“Well since I’m already ‘acting’ like a rich guy, I may as well ‘act’ till the very end! You know what, I’m adding another hundred and fifty thousand dollars to that initial five hundred thousand!” announced Gerald with a wry smile.
“W-what?”
Hearing that, everyone fell into utter shock!
As if five hundred thousand dollars wasn’t enough! This person was now donating a grand total of six hundred and fifty thousand dollars to charity!
At this point, the rest of Gerald’s classmates were all staring wide-eyed at him. It was hard for them to even process that such a simple looking person could actually be such a rich man!
While this was the reaction of Gerald’s classmates, the silence ended when one of the students from another third-year class began cheering!
Hearing that, a chain reaction of cheers and applauses soon followed!
Breaking from their stunned states, the workers themselves immediately got on stage to process the second payment.
The entire hall was now staring at Gerald in utter admiration.
While showing off wasn’t his usual style, doing it every once in a while was fine. Besides, he had an actual reason to show off this time.
Glancing at Maia and Isabelle’s indignant expressions, Gerald could feel an impish glee in himself.
Once the transaction was done, each of the workers took turns shaking hands with Gerald.
Fabian on the other hand, simply stomped down the stage after receiving his certificate. What a total waste of fifteen thousand dollars!
“Who would’ve guessed that he was actually that rich, Jasmine! When they announced that he was the one who had donated the five hundred thousand dollars, I couldn’t believe my ears at all! Now that he’s added another hundred and fifty thousand dollars to that sum, even I have to believe that he’s the one who made that ginormous donation!” whispered Mindy as she continued looking at Gerald with great interest.
“I find it hard to believe as well… Looks like his background isn’t as simple as we had initially assumed. We should definitely be more careful from now on!” replied Jasmine, her tone cautious.
“Humph! Let’s just get someone from our family to investigate more about him!” replied Mandy.
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