Chapter 1990: Gan Yujing's Explanation

Chapter 1990: Gan Yujing's Explanation

Shu Yu was puzzled. Yesterday, the incident with Cheng Jiatong was resolved privately within the Cheng family, and it was already evening. How did the Gan family receive such timely information early in the morning?

However, before she could voice her confusion, Gan Yujing began to explain.

It turned out that after leaving the restaurant yesterday, Gan Yujing had gone straight to her mother's house. She had been waiting for her eldest sister-in-law, Liao Shi, to return home. Once Liao Shi was back, Gan Yujing couldn't hold back and questioned her about Gan Rui's interest in the girl from the county.

Gan Yujing had never been fond of Liao Shi, primarily due to an incident years ago when Gan Rui had nearly met with harm due to Liao Shi. At the time, Gan Yujing had just gotten married, and her mother had passed away, leaving family matters in Liao Shi's hands. Unfortunately, her beloved younger brother had almost lost his life under Liao Shi's management.

Because of this incident, Gan Yujing had developed doubts about Liao Shi's abilities and had harbored resentment toward her own older brother. She had even suspected that they intended to harm their fourth brother and seize the Gan family's assets.

However, over the years, Gan Yujing's opinion of Liao Shi had changed slightly, and their relationship had somewhat improved.

But last year, their relationship took a sharp turn for the worse. Gan Rui's previous fiancée had been introduced by Gan Yujing herself, and she was also a relative from her husband's family. However, when that fiancée passed away, rumors began to circulate about Gan Rui's involvement in her death. This had caused a serious rift between the two families.

As the intermediary in this matter, Gan Yujing ended up bearing the brunt of the blame from both sides.

The friction between Gan Yujing, her elder brother, and sister-in-law had grown due to these circumstances. Therefore, when Gan Yujing saw that Liao Shi had urgently arranged for a girl from the county for Gan Rui, she suspected it was a plot against her.

Luckily, she kept her composure and didn't rush into the situation when she saw Liao Shi and Shu Yu's party in the private room.

After returning home, she questioned the girl's identity and was surprised to learn that Meng Han wasn't arranged by Liao Shi but was someone Gan Rui had taken an interest in himself.

This revelation had caught Gan Yujing off guard.

Furthermore, Meng Han was not from an obscure family; her family had received an imperial plaque earlier this year, which now hung prominently at the entrance of the Meng family's escort agency, demonstrating their prestige.

This alone put the Meng family on a different level compared to the Gan family.

On top of that, Meng Han's paternal cousin had achieved remarkable academic success last year by earning top honors in the prefectural examinations, and he was now the son-in-law of the influential county Princess Wen'an.

While the Gan family was wealthy and influential, Gan Rui was merely an accomplished scholar, and the family couldn't compete with the current status of the Meng family.

Given all these factors, Gan Yujing's resentment towards Liao Shi and her husband flared up again. Even though she didn't particularly like her elder brother and sister-in-law, she genuinely loved Gan Rui. Moreover, Meng Han was a suitable match, and Gan Rui had expressed his strong desire to marry her. Gan Yujing had no reason to object.

So, she set aside her prejudice, had discussions with Liao Shi proceeded smoothly. Everything seemed to be going well until Gan Yujing returned to her room and noticed the peculiar bracelet worn by her maidservant, who was acting strangely.

Upon further inquiry, the maidservant tearfully confessed that she had been bribed by Cheng Jiatong. She had not only leaked Gan Yujing's whereabouts but also deliberately sowed discord between Gan Yujing and Liao Shi to ensure that Gan Rui's marriage would be decided by Gan Yujing.