The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 291-300
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 291
A shout broke through the silence of the crowd.
Damien’s goons stopped when they were just about to beat up the taxi driver.
The crowd immediately looked towards the direction of where the shout came from.
It was Gerald.
While standing here alone and seeing the taxi driver refusing to give up his information even though he was beaten up to the
brink of death, Gerald felt a sense of gratitude towards him.
Now, not only was he unconscious, but his family was also dragged into this mess, and he was about to have his tendons
plucked and severed by Damien’s goons.
Even if Gerald was inhumane, he would still stand up against this violence!
Gerald walked through the crowd.
“I’m the one you’re looking for, so why are you torturing the driver?”
Gerald glared at Damien, stone cold.
“Ha! Brat, I sure as hell found you, it seems that my gut was right!”
Damien smiled cynically the moment he saw Gerald.’
Earlier, Damien ordered his men to barge into Wynn Thornton’s house so they could capture Gerald and Wynn.
He was bound to teach the two a good lesson.
But at that moment, a taxi suddenly accelerated and drove away.
It drew some attention, especially from Damien Rye, who glanced twice towards the taxi and did not think much of it.
He thought to himself, even if Wynn wanted to take the kid on the run, she still had to drive, but her car was still parked
downstairs.
What followed next was when his own men rushed down and reported that there was no one home anymore!
Damien Rye immediately put the pieces together!
Since it was kind of a last-minute thing, he temporarily borrowed his friend’s goons from the nearest street to go after them. It
was only just a short five or six minutes, so where could Wynn and her child run to?
Shoot!
F*ck, they must be in that taxi!
He immediately picked out a shop’s surveillance camera and retrieved the taxi’s license plate info and other details.
Then, he had his goons tail the taxi.
The driver turned out to be quite insensible and did not cooperate with them at first.
Which they forced him to only lead them to this place.
But then, he still refused to give up their location.
What the driver had in mind was quite simple. He wanted no part of their business.
He did not want to go against his own conscience to betray others.
He figured that he would let Damien and his goons beat him up, then they would leave him alone.
Hence, he clenched his jaws and withstood to the beatings. This way, Damien might even believe him.
As a result, the driver misjudged Damien Rye. There was no way Damien would fall for it that easily.
Which all led to what was happening now.
But for now, it did not matter to Damien anymore, since the brat he was looking for came out on his own.
“Tell me kid, where did Wynn go? Hm... but of course, it doesn’t matter whether you say it or not, because I’m going to teach you
an unforgettable lesson later!”
Damien sneered.
“Damien Rye, I know you. You’re from the Rye family, but you do have to give some face to Mayberry International Inc, right?
Just for your information, Zack Lyle and his men will be here in less than ten minutes!”
Truth to be told, Gerald started to panic too.
It would not be worth it to be beaten half to death by an *sshole like Damien just like that!
If he was to say he was Gerald Crawford, Damien would not believe it.
He could only mention Zack Lyle.
And when Damien heard of his name, his entire body shook with fear.
Back in Mayberry, Zack Lyle was on par with his own cousin, Henry Rye.
Zack was a business tycoon, and as for his own cousin, he had to rely on the power accumulated by his family through
generations and generations in Mayberry, but yet he was still barely equal to Zack.
Now, the ruthless Michael Zeke and the people from Mayberry International Inc. were on their way.
Rumor has it that Michael Zeke was very powerful.
Therefore, it would be a lie for an asset like Damien who lived under the shadow of his cousin, to be unafraid when he heard of
their names.
“Boss, don’t listen to this kid. Why would Mr Lyle come to a place like this!”
Immediately, one of his men tried to persuade him.
“Crap, of course I know that!” Damien cursed. “B*stard, you tried to scare me with Mr Lyle, I’ve seen this kind of trick too many
times! Die! Go and get him!”
Damien waved his hand fiercely.
His group of bodyguards rushed at Gerald. The scene was even more frightening to the surrounding onlookers.
“Oh my, this kid will probably end up even worse than the driver this time!”
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“Agreed. I guess he was scared out of his wits, that’s why he brought up Zack Lyle’s name, but why didn’t he say he’s Gerald
Crawford?”
“Young people these days, they love messing around. Don’t they know that there are some people who cannot be messed with
at all?”
The surrounding onlookers shook their heads and sighed.
But none of them dared to come out and do justice. They did not even dare to videotape the entire scene when the ruthless
Damien Rye was around.
Gerald was being held down by a few bodyguards.
“Hahaha, hold his head down tightly. I’m going to bash his head into a bleeding pulp!”
Damien picked up a stick. He held the stick up high, ready to swing and smash.
Buzz!
Suddenly, more than thirty luxury cars came whizzing by.
A car took a sharp brake and swung its tail directly at the onlookers.
Then, a team of black-suited bodyguards came down from the cars.
The atmosphere was tense.
