That night, Su He was asleep when she suddenly heard shouting coming from the courtyard.

Then someone ran to her door, knocking and shouting, "Officer Su, come quick! Someone's dead!"

Su He was instantly awakened by the noise. Hearing what sounded like Grandpa Ma's voice, she immediately became alert and sat up abruptly.

The noise was quite loud, and the two children in the crib were also woken up. They were probably frightened and started crying.

Seeing this, Su He was very worried. Without even getting dressed, she and Lin Jingyan, who had also been woken up, got up to comfort the child.

Fortunately, after coaxing them for a while, the children probably sensed the familiar presence and finally stopped crying, turning into whimpering.

Su breathed a sigh of relief, handed the children over to Lin Jingyan, and got out of bed to get dressed.

As she put on her clothes, she said to him, "I'll go out and see what's going on."

Lin Jingyan nodded, and said softly with some concern, "Then be careful."

"good."

...

When Su He finished dressing and went out, the other residents in the courtyard woke up from the noise.

Just then, Grandma Su and Grandpa Su from next door came out of their house. When they saw her come out, they asked, "I heard the child crying. Is everything alright?"

Su He shook her head. "It's nothing. He was probably just scared. I've already calmed him down."

But Grandma Su was still worried. “Being frightened is no small matter. I’ll go and see. I’ll have your grandfather go with you. I heard someone died. You’re just a young girl, you might be scared.”

Su He chuckled upon hearing this. As a police officer, she had seen many dead people. At first, she was afraid at the police station, but later she became numb to it.

However, knowing their concerns, he didn't refuse and went to the front yard with Old Man Su.

The front yard was bustling with noise, and a large crowd had gathered in front of the Song family's gate.

When Su He arrived, someone saw her and shouted, "Officer Su is here."

The crowd immediately made way for her, finally allowing her to see what was inside.

Just then, the Song family's door was wide open, and the owner of the house, Song Guoqiang, was sitting in front of the door, covering his face and crying.

Su He didn't pay attention to him because she could already smell the overwhelming stench of blood.

Seeing this, they became serious and hurriedly went into the Song family's house. The others wanted to follow, but Su He warned them, "Don't come in. Don't disturb the scene."

The others then stopped moving.

Su He immediately saw the situation inside after entering the room.

The Song family's house was converted from a dilapidated house, and the area was not large. It was divided into two rooms, a living room and a bedroom, both of which were very small. When Su He entered, she saw that the living room was messy, as if they hadn't cleaned up after eating. There was also a lot of leftover food and a strong smell of alcohol.

She glanced around, saw nothing, and headed straight for the bedroom.

There was no door between the living room and the bedroom, so a half-partition was made to leave room for walking.

Once inside, the source of the bloody smell was immediately apparent.

It was the two people in the bed.

The two were lying side by side on the bed. Judging from their clothes, they were a man and a woman, but both of them had blood on their faces, making it impossible to see their faces clearly.

Su He went over and saw that the bed was covered in blood, which had even spilled onto the floor. The two people were motionless and were likely dead.

However, to confirm, she went over and tried it carefully.

As expected, the man was already dead, his body stiff. Su He noticed that he had a wound on his forehead and his wrist was cut, but the bleeding had stopped, so he had probably been dead for some time.