The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 46-50

[Chapter 46]

After all, Alice was the one who had brought him here and if Xavia continued ridiculing Gerald, then it would really embarrass her.

After all, only an owner should be able to hit their own dog, right?

“Come, why don’t you sit here? Since Yuri and Xavia are also from the same university, all of you should sit together!”

Quinton brought Gerald and everyone else to a huge table. After that, he assigned them one by one so they could sit down. Yuri and Xavia did not decline sitting with them because if they sat with them, Xavia would be able to show off!

However, as soon as Yuri and Xavia arrived, the table that could actually accommodate fifteen people suddenly became slightly crowded. The six of them in Alice’s dormitory, five of them in Harper’s dormitory, and Naomi would make up a total of twelve people. At this time, Xavia, Yuri, and Quinton would also be sitting at this table.

Therefore, this naturally meant that there would be no space for Gerald at all.

“Oh no! This is really embarrassing! Brother Gerald, I’m sorry but there isn’t a seat left for you.”

Quinton smiled coldly before he behaved as though he felt very apologetic at this time.

Harper hurriedly said, “Gerald, why don’t you come over here and squeeze with us instead?”

“It wouldn’t be nice for us to squeeze together. After all, many wealthy and powerful people come to this place. If we squeezed together, it wouldn’t look good at all…”

Quinton scratched his head and he could not help but sigh at this time. “I was originally planning to sit here with all of you so we could chat and talk before I go up on stage to participate in the opening ceremony. Since I won’t be eating anyway, I will just go up on stage and Gerald can take my seat instead!”

“No way! No way! Absolutely not!” Jacelyn and the other girls yelled immediately. “If you give up your seat to Gerald, then he will be sitting between Alice and I! Absolutely not! Moreover, we don’t want you to leave, Brother Quinton! We still want to listen to more of your stories and gain some insight from you!”

Everyone continued speaking, one after the other and this placed Gerald in a very difficult position.

Damn it!

He would definitely take his revenge on them later.

Gerald could not help but feel a little hatred in his heart. He was about to leave at this time so that he did not need to look at their faces anymore. After all, he was already in a bad mood.

At this time, the host’s voice suddenly sounded on stage:

“Quiet! Everyone, please be quiet. Tonight…”

The opening ceremony is about to begin and the host was giving his speech at this time. Everyone quickly took their own seats and the atmosphere in the banquet hall was very quiet at this time.

Gerald did not have a seat and he was standing awkwardly in the middle of the banquet hall. Naturally, he attracted the attention of many people.

“Oh my god. Look at that person. Why is he just standing there in such an awkward manner?”

“Is he a waiter? No, he doesn’t look like a waiter. Just look at the way he’s dressed! Do you think that he secretly sneaked in here to steal food and drinks?”

“Hahaha! This is so embarrassing. That poor man has no seat? How did the Ziegler family plan their opening ceremony? Why is their guest standing awkwardly in the center of the banquet hall with no allocated seat?”

A few of the guests started whispering among themselves.

At the same time, at one of the main tables closer to the stage, a group of young men and women were seated together at this time. This table was usually reserved for people with distinguished statuses and strong family backgrounds.

The banquet hall in Grand Marshall Restaurant was very large and even though Quinton was the one who had personally arranged the table for Alice and her friends, he could only get a table in the center of the banquet hall for her.

Therefore, this group of young men and women were obviously very wealthy and powerful.

One of the young men smiled at another young man who was dressed in white before he said, “Brother Aiden, Sister Elena, look at that! I think that Grand Marshall Restaurant messed up today! Hahaha! Someone had actually come in here to beg for food!”

The young men dressed in white quickly raised his head as he glanced at the direction that his companion was pointing at.

After that, he rubbed his eyes to confirm that he was not seeing things before he exclaimed, “Damn it! It’s Mr. Crawford!”

As soon as she heard the words ‘Mr. Crawford’, Elena, who had always been very cold and indifferent, suddenly raised her head because she was startled. In fact, Elena could still remember how Gerald looked when she saw him the first time.

“It’s really him!” Elena muttered to herself.

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“Oh my god. It really is Mr. Crawford.”

The other young men and women suddenly recognized Gerald at a single glance.

Everyone was nervous and confused at this time.

“Mr. Crawford? What are you talking about? Brother Aiden! That is obviously a beggar. Are you sure…”

Slap!

The young man dressed in white was none other than Aiden. When he saw the young men calling Gerald a beggar, he gave him a slap across the face immediately.

“Damn it! Who are you calling a beggar? Are you tired of living?”

The young men covered his face with his hand with an aggrieved expression on his face.

