None of the five Shen brothers spoke at that moment.
If Zhang Rong had not warned them beforehand, they probably would have started defending themselves again.
Zhang Rong immediately said to Shen Simian, "Ask your grandfather what he wants us to do for him. What outcome does he want?"
Shen Simian had not spoken for a long time. He was still a child, after all, and suddenly learning such a cruel truth might have been a little too much for him to accept.
But the boy still had his wits about him. Once he recovered, he immediately said to the old man, "Grandfather, I didn't know about any of this. If someone really caused your death, even if it was my dad, I... I'll call the police and have him arrested!"
"What do you want us to do for you? How do you want this to end? Tell me, but please don't hurt anyone else... Everyone here is your family."
Zhang Rong and I could not turn around to look, so we could not fully gauge the old man's reaction, but we could see from his shadow on the wall that he was moving.
He seemed to be moving toward Shen Jun and the others.
Shen Jun and the other four also noticed the old man moving toward them, and their five shadows immediately began trembling violently too.
But a red cord was tied around the old man's middle finger. From the shadow on the wall, I saw that the cord had pulled taut, preventing him from going any farther.
He seemed to be staring at his sons. There was no telling what he wanted to do.
Zhang Rong and I immediately grew tense, terrified that the old man would snap the red cord.
He could not be allowed to