Two extremely agile bodyguards dashed speedily towards the scene, and with three strikes, they managed to wrestle Damien
and forced him on the ground.
“Don’t you dare mess with me, do you guys know who I am? I’m Damien f*cking Rye, cousin of Henry Rye of the Rye Group, so
don’t you dare touch me!”
Damien felt that this was something out of the ordinary as he felt the strength of the bodyguards.
Feeling things were getting helpless at his end, he hurriedly begged for mercy.
“Hmph, you’re lucky that I came earlier, otherwise not only will Damien die, but also me!”
Zack Lyle came trotting towards the scene.
He kicked Damien Rye right at his face.
Fresh blood spewed out of his mouth.
As soon as Zack heard that Gerald was in trouble, he immediately dropped all his work aside and brought his men over to
resolve the situation.
Naturally, there were people coming over to find out what was going on, only then did they find out that someone was after
Gerald again.
So, Zack immediately rushed to the scene, only to find out that he was almost too late!
If that stick smashed against his head.
Things would not go well for Gerald.
Even though Damien was from the Rye family, both Zack Lyle and Damien Rye would not survive the consequences either. Only
a number of people in America knew about the strength of the Crawfords, and Zack was one of them.
It would be a lie if he said he was not afraid of them.
“Mr Crawford, are you alright?”
After beating up Damien Rye, Zack helped Gerald up tenderly.
“What? Mr Lyle, he’s Mr Crawford? The Crawford of Mayberry?”
Damien panicked.
He was also confused.
He was surprised that Zack would even come here, and even more shocked when Gerald was actually Gerald Crawford!
“Whew! How can you not recognize Gerald Crawford of the Crawford family...Bang!”
Before he could even finish speaking, Zack picked up the stick on the ground and smashed it towards Damien’s head.
The swing was so forceful to the point Damien’s eyes almost turned white.
“Mr Lyle... please, I’m the cousin of Henry Rye, could you please give him some face and spare me...”
“Spare you? Do you really think things are this simple?”
Then, another luxury car came whizzing. This time, more help came and the entire street was completely blocked.
Michael Zeke had brought more men over.
...
“Holy sht! Lilian, Sharon! Can the both of you please run quicker, something major is happening over at Scothow Elementary
School! Fck! There are sixty to seventy luxury cars blocking the entire street!”
At that moment, many people on the street ran towards Scothow Elementary School upon hearing the news. They wanted to see
what was happening there.
It was an extraordinary scene which they had never seen before. Sixty to seventy Rolls Royce Phantoms blocked the road,
which was simply awesome!
Hayward Davies and the others were even more curious.
They immediately ran ahead of the others.
“What the hell happened?”
“I don’t know, I heard that a kid was beaten up, and then Zack Lyle and Michael Zeke from Mayberry came here. I also heard that
quite a few commerce leaders and Mayberry’s higher ups are here. Just the bodyguards, they’re almost a hundred of them
surrounding the scene!”
Hayward shouted excitedly.
“Holy sh*t!” Sharon Leslie and Lilian Cole were even more excited now. All of them rushed towards the scene...
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The place was getting more and more crowded.
Damien Rye was also getting more dumbfounded.
He was the one who ordered his men to go after Gerald, and as a result, almost half of Mayberry, be it the military, or
government officials, or even the business higher-ups came here instead.
Even his very own cousin, Henry Rye was at the scene. He was deeply embarrassed.
On the other hand, Gerald could not stay any longer after being surrounded by so many people.
If he stayed, his identity would definitely be exposed.
Moreover, the driver was still unconscious and no one was taking care of him. He approached the group of bodyguards and then
instructed Flynn Lexington, who had just arrived, to do something about it.
They immediately drove the car, bypassing the crowd, and sent the driver to the hospital.
As for the rest of the matter, Gerald believed that Flynn would take care of it.
“Damn, they’re all really here!”
Hayward and the others finally managed to squeeze through the crowd after a lot of effort.
Seeing the spectacle in front of them, they were simply gobsmacked.
Lilian and Sharon’s jaws fell wide open.
“Isn’t that Flynn Lexington?”
Hayward immediately spotted Flynn who was standing majestically in the center.
He asked obnoxiously.
“Huh? How do you know big shots like Flynn Lexington?”
Lilian and Sharon were now even more amazed by Hayward.
“Mhmm, well, do you remember that time we went to Yorknorth Mountain for a picnic. In fact, that afternoon, Gerald Crawford
from Mayberry came to our village with MrFlexington and signed a series of contracts!”
“Hehe, my father is the accountant for our village, and he was also appointed as the head accountant of the Yorknorth Mountain
Village Development project, so he has to deal with Mr Lexington. Didn’t I mention that I went to Wayfair Mountain Entertainment
last week? I know you wouldn’t believe it but my dad really took me there. My dad even asked me to have a toast with Mr
Lexington!”
Since this project was Gerald’s first development project, Flynn paid very much attention to it, and he had to entertain everyone
involved in it.
