The Secretly Rich Man

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 181
Zack, Howard, and his son went up the platform together.
They stood in the same row subconsciously.
To everyone’s surprise, they gave Gerald a 90-degree bow.
“Nice to meet you, Mr. Crawford. Congratulations on purchasing the Mountain Top Villa successfully.”
They said in unison, just like they had discussed it, and reached an agreement beforehand.
A loud bang was heard.
As soon as they said that, it appeared like a great blow was thrown into the crowd, and they were shocked immensely.
“Mr. Crawford! So it turns out that he’s Mr. Crawford!”
“Oh my God! Is he the Mr. Crawford from Mayberry? Is he the absolute national millionaire, Mr. Crawford?”
They gaped in surprise and excitement.
“What? Mr. Crawford? So Gerald is that Mr. Crawford!”
Rita staggered and retreated weakly.
During their family reunion before, somebody made a guess that Gerald was the absolute national millionaire, Mr. Crawford.
However, Rita had denied it there and then.
It was because Gerald did not seem like it at all.
But the scene before her soon shocked her deeply, so much so that she was about to faint.
‘Mr. Crawford! Gerald is that Mr. Crawford!’
No wonder one hundred million dollars meant nothing to him.
He did not even seem surprised when he touched the luxurious car which cost around two thousand dollars.

It was because he was a prestigious and wealthy young youth—Mr. Crawford.
He was the heir of the most wealthy and influential family.
Rita’s facial expression became complicated. She was filled with deep regret.
At the same time, Wyatt’s facial expression worsened. He was regretful too.
A while back, Mr. Crawford wanted to shake hands with him. He even smiled at him.
That was such a good chance for him to get close to the wealthy people and gain some benefits from it.
But what did he do? He did not even glance at Mr. Crawford.
Besides, what else did he say? He even condemned Mr. Crawford, claiming that he was a mere nobody.
He even started to give him a hard lesson, but Mr. Crawford only smiled without saying anything.
At the same time, Dawn, Nyla, Samuel, and Melanie gaped in shock.
In short, they were filled with deep regret.
Gerald stood on the platform. He looked at them who appeared quite shocked before him. He did the same thing, he smiled
casually.
He did not have to be infuriated by them.
It was better that way. It was so much better than beating them up vigorously.
Gerald looked at Rita beside him. “Rita, I’ve purchased the villa now. Shouldn’t you give me the key and then bring me there to
take a look at the Mountain Top Villa?”
“I... Yes, Mr. Crawford!”
Rita said that with much difficulty.
She did not even know how she should address Gerald.
She then turned around and brought them along. Soon, they reached the foot of the mountain where Mountain Top Villa was.

“Rita, we would like to go too. Could you please plead with Mr. Crawford and ask him to bring us along?”
Two beautiful women—Dawn and Nyla rushed toward them now.
When they reached Rita, they purposely spoke louder, just to let Gerald hear them and realize that they indeed regretted what
they had done.
They did not even care about the deep humiliation which engulfed them when they did so. They couldn’t care less about it.
The most important thing was they needed to please Mr. Crawford so that he would forgive them. They believed that they would
be able to gain something from there. Even though Mr. Crawford might not admire them, they would be able to stay by his side
and be his servants given how beautiful they were.
“I... I can’t do that!” Rita was still in shock. How could she help to plead with him?
“Mr. Crawford, could you please let us go up there and take a look? We were wrong just now. We’re deeply sorry! May we know
how we can seek your forgiveness?”
Both Dawn and Nyla became teary.
In fact, Gerald felt that he was slightly sorry toward them when he saw them like that.
They changed their attitude too drastically in so short a time.
Gerald directly retorted given what they said just now. “Fine, if you want me to forgive you, act like a dog and bark in front of me!”
He said those words in anger, asking them to get lost immediately.
A few barks were heard.
Unexpectedly, they started barking like a dog in front of everybody.
At the same time, they twisted around and said, “Mr. Crawford, do I look like a dog now? What kind of female little puppy do you
want to see? Why don’t you ask me to act for you?”
They stuck out their tongues at Gerald.
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“D*mn it!”
Gerald felt like he was about to have a headache.
Those two women were indeed the most shameless women Gerald had ever met in his whole lifetime, even more so than Xavia.
He asked them to bark like a dog, and they did so without any hesitation.
Actually, both Dawn and Nyla had risked everything they had. They would certainly cling onto Mr. Crawford vigorously no matter
what he asked them to do.
It was indeed such an effective tactic.
Gerald was speechless now. He waved his hand. “Just come along if you want!”
“Mr. Crawford!”
At that moment, Wyatt shouted. He raised both of his hands and bent his body slightly. He then squeezed out of the crowd and
ran toward Gerald.
“Mr. Crawford. I didn’t know who you are just now. I was wrong. Please forgive my bad manners. I’m Wyatt Light. We were
introduced to each other just now.”
Wyatt held both of his hands in midair, wanting to have a closer contact with him, shaking his hands.
Mr. Crawford was indeed not someone who Wyatt could afford to offend. He would definitely be able to ruin Wyatt any minute.
“But I don’t know you!”
Gerald said softly, then he put his hands in his pockets.
“This... Mr. Crawford... My daughter and I offended you just now. Please forgive us. We’re deeply sorry.”
Wyatt appeared quite upset. He waved his hand immediately, and Melanie stepped forward pitifully.
‘It turns out that this pathetic man is Mr. Crawford. It’s so unexpected!”
“Mr. Crawford, I was wrong just now.”

