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The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 96-100

The Secretly Rich Man Ch. 96-100

[Chapter 96]

When she’d found out those clothes cost well over ten thousand bucks, Whitney had been shocked beyond words. However, perhaps because the salesperson in the shop had made a fuss over how that woman’s gift to Gerald had ended up in another girl’s hands…Whitney had been too embarrassed to bring it up until now.

She had only just found out that he was actually poor. Indeed, she had always wondered where all his wealth had come from. Now, it all made sense. Just like he had told her online, he had a patron.

And not just that… She was even chauffeuring him around in a Benz! Last time, it had been a Ferrari! Now, all the pieces fit into place!

“Hmph!” Victor snorted.

“Gerald, you always seemed like such a nice guy. To think that you were up to something like this… and Mila’s supposed to be best friends with a loser like you?” The crowd exploded into chaos.

“Wahaha, he’s the king of gigolos!”

“He’s a little fairer than usual, but no God among men. How could he be so popular with so many babes?”

“Ah, you must not know this, but… some women like this type of guy!” Everyone was abuzz with chatter.

Fuming with rage, Luke was ready for a fight. Smack! And yet, it was Jane who vehemently slapped Luke across the face.

“What I do is none of your concern. You lot can just scram!” Jane was going hysterical.

Luke had always been annoying, but Jane had still been able to tolerate it. However, if he laid a hand on Mr. Crawford today, she would have killed him before he had any idea what was going on!

“Jane, darling… you struck me… for the sake of your little toy boy, you actually struck me!” Sputtering from the humiliation, his hands were clenched into fists as he turned and stomped away.

As he left, he gave Gerald one last warning glare. People were taking photos on their handphones now, and he didn’t dare linger here any longer. That was when Gerald’s phone rang. It was Elena. What was going on today?! He didn’t know anymore.

“Hello?” He then heard Elena’s gentle voice.

“Mr. Crawford, I just wanted to inform you that the grand banquet at the end of this month will be taking place aboard the Heaven’s Bounty cruise liner. Reservations have already been made, so you have to be there! When Aiden and the others heard you’d be coming, they were overjoyed!”

“Oh, the Heaven’s Bounty? That’s great!”

“Well then, shall I pick you up on the day, sir?”

“Pick me up? No need. I’ve got my own car and I should be getting a driving license by this month’s end. Just let me know where to go and I’ll drive there myself!”

“Very good!” With the matter concluded, Gerald hung up. Then, he saw Danny, Jacelyn, Whitney, and Victor all staring at him in awe.

“Heaven’s Bounty?” Victor gasped.

“You’re going to the party abord the Heaven’s Bounty cruise liner later this month?”

“You’ll be driving there? Gerald, you have a car?!” Whitney asked in disbelief.

“That event aboard the Heaven’s Bounty… If toy boy here weren’t completely out of the loop, he’d know that the head of the Mayberry group as well as all the rich kids of the south will be making an appearance there. The whole internet is abuzz over it! What sort of act is he putting on?”

“Hah, he’s just trying to save himself some face! Just check him out!” The gathered onlookers smirked at him as though they watching a loony. Suffering through all this mockery, Gerald wanted nothing more than to lash out at them.

It would be simple. All he had to do was walk over to the park, get into his Reventon, and drive one lap around the campus. Still, that wasn’t his style. Heh. Well, say whatever you wanted to! Gerald thanked Jane and then took his leave.

“D*mn it, what’s that toy boy swaggering around for?! I’ll give you a good what-for!” Danny stared daggers into Gerald’s back. Gerald then made his way to the driving school.

“Gerald!” All of a sudden, Mila’s voice rang out from behind him.

[Chapter 97]

Gerald turned to look. It was Mila.

“Here to practice driving?” He called out with a smile.

“Yup, yup! I’m taking the second test tomorrow. Oh, yeah! Will you be taking the third test then?” Owing to what had happened last time, she had run off without finishing the second test. Naturally, she had to retake it. Gerald nodded in response.

“Great! Let’s go together and hope that we both pass!”

“Sounds good! Let’s go~ To driving practice!” Seeing Mila was cheering him up already.

In the past, he would have been stuttering and stammering around her. If you wanted to see the world, it was good to have friends in high places. It really broadened one’s outlook.

They practiced the whole afternoon, and the next day, they each went to take their respective tests.

