Ch. 2086..2090: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 2086-2090
Chapter 2086
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 2086 It seemed that now, not only would they not get any benefits, but they might also be dragged into it as well.
Everyone was thinking of ways to cut relations with the family so that they wouldn’t be affected when the family went into a downfall or get involved the moment Kanagawa appeared at their doorsteps.
“Sigh, this is the current situation of the Futaba family now. If someone who doesn’t know us well comes, he or she would even think that we’re a third class family!”
After they had all left, Takuya slammed his fist onto the table and exclaimed in fury.
He knew that the people in the family would definitely be against it after the news broke out, but he didn’t expect them to be so brazen and outright confront him. This made him extremely uncomfortable.
“Don’t be angry about it, Patriarch. From the moment they gave a cold shoulder toward the family when it was going downhill and left right then, they were no longer a part of the Futaba family. We don’t have to be enraged because of people like them,” One of the family members rushed over to Takuya and massaged his shoulders.
“Don’t worry, Fujiko. This time, I won’t allow a lousy man like Kanagawa Kai to take you no matter what!” Takuya held his daughter’s hand and reassured her in a determined tone.
This was a promise made by a father to his daughter.
“I know!” Futaba Fujiko wiped away her tears. She knew how pressured her father must be by not allowing Kai to marry her, and he might even be facing some big trouble because of this.
“You all can go now. Gerald, stay here. I have something to tell you.” Takuya released his daughter’s hand.
Gerald nodded and stayed at the same spot.
The family member who left the last closed the door before exiting.
“Gerald, now that it’s just the two of us here, I’ll ask you something, and you have to answer me honestly,” Takuya said after fixing his eyes on Gerald for a long while.
“You can ask me anything, Patriarch Futaba.” Gerald nodded.
“I’ve always been curious about your identity. Fujiko says that you have a strong ability, yet you’re not from the special forces who participate in those big competitions. So, can you tell me who you are?” Takuya rubbed his hands together.
“Sorry I can’t tell you about my identity. I’m just an ordinary citizen of Weston, and I’m only here in Japan to accompany a friend who’s joining a war competition for special forces.” Gerald shook his head, chuckling.
“Alright. Then, you and Fujiko are just pretending to be a couple, right?” Takuya was already mentally prepared for it. He understood that someone as strong as Gerald wouldn’t be just an ordinary man for sure and was certainly of a special identity that couldn’t be disclosed to just anyone for fear that he might get killed once he exposed himself.
“Yeah.” Gerald nodded without objecting.
“To tell you the truth, I, as Fujiko’s father, really hoped that you two could be together as a real couple. Although it hasn’t been a long since I’ve met you, I know how responsible you are as a man, plus, you’ll be able to protect her with your ability,” Takuya released a sigh and said slowly.
“Patriarch Futaba, Ms. Fujiko and I are just acting. I still don’t have the heart to think about things like romance and relationships for now.” Gerald immediately waved and refused, fearing that the acting
would grow into something real, and he wouldn’t be able to get out of it.
“I know, I know. It’s just my wishful thinking.” Takuya waved him down too.
“I’ll protect Ms. Fujiko until everything’s settled. Don’t worry about it, Patriarch Futaba.” Gerald smiled as he smoked.
Chapter 2087
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 2087 “Thank you for helping us at this time, but we, the Futaba family, can’t really offer you anything. You might even face troubles and danger because of us.” Takuya’s eyes became red, and his hands were trembling uncontrollably as well.
All this while, he was most worried about the danger his daughter was in, but Gerald’s words were like a pill of reassurance to him. He too believed that it wouldn’t be difficult for Gerald to protect his daughter based on his ability. Funagawa or any top assassin from the Hanyu family wouldn’t be able to do anything to him as well.
“I’m not scared of that,” Gerald said casually.
“Yes, but I still have to thank you properly.” Takuya nodded. He himself didn’t even know how lucky he was to have met such an excellent young man just when their family was facing a crisis. Although it couldn’t be considered as much help, he could at least protect Takuya’s daughter.