“Oh? Don’t you have mysophobia? I sat behind you just now. You were so anxious that you changed your seat. Now, it seems
like you don’t have that now. Why are you standing so close to me? Aren’t you scared?”
Mr. Crawford smiled, and that was all he did at the moment.
“I...”
Melanie blushed deeply. ‘Am I not attractive enough for him?’
Gerald smiled bitterly and shook his head. He did not bother about them anymore. He then turned around and went up the
mountain with Zack and the others.
That was the first time Gerald condemned the others. In fact, he was quite infuriated just now. After venting his anger out like
that, he felt much better.
Besides, his extremely pompous and arrogant second cousin——Rita followed closely behind him, holding the key in her hand. It
made Gerald feel that it was indeed wonderful being a rich person.
In fact, Rita was in a dilemma too. It was because she started to hold different feelings and emotions toward Gerald at that
moment.
She felt that Gerald appeared quite handsome, outrageously so.
Rita was humiliated deeply, but she knew that it was a good thing. It was because it seemed like there was a new chance for her
after all, being married into a rich family.
From what she could see, Gerald did not appear to hate her.
Besides, she would now be the butler for the Mountain Top Villa from now on. She would surely have much contact with Gerald.
‘Sister, does it mean that I’ll do something bad to you?’
That afternoon was indeed quite interesting.
Gerald strolled around the villa for around one to two hours. He then brought them and went down the mountain at around four
o’clock in the afternoon.
When he reached the foot of the mountain, there were a few messages in his class group chat all of a sudden.

It was the class representative, Cassandra who posted a few photos and words in the group.
“Please help to share it on your social media!”
“Help our classmate. Her younger sister is seriously ill, and she isn’t able to earn money too. Please donate some money and
help them to resolve this issue. Your kindness is greatly appreciated!”
At first glance, one realized that Cassandra was the one who was in charge of the shooting of the photographs and the writing of
the content.
It was Layla Hack.
Cassandra asked her to hold up a sign with the words “Please help me!” scrawled on it and stood on the platform in the class.
She seemed to be asking for everybody’s help.
At that moment, Layla seemed extremely paled, and she closed her eyes tightly. She was grasping the sign tightly in her hands.
Clearly, her fingernails were stabbed deeply into the paper sign.
“Friends, this is the photograph and details I designed for Layla for the fundraising campaign. Is there anything you think that I
should improve on? If no, I’ll report it to the department. If you think that there’s not a problem with it, please reply with the
number ‘one’ here.”
Both Blondie and Felicity wrote their reply. “1!”
“......”
It was indeed that woman!
How could she crush one’s dignity like that?
Gerald did not know when Layla had returned to the college. He was also unaware when the fundraising campaign started.
But Gerald knew instantly that it was Cassandra’s idea, using such a tactic for fundraising and publicity purposes.
It was because Gerald was forced to do exactly the same thing by Cassandra before. She claimed that it was a way to show
their compassion and improve the class’s honor and reputation.
“D*mn it!”

Gerald knew exactly how Layla felt at that moment since he experienced it before.
He could not even bear that kind of humiliation. How about Layla who had much more self-esteem than he?
“Yoel, get a car. I need to return to college this instant!”
Gerald said immediately.
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Soon, Gerald reached the college.
He went straight to his own department classroom.
When he reached the west entrance, he saw that it was crowded.
There were a lot of students from different departments, and they almost blocked the road.
Gerald saw Harper and the others who stood in the crowd. So he squeezed his way into the crowd.
Then only he saw what was happening.
A girl was standing at the west entrance, holding up a sign pitifully.
She lowered her head greatly.
But Gerald recognized her at first sight. It was none other than Layla.
Beside her, there were Cassandra, Victor, and the president of the student union—Whitney.
At that moment, Layla acted like a background image, giving the others the chance to snap their photographs with her.
“Gerald, here you are. It’s so frustrating!”
Harper patted Gerald’s shoulders slightly.
He then said angrily, “Layla is indeed in some crisis now. But the class representative is over the line. It’s fine if they want to hold
a fundraising campaign. But why do they have to force Layla to hold up a sign like this and stand here in front of everybody?”

Benjamin said, “If they don’t create such a commotion, how would our department gain our popularity? Just take a look at it now.
The class representatives, Victor and Whitney, have worked busily for the entire afternoon for Layla’s fundraising event. They
then asked Layla to stand there like that just so they could show off about it.”
“Besides, this event has attracted the attention of the college. They claim that they have to put significance on it, and they must
help that particular student to resolve her crisis!”
Actually, there were quite a lot of students who knew the inside story of that event. They were quite angry about it.
The others who knew not what happened would have another kind of mindset. “Just look at her! How pitiful she is! Her family has
run out of money. So she’s more than willing to stand in front of everybody, trying her best to raise funds for her younger sister so
that her illness could be cured.”
“She’s so pitiful!”
So a lot of them were willing to donate some money for her.
But for those who knew the inside story were perfectly aware of the fact that it was all planned and arranged by Cassandra.
Something happened in the morning. Layla returned to the college and asked for help from Cassandra.
In the end, Cassandra thought of such a plan for her. If Layla refused to do so, she would not help her with that other request.
“Mr. Zach, here you are!”
Cassandra shook hands with a middle-aged baldheaded director. After that, that middle-aged director took out his donation—two
hundred dollars and put it into the donation box.
“Mr. Zach, let’s take a group photo!”
“Sure!”
The sound of the shutters was heard.
They took a group photo.
“Hey! Tyler! Max! Here you are!”

