I Am Super Rich

Book I

Chapter 1: Break Up

(A/N  = Author’s Note) (E/N = Editor’s Note)

“David, let’s break up!”

In a small and secluded forest on the side of the field in South River University.

Sarah Jensen said to her boyfriend, David Lidell.

“Sarah, why? What did I do wrong? Why do you have to be so heartless?” David asked, slightly emotional.

They were both friends from high school and had started dating when they were in senior three.

Even though David’s family background was not that great, he was very handsome, and he was good at studies, he was a typical boy who was considerate and family-orientated. When he was young and inexperienced in high school, he was naturally the crush of many of the female students.

Sarah was not bad either. She was the most beautiful girl in class, and although her studies were not as great as David’s, she was still one of the best students.

Teachers often criticized them when they started dating. The teachers only decided to close one eye on their relationship after the two of them promised multiple times that they would not neglect their studies and would break up immediately if their studies worsened.

Just as they said this, both of them managed to get into the national key university, South River University, and a lot of people envied them.

However, David did not expect Sarah to start keeping her distance from him less than a year after he started university. Now, she was directly proposing breaking up with him.

In reality, at the start of the semester, he noticed the changes in Sarah. Whenever they were together, Sarah’s mind would be somewhere else.

Moreover, she also used a lot of excuses to turn down the dates he proposed.

On one of the Saturdays, he even saw Sarah get into the car of a playboy in their class. However, he still comforted himself that they were only going for a friend’s gathering.

However, Sarah’s proposal to break up today shattered David’s imagination.

“David, let’s part ways without hard feelings and leave a beautiful memory for the both of us, okay?”

“Sarah, tell me, is it because of Leo Tate?”

“What if it is?”

“Sarah, Leo is famous for being a playboy in the university. He even got a female student pregnant last semester, don’t you know that?”

“Leo explained it to me. It was a mistake after both of them were drunk. Besides, that girl is the one who made the first move. He even compensated the girl after that.”

“Sarah, don’t believe him. He’s lying to you. He’s dating a lot of people at the same time.”

“Alright, David, I am just here to tell you about this. Please stop pestering me. Goodbye.”

After Sarah said that, she turned around to leave.

However, David stopped her.

“Sarah, listen to me. Leo is not a good person. Don’t be fooled by him. Did he force you to do this? I’m sure he did! I’m going to look for him!”

Sarah flung David’s hand away and said, “David, stop lying to yourself and others. Leo didn’t force me. I’m willing to do this. I don’t want to be with you anymore. After we graduate, we’ll have to work hard to make money so that we can buy a house, a car, and pay back our loans. We’ll be tied to our housing loan forever. I want to eat good food, wear nice clothes, and use expensive things, do you understand? Do you see this bag on me? It’s the latest one from L Brand and it cost more than ten thousand bucks. I will never be able to enjoy this for the rest of my life if I stay with you. You will never be able to give me what Leo can give me.”

“But Leo is just playing with you. He won’t marry you. He’s ditched countless people already.” David tried hard one last time.

“Hey, hey hey, Mr. David Lidell, it’s not nice bad-mouthing someone behind their back.”

A voice entered both of their ears, and they turned to see Leo walking over, adorned in branded clothes. After this, he immediately reached out to grab Sarah’s waist.

“Leo, you’re here.” Sarah leaned on Leo’s body, appearing cute and helpless.

When David saw Leo holding Sarah’s waist the moment he arrived, and the way Sarah leaned on Leo, he felt as if his heart was bleeding.

He knew nothing he said would work anymore. Once a woman had a change of heart, it would be difficult for her to turn back. He did not want to see them being lovey-dovey and sweet with each other. Hence, he said to Sarah,

“Sarah, one day, you’ll regret the decision you made today.”

Then, he got ready to leave.

“Wait,” Leo called out to David.

Then, he turned around to say to Sarah, “Sarah, you should leave first. I’ll go get you after I exchange a few words with David.”

“Leo, let’s leave together! I’ve broken up with David, so there’s nothing to talk about.”

