Ch. 916..920: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 916-920

Chapter 916

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 916 Before both of them could even attack, Gerald launched a spinning kick aimed right for their heads the moment they were close enough!

In that brief moment, both of the Moldell subordinates could feel their eyes almost bulging out of their skulls, as they flew to the other end of the room. They were now both unconscious!

“What?!” shouted both Quentin and Trey in unison, their eyes widened in shock.

Those two were students of the Moldell family… Did they truly just go down from a single kick? And from Gerald of all people?!

If they hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn’t have believed it. However, everyone had been present when the scene occurred.

Since when had Gerald become this powerful?

“So there’s only four Moldells present today? Well there’s only two of you left I guess. Come at me together then!” said Gerald with a faint smile on his face.

“Guards! Get in here, quickly!” ordered Noah as he felt cold sweat dripping down his forehead.

However, nobody came.

When Noah finally turned to look at Gerald again, his face immediately went pale when he saw the smirk on Gerald’s face.

“Did… Did you take them all out…? Or did you kill them? Regardless, I hope you’re aware that you’ve messed with the Moldell family! Do you and the other Crawfords have a death wish or something? Our uncle will definitely ruin your family for this!” threatened the Quentin and Trey duo.

Though they appeared calm, the duo were honestly terrified. They honestly wouldn’t have brought up Kort’s name if the situation wasn’t this dire.

“Alas, Kort is definitely going after my family now! That is, if he hears about any of this in the first place. After all, as long as there are no witnesses to speak of, then nobody would ever know that I was the one who killed a nephew or two of his!” replied Gerald, his smile widening.

“You b*stard! Cease all of this at once before I report all of this to my uncle! Do you really want him to unleash all his wrath upon the Crawfords?!” growled Quentin furiously.

At that, Gerald simply shook his head.

“You don’t get it, do you? Why are you assuming that any of you inside this room are going to make it out alive tonight?”

Hearing that, Quentin and Trey were engulfed in rage. Even Berk was traumatized by their feral gnashing as they shouted, “You utter b*stard! The Moldells are a highly respectable family with the strongest of all bloodlines! You’re just a peasant compared to us! We’re bringing your corpse back with us tonight if it’s the last thing we do!”

With that said, the duo immediately pounced toward Gerald!

Unlike the previous two Moldells, Quentin and Trey were on a completely different level. After all, they were direct descendants of the family, and having pure Moldell blood within them made them all the more powerful.

However, they were clearly underestimating Gerald. He was now no longer the same person he was half a year ago.

Throughout that period, Gerald had been bathing in herbs that Finnley had provided him.

While the first three months doing that granted him slightly greater strength, it was the latter months that caused Gerald to transform into how he was today. He was honestly surprised at how potent the herb baths were when he finally tested out his true capabilities for the first time.

Knowing exactly how strong he was now was the reason why he wasn’t afraid of the Moldells anymore. In fact, it wouldn’t be far-fetched to claim that even Kort would find it difficult to personally kill him.

However, Gerald was still refraining from directly confronting Kort. After all, while he was sure that there was definitely a higher chance of surviving against him, Gerald didn’t want to catch Kort’s attention knowing the fact that his strength wasn’t optimal to defeat him yet. He was honestly worried that if he didn’t finish off Kort in one go, he wouldn’t be strong enough to protect his family when Kort launched his inevitable counterattack.

Regardless, Gerald had also realized something else during his past six months together with Finnley.

While the old man made sure to always fight Gerald at least once a week, Gerald always ended up being one step behind Finnley. Though he had assumed that he would one day be able to defeat the old man—as long as he continued training hard—throughout that period of time, the day never came.

Whenever Gerald grew stronger, Finnley would suddenly seem much stronger as well! It took Gerald a while to finally understand that he couldn’t even predict the extent of Finnley’s true power. In a way, that humbled him down since he knew he wouldn’t ever be as strong as the old man.