At that moment, Victor’s friends came too. He greeted them smugly. Those friends came from another department, and they
were friends in the student union.
“Yes!”
Then, they donated a few hundred bucks too.
Soon after that, they snapped some group photos there.
Gerald watched the whole scene there. He realized that the entire donation process had almost the same procedures.
‘How could it be called a donation? It’s just some kind of show, showing off one’s honor!’
Gerald was so angry that his face turned pale.
He pitied Layla who now appeared hopeless and desperate. At the same time, she felt slightly guilty too.
He was the first one who knew that something was wrong with Layla’s family. She trusted him and told him about it.
Moreover, he advised her and gave her hope.
But for the next few days, he did not manage to help her to resolve that crisis in time.
That was why she was put in such a difficult position.
Gerald was not such a kind and generous person. But whenever he saw a scene like that, he could not help but think about
himself. It was because he had experienced the same kind of thing before.
‘No! I can’t let this go on anymore! Layla might even lose the desire to live then!’
Thinking about that, Gerald rushed into the crowd and pushed Victor away, who was still taking a group photo. He snatched
Layla’s sign away and threw it down.
“Gerald, you-!”
Layla sounded hoarse. Clearly, she had cried multiple times now.
“Layla, you don’t have to be the background for them. If they do want to help you sincerely, they would never do such a thing to
you. I’ll help you with the money. Just go back to the classroom first!”

Gerald said angrily.
“There are a lot of kind people in this world. If someone is in great trouble, the others would surely lend a hand if they noticed it.
But how could Cassandra and Victor do such a thing? You manipulated this incident and made yourselves look quite good about
it. You really shouldn’t do a thing like this!”
“Gerald! Have you gone mad?”
Whitney stared angrily at Gerald. ‘When did he become so bold?’
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Gerald, are you even aware of what you are talking about right now? I must warn you now. Get lost this instant. Otherwise, you’ll
be expelled!”
Cassandra valued her dignity and fame so much.
She was outraged when she heard Gerald condemning them like that.
Victor was even more so.
“You’re just a poor pathetic person. Don’t feel so smug about yourself just because you won a lottery. How dare you shove me
away!”
Then, Victor grabbed Gerald’s hair and dragged him along. He then slapped Gerald’s face directly.
Victor was certainly a bad-tempered man. He came from a rich family. When was he being treated like that?
Besides, Gerald was not as strong as he was.
Gerald felt quite painful, being slapped by him.
“Please don’t beat him up anymore. Victor, I’m begging you. Don’t beat him up! I don’t want this donation anymore. Just don’t
beat him up!”
Layla was deeply frightened. She then rushed toward Victor and grabbed him since that incident happened because of her.
“Get lost! Two pathetic poor people! How dare you touch me!”

Victor shouted loudly.
He even wanted to throw himself at Gerald, beating him up.
A loud bang was heard.

Suddenly, Victor felt that his vision was blurred and blocked by something black. A red thing materialized in front of her, being
enlarged slowly.
It was Gerald. He took up a brick from beside him and smashed it hard on Victor’s head.
Gerald used quite a great force.
The brick was broken.
A loud cry was heard.
Victor held his head, fell on the ground, and howled in agony.
“He beat him up!”
The others were in deep fright.
Both Whitney and Cassandra were scared out of their wits.
How harsh and savage Gerald was!
“Oh gosh! That poor man beat Victor up!”
“He doesn’t want to live anymore. Didn’t he know what kind of an influential person Victor’s father is?”
“It’s all over now! He won’t be able to stay in this college anymore!”
“How could he stay still? Even if the college expels him, how could he be able to stay alive and leave the train station of
Mayberry!”
The others were deeply shocked. It was because there were just some kinds of people in this world where one could not afford
to offend or annoy. Otherwise, their whole lives would be ruined.

“Victor, are you alright?”
“Dmn it! How bold he is to beat you up! He’s such a bstard! Go and call your father up quickly! Slaughter his entire family!”
“That’s true, Victor. We cannot let this b*stard get away with it!”
“Victor, you’ve lost so much blood!”
Soon, he was surrounded by a group of women. They supported him and helped him up. They appeared to be filled with much
pain.
Besides, they stared at Gerald angrily.
Indeed, they adored Victor deeply. He was both handsome and rich. But Gerald was nobody but a poor pitiful person. He would
certainly be punished for beating Victor up.
“D*mn it! I definitely will not let him get away with it! Just send me to the hospital first. I’ll call my dad right away!”
Victor was seriously injured, and he might suffer from a concussion. At that moment, he was sent to the hospital by an
ambulance with the others’ help after he said that fiercely to Gerald.
“Gerald, just you wait!”
But what about Gerald?
He sneered. ‘Wait? I won’t!’
Actually, Gerald had always wanted to beat Victor up.
In the past, Gerald was ordered by Victor to go and do some work for the student union. When he was slow with his work, Victor
would kick him several times. He even beat Gerald up several times too.
Besides, when he met Mila in the lecture hall at first, he was almost beaten up by Victor for dirtying Mila’s shoes. But Victor was
stopped by Mila.
Usually, he did not mention those things, but he remembered them distinctly.

