Chapter 8 Marcus Waters was also arrested by police . In the interrogation room , to reduce his own charges , he voluntary condend the shooting This plan to kill Kai was actually masterminded by Belle . The father and daughter were willing to murder Kai to get the Cole family fortune , and Marcus had bought the gun from a hunter in law village Years ago , to get Belle into the Cole family , he'd pretended to save Kai and took the opportunity to kill his own rural wife He'd also faked his own death . Even more shocking was that Mom had known about this plan all along . But because she wanted to rekindle her romance with Marcus , she'd allowed it all to happen . In the detention center , Belle gripped the iron bars , crying pitifully : " Mom , save me ! I don't want to go to prison ! " Mom's eyes were red , her voice hoarse : " Why ? Why did you kill my son ? " " Wasn't I good enough to you ?! " Seeing Mom wouldn't help her , Belle suddenly changed her expression and shrieked : " You have the nerve to ask me why ? " " You said when I turned eighteen you'd only give me twenty thousand for my dowry ! How's that fair ? " " You play favorites ! You never liked me ! You were afraid I'd take the Cole family money ! " " Especially those properties ! You never planned to give me any ! You only wanted to leave everything to your son ! " Mom was thunderstruck , staring at Belle in disbelief . " What twenty thousand ? " " That was just me joking around with my sisters - in - law that day , and you took it seriously ? " Belle laughed coldly : " Joking ? You all sounded pretty serious to me ! " " If you hadn't played favorites ! I never would've wanted to kill him ! " During New Year's when relatives gathered together , they'd talked about the kids ' futures . Mom had indeed laughingly said she'd give Belle twenty thousand for her dowry when she got married , to let her make her own way . Everyone there had taken it as a joke . No one had imagined that Belle , sitting nearby , had carved those words deep into her heart . Mom completely broke down , muttering to herself " It's all my fault , I shouldn't have raised you , I shouldn't have raised you , I killed my own son … " Some bad seeds are just rotten to the core . Even if you ripped your heart out for them , They'd only complain it wasn't red enough , wasn't warm enough . After Dad got out of the hospital , the first thing he did was ask Mom for a divorce . His attitude was unusually firm , with no room for negotiation . Mom completely panicked . She grabbed Dad's arm , desperately pleading , but Dad just coldly shook her off . 6.2 AMPLE o In desperation , she came to me . Mom took my hand , crying as she begged : " Nina , will you help Mom talk to your dad ? " I coldly pulled my hand away : " Did you forget ? You already cut ties with me . " Mom fell to her knees , tears blurring her eyes . " Nina , Mom knows she was wrong . Mom really knows she was wrong … " I looked at her coldly , the same way she'd looked at me dying after pushing me down the stairs in my past life . " What's the point of knowing you were wrong now . " Mom covered her face in pain , her shoulders shaking uncontrollably . " I'm sorry … I'm sorry … " Six months later , I heard news about Mom again . I heard that because of excessive drinking , during an important surgery , her hands shook terribly . In the end , the patient died from excessive blood loss on the operating table . The hospital fired her and revoked her medical license . And she completely lost her mind .