Madam Yan's Matchmaking Pavilion for Men

68 Better Than Him, Believe Me

The hunting party finally arrived at an open field and the servants rushed about, putting up the tents for His Majesty and the guests, while the soldiers started to patrol the surroundings to make sure that nothing untoward would happen to their emperor and the other important people gathered here.

As for the emperor himself, he retired to his tent, pretending to be in a bad mood while he was actually going over the plan in his mind once again. Even though Yu Huang Rong had repeated that he didn't want this thing to happen, Luan Xin definitely wouldn't give up. He knew that this was the best opportunity they would ever get.

Well, if Zhang Shi Lan said the same as Yu Huang Rong, then he might be willing to let the couple have the last word in this matter but he couldn't believe that that would be the case. After all, hadn't the two been pining for each other for a long time? That guy would be an idiot if he didn't use the opportunity now.

The only problem was: How to talk about this with Zhang Shi Lan? Of course, he could send She Ning but if he was honest, he was extremely curious about this person that had managed to snatch his best friend's heart.

Back then, he had never thought it possible for Yu Huang Rong to fall in love with a man. That had been one of the many reasons why he finally cut off those feelings and decided to be together with She Ning. Of course, there had been other problems as well but this certainly had been a major factor.

Now though, there was a man that had been able to make Yu Huang Rong fall head over heels for him. It challenged Luan Xin's views of his friend and he certainly wanted to have a look at this person. So there was no way he would leave everything to She Ning. No, he had to take a look and make sure that this person was indeed worthy of his best friend! And, well, maybe he also wanted to look at him and finally think to himself that Yu Huang Rong was an idiot for liking that person more than him.

For the time being, there was nothing he could do though. He waited until everything was prepared and the people had settled down before he made to go out and give his motivational speech. He first pulled She Ning to the side though and told him to point him in Zhang Shi Lan's direction when they were out there.

She Ning raised his brows. "Why?"

Luan Xin scoffed. "Why the many words? You wouldn't also be falling in love with that guy, would you?"

She Ning kept quiet at that, slightly infuriating Luan Xin this time.

"You're really making it sound as if I hit the nail right on the head. Can't you be a little more considerate of my feelings? I don't want to lose yet another man to that person."

She Ning's gaze also darkened at that. If it was up to him, he certainly didn't want to be reminded of his lover's past crush. In fact, this really made him wonder if it was in the past anyway.

Luan Xin stopped in his tracks, half outside the tent and raised his brows. "What? Don't tell me you're jealous?"

She Ning tightened his lips, refusing to answer.

Luan Xin looked at him, silently pondering. "I think your gaze is saying 'Why can't I be jealous of Yu Huang Rong if you're jealous of Zhang Shi Lan?' Well, I'd like to have you know that that is something completely different. I don't want anything from Yu Huang Rong anymore. I'm just ... just curious. I mean what's so good about that Zhang Shi Lan? How come somebody like Yu Huang Rong actually fell in love? Don't you also think it's inconceivable?"

The silence that answered him was taken to be a silent admittance.

"See? That's what I mean. On the other hand ... You really don't have any reason to be that curious about Yu Huang Rong, do you? I mean, if you compared the two of you, then you're obviously the better person."