He heard Victor condemning them as two pathetic poor people just now. Soon, he was filled with immense anger. ‘Victor, you
busied yourself for Layla just now! But now you condemned her like that! Do you even respect her?’
So, Gerald picked up a brick and smashed Victor’s head. He managed to vent his anger out on Victor. He felt quite good about it.
Someone sneered. “Gerald, how bold you are! But I just want to see how you continue to stay here, studying for the course!
Whitney, come along with me. We’re going to meet the department director. Before Victor’s father comes, we need to get rid of
Gerald and resolve this issue. Otherwise, something disastrous might happen given how his father is.”
“Fine, Cassandra!”
Whitney became speechless. She then looked at Gerald and shook her head.
It seemed to have an underlying meaning.
‘Just wait for your severe punishment...’
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Gerald did not bother about their sneers and sarcastic remarks.
He only took out his phone and sent Zack a message, telling him what happened with Victor and his family affairs.
Then, he dragged Layla back to the classroom.
Harper knew that Gerald was now facing great trouble.
The Wrights were indeed a wealthy family.
Victor’s father was involved in international business, and they were indeed rich.
Besides, his father was a local in Mayberry, so he could be considered a powerful and influential person there.
But Harper and the others still stayed with Gerald, disregarding those things.
“Gerald, are you hiding in the classroom? The department director wants to meet you!”
At that moment, Whitney opened the door of the classroom where Gerald was. She then crossed her arms in front of her and
said lightly.

“By the way, you’re Harper, aren’t you? Go and help to pack up his things. If not, he has to do it himself after he returns to the
classroom later.”
She did that just because of the sake that Gerald had bought branded clothes for her before.
So Whitney reminded him.
Then, she left directly.
Gerald then followed behind Whitney and reached the door of the department director’s office.
Cassandra and a few women who were close to Victor were also waiting at the door.
They sneered. “How dare you do such a thing! Go into the office now! The department director wants to meet you alone!”
Cassandra smiled coldly.
“Don’t think that you’ll get away with punishment as light as being expelled from the college. Let me tell you. Your whole life is
ruined now that you have beaten Victor up!”
The other women said angrily.
Gerald smiled casually. He opened the door and entered the office directly.
Mr. Reeds was the department director.
He was called Jacob Reeds.
He was a middle-aged man who wore glasses.
At that moment, he was drinking tea and reading the newspapers.
The moment Gerald entered the office, he put the teacup down harshly on the table.
“Gerald, it surprised me to see you beating people up. Your results are exceptional, and you have such good manners. Besides,
you’re an honest man too. It never occurs to me that you would be so impulsive. You’re indeed a fool!”
Jacob scolded him sternly.

“Mr. Reeds, he started it!”
Gerald said calmly.
Jacob sneered. “I don’t care who started it. The fact is you beat Victor up. You’re wrong for doing such a thing! Let me tell you,
you’ve created such trouble this time around. Besides, how could your family background be compared to Victor’s? How about
this? I have an application form here, applying to leave the college. Just sign it and leave this instant!”
Jacob stared at Gerald in contempt.
So what Jacob said just now in his favor was nothing but just mere civilities.
But Gerald never thought that it would be as serious as that until he was expelled from college.
Now he realized that Jacob had made up his mind to expel him from the college.
It was because Victor came from a wealthy family, and Gerald was poor.
If Victor beat him up that day, all Victor needed to do was just to apologize to him and pay for the medical fees.
But if it was the other way around, he would then be expelled from college.
He could not help it.
Since he was forced into such a state, he had no choice but to sign the form.
Gerald put his phone on the table, took the pen, and got ready to fill in the form, including the reason to leave the college.
Jacob smiled disdainfully.
Surprisingly, Gerald’s phone rang all of a sudden.
The caller ID showed that it was a call from Mr. Raine.
It was a call from the minister of the Ministry of Education—Mr. Raine.
During the previous week, his sister—Jessica asked Gerald to contact Mr. Raine a few times because of the affair of investing in
Scothow Elementary School.

But Gerald did not get to answer the phone. He was filling up the form quickly.
However, that call attracted Jacob’s attention beside him.
“Is this... Mr. Raine? Why do you have his phone number?”
Certainly, Jacob was not in a position to be acquainted with Mr. Raine. But he remembered Mr. Raine’s contact number distinctly.
‘Why did Mr. Raine call Gerald up? Why did he contact Gerald?’
“You... Why are you still in a daze? Faster pick up the phone!”
Jacob’s facial expression worsened. He stood up directly and asked Gerald to answer the call.
‘Oh gosh! Even the chancellor dares not neglect an important person like Mr. Raine!’
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“Why are you in such a rush? I haven’t even finished filling in the form yet. I’ll answer it when I’m done!”
There were a lot of people who would call him up. Normally, Gerald would answer the call right away.
But he did not want to do so, seeing how anxious Jacob became.
By the way, Gerald had eaten twice with Mr. Raine before. They knew about each other well.
They did not have to be so civil toward each other.
“Why are you still filling in the form? Go and pick it up! Why is Mr. Raine calling you up? Faster pick it up!”
The call went dead.
Nobody answered the call for a long time, so it was hung up directly.
Jacob sneered. “Gerald, you’re indeed a dumb person! You deserve it for being...”
The phone rang again.
“Come! Faster pick up the phone!”

