Gerald himself was wondering the same thing. It looked as though some sort of conflict was going on. Everything seemed to be going fine before this. How did things end up this way? As Gerald stared at the scene in bewilderment, he could see a middle-aged woman kneeling within the crowd. The members of the families affiliated with the Fendersons seemed to be filled with rage and even Lord Fenderson himself had an ugly expression on his face. “It’s her! It’s that sinner’s maid from back then! Hurry up and tell us where Xara is now! If you speak the truth, we’ll consider sparing you!” “Remember! The Crawfords and the Fendersons only got into a huge fight back then because of her! We, the affiliated families, were the ones who had suffered the most losses because of that battle! How pitiful my son was for having to grow up in such turmoil because of her! Lord Fenderson, if you’re hiding Xara anywhere, we demand that you hand her over to us!” “That’s right! Hand her over so that y
It was obvious that Xara clearly had more power compared to Jasmine’s father back then. Even if Xara’s assets were to be equally distributed among the affiliated families now, it wouldn’t be as simple as the families being able to gain equal footing with the Fendersons anymore. This was probably what Noah and Yael had intended for to happen this entire time. “You can all continue to dream on…” replied Jasmine angrily. “Step aside for the moment, Jasmine. You don’t need to get involved in this!” said Bryson, a gloomy expression on his face. Not daring to go against her grandfather’s words, she immediately stood aside. Bryson then personally began negotiating with Noah. While this was happening, Mindy suddenly began shouting, “Jasmine! Over here!” Frowning, Jasmine then walked over to Mindy before realizing who else was with her. To her surprise, Gerald was present! “Why are you here?” “Let’s not bother about him for the moment. More importantly, what on earth is goin
Upon hearing Noah’s command, a few men stepped forward, dragging a girl along. Her head was lowered and her mouth was shut tight. However, her appearance alone was enough to shock everyone present. “She… She looks exactly like her!” “That’s right! I almost thought that she was a much younger version of Xara!” “We’ve all been deceived! Lord Fenderson must have already known about Xara’s whereabouts a long time ago! Yet he left all us affiliated families in the dark on purpose!” While the audience began discussing aloud, Queta herself bore an extremely ugly expression on her face. After all, she had been physically hurt and her body was currently feeling very weak. “It… It really is my aunt’s daughter! So it turns out that grandpa’s already found aunt’s daughter!” said Jasmine. “Queta!” shouted Bryson, a stern expression on his face. He had initially arranged for someone to secretly send Queta away that morning. Little did he know that there would be a snitch working for
So that’s why Aunt Fenderson had treated her so dearly before this! Was she truly the mother she had been looking for this entire time? A cocktail of complicated emotions was now brewing in Queta’s heart. She didn’t even know whether she should refer to her as her aunt or mother anymore! “It all makes sense now! No wonder we couldn’t find any clues about my aunt, even after investigating for so long!” said Jasmine. “Hey now, this isn’t exactly a family reunion, you know? Since you’ve finally decided to show yourself, shouldn’t you give us a proper explanation for everything that happened back then, Xara? After all, we’ve been searching for you for a good twenty years now and we’ve already wasted enough time and resources just to find you!” replied Noah coldly. “I’m well aware of what you’re up to, Noah Schuyler. There’s no need for you to continue blackmailing the Fenderson family. I’ll say it loud and clear now. The assets and properties I’ve been holding on to will never go t
“…What? The young master, Mr. Crawford?” Everyone was now exchanging glances with each other in astonishment. “I’ve never even known that the Crawford family had a young master!” “Have you forgotten that the Crawford family’s young master was raised among ordinary people? That made it near impossible for anyone to get any information about him! Not even the Fendersons know much about him, even after investigating so much into the matter back then!” “To think that the Crawford’s young master has already returned to his family! Why, he’s even come all the way here just to look for the Fendersons! How powerful and impressive! It wouldn’t be farfetched to say that he’s probably comparable to Dylan back in the day!” As the people in the crowd continued discussing among themselves, Jasmine herself was breathing rather frantically. She was currently facing all sorts of inexplicable emotions. After Mr. Crawford’s arrival was announced, none of the affiliate families dared to contin
“Yes, that must be him!” As the crowd of people gulped, not even daring to speak loudly, the new group of people continued walking forward till they were right in front of Bryson. Each person in that group exuded an equally strong aura. “Is that you, Fynn?” asked Bryson as he smiled at the old man. “Indeed it is, Lord Fenderson. It’s been a long time since we’ve last met! I trust you’ve been well since then!” replied Fynn with a slight smile. “I have. Still, all those years… Gone just like that! To think that the young boy who used to always stick around Daryl is now an old man… If it wasn’t because of your unchanging, sharp as ever eyes, I wouldn’t have been able to recognize you at all! It really has been too long!” said Bryson, his tone tinged with regrets as he reminisced. After all, back in the day, Bryson and Daryl were so close that they even considered each other to be brothers. The old man that now stood before him went by the name of Fynn, and he used to be Daryl’s
Fynn himself began scanning through the crowd at that moment. According to what Mr. Zartyr had said, Mr. Crawford had indeed already arrived. By then, everyone was exchanging glances with one another. “Oh gosh! I really hadn’t expected Mr. Crawford to come here! Why wasn’t I aware of any of this at all?” said Mindy in a surprised tone. It was no surprise why she wanted to see Mr. Crawford for herself. After all, he was the reason why she and Jasmine couldn’t even leave their house when they were children. Even the celebrities who were still holding on to Gerald were looking around excitedly. While they were quite sure that actually being able to get acquainted with someone with such a high status as Mr. Crawford was completely out of the question, a chance to see what a truly dignified rich heir like him looked like would be the second best thing. Being able to do that would make the entire trip feel worthwhile. Watching the scene unfold before him, Gerald could only sha
The simultaneous shout had come from the people standing behind Fynn. Gerald then nodded before saying, “I really hadn’t expected you to come here, Uncle Fynn…” “Master was simply worried about your situation. Since he was afraid that you wouldn’t be able to handle the matter alone, he sent me here to help you!” replied Fynn. “Heh! I’m just here because I really missed you, brother!” said Yoel with a smile. By this point, everyone’s mouths were hanging wide open, especially the celebrities from before. “I-Impossible… This is absolutely impossible!” muttered Xavia as she continued shaking her head in her shock. To think that for a period of time, she had finally managed to recover from her shock of finding out that Gerald’s true identity was Mr. Crawford of Mayberry… Her joining the Long family had allowed her initial sadness and hurt feelings to slowly fade since she knew that she was at least on par with Gerald at that point in time. Knowing that allowed her to keep a mo