Madam Yan's Matchmaking Pavilion for Men

76 The Truth of the Rumors, Losing a Person

Mister and Madam Zhang sat next to each other, both keeping silent. They didn't know what to say. In fact, they didn't even know what to think. This matter of their son being implicated in the attack on General Yu had suddenly taken such a turn. What were they supposed to make of that?

Mister Zhang rubbed his brow and then turned to look at his wife. "Do you believe it?" This was probably what they had been wondering about for the longest time. That he was friends with Yu Huang Rong wasn't a secret. Mister Zhang had seen with his own eyes just how well the two of them got along. But he had never thought about whether or not his son might have some deeper feelings for this person. Who would think of something like this? Shi Lan was about to be married after all. How could he develop feelings for another man?

Madam Zhang shook her head. "I don't know. I really don't know. I would like to think that if it was true, he would've told us already but ... Maybe he ... Maybe he didn't dare to? Maybe he thought we wouldn't understand?"

Mister Zhang furrowed his brows. "Not understand? What's there not to understand? Didn't he go to the matchmaking pavilion to get married? Wasn't he searching for a wife there? Then what is this matter about falling in love with another man? This doesn't make sense!"

Madam Zhang couldn't help but worry even further when the matchmaking pavilion was brought up. "Do you think ... this might have been the reason?"

"What?" Mister Zhang was pulled out of his thoughts and looked at his wife in confusion.

"He never wanted to get married and then suddenly, one day he said he'd go to the matchmaking pavilion and make preparations. Did you think that was strange?"

It does it have to do with anything? Is it normal for him to want to get married someday? He just needed a bit longer!"

Madam Zhang shook her head. "If I remember correctly, that was the day that General Yu also went to the matchmaking pavilion. Wasn't that why they were put together in these strange events? Wasn't it all because they went there on the very same day?"

Mister Zhang froze, silently staring into the air. Could that be true? Could it really be that their son had actually been in love with this man for so long that when he heard that Yu Huang Rong was going to marry, he had also set out to do so as well? Was it that until that day, he had actually hoped for that man to somehow take a fancy to him?

That couldn't be! Wasn't that ridiculous? As if a man like the General would ever fancy another man! Even if he could imagine his son being with another man, there was no way it would be this one. Even if that was what his son wanted, it certainly wouldn't be what General Yu would do. Ah, to think that his son might have lost his life because of this person that he was secretly in love with ... It really made him feel that life was too unfair.

Mister Zhang sighed and patted his wife's hand. "Whatever it may be, there's nothing we can do. He has already gotten into that accident and now, we can only wait to hear from the General. Whatever feelings Shi Lan holds, does it really play a role?"

His wife shook her head but she didn't know if it might not be important after all. If her son really loved this man ... Her gaze softened, thinking of this child that had always been way too serious. He might have lost his life because of this person. That kind of love ... She couldn't begin to imagine how serious he had to be about it. If there was anything she could do to help him achieve this one wish ... Maybe it wouldn't be too bad to do it.

Unfortunately, neither did she know whether her son was still alive, nor could she be sure that this wasn't just a baseless rumor. Even though it seemed to be true, this was still a thing that couldn't be taken lightly. She had to make sure. She at least had to understand what had really been going on.