“Don’t worry, it’s just a few words. It won’t affect our relationship.”

“Alright, you should hurry. I’ll wait for you at the entrance of the campus.”

After Sarah said that, she looked at the two of them before leaving.

“Just spit it out. If you want to see me being battered and bruised after the loss of my love, I’m afraid I’m going to have to disappoint you. There are so many girls out there and I won’t keep pursuing the same one.”

Even though David’s heart was bleeding, he still said this stubbornly. He could display his devastation and heartbreak in front of Sarah and lose all of his dignity, but he would never show Leo this side of him.

“David, I only want to tell you something.”

After Leo said that, he took two steps forward and whispered in David’s ear,

“Sarah has such a hot body. You’ve been together for so long, I didn’t expect you two to still be…alright, I should go now. Sarah is still waiting for me and I’ve booked a presidential suite in Golden Leaf Hotel! Do you know that place? It’s an eight-star hotel and you’ll never be able to afford a meal there for the rest of your life.”

Leo turned around and left after he said that. As he was walking, he laughed carefreely.

“Hahaha!”

After David heard what Leo said, he felt dizzy.

He had been with Sarah for four years, and throughout those years, they only held hands and kissed. Whenever David tried to do something more, Sarah would stop him. She said she would only give him the best thing after they were married.

However, he did not expect Sarah to do it with Leo after a few days of being together…

At this moment, David felt his blood rushing wildly to his brain and his eyes turned red. He could not control it anymore. A mouthful of blood sprayed out of his mouth and he passed out on the ground.

When David woke up, he was in the university’s infirmary.

As he was about to get up, a voice sounded in his head.

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E/N: System

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[Ding!

[Binding the super lavish system…

[10%...

[30%...

[50%...

[80%...

[100%...

[Binding complete.]

[ Author’s Note(A/N): The ‘ Super Lavish System ’ is the mysterious game-like mechanism that transforms David from the weakest man into the most powerful being in existence. It is one of the core elements of the story, and  David is the player. ]

Then, a screen that only David could see appeared in front of his eyes.

[Host: David Lidell

[Balance: 10000000000000000 dollars

[Body: 15 (Weak)

[Mind: 28 (Normal)

[Skills: Can be added freely, needs to use up lavish points

[Lavish points: 0]

Before David could understand what was going on, he heard the sound in his head again.

[Welcome, host David Lidell, to the super lavish system. This system is a one-to-one single binding system and cannot be transferred. Once the host dies, the system will disappear.

[The host’s balance is already bound to all the banks around the world and the host can use their fingerprints, face, or pupils to pay.

[How to use the system: The host, David Lidell, will obtain one lavish point after spending 100 million dollars. The lavish point can be used to better the host’s body, wits, skills, and also their skills.

[Rules: There is only one rule. The host is forbidden from negotiating the price of whatever the host wants to buy. A beggar who negotiates the price will not be worthy of the system.]

David was still contemplating the genuineness of this super lavish system when the door of the infirmary was pushed open.

A beautiful woman in her thirties came in wearing a white coat.

This was the doctor overseeing the university’s infirmary. Her name was

Christine Shelton, and she was 32 years old. She had been married for a few years and she did not have kids yet. Furthermore, her husband was the boss of a small company.

However, it was rumored that her relationship with her husband was not good, and they were in the middle of filing for a divorce.

It was rumored that in order to work with a much bigger company,

Christine’s husband asked her to drink with his clients. Furthermore, he even spiked her drink so that she would spend the night with the company’s boss.

Eventually, Christine found out beforehand and she ran back to the campus while he went to the restroom.

Then, she stayed on the campus and never went home. Recently, she began looking for a lawyer to file for a divorce with her husband.

“You can leave now that you’re awake. After you go back, remember to eat more food that will help with replenishing your energy and vitality. Your body is weak, and you can’t let this go on. Be more optimistic. Don’t let trivial things affect your mood.”

Christine saw David had opened his eyes in the bed and said to him.

“Thank you, Dr. Shelton. I got it.” David got up and walked out of the infirmary shakily. He was still feeling a little dizzy right now.