However, it wasn’t hard for Gerald to estimate both Quentin and Trey’s true strength. Even though they were working together, Gerald was well aware that they were still weaker than him.

His assumption proved to be correct when the sound of bones cracking filled the room a few hits later.

As blood flowed out of the two Moldells’ gaping eyes and mouths, both of them finally fell to the ground with loud thuds.

 

Chapter 917

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 917 Almost instantly after, the sounds of wine glasses and plates clattering against each other could be heard.

When everyone turned to look at who was causing the racket, they saw that Berk, Noah, and Yael were all holding on to the table as they shivered tremendously in horror!

They had reason to be this terrified. After all, all three of them were aware of how mighty the Moldells were. Yet Gerald had just taken four of them out, right before their very eyes!

As Gerald took a step forward, Berk immediately fell to the ground, shouting, “P-please don’t kill me, Gerald! Spare me, please!”

The over two hundred pound, brawny man was currently so terrified that mucous was dripping all the way down to his chin.

“Spare you? It was six months ago when I fled to the Salford Province you know? I had over thirty brothers and now none of them are alive because of your men. They were all my friends from Mayberry! Why didn’t you spare them then?” said Gerald terrifyingly calmly as he patted Berk’s head.

“I-it was wrong of me to do so! It was all my fault! Gerald, pleas-”

Before his sentence could even end, Gerald smacked him hard on the back of his head. It was as though nothing Berk had said even mattered to Gerald. The next thing everyone knew, Berk’s eyes were bleeding as he flopped lifelessly to the ground with one final grunt.

As screams filled the air, all color drained from the Schuyler father and son. Both of them immediately found themselves retreating to a corner of the room. The person before them was no longer human… It was as though they were staring at the devil himself!

His attention now on the two quivering men, Gerald took a seat as he poured himself a glass of wine.

After biting into an abalone, he swallowed before saying, “So, I heard that both of you have been looking for me all over the Salford Province. You spent no small amount to hunt me down as well, as I recall. Well, here I am now. What do you need from me?” asked Gerald as he stared at them in the eye.

“T-there’s nothing we need… Really! There’s nothing important that we want!” stuttered Noah in fear.

‘Nothing? Come now, you already spent all that cash looking for me. And here I was thinking that it must’ve been something extremely important! That was honestly the only reason why both of you are still alive today!’ sneered Gerald in response as he finished the abalone and downed the glass of wine till there was nothing left.

Patting his thighs, Gerald then got up and began walking toward the two Schuylers. With every step that he took, the roars of thunder outside only seemed to grow louder and louder…

Until finally, the clashes stopped and so did the rain.

It was sometime later when bright lights were shone upon the Schuyler family mansion. The lights were so jarring that anyone from the inside could’ve easily assumed that it was noontime.

Silently, a caped figure grabbed a bag of things before leaving the Schuyler family house, undetected, and disappearing into the night.

When morning finally came, the weather was crisp due to the rain that had fallen the night before.

Inside a large storeroom, over ten mattresses could be seen laid out all over the place, and sleeping on them, were Jasmine and her group from the night before.

Upon hearing slowly fading footsteps, Jasmine’s eyelids fluttered. It only took a split second for the girl to jolt awake and sit at attention. Looking around, she saw that Maia and the others were still sleeping comfortably.

Since daylight was already peeking through the windows yet nobody appeared to be outside the storeroom, Jasmine became curious, prompting her to shout, “Hey, wake up! Wake up, everyone!”

“What’s the matter, Jasmine…? I’m still sleepy…!” mumbled Maia as she yawned.

“Look around! There’s nobody left here but us!” said Jasmine.

Hearing that, everyone soon realized how odd that was.

“Indeed… I wonder where they went off to? There were quite a few others with us here last night but we didn’t even hear them leaving!”

 

Chapter 918

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 918 Warren had made that statement as he stood up. Jasmine herself frowned as she scanned through the storeroom.

Her gaze stopped when she saw a few joss sticks placed near a corner of the room.

“Those must’ve been the reason why we were so sleepy!” said Jasmine as she pointed at her discovery.