“That’s unbelievable! Even if you beat me to death I still wouldn’t believe that you went to Wayfair Mountain Entertainment!”
The two girls were quite jealous and envious of him.
“Oh, still taking me for a bragger, huh?”
Hayward raised his eyebrows.
“Are you done bragging little brat?”
“Damn, this kid really likes to pretend eh? As soon as there’s a big scene, they act next to each other as if they know what’s
going on or they know the big shots. Drop the act brat.”
“That’s right, what’s the point of pretending. Go there and say hello if you’ve got the balls.”
Before Lilian and Sharon could question him.
Few onlookers on the side scowled at Hayward.
“Then you’ll just have to wait and see!”
Hayward did not say much. With both of his hands in his pocket, he walked up amidst the surprised gazes of the crowd.
“Hello Mr Lexington, I didn’t expect to run into you here!”
Hayward greeted with a slightly constrained expression.
Flynn was stunned at first, then he scanned Hayward up and down, “You are?”
“My father is Quashawn Davies, nicknamed Davy Baton, an accountant from Yorknorth Mountain Village. We met you last week!”
Hayward was nervous and afraid that Flynn Lexington would forget about him.
“Ah I remember now, you’re Little Davy. There’s nothing else here now, don’t pry. You better leave here early and return home!”
As soon as Flynn heard about Yorknorth village, he paid a considerable amount of attention to him and shook his hands.
He told Hayward to leave the scene quickly.
“Oh my god, oh my god! Sharon look, Flynn Lexington really knows Hayward!”
Lillain was completely excited.
If only she could shout, she would’ve totally done it.
“Uh-huh!”
And while Sharon was shocked, she also stared at Hayward, impressed.
At that very moment, Sharon felt as though Hayward was so incredibly handsome that she felt all those other dashing men she
had seen before were no match for him!
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Hayward had returned to the crowd with glee as the crowd looked at him with awe-filled eyes.
“Alright, Mr Lexington just told me that we shouldn’t be staying here, something big might happen later, so I think we’d better
retreat first!”
Hayward smiled.
“Yeah, yeah, anything you say Hayward!”
The crowd nodded and then left in a hurry. The embarrassment that Hayward felt after being proven wrong by Gerald earlier, all
vanished at that point.
Compared to Hayward, Gerald could not even be considered humane.
Speaking about Gerald...
He had already sent the good-willed driver to the hospital.
As for the matter which he informed Flynn Lexington about, he told him to look after the driver’s family and sent over a sum of
money.
To show his gratitude.
As for Queta’s family, Gerald was thinking of going back after Flynn had completely settled the matter.
Just as Gerald was struggling to decide about where to head next.
Suddenly, he saw someone in the class group chat tagging all the members.
It was Cassandra McGregor.
“The entire class must gather at the university’s Student Entrepreneurship Base, Block B, at three o’clock in the afternoon. Be
there or be square!”
Gerald was stunned. What were they going to do at the Entrepreneur Base?
Just as he was wondering to himself, he received a call from Harper Sullivan.
“Gerald, where are you? Have you read the class news?”
“I read it! By the way, what’s this all about?”
Gerald asked.
“F*ck, Felicity is really incredible. Didn’t City Live just get upgraded to Exceptional Live? Now that Felicity is under the support of
Exceptional Channel, she can maintain her level as a reputable anchor. She has started her own business and owns her own
studio. Since tomorrow is the open celebration, why don’t we head there this afternoon to see what we can help with!”
“Ugh, we still have no idea what to do after our graduation. And look at Felicity, she owns a company now!” Harper sighed.
Gerald remained silent and smiled.
You could say that Felicity worked hard to feed and raise herself to this point. At this moment, she was considered the most
influential among the other classmates, and rumor had it that she was earning around 15,000 dollars per month.
That was a lot of money.
As for Harper and the rest, Gerald would never forget them, and there will be plenty of opportunities for them in the future.
But as there were many troubling matters at hand, Gerald was unwilling to attend the meeting.
But since the entire class was going, it would not seem polite if he did not turn up.
“Fine, then let’s meet at the Entrepreneur Base!
Once the call ended, he handed the car to his bodyguard and took a taxi.
By the time he arrived at the place, he was an hour late.
“Gerald, what took you so long? Luckily, you’re not the latest one, haha!”
Harper patted Gerald on the shoulder.
“Something was up, that’s why I’m late. Right, why are all of you still outside? Isn’t it three o’clock, damn, why isn’t the door open
yet? Where’s Felicity?”
Gerald looked at the base’s entrance, where the door to a separate studio was still locked.
Then he asked.
“Huh, now that she’s a famous, reputable news anchor, us classmates are just hanging outside to wait. We’re still waiting for
Felicity to arrive!”
Harper commented sourly.
They were all from the same class and had the same starting point, but Felicity had become a money-making internet celebrity
overnight, which made the other classmates somewhat jealous.
“Felicity is here!”
