Qin Jian was already a little sleepy, but he instantly woke up when he heard this.
If I remember correctly, Cao Shulan was in the same cell as her sister-in-law and mother. They were all family, so who could she kill?
"What happened?"
He stood up and looked at his subordinates, who said, "Cao Shulan had a conflict with her sister-in-law Zhang in prison, and Cao Shulan beat Zhang to death."
This was a big deal and couldn't be ignored. Since Lu Baichuan and his wife had gone back to rest, he didn't want to disturb their good time, so he could only go and see for himself.
Inside the cell, Cao Shulan stared at the gradually cooling corpse beside her, a wave of fear washing over her. She had killed someone; she had really killed someone…
She looked at her mother sitting in the corner with her eyes closed, and scrambled over to her: "Mom, please help me, what should I do!"
She was in a complete panic. Being locked up here was already a crime, and now she had killed someone. Did she even have a chance to live?
"I didn't kill her on purpose. She hit me first. You saw it, didn't you?"
With tears streaming down her face, Cao Shulan tugged at Ma's trouser leg. From childhood to adulthood, her mother had always been the most opinionated one, and she was sure her mother could help her.
But no matter how much she cried and begged, Ma remained silent, closing her eyes to rest.
"Mother, you're my own mother! Why won't you help me! Can you really be so heartless?"
"Yes, if you can betray even my father, what else wouldn't you do?"
"For the past two weeks, no matter how that bitch has bullied and humiliated me, you've turned a blind eye. Isn't it because you think I'm no longer of any use to you that you don't care whether I live or die?"
"From childhood to adulthood, all the love you've shown me has been fake, hasn't it? You just wanted to use me to achieve your goals, didn't you? Now, in your eyes, I'm just like Dad, worthless, so you don't care whether I live or die, right?"
...
Cao Shulan was hysterical, tears streaming down her face. During this time, her life had plummeted from heaven to hell. She was already having a hard time in prison, and now she was being verbally abused and beaten by that bitch Zhang every day.
She said that the current state of the family is entirely her fault, all her fault.
She had doubts at first, but if her family hadn't been so interested, would she have been able to accomplish so much?
Her family clearly hoped she could marry into a wealthy family, so why is everyone blaming her when things go wrong?
What's most heartbreaking is that no matter how much Zhang scolded and beat her, her mother turned a blind eye and had no intention of intervening. It was precisely because of this that Zhang became even more ruthless and beat her every day.
She thought, if her mother had stopped her from the beginning and prevented Zhang from bullying her, wouldn't all these messy things have been avoided?
Therefore, it's all the mother's fault. She was cruel and selfish, which led to her ruining herself like this.
She thought her mother still wouldn't pay attention to her, but perhaps because what she said was too harsh, Ma finally opened her eyes.
Ma's eyes were completely expressionless as she looked at Cao Shulan as if she were a dead person.
Yes, you're right.
Ma hadn't spoken for a long time, and her voice was a little hoarse, but that didn't stop her from conveying indifference and ruthlessness.
Cao Shulan, who had been cursing, felt her heart sink when she heard what she said, and she calmed down.
Ma didn't want to say much to her, but seeing her like this, and considering she was still a piece of her own flesh and blood, she said, "You've always been impatient since you were little. You want to get what you want immediately, and you make a fuss over the slightest thing. This matter is indeed related to you."
Cao Shulan listened to these words with no expression on her face, but her heart was in turmoil.
Ma continued, "Even so, I never gave up on you. Sending you to another courtyard was the only option at the time, and you were happy to do it yourself. I originally thought that if you used a little trick, you could get Qin Jian to keep you here, so that our whole family could have a chance to survive. But I never expected that you and your father would be more trouble than you're worth, making things a mess."
"After you went to prison, I thought you needed to toughen up your personality, otherwise you would suffer when you got out. So even though Zhang beat and scolded you in front of me, I didn't stop her. I thought that if you had any brains, you wouldn't let this kind of thing keep happening. Either you pretend to be pitiful and let the jailer get Zhang out, or you beat her until she didn't dare to fight back."
"But I really didn't expect that you would be so cunning, first by constantly tolerating others, and then by directly killing someone. So ask yourself, are you satisfied with the outcome now?"
Her tone was flat, revealing no emotional fluctuations, but Cao Shulan could tell from her words how disappointed she was in herself.
"No, I didn't know it would be like this... Why didn't you tell me sooner?"
She tried to justify herself and continue to shift the blame onto Ma.
Ma simply tugged at the corners of her mouth and laughed, “From childhood to adulthood, how many times have I taught you, and how many of them have you remembered? You’re so grown up now, can you still rely on me for the rest of your life? I originally thought that as long as you get through this, our lives as mother and daughter will be much better, but you couldn’t get through it and even beat someone to death.”
“From the very beginning, we underestimated that group of people. They knew what we were doing all along, but they remained inactive, waiting for us to jump into the pit ourselves. Originally, in my plan, my daughter and I could save our lives. Now that you have made a mistake in prison, they will definitely hold you accountable. No matter how capable I am, I can't save you.”
At this point, Mrs. Ma sighed softly, thinking that after living for so many years, she had truly failed.
If the husband isn't well-managed and the children aren't properly educated, nothing can be done about it.
Since she couldn't protect herself anyway, she could only try her best to protect herself.
After hearing all this, Cao Shulan realized her mother's good intentions, but it was too late now.
"Mom, please help me! You must have a way, right? Please help me, waaaaah! I really didn't mean to!"
She broke down in tears, saying this, but in her heart she knew that this time she was really finished.
When Qin Jian arrived, he saw Cao Shulan lying on the ground crying. She had lost a lot of weight since he last saw her.
The body of Zhang, who was standing nearby, had not yet been disposed of, and the blood on her forehead was quite glaring.
Qin Jian ordered his men to bring out the body and then drag Cao Shulan out for interrogation.
Cao Shulan shook her head vigorously, as if she had been greatly shocked, saying that she knew nothing.
The fact that something happened in the middle of the night was already annoying enough, and Qin Jian had no mood to play along with her nonsense. He had someone bring a bucket of water and ordered, "Put her head in it to wake her up."
The jailer did as he was told. Cao Shulan was soaked in water, which helped her regain some of her senses. Looking at the arrogant Qin Jian and then at her own disheveled state, she suddenly felt like a joke.
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