“You can just tell me anything if you need me, I’ll definitely help if I can.” Gerald lit another cigarette.
“No problem. I’ll tell you if anything happens.” Takuya nodded even harder.
After chatting for a while, Gerald left the living room, planning to go back and ask Master Ghost and Aiden about the situation these days so that he could be one step ahead and eliminate the special forces from Yanam. Although he had done everything perfectly, it couldn’t be guaranteed that they wouldn’t be found out for sure.
If they had been exposed, they needed to settle the issue immediately, otherwise, Aiden would be affected, and even Weston.
Walking out of the living room, Gerald headed toward his guest room and strode past the bamboo forest, reaching the garden behind the manor. The night was approaching, and it was getting dark Gerald’s brows instantly scrunched up upon his arrival.
His intuition was telling him that someone was waiting for him here.
“Come out now,” Stopping in his steps, Gerald said casually.
“Looks like you’re something else, aren’t you?” Just as Gerald had finished his sentence, two shadows appeared from behind the bushes.
They were none other than Futaba Masaru and Futaba Suke whom Gerald had seen during the meeting.
“Do you need anything from me?” Scanning them with his eyes, Gerald asked in a slightly impatient tone. It was a waste of time talking with people like them. Even sleeping would be a better choice.
“Of course we do. I’m warning you to leave this place as soon as possible. Don’t get yourself involved with our family matters. Don’t think that Takuya will be able to protect you just because he’s the patriarch. The Futaba family now isn’t like before anymore, and he does not have any actual power as a true patriarch whatsoever.”
“Even Fujiko can be ambushed by someone from the Hanyus, so you should be able to contemplate this yourself!”
Suke took a step in front of Masaru and pointed his finger at Gerald’s nose as he talked.
“How did you know that Fujiko was attacked by an assassin from the Hanyu family?” Gerald frowned suddenly, finding some sensitive words amongst what Suke had said.
Takuya had claimed before that their family ensured perfect protection around Fujiko, so only a handful of people knew of the fact that Fujiko was Japan’s ‘Queen Soldier’. Suke was obviously not one of them, plus, it had been long since he returned to the family, so he wouldn’t have been able to know about this.
On the other hand, the Hanyu family would definitely not spread the news of their wish to kill the princess of the Futaba family.
Chapter 2088
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 2088 Analyzing these two points, it was definitely strange that Suke knew about Fujiko getting ambushed by the Hanyu family’s assassins. There might even be something more to it.
“What does this have to do with you?!” Realizing that he had said something wrong, Suke’s face turned red, but he quickly regained his composure and yelled at Gerald as he pointed at the latter, “I’m warning you again, everything that’s happening here has nothing to do with you at all! Get out of here as soon as you can, otherwise, you won’t even be able to die in peace!”
“Are you threatening me?” Gerald smiled slightly and asked.
“Of course it’s not a threat! This is simply the last exemption given to you.” Gerald’s nonchalance triggered Suke even further, and he would have for sure fought this man from Weston if it wasn’t because they were in the manor.
“Alright, I understand. Now, if there’s nothing else, you two should leave instead of waiting for Patriarch Takuya to see you and kick you two out himself,” Gerald left them with some sarcastic words as he walked past them slowly with his hands shoved into his pockets.
“That piece of trash!” Seeing Gerald leave, Suke clenched his fists tightly and was about to dash toward him.
“Don’t be rash. You should go back with me first because we’re still members of the family. If this is spread out, it won’t be any good to us!” Futaba Masaru instantly pulled him back and persuaded him in a low and raspy voice.
“Grandpa Masaru, this man, Gerald, is simply too annoying!” Suke didn’t dare to go against Masaru’s words and could only stop, but he was still suppressing his anger deep down his chest.
“I want to ask you as well. What is this about Fujiko? How did you know she was ambushed by an assassin from the Hanyu family?” Masaru grabbed Suke and headed toward the outside of the manor as he questioned him. “I’m telling you, Fujiko is still part of our family, and the Hanyu family is our family’s lifelong rivals. If you have any connections with them, you’re one step into hell!”
