The Secretly Rich Man

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 171
Gerald was truly shocked when Sara splashed the entire glass of red wine directly on Gerald.
Insane! This woman was absolutely insane!
“Sara, what is wrong with you?”
Felicity asked nervously because she did not know that Sara was seriously jealous because of her.
“I am fine, Felicity. I really feel very unwell today. So, I will go back first!”
Sara did not even want her cell phone anymore and simply left the room after grabbing her bag.
She also could not understand what was wrong with herself?
Brother Ordinary Man was indeed very powerful but he did not even know about her existence anyway. So, why was she so
jealous because of Brother Ordinary Man?
Everyone did not know this.
They did not know how uncomfortable Sara felt when everyone was talking about how Ordinary Man had a crush on Felicity.
Women were born to be extremely jealous creatures.
This was even more apparent when a beautiful woman was facing another beautiful woman.
Therefore, even though she was angry, she could not get angry at Felicity. That was the reason why she chose to vent her anger
and frustrations on this pathetic jerk, Gerald instead.
Anyway, she had never respected or looked up to Gerald before. Therefore, she simply ignored Gerald and left.
“Hmph! Gerald, this is all your fault! You must have made Sara angry and that is why she is leaving earlier! I really regret it. Why
did I allow you to come along with us today?”
Felicity said as she glared coldly at Gerald.
Gerald did not have time to be bothered about Felicity. He wanted to take revenge against Sara.

Therefore, he also followed suit and walked out of the room directly.
Oh! She was thinking of leaving after she poured red wine all over his face and scolded himself like this?
Gerald was no longer the same Gerald that he was before.
She really wanted to give Sara a slap across her face.
However, after running out of the room to chase after her, Sara’s figure was nowhere to be seen at all. This made Gerald feel
very angry and furious.
At this time, Gerald suddenly received a text message on his cell phone.
At first glance, it was a text message sent by his classmate, Layla.
It seemed as though Layla seemed a little unwell today. So, that was the reason why she did not come to attend Felicity’s
celebration banquet today.
Gerald’s eyelids started twitching when he saw the content of the message.
“Gerald, can you tell me why people often suffer and feel a lot of pain? I will only drag my family down with me. I cannot do
anything to help my family at all. I have worked hard and struggled my whole entire life but I cannot be compared to others at all.
I am completely useless. My father cannot even lift his head high and my family cannot even afford to buy my sister any new
clothes. Now that my sister is ill, as her elder sister, I am so powerless and helpless and I can only watch her suffer because we
cannot afford to send her to the hospital. My family has already spent all their money to pay for my education but I can’t even do
anything for them in return!”
“Gerald, why don’t you tell me how I can set myself free from all this pain and sufferings?”
Layla sent a very long text message to him.
Gerald suddenly understood that something had happened to Layla’s family. She could not do anything to help her family and
she is blaming herself for it. Gerald could hear that something was not right, based on Layla’s last sentence.
This made Gerald panic a little.
Layla was a member of the poverty group. She usually did not speak much but Gerald had been observing her in secret.
Although she was very inferior on the surface, she had a very competitive heart and spirit.

She wanted to be better than everyone else.
Moreover, he could see that she had greater pursuits and she really wanted to live a carefree life.
She had even stronger ambitions compared to him.
However, the reality was often very cruel. The more a person hoped for something, the more it would happen to go in the
opposite direction.
Therefore, this depressing problem in Layla’s heart had already existed for more than just a day or two. Now that her sister had
fallen ill, her family must not have any money and she did not have any money too.
Therefore, this must have seriously hurt her self-esteem.
Gerald understood this feeling very well.
He was worried that she would do something stupid. Therefore, Gerald hurriedly said:
“Layla, where are you? Are you in the dormitory?”
“Yes, I am here!”
Layla responded very quickly. There were very few people that she could chat with in class. Gerald was the one that she could
talk to the most.
Since Gerald did not know where the live broadcast anchor Sara had gone, Gerald knew that he would definitely face the ridicule
of Felicity and the others if he went back now.
However, Gerald did not want to expose his own identity.
Although he did not have a very close relationship with Layla, both of them had worked together for the past three years because
they were all members of the poverty group. Therefore, Gerald could not bear to see Layla continue suffering like this.
He did not return to the room and he called for a cab before he headed directly to the girls’ dormitory and registered his name
with the aunty downstairs.
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He arrived at Layla’s dormitory door.
“Gerald?”
Layla, who had cried until her eyes were red and swollen, opened the door. She was obviously very surprised when she saw
Gerald.
“Layla, are you okay? I came to see you!”
Gerald quickly replied.
“I am fine. I do not want to trouble you. Anyway, I feel that my existence in this world is superfluous and I will only drag many
people down with me if I continue living in this world!”
Layla sat on the edge of her bed as she covered her eyes and started crying again.
“What nonsense are you talking about, Layla? In fact, I used to be just like you. Ever since I was young, my father told me that
my family was very poor and we owed people a lot of money. My sister did not even finish high school and she went out to work
at a young age because of me. My sister was actually very smart and she did very well in her studies but she gave up on her
high school exams because of me!”
Gerald wanted to persuade Layla. Perhaps it was because both of them were very poor, Gerald could not help but think of his
past self.
It proved to be very effective. Layla stopped crying as she looked at Gerald.
Gerald continued speaking:
“Do you know how much psychological pressure I was facing at that time? Do you know how much responsibility I was carrying
on my shoulders at that time because my family had placed all of their hopes on me? That was the reason why I tried hard to
study desperately. I desperately wanted to stand out so that I would not be looked down on.”
“But what could I do? I was still being bullied and insulted often. I feel inferior when I compare myself to others. Because of my
own inferiority, I did not even dare to speak to girls when I saw them because I was afraid that they would look down on me!”
“In fact, they really looked down on me and they would often talk and gossip about me. However, I would often tell myself that I
have to continue living a good life because all of these humiliations would pass eventually. Moreover, I also begin to understand

