Human trafficking is a crime; once a case is opened, it leads to imprisonment.
However, if it is merely a case of forcing a woman into marriage, it is often treated as a moral issue. Especially since she was unharmed, even if that family were caught, the public security officers would likely only subject them to a few lectures and a few days of detention; it would not rise to the level of a criminal case or a prison sentence.
Therefore, from the very beginning, when Wang Fugui plotted against Yuanchun, he had already considered how to evade legal sanctions should the scheme be exposed.
Chapter 857