. 851..855: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 851-855

Chapter 851

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 851 “T-thank you for the gift, Mr. Shelver!” said Bea as she received yet another gift from another big shot.

Mae and the other girls were simultaneously feeling stunned and jealous of Bea as they looked at all the gifts she was receiving.

“Could these be your best friends, Miss Yaleman? All of them are such beauties! It’s a shame that we don’t have enough presents to go around! Do wait for a moment as I order someone to send more gifts over! Consider them to be acquaintance gifts!” said Mrs. Jagger as she smiled.

“…Huh? We get gifts too?” replied the girls, surprised.

“But of course! Haha!”

“Alright! Thank you, Chairman Jagger! Mrs. Jagger!” shouted Mae and her friends, unable to contain their excitement and gratitude. After all, since all these people were extremely influential, any gifts they gave would most definitely be extraordinary!

“Hurry up and serve the presidents their drinks, Bea!” squealed Mae and the others excitedly.

“Will do!”

“There’s no need for that, we can help ourselves!” said Chairman Jagger and a few others.

Meanwhile, Gerald was playing with a little girl who seemed to be only a few years old.

“Come on, call me uncle and I’ll let you have some cake,” said Gerald with a smile on his face.

“Hello, uncle!” said the little girl as she blinked her large eyes.

“What a good girl!” replied Gerald as he fed her a spoonful of cake.

“We want some too, uncle!” shouted a few other children who instantly ran toward him when they saw the other girl getting cake.

“Of course you can!” said Gerald, beaming.

“What a loser!”

“I know right? The rich young ladies and masters have been pampered from birth! How could he just decide to feed them something like that?”

“How humiliating!”

Mae and the others murmured anxiously among themselves as they glared sternly at Gerald before pulling Bea to the side.

“Bea, tell your cousin to leave already! We’re enough to keep these big shots company!” said Mae who was so anxious that she was stomping her foot on the ground.

“Why should I? Why should he leave?” replied Bea, her expression turning sour.

“What do you mean why? Aren’t you embarrassed to have him here?”

“That’s right! If he stays here any longer we’ll eventually be laughed at!”

The other beauties were now chiming in to get Gerald out of the picture as well.

“I refuse! He can’t leave! Speaking of him, there’s something I need to ask him about…”

After saying that, Bea walked toward Gerald before whispering, “…Cousin? Why exactly did these big shots come over to celebrate my birthday today?”

She was well aware that the only person capable of doing all this was Gerald. After all, Gerald knew an astonishing amount of people. That made him extremely mysterious to her.

“I told you that you were in for a surprise, didn’t I? Happy birthday! Do you like your gift?” replied Gerald with a soft smile.

Hearing that, Bea’s eyes widened. So it was his doing!

“How… How did you even get so many big shots to come over to celebrate with me?” asked Bea excitedly. Forget asking if she liked the gift, she couldn’t even put a value to it since the gift was so outrageously good!

“Get them to come? Bea, they came on their own initiatives. Weren’t you listening? They wanted to cooperate more with you in the business field in future!” replied Gerald with a smile.

“In the business field? But I-”