one truth!”
Gerald was filled with emotions as he spoke.
Layla hurriedly asked, “What is that truth?”
“A person should think and do things according to the stage that they are at. This is the only way not to be in too much pain and
suffering. You are still studying and gaining more knowledge at this time, but you are constantly thinking about how you are going
to earn money and make more money. Is that realistic?”
“Yes, I really want to make a lot of money but I cannot do it. However, it is only natural for you to say all this now. After all, you
won the lottery and you have better luck compared to everyone else!”
Layla replied depressingly.
“I am indeed luckier than others. However, you have to believe that something like that will happen to you one day too! In short,
all things will pass sooner or later. You do not have to feel so stressed and depressed all the time because of this. Instead, what
you should be thinking of now is a solution to this matter!”
Gerald advised.
Layla lowered her head before she said, “Okay, okay. I understand now. Thank you, Gerald. Let me think about it!”
Gerald had never persuaded anyone before this, nor did he know how to persuade anyone at all.
However, since he knew about Layla’s problem now, and since she was actually a pretty good classmate, he definitely had to
help her since he encountered this incident himself.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
At this time, there was a loud slamming noise outside the dormitory door.
It felt as though someone was going to break down the door from the outside.
After that, Layla walked over and opened the door immediately.
At this time, a chubby middle-aged woman rushed into the room. She had a very broad face and her eyebrows were tattooed
and it looked as though she had two caterpillars crawling on her face.

“I was wondering why you didn’t open the door! You little btch! It is simply because you have a man in your room! Your dad was
even saying that you were studying hard at school! Pfft! You little btch!”
“Mom! Don’t say that! Gerald is my classmate and he came here to see me!”
Layla cried out.
“Don’t call me mom! I am not your mother! You! What are you looking at? Are you trying to force yourself on my daughter? Do
you believe that I will call the police now?”
The middle-aged woman took out her cell phone immediately.
Layla started panicking and she immediately said, “Gerald, you should leave first. Thank you for everything today!”
“Okay!”
Gerald really wanted to scold this crazy woman but he knew that he should not say anything because no matter what it was, she
was still Layla’s mother.
“How can a mother be acting like this?”
Gerald simply muttered a sentence before he left.
He really could not help but wonder if Layla’s mother was really her biological mother since she was scolding Layla and calling
her a little b*tch as soon as she saw her.
After encountering and getting scolded by crazy women, one after the other today, Gerald was in a bad mood.
He wanted to go and take a walk in the park to relax a little.
At this time, his cell phone suddenly rang. It was a phone call from his sister, Jessica.
Gerald answered the phone immediately and he was about to ask his sister about Mayberry Commercial Street.
Unexpectedly, his sister’s nervous voice sounded over the other end of the line as soon as the call was connected:
“Brother! Something bad has happened. Your sister has gotten into big trouble!”
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”Ah? Sister, what big trouble could you possibly get in?”
Gerald felt very nervous.
He had a very close and deep relationship with his sister. Gerald was not lying to Layla when he mentioned that his sister did not
take the high school examination in order to support his own education.
Both the siblings were very poor at that time.
Therefore, his sister dropped out of his high school examination directly.
There were also countless unforgettable things that his sister had done for him.
“Don’t mention it, brother. You should already know some of the strict and perverted rules that our family has! One of these rules
is that no matter how much money you spend, you have to keep a record of it!”
“Even if you spend a small amount such as a few millions of dollars, all of it has to be reflected in the family’s records. You
should not hide anything from the family at all! This is also the same for you! All of your spending on your bank card now are all
recorded in our family’s records!”
“Oh, oh, yes. I know this!”
This was a rule of the Crawford family. You could spend as much money as you had and you could use the family’s money at will
as you pleased. However, you would not be allowed to hide the money from the person who is at the helm of your family. That
would be their father.
They were also not allowed to hide any money under any other names.
“Sister, do you have any unrecorded money?”
Gerald asked.
“Yes! D*mn it! I just found out about it today! When I had just gotten out of my poverty, I used the fifteen million dollars that mom
gave to me for various consumption. One day, I drank a little too much and I wanted to eat something from a franchise so I asked
my assistant to buy one for me!”
“D*mn it! Do you know what the idiot did? He bought this franchise over for nine million dollars! That franchise was not popular at
that time but after so many years, that shop suddenly became very popular and it has already made a profit of more than three

