On October 6, 2025, when the nationals are celebrating the National Day, an apartment building in Singapore is immersed in the atmosphere of terror because of the discovery of two Chinese bodies.
On the afternoon of the discovery of the two bodies, their downstairs neighbor, Ms. Zeng, called the police because she found that the ceiling continued to permeate blood. Ms. Zeng, who is in her seventies, said to the police, "The blood still gives off a strong smell, which is very abnormal."
At 1:35 p.m., the police found the administrator and ordered the administrator to open the permanently closed door of the 8th floor with a spare key. After opening, everyone was stunned: they saw a woman falling by the door of the living room, with no signs of life.
The Case Discovery
The police immediately blocked the scene, and after forensic investigation, it was preliminarily concluded that the difference between the bones, that is, the time of the man's death, and the time of the woman's death was about one month. Men are around 67 years old and women around 47 years old. The case was immediately investigated in the form of "unnatural death".
According to the clues provided by neighbors, the two corpses should be a father and daughter, the bone male is Xu's father, and the female body is her daughter Xu Na. Both of them were originally Chinese nationals and were from Northeast China.
Neighbors also reflect: the daughter suffers from mental illness, the working day basically does not go out, the father went out to pack food, came back to give the daughter to eat. neighbors speculate: the daughter has no self-sufficiency, and is likely to die of hunger after the death of the father.
The Case Discovery
But the question arises, the daughter has no self-sufficiency, her death time, why is it more than a month apart from her father.
Obviously, there are doubts about the neighbors' guesses.
With the revelation of the identity of the two corpses, Xu Na's information was further made public: Xu Na had excellent grades since childhood and was a doctor at Cambridge University. After graduation, he worked in scientific research in France. She was introverted since childhood and didn't like to socialize with others, but her grades were excellent. According to Singapore's Xinming Daily, Xu Na won the first place in Group A (Junior College Group) of the National Live Chinese Writing Competition for Middle School Students in 1997. She is also active in Chinese Society and Table Tennis Club on campus.
She graduated from the Department of Computer at the National University of Singapore in 2001, obtained a master’s degree at the National Academy in 2003 and a doctorate at the University of Cambridge in 2008. She also worked as a research scientist at the French National Institute of Digital Science and Technology (INRIA) from 2009 to 2012.
That is to say, Xuana has not only had an enviable education, but also a very bright and decent job.So why did she suffer from mental illness and then die exotic?
According to the information revealed by Xu Na's classmates who were contacted later, Xu Na has repeatedly revealed her homesickness on social media. In particular, she once recalled the scene of playing in the snow with her friends in the northeast. It can be seen that during her stay in France and Singapore, she missed her hometown very much. During her stay in France, Xu Na revealed on social platforms that only they were Asians in her community in France, so she was particularly homesick. She also recalled the scene of sweeping snow with her classmates with a shovel after heavy snow in middle school.
But since she misses her hometown, why doesn't she go back to her hometown in Northeast China to have a look?
As for Xuana’s mental illness, the dynamics she posted on social media seemed to be a clue, and she had publicly said: Someone in the paper blasphemed herself. But this blasphemed experience, whether it was exactly what she imagined, or really was the truth, nobody knows.
Neighbors in the community where Xu Na lives generally report that the father and daughter never say hello to anyone and hide when they see people. When Xu's father brought his daughter out, neighbors once saw Xu Na dancing and acting strangely. Neighbors said:
"Sometimes when we meet in the corridor, they just bow their heads and walk away quickly, which is very mysterious."
Subsequently, the police contacted Xu Nana's college classmates Xu Yong, Xu Yong also did not know Xu Nana's situation, only knew that she had worked as a researcher in the French national laboratory, a family of three engaged in research. Xu Yong said:
“We studied the undergraduate school together, and at first she didn’t know us very well, and then she also attended the Chinese Academy, so I knew her.
Xu Rong said: They met for the last time on the subway 20 years ago. I haven't seen her since that side, except that she went to work in France later.
Xuong speculated that Xuana should have been mentally ill after 2013, because in 2013, she was still occasionally updating her blog, which indicates that everything was normal.
