Although the murderer has confessed, the investigation must continue.

The next day, I found Li Zhiyue's boyfriend in the provincial capital.

His name is Gu Run, and he and Li Zhiyue are already at the stage of discussing marriage.

Something strange happened. We found Gu Run and learned that Li Zhiyue had a fever yesterday and spent the whole day receiving intravenous drips at the hospital.

He didn't return home until after 6 p.m. and even prepared dinner for Gu Run.

But Gu Run said he was working overtime yesterday and didn't have time to come home for dinner.

It takes 3 hours to drive from the provincial capital to Li's village. According to Gu Run, Li Zhiyue would have finished cooking dinner around 7 p.m., and by the time she arrived at Li's village from the provincial capital, it would have been 10 p.m.

The fire department received the alarm at 10:15 p.m. If Li Zhiyue's account of the murder process is true and considering the time for her to take a bath, change clothes, and put on makeup, it would have taken no less than an hour.

So the timing doesn't match.

Moreover, in such a serious premeditated murder case, even if she confessed, she would still receive the death penalty.

In previous cases, when murderers knew they would be sentenced to death regardless, they would choose to flee at all costs.

But she, on the other hand, unusually didn't leave any fingerprints or weapon-related evidence at the scene and confessed without an alibi.

It's as if she's protecting someone...

Or perhaps, she's not the real murderer?!

With this in mind, I decided to change my approach and start from the perspective of the victim.