"I... I don't want people to know that I was kidnapped."
"Me neither. I don't want it to be spread around. I'm already seventeen, about to be married, and if the word gets out that I was kidnapped, I certainly won't get a good marriage."
"Officers, this concerns our lifelong happiness. Can you keep it a secret for us?"
"Officers, we're begging you."
A woman kneeled down and kowtowed to the officers.
Seeing her, the other women also started kneeling and kowtowing.
A group of straightforward male officers faced the situation with heads feeling bigger than millstones, but the team leader spoke up, "Since you don't want your families involved, after we finish recording your statements, you can sign them, put your fingerprints and then you can leave."
"Thank you, officers, thank you."
The group of women were moved to tears.
Yuan Chun was the last one to give her statement. After finishing, she rode her bicycle to pick up her two sons from school and go home to cook.