Chapter 852

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 852 “You silly girl, here you are! I was looking all over for you! I’ve even called you but you didn’t even pick up! You know, your grandma’s so anxious in there yet you-” Though Catherine was already angry when she stomped over, the moment she saw that her daughter had arranged a table in the backyard, she became even more infuriated. “Could you please be a little more sensible, Bea? Haven’t I told you that we’ll celebrate your birthday tonight? How badly do you want to celebrate it for you to host it in the backyard? It’s almost as if you want Rose and her family to hold something against us!” scolded Catherine in a rage. She was just about to drag her daughter away when she recognized who was sitting at the table. In her shock, Catherine let out a squeak before covering her mouth with her hands. It was evident that she knew who everyone at the table was. “You’re Miss Yaleman’s mother, correct? It’s a pleasure to meet you! We’ve come over to celebrate Miss Yaleman’s birthday!” said a few of the distinguished guests with smiles on their faces. Though she thought that she had heard wrong, the moment she saw Sheldon there serving them drinks, she soon realized that they were telling the truth. “My… My daughter’s birthday? You… came here to celebrate that…?” Catherine was so excited that she was honestly at a loss for words. Unable to express herself properly, she was now intensely rubbing her hands together! However, the second she noticed that Gerald was present as well, her expression turned stern as she tugged him by the ear before shouting, “Stand up already! Don’t you see that I’m here? Get me a seat!” “Good god!” shouted one of the big shots as everyone important at the scene became stupefied by what they were witnessing. Clattering and crashes followed next as Chairman Jagger and a few others couldn’t even hold their teacups properly in their shock. Recovering moments later, all the guests at the table stood up in unison, their faces filled with utter fear. “I-I’m sorry for scaring all of you! P-please sit down!” said Catherine as she blushed nervously. As Gerald rubbed on his swollen ear, he nodded at Chairman Jagger and the others. It was only after Gerald did that, that the other important people dared to return seated. Bea, on the other hand, immediately tugged at her mother’s sleeve before whispering something into her ear. “…W-what did you say?” said Catherine, an expression of utter shock on her face. When she finally snapped out of it, she immediately turned to look at Gerald before dragging a

chair over to him. “P-please have a seat, Gerald!” With a sigh, Gerald then sat down. Back inside the living room, Yura—who had been keeping his grandmother company this entire time—was standing beside Lady Yaleman as a few people waited in line to serve her tea. Lady Yaleman herself had been delighted for most of the day. After all, it had been so long since the Yaleman family had experienced such liveliness and prosperity. Once the tea serving ceremony was over, however, Lady Yaleman’s face turned slightly dull. “Is the party not going to commence soon? Where is Bea? Why hasn’t her mother brought her back yet? Sheldon!” shouted the grandmother. “The butler isn’t here, grandma,” said Yura. “Humph! Imprudent! How unruly!” said Lady Yaleman angrily as she sent a teacup flying off the table. The sound of shattering was quick to follow. “I’ve already told you that Bea was only lucky back then, mom… She simply isn’t that capable. However, you refused to believe me, thinking that I was only jealous of her contributions. Yet look at how things are going now… Wasn’t I right?” said Rose. “Indeed! You know, I saw that she had invited a few of her ex-classmates earlier. That was also the last I ever saw of them. Since she hasn’t shown up since then, at this point, it wouldn’t be far-fetched to say that she’s gone out with them to have fun somewhere. She barely even cares about the major affairs of the family! We’re lucky that all the distinguished guests here today aren’t too bothered about her absence. Think about it. If a rumor stating that the Yaleman family treats our guests with cold shoulders comes to be, then everything we’ve done today would’ve been for naught!” added Yura. “Well, since she’s now the head of the Yaleman family after gaining us all those projects, I say it’s fine that she acts recklessly every once in a while. Still, to think that we’ll be relying on her in the future!” said Ysabel, clearly adding fuel to the fire. “Humph! And who was it that gave her the position of family head? I’m not dead yet! That girl is truly too unruly to be left in charge of our family’s future! Like mother, like daughter! Once this party’s over, she’ll no longer be in charge of any of the projects! She’ll just have to work at the company!” said Lady Yaleman angrily. Hearing that, both Rose and Yura exchanged glances with each other as they smiled wickedly.

 

Chapter 853

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 853 “Well isn’t this a lively party!” shouted a particularly unwelcoming voice which came from the main entrance.

As everyone turned to look, a group of people—led by a rich, young heir—could be seen entering the house.

“You can’t enter since you weren’t invited!” shouted a servant who had been trying to block them from proceeding the moment they entered the building.

“Out of our way!” growled one of the men being led by the heir as he shoved the servant aside.

Seeing that, everyone fell silent.

“…Shane Long?” said Lady Yaleman as she stood up with a frown on her face.

One by one, the other Yalemans stood up as well, and all of them bore equally cold expressions on their face as they glared at Shane.

Shane was the eldest young master of the Long family, and though he was young, he was known for being quite shrewd. The Yalemans were well aware that behind that kind face lay a vicious personality.

