Ch. 866..870: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 866-870

Chapter 866

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 866 Obeying his orders, a few subordinates then descended the stairs.

However, even after they went down, no noise followed. Everything was quiet. Too quiet.

It was at that moment when Shane realized that something was terribly wrong.

“You there, you stay guard here. The rest of you follow me downstairs!” ordered Shane as a lone subordinate stood at attention in the room while the rest of them descended the stairs together with Shane.

The moment Shane arrived at the last step, however, he stopped. The room was pitch black and not a sound could be heard.

Before he could even proceed any further, he felt a sharp pain against the back of his head! He could only assume that someone had smashed his head with a bat before he eventually passed out.

It was late that night when Gerald and a very exhausted Bea finally made it back to Bea’s room. As she fell asleep almost instantaneously, Gerald covered her with a blanket before leaving the room.

Standing right outside her room was a group of bodyguards dressed in black suits.

“Humph! The Longs will surely find it difficult to sleep peacefully tonight, Mr. Crawford! After all, they’ve just lost one of their most capable people! As to be expected, they’re searching all over for Shane as we speak!” said Philip with a smile.

“Indeed! Why don’t we let them look for him for seven days as well! Imagine their reactions after a week without their precious grandson!” added another subordinate.

“I really don’t have the time to mess with the Longs for a week. Speaking of the Longs, they’re celebrating some kind of occasion tomorrow, right? Perfect. Since Shane gave us such a large gift by threatening Bea for seven days straight, we’ll head to that occasion tomorrow with a gift of our own!” said Gerald with a cold gaze in his eyes.

“Get him ready!”

“Roger, Mr. Crawford!”

It was the next day in the Long family’s manor when Master Long asked, “How’s the situation? Did any of you manage to find Shane?”

Master Long himself was wearing a formal suit. After all, they were celebrating a special occasion today. Several of their family members were coming over alongside many more distinguished guests. While the atmosphere was somewhat festive, all those from the Long family were honestly filled with worry and anxiety.

“We haven’t, master. However, from what we can tell, the Yalemans should be behind this. After all, Miss Bea was saved last night. However, when we headed over to the Yaleman family to investigate, we couldn’t find a single trace of him!” said Master Long’s butler.

“Hah! The Yaleman family isn’t that capable. Besides, they would never dream of even trying to stand up against the Long family. The one who did it was most probably Jessica’s brother, Gerald!” replied Master long as he squinted his eyes.

“Gerald?” said the butler, stunned.

“It’s not the first time I’ve heard his name… From what I can recall, he seemed to have grudges against Mr. Yunus back in Mayberry… What more, Gerald seemed to be there when Mr. Yunus went missing in the Salford Province,” added the butler.

Hearing that, Master Long clenched his walking stick tightly.

“The Crawford siblings truly are deliberately standing against the Longs! How pitiful Yunus is… Up till recently, I had no idea who had caused Yunus’s disappearance… As it turned out, it was the Crawford siblings yet again!” growled Master Long as his gaze went frigid.

“It seems that I need to meet them in person sometime. If they really are the perpetrators who caused both Yunus and Shane to disappear, I don’t care what kind of influential supporters they have! They’ll have to pay the heavy price of a terrible death!”

“Master! Those from the Quarrington family have arrived!” announced a servant as he approached the man who was still deep in resentment.

However, his mood instantly shifted the moment he realized who was here. With a delighted nod, he then said, “Well, hurry up and welcome them in!”

At their current strength, the Longs were still much too weak to go against the Crawford siblings. If the Longs truly wanted to take the siblings down, then their best bet to achieve that would be by cooperating with powerful people from all walks of life.

“Can’t we refuse to participate, Giya…?”

Outside the Long family’s manor, a few women were nervously suggesting against joining the Long family’s special occasion.

“What’s there to be afraid of? While I’m equally unwilling to be here, I have to come on my father’s behalf since the Longs invited my entire family over. Besides, I’m the one who bears grudges against them yet I’m hardly scared at all! Why are you the ones scared?” said Giya as she looked at Marilyn and her other friends.

