Right outside Wang Liang's rented apartment, Chen Mingming stopped and looked down the stairs.
The lights in the old building's stairwell flickered on and off. Since the corpse had been discovered here, several of the tenants living above and below had moved away one after another over the past few days.
Even the faintest footsteps could be heard clearly at this moment.
At last, Zhao Le appeared in Chen Mingming's line of sight... He placed a hand on the stair railing and looked up, his face expressionless as he climbed one step at a time.
At last, Zhao Le finished climbing the stairs and stood beside Chen Mingming.
Only then did he speak. His face was no longer as stiff as it had been while climbing, and he seemed somewhat frightened. "This isn't very appropriate... There's a seal on the door."
Chen Mingming paid no attention and casually tore off the seal. (He had come here once with Zhou Yusheng, then put up a new seal when they left.)
When he saw Chen Mingming tear off the seal, Zhao Le opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but swallowed the words.
Then Chen Mingming directly pulled out a key and opened the apartment door. Zhao Le could no longer remain calm and exclaimed, "You... how do you have the key?"
"Come in." Chen Mingming pushed the door open and casually spoke a sentence before pressing the button beside the door to turn on the lights inside.
When entering, Chen Mingming took off his shoes and placed them to the side before actually walking in.
Zhao Le hesitated for several seconds. He had countless questions in his heart... But since he had already followed Chen Mingming up here, he took a deep breath and went in after him.