Xia Chu became angrier the more she scolded, "With your wisdom and experience, with your charm back in the day, even if you didn't deliberately seduce someone, a non-firm rejection was already enough. What's more, back then customs were conservative, and in such a remote and closed-off place, my mother-in-law, even if she took the initiative and was willing, would never be the first to overstep due to a girl's shyness and pride."
"You must have said or done something that made her believe she had established a relationship with you before she could... And now you actually think a simple 'I didn't force her, it was her choice' is enough for you to clear your conscience?"
"Let me put it more harshly, you're a grown man—if you were unwilling, how could she, a weak woman, force you? So, don't even think about making excuses anymore. You ruined her life, you are the root of all her and her son's sufferings, and are an indirect murderer!"
