Brother Long, whose real name is Pan Long, is 35 years old and hails from Kun City.

Pan Long is also a former convict; he was imprisoned for 8 years for robbery in his early years.

After getting out of prison, he still mingled in the underworld, currently working as a bouncer at a nightclub.

Upon learning Brother Long's whereabouts, Chen Wei immediately arranged for personnel to head to Pan Long's residence.

I didn't hesitate to hitch a ride with Chen Wei.

Pan Long is a gang member and a suspect in the murder of Liu Hu.

Chen Wei was worried he might have weapons, so the team heading out was armed.

I was assigned to stay at the back of the team, watching from a distance.

When we arrived at Pan Long's door, I faintly smelled a foul odor emanating from inside the house.

It was the stench of a dead rat.

"Pry the door open!"

Chen Wei sensed something was wrong and directly ordered to pry open the door.

Two criminal policemen stepped forward with crowbars and opened the door in no time.

A foul stench hit us; I quickly covered my nose but couldn't stop a wave of nausea.

Chen Wei and his team, enduring the stench, rushed into the house.

I couldn't care about anything else and followed them, pinching my nose.

Although I was mentally prepared, the sight inside still shocked me.

There was a corpse lying on the sofa in the living room.

The body was already decaying and emitting a foul smell, covered with a swarm of flies.

As we rushed in, hundreds of flies buzzed up from the corpse and started swirling around the living room.

Even though I've participated in many cases with the city's criminal police team over the past two years, I still felt my scalp tingle at the sight.

Chen Wei, leading the way, waved away the flies around him with a frown.

"Don't touch anything in the house, call in the forensic team!"

After saying that, Chen Wei led everyone out of the house.

The stench was too overpowering; it needed ventilation.

After a while, the smell dissipated a bit and we re-entered the house.

I've been involved in cases as gruesome as the "serial disembowelment case," so I wasn't scared of the decaying corpse.

After ventilating, the odor in the house had lessened significantly.

I started to observe the surroundings.

The decor was quite common, no different from that of an ordinary household.

On the coffee table in front of the sofa, there was a bottle of red wine and two glasses.

Both glasses still had a little red wine left in them.

The coffee table was also cluttered with some fruits, snacks, and other miscellaneous items.

In a corner of the living room near the balcony, a camera was installed, flashing a red light.

"Check the footage from this camera!"

Just as Chen Wei gave the order, the forensic team arrived.

"Wow, this is a big one!"

Old Wu entered the house and upon seeing the decaying corpse, couldn't hide a trace of excitement in his voice.

I glanced at him speechlessly, not understanding where his excitement came from.

With the arrival of the forensic team, the site investigation proceeded in an orderly manner.

Chen Wei and I went to the stairwell to smoke, with Chen Wei's frown deepening.

We had already confirmed the identity of the deceased through his ID card; the body inside was the Pan Long we were looking for.

We didn't expect that just as we started to reopen the investigation into Liu Hu's case, another homicide would be implicated.

The person who was closely related to Liu Hu's death, Pan Long, was now dead too.

Judging by the level of decay, Pan Long's time of death might not be much later than Liu Hu's.

What initially seemed like an accidental murder caused by a traffic incident was now revealing layers of complexity.