Within the Long family, Shane himself was second only to Master Long. His high position granted him the role of the Long family’s vanguard in Yanken. After all, the Longs were the ones who kept the other families there suppressed.

He had only returned to the country around four years ago, yet that was all the time he needed to help the Long family acquire at least a hundred groups and corporations, both large and small, from all over the place.

His aid was the reason why the Longs could get to where they were today. It was also why none of the present families could ever dream of threatening their position at the top any time soon.

“Humph! You can’t blame me for being a little rough! After all, how couldn’t you invite the Long family over to such a lively party? This is essentially your own doing, Lady Yaleman!” said Shane with a placid smile on his face as he squinted his eyes slightly.

“But of course we didn’t invite you! After all, the Yaleman family is insignificantly small to the influential and powerful Longs! Why, we wouldn’t even dream about inviting such big shots like you! Regardless, why did you come here today, Mr. Long? If I remember correctly, my son’s had some disputes with you regarding the loan. Haven’t those issues been resolved?” retorted Lady Yaleman.

“Ah, but of course that issue has been resolved! Though Mr. Yaleman was a few days late, the Longs are fine with that since we have, after all, had a good relationship with the Yalemans for generations! We wouldn’t be that bothered by such a small loan! However, we’ve come here today to discuss a different loan. Now this loan is far from small!” replied Shane with a smile.

“Elaborate,” said Lady Yaleman, frowning.

Meanwhile, after hearing what Shane had to say, several of her children and many other members of the Yaleman family began shivering nervously.

“What do you mean by that, Mr. Long? While we have made some loans, we made them through Chairman Jameston, Chairman Mill, and also Chairman Leeke!” replied Yuma angrily.

“Humph! While that was previously the case, the presidents you earlier mentioned reached an agreement with me a few days ago! Essentially, any cooperation and loans you’ve made with them have now been transferred to the Long family!”

“After doing a bit of calculating, I’ve found that those from the Yaleman family—who’ve been placed in charge of companies—have each borrowed no small sum of money from over thirty presidents! At a rough estimation, the grand total amounts to a billion and five hundred million dollars! And that estimation doesn’t even include the bank loans they’ve made yet!” declared Shane, his smile wider than ever.

“…You… You’re spouting nonsense! Our family has so many major properties… How could we possibly have amounted such a high loan?!” replied Lady Yaleman as her face turned paler by the second.

Shane’s intention of being here today was clear as day.

If he were to use that loan to suppress the Yaleman family within a short amount of time, the Yalemans wouldn’t have the means to gather that much money so quickly. At best, the Yalemans could only mortgage the properties they owned on a massive scale.

By the time they did that, the bank would surely suppress the Yalemans since moving even a small part would definitely affect the whole. Once that situation occurred, it would no longer be as simple as going bankrupt for their family.

“Hah! Am I now? Why don’t you confirm it with your children!” sneered Shane coldly.

“You… What? What is the meaning of this?!” roared Lady Yaleman as she began loudly tapping the tip of her walking stick against the floor.

Seeing her reaction, Yuma, Rose, and the others present couldn’t even find the courage to speak as they took turns gulping.

“Haha! So nobody dares to fess up? Fine then, I’ll do the explaining myself!” announced Shane as he shook his head with a bitter smile on his face.

“When it comes to the Yaleman family, they have one particularly interesting trait. The children within your family each hold different amounts of power. From what I’ve heard, the child that brings the most profit to the family gains the right to inherit the role of the Yaleman family head, am I not correct? Hah! Now let’s do a bit of calculating, shall we? From your eldest son onward, none of your children have been willing to use their own money to do anything! I hope you’re aware that all of them have used the Yaleman family’s name to get their loans! Do correct me if I’m wrong!” explained Shane as Lady Yaleman turned red in anger.

Thinking back, it was no wonder why Yuma had said all that during her birthday party. To think that he had claimed that he would immediately contact the ones issuing the loan to resolve the capital chain issue. As it turned out, they had all been using the same tactic all these years.

“Why didn’t you inform us that you transferred your rights to the Long family when it happened, Chairman Mill and Chairman Leeke?” growled Yuma who was so angry that his face was as red as a tomato.

