Ch. 966..970: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 966-970

Chapter 966

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 966 A hint of slight resentment could be heard in the man’s voice as he pointed at Gerald.

“Indeed! This is my husband, Gerald!” replied Juliet as she locked arms with Gerald.

“Gerald, this is Cavan, a classmate of mine from university!” added Juliet as she introduced him to the man.

“A pleasure to meet you!” said Gerald as he reached a hand out in accordance with the etiquettes Juliet had earlier taught him.

“I truly can’t comprehend what goes on in your mind… Even if you broke up with him, you could’ve easily just gone for anyone else other than this guy…” muttered Cavan.

Noticing Juliet’s warning gaze, however, Cavan simply stopped talking. It was evident that Cavan was one of Juliet’s suitors. That explained why he completely ignored Gerald’s handshake as well.

Cavan wasn’t the only one treating Gerald that way though. Many of Juliet’s other male classmates shot equally hostile gazes toward him, refusing to say a word to Gerald at all.

Even her female classmates were staring at Gerald contemptuously from time to time. It was as though they were all wondering how a beauty like Juliet could end up being with such a pathetic person as Gerald.

“Just look at that guy, Cavan! I would’ve never imagined that Juliet would actually get married to such a person! To think that she actually fell in love with a teacher working in Heavenly City University! I’m speechless! What the hell even goes on in Juliet’s mind?”

It was a while later when several of her male classmates were discussing Gerald right outside the gents.

Their dissatisfaction with him was warranted since most, if not all, of them there had either had a crush or fallen for her once. Cavan himself had had feelings for her for the longest time.

However, since Juliet already had someone else in her heart back then, nobody ever had a chance to even ask her out. Upon finding out that she finally broke up with her boyfriend, all her classmates were eager to finally be able to try their luck!

Alas, the next thing they knew, she had already gotten married to some useless person!

With all of them being distinguished people, it was really no wonder why they looked down on Gerald so much. After all, he was simply a lecturer.

“Humph! I know right? We can’t even say anything to Juliet now since he’s constantly around her! What an inconvenient eyesore!” scowled another classmate.

“In that case, then we should just make him leave then! We’ll make it clear to him that our gatherings aren’t events that just anyone can attend, especially people with his status!” sneered Cavan.

After saying that, he began whispering his plan to all the present male classmates. Once everyone agreed, they all returned to the private room together.

The moment Cavan saw Gerald, he walked over toward him with a smile before saying, “Speaking of which, we haven’t even had a drink with the bridegroom! Since you snatched our goddess from us, you’ll have to drink with us today!”

The other males simply exchanged gazes with each other in glee before smiling coldly at Gerald.

Despite the evident and sudden change in Cavan’s attitude, Gerald simply returned the smile as he replied, “Sure thing! What are we drinking today?”

“That’s the spirit! Also, we’ll be drinking liquor! I just so happen to have a few boxes of good liquor in my car that I’ve brought from home! Someone’s bringing some over as we speak!” said Cavan who wasn’t expecting Gerald to agree so easily.

“Liquor sounds fine! In fact, I love drinking liquor!” replied Gerald with a laugh.

Since Juliet had easily sensed that Cavan and the others were up to no good, she had initially planned to remind Gerald against falling for it.

Seeing how mindlessly he was acting, however, Juliet was left completely speechless.

‘Just let him drink if he wants to so much, then!’ Juliet thought to herself before looking to the side.

Soon after, her male classmates returned with two boxes of liquor in hand.

“Oh, and by the way, Gerald. My friend here runs a winery! As a result, he can hold his alcohol extremely well. Would you have a problem with him being the master as we drink along? After all, both of us are plenty eager to enjoy a good drink with you! How about it?” asked Cavan as he continued smiling.

“Not a problem!” replied Gerald with a nod.

Nobody noticed the impish glint in Gerald’s eyes as he said that. After practicing the many skills that Finnley had taught him, Gerald had trained himself enough to become immune to all forms of alcohol.

