"As long as you confess honestly, consider it a contribution." Chief Zhou promised, "Being honest gives you leniency, resisting makes it severe. This is your last chance, I advise you to cherish it."
"I'll confess! I'll be honest!" Cui Hongying nodded fiercely, "I know why Zhou Wenqing confessed in the end, he was coerced, those people... those people beat him, I saw it!"
"They pinned him to the ground and beat him with a cotton quilt to avoid leaving marks."
"I also heard Qian Shouyi... Qian Shouyi threatened Zhou Wenqing, saying if he didn't confess, he would call his village right away and tell his fellow townsmen what crime he committed, making his parents hold their heads down in shame in their hometown."
"If he cooperated and confessed, then he promised not to send any message to his parents, and during sentencing, they would change the charge, protecting his reputation." Cui Hongying spilled everything like bamboo shoots tumbling out of a container.