hundred million dollars now! I did not pay any attention to this matter at all because who would have expected that fool to buy the
franchise over directly?”
“Then, I thought of spending the three hundred million dollars in secret! However, after spending only half of it, dad suddenly
became aware of the situation! He was wondering why there seemed to be no movement in the family’s money even though I
have already bought so many things! I am really scared! I broke the family’s rule so I will have to live a life of poverty for one
month! Our dad is very old-fashioned and he really abides by the rules. It would be useless even if mom tries to intercede on my
behalf!”
“I was wondering what the big deal was. Don’t you just have to live in poverty for one month? It will pass by very soon!”
Gerald could not help but wiped the cold sweat off his forehead. His sister really loved to make a fuss.
“No! Brother, I cannot even stand living in poverty for one day, let alone one whole month! I don’t care! No matter what it is, you
have to help your sister!”
His sister was about to cry over the phone.
“Okay. Okay. How am I supposed to help you?”
“Well, you can help me to spend the remaining one hundred and fifty million dollars for me within the next seven days! Don’t
leave even a single cent behind! Dad cannot supervise you in detail since you are not living with the family now!”
“Huff!”
Gerald nearly spurted out some blood.
“Spend one hundred and fifty million dollars in seven days?”
To be honest, it was not that Gerald had not seen this much money. After all, his sister had formerly invested in the Mayberry
Commercial Street under his own name. He had hundreds of millions of dollars coming into his account every month.
Therefore, Gerald was really not short of money at all.
He was already prepared to do some investment or something with his money.
However, it would simply be too extravagant to spend one hundred and fifty million dollars in consumption!

It would be fine if he were to invest the money but wouldn’t it be a waste for him to spend the money for fun? After all, he was not
like his sister who seemed to have a feud with money and spent several hundreds of millions in consumption every month.
“It is just one hundred and fifty million dollars anyway. Can’t you spend that amount of money? How about this, brother? Why
don’t you buy a transportation tool then? I will recommend a German company to you and you can order an airplane for
yourself!”
Gerald: “...”
“I don’t care! I don’t want to have to live in poverty for a month! In short, you have to use up all of that money for me in seven
days! I will get someone to transfer the money over to you immediately!”
After she was done speaking, Jessica hurriedly hung up the phone.
She should just accept it if she had to live in poverty for a month. It would be better than forcing him to spend one hundred and
fifty million dollars just like that. It was really difficult for him!
Gerald could not help but pull his own hair.
He would be able to spend the money really fast if he bought an airplane. However, he did not have any use for it now!
Moreover, Gerald was still spending as though one dollar was worth a hundred dollars, really cherished money.
Dang!
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Very soon, Gerald received a text message from his bank, indicating that the money had already arrived.
His sister was really efficient.
But how was he going to spend this money?
Ugh!
If he invested the money, then his family would definitely find out about it. Perhaps his father would not notice it if he bought
something.

One hundred and fifty million dollars! How many items would he have to buy then?
This was really stressful!
Gerald smacked his own forehead and he had no intention of taking a stroll anymore. Therefore, he decided to return to his
dormitory to lie down instead.
Three days passed by and Gerald had not thought of a good way to spend the money yet.
In those three days, three things worth mentioning had happened.
The first thing was that Layla had asked for leave from school because her mother had forcefully dragged her away from school.
Gerald was very angry about this and he really wanted to help Layla. However, Layla’s cell phone was not connected and he
could not contact her at all.
He had been planning to ask her about the situation in the past two days so that he could give her a sum of money.
Another thing was that Felicity had really become an important figure in school. She participated in some activities organized by
the same city live broadcast platform and she even became the ambassador for the front cover of the live broadcast platform.
She really gained some fame.
The third thing was that Zack intended to upgrade the same city live broadcast platform to become a software for all the netizens
across the country. He also planned to invest an additional thirty million dollars to prepare for a pre-platform diversion battle!
Gerald gave his approval and he invested the money immediately. After all, this was his first investment in the industry and
Gerald really wanted to build it up and make it famous as soon as possible!
At this time, Gerald was eating breakfast alone in the cafeteria!
He could hear the people next to him, chattering non-stop.
“Hey! Do you know that the Mountain Top Villa is going on sale today? The original price of the villa was one hundred million
dollars but the price of the villa has already risen to one hundred and nineteen million dollars today!”
“It is the day of the exhibition but who would buy a house that is worth one hundred and nineteen million dollars? That is not an
investment!”

“But I think that the Mountain Top Villa is really worth one hundred and nineteen million dollars. I saw some of the pictures that
were exposed on the internet. D*mn it. The villa is simply too gorgeous! If you live in the villa, you will feel like you are living in a
heavenly palace!”
“Well, people say that it is a villa but actually, I feel that it is just a tourist attraction. This is because the price of the tickets just to
participate in the exhibition already costs tens of thousands of dollars. Moreover, they are even limiting the number of people!”
“D*mn it! That is too ruthless!”
Gerald listened as the people who were eating at the next table continued chatting and discussing amongst themselves.
At this time, Gerald suddenly remembered that he had already made a promise to go and play with Yoel at the exhibition for the
Mountain Top Villa today.
At this time.
Gerald’s cell phone suddenly rang.
It was naturally a phone call from Yoel.
“Brother, I am coming to pick you up now so that we can go and participate in the exhibition for the Mountain Top Villa together! I
already have your admission ticket with me!”
Yoel said as he laughed.
“Umm...you don’t need to pick me up. I know the address for the Mountain Top Villa. I will go there on my own. You can just give
me my admission ticket when I arrive later.”
“Oh, oh. Okay, if it is the VIP passage, then let it be the VIP passage then. I don’t mind. I have to trouble you then.”
“Okay. I will have to decide if I want to buy it after looking at it. If it is really good, then I am planning to buy a villa at the Mountain
Top Villa. Hehe. Okay then. I will go over there after I am done eating!”
Gerald ended the phone call with Yoel helplessly.
This kid was still encouraging him to buy the villa.
It would not be good to keep him waiting.