In fact, he was now even able to consume basic poisons without having to deal with any side-effects. Liquor was nothing to him!

The main reason Gerald agreed with Cavan’s proposal was because he knew how much Cavan and Juliet’s other classmates disliked him. The current Gerald was no longer as passive as he used to be. He wouldn’t just endure all his anger after being bashed around so much.

Since they wanted so much to play with him, then play with them he would.

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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 967 Cavan, on the other hand, couldn’t help but shake his head as he smiled wryly. All humans had a limit to their alcohol tolerance, and he would definitely make Gerald drink till he exceeded his.

True to his word, his classmate’s family truly did own a winery. Cavan was certain that he would be able to completely ruin Gerald since his classmate—whom he also considered to be his brother—and his father were both extremely tolerant toward alcohol. In fact, after a check-up, their bodies apparently had access to a lot more alcohol breaking enzymes compared to regular people!

He had once seen his classmate drink seven whole bottles of extremely high alcohol percentage liquors, back to back, before finally reaching his limit.

Seven whole bottles of alcohol!

With that in mind, Cavan felt that Gerald would already be bleeding from his stomach long before his classmate even got too drunk.

Now that all of them were ready, the rules were simple. Each of the five participating people—inclusive of Gerald, Cavan, two other classmates, and Cavan’s winery friend—would have to take turns downing cups of liquor, and every time their cups were filled, they had to finish every last drop in it before it could be refilled.

It wasn’t long before both Gerald and Cavan’s friend—whose family owned the winery—managed to finish three whole bottles of liquor, each.

Cavan himself had already gone pale by then, and he bore quite a frightening expression on his face. However, he was still conscious enough to know that he should still be fine for at least three more bottles of liquor.

At the same time, Juliet and the other girls were all getting increasingly scared with each glass the five men drank. They were definitely overdoing it!

Worried, Juliet turned to look at Gerald… However, to her surprise, he looked completely unfazed! It was almost as if he hadn’t drunk any liquor at all!

“You can really hold your liquor, Gerald! I’m sure you can drink another three bottles, right?!” grumbled Cavan in both disbelief and surprise.

“Well of course I can! Still, remember that you three still have to drink together with us! Since this brother and I have already downed three bottles of liquor each, shouldn’t you guys start picking up the pace as well?” replied Gerald with a smile on his face.

“Alright, then! Since Gerald’s willing to carry on drinking, then we’ll continue drinking as well!”

As the other two classmates declared that, Cavan whispered to his good friend, “Say, Jarson, are you still able to hang on…?”

“I… I’m fine…!” replied Jarson—who was the son of the winery’s owner—as he waved his hand dismissively.

Hearing that, Cavan nodded and the next round of drinking soon commenced.

Juliet could only watch in horror as the five of them continued downing more and more liquor.

While Jarson and Gerald were still drinking on par with each other, Cavan and the other two boys had considerably slowed down by this point. What more, as the other two continued downing cups of liquor

in single gulps, the remaining trio found themselves drinking half-a-cup at a time.

As a result, in no time flat, Gerald and Jarson had each finished another three bottles of liquor!

Cavan and the other two, on the other hand, had only managed to drink another bottle and a half of liquor, each. While the two other classmates had passed out by this point, both Jarson and Cavan were still slightly conscious.

“You drink rather well, Jarson. Care to have another three bottles of liquor with me?” asked Gerald as he looked at Jarson’s sallow face. As he did so, he also took a peek at Cavan, whose face was now drained of all color.

“You still want to continue drinking? Both you and Jarson have already drunk six bottles of liquor each!” said Juliet, trying to talk some sense into them.

“Drink! We’ll… We’ll continue drinking! Jason! Drink I say-”

Before Cavan could even finish his sentence, he quickly wobbled toward the exit, clearly trying to hold himself back from vomiting in front of everyone.