Suddenly, one of the classmates shouted.
Then, Felicity was seen coming out from a Ferrari sports car. A few boys who were loitering around immediately gathered around
her to take pictures of her. They were also hoping to get the chance to greet her.
In the end, Felicity did not even bother. With her shades on and the protection of her bodyguards, she walked straight towards
the Entrepreneur Base.
While looking at Felicity, who was not the same as before, his eyes slightly flickered...
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The way Felicity dressed herself up today was not the same as how she used to. She used to dress like a goddess to give off a
flirtatious charm, but now her dressing seemed more mature and elegant.
Frankly speaking, as Felicity was already very beautiful to begin with, she looked even more attractive now.
Gerald was awestruck.
As for Felicity, she did not expect her career to be so successful.
Sometimes, it really was just a matter of opportunity.
If it was not for Ordinary Man, she might have still stayed as a small, anonymous, live-streamer.
But now, such a big transformation has taken place in just a matter of a few months.
The feeling of being admired by many was simply amazing.
Moreover, once people had achieved certain heights, their personalities would also somehow change. Felicity was much more
aloof and colder than before.
In the past, when she saw fans greeting her, Felicity would greet them with a smile. Now, she ignored them.
She opened the door to let the students in.
Felicity crossed her arms. “Is everyone here yet? If so, Blondie will assign the work to everyone. Today, be sure to help me clean
out the studio, I can’t delay tomorrow’s opening. And by the way, I’ll treat everyone tonight for dinner at Emperor Karaoke Bar,
you can order anything you want to eat or drink!”
“Yay!”
The crowd shouted with excitement.
Felicity beamed with pride at the moment.
It made some people jealous.
It was normal for people to feel proud. Since Ordinary Man had bought the entire channel just for her, and who else had this
much good luck?
Their jealousy towards her was bearable and not to the point of hatred.
Plus, the crowd had always liked to party.
Especially in a place like Mayberry Commercial Street.
When they heard that they would be treated to dinner at Emperor Karaoke Bar, of course the crowd would be excited.
Blondie was as excited as a dog wagging its tail.
The guy was quite fond of taking advantage of the situation. Now that he was sticking by Felicity, his position in the class had
been promoted to second in command.
It was also true that Blondie was very attentive when he worked for Felicity, as if he was handling his own family-owned
business.
He assigned the work in a well-organized manner.
There were a handful of students who did not want to work for Felicity, but as that would be quite disrespectful and it was not
worth offending Felicity like that, hence they cooperated.
“F*ck, why did I forget the toilet! I need to find someone to clean the toilet!”
After all the work was distributed, Blondie scratched his head and frowned.
“Huh? Blondie, there’s no need for us to clean the toilet! Scrubbing the floor is just fine!”
Few boys in the class were afraid of being chosen to clean the toilet.
They hurriedly gave Blondie a cigarette.
Blondie cheerfully took it. He did not want to offend anyone from the class, but there was one person that he did not bother
about.
“Gerald, how about you do the job. You no longer have to clean up windows, just handle the toilet. That place is a loner’s
heaven. I’ll check in after you finish cleaning it up, haha!”
Blondie pointed at Gerald who was cleaning with a rag.
“Pfft!” The classmates burst into laughter.
“Yeah, Gerald will do the job just fine, he cleans up better than we do, so it’s perfect to leave the toilet to him!”
“Hmm, Gerald is indeed the perfect candidate!”
The students all spoke in unison.
On the other hand, Gerald did not want to clean the windows for Felicity. F*ck, she opened up her business and asked them to
work for her, where is the logic?
Harper and the others did not say anything, and Gerald was not the kind of person who would pick a fight after all.
They might as well just do it.
Now, it was obvious that Blondie was deliberately trying to bully him.
He did not want to offend the other students, but the only person he was not afraid to offend was Gerald. That just showed that
Blondie was definitely looking down on him.
Gerald wanted to refuse.
“What’re you still waiting for? I told you to clean up the toilet, and you do as I say, or else you won’t get to eat tonight! Hahaha!”
The female classmates who had been following Felicity also mocked Gerald alongside Blondie.
“What the hell is this, you want Gerald to clean the toilet for you guys?”
At that instance, Benjamin Langdon yelled at them as he smacked the rag on the ground.
Ever since the last time Gerald and Harper helped him, Benjamin had regarded the two as brothers who were more important
than his own life.
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Benjamin and Harper were not too sure about Gerald’s strength. They could not help but feel that he was actually very powerful.
These people were obviously attempting to stir up trouble.
Naturally, they felt unhappy and reluctant when they saw everyone mocking Gerald.
“Oh, Benjamin, and Harper, what is the matter? It’s the opening day of Felicity’s studio. Are you both going to cause trouble
instead of helping out?”
The female classmate sneered as she turned a cold shoulder.
“You!”
“Forget it, Benjamin, Harper. Don’t worry. I will just do it!”