This time around, Jacob quickly snatched the pen in Gerald’s hand away directly.
He then helped Gerald to answer the phone and put it near his ear.
However, Gerald did not even stretch his hand out to take the phone from Jacob. He sat there just like that. On the other hand,
Jacob leaned toward Gerald and held the phone in his hand, holding it near Gerald’s ear. That scene appeared rather hilarious.
But Jacob could not care less about other stuff for the sake of his future.
He did not care what business Mr. Raine had on his mind, calling Gerald up. He decided to greet Mr. Raine at the end of the call.
“Mr. Raine, hello!”
Gerald smiled slightly.
“Gerald, I called you just now. Why didn’t you pick it up? Are you busy?”
Bernard smiled and said.
Bernard had met Gerald a few times, and he had quite a good impression of Gerald.
The moment Gerald heard about the project of doing charity by establishing Scothow Elementary School, he promised to take
the whole project over without any hesitation. He even provided the funds immediately.
Besides, a rich youth like him was such a friendly and humble person. Bernard soon got quite close to him.
“Hmm, I was busy filling in the drop out application from just now. The department director has prohibited me from studying here
from now on! By the way, Mr. Raine, what’s the matter?”
Gerald smiled. He thought that it was a call from Zack, but he never thought that it was Mr. Raine after all.
“You...”
Jacob wanted so badly to cover Gerald’s mouth.
From the way Gerald addressed Mr. Raine, Jacob started to feel quite nervous.
‘Oh my God! They have quite a close relationship.”

Hearing what Gerald said, Jacob became much nervous.
“It’s like this. Our project regarding the Scowthow Elementary School has been delayed before because of insufficient funding.
Now it’s almost fully built. We’ll be able to use it after two more months. I called you up just to see if you’re free tomorrow. Please
come over because we’ll have a small function here!”
“Fine, no problem!” Gerald nodded.
“No, it seems that something is wrong. Gerald, what did you say just now? A drop out application form?”
Only now did Bernard recover his senses and realize what Gerald had said just a while ago.
“Hmm? That’s right! My department director expelled me from college. I’m now filling in the form before him.”
At first, Gerald planned to fill in the form and tackled Victor after that. Only then he would go and meet Jacob again to see if he
could take some senses into him. He just wanted to see if things were still the same.
But now he wondered if he could ask Mr. Raine to say something in his favor.
“Gerald, give him the phone!”
Gerald smiled and nodded. “Here you are! He wants to talk to you!”
“Sure!”
Jacob soon straightened his body up and smoothed his collar slightly. “Mr. Raine, hello. You... Yes! It’s nothing but an absolute
misunderstanding! Sure! What? Is he that Mr. Crawford? Oh my God! Of course! I’ll definitely keep it a secret! Sure! No problem!
Don’t worry about it!”
Jacob swallowed slightly.
What Bernard said at last shocked Jacob tremendously.
Certainly, everyone knew or had heard about Mr. Crawford of Mayberry.
Besides, Gerald was that Mr. Crawford.
“Are you done?” Gerald smiled and said.

“Mr. Crawford... Yes!”
Jacob’s facial expression became so interesting all of a sudden. He was filled with contempt at first. Now, he was trying his best
to fawn on Gerald.
“Oh, then I’ll continue with signing my name here. I’ve done filling in the form now, except signing my name.”
Gerald took up the pen again.
“No!”
Jacob shouted loudly. He then grabbed Gerald’s hand tightly.
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“Mr. Crawford, it’s a misunderstanding! It’s nothing but a misunderstanding!”
Jacob was deeply anxious.
“What is the misunderstanding? I couldn’t even survive now in Mayberry. Faster let me leave college!”
Gerald wanted to sign the form.
“Mr. Crawford, I was wrong. I was indeed wrong. Actually, I could just give you a light punishment for it. But I listened to the
others and wanted to expel you from the college.”
If the chancellor knew that he wanted to expel that Mr. Crawford of Mayberry from the college, he would certainly be ruined.
Even if the chancellor knew nothing about that, he would certainly be ruined and punished severely given that he wanted to
expel Mr. Crawford.
“Fine. Then what to do next regarding this incident? Cassandra asked a student to do such a thing in public. It certainly hurt that
student’s self-esteem greatly!”
Gerald did not even know when he started to have some slight changes.
When he was dealing with things now, he was not the shy and cowardly man he was before.
Now, he would say what he wanted to say directly.