Things went smoothly for Gerald both in the theory and practical sections. In just a couple of days, his driving license had been acquired. As he had made an agreement with Mila, they met up at the gates and went for lunch together. Since his was a double test, he naturally came out later than her. When he did, sure enough, there was Mila, waiting for him. Just that, there was a young couple with her as well, and all of them were chatting about something. Gerald slowly made his way over. All three were engrossed in their conversation, and no one noticed him approach.

“Mila, besides our family gatherings, we almost never see you at all! What are you doing out here all by yourself?”

The girl wore a smile, but it didn’t reach her eyes. There was something faintly mocking in her tone.

“That’s right, Irene. We never talk at all! But I must say, you always amaze me… Is this your latest boyfriend?”

The way Mila spoke to her was completely off as well. It was as though they were bitter enemies, always ready to attack on sight! A lifelong feud! This last line invoked a slight grimace from the handsome young man beside Irene.

“Mila, no matter how you slice it, I’m a few months your senior. You should show more respect when you speak to me. Have you never learned any manners?” Irene seemed angered.

Certainly, they were both Smiths. Irene’s father was Mila’s uncle. Along with Kyle, they were all cousins. The thing was, while it was nice to be among people the same age as you, there were pitfalls as well. Since childhood, the equal standing between both girls had always been a problem. As such, they competed over everything, just as they’d done since they were little girls. Whether it was about studies or popularity, Mila had always been ahead of Irene.

During family gatherings, one thing the elders always liked to say was,

“Irene, you could learn a thing or two from Mila!”

Irene had grown up in Mila’s shadow, and it had made them bitter rivals, always trying to get one up over the other. They were grown up now, but they still hadn’t gotten over their long-standing grudges. You could hear it in the way they spoke to each other!

“Mhmm… I know, Mila. You’ve always been a little withdrawn and you’ve got high standards… and for all that, after all these years, not a single boyfriend in evidence. What can you pretend to know about love and heartbreak?”

Irene crossed her arms and went on with a sneer,

“Here you are, alone as usual. Kenneth can’t stand being left alone for even a moment and always needs to have someone with him!” Kenneth Lee smiled shyly, his arm around Irene’s slim waist.

If he helped defeat her hated enemy, perhaps Irene would be in a good enough mood to spread her legs for him!

Indeed, this line of conversation was starting to upset Mila.

She had been single all this while, unimpressed by all hopeful comers. She hadn’t expected that she would bump into her cousin Irene while taking her driving test here, boyfriend in tow, putting on all kinds of airs…

[Chapter 98]

After years of bitter rivalry, even the smallest conflict could lead to explosive consequences. Mila was on the verge of losing it… but there was nothing she could say.

“Mila!”

Gerald had been watching from a distance for a while now. Now that Mila was losing, it was time to join the fray.

“Ah! Gerald!”

Mila leaped in shock when she saw him. He wasn’t supposed to catch her like this with her weakness in full view!

“Whoa, Mila, who’s this?” Irene looked him up and down. Seeing his plain clothes, a smile bloomed across her face. All her own friends were people of note. Mila, on the other hand, was keeping this kind of company… And the casual way he called out to her… Did that mean that something was going on between them?

“This is my friend, Gerald. What about it?” Mila announced without reservation.

“Oho, and here I was thinking that this might be your brother-in-law, Irene!” Kenneth was holding out his hand to show off his watch, a golden Rolex, by way of challenging Gerald to a cockfight. But if he was just a friend, then never mind.

“How could that be, Kenneth?” Irene cried out in mirth.

“How could Mila have possibly found herself a boyfriend being the ice queen that she is! Besides, just take a look at this friend of hers… what is he even wearing? Mila’s boyfriend, indeed!” She attacked Mila viciously, never sparing a thought for Gerald’s feelings. Evidently, she already regarded him as less than nothing.

“Haha…” Faced with these insults, Mila was strangely more pleased than vexed.

“How wrong you are, Irene. Gerald and I are more than just friends—we’re going steady!” With that, Mila traipsed over to Gerald and embraced his arm.

This soft sensation… it set his whole body quivering. So now, he had become Mila Smith’s boyfriend? It was something he had always desired, but he had never imagined his dream coming true thanks to such a turn of events. It was a complicated tangle of emotions he was experiencing right now.

Meanwhile, Irene and Kenneth were both dumbstruck.

“Heh… Mila, you’re just saying that to get a rise out of me, right? Even if you’re out of your mind and wanting to get a boyfriend so you can keep up with me, perhaps eventually even a husband to give you the good life, he would still have to be a somebody, am I right? Not something like… him.”

“By the way, I guess I haven’t properly introduced Kenneth to you yet. He’s the heir to the Lee family enterprise. Do you know what car he drives? A Ferrari. By this token alone, Mila, you’ve already lost to me!” Irene was red in the face now.