Gerald replied with a wry smile on his face, not wanting Benjamin and Harper to offend them because of this trivial matter.
It wasn’t worth to slap them in the face by revealing his identity now. Gerald felt the method only too vulgar.
What would he be trying to prove?
Hah!
It was why he would rather turn the big problems into small ones and the small ones into no issues at all. It was just a trivial
matter after all.
Gerald went to clean the washroom after that.
As for Felicity, she only glanced at them slightly when the conflict almost took place.
However, when Gerald passed her, she didn’t even dare lift her eyes to look at him.
And just like that, Gerald ended up cleaning the washroom.
The people outside continued enjoying themselves, whereas Gerald quietly cleaned the washroom by himself.
Suddenly, Zack called Gerald, saying that Damien had already been settled and that all his limbs were broken.. He would
probably have to spend the next few months in bed. That said, Damien didn’t dare tell Henry about this.
Why?
It was because Zack had evidence that Damien had been stealing money from his cousin’s company for years.
Anyway, he would not be able to cause any trouble at all for the time being.
He heaved a big sigh as he told Wynn about it.
Naturally, he didn’t tell her that he was the one who had helped, simply saying that Rye Group had a confrontation with Mayberry
International Inc. After that, someone took care of Damien, and he told Wynn that she could put her mind at ease.
After that, Zack just ended the call.
All of a sudden, the door to the washroom was pushed open.
Gerald saw Felicity walking into the washroom with a cold expression on her face.
“I asked you. Are you sick? Have you had enough? I already told you that I won’t be seeing you! Why would I meet you? Who do
you think you are?”
“Hahaha! Thought you were a big shot, huh? All you gave me was 12 or 13,000 dollars right? Did you really think that you could
act like a big shot just because of that? Why don’t you give me your bank account now? I will transfer the money back to you
now. I will transfer 15,000 dollars to you right away, so you disappear and never ever show up again. Who has ever heard
‘Jersey’ on Exceptional Live anyway? Get lost!”
Felicity hung up the phone angrily.
The female classmate who had been hanging around Felicity came into the washroom. Her name was Yvonne and she was
rather disgusting and sickening.
“Felicity, is that Jersey harassing you again?” asked Yvonne.
“Yes! Yes! He even said that he would come to the university to pick me up so I could accompany him for a drink. Who does he
think he is?” replied Felicity smugly.
Gerald, who was cleaning the washroom at that time couldn’t help but speak up. “Jersey? Isn’t that the rich dude who’s always in
your broadcast room? Hasn’t he been paying a lot of attention to you all this while? Didn’t he give you lots of gifts during your last
competition? Not to mention the number of red envelopes he’s been giving you in private.”
.
Gerald had some recollection about who Jersey was. Felicity only had two big shots behind her back all this while. The first was
him and the second was this dude called Jersey.
Gerald felt that Jersey definitely liked Felicity more than he did. This was because she had told him herself on WeChat that
Jersey would often pursue her and send her many red envelopes, although she refused to accept it.
She even took screenshots and sent it to Gerald as proof. Why?
Was it because she wanted to prove to Gerald that she wasn’t interested in other men?
Nonetheless, Gerald felt Felicity crossed the line a little when he heard her scolding Jersey like that, so he couldn’t stop himself
from speaking up.
“So, what? That person can’t even reflect on himself! All he keeps trying to do is ask Felicity out. Don’t you think he deserves the
scolding? By the way, Gerald, how do you know everything that happens in Felicity’s live broadcast room? Don’t tell me a
pathetic jerk like you actually watch her live broadcasts too?” Yvonne asked in surprise.
Even Felicity was looking at Gerald.
Of course, she wasn’t surprised that he actually watched her live broadcast. She wasn’t even surprised that he was criticizing
and rebuking her.
She was only surprised by his last sentence.
“How did you know that Jersey sent me red envelopes in private?” asked Felicity as she stared at Gerald.
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It was only natural that Felicity was surprised.
Fuck! She had never mentioned this matter to her roommates before. So, how did Gerald find out about the red envelope Jersey
sent to her in private?
She did not say anything to anyone, aside from Brother Ordinary Man.
“Ahhh?”
Gerald panicked for a moment when faced with Felicity’s question.
He really didn’t understand how Felicity could have been that cruel, and as a result, he couldn’t stop himself from interfering,
merely blurting out everything that was on his mind.
Then, he suddenly remembered that Felicity told him all these on his second WeChat account.
“Well... when I was watching your live broadcast one night, I saw Jersey talking to you about some red envelopes that he sent in
private. So, at that time, I thought he must have been sending them to you in private!”
Gerald hastily made up some gibberish.
Felicity, nonetheless, felt a little more relieved.
Yvonne, who was standing aside, sneered.
“Hahaha! Gerald, I really did not expect you to be so pathetic. To think that you actually watch Felicity’s live broadcast every
night too. To be honest, do you do any bad and inappropriate things when you are watching Felicity on her live broadcast?” she
asked with a lascivious smile.