Eventually managing to make his way to the washroom, Cavan instantly began vomiting as soon as he reached a toilet seat.

He would’ve never have dreamt that Gerald was this capable of holding his liquor.

Due to him underestimating that, Cavan’s entire world was now spinning as his stomach ached like never before.

At some point, he even began vomiting blood! However, due to how drunk he already was, he didn’t even register the implications of that.

After quite some time, Cavan could barely feel his legs as fumbled back to the private room. The moment he got to the door, however, he was greeted by the sound of screaming!

Concerned, Cavan immediately pushed the door open to see what was wrong.

To his dismay, the first thing he saw was Jarson sprawled on the ground! Blood and foam were spurting from his mouth and even the whites of his eyes were showing!

“C-call an ambulance! Hurry!” shouted Cavan as he stumbled over, his eyes wide in shock.

Not long after, the wailing of ambulance sirens approached the venue.

With the matter now dealt with, Juliet and Gerald returned to her car.

Now that they were alone, Juliet immediately turned to look at Gerald—who was still looking as fine as ever—before asking in amazement, “You… Are you truly still doing alright…?”

“But of course I am! I’ll let you in on a secret… I’m actually naturally immune to alcohol! The only side effect of me drinking that much is a strong urge to use the washroom!” replied Gerald with a subtle smile on his face.

“How could a man with such an honest-looking face be such a liar!” said Juliet as she couldn’t help but glare at him.

At that moment, Juliet’s phone suddenly began ringing.

Picking the call up, Gerald listened as she made several ‘hmm’ sounds before eventually hanging up, a worried expression now on her face.

“…The call was from my mother who’s just returned from abroad… It seems that she’s somehow found out that I secretly got married without her knowledge!”

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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 968 After saying that, Juliet simply frowned before adding, “…You know what? I don’t care anymore. She can just do whatever she wants to, right?”

With that, Juliet drove both of them home.

Upon returning home, both of them were greeted to the sight of a glamorous woman sitting on the sofa.

As soon as she saw Gerald and Juliet, she immediately stood up and pointed at Gerald before saying, “So he’s Gerald? What right does a person like him have to enter the Yowell family?”

The woman who had just insulted Gerald was of course, Juliet’s mother who went by the name of Heidi.

Heidi had been notified about her daughter’s marriage while she was still abroad. The moment she found out that Juliet had gotten married to some wimpy man, she ended up immediately passing out! When she woke up, however, she instantly booked a flight straight for home. All that led to the current scene.

“Like that has anything to do with you. My marriage with him is a personal matter that doesn’t require your interference!” retorted Juliet.

“Doesn’t require my interference you say? Tell me, Juliet, what exactly goes on in that head of yours? Have you any idea how many marriage-seeking rich young masters I’ve turned down for your sake? Even if you truly wanted to get married without taking me to heart, you shouldn’t have married this kind

of man! Do you even understand the shame and humiliation our family will have to endure because of you?!” replied Heidi before tossing a teacup directly toward Gerald.

With a loud shatter, the cup smashed into a million pieces right at Gerald’s feet!

Gerald, however, simply remained silent.

“As for you, Tulip! I heard that you were the one who urged the two to get married in the first place! Just you wait and see how I’m going to deal with you in the future! To think that both of you would actually cause such massive trouble for me while I was abroad looking for a buyer in M Country!”

After saying that, the madwoman immediately stomped her way toward Gerald before giving him a tight slap across his face!

“Why don’t you take a good, long look at yourself in the mirror? Do you honestly think that someone like you is worthy enough to be married into the Yowell family? I’ll say this now so listen closely. If both of you know what’s best for you, then you should get a divorce immediately! Make sure I never see you ever again!” roared Heidi as she stomped up the stairs in a rage while knocking down all the flowerpots —on the stairs—she could see.

While Gerald could’ve easily avoided Heidi’s slap, he had simply been too distracted by something she had said.