“Since Mr. Crawford is here, should we go and say hello to him, Brother Aiden?”

Several of the young men spoke up at this time. Gerald was one of the big bosses behind the entire Mayberry Commercial Street and the strength of the Crawford family was even more unimaginable. Whoever could get acquainted with Gerald would definitely be able to soar up into the sky and that person would never be exhausted for any resources in this lifetime. Moreover, Gerald was also the boss of Aiden and his family.

He was incredible.

“Wait a minute! It seems as though something is wrong!”

Aiden remained calm as he observed the situation at the center of the banquet hall. He could see Gerald standing alone in the center of the banquet hall and some of the girls seated at the table beside him were all laughing at him at this time.

It suddenly became clear to him.

This was because Aiden already understood Gerald’s situation when he sent him back to his campus yesterday.

Gerald had not revealed his identity yet.

Aiden knew this because Gerald would not be so humble and low-key if he had already revealed his identity to his friends and schoolmates. Moreover, if his identity had already been exposed, there would definitely be a number of bodyguards protecting the entrance and exit of the university. More importantly, Gerald would not even continue studying at Mayberry University.

If they rushed over there right now, they would definitely expose Gerald’s identity and this would undoubtedly place a lot of attention on Gerald. Moreover, they might even cause a lot of unforeseen trouble to Gerald. At that time, he would only be stabbing himself in the foot.

Aiden’s father was very well versed in reading and handling people and awkward situations and Aiden was not that bad at it too.

“Oh no, Brother Aiden! It seems as though Mr. Crawford is getting ridiculed by those scumbags. This is our chance to step in and assist him! We shouldn’t just sit here and watch them ridicule him, right?” one of the second-generation rich kids said anxiously.

“Of course not! However, you should all remember that you mustn’t expose Mr. Crawford’s true identity. As for what we should do next, you should all just follow in my footsteps!”

Aiden already had a plan in mind and he quickly told his group of friends everything that he knew.

After discovering the truth, the group of people heaved a huge sigh of relief. After all, if they had rushed over to Gerald earlier, they would have already exposed his identity.

As for Gerald, he was already getting ready to leave right then. After all, he was already feeling very embarrassed because everyone was staring at him. Therefore, he turned around as he prepared to leave the banquet hall.

“Friend, please stay!”

Aiden and his group of friends suddenly stood up at this time and everyone looked towards Aiden at this time.

“Friend, if you don’t mind, why don’t you come over here for a drink instead?”

“Yes, my friend! Come over here and join us for a drink! We have an extra seat here!”

At this time, all of the people with Aiden who were part of the rich second generation also stood up at this time, and one of them was even breaking out in cold sweat.

“Huh? What is happening?”

“The young boss of Imperial Treasure Pavilion, Mr. Aiden, is actually inviting this beggar over to his table?”

“Yes! Moreover, Mr. Aiden and the rest of the young men and women seated at that table are representing the nine supreme businesses on Mayberry Commercial Street! They are of very noble statuses!”

“Aside from Aiden from the Baker family, even Miss Elena from the Larson family is also sitting at that table now. This…this…”

No one knew what was happening.

The Baker family, the Larson family, and even the Fisher family, who was formerly in charge of Grand Marshall Restaurant, started their businesses entirely on Mayberry Commercial Street and this was how they had made a huge fortune!

They were all very close to Zack!

Each and every one of these young men and women was very distinguished.

[Chapter 48]

In fact, Xavia, Yuri, Alice, and everyone else were all startled at this moment.

They had obviously already heard of who those young people who were seated at that table were, but they had never had the opportunity to meet them. They were very shocked that those people would actually invite Gerald to sit with them.

At this time, Gerald was also surprised that Aiden, Elena and their friends were all here at the opening ceremony tonight. He had not paid any attention to all the other guests earlier. However, he suddenly heard their invitation now.

Gerald thought to himself and he knew that if he walked out of the banquet hall now, everyone would definitely think that he really came here to beg for food! Therefore, he felt that it would be better for him to accept the invitation and go over to sit with Aiden and the rest of the young people instead. At least, he would be able to make those who looked down on him shut up momentarily.

Gerald nodded immediately. “Okay!”

After that, Gerald walked towards the front of the banquet hall, step by step under everyone’s astonished gaze, before he finally sat down in the empty seat between Elena and Aiden.

“Shameless!”

“He really doesn’t know his own place!”

“He actually dares to sit at the same table with them! Doesn’t he know his own status at all?”

“Moreover, he’s sitting so close to our goddess, Elena!”

There were many other second-generation rich kids who were full of envy and hatred at this time.

