Ch. 296..300: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 296-300

Chapter 296

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 296 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.”

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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.

 

Chapter 297

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 297 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.

 

Chapter 298

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 298 “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.

Chapter 299

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 299 “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.

 

Chapter 300

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 300 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.