“Well, the Longs are the most powerful family in Yanken… Of course I’d be nervous coming to a place like this… Besides, look around us! Everyone in there is probably a big shot!” replied Marilyn in a quivering voice.

“Well I’m here, aren’t I? I’ve always kept you company in the past, so you’ll have to keep me company this time around!” said Giya in a playful tone.

“Fine… We’ll enter with you!” replied Marilyn as she stuck her tongue out.

“…Huh? Hey Marilyn, Giya! Look over there! There’s a team of luxurious cars coming this way!” squealed one of Giya’s friends in surprise as she pointed toward the cars that were driving toward the manor’s gates.

 

Chapter 867

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 867 “How truly luxurious!” added the other women in surprise.

Curious to know what kinds of big shots drove such expensive-looking cars, Marilyn and the others chose to wait near the door to see who got out.

A few of them even got their compact mirrors out and started touching up their makeup! After all, if the ones who got out of the car were rich, young heirs, who’s to say that they wouldn’t end up falling for one of them? Haha!

Eventually, a group of black-suited bodyguards got out of the cars before finally opening the door to the most expensive-looking car. Out stepped a rather familiar-looking rich heir…

“…Hey. Isn’t… Isn’t that Gerald?” asked Marilyn, stupefied by what she was seeing.

“Giya, that’s… That’s Gerald, isn’t it?” repeated Marilyn as she started hopping excitedly in place.

In response, Giya nodded before saying, “It is!”

“My god! Gerald… To think that he actually has a team of cars… What exactly is going on here…?”

Her shock was warranted since previously, Marilyn had only found out that Gerald was rich. What she was seeing now was on a whole other level. She hadn’t expected Gerald to have this side to him.

Gerald himself was clearly unaware that Giya and the others were spying on him.

The girls then watched as Gerald led his subordinates all the way to the Long family manor’s entrance, filled with vigor.

“Did the Long family personally invite Gerald or something?” squealed Marilyn excitedly.

“There’s no way they could have… Something feels off… Come one, let’s get closer and have a look!” said Giya.

With that, Giya tugged Marilyn—who still looked baffled—by the hand, and together, they silently made their way into the manor as well. Upon entering, they saw both parties seemingly confronting each other.

“You’re Gerald, aren’t you? From what I can recall, my family didn’t invite you over!” said those from the Long family with hostile tones.

“Humph! How ballsy of you to come over! Fess up! Where’s Mr. Shane Long? And Mr. Yunus as well! Did you kidnap them both?” shouted another Long who couldn’t help but sneer coldly at Gerald and his men.

“Now, now, there’s no need to be rude. How could any of you say that without any evidence? What if Mr. Crawford isn’t involved at all?” said Master Long as he made his appearance, gesturing to his family members to back down.

He then looked at Gerald with a coy smile on his face before saying “Now isn’t that right, Mr. Crawford?”

“I’m afraid they’re right, Master Long! I was actively involved in both Yunus’s and Shane’s cases!” replied Gerald as he shook his head with a bitter smile on his face.

“…Hmm?” said Master Long as he felt his eyelids twitch rapidly.

Shane’s father’s eyes turned bloodshot the moment he heard Gerald’s confession.

“You b*stard! So it really was you Crawford siblings in both cases! What the hell did you do to both Yunus and Shane?!” growled Shane’s father coldly.

“Humph! Before that, I’d like to talk about some unresolved issues which I believe need to be handled today. You Longs have done plenty of wicked deeds throughout the years and it’s about time you paid your debt!” sneered Gerald.

“A debt? What do you mean by that?”

As several people began discussing what Gerald had meant among themselves, Marilyn herself was watching the scene unfold together with the other girls. Watching him now, Gerald looked almost foreign to her.

As it turned out, Gerald had come here today to deal with the Longs.

‘D*mn! Who the hell even is Gerald? How is he possibly standing up against the Longs?’

“Oh it’s all written down here!” said Gerald as one of his subordinates walked forward with an agreement in his hands.

‘This is an agreement signed by the first young master of the Long family, Shane. He deeply offended the Crawford family, and has therefore decided to compensate the Crawford family. All of the Long family’s properties that are under his supervision will now officially belong to the Crawford family.’

