The Secretly Rich Man

Chapter 1001

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1001 Dinner? Coincidentally, Gerald himself was planning to go for a meal once he was finally able to getaway from her.

“…I accept!” replied Gerald with a nod. Since he was being treated to a meal, he may as well justaccept the offer to save up on money.

“You!”

Though Misty Zachary had simply proposed the idea out of courtesy, she hadn’t really expected him toaccept her offer. Her immediate response was proof of that.

Regardless, women tended to admire heroic figures and while Gerald was certainly no hero in thetraditional sense, she had to admit that he had indeed helped her.

What more, he was quite handsome, and that alone made others—including Misty herself—rathersusceptible to wanting to get to know him a bit better.

With that out of the way, Misty then led Gerald to a nearby restaurant where they ate and chattedthroughout their supper. Naturally, they soon got to know each other better.

“Still, what a coincidence that you chose this place to travel to!” said Misty.

“And why is that?”

“Judging from your response, I’m sure you’re unaware that starting from tomorrow, the Lovewell familywill be hosting a treasure exchange event for the following three days! Since it’s being held a monthearlier than it usually is, it truly is a coincidence that you managed to be in time for it!”

“Many people from a multitude of places—some even from abroad—attend the yearly treasureexchange event, you know? With so many people participating in the event, you’ll surely be dazzled ifyou attend!” added Misty.

“I see… I’ve only heard about antique exchange events… I don’t think I’ve ever even heard of treasureexchange events…” replied Gerald with a bitter smile as he shook his head.

“What’s the big deal about mere antique exchange events? Do understand that the Lovewell’sexchange event this time around is all-inclusive! In other words, not only are antiques going to bedisplayed during the event, but also great treasures! Speaking of treasures, as long as you have atreasure of your own, you’re allowed to display it at the event.”

“While that may not sound like much, I’ll give you an example of what that truly means. Say forexample you currently have a jade bracelet that would normally sell for around fifteen thousand dollars.Now, if you’re able to get it to pass the event’s treasure identification procedures, you’ll be allowed toraise the price of the bracelet up to a hundred and fifty thousand dollars or even more during theevent!” explained Misty.

“I see. Regardless, the event strikes me as something that would only amuse rich people. After all, forsomeone like me, I’ll only be able to look around and possibly enjoy the fun atmosphere a little. I don’treally have that much knowledge on antiques and treasures in the first place,” replied Gerald with asmile.

“…I can see that you’re quite smart since you’re able to say such things! Say, I’ll let you in on asecret… It’s about an incident only insiders know about, so you won’t hear what you’re about to find outfrom regular people!” whispered Misty all of a sudden.

Taking a bite of his fish, Gerald then gestured for Misty to go on as he took a sip of his drink.

“During the exchange event four years ago, a magic artifact was put up on display! Not only was itconsecrated, but there were also carved inscriptions all over the ancient-looking object!”

Hearing that, Gerald nearly spat out his drink. Swallowing what he could, Gerald then asked, “Are youfor real?”

Getting slightly annoyed by Gerald’s attitude again, Misty then replied, “What reason would I have to lieto you? You’re only a disbeliever because you lack knowledge of the actual artifact! See, the artifact inquestion was a horsetail whisk which was once used by a Taoist priest in ancient times. Back then, itwas said that if one placed it in their home, they’d be able to ward off all forms of evil!”

“It was bought back then by a person from Japan who had spent a massive amount of money for it.Now here’s where it gets interesting. See, the Japanese man who bought it had a seriously ill motherwho was already at the age of ninety-eight, four years ago. Miraculously, all it took was less than half ayear for his mother to be completely cured! What more, she’s still alive and kicking now at the age of ahundred and two!”

“Regardless, that wasn’t the only magic artifact that had been placed on display before. In the previousexchange event, one of the participants successfully bought an ancient sword that was rumored to be amagic artifact as well!”

“Essentially, what I’m trying to say is that several similar items have been placed on display throughoutthe years. While many of them simply appear to be regular antiques or treasures, their history—whichcontributes to the artifacts’ magical properties—is what makes many foreigners come over toparticipate in the event on a yearly basis.”

Placing his wine glass down, Gerald frowned slightly once she was done explaining.

With how serious she sounded, Gerald could tell that what she was saying wasn’t likely to be a hoax.

While he hadn’t said much during Misty’s explanation, he was honestly thinking that if there were goingto be more magic artifacts during this treasure exchange event, then he wanted her to tell him as muchinformation about them as possible.

Gerald himself believed in the power of magic artifacts. After all, from ancient times, almost all largefamilies relied on some form of mysterious power in order to suddenly rise above all their competitors.Even his grandfather owned an ancient magic artifact in the form of a picture of the sun with lines on itakin to veins.

Speaking of his grandfather, he had told Gerald some time ago that the Fendersons had oncecompeted with the Crawfords for half a jade pendant many years back. The pendant itself was a magicartifact shared by both the Crawfords and the Fendersons that symbolized their families’ fortune andfate.novelbin

With it being so invaluable, his uncle—Peter—had attempted to sneak into the Fenderson familymansion to seek out the other half of the jade pendant. In the end, however, all he managed to do wasrefuel the rage and feud between both families.

“…You seem to be a little too knowledgeable about magic artifacts… I’m sure they don’t share all thisout in public right?”