I'm also a bit confused, probably because I'm not well educated about this. In ch 181.1 and 181.2, there's a side character? that tells Sun Jing to not wear short skirts in such a crowded place and Qiu Tong gets angry at this and replies with "You tell people to cover up when they meet a pervert. You tell people to not go out when there's rapists" AND THEN she continues and says "Next time if someone's secretly taking pictures in the bathroom, will you tell people to stop going to the bathroom?" I believe this comment is what created backlash towards the author, despite Qiu Tong standing up for Sun Jing, saying that her skirt is not the problem, but perverted people.
I mean people started talking about that "rape joke" in an attempt to justify why the manhua had stopped publishing new chapters and was, in fact, censored. The truth is that it got censored because it showed two women kissing in a romantic way (for example in 19 days when kisses are present they are either censored or talked about as "pranks between friends"), and the "rape joke" is just people reading too much into it to try and understand the whole halting of the series. Although it baffles me, why would they think of that as a "rape joke" and how could they fail to realise that it got censored cuz it's... gay.
Yeah… some people just don’t wanna accept the fact that a lot of Chinese manhuas will be censored because of their laws… or maybe some don’t even know that idk…
I was just sad seeing someone spreading misinformation about the author when we can clearly see how much love they put into their work despite taking a risk in the 1st place while make it…

I REALLY doubt the author would make a rape joke after reading ch 181.1…
If it really happened I would be disappointed af ToT