“Don’t worry, Mr. Crawford. I’ll deal with it justly.”
“Besides, donate seventy thousand dollars to Layla under the name of ‘Ordinary Man’. I’ll give you the money later. Thank you!”
“You’re being too courteous!”
Jacob smiled happily.
Gerald then nodded slightly.
He then got up and left.
Outside of the office.
Somebody sighed. “Gerald will certainly be expelled from school. He’s been having a pathetic life here for three years since.
Now, he’s unable to graduate too.”
Cassandra crossed her arms in front of her in resignation and smiled bitterly.
“It’s good that he’s been expelled. It would be much better if he couldn’t leave Mayberry intact. How bold of him to beat Victor
up!”
They were still angry at Gerald.
At that moment, the door was opened.
All of them wanted to rush toward Gerald and sneered at him vigorously again, including Cassandra.
“Gerald, please be careful. There’s a small staircase here after the refurbishment.”
That scene before them shocked them greatly. They widened their eyes.
They soon saw Jacob helping Gerald down the staircase, supporting him gently.
That staircase was just one or two centimeters high. It was not even a staircase. Why did Jacob appear like he was afraid that it
might hurt Gerald?
‘Oh, God! What is happening?’

Cassandra gaped.
“Mr. Reeds, Gerald, he...”
“What about him? I know what happened now. I’ve been meaning to ask you, Cassandra. If Gerald didn’t tell me about it, I
wouldn’t even know that you asked a female student to stand in public, holding up a sign. You even took group photographs
there, didn’t you?”
“Ah? I clearly told you about it just now...”
“I don’t know about it. By the way, the thing you did was outrageous, humiliating a student like that. At first, our department
wanted to award you since you’re the best teacher. But let’s forget about it now!”
“What? Mr. Reeds, I’ve worked so hard for that award for these past three years, earning all the honors for the department.”
Cassandra was completely stunned.
“It’s still a problem we need to discuss with the college whether we want to keep you as a teacher here with us given the kind of
teacher you are. How dare you talk about that award still?” Jacob sneered.

After that, he turned and looked at Whitney who appeared shocked as well.
“About you, you’ve been the president of the student union for three years now, but you didn’t manage to do anything. If anything
bad happened, you would always look for help from the department. What else could you do other than this? Just retain the post
as the president of the student union first. If there’s a better candidate, we’ll ask you to resign!”
“Ah?”
“What’s wrong?”
Jacob shouted at Whitney before he returned to his office with his hands behind his back.
Whitney thought, ‘D*mn it! I didn’t even say a single word!
‘Why?!’
‘Why is that so?’

As Whitney and Cassandra were thinking about that, they turned to look at Gerald coldly.
Gerald only smiled bitterly. Then, he turned and left. Soon, he would hear some news regarding Victor.
They always condemned him and looked down on him. Now it was time for him to take his revenge on them.
Gerald returned to the classroom, and he realized that Harper and the others had left.
He also returned to his dorm and lied down in bed. He told Harper and the others that it was fine now. He looked at the time and
realized that it was six o’clock in the evening. He decided to play with his phone for a while before he turned in.
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At that moment, Cassandra sent a message to his other social media account.
“I’m outraged! Ordinary Man! I want to go and kill myself! What should I do?”
Cassandra said so.
Actually, Gerald became angry when he saw Cassandra’s name.
“If you don’t want to live on, just go and die! What more can you do?”
Gerald made a swift reply.
“Oh! You’re so annoying! I just want to tell you some of the things which upset me.”
Gerald was tongue-tied.
He did use quite a vicious tone.
But how could Cassandra use such a sweet tone on him, behaving like a spoilt child.
Gerald did not know how to reply to his message.
“Humph! I always care about you, but you never care about me. I’m so sad!
“But I still want to tell you about it. You know what, Ordinary Man. I could only pour out my feelings and speak freely with you.

“Something happened today. Do you know about the fundraising campaign for my department? Just because of one pathetic
poor b*stard from my class, the campaign was ruined. Layla now has no money to pay for her younger sister’s medical fee.
What’s more important is that I was robbed of the chance to gain the award of the best teacher just because of him!”
“I’ve donated money for Layla. I donated seventy thousand dollars to her! And regarding that teacher award, it serves you right!”
Gerald scolded her directly, disregarding her feelings.
“How annoying! Why did I feel that you like to tease me? Humph!
“Oh gosh!”
Gerald became utterly speechless now.
He wondered if others felt quite happy even though they were scolded by him just because he had become rich now.
It might be so.
At that time, Felicity sent a message to Gerald too. “Are you there? Ordinary Man?”
Gerald had had enough of those women.
“Get lost! I’m unavailable!” Gerald scolded.
“Oh! Ordinary Man has turned quite wild now. You’ve scolded me!”
Gerald was again tongue-tied.
It seemed to be true indeed. After he became rich, the others felt quite happy with it even though he scolded them.
Then he ignored their messages directly.
Gerald logged into his own main account and chatted a short while with Mila.
Then, he turned in.
The next morning, Gerald woke up early in the morning because of the function which Mr. Raine mentioned to him before. It was
because no one would notice it if he woke up early and went to get his car.