“Grandpa Masaru, you’re overthinking it. You witnessed me growing up, and you should know that I’m not that kind of person! I just heard this from some friends coincidentally!” Suke broke into a cold sweat and quickly explained.
“That would be for the best. Don’t let me discover any connections between you and the Hanyu family. Remember, we’re just having an internal conflict within the family, so don’t get involved with our lifelong rivals. I’ll make sure to settle you by myself if I find out something is going on between you and them!” Masaru snorted coldly and left Suke behind as he walked forward slowly.
“I’ll help you, Grandpa Masaru! ” Seeing that, Suke trotted to catch up with him.
Back in the room.
Gerald didn’t let their threats bother him at all not trouble his mind, because he already knew that troubles would come if he was protecting Fujiko.
However, Suke’s words had caught Gerald’s attention. As someone who didn’t live in the family manor, he had known about the attempted assassination of Fujiko. This simply sounded too strange. Gerald couldn’t help but doubt any connection between him and the Hanyu family. Suke might even have played a part in the attempted assassination.
“Looks like we’ll have to investigate Futaba Suke,” Gerald smoked and mumbled to himself, tapping his fingers on the table.
However, this was all just talk. Gerald didn’t plan to do anything since Suke didn’t pose any sort of threat as of yet. Moreover, he didn’t have the time to care about such people. He would definitely look up on it carefully after all the dangers had been eliminated.
After all, the only one in this world who dared to threaten him had already been buried deep down in the earth.
….
The next day.
Chapter 2089
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 2089 Just as Gerald had awoken, he heard someone knocking on his door.
“What’s the matter?” Pushing the door open, Gerald saw Takuya’s underling, who followed the latter everywhere, standing outside.
“Patriarch wanted me to call you over because someone from the Funagawa family came over asking why you took Ms. Fujiko away after not even a few clays of staying at their family place. He especially stated that he wanted to see you. Our patriarch didn’t stop him and could only ask me to send you over, ” The underling spoke up when he saw Gerald.
“Bring me over there, then,” Gerald spoke as he reached out to grab a coat and put it on.
“Patriarch wants you to tell him what actually happened, and let the Funagawa people know clearly what Kanagawa Kai has been doing all this while.” The underling followed Gerald closely behind.
They went into the living room, just like the previous night.
The only thing that had changed was that the ones sitting there were people from the Funagawa family, and they were all acting intimidatingly, almost as if they were going to question someone by force.
“You’re Gerald Crawford, aren’t you? Why did you take Ms. Fujiko away from our Funagawa manor? Is it because you two have some special relationship? Or you simply wanted to stand against us, the Funagawa family?” Seeing Gerald’s arrival, someone amongst the Funagawa representatives immediately stood up and reprimanded.
“Before asking me, why don’t you ask your young master, Mr. Kai, what did he do?” Gerald snickered and sat down opposite of them, crossing his legs as he replied casually.
“Oh? Let’s hear what Young Master Kai did, then.” The man was still in disdain. He had never respected anyone from the Futaba family, not even Takuya.
“Kanagawa Ryuka, are you sure that you want Gerald to tell everyone about it?” Seeing that Gerald was going to continue, Takuya raised his arm to stop him and cut in. He didn’t want the situation to become too bad itself, plus, he knew that if they really exposed everything Kai had done, the relationship between the two families would be completely over.
Even if Takuya was mentally prepared for the consequences and how to tackle them, he still believed that they should avoid the situation as much as possible, not wanting the family to offend another family with great power.
“Patriarch Futaba, I’m very interested in what he has to say. I would like to know the reason as to why he brought Ms. Fujiko out of our Funagawa family’s manor by himself.” Ryuka sneered and set his eyes upon Gerald.
“Seeing how interested you are, I’ll tell you about it, then.”
“Your young master forced and tried to get Fujiko into bed with him without her consent. If you don’t believe this, you can ask Young Master Kai’s two faithful servants about it.”