As it turned out, Heidi had actually gone to M Country to look for a buyer. Since Gerald was well aware that the Yowells weren’t traders, there was no other reason for a rich mistress like her to look for a buyer overseas unless it was regarding the Ginseng King.

Recalling what Quest had told him before, the Yowells were still looking for a buyer at the time though they didn’t even know who they could sell it to. In the end, they must’ve decided that the best course of action was to export the Ginseng King.

Regardless, since Heidi had been the one to go abroad, that must mean that the Ginseng King must be with her.

That was the gist of how Heidi managed to actually land a slap on Gerald’s face.

Regardless, when Juliet saw that Gerald still seemed to be in a daze upon returning to their room, she said, “Since she slapped you so hard, I’ll be sure to add an extra hundred thousand dollars as compensation when we finally terminate our one-year contract!”

“…Do you honestly think that money means everything?” asked Gerald out of the blue as he raised his head to look at her.

“Is it not? Haha! Didn’t you agree to do all this in the first place because of money?” replied Juliet with a hint of contempt in her voice.

Hearing that, Gerald chose not to respond. Instead, he headed to the bathroom outside to wash his face.

As he was washing his face, however, he briefly caught a glimpse of a shadowy figure moving extremely quickly outside the bathroom’s window from the corner of his eye.

After training for so long, Gerald knew that he could trust his vigilance. There was definitely someone out there earlier!

Wiping his face dry, Gerald simply looked at the window for a brief moment. Following that, instead of walking out the door, he instead jumped out the bathroom window! Noticing that the shadowy figure was right ahead, he immediately began chasing after the other person.

It was soon evident to Gerald that the unnamed person was someone who was both extremely fast and skilled. After all, no matter how much Gerald increased his speed, the escaping shadow always

seemed to maintain a ‘safe distance’ from him.

The term, ‘safe distance,’ was used by Gerald to describe the distance from where one would be safe from being killed by others through the use of hidden weapons. The more he thought about it, the more Gerald realized that there was a possibility that the shadowy person was actually more skilled than him.

Eventually, the person stopped moving once he arrived at a boat by a moat. Gerald himself caught up to the shadow seconds later and was finally able to see what the person looked like.

Under the glow of moonlight, the figure appeared to simply be a man with a black robe draped over him. However, the robe itself efficiently covered most of the man’s features, leaving only his eyes visible.

Frowning, Gerald then asked, “…Who are you?”

 

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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 969 His eyes stared coldly at the man as he asked the question.

With his keen ears, Gerald was able to hear how the person breathed from where he stood. Based on that alone, Gerald could already tell that this was an extraordinary person.

Since the figure wasn’t replying, Gerald was about to consider his next move when all of a sudden, a few flashes of lights flickered before him. The next thing he knew, four other similarly dressed men jumped out of nowhere and they were now all standing before him!

Just like the person he had initially been chasing after, all four of the new hooded figures seemed to have skills and abilities far higher than what he currently possessed.

‘Could it be the Moldells?’ Gerald thought to himself.

“There are two reasons why we have called you out today, Gerald!” announced the man who had led Gerald there. From his voice, Gerald could guess that the person under the hood was a somewhat elderly man.

“State them.”

“Before that, I hope you’re aware that the Crawford family’s name has been passed on for many, many years and is widely associated with being distinguished and having great wealth. Know that as the young master of the Crawford family, you’ve humiliated and ruined the Crawford family’s customary moral standards and their way of life by agreeing to become a live-in son-in-law! Therefore, our first reason for calling you out today is to teach you a lesson!”

“So you know my true identity… Based on what you’ve just said, can I at least confirm if you’re from the Moldell family?” asked Gerald.

However, the man didn’t reply.

Instead, the man dashed forward and before Gerald could even react, the man was already right in front of him! Immediately after, the man delivered two tight slaps to his face!

Once he recovered, Gerald instantly turned to look at his assailant. However, he was left shocked when he realized that in just a blink of an eye, the old man had already returned to his original position!

