Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 34 Re-entering the Scene
Just now at the front gate of the house, Zhu Chaoran's arrival caused quite a commotion for Chen Shu and his group, which attracted the attention of the other families inside.

At this moment, when the two people re-entered the room, a chain reaction ensued for the other four tenants.

The first room to be approached was the one on the right as you entered. The young man who had been sprawled on the sofa playing a mobile game was now walking out of his room with his head down, casually closing the door behind him. He then stood quietly in his doorway, watching them.

After Chen Shu and Zhu Chaoran entered the house, he sidestepped them impatiently and walked right past them before heading outside.

At this moment, Chen Shu turned around and grabbed Zhu Chaoran, who was about to stop the young man. Seeing his surprised expression, he simply shook his head, indicating that Zhu should follow him and ignore the young man. Then he let go of Zhu's hand and continued walking towards the second room.

Zhu Chaoran was used to Chen Shu's style of handling cases. Seeing that Chen Shu let him leave, he didn't say much. He raised his police belt with both hands and then walked to the next room.

"I'm just a tool, a background character..." Zhu Chaoran muttered to himself.

If we analyze it from the perspective of criminal psychology, when faced with the sudden appearance of the police, criminals usually subconsciously look for various opportunities to escape the scene.

Conversely, if the young man in the game is a thief, then he would obviously be able to hear the conversation between the police outside his room, which is right next to the door.

Therefore, he must have felt guilty when facing Zhu Chaoran, who was dressed in a police uniform and was about to enter the house.

However, there is a detail here: the passageway in the house is very narrow, only 1.2 meters wide. When the two parties enter and exit through the door, they will inevitably have close contact.

This kind of contact is something that criminals subconsciously try their best to avoid.

Therefore, if the other party is a criminal, the appropriate course of action would be to wait for Chen Shu and Zhu Chaoran to enter the house, avoid them, and then seize an opportunity to leave.

Instead of three grown men crowding together in an already narrow aisle, pushing and shoving each other, staring at each other.

So much time has passed; the phone should be gone, and since he's renting here, his identity information should be on file. The fact that he dared to walk right into the police's presence suggests he has some confidence; he's probably not a thief, but he might know something. "Let him go," Chen Shu thought, "and see who's behind me first."

As the two passed the second room, which was the house of four, Chen Shu paused and quickly glanced inside. Apart from the middle-aged man who seemed to be sleeping in bed, the other three were still doing their own things, and there was nothing unusual.

He lifted his foot and continued walking forward.

It's not that I'm being snobbish, but I genuinely felt a little uneasy about the child in tattered clothes. Perhaps seeing such a young child smoking made me think something was amiss, or that I should say something. In any case, I should at least go inside and check.
While pondering, Chen Shu led Zhu Chaoran past the other two rooms and headed straight for the room at the very end of the corridor, the one that had blocked his way in front of him.

Standing in front of the closed door, Chen Shu first knocked on it a few times. They waited a few seconds, but there was no response from inside.

Chen Shu, who had been standing at the door the entire time, knew there must be someone inside. He then pounded on the door and shouted, "Police! Open the door, quick!"

Only then did some movement occur inside. The two people, who were playing a role-playing game as "father and son" or "grandfather and grandson" in the next room, also came out, shuffling along in their slippers, and looked out.

A short while later, the same young man who had closed the door earlier came out and opened it again. This time, the door was carefully opened only partially, just enough to reveal the size of the person inside's face.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw Chen Shu, who had abruptly barged in and blocked the entrance earlier. He paused for a moment, about to say something, when he looked back and saw a fully equipped, tall, and imposing policeman standing behind him. His words died in his throat, and he felt weak and powerless. He could only watch helplessly as Chen Shu and Chen Shu pushed open the door and walked in, his previous demeanor completely gone.

Chen Shu entered the room, looked around, and found it to be an extremely simple room. Apart from a 1.2-meter single bed and a simple cloth wardrobe, there was nothing else.

Through the window, you can see clothes hanging neatly on a thick plastic pole on the balcony.

Hmm, there are no women's or children's clothes. It seems that the other child is obviously not a resident here. Chen Shu thought to himself without making a sound, and then glanced at the floor of the room again.

There weren't any extra slippers or shoes. Good grief, everyone else was wearing slippers. I just walked in wearing my outdoor shoes, completely out of the loop. Chen Shu felt a little ashamed, but that didn't stop him from continuing to observe his surroundings.

The boy who had been squatting by the balcony door smoking earlier was now standing behind the door of the room, gripping the handle of the suitcase next to him tightly with one hand, staring intently at the man who had opened the door earlier, without saying a word.

The man then ignored Chen Shu and his companion, and simply stared silently at the child.

At this moment, it seemed as if Chen Shu and Zhu Chaoran had abruptly disturbed their private time together.

Since no one was stopping him, Chen Shu was happy to be free. He looked the child over carefully for a few moments and found that there was nothing wrong with him, nor did he show any fear of the police, so he wandered around the room on his own.

I don’t know when it started, but every time I conduct a spot check on a rental house or hotel, the first thing Chen Shu does is squat down and look under the bed.

Perhaps it's because I hid under the bed for so long when I was a child playing hide-and-seek, that I developed this obsession.

Hmm, there's only one suitcase under the bed, no problem. It should belong to this man...

Chen Shu then walked out onto the balcony, raised his hand to touch the thick plastic rod used for hanging clothes, and then held his fingers up to his eyes to see that they were clean and free of dust.

I looked down and around at the balcony floor, and it was just as clean as the interior, without a trace of standing water.

Chen Shu nodded slightly, having basically made up his mind. He walked back into the room from the balcony, glanced at the two who were still staring at each other, and without saying a word, pulled Zhu Chaoran, who was standing idly in the room, and walked out.

As they approached the room door, he asked, "Did you know that the person living next door lost a cell phone in the bathroom this morning?"

"do not know."

The man spoke concisely, while the child remained silent.

Seeing that the other party was not going to speak, Chen Shu backed away to close the door and stood outside.

(End of this chapter)