“How could Gerald possibly have gotten his hands on such an expensive and valuable thing…?”
The butler himself simply lowered his head. After thinking for a brief moment, he then said, “… There’s something on my mind, though I’m not sure whether I should say it, Chairman.”
“Go on!”
“From what I’ve been able to observe, Mr. Crawford doesn’t seem to be an ordinary person. Rather, he seems to exude the disposition of someone with nobility! There’s just something about the way he talks… This may seem far-fetched, but have you considered that maybe, just maybe… Mr. Crawford could be the mysterious…”
“…Are you suggesting that Gerald is the Crawford family’s Mr. Crawford?” replied Lady Yaleman, greatly surprised to even hear Sheldon suggest that.
In response, Sheldon simply pointed at the Saussurea involucrate again. That alone, made Lady Yaleman’s heart skip a beat.
“…How… How could that be possible? You saw how Dylan looked that year as well, right? There’s simply no way!” said Lady Yaleman incredulously.
“Chairman, with all due respect, the Yaleman family hasn’t been having it easy in the past few years… The problem isn’t limited to our slowly declining business either. The internal fights within the family have worsened over time as well, since quite a few parties in the family are after greater power distributions once you’re no longer in the picture. May I remind you that Mr. Yuma Yaleman has also caused a lot of trouble for the family throughout the years.”
“Even with all that happening, isn’t it strange that the Yaleman family’s business hasn’t collapsed? It was a few years ago when I first realized that someone must be helping the family in secret. After all, any dangers we faced were quickly dealt with and if we had to deal with any, they were usually minor incidents.”
“What more, remember what happened to the Leans? They were our greatest enemy and they were also immensely powerful back then. However, in just a single night, their entire family fell into bankruptcy. Not only that, the Leans family was wiped off the map entirely! What exactly happened that night? It still remains a mystery to this very day!”
Sheldon had so much to say since he had previously kept all this to himself. After all, he was afraid that Lady Yaleman would be angry if he said all this.
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