Therefore, Gerald quickly gave Harper a phone call to ask for leave. After that, he hurriedly gobbled up the egg fried rice on his
plate before he stood up.
It was only then that he suddenly realized that there was no movement in the cafeteria at all and everyone was staring at him in
astonishment!
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As soon as Gerald stood up, he realized that many people in the cafeteria were all looking at him in astonishment.
This was especially so for the men and women who were all discussing and talking about the Mountain Top Villa just now.
It was probably because Gerald had been too engrossed in his phone call earlier and he had forgotten where he was when he
was chatting with Yoel.
Therefore, his words must have amazed and shocked the people around him.
“Pfft!”
Someone broke the silence as he burst into laughter.
“D*mn it! This guy is so ridiculous. He wants to go and take a look at the Mountain Top Villa?”
“Hahaha! Is it possible that the pressure of getting employed is so great that it is turning people into a lunatic?”
“What? He even stated that he was going to be a VIP guest. Hahaha. Let’s kneel down to welcome him. Hahaha!”
“Dumbass...”
Everyone started laughing.
Some people started to ridicule Gerald without giving him any face at all.
Gerald simply wiped his mouth before he shook his head with a wry smile on his face. After all, he had no way to explain himself
in this situation!
After leaving the school gate, Gerald called for a cab before he came to the foot of the Mountain Top Villa, where the exhibition
hall was.

The entrance.
It was surrounded by luxury cars.
There were constantly very powerful and important figures walking in and out.
Gerald could clearly see two passages leading inside as he stood at the entrance.
One was the VIP passage and the other was an ordinary customer passage.
Of course, relatively speaking, the ordinary customers here were also all extraordinarily.
“Hmm? Where is Yoel? Didn’t he say that he would be waiting for me in front of the entrance of the VIP passage?”
Gerald could not see Yoel at all.
Was there another entrance to the VIP passage?
Gerald thought to himself for a while before he raised his foot to walk into the exhibition hall.
“Gerald?”
Suddenly at this moment, a surprised female voice sounded from behind him.
Gerald turned around and he saw a female dressed in a black uniform. She had a very good figure and a very stunning
appearance.
Gerald could not help but freeze in place.
“Cousin Rita?”
Wasn’t this Mila’s second cousin, Rita? She was the one who was trying to make things difficult for him at Mila’s grandmother’s
birthday banquet!
Later on, Gerald could remember that Rita had a very complicated expression on her face when she finally found out that the
Lamborghini belonged to him.
Originally after this incident, Gerald thought that he would not meet Rita again so soon.

Moreover, what happened with Mila in the end was still inconclusive. Both of them had only met up occasionally to eat together
in the past two days.
However, Gerald really did not expect to see Rita here again, only a few days later.
Moreover, there was also a badge in front of Rita’s chest: Design Director, Rita!
D*mn it! Rita designed the Mountain Top Villa?
He knew that Rita was very amazing, very smart academically, and also very cold and arrogant. However, he really did not
expect her to be so capable.
How old was she?
She was only twenty-five years old!
Seemingly satisfied with Gerald’s expression, Rita smiled faintly before she said, “Hehehe. Today is the day of the exhibition for
the Mountain Top Villa. What are you doing here?”
“I am here to...”
“Don’t tell me that you are here to participate in the exhibition! You can just have a look at it. I can honestly tell you that you will
never be able to afford this villa! I know that you won tens of millions of dollars in the lottery and you bought a luxury sports car
for yourself. However, you should not even be thinking about buying this villa. I don’t know how much money you have left but if
you are interested in buying a house, I can recommend a few which are sold at regular prices to you!”
Rita had already adjusted her glasses frame and spoke coldly before Gerald could even finish speaking.
Yes. Rita had been really shocked when she saw the luxury sports car that was worth three million dollars last time.
She had always wondered whether Gerald could be it.
As a result, no. Gerald was only a pathetic person who won the lottery.
To think that she felt so sorry and apologetic that day, just because of him.
Now that she thought about it, she felt that she had been really ridiculous. That day, she even thought about competing with her
cousin sister to gain Gerald’s favor!