“So that’s why! Still, who were those people…? Why didn’t they just tell us who they were after saving us?” replied Maia.

Before anyone could even reply, one of the group’s members—who had already been exploring the place—shouted, “Hey, come over here, I think they left something for us!”

Hearing that, everyone encircled the box with a note on it.

The note itself wrote, ‘To: Maia.’

“Guess we know who gets to open it,” said yet another member of the team.

Maia herself was now feeling giddy with excitement. As she thought about what could be inside, she caught a glimpse of Warren bearing an extremely ugly expression on his face.

Noticing that she was looking at him, Warren then said with a hint of anger in his voice, “Go on and open it already! If you don’t I will!”

“Hey, this is clearly for me! Only I get to open it!” retorted Maia in an annoyed tone.

“Well then open it! Carefully, though! We have no idea what’s in it!” grumbled Warren as he looked at Maia, almost as though he wanted to pick a fight.

In all honesty, he was worried that if Maia truly liked the contents of that box, she would end up falling for somebody else.

Before an argument could take place, Jasmine shouted in a hushed tone, “Quit it! Can’t you hear that? Someone’s coming over!”

Upon saying that, she instantly headed to the storeroom’s main door with soundless steps.

The tension rose as everyone prepared themselves to face whatever came next. After all, the people outside could very well be the Schuylers.

After a brief moment of silence, however, a sweet female voice could be heard saying, “Jasmine? Maia? Are you in there…?”

Jasmine recognized that voice anywhere.

“Mindy? Yes! We’re here!”

As everyone heard that, the group’s tension slowly eased again.

Opening the storeroom’s door, Jasmine saw that Mindy had brought along two Fenderson bodyguards with her.

“Jasmine! I’m so relieved that the rest of you are fine!” cried out Mindy.

After the hellish night they had to experience the night before, being able to reunite with each other was definitely the cure that they very much needed and deserved.

“It’s great that you’re fine, Miss Fenderson! You have no idea how worried Lord Fenderson’s been this entire time!” said one of the two bodyguards who were still standing behind Mindy.

“Worry not, I’m unscathed. Honestly, I’m even more surprised that you made it out already. Did everyone else manage to escape? Weren’t there any guards impeding you from leaving?” asked Jasmine curiously.

Upon hearing her questions, Mindy began sobbing as she said, “We… We were rescued by Sanderson! He saved us all!”

“What? Sanderson? Actually, hold on, why are you crying? Did something happen to him?” asked Jasmine. Though she was initially shocked when she heard that, worry soon overtook that feeling when she saw Mindy’s tears.

“I… I don’t know… I think he’s still in trouble… After all, once all of us were rescued, we found that Stella was missing! As a result, he ran back into the Schuyler family mansion and that was the last I saw him…” replied Jasmine, her sheer sadness reflected in her eyes.

“Calm yourself, Mindy… Sanderson will have luck on his side, I’m sure of it. Besides, don’t start crying when we haven’t even launched a search party for him! What would he think of that?” said Jasmine with a comforting smile on her face.

“…You’re right… Sanderson’s lived a tough life, even from when he was a child… I’m sure he’s an equally tough person. We’ll definitely find him safe and sound!” declared Mindy with a resolute nod.

While Jasmine was glad that Mindy was feeling positive again, she was curious as to where all that resolution came from. It was almost as though Mindy knew for sure that Sanderson would definitely be fine. However, Jasmine refrained from asking her anything about it for now. After all, their grandfather’s safety was still her priority.

“What about grandpa? Is he safe? Did the Schuylers do anything to him? Also, how did you even know where to find us?”

“Hah! The Schuylers? Don’t even talk about them! They must’ve personally offended a god or something! After all, not only was their entire mansion razed to the ground, all of them have officially been declared missing! To that, I say they got what they f*cking deserved!” grunted the other guard behind Mindy.

“…Wait, what? The Schuylers are… gone?”

