Despite the presence of both witnesses and physical evidence, Chen Wanyue refused to admit to anything.
But whether she admitted it or not was irrelevant.
Chen Song wasn't going to press the issue with his unmarried niece, much less drag her to the county government.
It wasn't that he still held any affection for his niece. Any such feelings had been reduced to ashes the moment she ransacked his home.
He didn't take things to the extreme solely because this era was already unkind to women. They were shackled by strict rules and decorum, unable to step out of line in word or deed… though for Wanyue, these constraints seemed to hold little power.
But that was what *she* thought, not what everyone else did.
If she were truly thrown in jail, her life would be over.
Chen Song couldn't bring himself to be so cruel, even if it had been any other young woman.