Felicity was very generous when it came to this, but now, she stared at Gerald with the coldest of eyes.
She really didn’t expect Gerald to be a fan of hers too.
“I didn’t do that!” Gerald replied truthfully.
Although he had thought about it more than once, he had never actually done anything like that before.
“Hmph. You better not! Our Felicity is a goddess that you can never get close to anyway!” replied Yvonne as she tried to flatter
Felicity.
“Alright, then. Go see if everyone has finished cleaning outside. Gerald, you can continue cleaning up.”
Felicity then turned around and left immediately.
Gerald blew out a breath of relief.
It had been so risky just now, almost impossible to explain himself.
After pondering for a while, Gerald took out his cell phone and logged into his second WeChat account.
He sent a text message to Felicity.
In general, he said that he had been watching her live broadcast lately and felt she’d changed a lot. Feeling she was no longer
the same person she used to be, he also mentioned she no longer showed the same enthusiasm toward her fans.
He thought her show was getting boring, and it seemed as though he would have to watch some other beautiful anchors in the
future.
It was all in the name of scaring her a little.
After all, he was the one who brought her up and made her famous, and he knew all too well that her current vicious attitude
would only cause harm sooner or later. Gerald felt that he had to give her a warning and reminder in advance.
He didn’t want her to take the wrong path.
After they were done cleaning, Felicity called for a few cars as everyone prepared to head over to Emperor Karaoke Bar.
The group came out and waited outside.
“Felicity, look! Brother Ordinary Man sent you a message!”
Yvonne ran out with Felicity’s cell phone in her hand.
“Huh? When did he send me that?”
“Four minutes ago! I didn’t hear it!” apologized Yvonne.
“Damn it! I asked you to hold onto my cell phone; you can check if I’m getting any messages on WeChat. It means twenty-four
hours a day! Why did you delay four minutes?”
When Felicity heard this, she became very anxious.
“Well, Felicity... when everyone was preparing to leave just now, I saw that a few places hadn’t been cleaned up yet. Gerald was
about to leave, but I made him clean it up again. When I finally saw that Brother Ordinary Man sent you a message, four minutes
had already passed!” replied Yvonne, a hint of fear spreading over her face.
“It’s okay. I will just reply to Brother Ordinary Man’s message now...”
After taking a look at the content of Brother Ordinary Man’s message, Felicity was stupefied.
She felt like crying.
“Felicity, what’s wrong?” Yvonne asked.
“I think Brother Ordinary Man doesn’t love me anymore. He said I’ve changed. Have I really changed, Yvonne? Have I changed
in any way? Am I no longer the Felicity that he used to love?”
Felicity started crying.
She felt hopelessly anxious.
Compared to everyone else, Felicity was more concerned about Brother Ordinary Man’s perception of her.
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“Felicity, don’t be nervous. Explain yourself to Ordinary Man immediately!”
Yvonne advised her.
“Which car should I get into?”
At that moment, Gerald stepped outside once he was done with his work.
He saw that there were many cars parked in front of him. He could not help but ask Yvonne since she was the one who asked
him to stay for the clean-up.
‘Does she want me to hail a taxi back just like the last time?’
“You can just get into any car you want. Don’t you notice that Felicity is feeling troubled? You’re just so dim-witted, good-for-
nothing!”
Yvonne scolded him impatiently.
“Yvonne, don’t bother him. Help me think of a way to reply Ordinary Man’s message quickly!’
Felicity said anxiously.
As they were discussing, Felicity then thought of a response. She then drafted the reply.
The sound of a bell was heard.
In that instance, a sharp notification tone ringed and Felicity caught it faintly. It seemed to come from a student’s phone from the
car beside them.
It stunned Felicity.
“Oh gosh! What’s going on? Yvonne, did you hear that?”
“What?”
“I don’t know whether it’s just a coincidence. You know what? When I sent a message just now, I heard a notification ringtone
from one of the cars, receiving a message.”
Felicity thought, ‘It doesn’t seem like a coincidence.’
‘Does it mean that Ordinary Man is one of my classmates?
‘Who could he be?’
Felicity became anxious.
“I didn’t hear that. Besides, there are so many similar notification ringtones. Felicity, aren’t you overthinking?”
Yvonne asked, puzzled.
Felicity tried to listen, and what Yvonne said was true indeed. There were many students who received messages at the same
time.
She then nodded in disappointment.
‘Yes, I’m always so anxious when it comes to Ordinary Man. Even now, I’ve become so sensitive and nervous about him.’
“Maybe I was overthinking. Let’s go!”
Felicity said dispiritedly, as she noticed that Ordinary Man did not reply. She immediately appeared listless.
At the same time, Gerald who was in the car, wiped away the sweat that formed around his forehead anxiously. He quickly
logged out of his other account on social media.
‘Oh my god! That was a close call!’
