The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 166-170

[Chapter 166]

”D*mn it! Still surfing the internet? Gerald, I really suspect that you must have gone on a vacation for the past two days, or did you go to pleasure town? Don’t you read the news in our class group chat?”

Benjamin asked excitedly.

Before this, Gerald simply told them that he was going out with a friend but he did not tell them exactly what he was going to do.

Therefore, Benjamin and Harper did not know what Gerald had been up to over the past two days.

As for the pleasure town that Benjamin had just mentioned, Gerald had really been there.

They were all the same, they were all big beauties!

At this time, Gerald smiled before he said, “What pleasure town are you talking about? So, tell me, what is happening in our class?”

“Before you left, didn’t Felicity enter the popularity competition for the star anchor? In the end, Felicity won the competition directly and she became the absolute top anchor, the star anchor in the same city live broadcast platform. That day, Felicity earned more than thirty thousand dollars of rewards! D*mn it!”

Benjamin was really envious and hateful. He really envied the fact that other people could earn so much money in one day. He hated it that he wasn’t a woman too!

“Well, yesterday, many newspapers and media came to interview Felicity and the headlines were even more domineering: A girl from Mayberry University, who does live broadcasts for a few hours a day, earns more than thirty thousand dollars!”

“Oh, in short, all kinds of related reports have already been launched. This is all because of the propaganda from the newspaper. Ever since this afternoon, some people from the Mayberry Television Station also came to do a special interview with Felicity. Just now, we also recorded a video as Felicity’s classmates. I even showed my face!”

Harper explained everything.

Gerald understood this.

Felicity was famous now. After interviewing her, they naturally had to conduct some other peripheral interviews too. This was similar to the interview column of the television stations. After the interview, they would then interview the person’s classmates, family, and friends.

This was all usually planned in advance.

Hahaha. Gerald really did not expect that using his identity as Ordinary Man to give Felicity some gifts and then investing some funds in the same city live broadcast would have such an effect.

He actually indirectly provided some free publicity for Felicity.

This made Gerald feel a little dumbfounded.

“Gerald, hurry up and change! Felicity is treating all of us to dinner tonight. She will be buying us dinner at the Homeland Kitchen where you bought us dinner the last time. She has already booked the place! All of our classmates will be coming too!”

Harper patted Gerald’s bed before he went to change his clothes.

“Okay!”

This time, Gerald quickly agreed.

After all, he was almost done resting and he was already hungry.

Secondly, Felicity became famous all because of him. So, what was the big deal if he went to eat at the celebration banquet hosted by her?

This was reasonable and justified!

Gerald hurriedly changed his clothes before he ran downstairs with Harper and the others.

At the school gate.

A large group of Gerald’s classmates was already waiting here.

Felicity was no longer the same person that she used to be. She used to be just a small-time anchor who was earning just a little money. Now, she was a real internet celebrity who was making a lot of money.

Therefore, she was naturally everyone’s focus of attention.

“Sister Felicity, are we going to call for cabs?”

Blondie was following closely behind Felicity. Ever since Danny had beaten up the son of a wealthy and powerful man in Mayberry City with his cousin brother, Chad, he had been in a very miserable state. He did not even dare to come to school at all. Now, only Blondie was left in class.

“Why should we call for cabs? I have already contacted the service company and asked them to send ten Audis over here. We will go by car. By the way, Blondie, can you count the number of people who

have already arrived and check to see who else is not here yet?”

“I’ll do it now!” Blondie happily replied before he got to work immediately, as though he was managing his own affairs. After that, he shouted, “Don’t talk anymore! I will call out everyone’s name!”

He was done very quickly.

Blondie ran over before he said, “Sister Felicity, only Harper and the boys from his dormitory are not here yet. Layla said that she is feeling unwell and she is resting alone in the dormitory!”

“Okay, I got it. Why are Harper and the boys taking so long just to change their clothes?” Felicity asked coldly as she put on a branded wine-red sunglasses while crossing her hands in front of her chest. After all, she was an internet celebrity now so she would have to be more stylish.

“They are here! They are here! Harper and the boys are here!”

At this time, a girl shouted.

Harper and the other boys, a total of six of them were running over to them.

“Eh? Didn’t Gerald go out to play? Why is he back already?”

“Yes! Oh my. Perhaps he hurried back as soon as he heard that we would be going out to eat. Who knows if he had already spent all of his lottery money? Maybe he is just saying that he went on a vacation, but he was probably out working!”

