My happy life in a courtyard house with triplets.

Chapter 407: Poisoning He Daqing

Qin Huairu looked intently at Shazhu, her eyes wide, and said, "Shazhu, listen to me. If it gets discovered that He Daqing is unconscious, we'll both die. There's only one way to save us."

Sha Zhu looked at Qin Huairu and said, "Sister Qin, what should we do?"

Qin Huairu took out another packet of medicine from the cabinet: "This is another packet of medicine I bought last time. The two of us will give this packet of medicine to He Daqing now, and he will die immediately. When the police come, we will say we don't know anything. Then you write a letter in He Daqing's handwriting. Be quick and say that you don't want to live anymore and want to end your life so as not to be a burden to your family."

Sha Zhu hurriedly followed Qin Huairu's instructions.

After finishing everything, the two sat down at the table, panting heavily.

Qin Huairu looked at Shazhu, who was soaking wet, and said, "Zhuzi, go open the door. Open the door. We can't let anyone see how panicked we are."

After waiting for seven or eight minutes, they saw Zhang Lei and Yu Shui walk over with the police.

People in the courtyard saw this and all came over.

Liu Haizhong couldn't help but ask Zhang Lei, "Zhang Lei? What are you doing? Why are there police officers here?"

Zhang Lei looked at Liu Haizhong and said, "Liu Haizhong, it's not something that can be explained in a few words right now. You just watch from the sidelines for now."

He Yushui brought two police officers to He Daqing's house and said to them, "Officers, Qin Huairu just said my dad was asleep, but I pinched him hard and he didn't react at all. I suspect something happened to my dad, so I called the police."

Upon hearing He Yushui's words, the police officer looked at Qin Huairu and asked, "Qin Huairu, is He Yushui right?"

Qin Huairu pretended to be unaware of the situation and said, "Yushui, how could you say that to the police? How could you suspect me like that?"

As she spoke, she began to cry.

The police officer looked at Qin Huairu, frowned, and said, "Just answer whatever they ask you. Don't keep crying."

As he spoke, another policeman went to call He Daqing.

Another policeman came up to He Daqing and patted him on the shoulder: "He Daqing, He Daqing, wake up, wake up, we have something to say to you."

But after calling for a while without any response, the police realized something was wrong. They quickly turned He Daqing over and said, "He's dead!"

Upon hearing this, everyone was startled and quickly looked at He Daqing.

Seeing the dead He Daqing, Zhang Lei couldn't help but ask, "Qin Huairu, tell me what happened? Didn't you say He Daqing was asleep? How did he get dead?"

Qin Huairu pretended to know nothing and said, "What? Dead? Great Qing, open your eyes and look at me!"

She spoke while crying, her incredulous and aggrieved expression was so heartbreaking, it brought tears to the eyes of anyone who heard it.

At that moment, the police found a note clutched in He Daqing's hand and said, "We've found something here!"

They opened He Daqing's hand and took out the note inside: "This may be the cause of He Daqing's death. Take a look."

Upon seeing He Daqing's suicide note, everyone immediately began to discuss it.

Some people say, "It seems that He Daqing doesn't want to implicate his family."

Some people said, "With He Daqing gone, our community has lost another elderly person."

Some people say, "He Daqing's departure should be considered a relief."

The whispers reached Qin Huairu's ears, and she couldn't help but feel happy.

However, Zhang Lei felt something was amiss. He glanced at the note—it was He Daqing's suicide note—and looked at Yushui, asking, "Yushui, is this your father's handwriting?"

He Yushui shook her head and said, "It's somewhat similar, but also somewhat different."

Sha Zhu then spoke up directly: "Our dad is paralyzed, so he definitely can't write like before. He probably doesn't want to be a burden to us siblings, so..."

She started crying as she spoke.

Upon hearing He Yuzhu's words, He Yushui quickly comforted him, "Brother, we won't have a dad anymore. How can our dad just be gone like this?"

He Yuzhu quickly patted He Yushui and said, "Yushui, don't be sad. It's suffering for Dad to be paralyzed. Dad must have figured it out."

Zhang Lei thought for a moment, then walked up to a policeman and muttered something to him. The policeman listened to Zhang Lei's words, nodded, and said, "What you said makes some sense, but we can't just listen to their side of the story. We have to investigate, at least search them."

The police officer thought for a moment and said to Qin Huairu, "We need to search the room." Qin Huairu didn't think much of it and said, "Go ahead and search."

Sha Zhu stepped forward to block their way, shouting, "What are you investigating? My father is dead. Do you want to disturb his peace? I'm his son. I've always watched over him. Would I harm him?"

The policeman frowned upon hearing Sha Zhu's words. Zhang Lei gave He Yushui a knowing look, and He Yushui immediately stood in front of Sha Zhu and said, "Brother, since the police are investigating, let them investigate if they want. We haven't done anything wrong, so we're not afraid of them investigating."

Sha Zhu, having no other choice, could only say after hearing He Yushui's words, "Fine, fine, investigate. Investigate however you want."

The police searched the house thoroughly but found nothing. Qin Huairu was secretly pleased, thinking that she had cleaned up all the traces long ago, leaving not a single dreg of medicine or anything else behind.

Just then, Zhang Lei's gaze fell on the pillow He Daqing was using. Seeing that it looked bulging, he immediately said, "Officer, can you check if there's anything inside that pillow?"

The police officer immediately went over, took out the pillow from under He Daqing's head, reached inside and felt around, suddenly pulled out a strip of cloth, and said, "There's something here!"

Everyone was drawn to the policeman's words, looking over curiously and wondering what it was. Qin Huairu and Sha Zhu also stared in surprise at the strip of cloth in the policeman's hand, completely unaware that it had been hidden in their pillow.

He Yushui and Zhang Lei quickly followed. When the police unfurled the cloth and saw the words on it, they were immediately horrified.

A line of words was written on it in bright red blood: Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu harmed me.

Upon seeing those words, everyone looked at Qin Huairu and Sha Zhu in disbelief. Their faces were deathly pale, and Qin Huairu kept muttering, "Impossible... how could he possibly write that..."

Sha Zhu was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, his body limp and unable to stand. Almost everyone in the courtyard rushed in, and the bloodstained writing instantly caused an uproar among the crowd.

At this moment, everyone looked at Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu with disbelief and fear.