After all, he needed to stay low-key.
Gerald reached the park.
“Humph! Isn’t that the poor man? Don’t you know how frustrating it was yesterday? He was not even expelled!”
“That’s true! He beat Victor up, and he could still stay alive up until now. It’s such a miracle!”
“Something’s wrong. Look at him! It’s only six o’clock in the morning. Where is he going early in the morning? Does he want to
run away?”
“Yes! He clearly wants to run away! Sisters, that b*stard beat our Victor up. We must not allow him to get away with it! Go and
stop him!”
The minute Gerald entered the park, he soon found himself face-to-face with four women.
They were none other than the four women who condemned him viciously for Victor the previous day.
It seemed like they came to the park for a morning run.
Unfortunately, they bumped into Gerald.
“Humph! B*stard! Where do you plan to run away to?”
The woman who seemed to be their leader said coldly.
Gerald took out his Lamborghini car key, looked up, and signaled to the Lamborghini car behind them.
“I’m not running anywhere. I just want to drive my car around!”
Gerald said coldly.
After that, he pressed his car key.
A chirping sound was heard.
The lights of the car flashed and the door opened automatically...
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The door of the car was opened.
The four women were stunned.
‘What?
‘Does this luxurious car belong to Gerald?
‘Isn’t he a poor man from our department? How could he afford to drive such a beautiful and luxurious car?’
They turned to look at Gerald, and their facial expressions changed drastically.
That car alone was much more expensive than Victor’s Audi car. They sneered. ‘So what about Victor? It’s so much better than
Victor’s!
‘How cool this Lamborghini car is!’
The leader from among the girls became pale. She then rushed toward Gerald and said nervously, “Gerald, is this car really
yours? Is this yours?”
“If not, is it yours?”
Gerald seemed to be used to that kind of woman and their tones. He soon said coldly.
“Ah! This car is so cool! Is it around one to two million dollars?”
That woman soon got near the car. She completely lost herself by then. ‘Look at this luxurious car! If I’m able to even sit in this
car for even once, I’ll be so happy that I might die!’
The other three women rushed toward the car too. They looked at Gerald in admiration.
“Around a million and eight hundred thousand dollars!”
Gerald started the engine of the car, and a charming growling sound was heard.
“Wow! It’s so cool! Gerald, where are you going? Can you let us have a ride too?”
The woman smiled seductively and asked Gerald.

“Get lost!”
Gerald scolded them coldly.
In fact, they were quite beautiful. But it was a totally different thing. They condemned Gerald for Victor’s sake just now, but now
they wanted him to give them a ride. A good thing like that would never happen.
After that, he drove the car and left directly.
“Gerald! You...”
They were being ignored by Gerald. They became so angry that they stamped their feet.
Unexpectedly, Gerald was an extremely wealthy person.
They felt as if they had suffered a great loss. They had offended a truly wealthy man just because of a stupid Victor. It was just
not worth it.
How about Gerald?
After he scolded them, he drove his car directly to the outer area of the conference hall.
Although it was still quite early, Bernard and the other leaders were there now.
There were two parts in the function. The first entailed a meeting on the establishment of the school which would be held an hour
later. Gerald needed to attend the meeting with a few other leaders in an isolated meeting room.
Gerald funded the establishment of Scothow Elementary School, and he had helped to establish around twenty to thirty such
schools. The schools were built specially for the children of the workers who worked outstation, providing an educational platform
for them.
It was quite a big contribution.
Certainly, he was rather highly valued and esteemed.
The second part of the function entailed a meeting with the teaching faculty and staff in the main conference hall.

Only two months were left before they started recruiting the students. They needed to arrange for the selection of the teaching
staff in advance and provide training for them.
Gerald had to join the first part of the function and was forced to listen to Bernard talking ceaselessly about various things for
around two hours.
However, Gerald did not plan to join the second part of the function, holding a meeting with the teaching faculty and staff.
It was because he did not have to raise any opinion there.
Besides, he felt pressurized, being with a bunch of teachers. Their academic levels were certainly not on par with each other.
They were quite knowledgeable and it would pressurize Gerald.
Since he was free, he decided to take a look at one of the schools near the venue of the function.
After all, it could be considered a particularly meaningful thing which he had done.
Gerald did not drive his car. He walked to the school instead.
Since that school was almost completely built when they resumed the project, it had now come to the furnishing stage after only
two months. The entire school was now planted with trees and plants.
Undeniably, the surrounding of the school was quite good given the large funding he provided.
He snapped two photographs of the school, planning to send and share them with his sister later.
“Stop! Don’t you know that you’re prohibited to snap photographs in school? Didn’t you see the warning on the sign?”
At that moment, he heard a cold and stern female voice.
Gerald was frightened.
He turned around and saw the sign. It claimed that snapping photographs were prohibited there.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t notice that. I’ll delete it right away!”
Although he helped fund the establishment of that school, Gerald did not find anything special in what he had done.
So he complied and deleted the photographs.

“Eh? Are you... Gerald?”
Surprisingly, he found himself being recognized by that woman. He turned around and saw a woman in a black uniform. Did she
know him?
“Lilian, do you know him?”
There are two other women and a man beside Lilian. They now asked Lilian curiously.
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“I know him! He’s my classmate from high school. What’s wrong, Gerald? We haven’t seen each other for around three years
now. Have you forgotten about me?”
Lilian said in surprise. But other than surprise, she seemed to be filled with a kind of sarcasm at that moment, mocking Gerald.
It was the kind of feeling one had when she finally realized that the person whom she thought had long disappeared appeared in
front of her again. After so many years, the b*stard whom she thought had long been dead appeared out of nowhere. She was
filled with that kind of surprise.
In fact, looking at Lilian like that, Gerald was stunned too. He was tongue-tied...
Certainly, he knew who Lilian was. They were in the same class since sophomore year. When they were about to go into
different courses in junior high, they were put in the same class again.
At that moment, Lilian seemed to be the art committee member. She was good at singing and dancing.
However, there was nothing special in their relationship back then.
A girl like Lilian would certainly like those boys whose families were rich and were esteemed in high school. Gerald did not have
those qualities.
Further, their school was located in town, and Lilian was a resident there. So her taste and family background did not allow her to
befriend a person like Gerald.
For three years in high school, the things they said to each other were less than what they said to each other when they met
each coincidentally there at the school just now.