“Yeah! There weren’t even any bodies to speak of! Everyone from that family simply vanished into thin air!” replied Mindy as she wiped her tears away.

“Regardless, we should head back first, Miss Fenderson. Lord Fenderson will be hosting a family meeting soon, and it seems that he wants to announce something important!”

Chapter 919

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 919 And something important it was. Knowing full well that the Fenderson family had almost been wiped out due to his carelessness, Bryson was going to take responsibility for the incident no matter what.

After things calmed down a bit, Bryson thought about how they were nearly eliminated by a vassal family. If all that could happen under his rule, then he admitted that he was getting old and unreliable. The fact that he couldn’t defend himself without help was further proof that it was finally time for change.

It explained why the mood of the Fenderson family meeting this time was so different. Everyone had their heads lowered as they waited for Bryson to speak.

Coughing to break the silence and get everyone’s attention, Bryson cleared his throat before saying, “I… have some very important news to announce today… This announcement will also be the very last decision that I’ll make as the head of this family!”

Hearing that, everyone lifted their heads as they looked at the old man.

“Listen closely, for the next head of the Fendersons will be Jasmine! I’m far too old now, and though Second and Third are both equally mature and reliable, I’m afraid they’re far too complacent. They’re both more suited to be supporters than leaders, not that there’s anything wrong with that. Regardless, after careful consideration, I truly believe that Jasmine will be the one who will help develop and recover our family’s glory!” announced Bryson.

As soon as his declaration ended, the entire meeting hall was abuzz with people discussing their opinions aloud. Jasmine herself hadn’t expected the meeting to be about her.

Standing up, she then said, “While I’m honored to have been selected, I simply can’t take the position of head, grandpa! I’m still far too young and there’s still a lot for me to learn. I’m certain that I won’t be able to handle the position of leader yet. What more, up till this point, there haven’t been any female leaders in the Fenderson family!” replied Jasmine who honestly felt she wasn’t ready for such responsibility.

In response, Bryson simply raised a single hand, prompting everyone to go silent.

“There’s no need to discuss this any further. My decision is final. While I’m sure that you’re doubtful about the whole thing, I believe in you, Jasmine. I believe that even if you were to marry the person you love, you’ll still end up becoming an excellent family head. As for the rest of you, you should already know by now that I’d never appoint someone to be leader without a valid reason! Speaking of being a leader, I’ll be granting you your first long-term task now, Jasmine! I see a lot of potential among those from your uncles’ third and fourth generations. From today onward, you’re responsible for training up the third and fourth generations to become better leaders!” concluded Bryson.

Upon hearing that, everyone started calming down again.

They were honestly most worried about the fact that the Fenderson would have to change their family surname once Jasmine got married to another person and bore a child. However, with Bryson sounding so sure with his final decision, the crowd was swept with a new determination.

“I… I fully support the decision to let Miss Jasmine be the head of the Fendersons!” shouted one of the family members.

“As do I!”

“You’ve definitely earned it!”

Bryson found himself smiling as he watched both his own family and the vassal families cheering on for Jasmine.

“There, you heard the people, Jasmine. With them supporting you, there really isn’t a reason for you to turn down the position anymore. With that, I declare that from today onward, you, Jasmine Fenderson, will be the new head of our family!” said Bryson aloud.

Once the meeting ended, Bryson made his way back to his room, his butler supporting him as everyone else went over to congratulate Jasmine.

As Jasmine thanked all of them rather reluctantly, she couldn’t help but notice something at the last minute. Where was Mindy?

The usually noisy girl hadn’t been seen throughout the entire meeting… Once the crowd gave her some space, Jasmine walked over to Mindy’s butler before asking, “Have you seen Mindy?”

She was at least certain that Mindy had been with her when both of them returned to the Fenderson family mansion earlier.

“Oh, Miss Mindy drove off before the meeting started! She said she was going to look for someone!”

“What? Look for someone?” repeated Jasmine, stunned.