Gerald barely had a fighting chance!

In his surprise, Gerald repeated his first question, “…Who… Who are all of you?”

“As for the second reason, I’ve received an order from our lord to bring you back to see him. However, I am aware that the Ginseng King will be of great benefit to you. Because of that, I’ll leave the Mighty Four Kingsmen by your side for now. Do note that they’ll take you away once ten days pass, whether you’re prepared or not.”

“The Mighty Four Kingsmen…?”

“That would be us!”

“During these ten days, all four of you are to stay by Gerald’s side and abide to all his orders. Regardless of whether he gets his hands on the Ginseng King or not, once his ten days are up, all of you are to bring him back to our lord!” instructed the old man in black.

“Affirmative!”

Upon hearing that, the old man nodded before turning around. However, before he could leave, Gerald shouted, “Hold it! Who exactly is this lord you speak of?”

Since the corners of Gerald’s mouth were already bleeding due to the two slaps he had received earlier, he had asked while cupping his cheeks.

“You’ll know who he is once you meet him!” replied the old man before leaving immediately after.

…How very strange. Thinking about it, the strength and abilities of these men far exceeded what even the Moldells were probably capable of. Could there truly be even stronger masters in this world who weren’t from the Moldell family?

As Gerald speculated on, he thought about how great it would be if Finnley was by his side now. After all, Finnley would definitely be able to estimate how strong these men truly were!

When Gerald tried questioning the Mighty Four Kingsmen to get further details, all they did was either nod or shake their heads. It was clear that he wasn’t going to get any useful information from them, and this made Gerald feel extremely helpless about the entire situation.

Understanding that he would only be able to know more about them once he met their lord, Gerald told them to return to his manor to await further orders. After all, it wouldn’t be convenient for him to have them around since he was still living in the Yowell family’s mansion.

Speaking of the Yowells, at that moment, Heidi had gathered all of her family members in the Yowell manor’s family hall.

Noticing that Gerald wasn’t present and that Juliet herself seemed to be looking for him, Heidi then said, “Humph! Well isn’t this perfect that he isn’t around! Maybe he’s already dead somewhere! Wherever he’s gone to, don’t ever let me see him again! I just feel extremely annoyed and frustrated

every time I think about his face! Regardless, I’ve called all of you here today to announce something extremely important!”

 

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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 970 Heidi then continued, “Throughout my absence, I’ve been contacting several extremely powerful forces from different countries. As was expected, all of them were very eager to get their hands on the Ginseng King! You should’ve seen the prices they were offering us for it!”

“But didn’t you say that the price wasn’t an issue, mom? After all, getting it off our hands should be the priority since all the Ginseng King has brought to our family is trouble! There are already a number of powerful forces keeping a close eye on us because of it! Why are you still contacting so many buyers instead of quickly getting rid of it?” replied Tulip in surprise.

“Pfft! Silly girl… Can’t you see what I’m trying to achieve? Contacting more foreign buyers will definitely be beneficial for our family in the long run! See, once the buyers realize that other forces are also aiming to get their hands on the Ginseng King, all of them will eventually end up fighting for it! With each of the foreign forces being so powerful, the smaller forces in Heavenly City—who are also targeting the herb—will most definitely fail to persist till the end once the foreign forces get involved.”

“To summarize, by involving foreign buyers, the Yowells will essentially—and eventually—force the families in Heavenly City into sieges. Adding the money we’ll get from selling the Ginseng King into the equation, we’ll surely be able to establish our family’s supremacy in Heavenly City in the near future! If everything goes as planned, we’ll definitely succeed in killing two birds with one stone!” explained Heidi.

“I see… I understand your reasoning now! Once the foreign big guns arrive, the smaller forces in the city who are also looking for the Ginseng King will definitely be forced to retreat!” replied Tulip with a nod.

