Fully Leveled Bigshot Becomes A Farmgirl

Chapter 1963: Chapter 1963: Engagement

Not long after, Gan Rui started feeling unwell and began running to the outhouse.

At just eight years old, his stomach was weak too. Once he went to the outhouse, it became uncontrollable, vomiting and diarrhea left his face extremely pale.

Gan Rui’s attendant student was so scared he cried and quickly went to find a doctor.

After the doctor prescribed the medicine and Gan Rui took it and went to sleep, he was completely exhausted.

Later, he fell seriously ill, lying in bed for over half a month before recovering.

Father Gan and Eldest Gan were very angry, and Ms. Liao, who was in charge of the household affairs, felt quite guilty. Naturally, this matter had to be thoroughly investigated.

The methods of that concubine were not clever, and without anyone helping her, the plan was full of flaws.

With little effort, the purgative administered by the concubine was uncovered.

When Ms. Liao learned that the concubine initially targeted her own son, she was utterly terrified, feeling extremely fearful. Her little brother-in-law, only eight years old, nearly lost half his life after eating half a bowl. If their son had eaten that bowl of food, would he still be alive?

Upon hearing this, Shu Yu seemed pensive, “So Ms. Liao treats Gan Rui so well partly because Gan Rui saved her son from disaster back then?”

Jiang Fengshou nodded, “Yes, Young Master Gan essentially saved that child’s life.”

Later, that concubine was handed over to the authorities, and Eldest Gan discovered that another concubine had been stirring up trouble and misleading during the incident.

He decisively sold this concubine too.

However, this incident left a deep shadow on Gan Rui, the pain back then was too profound, he nearly lost half his life, making him keep a respectful distance from anything related to concubines.

When the time came, Ms. Liao wanted to choose a concubine for him, but Gan Rui refused without a second thought, his expression so fearsome that Ms. Liao couldn’t bear it, and no one in the Gan family would force him.

Alright, if he doesn’t want it, then he doesn’t, let’s find him a wife instead.

At fifteen, Gan Rui was betrothed by the Gan family.

Shu Yu was startled, “Gan Rui is betrothed?”

“Although he was betrothed, the girl passed away.”

Jiang Fengshou said, “Young Master Gan was betrothed at fifteen; he was still young at that age. The Gan family’s plan was to have him marry after he passed the scholar exams.”

The Gan family initially thought Gan Rui might have to wait two more years, but unexpectedly last year, at sixteen, during his first provincial examination, he passed. Though he barely passed, achieving scholar status at such a young age was quite rare.

However, the girl to whom he was betrothed caught a chill and died of a high fever on the last day of Gan Rui’s exams.

The girl’s family was devastated, feeling that the future son-in-law had gained status, and after marriage, the girl would only need to live a life of luxury. Who could have known their daughter would not live to enjoy it, passing away so young?

The Gan family had good news, but the girl’s family experienced a bereavement. This event deeply affected the girl’s mother, making her extremely dissatisfied. Driven by the twisted thought of “if our family can’t have it good, neither should yours,” she publicly claimed that her daughter was killed by Gan Rui.

This tactic infuriated the Gan family’s brother and sister-in-law, who were already upset about the unfulfilled unions and the girl’s death. With the other party’s actions, the two families turned adversarial, leading to quite a period of unrest.

However, later, the girl’s family got involved in last year’s magistrate case, their assets confiscated, and the entire family returned to their hometown.

The Gan family, rightfully so, felt somewhat relieved.

After such an incident, the Gan family became extremely cautious about Gan Rui’s marriage arrangements.