Well, now… Mila, you’ve never been willing to admit defeat to me, huh? Show me what you’ve got, then! We’ll see who gets the last laugh! Sure enough, Mila refused to back down.

“Heh! And what does that mean? My boyfriend, Gerald, is a wealthy heir in his own right. He just doesn’t parade it around everywhere unlike some people’s boyfriends who can’t stop showing off!”

Mila was gripping both of Gerald’s hands tightly. She was really putting herself out there right now.

“Ahaha! What? This Gerald guy is rich? He’s just keeping a low profile?” Irene guffawed raucously.

“You’ve got me there, Mila, you’ve truly beaten me this time! In this respect, I definitely can’t hold a candle to you!”

Meanwhile, Gerald’s heart was steeped in doubt. A moment ago, he had been amazed at how serious a childhood rivalry could be. Not even a goddess like Mila could rise above it. Calling him her boyfriend… it was only for the sake of this contest with Irene. However, that last thing Mila said had caught him completely off-guard!

“Mila, did you already know about it?” He had been agonizing over how to reveal the truth to his friends, but now that she had said it herself, he felt a great weight lifted off his shoulders. Taken aback, Mila asked,

“Did I already know about what?”

“About me being a wealthy heir!”

[Chapter 99]

“What did you say? Wealthy heir, are you?! Hahaha!” Irene was thoroughly enjoying herself now.

Mila had always been untouchable, beyond anyone’s reach… to think that she would have picked such an oddball as her boyfriend!

What a moron.

Kenneth was sneering as well. “In that case, Gerald, if I may be so bold, what sort of work do you do? Which field is your family involved in?” As he said this, he brandished his wristwatch again, as though worried people might fail to notice his Rolex.

Gerald regarded the two of them coldly. “You don’t deserve to hear about my family business.”

“Bwahahahahaha!” Clutching their bellies, they burst into laughter.

Mila tugged gently on his shirt, pleading for him to stop talking.

She had said all of that just now because she had been in a panic. She hadn’t expected Gerald to take the ball and run with it.

Mila was well aware that Gerald came from modest means and was always getting bullied too. It was just that he had won a lottery later on.

Still, lottery or no, he was nowhere near someone like Kenneth Lee.

She had just wanted to stand up to Irene.

Instead, this had only made things worse!

As the four of them were wrestling with their own inner demons…

Bang!

A bottle was hurled to the ground in rage.

“I don’t care, I don’t care! I just want my license! I want to start driving today! I don’t care what you have to do as long as it gets me my driving license!”

Gerald glanced over.

A young woman in her twenties was throwing a tantrum at her boyfriend, and both were fashionably dressed.

The girl had probably failed her test, hence, her current mood.

“Calm down, Mina. I’ll think of something. Maybe I can pull some strings and get that license issued for you somehow!”

“Hmph! That’s more like it. It’s not fair that all the other girls can get theirs so easily. Anyone could see that there was something wrong with my car, otherwise, how else could I have screwed up reverse parking?! Aaah! I have to be in your Lamborghini Gallardo as soon as possible so I can show off at my old school!”

Mina was losing her mind while the guy was just trying to reason with her.

Gerald sighed gently. Those two seemed familiar but he couldn’t quite place his finger on it just at the moment.

“Sean, Mina!” Kenneth called out cheerfully.

“Oh? Kenneth, you know that big guy with the Lambo?” Irene asked, combing her hair a little.

“Yup. Sean Girard, my senior back at Sunnydale University. His family is in dairy, they’re old money. When I checked up on him recently, he had just bought a Gallardo for almost six hundred thousand dollars. Holy cow!” Kenneth was clearly delighted to be acquainted with such a personage.

“Wow! Half a million for a sports car! That’s awesome!” Irene was seeing stars now.

Kenneth’s Ferrari had only cost a trifling hundred thousand or so.

This new guy sounded very sexy.

Kenneth took a moment to tidy his clothes and then hurried over to say hi.

“Kenneth, so it’s you!” As he approached, Mina stopped her boo-hooing instantly, and everyone began exchanging pleasantries.

“What a coincidence! Come to think of it, it’s been years since graduation, huh? Yo, let’s see, here… You’ve got a Ferrari?

Looking good!” Sean laughed wryly.

“What’s my car compared to your Lamborghini? Oh, right—have you got it here now? I’d love to see it up close!”

Clinging to Kenneth’s arm, Irene gave Sean a little smile.