It took her a second, but she finally realized what Mindy’s goal was. As the realization set within her, she mumbled, “Could you have gone out searching for Sanderson without me…?”

While Jasmine herself treated Sanderson like a good friend, she knew how much more Mindy treasured him. What more, he was now essentially missing because of their family’s issues!

Shaking her head, Jasmine said, “Get the car ready. It’s currently still too dangerous for her to be wandering outside alone!”

“Right away, Miss Jasmine!”

 

Chapter 920

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 920 As the butler got the car ready, Mindy herself was already standing in front of what remained of the Schuyler family’s mansion.

“Excuse me, but have you seen anyone wearing a mask? He’s about this tall and with his mask down, he has serious burn marks around his eyes…” asked a girl to a random passer-by as she lifted her hand over her head to mimic how tall Sanderson was.

“…No I haven’t…?” replied the confused man.

“But how could that be possible? He told us he’d come looking for us yet he didn’t! He wasn’t even at Yorknorth Mountain! Where could he possibly have gone to…? I even tried calling Stella but I can’t reach her either! When I went over to her place, it seemed like she had moved out… Hey, who do you suppose could tell me where Sanderson went…?” asked Mindy.

The passer-by himself was stunned to know that she had directed the question at him. Scanning her from head to toe, he then shook his head before running off. How sad that such a beauty sounded so insane.

“Where could you have gone to, Sanderson…? You… You said you’d come back… That you’d talk to me in the garden every night… You promised… I… I refuse to believe that you lied to me! Please, Sanderson… You’re my best and only friend… You… You can’t just leave like that… Where are you…?” mumbled Mindy to herself.

The only thing on the girl’s mind now was Sanderson. She thought about how simple and gentle he was. How every time she talked to him, he would listen to her attentively, comforting and encouraging

her through his gestures.

While it was true that she had first gotten close to him since he looked like he was easily bullied and she wanted to learn sign language, her intent slowly changed over time.

In just those few days of them being together, she had grown dependent on him. What more, since she knew he had risked his life to rescue her and many others, she was well aware that forgetting him would be near impossible now.

After waiting for quite some time, Mindy eventually leaned against a wall before squatting down.

“Where are you, Sanderson…?”

When she had earlier gone to Yorknorth Mountain, neither Master Jenkinson nor Sanderson was present. Stella’s place, on the other hand, seemed to have been completely deserted. Since she never picked up any of Mindy’s calls, Mindy wasn’t even sure if the rest of Stella’s family had left together or without her.

In short, Mindy couldn’t even contact the last person who could’ve possibly seen Sanderson.

“Just… Please be safe, Sanderson…!” pleaded Mindy silently.

After a while longer, Mindy got up. She was feeling far too uneasy to be moping around here when she could still be searching for Sanderson.

Opting to search for him by walking around instead of getting in her car, she felt a new determination in her to search for him. To search for the man who had managed to spark hope in her again after living on this planet for over twenty years.

She had simply lost too much of her childhood. Mindy had no friends, nor did she have any meaningful relationships with anyone outside of her family for the longest time. Sanderson was the embodiment of

everything she had ever longed for.

Mindy didn’t care if he was ugly, nor did it matter to her that he couldn’t even speak properly. None of that was important to her.

What mattered most was the fact that Sanderson was a person who understood her. A person who was always around whenever she was upset. A person she could feel secure with.

Her focus wavered as she continued thinking about him, not even noticing that she was crossing an open road…

She only returned to her senses when she heard the loud revving of an engine. Turning to look at the source of the sound, she was petrified to see a huge lorry speeding toward her!

The driver himself had been yawning, yet the moment he saw her, it was already far too late. Even though he stepped on the brakes, he knew he was in deep trouble the moment he heard the sound of a sickening collision.

Following that, Mindy’s frail body flew quite a distance away before landing heavily on the ground. The phone she was holding on to earlier fell even further away, its screen now completely cracked.

A keychain of what seemed like a tiny man with a mask on could be seen hanging at the end of her phone. It was clear who it resembled…