Vomit! Vomit! Vomit!
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She felt like throwing up!
“I just want to take a look!”
Gerald could feel the contempt in Rita’s words and he really did not want to get into any entanglement with Rita. Therefore, he
simply replied to her like that.
“Hehe. It’s good that you have this kind of thinking. Besides that, Gerald, since you are my sister’s boyfriend, I have to remind
you that you should not compare yourself to those rich heirs. Those rich heirs’ families have so much more money and assets
compared to you! What about you? You are just being idle and wasting your fortune away. You will definitely spend all of your
money sooner or later! To be honest, based on your ability, I can hardly believe that you will be able to support my sister!”
Rita was as proud as a peacock.
Yes. Gerald, you are really amazing. You won tens of millions of dollars and you are driving a three million dollars Lamborghini.
After finding out some information, Rita could only think that Gerald must really be stupid or have some brain damage!
She had no other feelings or emotions for him anymore!
Therefore, she reprimanded and scolded Gerald unceremoniously as soon as they met.
She wanted to take revenge for the last time.
“Rita, is this the brother-in-law you were talking about? The one who bought a Lamborghini after winning the lottery? He looks
pretty handsome but why is he acting like this?”
“But I can tell that he is rather reserved. I am afraid that he must not have been to this kind of big event and seen so many
people before, right? Alas, we cannot blame him. This kind of country bumpkin who has already been poor for a long time has
very little knowledge but suddenly came into so much money. Therefore, it is inevitable for him to have the nouveau riche
mentality!”
“Exactly! He will only regret it when he has already spent all of his money. However, it will already be too late at that time. Sigh.
Instead of thinking of ways to improve himself, he is actually spending tens of thousands of dollars just to buy a ticket to

participate in such a high-end event?”
There were two women and one man standing behind Rita at this time.
The two women were really beautiful and they were really on par with Rita. Besides, the man was also very handsome and he
looked like a rich heir.
The few of them were all about the same age and they looked like they were twenty-five to twenty-six years old.
When the few people saw Rita being so contemptuous towards Gerald, they also started habitually speaking contemptuously
towards Gerald without any hesitation at all.
This made Rita feel rather embarrassed.
“Gerald, did you spend tens of thousands of dollars to buy a ticket again? Where is Mila? Does she know about this?”
Rita asked coldly.
“She knows about it. We even had dinner together last night. However, it is not convenient for her to come today! As for the
admission ticket, I have not bought it yet!”
He was telling the truth. Gerald often ate with Mila in the past two days, and he really wanted Mila to come and have some fun
with him. However, she could not come with him because she was feeling a little uncomfortable as she was having her period!
“Oh my god! People like you really make me feel very anxious!”
To be honest, Rita really wanted to scold Gerald.
However, no matter how pathetic Gerald was, he was still Mila’s boyfriend. She would still have to give Mila some face, right?
Therefore, Rita forcefully endured and held back her anger. At this time, she saw that Gerald was still persistent about going into
the exhibition hall.
Therefore, she could only say:
“You are lucky that you ran into me today. I have a few admission tickets assigned to me. In addition to my friends, I can give you
one. You can go to the exhibition hall with my friends. Remember not to speak any nonsense after you go in!”

Rita exhorted before she threw one of the admission tickets at Gerald impatiently. As the design director, she naturally had a few
admission tickets assigned to her.
“Dawn, Nyla, and Samuel, I will be responsible for giving an introduction of the Mountain Top Villa when we enter later. So,
please take him along with you! He does not know anything at all!” Rita said.
“But I have to meet with a few of my friends from the business community later. If I bring him with me...well, okay then. I will just
ask him to look for a place to sit down later!”
Samuel felt that he was in a very difficult position.
If he knew that this would happen, he would have bought a ticket himself.
After all, tens of thousands of dollars for an admission ticket was just a trivial matter to him. However, why would he bother to
spend any more money since he could depend on his relationship with Rita?
Now, it was really degrading for him to bring a lowly person like this, along with him!
However, he still agreed to it.
“Samuel, who are you going to meet later? Can you bring us along with you too? Can you introduce us to them too?”
Dawn and Nyla were really very beautiful women. Both of them were willingly staying by Samuel’s side as they took the initiative
to get closer to him.
“Okay! Okay! Let’s bring him in with us first. Sigh!”
After sighing, everyone prepared to go in.
Gerald did not expect that there would be so much trouble when he was just here to take a look.
However, since Rita had already asked him to enter with Dawn and the others, Gerald felt that it would not be good for him to
reject her offer directly.
Therefore, he took the admission ticket before he walked towards the VIP entrance.
“D*mn it! Are you insane? Come back here!”

When Rita saw Gerald walking towards the VIP entrance, she could not help but yell at him.
“That is the VIP entrance, which is specially prepared for the richest men from all the various cities in the Sunnydale Province.
Are you mentally insane?”
Dawn was also very anxious and she cursed directly at Gerald.
“Oh. So, you guys are not going through here?”
Gerald asked as he shook his head helplessly...
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”Gerald, aren’t you foolish? It feels like you have been studying in college for three years for nothing. Don’t be in a daze
anymore. Hurry up and follow Samuel, Dawn, and the others into the exhibition hall. Seriously! I really do now know how my
sister can actually be interested in someone as lowly as you!”
Rita replied coldly.
No one wanted to continue talking about this matter anymore.
After all, Gerald was also very embarrassed at this time. Therefore, he had no choice but to ignore Yoel and followed Samuel
and the rest into the exhibition hall.
The VIP passage and the ordinary passage have very different seating positions.
Those who entered from the VIP passage were all seated at the front row of the exhibition hall.
And those who entered from the ordinary passage like Gerald could only be seated at the back of the hall.
“Eh? Samuel, is it you? How are you? How is your father?”
“Uncle Light, you are here too? We are good! We are all good! My father is often thinking of you!”
As soon as Samuel entered the hall, he met with quite a few of his acquaintances. A middle-aged man also came in to greet him.
“By the way, Samuel, are these two beauties with you? Which one of them is your girlfriend?”
“They are both my classmates. I do not have a girlfriend yet, Uncle Light!”