After reading through the agreement, Master Long could feel his lips twitching so quickly that it started to hurt.

Shane was in charge of at least a third of the Long family’s properties.

“This… This is clearly blackmail!” shouted Master Long.

“Hold on, I’m not done yet. That contract alone isn’t enough to settle everything,” replied Gerald calmly.

“Not enough?”

“Indeed. After all, Shane still needs to pay a compensation of fifteen billion dollars!”

Upon hearing that, many of the Long family members began looking at each other helplessly. Many others, including Master Long himself, simply glared angrily at Gerald.

“Now bring him in!” ordered Gerald as a few bodyguards carried a sack into the room and tossed it onto the floor.

 

Chapter 868

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 868 The moment the sack was opened, the others saw an unconscious young man who had been beaten up terribly.

“S-Shane!” shouted Master Long nervously when he saw how badly beaten up the boy was.

“Now, now, let’s not be impatient! There’s still more!” said Philip as he, too, stepped forward.

With a swift gesture, one of Philip’s men tossed a bag over to Master Long. As it landed at his feet, its contents spilled out.

“…What’s this?”

“I… I recognize whose clothes these are! They’re the kind of clothes that Mr. Yunus usually wears!” shouted someone from within the crowd.

“I’m sure you’ve been looking everywhere for him, right? The truth is, Yunus drove off a cliff and these tattered clothes were the only remains we could find,” explained Philip.

“W-what…?” Master Long was assaulted by both immense anger and grief as he heard those words.

“G-Gerald… How arrogant of you and your sister! Bullying us this way… Do you honestly think that there’s nobody capable of standing against you within the Long family?!” growled Master Long, his eyes bloodshot with rage.

At that, Gerald could only smile faintly.

Gerald wasn’t the kind of person to be easily infuriated. Honestly, if he could, he wouldn’t even use vicious means to achieve his goals. After all, he didn’t really enjoy creating unnecessary trouble for others.

However, Yunus had tried to harm him on multiple occasions before. He had almost killed Queta as well. And now Shane was involved with Bea’s kidnapping…

They had messed with the people he cared about most.

To think that they still bore grudges against his sister for what she had done over ten years ago. While his sister no longer had the time to even bother about a tiny family such as the Longs, Gerald had all the time in the world.

It was high time he got things over with.

Just as Master Long was prepared to fight Gerald to the death, his butler ran over to him while holding on to a wireless phone.

“M-master! There’s a call!”

“Get lost! I’m in no mood to answer a d*mned call!” roared Master Long.

“I-it’s not just any regular call, master! It’s from… that party,” added the butler with a gulp.

“…Hmm?”

As soon as he heard that, Master Long was stunned and his expression instantly changed. Clearing his throat, he then respectfully took the phone from his servant’s hand before answering the call.

“Yes…Yes. Y-yes!”

After the three consecutive ‘yesses,’ Master Long hung up the phone. However, his entire demeanor seemed to have switched from that single phone call.

Far from his initial stance, he now seemed to have become feeble, and he barely looked like he had the energy to even stand. Moments later, his grasp loosened and the phone fell to the floor as his butler immediately rushed over to support him.

When his gaze fell upon Gerald again, his expression changed once more.

The call had come from the party which had served as the backbone of the Long family. The contents of the call itself, however, revealed that the backbone that the Long family relied on so much had now collapsed.

In other words, there was nothing the Long family could do to Gerald anymore.

“Now then, if there isn’t anything else, please sign the agreement. Speaking of which, there’s another condition in the supplementary agreement. I want all the properties belonging to the Long family!” said Gerald.

“Don’t even bother with him anymore, dad! Let’s just beat him up already!”

“Indeed! We’re such a huge family with so many properties! Why should we be afraid of them?”

“What utter nonsense! Saying that he wants all our properties… Preposterous! You should first be thinking about whether you’ll be able to make it out of here alive!”

While shout after shout of anger came from those within the Long family, Master Long simply raised a hand, a sign for the others to silence themselves.

His face now deathly pale, he turned to slowly look at Gerald before saying, “…Fine. I’ll sign it. I’ll sign it, Mr. Crawford!”