Gerald had not even arrived yet but the ridicule had already sounded…

[Chapter 167]

”Gerald, you’re here too? You know how to come when we are going out for dinner but why weren’t you there when all of us from the class were recording the interview for Felicity then? Hahaha! The attributes of a pathetic person would never change!”

A girl who was very close to Felicity could not help but scolded him.

Many girls had already gradually changed their views on Gerald. They would even smile faintly at Gerald when they saw him now.

How should this be explained?

Some time ago, Gerald suddenly got rich. He got very rich.

He really attracted many girls’ favor at that time.

They felt that it would be great if they could get together with Gerald. They would be able to buy some really pretty bags, especially since this Gerald was quite handsome.

However, Felicity had already hit the jackpot.

She became an online celebrity who could make a lot of money.

This gave all the girls in her class a very huge booster. So, what if they were girls? They felt that as long as a girl was willing to work hard and head in the right direction, she could also become rich, famous, and successful.

Therefore, many girls in their class also came up with an idea. They wanted to try and do live broadcasts too. It would be even better if they could sign a contract too!

“Forget it. Just bring him along with us. Another person would not make a big difference anyway.”

Felicity replied as she fixed her sunglasses. When she used to say anything contemptuously in the past, Felicity would glare at Gerald. However, now, she could not even be bothered to even look at him at all.

Just then, Cassandra and everyone else had already arrived. All ten of the Audis had already arrived.

The lineup of the ten Audis was really spectacular.

Many students also looked in this direction enviously.

Even the owners of the Audis also took out their cell phones to take pictures of Felicity.

“Instructor! You can take the same car as me! All my classmates can just get in the other cars!”

Felicity said as she placed great emphasis on her image.

Her classmates quickly got into the cars, one after the other.

Harper and the boys from his dormitory also got into the car.

At this time, Gerald saw that there was no one sitting in the Audi at the end. Therefore, he was about to open the door of the co-pilot seat so that he could sit in it.

“Stop! What do you think you are doing, Gerald?”

Felicity’s cold voice sounded from a far distance.

“I am getting into the car!”

Gerald replied.

“Hehehe. That car is not for picking up students. That car is to pick up some of my good friends from the live broadcast guild. You can sit in another car!” Felicity was really annoyed. Why was this pathetic person causing trouble for her every time?

“There are no other cars but I can see that no one is sitting in the co-pilot seat in the car that you are sitting in. I will go there then!”

Gerald replied. After all, she would not be expecting him to go on his own, right?

“Pfft! Gerald, what are you thinking? You are actually thinking of sitting in the same car as me?”

Felicity honestly felt like giving Gerald a few slaps. What was her status now? Could she really be seen with someone like him?

“Felicity, what is the matter? Aren’t we leaving yet?”

At this time, Cassandra also got out of the car.

“Ahh! It’s all Gerald’s fault. When I was calling for the cars, I did not count him in at all so I only called for ten cars. Everything is fine now! I have to send a car over to pick up my good friends! Gerald is not sitting in it anymore!”

Felicity replied coldly.

Cassandra glanced at Gerald in disgust. This person was really superfluous!

After that, she said impatiently, “Gerald, why don’t you take a cab there by yourself? I will reimburse you for the cab fare later! Okay, okay, Felicity, let’s go now!”

Casandra yelled at Felicity before they left in a hurry.

Why was she rushing to leave with Felicity in a hurry?

This was because Cassandra just thought of a topic to talk with someone. Therefore, she was planning to chat with him now.

Gerald did not ask Harper or the other boys to accompany him. He simply said that he could take a cab on his own, after borrowing Harper’s power bank.

After the convoy left.

Gerald turned on his cell phone.

He clicked on his WeChat and it was his new WeChat account.

Felicity had sent his so many messages that his inbox was almost full.

There were also some pictures of Felicity.

“Brother Ordinary Man, Felicity will send you some of my most beautiful pictures so that you can have a look at it, okay?”

“Brother Ordinary Man, are you there? Do you think that Felicity is not beautiful? Grievous!”

“…”

[Chapter 168]

There were too many. It was filled with pictures of Felicity.

There were even a few shots of her beautiful legs. To be honest, the scale was quite big.

Gerald could feel his heart pounding as he looked at the pictures.

“Am I beautiful, Brother Ordinary Man?”

