My happy life in a courtyard house with triplets.

Chapter 386: Jia Dongxu's Death Discovered

In the afternoon, Banggeng skipped class to avoid studying. He was discovered by Yang Ruihua as soon as he reached the front yard.

Upon seeing Banggeng, Yang Ruihua immediately asked, "Banggeng, why are you out of school so early?"

Banggeng immediately lied: "We didn't have class this afternoon, so the teacher let us come back early."

Yang Ruihua didn't really believe it. She knew that even if Yan Fugui didn't have classes in the afternoon, he wouldn't let students leave early. She just looked at Bang Geng's back and gently shook her head.

Bang Geng thought he had fooled Yang Ruihua with his lie and was feeling smug, planning to say the same thing to Jia Dongxu when he saw him later.

He cautiously pushed open the door and saw that his father was motionless, assuming that Jia Dongxu was asleep. Banggeng looked around the house, found a cornbread bun, and started eating it, spitting out, "It's really hard to swallow."

He was completely unaware that Jia Dongxu was lying in an awkward position.

After finishing his cornbread, Banggeng picked up his bowl and scooped some water from the bucket to drink. It was then that he remembered Jia Dongxu and quietly walked up to him.

But when he saw Jia Dongxu's bulging eyes, he was terrified and cried out, "Help! Help! My dad is dead! My dad is dead!"

He cried, shouted, and wailed, his voice quickly alerting the people in the courtyard. Everyone rushed to the Jia family's door and saw Banggeng crawling out of the house, crying and wailing. They immediately went up to him and asked, "Banggeng, what's wrong?"

Banggeng pointed into the house, trembling with fear as he stammered, "My dad is so scary, so scary!"

Everyone looked into the house, but no one dared to go in. Then a few bolder people exchanged glances and said, "Let's go in together."

A few people nodded, and the others followed behind. When everyone entered the house and saw the scene at Jia Dongxu's place, they were all startled. They scrambled out of Jia's house in terror.

At this point, someone suggested calling the police immediately, and a young man ran out right away.

The crowd exchanged glances. Someone spoke up: "This is a matter for the Jia family; we need to call Madam Jia over."

Everyone nodded. Liu Haizhong's wife, Li Chunhua, said, "I'll go. Perfect timing, I'll call Lao Liu over too."

Everyone else nodded in agreement.

Yang Ruihua said, "I'll go call my husband, Lao Yan." After saying that, she headed towards the school to find Yan Fugui.

Everyone gathered around the entrance of the Jia family's house, waiting.

Soon, two police officers arrived from the local police station. Upon hearing that someone had died, the two immediately entered the Jia family home to examine Jia Dongxu's body and the furnishings inside. The experienced officer immediately recognized that Jia Dongxu had choked to death while eating.

Two police officers quickly came out and asked the people in the courtyard, "Does anyone know anything about his family? Tell us about it."

The crowd started talking all at once. The police quickly learned from them that Jia Dongxu was bedridden and unable to move, Jia Zhangshi worked at a steel rolling mill, and Bang Geng was in school.

The two police officers exchanged a glance and discussed for a moment. One of them said to the older officer, "This should be an accident, right? It's obvious that he choked to death while eating."

The veteran police officer nodded: "You're right, we need to get the neighborhood committee involved and let them handle this."

Soon, someone from the courtyard ran to report to the subdistrict office. Director Wang of the subdistrict office quickly arrived at courtyard number 95 with two staff members.

When Director Wang heard that Jia Dongxu had choked to death while eating, he could hardly believe his ears. For so long, things had finally calmed down at courtyard house number 95, and then suddenly this terrible thing happened.

Director Wang soon met the two police officers. After a brief exchange with them, he went to check on Jia Dongxu's condition at the scene and was also shocked.

As they were talking, Director Wang suddenly noticed Banggeng huddled on the ground, trembling uncontrollably, clearly terrified. Seeing Banggeng so frightened, Director Wang quickly instructed two staff members to comfort him.

Meanwhile, Li Chunhua quickly arrived at the steel rolling mill and went to the security department. Instead of going to see Jia Zhangshi first, she asked the security personnel to pass on a message to Liu Haizhong.

Liu Haizhong quickly arrived at the door and looked at his wife, asking, "What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Li Chunhua quickly relayed the news of Jia Dongxu's death in the courtyard.

Liu Haizhong's eyes widened in disbelief: "What? Jia Dongxu is dead?"

Li Chunhua nodded: "Yes."

She then said to Liu Haizhong, "By the way, Lao Liu, you should hurry up and inform Jia Zhangshi so we can go back together. When I arrived, the others had already called the police. This is your chance to prove yourself."

Upon hearing this, Liu Haizhong felt that his wife was incredibly capable and quickly praised her, "Wife, it has to be you. This news came just in time."

Soon, Liu Haizhong found Jia Zhangshi cleaning the house. Before he even got close, he ran up shouting, "Jia Zhangshi! Jia Zhangshi! Stop sweeping! Go home right now! Your son is dead!"

Upon hearing this, Jia Zhangshi flew into a rage, grabbed a broom, and was about to hit Liu Haizhong in the face: "Liu Haizhong, you fat bastard, who are you cursing? Your son is the one who's dead!"

Seeing that Jia Zhangshi didn't believe him, Liu Haizhong swore to heaven, "Jia Zhangshi, I really wasn't joking with you. Everyone in the courtyard knows. My wife sent me to inform you. How could I joke about something like this?"

Upon hearing this, Madam Jia panicked: "What did you say? What happened to my son?"

Seeing her like this, Liu Haizhong didn't dare to say anything more, only saying, "Jia Zhangshi, you'd better hurry home and check on things, something terrible must have happened."

Without even asking for leave, Jia Zhangshi rushed to the courtyard house.

Soon, the three returned to the central courtyard of the traditional courtyard house. As soon as Madam Jia arrived, she saw a large crowd gathered at her door. She rushed in, shouting, "Make way! Make way! Everyone make way!"

Director Wang stopped her: "Mrs. Jia, you need to be mentally prepared."

Just as Jia Zhangshi was about to start cursing, she saw that it was Director Wang from the neighborhood office and immediately swallowed back the words she was about to say: "Director Wang, let me go in and take a look first."

Seeing her son's miserable state, Jia Zhangshi burst into tears, crying out, "My son, my poor, wretched son, how could you leave me so soon? You are so cruel! My poor son!"

At this moment, Yang Ruihua and Li Chunhua quickly stepped forward to comfort him. Yang Ruihua said, "Mrs. Jia, try to look on the bright side. Your son has been bedridden for so long, it hasn't been easy for him. Besides, he choked to death, it was just his fate."

Upon hearing this, Madam Jia Zhang became enraged and shouted, "Your son deserves to die! Your son deserves to die! I think my son was cursed to death by you!"

Yang Ruihua also got angry: "Jia Zhangshi, stop spewing nonsense! Everyone's watching. You know perfectly well how your son died. Besides, the police are here too. I was just trying to comfort you, and you're swearing at me?"

Li Chunhua, who was standing nearby, quickly pulled Yang Ruihua aside: "Alright, alright, why are you arguing with her? Her son died, and she's grieving right now."

Standing at the back of the crowd, Qin Huairu watched everything unfolding before her eyes with a calm and composed expression.