"Then?"
"We then sped to her place immediately and brought her and her husband back to the police station to record their statements. After taking their statements, we held a discussion and decided to detain her husband for a few days in order to make him reflect on his actions. She was rather supportive of our decision too. Yet, she insisted all of a sudden yesterday that her husband be released. We helped to placate their feelings and acted as a mediator between them. We thought the matter was settled there and then. Little did we expect that she'd call again last night to say that her husband physically abused her yet again," Xiao Li explained, finding the entire situation extremely absurd and ridiculous.
The woman eagerly explained, "We were just playing around, he didn't hit me. Please release him, quick."