“Sigh, are students nowadays so infatuated with love?” Christine sighed sorrowfully.

Then, she thought about her husband. When they were in university, they were also crazily in love with each other.

However, he drugged her and did such a terrible thing for the sake of his company. If she did not find out in advance, she could not imagine what would happen to her.

Until now, she still could not understand why he would do such a thing.

As David was walking on campus, a lot of students were pointing at him and making remarks when they saw him. It was because he was famous now.

There were a lot of couples getting together and breaking up at South River University, but this was the first time in history that a student vomited blood and passed out after breaking up.

Moreover, with Leo deliberately telling everyone about the matter, David became famous in South River University in just half a day.

However, David was not in the mood to care about this. After he walked out of campus, he felt thirsty, so he went to the vending machine next to the university to buy a bottle of water.

When he was about to pay, David instinctively wanted to use the balance in his phone to pay.

However, he suddenly remembered the binding of the super lavish system from earlier. Therefore, he decided to try it out to see whether it was legit.

With that, he chose to pay with his fingerprints.

[Ding!

[The super lavish system successfully paid three dollars.]

A bottle of mineral water rolled out from the vending machine.

“It works?”

David grabbed the bottle of water in his hand and murmured.

Then, David saw the information on the interface.

[Host: David Lidell

[Balance: 9999999999999997 dollars

[Body: 15 (Weak)

[Mind: 28 (Normal)

[Skills: Can be added freely, needs to use up lavish points

[Lavish points: 0]

“Hahaha!”

David burst out laughing suddenly.

The super lavish system was real.

If that was the case, from now on, he would be richer than anyone else in the world.

‘The richest man in the world? Pah!

‘The World's Billionaires by Forbes? Pah!

‘All of you don’t have as many zeroes even with your wealth combined.

‘From now on, I, David Lidell, will change the way I live.

‘I’ve been living too aggrievedly for the past 20 years. Over the next few decades, I want to live my life brilliantly and enjoy my life. I want to live my life without a care in the world.

‘I want to get back at all of the people who looked down on me.’

After David calmed down, he went to the eight-star hotel near the campus,

Golden Leaf Hotel, and was about to have a meal. He was a bit light-headed from hunger as he was walking.

This was the most luxurious hotel in South River province, and it was also the most expensive place around.

When David and Sarah walked past this place back then, Sarah said she dreamed about having a meal there.

“Sir, how can I help you?”

After David walked through the door, a tall and fair attendant approached him.

“I’m here to eat,” David answered.

“May I know how many of you are there?” The attendant asked politely.

“Just me.”

“Please come with me, sir.” The attendant gestured to David.

David thought the attendant would take him to the restaurant, but he did not think the attendant would take him to the front desk.

“Sir, do you have a member card?”

The receptionist at the front desk asked.

There were a few of them behind the front desk. The receptionists looked like air stewardesses. They were about 170cm and above, and they all had fair skin and long legs.

“No, I don’t,” David answered.

“Sir, I’m sorry, our food is all high-quality and they’re all imported from overseas. Plus, we dispose it if we can’t finish them on the day itself to ensure freshness, and that’s why the price of our food will be much higher than the ones outside. If you don’t have a member card, you’ll need to pay a certain deposit before you dine.”

“How can I get a member card?”

“Sir, if you top up one million dollars, you’ll be a normal member in our hotel. If you top up two million, you’ll be a premium member, and if you top up five million, you’ll be a VIP.”

“I’ll have one then.”

“Sir, may I know how much you want to top up?”

“Why don’t I top up 100 million first?”

“S-Sir, I beg your pardon? I didn’t hear you clearly just now,” the receptionist asked with a slight stammer.

“I said top up 100 million for me.”

“Sir, are you sure?”

“I am sure.”

“Sir, please wait a moment. Our manager is on the way now.”

Then, the receptionist took out a walkie-talkie and said, “Ms. Warner, are you around? Can you please come to the lobby?”

The receptionist felt that David was here to cause trouble because he did not

look like someone who would take out 100 million to top up his membership card. That was why she called the manager over.

