"Cut it out and bring out the safe already."
"Sure thing!"
Mr. Zhao carried the safe out with a smile, calling out cadences to boost his own spirit under the weight.
At such commotion, Xu Dayuan briskly entered the room. Seeing the dismantled bookcase and the safe in Mr. Zhao's hands, Xu Dayuan's eyes lit up—finding something meant progress.
"Found it inside the bookcase?"
"Yeah, it was embedded in the wall when the house was built. However, the safe requires both a code and a key. There are bloodstains on the handle and combination lock; we'll only know if it's the deceased's after testing.
Someone with the key, who knew the code, and was aware of the whereabouts of the safe. According to what the village chief just said, the house was built in 1983, and the construction team at that time also knew about the safe's location.