So they certainly did not keep in touch with each other after they graduated from high school.
Although Gerald noticed Lilian’s disdainful gaze just now, he still cherished things of old.
“Yes, we haven’t met each other for three years now. I almost couldn’t recognize you. You’re so much prettier now!”
Gerald smiled slightly.
“Hey! It’s indeed been a long time. Even you can learn how to praise others. But why did I feel quite awkward about it, listening
to your praises?”
Lilian crossed her arms around her chest and smiled coldly.
“Lilian, let’s introduce him to us since he’s your old classmate...”
That woman noticed that Gerald appeared pleasing to the eye, so she smiled and said directly.
“What the hell! Fiona, could you please stop fawning on every man you met all the time? Do you know what kind of a person
Gerald was during my high school?”
‘Oh my god!’ Lilian was tongue-tied.
Her best friend always acted like that. She was obsessed with finding herself a boyfriend every time she met a slightly handsome
man.
But she thought that Fiona really needed to keep her eyes open.
Lilian could not help but admit that Gerald was indeed quite handsome, but he was just a...
“What’s wrong?”
“Gerald was an infamous poor person back in high school. Do you know what he usually ate during lunch hour at that time? He
ate only plain bread with a few pickled vegetables. Besides, his uniform was so shabby that the pants around his knees were all
torn. He even put patches on them. But he did not even want to buy a new uniform!”
“What? How is it possible that there’s such a poor person?”
The beautiful woman——Fiona stuck out her tongue, claiming that she was indeed frightened and shocked.

“I don’t believe you! Lilian, are you exaggerating the facts?”
That man smiled bitterly. “If I was as poor as that, I think it’s better if I kill myself!”
“What? Was I exaggerating the facts? Gerald, tell them whether what I said is true.”
Lilian became anxious.
She just wanted to prove to the others that she was right. Regarding how he condemned Gerald and upset him, Lilian did not
even think about it. For her, Gerald was just a gossip topic.
Gerald sneered. “Yes, it’s true!”
Gerald smiled faintly, realizing that Lilian’s temper and characteristics had not changed at all.
Although she annoyed him, he did not appear angry at all.
After all, what Lilian said just now was true. He did not care even if they looked down on him given that it was meaningless if he
exposed his real identity and showed off his wealth before them.
“By the way, Lilian, why did you come to this school? From what I see, are you the teacher here? Did you find your job so soon?”
Gerald asked her. When he left the conference hall, he found that all of the teachers there were in that uniform.
“Yes, we completed our internship fast. Besides, I have a teacher qualification certificate. Certainly, I get it all done and settled.
From now on, I’ll be leading a life here in this big city——Mayberry. How about you? I heard that you’re studying at Mayberry
University. Have you found a job yet?”
After all, Lilian was quite mature now after all those years. Although she looked down on Gerald, she still inquired after him
politely.
“Me? Not yet. I’m still wondering what I should do from now on!”
Lilian smiled.
“To be frank, Gerald, I thought that you’ll be much improved after you went to college. Surprisingly... If you couldn’t do it, just
return to your hometown. See if you could find a job in the town. If not, you could always return to your village and buy some
land. You can start with farming or something else. That’s how university students nowadays start their business!”

Lilian crossed her arms around her chest. Right from the start, she felt that Gerald was a good-for-nothing. After having a casual
conversation with him, her opinion of him worsened.
He was about to go for an internship, but he still did not know what kind of thing he wanted to do in the future.
Looking at how Lilian advised him, he only smiled bitterly and nodded repeatedly.
Beside them, that man nodded too. He then said, “What you said is right. It’s difficult for university students to find a job
nowadays. Some small companies do not have a promising future. The large companies want only the talented ones. Just look
at Mayberry university, only the most exceptional ones will be able to find good jobs. How about the others? They either rely on
some connections or their families in order to have a promising future.”
Another girl beside them added, “That’s true. The people who suffer the most are the ones like Gerald. He doesn’t even have the
capabilities and eloquence. Besides, he’s quite poor both economically and in the cultural aspect too.”
They were immersed in a heated discussion, and Gerald stood there having nothing to do.
At last, Gerald managed to say something after they were done. “Are the four of you the newly recruited teachers here? It’s not
bad indeed. The salary given is quite good too since the investor has provided a huge amount of funds. The living arrangement
which they prepared is quite good too!”
Gerald just wanted to chat with her as an old school mate.
“What the hell? Gerald, don’t pretend that you know a lot here. You said those things just because you want to show off in front
of us. I’m well aware of that. What do you have to be so smug about? I know about your situation clearly. Do you want me to spill
everything?”
Lilian said rather helplessly.
Gerald only touched his nose slightly and smiled bitterly.
“By the way, let me tell you something since we bumped into each other here today...”
At that moment, Lilian looked up, as if she had thought about something.