Samuel replied as he smiled.
On the other hand, he was also waving his hand to greet some other people that were familiar with him.
To be honest, he was feeling a little proud because he knew so many people as he felt that he was reputable at any scene!
“Hello, Mr. Wyatt Light. I have read your introduction in the Mayberry Economic Times!”
Dawn said something very dignified as she adjusted her hair in a ladylike manner.
“Those are all trivial things. By the way, Samuel, as an uncle, I have to tell you that marriage is the most important thing and top
priority in life. Therefore, you should not miss out on some very precious people. Otherwise, you will definitely regret it!”
After that, Wyatt shook hands with Dawn and Nyla.
Wyatt specialized in the chain supply of kitchen and bathroom equipment. He should not be underestimated because his
business was actually quite big.
“Uncle Light, I will remember everything that you just said! By the way, didn’t Melanie come with you today?”
“That girl of mine! She saw a few of her classmates from Sunnydale University and she went over to greet them. She is also in
her third year of university but she is still so reckless. She really makes me very worried. I really want to find a good boyfriend for
her. Hey! That girl is back!”
Wyatt replied as he smiled.
“Melanie, say hello to your handsome brother, Samuel, and his two beautiful friends!”
“Hello, Brother Samuel! Hello, two beautiful sisters!”
Melanie greeted them with a smile on her face.
She was very tall, and her hair was tied into a ponytail. She was wearing a very expensive set of sports attire. She looked
extremely beautiful and sexy.
At this time, Melanie fixed her gaze on Gerald who was following behind Samuel. She saw that Gerald did not have very good
taste in clothing and he was not dressed very well.

Melanie frowned but she still said, “Hello!”
“Oh! I did not notice him. This is?”
Wyatt also reacted and asked immediately.
“Umm. Uncle Light, his name is Gerald. Director Rita asked me to bring him in so that he could take a look around and gain
some insights. He came from a small place and has never seen this kind of big scene before!”
Samuel could not help but scratch his head.
This was so embarrassing!
Why did he have to bring this kind of person in with him?
As for Gerald, he was ridiculed by Samuel.
However, when he saw Wyatt looking at him as he raised his hand, Gerald thought that he wanted to greet him and shake his
hand. Therefore, Gerald thought that it would be rude of him not to return the greeting.
Gerald nodded as he smiled at him before he also raised his hand.
Little would he have expected...
“Well, Samuel, you can accompany Uncle Light today! Come and sit next to me!”
Unexpectedly, Wyatt directly removed his gaze from Gerald before he raised his hand to pull Samuel’s arm as he asked Samuel
to come and sit next to him.
He ignored Gerald completely.
He left Gerald’s hand dangling in the air. It was really embarrassing!
Melanie had also obviously lost her interest in Gerald and she simply sat on the other side of Wyatt!
“Pfft! You are so embarrassing! Why don’t you put your hand down already? Why don’t you think of who Mr. Light is? Why would
he possibly shake hands with someone with no name or status like you? Do you really think that you are like Samuel and that
people would give you face too?”

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Dawn was speechless.
“That’s right. But Dawn, there is a really true saying. A person with no temperament or class will never be able to have any
temperament or class. No matter how rich they are, they will never have any class at all! Just look at Samuel. He is not only very
wealthy at home, but he also has a very good temperament and class. Ahh! Take a look at Gerald again. He won the lottery but
he turned out to be nothing at all.”
Nyla looked at Gerald and she was completely speechless as she shook her head.
If a person did not have any self-knowledge, then what difference would he have from a corpse?
Both of them were thinking this to themselves.
To be honest, Gerald was feeling a tightness in his chest now. It felt really uncomfortable to be snubbed despite showing good
intentions.
However, he decided to sit down first. They could just say whatever they wanted to!
Gerald sat down.
Of course, he was seated at the back.
At this time, Melanie turned around. When she saw that Gerald was sitting behind her, she knitted her brows tightly together.
After that, she stood up before she walked toward Samuel and smiled before she said, “Brother Samuel, can we change our
seats?”
“Ahh? Why do you want to change seats? Isn’t it good for Gerald to be sitting behind you?”
“Oh! I don’t want that! Please change seats with me!”
“Okay, okay. Although Gerald comes from a small place, he is actually a pretty clean and decent person. It is really okay!”
“No! You know that I am a clean freak so I really do not like this kind of person the most! Please! Please!”
Melanie continued pleading and it seemed as though she was about to cry.

