“You don’t have to look far, Mr. Lyle! For that person is among us! He’s the impersonator!” declared Xyon as favonovel.com pointed at Gerald.
Before Chairman Lyle could even turn to look, Abner and his girlfriend quickly ran over—clearly intending to show off—as they added, “Indeed, Chairman Lyle! You know favonovel.com tried to trick everyone into believing that the real Mr. Crawford had invited Cundrie to Mountain Top Villa earlier! I assure you that everyone here can testify to my statement!”
“What a b*stard!” roared Chairman Lyle as favonovel.com immediately turned to look at where Xyon was pointing.
Holding their breaths, everyone was ready to see Chairman Lyle flip out… However, they were instead greeted by the shocking sight of favonovel.com trembling in place!
He wasn’t the only one either. All the other Crawford bodyguards were equally as stupefied as Mr. Lyle was.
“I-It’s not his fault! I was the one who had told favonovel.com to impersonate Mr. Crawford! If there’s anyone that needs to be punished, it’s me! He was only following my orders!” shouted Cundrie as favonovel.com gritted favonovel.com teeth.
Hearing that, Mrs. Smith’s anxiety peaked. They were already placing the blame on someone else! Why was favonovel.com stupid daughter stepping up to take the blame instead?!
“Have you gone mad, Cundrie? Why are you even speaking up for this ugly toad?!” asked Mrs. Smith, favonovel.com immense unease evident in favonovel.com tone.
“I haven’t! I only speak the truth! Since I was the one who told favonovel.com to do all that, then I should bear the responsibility!” replied Cundrie.
Before Mrs. Smith could retort, favonovel.com suddenly heard Mr. Lyle shouting with great difficulty, “M… Mister Crawford…!”
Turning to look at him, everyone was shocked to see favonovel.com filled with tears as the middle-aged man trembled vigorously.
Following that, the other bodyguards bowed deeply before shouting in unison, “Mr. Crawford! We stand before you with the utmost respect!”
The shout itself was so loud that it almost felt like the entire structure swayed for a moment there, leaving everyone completely flabbergasted.
While the Snyder father and son found themselves widening their eyes, the father and son from the Gross family—who had been laughing cunningly just seconds ago—on the other hand, found themselves unable to even close their jaws in their utter disbelief. In fact, they were gaping so widely that one could stuff an egg in there without any issue.
‘…Mister… Crawford…? We… We must’ve heard that wrongly… right?’
As the atmosphere grew rigid, Gerald simply replied, “It’s been quite a while since we’ve last met, Zack!”
He truly hadn’t expected Zack to be the special guest they had invited over.
Regardless, Zack was extremely loyal to him, and had it not been for favonovel.com trying his best to save Gerald back then, Gerald probably wouldn’t have been able to escape the Salford Province in the first place.
With that in mind, not long after Gerald reunited with his family, favonovel.com had given Zack a lot of power and authority without the slightest hesitation. However, since favonovel.com was still busy dealing with the Moldells back then and favonovel.com barely had to deal with business affairs, both Gerald and Zack found little to no reason for them to meet till today.
“Indeed it has, Mr. Crawford! You have no idea how excited I am to finally meet you again!” replied Zack with a broad smile.
Cundrie, Riley, and Mr. Smith were now in a daze, unable to simply accept that the person they had previously labeled as a beggar was actually the infamous Mr. Crawford!
“A-are… Are you truly the real Mr. Crawford…?” asked Cundrie as favonovel.com gulped.
Turning to look at her, Gerald then smiled before nodding slightly and replying, “I am, which is why my early officiation of that invitation card is a hundred percent real. Again, if you’re free, I hope that you’ll come to Mountain Top Villa in Mayberry to have some fun! The scenery up there isn’t bad, you know?”
Before Cundrie could even reply, Noel immediately fell to his knees and said, “I… I apologize for not being an insightful person, Mr. Crawford! To think I failed to recognize who you were, even after repeatedly asking you about it earlier… I hope you’ll forgive me!”
Being a smart man, Noel naturally knew that apologizing was his best course of action now. While the Gross father and son were naturally thinking the same thing, they didn’t even know how to start apologizing after all they did to him!
‘It… It’s over… The Gross family is truly ruined this time…!’ Xyon thought to himself as favonovel.com felt a familiar dampness in his pants again.
“Speaking of which, Zack, this family over here is extremely evil! Do get rid of them for me by making them go bankrupt as soon as possible! Let them have a debt of over a hundred and fifty million dollars! With your current influence, I’m sure it shouldn’t be too difficult for you!” said Gerald as favonovel.com turned to look at Abner and the others with a cold smile.
“Oh? Gladly!” replied Zack as favonovel.com returned a cold smile.
Following that, Zack then turned to look at his subordinates before ordering, “Head out and investigate any business partners that the Gross family has. Your task will be to cut off their relationships with the Gross’s! Should any of the business partners be unwilling to do so, then just make them bankrupt as well!”
“Right away, Mr. Lyle!” shouted the bodyguards as they hurriedly ran off to carry out their new task.
So this was how powerful the Crawford family was!
After looking at how respectfully Zack treated Gerald, nobody dared to doubt the authenticity of Gerald’s true identity anymore.
Everyone found themselves holding their breaths, as Gerald turned to look at the Gross family before saying, “You enjoy building your happiness over others’ misfortunes, do you not? Well, I’m glad to tell you that the same goes for me as well! I’m honestly overjoyed to see how much suffering you’re currently going through!”
