Gan Mingyi's illness came on suddenly and violently. He had a persistent high fever and was delirious, muttering intermittently, "Lin'er... Lin'er..."
However, there was no reaction from the outside world.
The rest of the Gan family had been searching for Gan Mingyi for the past few days, but now that they saw how sick Gan Mingyi was, they had no time to care about Gan Lin and instead quickly called a doctor to treat Gan Mingyi.
However, doctors came and went, and bowl after bowl of medicine was poured down his throat, but Gan Mingyi remained lying in bed, only exhaling and not inhaling, and it looked like he was about to die.
Grandma Gan spent her days in tears, wailing and lamenting her miserable life. Grandpa Gan, though trying to hold on, had bloodshot, cloudy eyes and his body was hunched over even more, as if he had aged ten years overnight.
Ganli saw this and was very anxious.
She initially thought Gan Mingyi's illness was minor, but now that the medicines were proving ineffective, she thought of the spiritual spring.
After completing the rescue mission in the county last time, she accumulated two hundred merit points, and even the spiritual spring water was much more plentiful than usual, enough for her to drink half a sip.
Mary said that this spring water could strengthen the body and prolong life. Although she didn't know if it had any effect on curing diseases, she remembered that after drinking it last time, all her wounds were healed...
She silently took out the spiritual spring water from the supermarket, secretly diluted it with warm water, and gave it to Mingyi to drink.
Strangely enough, Gan Mingyi, who was originally on the verge of death, visibly recovered after drinking the spiritual spring water.
Two days later, Gan Mingyi woke up and got out of bed that same day. He walked with a brisk and energetic gait, not at all like someone who had just recovered from a serious illness.
Gan Mingli told him about the dangers of those days, and he was astonished: "That serious? I didn't feel anything at all."
Not only that, he also felt full of energy, even better than before he got sick.
Everyone in the Gan family who had personally witnessed Gan Mingyi's serious illness was quite surprised to see him like this again. Only Gan Li knew what had happened.
Thinking of the spiritual spring water she had painstakingly collected, she felt a pang of heartache, but then she thought, thank goodness for that spiritual spring, otherwise Gan Mingyi would probably have really lost his life this time.
Although Gan Mingyi was seriously ill, he did not give up on finding his son. He went out early and returned late every day, hoping to find out news about Gan Lin.
Ganli saw this and sighed inwardly, but didn't know how to advise him. She could only wait for him to figure it out himself.
Because of what has happened at home these days, Ganli has no heart to run her stall, but fortunately she still has the income from selling milk.
That morning, as usual, Baifulai's clerk came to collect the milk, bringing her two pieces of news.
The first is about saltpeter.
As expected, the Zhao family began to buy saltpeter in large quantities, and even offered higher prices to prevent others from selling the saltpeter to others.
After receiving the pear, Manager Sun raised the price, increasing the price of saltpeter by more than three times! He then withdrew, while the Zhao family bought it without batting an eye.
They also spread the word that no one should try to take it from them, or they would be ruthless!
However, at the current price, no one else could afford it, so the Zhao family bought up all the saltpeter, and now they have a large stockpile of it.
The second piece of news is related to Gan Lin.
Although Gan Li didn't like Gan Lin, she helped inquire for Gan Mingyi's sake. She knew that Manager Sun was a businessman with connections, so she asked him to help her find out. Unexpectedly, he actually found out.
Someone saw Sun take Ganlin to find Chen Danian. After the two argued for a while, Chen Danian was worried that they would be overheard, so he called them into his house first.
But a short while later, Zhao Juan arrived at the Chen family's house in a carriage, and a loud argument broke out.
In the end, no one knows how they discussed it, but in the end, Sun took Gan Lin and left. Judging from the direction they went, it seemed they left the town, but no one knows where they went.
After hearing this first piece of news, Gan Li was not surprised at all by the Zhao family's actions.
The Zhao family went to great lengths to obtain the ice-making formula in order to make money. They would be happy to raise the price of saltpeter to the sky, since they could earn dozens or even hundreds of times more in the future!
What a pity... A mocking sneer curled at the corner of her lips.
That day, Lu Yuan sent a secret letter to the capital by fast horse. Now that so many days have passed, there should be a reply. Soon, the Zhao family's dream of making a fortune will be shattered. At that time, Master Zhao will find that the money he spent on buying saltpeter at high prices has all gone down the drain.
As for the second piece of news... Gan Li thought about it for a while and decided to tell Gan Mingyi the news.
After seeing off Baifulai's assistant, she went to the Gan family's old house and told Gan Mingyi everything she had found out.
After listening, Gan Mingyi showed neither anger nor sadness, but remained silent for a long time before finally letting out a desolate smile:
"Forget it, if he wants to leave, let him leave. He can go wherever he wants from now on. I'll just pretend I never had this son."
From that day on, Gan Mingyi never asked about Gan Lin again. He not only stopped looking for people, but also never mentioned him, as if he had completely forgotten about him.
Others were puzzled by his sudden change of heart, but Gan Li knew exactly what was going on.
—That's his own son. He knew everything, yet he secretly ran away in the middle of the night to go with Madam Sun to seek refuge with her lover. Any father would be heartbroken!
Gan Li knew about this, but the rest of the Gan family didn't. They were still thinking about Gan Lin, and Old Madam Gan even asked her about it several times in person.
Gan Li was worried that Gan Mingyi wouldn't be able to get over this hurdle and would fall ill again. What would she do then? The spiritual spring water from last time had already been used up, and if he fell ill again, she really wouldn't know what to do.
After thinking it over, she pulled Old Lady Gan aside and tactfully told her about Gan Lin's situation.
After hearing this, Old Lady Gan burst into tears, repeatedly saying, "What a tragedy..." From then on, she never mentioned Gan Lin again.
Others must have learned the news from Granny Gan as well, and from then on, no one mentioned Gan Lin in front of Gan Mingyi anymore, and life seemed to have returned to normal.
Apart from the fact that Sun Shi and Gan Lin are no longer here, nothing else has changed—except that Gan Mingyi is more silent than before.
Gan Li saw this and thought to herself: I still need to find something for Gan Mingyi to do, so he won't keep thinking about this.
However, there is one more thing that cannot be delayed any longer.
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