Invisible Rich (The Invisible Rich Man 2)

Chapter 1004

'There must be something wrong with that iron plaque ...' Gerald thought to himself.

“Come, Gerald. Lefs go. Is something wrong?" misty asked, wondering why he was still standing on the spot.

“...Ah, um, why don't you guys go first? I want to look around by myself!” gerald replied with a smile before continuing to look in the direction the old man had left behind.

“Yah... alright! But I'll call you back when it's almost noon so we can have lunch together!” said Misty who also realized that her friends were constantly making Gerald cold.

After agreeing to the plan, Gerald immediately chased after the old man.

As he left, the woman from Misty's group immediately started to bully him.

“Huh! Why do you have to meet such a person, Misty? She's so embarrassing to be near you!”

"I know? What losers! It's hard even to have fun while she's around!”

"Yes! Please don't take her with us for lunch! I mean, just compare what we're wearing to what he's wearing! Since he helped you, surely you don't want him to feel inferior in front of us, right?”

Hearing that, Misty could only reply in a sad tone, “It's enough. Although I only knew him for a while, allow me to remind you that he is a good person! I'll still call him for lunch later, but please be nice to him later, okay?”

“Good..” replied the others, forced to agree.

Meanwhile, Gerald finally caught up with the gloomy-looking old man who had just set up his stall again in a rather remote area.

Shaking his head, the old man knew that even though the new place was a bit quiet, at least, no one would try to excommunicate a villager like him here.

Rushing into the old man's shop, Gerald smiled at him before saying, "Is this the only item you're selling, Sir?"

"Indeed it. You know, I don't really want to come here today ... Whether you choose to believe it or not, it was actually the event organizer who invited me! After we talked for a while, they told me that the iron plaque would be sold at a high price so I definitely had to attend the event! But look what happened! To think that I was shunned even before I could set up my shop there early! Huh! Do you have any leftovers, young man? If you do, I'll go after I smoke! Besides I have to cook lunch for my grandson!” the old man replied with a sigh.

“I know, indeed! Just a confirmation, the event organizer invited you when they found out that you had the plaque, right? ” said Gerald while looking at the iron plaque while giving a cigarette to the old man.

The plaque itself does not look special. At most, Gerald could tell that it had a simple yet ancient aura surrounding it, unlike antiques.

“After all, the event organizer met with me immediately. They told me that the item could be sold to foreigners for a high price, which led them to invite me to this treasure exchange event. ”

“At that time, the organizer told me to look for them as soon as I arrived at the event venue. I was also told to hand the plaque over to them as soon as we met. I didn't quite understand the request at that time—and I still don't understand—but since I heard that I can earn a lot of money by selling it, I arrived first in the morning today. Even after wandering around for quite a while, however, I was still unable to find them. That was the reason why I tried setting up my own stall in the inner area before. ”

“What else, entrepreneurs like them can be so unbelievable, young man? It is unlikely that the scenario where I get paid half of what the businessman earns from selling the antiques happens. With that in mind, it just gave me more reason to try selling the plaque myself, ”inch the old man when he finally finished his cigarette.

Seeing that, Gerald quickly gave him a cigarette before carefully lifting the iron plaque and weighing it down. After thinking for a moment, a thought appeared in his mind.

Smiling, Gerald then turned to look at the old man before saying, “I'm interested in buying an iron plaque from you, Sir. You can mention any price you want! ”

“Young man, I will say it now that this thing has almost no archaeological or artistic value..It was just a simple iron plaque used to deceive strangers!” replied the old man in a somewhat embarrassed tone—who must have felt bad after smoking two Gerald— sticks while quickly persuading Gerald not to do so.

“I'm fine with that. This object will be useful to me, so don't worry!”

"…Are you really sure?"

"There's no reason for me to lie!"

"I'll use the same price I set for a stranger, you know?"

"Say the price ..."

"…good. Don't tell me I didn't warn you. I sold it for seventy seven thousand dollars!” the old man replied while slightly blushing. The only reason he set the price so high was because he heard that foreigners would pay anything for antiques.

Hearing that, Gerald only smiled wryly before saying, “Forget seventy-seven thousand dollars! Once you receive the money, you will be able to live a comfortable life! So how? It's not like you would use that plaque if you decide not to sell it, plus-“

However, Gerald held his tongue just in time to prevent himself from saying anything truly terrible. Instead, he continued that sentence in his mind.

'...If you really don't want to hand it over, you might have to face the disaster of your family's total annihilation...'