The Inheritance - Book 1
Copyright© 2026 by Arise
Chapter 9
“What?”
All of his classmates were startled.
Danny, who was taunting Richard and standing at the front of the classroom, had an incredulous expression on his face at this time.
Why was Richard so rich?
Cassandra also gasped in shocked and she felt a little out of breath at this time.
Even Xavia was shocked at this time.
This money ... there was at least thirty thousand dollars there!
“Richard, where did you get so much money?” Cassandra could not help but ask at this time.
“Yes, Richard. I think there should be at least twenty or thirty thousand dollars there, right?”
The female students could not help asking.
“Well, yes, it is thirty thousand dollars. As for where it came from, it is because ... I won the lottery!”
Richard replied immediately.
He could not tell anyone that this was simply because his sister had set the limit for his bank account to a minimum of thirty thousand dollars per transaction because everyone would treat him as a fool...
Richard did not like to show off his wealth unless he had no choice to do so, like he did today.
“You won the lottery?”
Richard’s words caused quite a huge commotion among all his classmates.
Danny and Blondie looked like fools as they stood at the front of the classroom at this time.
They were initially planning to taunt and humiliate Richard in front of their classmates but who would have expected Richard to actually throw thirty thousand dollars in front of them just so they could count it?
Both of them felt very embarrassed.
They could only stand awkwardly in front of the classroom as it would be even more embarrassing for them to retreat now.
At this time, Xavia asked with a nervous expression on her face, “Richard, how much did you win from the lottery?”
She was breathing very fast at this time.
She was afraid that Richard would have won millions of dollars in the lottery. If that really happened, she would really want to jump off the building!
No! Absolutely not!
How could someone who was just dumped by her have such good luck?
No way!
Richard smiled indifferently before he said, “Not much. Not that much!”
“How much is not much? Thirty thousand dollars?”
Cassandra asked as she looked at Richard with a strange expression on her face.
“More than that...” Richard simply replied.
What did that even mean?
All of Richard’s classmates felt very anxious at this time because they wanted to know how much money Richard had won. This was because all of them, including Cassandra, had always despised and looked down on Richard. To them, Richard had always been a pauper who deserved to be mocked and ridiculed.
However, now that he had won the lottery, his classmates’ self-esteem started to fall!
They were all envious and jealous of him!
“It should be easy for you to count one thousand five hundred dollars, right?”
Richard said as he glanced coldly at Danny who was dumbfounded at this time.
He took out one thousand five hundred dollars from the pile of cash before he threw it in front of Cassandra.
After that, he turned around and faced his classmates as he said, “Which one of you would be willing to lend me your backpack today?”
Since he had already revealed his riches, Richard no longer felt the need to act as pitiful and useless as he did before. He wanted to be a little more like Danny and Yuri, who could use money to their own advantage, and get people to work and butter up to him.
Therefore, Richard decided to borrow a backpack to place his money in instead!
“Richard, you can use my backpack!”
“Richard, why don’t you take my backpack instead? I don’t really need it today.”
“Richard, Richard...”
At this time, all of his classmates quickly called him by name because they wanted to offer Richard their backpacks.
In the end, Richard simply borrowed one of his classmate’s backpack.
After that, he placed the remaining twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars into the backpack.
“Why are you sucking up to him? He only has thirty thousand dollars anyway! Moreover, he even has to pay by cash! He’s nothing but a nouveau riche.”
Danny and Blondie said in a vicious manner.
Xavia looked at Richard with an extremely uncomfortable look on her face. She wanted to talk to Richard but she felt very embarrassed.
She did not know what to do.
If she had broken up with Richard just a few days later, she knew that he would have spent the thirty thousand dollars on her without any hesitation at all!
“Richard, you’re so lucky. Moreover, it seems as though you’re really popular among your classmates! All of them are offering to lend you their backpacks! Since you’re already rich now, don’t you think you should treat your classmates to a meal?”
At this time, Cassandra, who was standing at the front of the classroom, suddenly spoke in a bitter manner.
“Yes! Richard, you have thirty thousand dollars in cash! You should treat all of us to a nice dinner!”
“I wonder if you’d be willing to treat us to dinner, Richard? After all, we’ve been classmates for more than three years,” some of the girls chimed in at this time.
Richard thought to himself. Since he had already said that he had already won the lottery, people would feel uncomfortable if he did not offer to treat them to a meal.
In fact, Richard was initially planning to treat Naomi and his roommates to a nice dinner.
But now...
Richard simply replied, “Alright then. I’ll treat all of you to dinner tonight. Anyone who would like to come can do so.”
In fact, the meaning behind Richard’s words was that people who felt they were close to him could attend the dinner if they wanted to.
“Yay!”
All his classmates started cheering immediately and their lessons seemed even more interesting that day. Moreover, more and more people were gathering around Richard as they wanted to know how much money Richard had won from the lottery. However, Richard refused to say anything at all and this made all his classmates very anxious!
“Brother Danny, are we going for the dinner tonight? Should we? I think that kid is trying to provoke us on purpose!” Blondie said in a bitter manner.
The person that he had been bullying and despising all this while was suddenly better than him! Of course, he would feel uncomfortable about the situation.
Blondie felt that way.
“Hahaha. Of course we have to go! We have to go so we can make this kid bleed tonight...”
Danny smiled and stroked his chin as he stared at Richard.
Blondie understood what Danny meant immediately. “Alright, Brother Danny! You’re really the best!”
Later at noon, Richard decided to book a restaurant to host the dinner that night. He had to show his classmates that he was more than willing to treat them to dinner so of course, he had to host the dinner at one of the restaurants on Mayberry Commercial Street.
However, he knew that he could not choose a restaurant that was too luxurious and high end.
Otherwise, everyone would say he was pretending to be a wealthy person when he was not that well-todo anyway.
Therefore, Richard decided to book a restaurant called Homeland Kitchen to host the dinner at instead. This was because this was much more casual compared to the luxurious Grand Marshall Restaurant down the street.
As soon as he entered the restaurant, Richard saw a few people whom he knew in the restaurant.
“Manager, I’ve spent quite a lot of money here today. I paid more than three hundred dollars per head!
You have to give me a discount when I come here again in the future...”
“Hahaha. That would be no problem at all, Mr. Wright. I’ll definitely give you a discount when you come again next time!”
“Brother Victor really has a very good reputation!”
“What nonsense are you spouting? Do you know who Victor is? He’s driving an Audi A6 now! Moreover, Homeland Kitchen is one of the most prestigious restaurants on Mayberry Commercial Street. Whoever marries Victor will definitely live a good life in the future!”
“Whitney, the reason why we can come and eat at this restaurant today is because Brother Victor is giving you face...”
Richard looked around at the group of people in the restaurant at this time. Whitney, the president of the student union, Victor, the vice president of the student union, and a few of Whitney’s friends were here at this time.
They were all looking at Victor with admiration written all over their faces.
“Hello, sir!”
Richard did not want to run into any of them and he especially wanted to avoid Whitney because her mouth was like a cannon. He wanted to turn around and host his dinner at another restaurant instead. However, the waiter discovered him and he quickly bowed as he greeted Richard in a very loud voice.
Victor and the other guests turned around to look at them immediately.
When Victor saw Richard, his eyes lit up in an instant.
“Richard!”
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