Soon, Mr. Shen and Madam Shen had their answer.
Shen Mingji had entered the ancestral hall to pay respects to his ancestors, and had "accidentally" knocked over an oil lamp.
The ancestral hall was on fire!
Fueled by the oil, the flames shot up in an instant, and the nearest ancestral tablets were the first to be devoured by the fire.
Unsure what kind of trouble Shen Mingji would cause, and terrified that someone might see and spread gossip about the Shen family, Mr. Shen had specifically sent everyone far away. Only the "family of three" had entered the ancestral hall.
With the ancestral hall on fire, no one noticed for a little while.
Mr. Shen never imagined Shen Mingji could be so inhuman as to burn down the ancestral hall.
'Has he forgotten his name is Shen, that the blood of the Shen Family flows through his veins?'
'The ones enshrined here are his own ancestors.'
'He's truly insane!'
