Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 246 Hello, Neighbor
"Boom boom boom!"

"Boom boom boom!"

"Boom boom boom!"

Chen Shu stood in front of the security door and knocked on it several times, but there was no response from inside.

Standing at the back, Zhu Chaoran peered out and asked, "Brother Shu, it looks like there are no lights on inside the house from the balcony at the back of the building. Could the person not be home?"

Chen Shu took out his phone and checked the address again.

The address is correct.

Logically speaking, Zheng Tianyou, having worked as a special agent for so many years, shouldn't make mistakes on such trivial matters.

Especially for those who use O, 90% of them will rush home immediately after buying the product, or hide in some corner to enjoy it.

They couldn't help it, not even for a second.

Chen Shu took a few steps back and examined the tightly locked security door, but had no idea what to do.

Taking a few steps back and looking forward again, I still had no idea;
Take a few steps back and look at the bigger picture, hey, I've got it!

The peephole on the neighbor's door, which had been slightly lit, suddenly went dark, as if something had blocked it.

Chen Shuxin's mind stirred, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. He knew that there must be someone behind the door looking out through the peephole.

He took a few steps forward and started banging on his neighbor's door.

"Open the door, I'm a police officer!"

"Open the door! I know you're behind the door, hurry up!"

"Hurry up! The police are investigating!"

About ten seconds later, a middle-aged man with slightly high cheekbones and narrow eyes opened the door halfway from the inside. He had one hand on the doorknob, and was half-bent over, looking very wary, as if he was about to close the door at any moment.

"Officers, what can I do for you?"

Chen Shuxian took a step forward with a smile, subtly blocking the security door with his raised right foot, and greeted, "Hello, I am a police officer from Zhongshan Police Station."

After saying that, he stared at the other person with a smile, then remained silent, waiting for their reply.

Hello. How can I help you?

Chen Shu casually gestured towards the door to the side and asked, "Do you know this family? Is anyone home now?"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man shook his head without hesitation: "I don't know him, I really don't know him. I don't even know if there's anyone inside right now."

He thought to himself, "What nonsense is this? What does it have to do with me?"

His hands moved quickly; with a sudden twitch of his thin arms, he prepared to close his security door tightly.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned; the security door wouldn't close and got stuck.

"People's hearts are not what they used to be." Chen Shu sighed inwardly, but his right foot, which was stuck in the doorway, remained motionless. He turned his head and winked at Zhu Chaoran, signaling him to stand guard at the door.

He then pushed the door open and walked in.

"Officer! Why did you come into my house?" the middle-aged man asked warily.

The two stood frozen in the front hall.

Chen Shu deftly pulled a pack of cigarettes from his jacket pocket, shook it twice, pulled one out, and handed it over. "Someone called the police saying someone might have died in the house next door, so I came over to check. We can't break through that iron gate, so we might need to use your balcony to get through. If you don't want to, I'll leave right away."

Chen Shu lit a cigarette for himself, feeling a little guilty, but he couldn't let his guard down as a policeman. Although it wasn't a big deal, just a cigarette, it was still a matter of public image.

"Oh, right. Quite a few people called the police tonight. If we don't get the body out of here now, it'll be delayed until tomorrow."

Upon hearing that someone might have died in the next room, and seeing the policeman's confident demeanor—as if he could smell it with a sniff—the middle-aged man's face darkened.

He immediately surrendered and led the way inside: "Officer, you should hurry up and go. Please take the body away as soon as possible, it's too unpleasant to leave it here."

"Don't worry. If someone really dies, I'll only be more upset than you."

He followed behind, pulling a police flashlight from his belt as he walked. He flicked it with his finger, and a bright white light shone out before he turned it off.

Talking as they walked, the two quickly passed the master bedroom and arrived at the balcony. Just as they stepped through the door, Chen Shu put his index finger in front of his mouth to signal for quiet.

Just as he expected, the neighbor's balcony and his partner's balcony were adjacent, separated only by a thin wall. He could move a chair up, climb up, hold onto the wall, and walk around to the other side with one foot in front of the other.

Chen Shu lightly leaped onto the target's balcony. He first leaned out and gestured towards Xiao Qiang, who was standing below, indicating the inside.

Xiaoqiang spread his hands and shook his head to indicate that there was nothing wrong.

Chen Shu shrank back, crouched down, and peered into the room through the inner window of the balcony. The room was pitch black, so he took out his flashlight and boldly shone it through the window a few times.

The apartment has the same layout as the middle-aged man's next door; the master bedroom is next to the balcony.

I looked around but didn't find anything unusual, except for an overturned homemade ice curler and some small items scattered on the table next to the TV.

That's it.

You've come to the right place.

Chen Shu smiled knowingly, reached out and fiddled with the law enforcement recorder hanging on his shoulder with its red light on, then looked down at the cut-resistant gloves he was wearing, and went into the house through the unlocked balcony door next to him.

Here's a side note. The law stipulates that in emergency situations, police can enter private residences or businesses to conduct searches without a search warrant. The difference is that in the US, search warrants are issued by the court, while here, they are issued by the county-level public security bureau, as they are all affiliated units, and warrants can even be reissued afterward.

Therefore, when the police enter your house to search, the best approach is not to refuse or obstruct them, but to take out your phone and dial 110 to confirm their identity as police officers.

As soon as Chen Shu entered the room, he smelled the familiar scents of cream and metal, which told him that he had indeed come to the right place.

But what about people?
He casually turned on the light switch on the wall next to the door.

"Snapped."

The LED lights overhead suddenly flashed, illuminating the entire room.

Chen Shu was dazzled by the sudden light. When he blinked a few times and opened his eyes again, a young woman with delicate features, wearing a white top and jeans, and with a curvaceous figure, was simply and crudely lying next to his feet.

"Holy shit!"

After uttering a vulgar curse, Chen Shu stuffed the flashlight back into his belt, took off his gloves, and immediately bent down to feel the other person's breath. Then, he placed two fingers together on the side of the other person's neck.

Fortunately, although the breathing and the pulse of the external carotid artery were very weak, the person was not dead. He must have passed out in his sleep from overinhalation. Chen Shu got up and walked to the TV table on the west side of the room, rummaging through the clutter on it.

Besides a homemade simple ice-blowing curler lying on its side on the table, there were several sheets of tin foil and a yellow cigarette box with its transparent packaging torn open.

Chen Shu picked up the cigarette box, weighed it in his hand for a few moments, and then opened it. Inside the box, there was a small transparent plastic bag containing some rock candy.

(End of this chapter)