“Okay, Samuel, why don’t you just change places with Melanie then? I also have to say something about you. People are easily
influenced by their surroundings and the companions that they hang around with. You should not hang out with these dubious
and shady people. Have you forgotten what I told you before? You can only stand higher and get farther in life by mixing with
powerful and influential people.”
Wyatt replied coldly at this time.
The two families were family friends. Moreover, Wyatt had always had a very straightforward attitude. He was also very strict
when it came to educating the younger generation.
Samuel only nodded silently in response.
When Gerald heard these words, he was so angry that his face turned pale immediately.
Even if he was impolite, he should still have to have the minimum amount of respect for someone that he had just met.
What did he mean by dubious and shady?
Was he a dubious and shady person, just because he did not look as rich as Samuel?
Dawn and Nyla simply laughed. They listened quietly as Wyatt educated and gave Samuel some advice.
They felt that the words of this successful businessman would definitely be of great help to them in life.
At this time, more and more people were entering the exhibition hall.
A beautiful hostess stood on the high platform of the exhibition as she took control of the venue and tried to calm everyone
down.
“Dear sirs and madams, welcome to the exhibition ceremony of the first launch of the Mountain Top Villa! Before the official
opening ceremony begins, let us give a warm round of applause to welcome the distinguished guests from the Sunnydale
Province!”
“Let us welcome the founder of the Holden Group, the richest man in the County State, Howard Holden, and the young master,
Yoel Holden!”
“Great!!”

“The father and son from the Holden family are both here. Based on the young master’s spending habit, do you think that the
Holden Group will buy the one hundred and twenty million dollars villa?”
“That is impossible. Even if they have the money, the company will have huge competitors. If they are to compete with one
another, then they will have to consume a lot of money. Who would have as much as one hundred and twenty million dollars just
to buy a house? Do you know that once the competition begins, even one hundred and fifty dollars will determine the outcome of
the two big groups, right?”
“That is right. It is impossible for the Holden family to buy the villa. They are currently the richest family in the County State but
there are also many other powerful companies in the County State. They could easily use this one hundred and twenty million
dollars to fight a good defense war!”
The crowd continued discussing this matter amongst themselves.
Yoel and his father walked into the exhibition hall, following these sounds.
However, there was an obvious palm mark on Yoel’s face. It seemed as though someone had slapped him.
Gerald naturally knew that it was his father who slapped him.
As for the reason why? It could be because Gerald sent a text message to Yoel earlier, stating that he did not see him anywhere
and that was why he had already entered the exhibition hall with someone else without waiting for him.
To put it bluntly, Yoel got slapped because of him.
At the same time, Yoel also raised his head to look for Gerald in the exhibition hall. However, at this time, there were two to three
hundred people in the hall and it was not so easy to find Gerald so easily. After all, Gerald was being blocked by Samuel at this
time.
“Next, I would like to extend a grand welcome to a VIP of the exhibition event, and also a representative of the Mayberry
Commercial Street, Zack Lyle! Mr. Lyle!”
“D*mn it! Mr. Lyle is here too? Is Mr. Lyle thinking of buying the villa? I think that would be more likely. After all, Mr. Lyle has no
competitors at all in Mayberry City!”
The crowd of people continued discussing amongst themselves.

“It is impossible for Mr. Lyle to buy the villa. Do you know the reason why, Samuel?”
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”Ah? That is impossible, Uncle Light! Mr. Lyle is the richest man in Mayberry City! Therefore, I am certain that he definitely has
the ability to buy it!”
Samuel was very surprised.
“Hehehe. You are wrong. In the past, Mr. Lyle was indeed very capable. However, I received news that Mr. Lyle has been
transferred from Mayberry Commercial Street. Mayberry Commercial Street will be managed and run by someone else in the
future!”
“Even though Mr. Lyle has already been transferred, Mr. Crawford had taken him in. So, at this time, even if he has the strength
and capability to buy the villa, he will not buy it!”
“Ahh? So, it turns out that Mr. Lyle has been transferred away?”
“Yes. Mr. Crawford is still keeping him by his side. Therefore, he will definitely restrain himself a little!”
Samuel nodded repeatedly, indicating that he understood what Wyatt was saying.
“Brother Samuel, dad, what are the both of you talking about? Who is this Mr. Crawford? Why haven’t you mentioned him to me
before?”
Melanie asked as she was very curious at this time.
She could tell that this Mr. Crawford was very amazing and powerful just by listening in to their conversation.
It seemed as though the entire Mayberry Commercial Street belonged to him.
Both Dawn and Nyla were stunned.
They have never been exposed to this kind of information and they naturally became very interested in this matter.
“Of course, I have never told you about this. This was because your father only found out about this fact yesterday. Some of my
friends told me about the story of Mr. Crawford. Of course, Zack is also a very amazing and capable man but he is just working
for Mr. Crawford. The whole Mayberry Commercial Street belongs to Mr. Crawford!”

“Oh my God! Oh my God!”
“D*mn it!”
Melanie, Dawn, and Nyla were all stunned.
“Besides that, have you heard of Yoel before?”
Wyatt asked as he smiled bitterly.
“Of course, I know Yoel! He is a top rich heir. He has a garage for all of his sports cars alone! He even held a party for all the rich
heir some time ago!”
Melanie said.
How did she know all these so clearly?
This was because Melanie had also been invited to the party.
However, she happened to have her period that day and she could not go because she was in so much pain.
This was a very great regret for her because there were not many girls who did not worship Yoel.
“Hehehe. Yoel is actually Mr. Crawford’s godbrother. The Holden family is also closely related to the Crawford family. That is the
reason why they could rise so much and become the richest family in the County State within a few years!”
Samuel and the others opened their mouths wide in shock. Unexpectedly, there were so many background stories behind this.
At this time, everyone has finally arrived.
The host also introduced Rita to the crowd again. After that, she asked Rita to introduce the Mountain Top Villa to everyone.
Although Gerald had been holding his anger in for a long time, he did not lose his temper.
When he saw Rita introducing the villa, he looked up and glanced at the background that had appeared on the screen.
Just a single glance.