Alice, Yuri, Xavia and the rest of the group also looked at Quinton in shock before they asked him what exactly was going on!

They were very unhappy that Gerald was currently sitting with those young people. After all, their table was placed at one of the most prestigious positions, all the way up front by the stage, whereas their table was only at the center of the banquet hall.

“So, if someone invited you to sit at the table, do you have to accept the invitation?”

Quinton felt even more uncomfortable because he was actually the main character and he was supposed to be the focus of everyone’s attention tonight!

Therefore, Quinton walked over to Aiden and the rest of the young people before he said, “Mr. Aiden, what do you mean by this? How can this young man possibly sit at this table?”

“Why can’t he sit at this table? If this friend of ours isn’t allowed to sit here, then we’re all leaving too!”

Aiden snorted before he stood up directly.

Among the crowd of people, some of the bosses who worked closely with and for Aiden’s family also stood up at this time. If Aiden decided to leave, then naturally, they would also follow in his footsteps and leave the banquet hall immediately.

“This…”

The expression on Quinton’s face was extremely ugly.

It was the opening ceremony for Grand Marshall Restaurant that they had just taken over today and he knew that he could not afford to offend the Baker family.

However, Quinton really could not comprehend why the usually arrogant Aiden would be so polite to Gerald.

“Of course he can sit here! Since you’ve already spoken up, Mr. Aiden, then he’ll naturally be able to sit here!”

Quinton glared angrily at Gerald before he turned around and returned to his own seat.

“Quinton, what’s the situation? What’s going on? Why did Aiden invite that piece of trash Gerald to sit at that table with them?”

“I’m not sure but I guess it is because he’s unhappy that we got the rights to run the restaurant instead of his family! The Baker family was originally intending to take over the rights to run Grand Marshall Restaurant. However, we managed to get it in the end because my father had put in a lot of efforts and used plenty of connections before he finally succeeded. I think that is the reason why Aiden is holding a grudge against us. However, since it’s still our opening ceremony today, we can’t afford to offend him. After all, the Baker family is a really big and powerful family in Mayberry City.”

“That must be the reason!”

Everyone finally understood what was going on.

Alice heaved a huge sigh of relief and Xavia finally felt as though she could breathe again.

If Gerald really had a good relationship with Aiden from the Baker family, then Xavia would definitely feel very uncomfortable. Yuri did not even have the right to get to know him, so how could Gerald possibly be friends with someone like Aiden?

On the other hand, Gerald did not bother about what Xavia and the rest of his friends were thinking or saying about him at this time. After being seated at the table, he felt that it was really interesting to look

at all the beautiful girls who were already blushing when they saw him.

This was especially so for Elena.

“Unexpectedly, we meet again so soon?” Gerald said as he smiled.

“Yes, Mr. Crawford. I think this must be fate!” the beautiful girls replied as they looked at Gerald with a sweet expression on their faces.

Elena felt very entangled when she thought of what her father had said to her, earlier this afternoon. She decided to obey her father and she nodded gently at Gerald.

“Mr. Gerald, you don’t have a very good relationship with Quinton, do you?” Aiden suddenly asked at this time as he narrowed his eyes to look at Quinton.

“No, we aren’t close at all!” Gerald replied truthfully.

“That’s great. Mr. Crawford, we actually have a plan to humiliate and destroy the reputation of Quinton and his family in public today. However, we were all afraid of Uncle Zack so we dared not do anything at all. However, if you’re willing to support us and back us up, we can make sure that we destroy Quinton today! Hehehe!”

[Chapter 49]

“What’s the plan?” Gerald could not help but ask out of curiosity.

When Quinton came over to talk to Aiden just now, Gerald also noticed that even though Quinton was very polite towards Aiden on the surface, it was obvious that they did not have a good relationship.

Quinton was simply being polite and backing off because of the strength and power of the Baker family.

“Hahaha. I’ll let you watch a video!”

After that, Aiden took out his cell phone before he showed Gerald a video that they had recorded.

It was a video in a big bedroom. At this time, Quinton was walking into the bedroom with an unconscious woman. This woman looked about thirty years old and she was very beautiful.

As for what happened next, there was really no need to elaborate.

Unfortunately, the video was only three minutes long and Quinton was already done.

Even Gerald felt a little embarrassed after watching the video.

“Why do you want to destroy him? Isn’t it normal for young people to pick up girls?” Gerald asked with a bitter smile on his face.

Aiden remained silent for a moment before he said, “Mr. Crawford, yes it is true that we do enjoy picking up girls. However, it is different for Quinton! Do you know who the woman in the video is? She is his stepmother!”

“Damn it!”