“I’m glad you finally see the bigger picture. Regardless, I’ve decided that the Yowell family will be holding an open auction for the Ginseng King in three days. When the time comes, we’ll simply allow the forces to fight among themselves while the Yowells profit from all of this!” said Heidi, a subtle smile on her face.

Though Tulip’s father was essentially still the head of the Yowell family, Heidi’s position was similar to a dowager’s. Though Tulips’s father wasn’t dead yet, Heidi usually had the final say regarding family matters both big and small.

Heidi, for one, had definitely given it her all this time to be fully in control of matters regarding the Ginseng King. The fact that she had been able to come up with such shrewd ideas proved that this woman was very good at scheming as well.

“Since several of the forces will surely begin gathering here tomorrow once I publicize the auction, both of you aren’t allowed to leave the manor in the next three days. You’re to help me receive our guests instead. Do I make myself clear?” said Heidi as she glared at Juliet.

The sisters simply nodded in response.

Before Heidi could say anything else, however, Tulip suddenly yelled, “Oh! You’re back, brother-in-law!”

Hearing that, Heidi immediately glared daggers at Gerald before scowling, “So, the trash is back! Once this matter is done with, I hope you’ll disappear from my sight forever!”

After saying that, she turned around to walk upstairs again.

Gerald himself had earlier managed to get back in time to catch Heidi’s entire plan.

He honestly felt that this old woman was extremely vicious since she barely sounded guilty for plotting up a plan to get so many powerful forces to fight among themselves. After all, Gerald was aware of

how feasible her plan was.

The next day came soon enough, and just as Heidi had said, once news of the open auction for the Ginseng King was made public, chaos was quick to ensue in the entirety of Heavenly City.

After all, it was needless to even talk about the immense economic value of owning the Ginseng King. To think that the herb had been in the hands of the Yowell family this entire time!

Forces both large and small had received the invitation to participate in the open auction. Even several underground forces were already showing up, resulting in all the hotels in Heavenly City getting fully booked.

On that day, the entire city simply came to life like it had never before.

However, just as Gerald and Heidi had anticipated, bloody disputes were soon to follow.

It wasn’t even past morning when two local forces got into a terrible fight, resulting in both sides suffering severe losses. Due to that, both the forces found themselves withdrawing from the auction on the very same day they were invited.

Those, however, were only small fries. The two powerhouses that actually mattered in the Heavenly City were the Sven Westmore Group and the Royal Dragon Group.

Sven himself—who was the boss of Sven Westmore Group—had yet to make his appearance up till this point, which led many to begin speculating that Sven must have encountered some kind of mishap. Some wilder accusations even suggested that he was already dead!

As a result, many forces who were initially affiliated to the Sven Westmore Group found themselves eventually submitting to the Royal Dragon Group, the extremely strong and powerful dark horse.

Moving back to the Yowells, they had naturally been very busy seeing that they were the organizers of the event.

For the venue of the event, the Yowells had booked Longstone Mountain Villa which was a large scenic spot in Heavenly City. From the start of the first day, Heidi and her two daughters had spent most of their time there receiving guests from all over the place.

Several locals of Longstone City also came over to join in on the fun, all of them wanting to watch the extremely grand-looking ceremony. After all, nothing similar on this grand a scale had happened in Heavenly City for decades now.

“Aren’t there too many people, mom…? It’s going to be impossible for us to arrange for all of them to stay in Longstone Mountain Villa! It’s simply too crowded already!” complained Tulip.

Tulip had even invited her classmates over to come help them today.

“Have you already forgotten? I kept reminding you that out of all the forces who are attending, we only need to make special arrangements and pay extra attention to eighteen of them! You don’t need to bother about the other forces too much! Speaking of which, just in case you’ve forgotten, please remember to make extra special arrangements for the two major forces in Heavenly City as well. I’m talking about the Sven Westmore Group and also the Royal Dragon Group! After all, the Yowells will still need to deal with them once the matter is over. Because of that, we absolutely cannot afford to offend them at all!” warned Heidi as she turned to look at Tulip.