Hearing that, everyone from the Long family was instantly stupefied.

While it was true that the Crawford family was both powerful and influential, the Longs certainly had the means and power to at least try to stand up against them.

Though the others remained puzzled, only Master Long currently understood the importance of his actions.

Upon signing the agreement, the Long family would cease to exist within Yanken. In exchange, the Long bloodline would still be allowed to continue existing elsewhere.

In other words, if the contract wasn’t signed, the Long family’s name could easily be wiped off the planet for good.

 

Chapter 869

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 869 “Appreciate the cooperation. We’ll come over to take the properties from you in seven days,” said Philip.

With that, Gerald began leaving and his subordinates followed behind him.

The other guests didn’t dare remain there either after witnessing the terrible incident that had just befallen the Long family. They, too, hurried out after Gerald’s men were gone.

“Dad… Why? Why did you sign it?! What’s the big deal? We could’ve just fought against them! After all, we’re not afraid to die!” cried out one of the middle-aged men.

A harsh slap from Master Long was his immediate response!

“You b*stard! Do you truly want our entire family to be ruined beyond the point of no return? Do you wish for the Longs to have no descendants to leave behind?!” roared Master Long glaring at him fiercely as his lips continued twitching furiously.

“We’ve been completely defeated by the Crawford siblings this time! While we’ve continuously plotted against them in secret all these years, their background is simply too powerful!” added Master Long as he clenched his fists tightly.

“But… But dad! We’re left with nothing now!”

“That’s true. We no longer own anything!” replied Master long with a nod.

“However, we still have our history spanning centuries! We won’t disappear from Weston that easily! After all, we still have a last resort!”

“A… last resort?”

Master Long nodded in response before saying, “Have you heard… of the Moldell family in Yanken?”

“The Moldells…?”

As the other Longs took turns shaking their heads, Master Long added, “That’s right. They’re the most secretive family in all of Weston. I believe that they’re our only shot at going against the Crawfords.”

He then squinted his eyes before continuing, “A dozen or so years ago, the Long family still had contact with that family. However, after a certain incident happened, we ceased all contact with them”

“What exactly happened, dad?” asked one of the Longs.

“Humph! It all happened the year the son of the Moldell’s Second Master came over as a guest! Since the Moldells preferred living in seclusion, its family members tended to stay out of affairs outside their own. The only exception was the Second Master’s son. He went by the name of KortMoldell, and contrary to the rest of his family, he simply couldn’t stay away from all the sensual pleasures he could experience in the outside world!”

“Kort was an ambitious man, he was! In fact, he was so ambitious that on the day he came as a guest, he actually threatened us right off the bat! Putting it simply, he wanted to be the backbone of our family. If we had agreed back then, he would’ve secretly helped us become an internationally renowned and wealthy family! However, had we chosen to go down that route, the Longs would’ve essentially sealed their fate to be nothing more than his lackeys!” explained Master Long.

“What wishful thinking he had! Even if we would’ve become internationally renowned, we’d still only be his puppets in the end, unable to act against his bidding!” sneered the Long family’s eldest son.

“And that’s exactly why I rejected that offer! The Longs would’ve had to drop our surname if we had agreed, taking up the surname of Moldell instead! Even if riches and prestige were on the line, I couldn’t just abandon our family surname that our ancestors had carried on for so long!”

“Then… What happened after that? Since Kort had such great ambitions, surely he wouldn’t have allowed you to refuse that easily, right?” asked another Long.

“But of course not! Some twenty-five years ago, Kort finally had his revenge on our family. Do you still remember the incident where Shaw was attacked by others just moments after being born, Joel? As a result, Shaw grew up to be a fool who barely had any sanity!”

“Of course I do! Though I wanted to investigate it, you wouldn’t let me! It’s still a mystery to me now!”

“Yes, well… That was Kort’s doing. If we had investigated it, our family would’ve eventually fallen into ruin. It was his way of sending us a reminder!” replied Master Long.

Shaw was the second young master of the Long family who never made any appearances regardless of the occasion. After all, he truly was a person who bore no semblance of sanity.