Gerald’s eyes widened immediately.

This was too much stimulation.

“Do you really hate him so much that you had him followed and investigated?” Gerald could not help but smile helplessly.

Aiden replied, “Who asked them to break the unspoken rule between all owners of the businesses on Mayberry Commercial Street? The Baker family was originally intending to buy the rights to run the Grand Marshall Restaurant. Moreover, we were already the highest bidder at that time and there is a tacit understanding between all of us who participate in such large auctions. During the last three minutes, we’re usually not allowed to put in any more bids! However, the Ziegler family placed another bid in the last minute and that was the reason they had won the rights to run the restaurant!”

“Since he started a war with my family, then I will start a war with him!”

Gerald understood that they did not dare to carry out their plan before this because they were afraid that Zack would pursue this matter and hold them responsible for it. After all, it was taboo for business owners on Mayberry Commercial Street to fight among themselves.

“So, you want my acquiescence?”

“Yes! As long as you can back us up and tell Uncle Zack not to blame us, you can just leave the rest to us!”

Gerald did not say anything but he simply took a sip of red wine from his wine glass.

Aiden instantly understood what he meant and he quickly gave instructions to his younger brother. The younger brother took the cell phone before he said, “Okay, get ready to watch a good show…”

After that, the young boy quickly ran towards the back of the banquet hall.

Since Gerald had no money in the past, he had no choice but to be bullied and humiliated all the time. Why should he continue being bullied by others, now that he was already a rich man?

Therefore, Gerald was more than willing to back Aiden and his friends up.

After all, he found Quinton’s behavior very peculiar and disgusting.

The opening ceremony continued proceeding smoothly. Then, it was finally time for the ribbon-cutting ceremony. As the young owner of Grand Marshall Restaurant, Quinton naturally had to go on stage to cut the ribbon.

“Alice, why don’t you come with me?” Quinton asked as he gently grabbed Alice’s hand.

Many people in the banquet hall were envious of Quinton at this time. Xavia felt especially jealous because she could not understand why she was so unlucky. First, she dated that useless pauper, Gerald. After that, she was dating an ordinary second-generation rich kid like Yuri.

It would be great if she could find a boyfriend like Quinton who had extraordinary wealth and power!

Alice naturally did not turn down Quinton’s invitation.

This way, Quinton and Alice held hands as they walked towards the stage. As they were walking past Gerald’s table, Alice could not help glancing at Gerald. It felt as though she was trying to show him that no matter where he was, they would always be a gap between them. She was trying to tell Gerald that he could never be compared to them.

Quinton also looked at Gerald in a triumphant manner, as though he was trampling all over Gerald under every one’s watchful eyes.

In fact, the reason why Quinton hated Gerald so much was because as he was growing up, his self- esteem had been hurt by another poor man similar to Gerald!

“In the days to come, I’ll make sure that I trample all over you and keep you under my feet! You won’t just be a poor man then!” Quinton thought to himself.

Gerald was still drinking his red wine when Aiden’s younger brother returned to the table. After that, he nodded slightly at Gerald, indicating that the matter had already been resolved and they would just have to wait to watch the good show.

At this time, Gerald looked towards Quinton who was looking very energetic on stage.

Both his father and stepmother were there on stage and Gerald could tell that there was a very abnormal expression on Quinton’s stepmother’s face when she saw Quinton holding Alice’s hand as he led her to the stage.

“Everyone, I want to introduce my girlfriend to you. This is Alice!”

At this time, everyone sitting in the banquet hall were all staring at Alice, who was holding hands with Quinton.

After that, Quinton introduced her to the crowd of people.

Alice had a very beautiful appearance that even Gerald could not deny. It was only natural for Quinton to feel very proud because she was his girlfriend.

“Alice, why don’t you say hello to everyone?” Quinton whispered to Alice.

Alice said nervously, “Hello, everyone. I am Alice!”

“Wow! Beauty, how did you meet Quinton? Or did you decide to start a relationship with him after some sort of memorable encounter?”

“Yes! Tell us about it so that we can learn from Quinton’s experience!”

At this time, there were many second-generation rich kids who knew that it was impossible for them to get close to a magnate like Aiden. Therefore, they decided to suck up to Quinton instead.

Alice ran her fingers through her hair before she said, “I’ve already known Quinton for a long time. Uncle Ziegler and my father used to be comrades in arms. As for the reason why I decided to start a relationship with Quinton, this is solely because he did something for me after he came back to the country and that really moved me deeply!”

“Wow!”

[Chapter 50]

“It turned out that way. Quinton is really cool! The best way to pursue a girl is to move her!”