“It’s okay. The photos are average and not too exciting! Hehe!”

Gerald sent a suggestive message to Felicity, perhaps because he was a little angry at her.

Unexpectedly, Felicity replied to his text message in a few seconds, “Oh, you are so hateful, Brother Ordinary Man! I will definitely make you feel satisfied when I have the time!”

Felicity’s reply made Gerald’s heart feel a little excited.

At this time, Cassandra suddenly sent a new text message to him.

“Brother Ordinary Man, what are you doing? Everyone in our class is going out to attend your dear Felicity’s celebration banquet today. Hmph! You should have been the protagonist today since you were the one who turned Felicity into a celebrity! By the way, are you interested in Felicity? Why aren’t you pursuing her?”

Cassandra secretly sent this text message to Gerald.

To be honest, she had a very strong sense of jealousy inside. She did not know why but the image of the boyfriend that Cassandra had sketched in her heart, was similar to Ordinary Man even though she had never seen Ordinary Man before.

“Can’t catch up. My car is not here yet!”

He was annoyed and immune to it. Why was he always the one being targeted?

Gerald replied angrily. The cab that he called for had not arrived yet.

“Hahaha, isn’t it easy for Brother Ordinary Man to just buy a car with your financial resources?”

Cassandra replied once again.

She obviously got the wrong idea. When Gerald said that his car was not here yet, she actually thought that she was saying that he had not received the car that he had bought!

At this time, the cab that Gerald called for finally arrived. Gerald continued chatting with them a little before he ended the conversation. The only thing that really aroused his interest was the photos that Felicity said that she was going to take for him.

He would really have to take a good look at those pictures when the time came.

As he was speaking, Gerald had already arrived at Homeland Kitchen.

At this time, the ten Audis had already stopped at the entrance of Homeland Kitchen. This simply proved how arrogant and mighty Felicity was at this time.

“You! Why are you clumsy? If you can work, then work properly. If you cannot work, then you should just get lost! Just look at you. I have seen so many part-timers but I have never seen anyone like you! I

want you to get lost now! Besides that, I also want you to pay for the loss of this ‘Buddha Jumps over the Wall Soup’. Leave one hundred and fifty dollars behind!”

Gerald was about to go upstairs when he saw a woman grabbing a girl dressed as a waitress as she dragged her out.

“Sorry, manager! I am really sorry! I have a wound on my arm so I couldn’t hold the dish properly!”

“What? I don’t care if you are injured or hurt! Do you know who the Miss Felicity who went in just now is? She is the most honored guest in our Homeland Kitchen. Fortunately, you did not drop the dish and scald Miss Felicity just now. Otherwise, you would never be able to pay for the consequences of your action!”

The female manager yelled as she poked the girl’s forehead hard.

The girl simply lowered her head as she listened but she did not dare to hide.

Perhaps, there was something wrong with Gerald’s perspective. From his perspective, the girl’s skin was bright and fair and her hair was hanging down. At first glance, she made people feel a lot of pity for her.

As for the female manager, she was obviously a new manager.

Moreover, Gerald knew this new manager.

“Jane, why are you yelling?”

Gerald did not expect that Jane would have already become the new manager of Homeland Kitchen.

“Ahh?”

Jane shook her whole body suddenly when she heard the sound behind him.

It was like a fish who had been stranded for a long time, suddenly seeing a torrent rolling in front of it.

Or more like a farmland that had been dried up for a long time, welcoming the joy before the dark clouds!

“Mr. Crawford?”

Jane was so excited that she was about to cry.

“Are you shouting so loudly because you are afraid that other people will not be able to hear you?” Gerald asked lightly.

“Ahh! I do not dare to anymore, Mr. Crawford. I was just very excited to see you!” The matter when Jane made Chad and the others misunderstand that Gerald was her boyfriend or something had already reached Zack’s ears the last time. Therefore, he had already given Jane a warning. If Mr. Crawford did not agree, she would not be allowed to contact him or interfere in his peaceful life!

Of course, Jane obeyed all of his instructions.

In fact, Gerald did not have any resentment or resistance toward this senior sister, Jane. On the contrary, she had already shown her favor to Gerald countless times and Gerald had already regarded her as half a friend.

He smiled bitterly at this time before he asked, “By the way, Jane, when did you become the manager of Homeland Kitchen? Aren’t you working at the Mountain Wayfair Entertainment anymore?”

