Forced to marry, I picked up a young powerful official

"Later, I secretly asked people to find out, and I found out that my cousin was addicted to gambling, and so was his son. The father and son were addicted to gambling, and they sold their land to get gambling money. The family property that they had taken from my mother and me is now gone. I'm afraid that even the money I gave him was lost in the gambling house."

Hatred gradually spread in Tao Ru's voice. "After I knew the truth, I refused to give him money anymore. He came to make trouble every day, and I just asked people to chase him away. But that day he actually..."

There was a hint of struggle in her eyes.

Shen Nankui understood that this might be the key to Tao Ru's action, and couldn't help asking: "What happened that day?"

Tao Ru looked at her deeply, and then seemed to have finally made up her mind.

He said slowly, "Others only think that I am heartless and disregard the feelings of relatives, and I hit my elders, but how could they know that the old beast is just a beast in the guise of an elder? I once told him that he occupied the land passed down by my grandfather and drove my mother and me out of the house. I have done my best to help him with some money without holding a grudge. There is no way I can support a bottomless pit of gamblers like them. I said I would not give him a penny again."

"I refused to give him money, so he naturally didn't want to. After making trouble a few times, he saw that I was indifferent, so he stayed quiet for a while. Until that day, when I was working in the workshop, he used some unknown method to lure away my servants and even wanted to do something indecent to my mother!"

Tao Ru's face was full of resentment. "I had to go home to get something that day, and I happened to see this old beast forcing my mother. I hurried forward to stop him, but this old beast shamelessly said that if my mother agreed to him, he would marry my mother and let the Tao family accept us again."

"How could I not know what he was thinking? He wanted to force my mother to submit and give herself to him, and then I had to pay him money to honor him. I got angry at the time and wanted to kick him out of the house, but after he left, he was still slandering my mother. I was furious and kicked him. This time, I kicked him to the ground with no effort. But he lay on the ground and made a fuss for a while, and then he saw that my servants had returned. I had more people on my side, so he would not get anything good if he continued to make a fuss, so he got up from the ground and left."

Her face was full of bewilderment.

"I can't understand it. He was fine when he left, as if nothing had happened. He was only gone for two days, so how could he die?"

Shen Nankui was silent for a moment and said, "I heard that he died from organ rupture."

"Ruptured organs?"

Tao Ru smiled bitterly, "All internal organs are in the stomach, right? My cousin is quite tall, and I kicked him in the thigh, so how could I hurt his internal organs? Could it be that he broke his internal organs after he fell down?"

Although the human internal organs are fragile, it is unlikely that they will suffer such serious injuries just by falling to the ground if there is no external force damage.

Shen Nankui frowned, "But the government has checked and found that the deceased had no chronic illness and had never had any conflicts with others. He just got kicked by you that day and died two days later."

The light in Tao Ru's eyes dimmed.

"So, I can only consider myself unlucky."

Shen Nankui also fell silent, and after a while he asked, "Miss Tao, have you explained what you just told me to the government?"

Tao Ru's eyes flickered. "I've basically said it all, except for one thing..."

"Is it about your mother?"

Tao Ru nodded, "That's right, it's not a pity that the old beast died, and there's no need for my mother to have her reputation ruined by a dead man. It just so happened that no one knew about this matter, so I concealed it... But this alone is not enough to interfere with the entire case, right?"

This incident did not sound relevant to the case, and Shen Nankui nodded subconsciously.

Tao Ru sighed, "Boss, I have told you everything I know."

Shen Nankui looked at her and said, "I will do my best. You have to hold on in prison. We should not give up until the last moment, okay?"

Tao Ru's eyes welled up with tears. "When I was little, they said that I killed my father and made my mother sickly. I refused to believe it, but I had no way to refute it... Last year, with your help, I also started a career. I thought I could be proud of myself for once, but now, even I am in death row. I am afraid that they will say that I killed myself... During these days in prison, I often wondered if I was born unlucky, so I encountered such a thing?"

Shen Nankui comforted him, "There is no such thing as someone born unlucky. You don't have to take the dirty water thrown by others. You should believe in yourself."

Tao Ru glanced at her belly which didn't show any sign of pregnancy, and her voice became more choked up.

"Boss, you and I have never met before. What have I done to deserve you to pay so much for me?"

Shen Nankui patted her hands and said with a smile: "Don't think too much. Without you, my business will be difficult to continue. Just think of it as me doing it for myself."

Having said that, Tao Ru certainly doesn't think so.

There are many people in the world who can make rouge, so the boss doesn't need to stick to just her. Thinking about everything that happened before, it was the boss who helped her and even asked her to do business together, letting her know that she was not a useless person.

Tao Ru secretly swore in her heart that if she could really overturn the case this time, she would definitely repay her boss' kindness. If the ending still did not change... then she would only be able to work like a slave for Shen Nankui in the next life to repay his kindness.

Shen Nankui comforted her with a few words and did not stay any longer. She still had to hurry and find evidence.

When she left the prison, she kept thinking about what Tao Ru had said, and always felt like she had overlooked some important clues.

Just as I was thinking about it, Hehua's voice rang out.

"Madam, we promised Miss Tao that we would go and rescue her mother. Where do you want to place Aunt Tao first? In the inn where we are staying?"

Tao Ru’s mother?

In a flash, Shen Nankui suddenly remembered that Tao's cousin had attempted to commit a crime against Tao Ru's mother. This incident seemed to have no major connection with the case, but when Tao's cousin did this, he had a huge motive hidden.