The narrator tells us that he will never forgive Shu-Liang for his crime. He says that he knows he is not a good man, a good father, or a husband, but he did not regret what he has done, and he does not expect forgiveness. He tells the narrator to protect the people he loves. The narrator says that the two boys have reached scare hao, and Shu-liang is not wanted anyway. He asks the narrator if he is a loyal man, and the narrator tells him that he is from a branch of the family, and everything arranged perfectly. He adds that Shu-LIang is a good brother, even though he did it.