Chapter 2: Engagement Is Off

Words : 1846 Updated : May 7th, 2025

With this thought in mind, Anthony felt more confident and said, "So your mentor died, and you inherited a lot of wealth, right?" Silas shook his head and said, "Honestly, I'm broke." He was at a loss for words. When he left the mountain, his mentors gave him many things, but money wasn't one of them. Anthony looked Silas up and down and sneered, "In that case, you're not good enough for my granddaughter! Your engagement with her is canceled. I once hosted your mentor with gourmet meals worth tens of thousands, which should cover the medical fees. You should leave now!" The Goultys were merely a fourth-tier family in Eastville, while the Lyson family was top-tier among the second-tier families. Associating with them would definitely benefit their family's future development! The Goulty family was currently throwing an engagement party with the Lyson family, with many guests expected to attend. They couldn't let a broke, mentorles, and barely skilled country bumpkin ruin it! Silas was momentarily stunned. Back then, Anthony was on his deathbed when he crossed paths with Silas' third mentor, begging him and even offering half his family fortune to save him. In the end, the master did not take the Goulty family's assets and extended Anthony's life by 18 years. In return, the Goulty family offered a marriage contract with his granddaughter. Now, when Silas came to honor the engagement, they were throwing an engagement party for someone else! This already made him quite displeased. Silas thought they would immediately stop the ceremony and apologize when he brought up the old engagement. Still, instead, they questioned his mentor's medical skills and even told him to leave. Silas asked, "Are you really going to go back on your word?" Other members of the Goulty family also chimed in. "Silas, you're just a bumpkin from the mountains, and you think you can marry Kelsey?" "Have you looked in the mirror lately?" "What a toad trying to snag a swan!" Kelsey Goulty stood proudly and declared, "The man for me should be exceptional and a wealthy heir just like Mr. Lyson." "Look at your shabby appearance, do you really think you're in my league?" With that, she stepped forward, snatched the marriage contract from Silas' hand, and tore it to pieces. Kelsey said, "Kid, do you even know what Mr. Lyson gave me as marriage gifts? Just one beautifying remedy worth millions would make your legs weak! Not to mention a million in cash, a luxury car, and a 200-square-meter house!" "You pathetic bumpkin, what do you bring to the table?" Silas rubbed his nose and said, "A beautifying remedy? Any remedy I whip up is worth thirty to fifty million! I was going to extend the old man's life by another eighteen years and give a three-million-dollar remedy as a gift, but now I think, luckily, I didn't give it to such ungrateful people. Better to tear it up!" With that, Silas waved a crumpled newspaper with a beautifying remedy written on it. When he left the mountain, his mentor mentioned the Goulty family ran a cosmetics company, so Silas had specifically written this remedy. Upon hearing this, the Goulty family couldn't help but mock and scold him. "You little punk, how dare you call us ungrateful!" "A remedy is developed after years of research by an expert team, not just talk!" "If you can casually write a remedy worth thirty to fifty million, why are you still a shabby pauper?" "Beautifying remedies are priceless, written on gold foil and kept in safes! Yet you wrote yours on a piece of old newspaper. A bumpkin who's never been in high circles, you can't even pretend right." "Bumpkin, go ahead and tear it! Tear it up and get lost!" Just then, a voice rang out. "Wait! Don't tear it!" Everyone looked over in surprise. It was Chandler Smut and Rhea Smut from the Smut family! The Smuts were a much stronger family than the Goulty family! At this moment, Anthony quickly put on a smile and hurried over to greet them. "Mr. Smut Sr., Ms. Smut, hello! We didn't expect you'd find the time to honor us with your presence. It's truly a privilege..." Chandler and Rhea, however, ignored him. Chandler even disdainfully pushed him aside. The man approached Silas and said, "Mr. Cutmore, if they don't want this remedy, we do. We'll offer thirty million for it! No, one hundred million!" The Goultys were stunned. The Smuts wasn't here for the engagement ceremony, but for Silas! But how did Silas, just a poor young man who had just come down the mountain, knew them? Silas hadn't expected Rhea to follow him here, bringing her grandfather along. Silas asked, "Ms. Smut, are you feeling better?" Rhea, recalling her previous misunderstanding of Silas, felt a bit embarrassed and said, "Much better! Thank you!" Anthony chimed in again, "Mr. Smut Sr., Ms. Smut, do you know him?" Rhea replied, "Of course. He's my benefactor!" Kelsey couldn't hold back and said, "Ms. Smut, you must be mistaken. He's just a poor bumpkin!" Rhea coldly replied, "Kelsey, you have an engagement with Mr. Cutmore, don't you? As his fiancée, how can you speak of him like that?" Rhea felt that since Silas was indeed at the Goulty Manor, what he said before must be true. He really had an engagement with Kelsey. Kelsey was at a loss for words. Silas waved his hand and said, "She's not my fiancée now. She's already torn up the engagement and is planning to marry some Mr. Lyson!" Chandler's face turned cold at this, and he said, "I didn't expect the Goulty family to be such deceitful scoundrels!" "No wonder you were trying to drive Mr. Cutmore away. You must be scared he'd mess up your social climbing!" Anthony nervously stammered, "M-Mr. Smut Sr., although we had an engagement with him, there are things from back then that you don't know about. Please allow me to explain..." Chandler ignored Anthony and turned to Silas. "Mr. Cutmore, I have some matters to discuss with you, if you don't mind?" Silas nodded and said, "Sure thing. Let's step outside." Then, he told Anthony, "You'll fall ill in a few days, with only a month left to live. Get your affairs in order!" "Kelsey, after all you've been through, even if you threw yourself at me, I wouldn't want you. So the engagement is void! I won't take half your family's assets either. Let's call it five hundred million. Wire it to me in two weeks as payback for my mentor's life-saving efforts." Kelsey shouted, "You scoundrel! Since you can't marry me, you're after my family's money now, and you dare curse my grandfather! I'll have someone beat you to death..." But Anthony shot her a sharp look and said, "Shut up!" He was also furious, but with the Smut family present, he had to be cautious. Moreover, he felt healthy and couldn't believe a few curses from Silas would make him truly sick. Plus, now that his family was allied with the Lyson family, everything was different. The Lyson family knew Wayne Casson, one of Eastville's Four Divine Healers! Even if he did fall ill, he could ask the Lyson family to bring in Wayne Casson! Why fear illness then?

Chapter 2: Engagement Is Off

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