In reality, Li Ninghua only harbored inappropriate intentions toward Xu Qinghuan and had not yet had the chance to act on them. Furthermore, Jiang Xingye was right there. By the standards of later generations, this wouldn't even have counted as harassment, let alone grounds for being taken to the police station.
It was only because of this era that he had been locked up for ideological re-education; once that was finished, he would certainly be released. Ma Zhilan and Li Zhiguo were ignorant of the law, but Xu Qinghuan was not. That was precisely why she had used the threat to corner Ma Zhilan.
Fearing a beating when she returned home, and counting on the fact that Jiang Xingye was her own flesh and blood, Ma Zhilan dared not hide the truth any longer. "That was all nonsense I made up. The way he was swinging that knife was just too terrifying. I was afraid he would kill someone, and I was doing it for his own good, so that’s why I said those things."
Chapter 137