And Gerald was also fascinated. The Mountain Top Villa was built on the mountain, straight into the clouds and it really looked
like a heavenly palace.
It was extremely luxurious.
To be honest, Gerald was really moved.
One hundred and twenty million dollars was really a whooping high price!
If it was some time ago, even if he owned a lot of assets, Gerald would not spend one hundred and twenty million dollars just to
buy a house no matter how moved he was.
However, it was different now.
His sister gave him one hundred and fifty million dollars and she wanted him to spend it within seven days.
He had been worried because he did not know how he should spend the money.
Wasn’t this a god-sent opportunity? He would be able to kill two birds with one stone!
The more he looked at it, the more excited Gerald was.
It took her two full hours to fully introduce the villa.
Everyone yearned for it.
But no one dared to buy it.
Rita was very satisfied with everyone’s expressions and she smiled as she said immediately:
“The Mountain Top Villa is priced at one hundred and twenty million dollars. Is anyone in this room interested to buy it?”
Rita asked as she smiled cordially.
“I...do not want to!”
At this time, an old boss stood up and shouted before he sat down quickly.
Everyone present started laughing out loud!

Zack also started laughing at the scene.
There were always some bosses who loved to joke like this!
Rita went on to say, “Gentlemen, this villa will not be auctioned. It will be sold on a first come first served basis. Whoever can pay
the price of one hundred and twenty million dollars first will own this villa!”
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”Hahaha! No one is buying it indeed!”
Samuel replied as he smiled.
Wyatt smiled bitterly. “I already told you that as long as the person was a smart businessman, he would not waste one hundred
and twenty million dollars on the villa unless...”
“I want it!”
Before Wyatt could even finish speaking, he heard a voice that was not very loud but was still loud enough that everyone in the
whole hall could hear his words.
“Huh?!”
Doubts were flying in the air at this time.
Everyone was staring at this side.
Wyatt and Samuel were also dumbfounded as they turned their heads back to look at the person.
This was because the person who shouted this sentence was none other than this hillbilly that Samuel had brought in with him. It
was Gerald!
“D*mn it! Gerald, are you crazy? How dare you shout so arrogantly? Do you know what is going to happen if you said that you
are going to buy the villa but do now have enough money to pay for the villa?”
“It’s over! He is not here to gain insight! This person simply came here to die!”
Nyla and Dawn were also shocked and they really felt like killing Gerald.

“Ah! A person who does not know his own place!”
Wyatt fixed his gaze on Gerald. Was this really an occasion that should be used for grandstanding? He really did not know how
to behave at all!
Gerald did not care what they were saying about him.
He simply stood up before he started walking towards the stage directly.
“Crazy! He must be crazy! That pathetic guy is really insane!”
Rita was also staring at Gerald in shock at this moment!
In short, aside from a few people, everyone was all a little dumbfounded.
“Gerald, what are you doing here? Hurry up and leave now!”
Rita said angrily.
She also pushed Gerald a few times.
“Why should I leave when I want to buy this villa?”
Gerald asked as he smiled bitterly.
“Nonsense! How could you possibly afford this villa?”
Rita was seriously annoyed.
“Did you think that I will not be able to afford it just because you say that I will not be able to afford it?” Gerald asked as he
sneered coldly. After that, he looked at the bank’s dedicated financial staff who was standing at the side before he said, “You
guys, come over here. I will swipe my card!”
The several bank commissioners were all a little confused. After all, the person standing in front of them did not look like
someone who would be able to take out even a few thousand dollars. He was even saying that he would swipe his card!
However, they would have to do it since the customer was asking for it.
Therefore, they walked over as they brought a payment machine with them.

Gerald swiped his card on the payment machine before he entered his password and used the biometrics recognition function.
“Ding! The transaction is successful. The transaction amount is one hundred and twenty million dollars...”
The cold system voice sounded.
What followed was complete silence from the audience.
One hundred and twenty million dollars. This person actually had one hundred and twenty million dollars?
Oh my God!
Rita heard everything the most clearly. She covered her mouth directly as she dropped the microphone to the ground.
Her mind was a complete blank at this moment!
Gulp!
Samuel, who was sitting in the audience, could only swallow his saliva.
He was extremely confused. Dawn and Nyla also had a very shocked expression on their faces.
After all, from their very first meeting, Nyla, Dawn, and Samuel did not only despise and look down on Gerald, but they did not
treat him as a person at all.
They simply thought that he was a country bumpkin.
They felt that it was really degrading for them to have him by their side.
But now, they felt as though they were getting countless slaps in their faces now.
They were looking down on him? They might not even be able to earn as much money as he had even if they worked for an
entire lifetime!
He was a super-wealthy man!
“Brother Samuel, he...who is he?”
The expression on Melanie’s face also changed.

“I don’t know...I only know that his name is Gerald Crawford! Hey! Look! Why are Mr. Lyle, the father and son from the Holden
family, and the other wealthy businessmen walking toward the stage?”
Samuel replied intermittently at this time.