The door was a good one and had a good lock. It was hard to open it or break it by force.
The young man tried hard to exert much strength, but he failed. Even with such a loud noise, there was no reaction from inside the room. His face quickly changed. "Call a lock company."
After they called, a lock company employee soon arrived. "Is it locked from the inside?"
"Yes," the woman said.
"OK, leave it to me," the employee said.
Using professional implements, the door was unlocked with the sound of a crack within two minutes.
The mother and son rushed into the room. The windows were open. Sunshine was all about. On the bed was a fully clothed man. He seemed to be asleep, except that his complexion was weird.
On the bedside table, there was a white plastic medicine bottle.
"Zhao?" The woman called him gently as she approached the bed. She quivered to stretch out her fingers to his nose. There was no breath.