Chapter 854

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 854 Since several other presidents who had cooperated with them were also present, Yuma quickly added, “Don’t you realize that what you’ve done has ruined the Yaleman family?!”

“That’s quite enough, Yuma. Are you blind? It’s quite obvious that Chairman Mill and the others have conspired with the Longs long beforehand!” said Lady Yaleman as she glared at Yuma.

Hearing his question, the presidents involved simply looked at each other before shrugging and sneering at Yuma.

“I’ll say it now, even if we suffer a massive loss, we’ll still be better off than most ordinary people! All we have to do is give up a few of our properties and by the time we’re done, we won’t owe the Longs a single penny! You don’t need to worry about that!” declared Lady Yaleman.

Though she had said that, her hands were already trembling as she spoke. After all, she knew very well that the Yalemans would suffer terribly this time around.

The Long family had been meticulous with their planning, and now the Yalemans were cornered without a fighting chance. After all, Lady Yaleman had already distributed her power.

While she had initially thought that the power was in good hands, as it turned out, everyone only cared about the benefit of their individual families.

All of them had used the Yaleman family’s name whenever they took loans. By doing that, even if they suffered any losses after investing in projects, it wouldn’t influence them that much since it wasn’t their own money in the first place.

Everyone had simply felt that there wasn’t a need to save any money for the Yaleman family’s sake since nobody knew for sure who would inherit the family properties in the future.

“Oh? Is that so, Lady Yaleman? Then I’ll rest assured!” replied Shane with a loud laugh.

Hearing that, Lady Yaleman was so infuriated that she became light-headed and had to sit down.

“What a great misfortune to our family!” cried out Lady Yaleman in a remorseful tone.

Just as she said that, the sound of fireworks being lit could suddenly be heard coming from the backyard.

As if the blow Lady Yaleman had just received wasn’t enough, it was apparent that someone in the family still had the audacity to be playing with fireworks now!

“Oh my, how strong the Yaleman family must be! After all, even after losing that much money, some people in your family still seem to be celebrating!” commented Shane with a smug smile.

“S-Sheldon?! Sheldon!” roared Lady Yaleman, her eyes bloodshot with anxiety.

“Sheldon isn’t here, grandma!” replied Yura.

In response, Lady Yaleman immediately got up and slapped him hard on the face!

“Then… Go… Get him! Head to the backyard immediately! Tell me who on earth lit those fireworks!” roared Lady Yaleman as two servants immediately ran to do her bidding.

When they got there, they saw that the culprits were a few children who were having fun.

“Sheldon! Miss Yaleman! So here you are! The chairman’s been looking all over for you!”

“What’s wrong?” asked Bea as soon as she saw how agitated the servant looked.

“Something terrible has happened! From what I could understand, those from the Long family have come to ask for a debt!” said one of the servants as the other ran back inside.

“What?” said Bea and Sheldon in unison as a wave of nervousness swept through both of them. Not knowing how to react, the duo turned to look at Gerald.

In turn, Gerald nodded before saying, “I see. Then let’s head there and have a look, shall we? Of course the Long family brings trouble again…”

As the group began making their way inside, back in the living room, the other servant had just returned and was now standing before Lady Yaleman.

“How was the situation? Also, did you see Bea and Sheldon?” growled Lady Yaleman, her expression solemn.

“Yes I did, Chairman. Mr. Gerald Crawford was together with them as well, along with a few other people dressed up like presidents. They seemed to be celebrating Miss Bea’s birthday in the back yard!” explained the servant.

The moment his sentence ended, a Lady Yaleman flung her second teacup of the day to the floor, sending it shattering.

“How devastating! It’s a family rebellion!”

 

Chapter 855

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 855 “All she ever thinks about is that birthday of hers! What birthday could ever be more important than a Yaleman family celebration?!” shouted Lady Yaleman, feeling extremely faint now.

“Grandma!” shouted Bea—who had just arrived—as she ran over to her, the other presidents from Bea’s birthday party following closely behind.

“You! Where have you-”

Just as Lady Yaleman was about to unleash all her pent up rage, her gaze fell upon those standing behind Bea. It took what seemed like an eternity for her to finally realize who the people grouped behind Bea were.