“Got it.” A clear voice came from the walkie-talkie.

Soon after, a beautiful woman in her twenties walked over while donning a black suit.

This beautiful woman clearly seemed a rank higher than the rest of the receptionists no matter how David looked at her. It was no wonder she was the manager.

“What’s the matter?” The beautiful manager walked to the front desk and asked.

The receptionist from earlier whispered into the manager’s ear.

“Sir, may I ask if you want to top up 100 million to your member card?” The beautiful manager asked David.

“Yes,” answered David.

“Are you sure you want to top up 100 million dollars?”

“I am sure.”

“Sir, may I know which bank you will be paying with?” The beautiful manager started to operate the computer at the front desk as she asked.

“Whichever is fine.”

“How are you going to pay?”

“I’m using my fingerprint.”

“Alright, sir, please confirm whether the amount is correct. Then, click confirm and place your finger here.”

The beautiful manager turned the computer to David to let him look at the amount.

David looked at it and confirmed that it was 100 million. Then, he clicked confirm and placed his finger on the scanner.

Three seconds later…

A machine at the front desk rang.

“Payment successful…

“Successfully received 100 million dollars.”

In that second, the six to seven tall receptionists, including the manager, took in sharp breaths.

They changed from looking at David in disdain to admiration.

It looked as if they wanted to swallow David whole.

Pearl Warner had been a lobby manager in this eight-star hotel for more than three years. She had seen a lot of rich people and she had also seen a lot of them with a net worth of billions to tens of billions of dollars.

After all, the people who could enter this place would at least be worth something.

Even though they could refund the money in the membership card and there were a lot of big conglomerates who would receive their guests here so they would top up to ten million dollars, this was the first time she had seen someone top up 100 million in one go. This person must have a net worth of tens of billions. If not, he would not have the courage to do this.

Although the people on the World’s Billionaires were top-ranked celebrities who were worth tens of hundreds of billions, after Pearl got into this circle, she learned that there were many invisible rich people in this world.

The ones on the World’s Billionaires list might not even make up 1% of the actual figure.

Most of the rich people were very low-key, and this one in front of her was obviously one of them. Furthermore, he was definitely one of the richest ones.

He was so young, so he was definitely the superb son of an invisible family.

To be honest, when she first saw David, Pearl looked down on him. The clothes on his body might not even be worth 200 dollars in total. There were so many people like that on the street.

When the front desk said that David wanted to top up 100 million into his membership card, Pearl immediately figured David had to be here to pull a prank on them.

However, because of her professionalism, she still cautiously entertained David and even let him pay. She even wanted to see how David would act when the payment failed.

Besides, she was ready to call the security at any moment, but she did not expect the payment to go through. This showed that she really could not judge a book by its cover.

Pearl had already got into contact with the upper-class and she yearned incessantly for that status. She even dreamed about becoming one of them.

Even though a lot of nouveau riches hinted at her, Pearl was not interested in those chubby nouveau riches.

Besides, most of them only wanted her body, and from what she knew, those people who hinted at her were not really rich.

They were all tactless and impulsive fake nouveau riches.

She hoped to be favored by a real nobleman. These people were mostly very low profile and this young man in front of her was obviously one of the best among them. He did not even bat an eyelid when he topped up 100 million dollars into his meal ticket.

This person fit her requirements. He was young, rich, and low profile. So, she decided to depend on him and decided that this would be the best chance for her to turn her life around. She could not miss this chance.

Furthermore, she was very confident in her own qualifications.

Meanwhile, the receptionist who called the manager over with the walkie-talkie was feeling extremely remorseful now.

If she proceeded with the order for David, this would be her business.

However, after she called the manager over, she could only watch from the sidelines.

After Pearl came back to her senses, she said to David, “Sir, please show us your identification card. I’ll help you with the membership procedures.”

David handed his identification card to Pearl.

To be honest, he could already see the other party was just being perfunctory.

They did not even ask for his identification, so how would they register a membership for him? It was clear that they did not believe he would top up 100 million dollars since they only asked for his identification after the payment went through.