“Speaking of which, where is Shaw?” asked Master Long.

“The Second young lady’s brought him out to have some fun!”

 

Chapter 870

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 870 In response, Master Long simply sighed.

“Well, that’s good too. It’s better to just let Shaw live happily…”

“However, even though we haven’t contacted Kort for so many years, our family’s still continued prospering!” said Joel.

“Humph! But of course! I assume Kort never launched another attack on us since his father died not too long after. Due to him passing on, Kort was involved in a fight for the post of the Moldell family’s second master. That naturally meant that he wouldn’t have had the time to bother us for a good, long while. While I’m not sure what became of him, based on the fact that he’s a natural schemer, it wouldn’t be far-fetched to assume that he truly did end up becoming the Moldell family’s second master.”

“I see… Do you plan to get help from Kort to deal with the Crawfords?” asked Joel who was starting to see the bigger picture now.

“Well, your guess is half right. I’m not directly asking him for help. After all, if I do that, then as I’ve said before, the Long family’s fame and name will be as good as ruined! Humph! However, even that’s better than having the Crawford siblings acquire our family! Be aware that once we lead Kort out, a great mess will be sure to follow! However, the messier it gets, the better it’ll be for us! I’m positive that even the influential and powerful Crawfords won’t have an easy time dealing with him!” declared Master Long sternly.

After taking in a deep breath, he added, “Joel, come with me. We’re inviting Kort Mordell off the mountain…”

It was around three days later when a mysterious party was held by the Crawfords living in Northbay.

The party itself was so mysterious that most of the Crawfords themselves were prohibited from attending it.

Sometime during the party, two beautiful ladies took the chance to have a stroll outside the manor.

“I’m afraid I haven’t even had the chance to thank you properly after you donated your blood to save my sister a few days ago… Thanks to you, she’s now regained full consciousness,” said one of the ladies walking beside Gerald with a smile on her face.

“You’re certainly most welcome, Miss Yselle. After all, compared to the help us Crawfords are about to receive from the Moldell family, what I did was akin to nothing!” replied Gerald who smiled back.

It was truly a coincidence that on the day Gerald and Lady Yaleman went to pay the Moldells a visit, they found that Winnie Moldell, the youngest lady of the Moldell family, was so terribly injured that she was already unconscious.

The Moldells had been searching high and low in secret to look for a person who had a suitable blood type to save her life. While it wasn’t hard for them to find somewhat similar blood types, the Moldells were extremely strict in everything, even when it came to blood.

Fortunately, Gerald’s blood met all their standards.

After donating his blood to save Winnie’s life, Gerald’s body became rather weak. It was the reason why he and Lady Yaleman had stayed with the Moldell family for about a week.

“Well, the party is still going on inside, Miss Winnie and Miss Yselle… I’ll be heading back inside to serve the guests first,” said Gerald as he turned around to leave.

As he walked away, Winnie—the other lady who hadn’t looked at him at all throughout his entire conversation with Yselle—took a peek at him.

“Why are you like this, sister? Though Gerald is from the outside world, he still saved your life,” reminded Yselle as she looked at Winnie.

“And who was it that said I wanted his lowly blood inside me? If it wasn’t for him, my blood would have remained pure and prestigious!” said Winnie coldly.

“Now why would you say that? Gerald’s a rather nice person!”

Hearing that, Winnie frowned slightly before looking at Yselle.

“I’ve been meaning to ask you, sister… From the moment I’ve regained consciousness, you’ve kept mentioning him in front of me. Could it be that you have a crush on him?”

“I… I don’t! I’m just grateful to him for saving you… Besides, since we’ve been sent here to help him and his family anyway, I thought it’d be nice if the two of you built a good rapport!” answered Yselle who’s cute face was now blushing slightly.

“Please, sister. I’ve had my fair share of experiences so I can see right through you. It’s obvious why you’d be so curious about him. After all, you probably haven’t met such a person even from when you were young! However, I’ll be frank and tell you now that it’s impossible! It’d do you good to rid yourself of all such thoughts before it’s too late. The truth is, no man on this entire planet is a good person! All of them are equally lowly and vicious! The utmost scum!”