Gerald thought to himself.
At the Emperor Karaoke Bar. Gerald was quite familiar with that place.
Felicity was considerably quite capable and wealthy given that she could book such a huge private room directly. It was more
than sufficient to fit around sixty people.
The classmates gathered there just like they were having a party, and it was rather lively and noisy.
At first, most of them were too embarrassed to sing in front of everyone. But shortly after warming up, they started to get into the
mood and started singing vehemently.
Although their singing wasn’t melodious or in key, they just wanted to enjoy themselves.
Gerald was drinking beer with Harper and the others.
“God d*mn it! What do you mean? Are you crazy?”
Suddenly, Felicity shouted into her phone and it startled everyone.
Everyone soon fell into silence.
At the same time, somebody switched off the music too.
“What’s wrong, Felicity?”
Blondie and the others immediately asked with concern.
“Blondie, I’m threatened by Jake. I don’t know where he got my personal photos, and he even knows that I’m at the Emperor
Karaoke Bar now. He said that he’s coming for me. F*ck! He’s mad! Fine, let him come. I just want to see what he’s up to!”
Felicity lashed out nervously.
“Fine, let him come. There are a lot of us here!”
Blondie raised his beer and shouted.
“Felicity, please calm down. Just think about it. Jake is a local here in Mayberry. He was able to get your personal photos and
even knows that you’re here. He must have some ways to dig into it. Please calm yourself down and let’s tackle this issue.
Otherwise, why don’t you ask for help from your seniors from Exceptional Live and tell them about it?”
As Naomi was drinking beer with Gerald, she then reminded Felicity about the idea.
Felicity sneered. “I don’t care. I’m going to lose my sanity like this! He said that he wants to stop me from leaving, and he claimed
that he’s going to hire somebody to rape me. D*mn it! Who the hell does he think he is? I want him to know! I’m not someone to
be messed with easily!”
Felicity sputtered.
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“Felicity, if that’s the case, go and call up your seniors from your company immediately. And contact Ordinary Man quickly too!”
One of the girls said nervously.
Since she was a girl, she became rather nervous hearing that somebody else was coming, looking for trouble and to pick a fight.
Felicity sniggered. “What should I be afraid of? I need nobody. If Jake dares to come to Emperor Karaoke Bar for me, I’ll make
him pay a heavy price for it. We’ve got a close friend, and even the CEO here is afraid of that friend of ours. This is our territory!”
Felicity planted her arms at her waist firmly and burst into laughter.
Gerald was stunned. ‘Oh gosh! Is my identity exposed?’
They were puzzled. “Who is that?”
When they learned that they had a friend like that, Yvonne and the others became quite curious.
Felicity boldly replied. “Let’s not talk about it anymore. I just want you to know that you’ve got nothing to be afraid of. I’m here to
take care of the situation. Let’s just enjoy ourselves!”
Blondie and the others then held up their wine glasses and gulped the wine down excitedly.
The scene then grew increasingly vibrant and noisy.
However, Gerald became quite nervous and worried.
Felicity was just too smug and arrogant.
Gerald regretted it slightly. He wondered if he should talk to Exceptional Live and ask them to censure her about it.
As he was deep in thought on the matter, he heard a bang all of a sudden.
The door of the private room was kicked wide open.
Soon after, a lot of people flocked the private room.
There were around thirty of them.
“What the hell are you doing?”
Blondie was stunned at first and then gained his sense as he shouted.
A few youths were then seen pulling Blondie’s hair. They then grabbed a bottle of beer and smashed it hard on his head directly.
He immediately fell to the floor.
The girls soon started screaming.
“Don’t move!”
Some youths shouted ferociously.
Those girls had seen people getting into fights before but never have they witnessed such savage and cruel fights, and there
were many of them.
They were ruthless and ferocious. They acted without any hesitation. Certainly, the girls were terrified.
“What are you doing? Don’t you know what place this is? Do you know who I am?”
Not only the girls, but even Felicity was terrified too.
No matter how smug and arrogant Felicity appeared, she was still scared deep inside.
She stood up immediately and answered back with a flushed face.
“Of course I know who the hell you are. You’re Felicity, and you’re an arrogant internet celebrity. Didn’t you ask me to come for
you? Now that I’ve come, what do you think about it, Felicity? Don’t you want to have a drink with me given how I’ve supported
you?”
A thirty-eight-year-old man who was slightly plump stepped forward and smirked coldly.
Amongst the lot, he was the only one who dressed up casually, decked in just a T-shirt.
His arms were also covered with dragon tattoos. He seemed quite a gangster.
“Are you Jake?”
After observing, it wasn’t difficult for Felicity to catch on who he was.
“How dare you come to Emperor Karaoke Bar for me! Just wait and see if I’ll hire somebody to deal with you!”
Felicity retorted, without showing any fear.
However, Jake was not afraid at all. He just smiled coldly and walked toward Felicity.
After that...