According to the information further verified by the police: Xu Na's mother died in 2017, and the cause of death was cancer.
In order to find out the cause of Xuana's death, and deal with the related aftermath affairs, Xuana's classmates divided action, some in the college alumni crowd photos, some in contact with Xuana's previous colleagues in France, asking friends who are traveling to China to inquire around, looking for Xu's relatives in the northeast.
If any relatives of Xu Na can't be found all the time, then the ashes of their father and daughter don't know where to put them. Only by contacting their relatives can the ashes be taken back.
However, many days after the incident, none of the parties found any relatives of Xu family. Xuana and her father died in exile, but the search for relatives was unsuccessful, why?
Some speculate that when they immigrated, they had completely discontinued contact with domestic relatives. After all, many overseas immigrants would do so. So, the family of Xuana may have already discontinued contact with all domestic relatives. Xu Yong revealed that when they were in college, they had never seen any relatives in their home. Thus speaking, the family of Xuana was likely to break ties with domestic relatives.
If they weren't completely broken off, according to Xu Na's illness, they would definitely return to their hometown in Northeast China. You know, for most mentally ill patients, it is more beneficial to their illness to return to the familiar living environment of childhood.
Because it was never possible to find any of Xu Na's relatives, Xu Na's classmates had to find a way to organize a fundraising to prepare enough money to assist in Xu Na's death.
After the tragedy, the pressure on the grouping of Singapore houses was also great, and now the incident has caused great distress in the community.The community said that the government has long put up the retirement safety net:
"The Caring Leling Office of the Federation of Nursing Services Center will proactively contact people over the age of 60. The flat is equipped with an emergency call system, and the active Leling station can provide regular visits."
But why did Xu Na's family leave behind alone? Xu Na's father's age obviously meets the conditions of being over 60 years old, which is covered in the old-age safety net.
The answer given by the community staff is: "They never participate in community activities, and even the doors are less open. For families who actively isolate society, no amount of service can be delivered."
Xu na
The implication is: it is Xu Na's family who automatically turned their small family into an isolated island. Of course, they have their own reasons for living on an isolated island. After all, their daughter suffers from mental illness, and they may not want to trouble others, or they may be afraid of stimulating their daughter's illness. Or maybe they are afraid of being known to familiar people about their current situation.
In summary, the Xuana family did not go to the doctor to ask for medication after the sickness of Xuana, but chose to live deeply, most likely because: they do not want to let acquaintances know their tragic situation. After all, in the eyes of domestic friends, work abroad, especially doing research, is something that makes the nationals envy.
Unfortunately, they don't know that the country has changed now. With the development of self-media, the filter of life and work abroad has been broken little by little. Foreign countries, including the United States, are no longer a paradise in the eyes of Chinese people. Many immigrants to the United States have even become the targets of sympathy of Chinese people.
If they knew all this, they might have returned to the Northeast to treat Xu Na's illness.
As of the publication of this article, the police, Xuana and the windows were not in contact with any of Xuana's relatives. The apartment building in which they lived throughout their lives, still spread the bad smell, Xuana's neighbor's son reflects: the government has come to clean the scene and painted the ceiling of the mother's room, but the mother's odor is still strong. he said:
"That smell is really unbearable. We have some mosquito coils and advise my mother to go to the kitchen and back toilet as little as possible."
Ms. Zeng is also very emotional. She thinks that her father and daughter have moved here for more than 20 years, but usually she even saves nodding. In the end, it was "deeply understood" in the way of "bleeding from the ceiling".
The apartment building.
Some netizens imagined Xu Na's life in China. In their imagination, if they returned to China, even if they stayed in the northeast, it would be better than Poxian County, Singapore, where there were many people and few places. She is not a third-class citizen in China, so it is not difficult to find a suitable boyfriend to get married and have children.
And, with her bright experience, in the domestic development, how can also go to the university as a professor, can become an academic.
No matter how they deduced, netizens found that it was impossible for Xu Na and her father to die for a month or two before being discovered, and the cause of death has become a permanent mystery.
People say that choices determine fate, especially for the family of Xuana.