In terms of criminal motive, it was actually possible that Xie An had killed Liu Xuewei to obtain his property.
Or rather, to prevent Xie Lirong from suffering a substantial loss in her marriage.
That possibility was far, far greater than the possibility that he had killed Liu Xuewei in an emotional outburst caused by Xie Lirong's lies.
Because, from the perspective of legally relevant circumstances and real-life situations, even crimes of passion and crimes committed in anger-
Surely no one would commit a crime over such a tiny disagreement?
Besides, this tiny disagreement had not escalated face-to-face.
Under such circumstances, most people would have had a cooling-off period.
It was an hour's journey from Xie An's home to Liu Xuewei's.
No other conflict had arisen during that hour.
Nor had Xie An called Liu Xuewei to discuss the matter.
He had simply killed him?
Was that reasonable?
It was completely unreasonable!
From any perspective, it was unrealistic and unreasonable.
People generally had substantial reasons and grounds for killing someone.
According to Xie An's statement, he had neither substantial reasons nor substantial grounds.
The more likely possibility was that Liu Xuewei had brought up divorce during his argument with Xie Lirong.
And had mentioned dividing their property.
That was what had led Xie An to think of killing him.
As for why Xie An had killed Liu Xuewei despite the risk of receiving the death penalty for intentional homicide, the answer could only be found in Xie An's own circumstances.
There were only two possible reasons-first, he could not accept the loss of the property.
Second, he no longer wanted to live, or could no longer go on living.
He wanted to leave something for Xie Lirong.
Or there were other hidden circumstances that had forced Xie An to kill