I Am Super Rich
Copyright© 2025 by Arise
Chapter 47: Misunderstanding
After Ken said that, the room was silent.
Everyone was staring at David in shock and their faces were filled with disbelief.
They would never believe that it was David who gave Ken the money to get through this crisis.
And it was as much as 100 million?
They had a bit of money because they were relying on Ken these past years.
The ones who were smarter would have net worths of three to five million while the ones not as smart would have one to two million.
However, 100 million was an astronomical number to them.
Did Ken even have a net worth of 100 million?
Probably not.
They knew about Ken being scammed by his business partner and they were thinking of ways to help him. After all, if Ken collapsed, their lives would be miserable too. They would prosper together and fall from grace together.
However, this handsome and polite university student named David in front of them could take out 100 million to help Ken?
How old was he?
He looked like he was about 21 or 22 years old.
He was so young and already had 100 million dollars on hand. It was impossible that he himself made this money, so it had to be from his family.
His family could take out 100 million randomly for their child and they did not even ask him what he wanted to do with it. How much money did this family have?
Was this the small family business David mentioned?
If that was a small business, then what about theirs? Scraps?
The people who were mocking David sarcastically in the afternoon blushed. They felt embarrassed.
They were even worried that their profits would be reduced if David became a live-in son-in-law of the Smiths.
How hilarious.
Would a kid from such a rich family become a live-in son-in-law?
Plus, wouldn’t relatives like them benefit from the Smiths marrying into a super aristocratic family like this?
Perhaps one day, they might have tens of millions while relying on David and Tara.
At that moment, everyone was looking at David differently.
It had changed from disdain and sarcasm to pandering.
This was the power of money.
Right now, to them, David had changed from a pauper who wanted to rely on the Smiths to someone the entire Smith family wanted to rely on.
His position had shifted.
At this moment, David said pretentiously, “Mr. Smith, you don’t have to be so courteous. Tara and I are good friends and 100 million is nothing to me.”
Everyone in the room was numb.
Only a super-rich kid like David could make 100 million sounds like 10 thousand.
“The 100 million dollars might mean nothing to you, but it’s very meaningful to the Smiths. Without it, we’d have been finished. Everyone here should be grateful to you.”
Ken scanned everyone in the room as he said that.
He saw how everyone treated David today. The reason he did not say anything was to see how these people would react when he told them the truth.
How dare they look down on David?
They should go back and think whether they could sit here and eat so happily if David did not help them.
They should all go home and cry!
“Yeah, thank you for saving all of us, Mr. Lidell. This toast is for you. I’ll drink now and you can take your time,” Tara’s Aunt Mary quickly stood up and said to David while raising her glass.
She was the one who poked fun of David the most since the afternoon, and she was also very picky about David.
Ken had no son, so he could not pass down the Smith family name but Aunt Mary had a son, so she could.
Hence, even though Ken was the most promising person in the Smith family, the Old Master Smith had always favored his second son because he had a male heir.
Ken was also very filial, so with Old Master Smith interfering in the middle, his second son would get the most benefit among the relatives.
They even mentioned to Old Master Smith secretly that if Ken gave all of his assets to his two daughters in the future, then that money would no longer have anything to do with the Smiths.
They wanted the old master to get some of that inheritance from him.
Now that David’s identity as a kid from a super-wealthy family had been exposed, Aunt Mary was the happiest.
David definitely would not be interested in the Smiths’ property, and he would even help the Smiths grow. When that happened, she would be able to get a bigger inheritance.
It was possible that one day her family would have hundreds of millions of assets. If that was the case, she would not need to work so hard. How great would it be to just be a rich woman?
As she thought about this, Aunt Mary looked at David with a smile on her face, just like a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law. The more she looked at him, the happier she became.
“Mr. Lidell, thank you for your generosity that allowed the Smiths to make a comeback. I am toasting this t o you again. I’ll drink it now, take your time.”
The adults at the two tables toasted David one after one.
The most obvious change was how they addressed him now. In the afternoon, they were calling him David or Dave, but now, they were all calling him Mr. Lidell.
Also, when everyone toasted David in the afternoon, they would only stop once David finished his drink.
However, right now, they would all drink first while David only took small sips. They would not dare to say anything even if David did not drink.
This was the change of status and position.
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The dinner continued.
David had become the star of the dinner.
Now, everyone was respecting David either intentionally or otherwise. If he wanted to eat something, that food would stop in front of him for a very long time.
The host and guest of the dinner had enjoyed themselves. When it was almost over, the door was pushed open. They thought it was the waiter, but a rough voice sounded. It was obviously not the sound of a waiter.
“Mr. Smith, here you are! It was so hard to find you.”
When Ken heard the voice, his expression changed.
The person came with a fierce look. He even had a few men following behind him, and it was obvious that he was not a good person.
After entering the room, he slapped Ken on the shoulder with such force that the knife in Ken’s right hand fell to the ground.
“Eric, what are you doing? This is a family gathering, don’t make trouble here,” Ken said angrily.
“I’m making trouble? Why would I still trouble you if you’ve already dealt with our affairs? You’re rich and you’ve made a comeback now, plus you’re the famous Mr. Smith again. What’s wrong? Am I nothing to you now?” Eric Waters asked while narrowing his eyes.
“Eric, this is between you and Harvey. It has nothing to do with me or the company,” Ken said.
Harvey Neale was Ken’s former partner. He stole all the company’s property and even borrowed a lot of money under the company’s name.
Ken had paid back all the money. After all, it was borrowed in the name of the company, and he was still the legal representative of the company, so he needed to repay the debt. He could only blame himself for making friends with the wrong person.
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