A loud smack was heard, and he slapped Felicity’s face directly.
Felicity immediately stumbled on the sofa at the impact of the slap.
“Fck you, btch! Don’t you think so highly about yourself! At first, I spent some money to have fun with you just because you seem
quite beautiful. But surprisingly, you don’t even appreciate it. You looked down on me! There’s no rush to get somebody to deal
with me today. Let me teach you a hard lesson first!”
Jake sniggered coldly.
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At the same time, all of a sudden, the door swung side open.
“Miss Dunn, who were you referring to? Who dares to pick a fight here?”
They were the bodyguards who worked at Emperor Karaoke Bar. There were five of them, and they entered the private room
with Yvonne.
Yvonne was quite a smart girl. When the others barged into the private room just now and got into a fight with Blondie, she
sneaked away quietly and carefully as they were beating Blondie up.
As the room was dark and fights were ongoing, hence nobody bothered about Yvonne.
She then quickly hailed the bodyguards.
The bodyguards there seemed quite sturdy.
“Oh! It’s the CEO—Mr. Jotherell! Hello, Mr. Jotherell!”
Unexpectedly, the bodyguards were stunned the moment Jake turned around and looked at them.
“Who the hell is Mr. Jotherell? He’s the one who’s beating people up here!”
The minute Yvonne saw how the bodyguards reacted, she was stunned.
“What nonsense are you talking about? Does Mr. Jotherell have to trouble himself with beating you up? He’s the CEO from a
listed company—Rye Group. Why would he trouble himself with such childish young people like you? We’re leaving now. Please
don’t talk nonsense next time. If not, we’ll make you pay for it. Mr. Jotherell, we’ll leave you to your business!”
The bodyguards flashed him a polite smile before retreating from the scene.
In fact, the bodyguards were not afraid of Jake. But Flynn had ordered them to show some respect to the people from the Rye
Group if they came to the Emperor Karaoke Bar.
They could not help it since Rye Group was infamous for its villainous and treacherous acts in Mayberry.
However, if Mayberry International Inc was going to stand against Rye Group, they were not afraid at all. But they needed to be
courteous to each other.
So if some customers offended the people from Rye Group, and they came looking for trouble there, the bodyguards would just
ignore them.
As Jake knew about his stand well, he knew where the line was not to cross.
But Felicity became quite nervous after listening to the bodyguards.
‘D*mn it! The person who I despise the most is actually the CEO from Rye Group!
‘No wonder he could look me up and obtain my personal details.’
Seeing that the bodyguards retreated in fear, Felicity’s confidence plummeted.
“Felicity, what do you think? Do you want to have a drink with me now? I know that you want to call your seniors from
Exceptional Live. Fine. Why don’t you give it a try? By the way, just tell them my name, and see if they are even willing to give
you a hand.”
Jake smirked.
Felicity touched her flushed face and said, “Don’t be smug here. Who told you that I’m calling my seniors? I’m going to call up
someone else. I’ll definitely make you pay for this until you cannot even leave unscathed!”
It was certainly useless to call her seniors, so she had no choice but to ask for someone else’s help.
“Fine. Just make the call. I want to see how capable you are!”
Jake appeared like he was enjoying the show, eager to know what other tricks she could pull at.
Felicity made a call immediately and described the current situation to the person at the other end of the phone.
She then proudly folded her arms and glared at Jake.
Gerald sat at the corner, and brushed it off ignorantly, as if it had nothing to do with him. He was actually rather surprised to see
that Felicity had quite good connections. There seemed like there was someone else who was also on her side besides him.
It was true indeed.
Soon enough, Gerald heard multiple footsteps of what seemed to be a large group of people outside the private room.
It was apparent that the large group was rushing toward the private room.
The door of the private room was opened again. A group of bodyguards in black barged in and faced Jake’s subordinates
ferociously.
Jake was caught by surprise.
He grew even more surprised to see the person who came in last with the group of bodyguards. “Mr. Lexington, you’re...”
The person who entered the private room was none other than the manager of Emperor Karaoke Bar—Flynn.
“Mr. Jotherell, you’re quite a man of reputation. Why look for trouble with a bunch of university students? Why not, let it go for my
sake?” Flynn started walking towards Jake and flashed a faint smile.
‘Of course. Since you’ve brought it up and we’re at your place too. You’re on their side. How could I say no?”
Jake glanced at the bodyguards and he did not dare to act recklessly.
“You’ve misunderstood, Mr. Jotherell. I’m not trying to protect Miss Nelson here, but one of my leaders does. She always protects
her. Besides, she mentioned that everyone here is somewhat related to her. Hence, you cannot touch any of them!”
Flynn said.
“Oh? May I have the liberty to know who that is, given that you’re willing to act like this on her behalf?” Jake smiled politely and
asked.
“It’s me! What seems to be the problem here?”
At that moment, a clear female voice could be heard. She then strutted into the private room, her high heels clicking.