Richard Shaw returned to the Shaw Mansion, and the first thing he had to do was follow the old lady's urging to burn some Mugwort, take a bath, and have his discarded clothes burned, symbolizing the expulsion of all bad luck.
The man felt a bit helpless, but seeing everyone's attitude of embracing rather than rejecting the superstitions, he nodded in agreement.
After half a month's isolated investigation, no one emerges from such an ordeal unscathed. Richard Shaw had noticeably lost weight, and his features were now more sharply defined. After bathing and shaving off the stubble on his chin, he handed the clothes he had changed out of to Sister Zhao, who burned them in the yard.
With the Shaw Family's illustrious reputation, encountering such a crisis, added to Richard Shaw's indefinite suspension of power, the Shaw family was undoubtedly on a downward slope. The old lady's actions were merely for peace of mind.