“Ahh? Mr. Crawford, don’t you know about it? Mayberry Commercial Street is undergoing some huge changes now. It seems as though something big had happened. Mr. Lyle has also been replaced. The Mayberry Commercial Street will also be facing a reshuffling!”

Jane was very surprised.

“Facing a reshuffling?”

Gerald was also taken aback. He did not even need to think about it to know that this should all be his sister’s idea.

What was she trying to do?

[Chapter 169]

It turned out that the change Jane was referring to was that Gerald’s sister, Jessica, had already handed the management of the Mayberry Commercial Street over to someone else after Zack resigned and left his post.

As for the person who had been sent over here, Gerald did not ask about it, nor did his sister, Jessica tell him anything about it at all.

He could just ask her about it later then.

It was also precisely because of this reason that Jane, who was working well in the Mountain Wayfair Entertainment was eventually transferred to become a manager at the Homeland Kitchen instead.

Although it seemed like she was getting a promotion, in actual fact, she was being demoted.

Speaking of it, this had something to do with Gerald too.

At this time, Gerald turned his gaze on the girl who was standing aside again. To be honest, Gerald was not simply just feeling pity or sympathy for Gerald. Instead, Gerald suddenly thought of his previous self when he saw this girl.

At that time, he had been so poor that he could not even afford to eat or feed himself. He would have to take on several jobs on the weekends and it was already a common thing for him to get beaten and scolded.

“Jane, you can go and get busy with something else now. Didn’t she just smash a bowl of ‘Buddha Jumped over the Wall Soup’? She did not hurt anyone anyway. Just ask the kitchen to prepare another

bowl then!”

Gerald ordered.

Jane did not dare to go against his words. After glancing at the girl, Jane headed to the kitchen.

Jane naturally knew that Felicity was Gerald’s favorite anchor. That was the reason why she regarded Felicity as the most distinguished guest amongst all the other distinguished guests. Otherwise, why else would Mr. Crawford use fifteen million dollars to invest in the live broadcast platform just to please Felicity? This was also the reason why Jane felt very suffocated and jealous deep in her heart.

“Thank you… thank you!”

The girl lowered her head before she bowed slightly in front of Gerald.

“You are welcome!”

Gerald smiled faintly.

He really wanted to see this girl raise her head. Gerald wanted to take a good look at her whole appearance. This was because this girl’s side profile was really very beautiful. She had the kind of beauty that was seriously overlooked.

However, when he saw her being so cautious and afraid, Gerald did not want to continue teasing her anymore.

After he was done speaking, he headed upstairs.

Upstairs, the dishes had already been served to Felicity and the others.

There was no doubt that Gerald was placed on the most inconspicuous table and he was sitting amongst the most inconspicuous classmates in their class.

The people sitting on the main table were people such as Cassandra and some of Felicity’s close sisters from the guild.

He had already met them the last time.

The four banquet tables were all placed in one very large room and it was naturally very lively inside.

“Hello, hello, classmate! Can you help me to charge my cell phone?”

Gerald was not speaking at the banquet table and he was eating the chicken, braised pork ribs, and so forth because he was already starving to death.

At this time, a girl came over to ask for Gerald’s help because his seat was blocking the socket.

“Hehehe. It’s you!”

The girl suddenly sneered when Gerald raised his head.

She was none other than the live broadcast anchor, Sara. He had met her in the park before. The girl was actually rather beautiful and gentle. However, she was really a very judgmental person.

She had been very demure when she attended Felicity’s celebration banquet and she had been very gentle and demure when she was speaking to Felicity’s classmates.

This was because she had already found out that the local tycoon, Ordinary Man was actually a student from Felicity’s department at school. When she asked Felicity about this in the past, Felicity did not want to tell her the truth. However, the truth had already been exposed now.

So, Sara thought that it would be great if she could get to know more handsome guys in the Department of Language and Literature. That way, she would have a justified reason to go to the

Department of Language and Literature to visit and play frequently in the future. What if she accidentally had an encounter with Ordinary Man and gains his favor then?

After all, Sara felt that her appearance and beauty was not any worse compared to Felicity.

Unexpectedly, when the person looked up at her, she realized that it was Gerald who had an oily and grease all over his mouth because he was eating.

This made Sara feel a little disgusted and disappointed.

After all, she had already personally witnessed how stupid and pathetic this person was the last time.

“Oh, it’s you! Come, I will help you to charge your phone!”