Everyone could not help but feel envious as they heard Alice talking about the relationship between Quinton and herself.

Gerald felt a great discomfort in his heart at this time.

“This couple here today are really a picture of happiness! Grand Marshall Restaurant will begin the ribbon-cutting ceremony now. Next, I will show you a message from the chairman and CEO from all over the world. Please take a look at the big screen!”

The host was very lively and he quickly changed the topic to save time.

The lights dimmed immediately.

Alice was looking at Gerald with a smile on her face as he smiled back at her. In fact, Alice felt that the smile on Gerald’s face was just a bitter smile.

Hahaha! He must be green with envy and jealousy!

However, as soon as the video began playing, everyone was shocked. What was playing on the scene was not just a message from the chairman or CEO, but a hotel scene instead!

“Eh?”

Everyone in the audience could not help but watch the video in shock.

“This…this…oh my god!”

After that, everyone watched a scene of Quinton holding a woman as they walked into the bedroom. Moreover, that woman was not just any woman but she was his stepmother!

Boom!

Everyone in the audience was shocked. At this time, Quinton also had a very ugly expression on his face before he turned pale.

Alice was also dumbfounded.

The most exciting scene on stage was the reaction of Quinton’s father and his coquettish stepmother.

“This…you! Bstard! Bstard!” Quinton’s father started yelling at him.

“No, it isn’t me! Who did it? Who played the video?”

Quinton was trembling uncontrollably as he spoke.

Even though he was yelling for them to stop the video, the video continued playing on the big screen.

It was really unsightly.

Alice shook her head in disappointment. She was not only disappointed, but she was also insulted and humiliated on stage! She had just introduced herself as Quinton’s girlfriend on stage but now, someone was actually showing everyone a perverted and disgusting video of Quinton. Besides that, there were many reporters from the local news at the banquet hall today.

She, Alice, had already become famous!

How could she possibly be as arrogant as she had been earlier?

“You b*stard!”

Slap!

Alice gave Quinton a tight slap across his face. He had really lifted her up in the sky before he dropped her to the ground without any warning.

Alice covered her mouth with her hand as she cried and ran out of the banquet hall.

“Alice! Alice!”

Naomi really did not expect the situation to end up like this. She knew that Alice must have felt seriously hurt today and she hurriedly chased after her out of fear that something terrible would happen.

Meanwhile, on stage, Quinton’s father was also hitting Quinton for shaming and humiliating him in public. Everyone in the banquet hall was watching this scene as excitement filled their hearts.

“Hahaha…”

Aiden smiled as he said, “Are you satisfied, Mr. Crawford? To think that this kid actually dared to tease you in public just now! Moreover, he was also trying to humiliate you by deliberately embarrassing you and placing you in a tough spot! I guess he really did not expect something like this to happen.”

Gerald could only give Aiden a wry smile.

At this time, he glanced at Quinton who was still on stage as he was covering his face with his hands so that the reporters would not be able to take any pictures of him.

After that, Gerald said, “Okay, the excitement is over. It’s time for us to withdraw.”

Gerald did not feel bad for him at all. As he thought about it, he felt that Quinton really deserved it!

After talking to Aiden and his friends, Gerald decided to go back to Harper and the rest of the group. It did not make sense for him to stay here any longer and he decided to leave the restaurant and take a cab back to the dormitory.

At this time, Yuri happened to drive pass with Xavia and he deliberately slowed down in front of Gerald.

“Oh, it’s not easy to hail a cab at this time of the night, right?” Yuri said in a cold manner. In fact, he originally wanted to appear to be really cool tonight but he did not get to do anything at all.

In fact, he had almost been defeated by Gerald, as Aiden actually invited Gerald to sit at their table. If not for Quinton’s explanation, Yuri and Xavia would probably not have been able to sleep again that night!

After that, both of them left shamelessly.

“Damn it! What are they trying to prove?” Harper asked angrily.

“Hey! I heard that Yuri made some money again. Wasn’t it difficult for him to even raise ten thousand dollars that day? I heard that he got a huge sum of money again today and he bought a lot of gifts for Xavia!” Benjamin said in a helpless manner.

After that, he could not help himself from sighing out loud.

After receiving a signal from Harper, Benjamin suddenly recalled that Yuri was the one who snatched Gerald’s girlfriend from him. Therefore, he did not continue elaborating anymore.

In fact, Gerald was also a little curious as to where Yuri was getting his money from but he could not be bothered to look into it.

At this time, Gerald suddenly received a phone call from Naomi.

“Gerald, where are you? Can you come to Emperor Karaoke Bar? Alice is in trouble!”

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