When she finally snapped out of it, however, she—along with the two hundred people in the living room —instantly created a massive uproar.

“Isn’t that Chairman Jagger?! The richest person in Jacksonville?!”

“D*mn! That really is him! And that over there! That’s Chairman Yarbury, right? What’s a big shot like him even doing here?”

“Chairman Goldwell is here too! He’s the richest and most powerful man from the North!”

By now, several of the guests had already stood up, and they were shouting out the names of all the big shots present. Those who weren’t were simply too stupefied to even say a word.

Lady Yaleman herself already knew who everyone there was. After all, she had tried and failed to curry favor with each and every one of them before this.

‘Why…? Why have they all come here just to celebrate Bea’s birthday?’

“Chairman! Chairman Jagger and the rest have attended to celebrate Miss Bea’s birthday! I apologize for being gone for so long, but it was because I was worried that the ordinary servants wouldn’t know how to serve them properly! I’ve been serving them this entire time!” said Sheldon excitedly as he finally made his way back to Lady Yaleman’s side.

“What?” said Lady Yaleman as Rose, Yura, and a few other Yalemans widened their eyes in disbelief.

Though their arrival had definitely caught Lady Yaleman by surprise, she was quick to recover and quickly said, “Do take a seat, presidents! All of you!”

Her tone no longer sounded as dispirited as she had been just minutes ago.

“Haha! There’s no need to be that cordial, Lady Yaleman! We had honestly not planned to intrude on your party in the first place! However, since Miss Yaleman led us in, I suppose it wouldn’t hurt to be part of the distinguished guests here! I do hope that the present guests respect us though!” said Elijah—one of the big shots—with a faint smile on his face.

“But of course!” said Chairman Mill and many others as they immediately stood up and nodded.

Seeing that, Shane could only fix his gaze upon the distinguished guests who had just made their appearances. Those who had just entered were as high ranked as his grandfather. In other words, he was only a small fry before them.

“Today’s a happy day for the Yaleman family, Shane! If there’s nothing else, what are you still doing here?” asked Bea coldly.

“Don’t mind me, I was just about to give a toast to Mr. Jagger and Mr. Yarbury…” said Shane with a faint smile on his face.

Just as he was about to walk toward them, however, Brody said, “She’s right you know. If there isn’t anything else, why aren’t you leaving yet?”

Hearing Brody’s frigid tone, Shane immediately said in an awkward tone, “…Huh? I… I see! I’ll be taking my leave now!”

Sensing that even Brody didn’t want him around, he was filled with cold sweat. He had planned everything so meticulously… Yet it had never occurred to him that the biggest problem would be Bea! A complete nobody in the family!

Regardless, he no longer dared to linger there for any longer. With a swift gesture, the embarrassed Shane silently ordered his subordinates to leave together with him.

“Bea you were so awesome just now! To think that that was the mighty Mr. Long!” said Mae as she and her other friends held on to her arms.

“Since my cousin disliked the Longs, I found no reason not to hate them as well!” replied Bea, smiling.

“Huh? That was the reason why you ordered Mr. Long to leave? Speaking of him, what was it that both of you secretly talked about earlier?” asked Mae. She and the other girls were now finding Gerald to be much more mysterious than he ought to be.

Before Bea could even answer, however, Catherine immediately explained, “You see, mom, all these presidents came over today to celebrate Bea’s birthday since my nephew, Gerald, invited them! But that’s not all! That was apparently only the first present! Gerald said that he had prepared a total of three gifts for her! Isn’t that right, Gerald?”

Halfway through her explanation, Catherine was already holding on to Gerald’s arm in an intimate manner. After all, she had found herself liking her nephew a lot more that day.

Hearing what Catherine had to say, Lady Yaleman looked at Gerald in astonishment.

Though she was initially still rather doubtful of whether he truly was an extraordinary person, seeing him so powerful today made her feel like he was a completely different person.

Yura and Rose themselves were feeling extremely humiliated as they watched the scene play out from the side-lines.

“Indeed! There are two more gifts that I haven’t shown!”