They were all proud and unruly young masters; after an experience like that, it was understandable that they were unwilling to speak of it or face it.
'But the child is the one who suffered. Thank goodness Xiang Minghou accepted her without any questions back then. Otherwise, my little disciple would have run away.'
Zhan Yi and his wife were stunned. They were already shocked enough, but they never expected their son had left two others out of the story. They thought back to the time he had returned from Nanyuan years ago.
He would stay cooped up in his room all day, seeing no one. The mere sight of a woman would make him vomit; even when his own mother went to visit, he couldn't stop himself from retching.
During that time, the Zhan family dismissed many of their maids and had Zhan Chi see numerous famous doctors. It took a good three or four years for him to get better, and even then, he still couldn't have much contact with women.