Gerald’s eyes met his without any hint of backing out.
“So, it’s just about some small matters like this. Ms. Fujiko and Young Master Kai are already engaged, so it wouldn’t be unnatural even if they did such a thing. Why would an outsider like you intervene?”
Of course, Ryuka knew what kind of person Kai was, so he responded carelessly.
“You should note the main point of my words, though. It was Funagawa Kai who wanted to force Ms. Fujiko into having sex.”
Chapter 2090
Gerald Crawford: The Secretly or invisible Rich Man Chapter 2090
“If I’m not mistaken, this is considered a very serious matter in Japan’s law. Kai might even face a few up to tens of years in jail,
and he would even have to wear the special ankle tracker after coming out of jail. This would definitely bring shame not only to
Kai but also the Funagawa family, wouldn’t it?”
Gerald accepted the water passed over by Takuya and took a sip before he spoke.
“Mr. Gerald, do you honestly think that such a small matter like this can’t be settled by us?” Hearing Gerald’s words. Ryuka
roared in laughter. “Let me tell you the truth. Even if it’s rape or murder, our family would be able to settle all these matters with
ease. I bet Patriarch Futaba can confirm this as well, right?”
Takuya’s face turned dark. Ryuka wasn’t wrong. Based on the Funagawa family’s status and power in Japan, it would be a piece
of cake to settle a rape case. Moreover, the police and courts wouldn’t dare to touch someone like Funagawa Kai for fear of
offending the Funagawas.
“You can make a call to Funagawa Kai and ask whether he minds if I lodge a police report.” Gerald still had a neutral expression
on his face, completely unaffected by Ryuka’s words.
“Sure, I can!” Ryuka took out his phone right away and dialed Kai’s number.
The phone was picked up, and Ryuka explained the situation to him, waiting for him to agree to lodge a police report so that they could embarrass Gerald before moving on to questioning Takuya.
Unexpectedly, Kai actually bellowed in anger from the other side of the phone, saying that if the Futaba family did indeed lodge a police report, Ryuka would never be able to step into the Funagawa family ever again.
After howling all of these things, Kai hung up on Ryuka, leaving him completely dumbfounded.
He didn’t understand why the young master had spoken that way, but what he needed to do now was to stop Gerald from reporting this to the police without exposing any of the details of the call.
“So, what did Kai say about this?” Gerald could already guess what was the call about judging by Ryuka’s change in expression. Pushing other facts aside, Kai would never allow even a tiny possibility of leaking out what had happened that night.
“Mr. Kai says that you can make a police report, but he’s forgiving enough to not pester you about this matter to respect Ms. Fujiko and the Futaba family. However, he warned you to not do such things anymore, otherwise, you’ll be dead!”
Ryuka quickly thought of something and formed a series of words that seemed to have no loopholes to pretend nothing had happened as he spoke to Gerald.
“Thank Young Master Kai for me, then.”
“Also, please pass on my words to him. If he dares to do anything like that again, I’ll have him repay it in exactly the same way.” Gerald smiled.
“Well then, Patriarch Futaba, I’ll be returning if there’s nothing else.” Ryuka got up and bowed pretentiously to Takuya before leaving immediately.
He wanted to go back and ask Kai what exactly had happened. That way, he would at least know how to act and speak the next
time he had to contact the Futabas again.
After Ryuka had left, Takuya and his underlings all sighed in relief.
They were all worried about the Funagawa family making a punitive expedition against them, fearing that any conflicts would
arise. This would definitely make the family’s situation even worse.
“Gerald, what exactly did you do at Funagawa’s place? Why did Ryuka act that way after just a call?” After ordering the servant
to close the door, Takuya immediately asked. He too had noticed the abnormal change in Ryuka, but he had not shown his
suspicion just now.
“It was just a few small tricks. You shouldn’t ask more about it, Patriarch Futaba.”
“However, I can guarantee that Kai won’t dare to come over and seek trouble for a while.”