That counted as a greeting too.

[Chapter 100]

“Oho, you must be Kenneth’s girlfriend, Irene! My car is right over there, haha! Look all you want, it’s nothing special. Half a million, barely worth anything! After you’ve finished your inspection, let’s all go grab a bite to eat!” Saying this, Sean led them off jovially.

“Hey, hey! Mila, don’t you want to see it too? Oh, that’s right… best not to, perhaps. Even if you saw it, it’s not like your boyfriend could afford one for himself. Not like Kenneth, who has a Ferrari. Also, also, Mila… Do you need some spending money? I hope you understand. If it were not for Sean offering to treat us to a meal, I’d ask Kenneth to give you guys a lift. However, since we’ll be leaving with Sean in a bit, if you need some cash for a taxi, all you need to do is ask!” Irene hugged herself and giggled.

She absolutely had to capitalize on every advantage. Coming from anyone else, Mila wouldn’t be troubled. But this girl, whom she had always beaten at everything over all these years, to finally be lording it over her like this… it irked her all the way to her bones.

“Who cares! No one wants to see it, anyway!”

Mila was spitting fire and was just about to drag Gerald away with her.

“Let’s go see!”

Gerald suggested suddenly, rubbing his nose with a grin.

Firstly, it felt as though Mila was curious to see this Lamborghini herself, and she definitely didn’t want to walk away still fuming over Irene. Secondly, Gerald himself wanted to see it.

He was interested in making a comparison against his own Lambo! More importantly, there was something very familiar about those two…

“Alright, alright, let’s all go have a look. But Sean is only friends with Kenneth, don’t expect him to treat you guys as well!” Irene grinned.

Gerald then led Mila over to join everyone. The moment he clapped eyes on that Gallardo, a memory came flooding back to him!

No wonder he felt as though he’d seen them before. These two had been with that salesperson, back when Gerald had been shopping for his car! The girl had been wearing heavy make-up at that time.

Today, she’d had to take a test, so she was only wearing light make-up. That was why he had failed to make the connection right away. He could remember this Mina girl sitting in the car, refusing to get out. Haha, what a small world!

“I say, you can really tell this sports car cost over half a million. It’s simply majestic! It’s something else!”

“Sean, will we all be going in your car later?” Irene cooed enviously.

“No problem! Oh? Kenneth, are these two here your friends?” Sean turned when he noticed Gerald and Mila.

Of course, the one he noticed wasn’t Gerald, but rather, the invigorating, captivating, and otherworldly beauty named Mila. Gorgeous. Even more of a looker than Kenneth’s girlfriend, Irene.

“Hoho, this is my younger cousin, and that loser beside her is her boyfriend!” Irene announced sourly. She put particular emphasis on the word ‘boyfriend’ as though she wanted everyone to pay close attention to that fact.

“I see!” Sean smiled brightly and walked up to shake hands with Mila. Put off by the unconcealed lust in his eyes, she backed away from him. Sean’s handshake was intercepted by Gerald, instead.

“How do you do?”

“Argh!” Sean frowned darkly, annoyed to be shaking hands with some bum. Deflating somewhat, he glanced at Gerald briefly.

“How do you—the hell?! You again?!” He instantly recognized Gerald and stood there stunned.

In fact, he was shaking with disbelief. Not that Gerald was ugly by any measure, but stick him in a crowd and he’d blend right in, especially with the sort of clothes he typically wore.

He wasn’t the eye-catching sort of guy. It was only at this moment that Sean had detected his presence here and was paralyzed by this discovery. This was the Mr. Crawford who had put down nearly three million for a car without so much as batting an eyelash!

“Why, Mr. Crawford! What a pleasure to see you again!” Sean shook his hands enthusiastically.

“What, what?” Irene gabbled.

“Sean, what did you just call him?!”

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The Secretly Rich Man, Gerald Crawford: I am a second-generation rich
Score 9.1
Status: Completed Type: Released: 2023 Native Language: English
The Secretly Rich Man is a Chinese drama urban novel series, The main character is named Gerald Crawford. Gerald Crawford's parents and older sister let him work outside as a child, and he has always supported himself by his own hands, including running errands and delivering people. It wasn't until his 19th birthday that his sister transferred a large amount of money to his bank card, and now he realizes he is actually a kid in the Superman Family. I was lived in poor life till yesterday, but i got a message from my family. That day, my parents and sister who were all working abroad suddenly told me that I was a second-generation rich with trillions of dollars in wealth!Gerald Crawford: I am a second-generation rich? The Secretly Rich Man

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