Early in the morning, at over six o'clock, inside Zhu Maode's office at the Tianhai Police Station.
Ye Chenfeng, Sun Hengfei, Fang Nanxiang, and Zhu Maode all sat despondently in their chairs. After receiving a call from Xue Ying at midnight, Ye Chenfeng immediately contacted Zhu Maode and then left the hotel with Sun Hengfei and Fang Nanxiang, while Sun Xiaoli stayed behind to take care of Zhang Xinran in the hotel.
After leaving the hotel, they went straight to Nanning Road in Tianhai. When they arrived at the alley on Nanning Road, it was already cordoned off by the police. Zhu Maode had rushed to the scene as soon as he had received a call from Ye Chenfeng.
The three men in their forties who lay dead in the alley were all killed with a single stab wound to the throat, and showed no signs of struggle. Ye Chenfeng donned gloves and carefully examined the three middle-aged men, but found nothing on their bodies.
