Yes, i suspect Qingwen XU is a gay. Or else he would not feel so sad and desperate after the passing of Mr. Tao. Spend his lifetime savings and borrow money from relatives to build that QingYuan Garden to remember him. Mr. Xu has a kind heart. He tried to help Mr. Tao's sister, but got very negative consequence. Ms. Tao is a lucky lady, killed her lesbian partner, still got out of jail due to war and married one of the judges on her case...it is so unbelievable.