Gerald had already seen her earlier but he did not go over there to greet her. He immediately wiped his hands with a piece of tissue paper as he got ready to take her cell phone in his hands.

“Hehe. Forget it. Classmate, can you help me to charge my cell phone!”

[Chapter 170]

Sara spoke to the student sitting next to Gerald.

After charging her cell phone, Sara glanced at Gerald before she returned to her seat at the main table.

She obviously already despised Gerald very much, but at this point, she despised Gerald even more.

As for this fact, Gerald could only smile indifferently. After all, he was already used to it. He seemed to be born with attributes that made all the beautiful women naturally despise him. Alas…

“Classmates, today is a very important day for me. Here, in addition to thanking all my classmates for taking such good care and looking out for me, I also want to thank my Brother Ordinary Man who has made me who I am today. Even though he did not come here today because he does not want to expose his own identity, I can clearly say that there will be no Felicity without him!”

“I am going to drink three glasses in a row!”

After that, Felicity drank all the red wine in one go.

There was warm applause inside the room.

“I suspect that Brother Ordinary Man is interested in Felicity and he probably likes her very much!”

Felicity’s roommate suddenly said at this time.

This sentence was very appealing and it immediately attracted everyone’s attention at this time.

“No, no, no. Mary, don’t talk nonsense! If Brother Ordinary Man really likes me, then he would have already come forth to meet me!” Felicity replied with a certain coldness in her heart.

She had already asked herself this question countless times.

Why was Brother Ordinary Man so good to her?

Did he like her?

If he really liked her, then he would have already revealed his identity a long time ago. Although Felicity had a very high standard for guys, and any tall, rich and handsome guys could rarely ever catch her attention at all, in Felicity’s heart, the usual tall, rich and handsome could not be compared to her Ordinary Man at all!”

If he even had the slightest interest in Felicity, even if Felicity had to pursue him and wait for him, Felicity would be more than willing to do so.

Although both of them had not met before, Felicity’s cold heart had already melted a long time ago when she chatted with her Brother Ordinary Man and because she would always rescue her whenever she was facing any crisis.

Therefore, this question really made Felicity feel very unpredictable and confused, and her heart was beating frantically.

“I am simply saying the truth. If he did not like Felicity, then why would he spend so much money just because of Felicity? Therefore, I think that this is almost certain. However, everyone knows that Brother Ordinary Man is a very low-key person. He does not like to be disturbed. Therefore, I am guessing that he is simply expressing his feelings to Felicity and giving her a hint that someone had always been interested in her. Then, when the time is right, he will finally reveal his true identity to Felicity!”

“It is really a pity that you are not writing a mystery novel, Mary. However, your analysis is actually really reasonable. Maybe, Ordinary Man will officially confess his love for you during our graduation day, Felicity. Therefore, during this period of time, even if you have already started your own career, you should not get too close to other boys, Felicity!”

Another girl also chimed in.

“I know!” Felicity replied as she nodded. In fact, she did not have any other boys in her mind right now aside from her Brother Ordinary Man, even if she found out that any of these boys were richer than him!

“I am going to get my cell phone!”

Sara put her wine glass down with a bang. When everyone was saying that Ordinary Man liked Felicity and was interested in her, this made her feel very jealous and uncomfortable.

No one would be able to imagine the extent of Sara’s jealousy and envy when Ordinary Man invested fifteen million dollars in the live broadcast platform because of Felicity that day.

She felt so much jealousy, as though Felicity had just snatched her boyfriend from her.

At this time, she came to Gerald’s side.

“Get out of my way!” Sara said rudely as she grabbed Gerald’s clothes and pushed him aside.

Gerald was wondering whether this woman was insane.

He wanted to hand her cell phone over to her quickly just so that she could leave immediately.

However, as soon as Gerald’s hand touched her cell phone, it felt as though he had lit the gunpowder.

“Who are you? Why did you touch my cell phone? Just take a look at yourself! Do you think that you have the right to touch my cell phone?”

Sara slapped and brushed Gerald’s hand away in anger.

“What is so great about you? Aren’t you just a pathetic jerk? Why did you touch my belongings? I don’t want this cell phone anymore!”

Slam!

Sara was acting hysterically as though she had gone insane. She picked up her cell phone before she slammed it on the ground directly.

She also picked up the glass of red wine in front of Gerald before she splashed it directly on Gerald’s face.