Chapter Eight Sudden Coolness on the Side of the Neck
Auntie said the name of the school, I nodded, and said: "There are several other families here that I want to visit. For example, this Li Yanqing... what grade does his child go to? And this one..." At this point,
, I paused deliberately.
"His child is in the fourth grade, in the fourth grade," the aunt said repeatedly as if she couldn't restrain her anxious mood, "You don't need to ask, there's no need to ask, just go and take care of it. Really..."
Seeing that this aunt was going to complain again, I quickly said goodbye and went straight to the school she mentioned. Needless to say, the children in this community should all attend the same elementary school, because the school districts are divided according to their residential addresses when enrolling.
That's right, in fact, the real purpose of my trip is not Li Yanqing, but his granddaughter, Liu Xiaoxiao.
When Mingying was about to set a fire, she was discovered by Li Yanzheng, who used a stun gun to knock him down. When I arrived at the scene later, the police officer said that Liu Xiaojie saw the appearance of the arsonist. But the person who set the fire was not Mingying, that is to say, Liu Xiaojie
What I saw might not be Mingying, but the real arsonist behind the scenes.
I bought a lunch box on the road, passed by a small frying shop, and packed some vegetables in. I bought a folding flat trolley at the hardware store, bought a notebook and pen at the stationery store, moved a few boxes of A4 paper, and piled them up.
On the cart, the lunch box is hidden under the carton.
He sent it to the school gate and said to the security guard: "Zhao Wenjun, the head teacher of Class 3, Teacher Zhao just called and asked us to send paper over quickly. He wants to print the test papers and there is not enough paper." Zhao Wenjun is the name that the aunt and I complained about the most just now.
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The security guard looked at me warily and said, "I have to call Teacher Zhao first before you can go in."
"No problem. But he is in the printing room now. Do you have his mobile phone?"
The security guard was stunned for a moment and said, "No."
"What should I do? It's urgent." I asked anxiously.
"You can keep your ID card here and you can go in."
In fact, according to Article 15 of the "Resident Identity Card Law", no organization or individual may seize a resident identity card. Of course, school security does not have this right. But I am in a hurry to do things and ask for help, so naturally I will not make noises with him.
, I obediently took out the ID card that didn’t belong to me and handed it to him.
As soon as I entered the gate, the rest was much easier. I left the cart downstairs, found the fourth-grade teacher's office, looked for a random teacher, and said, "I am delivering meals to the students. Her family members are here today."
I have something to do and I can't come to pick her up early. It's not convenient for me to enter the classroom. Please pass it on."
"Which student?"
"Liu Xiaoxiao."
"Oh, she's in Class 6, I teach her too. You can put it on her class teacher Zhang's desk. He has gone to class. I'll tell him when he comes back." The teacher pointed towards a desk.
,road.
I nodded in agreement. I walked to Teacher Zhang’s desk and looked down. There were many photos pressed under the glass plate. I quickly browsed through them and determined that one of the tall men who appeared most frequently must be Teacher Zhang. I didn’t put down my lunch box.
Then he withdrew.
I searched the classrooms one by one and quickly found Teacher Zhang's location. I hid outside the window and looked carefully for a while, but I didn't find Liu Xiaoxiao's shadow. There was a table, but it was empty.
Could it be that Liu Xiaojie is missing? No. If Liu Xiaojie is missing, when I mention "the children of Li Yanzheng's family" to the aunt I met before, she will probably tell me. For this kind of aunt who likes to inquire about Zhang's parents and Li's family's shortcomings
For example, how could one not know about such explosive gossip as a missing child?
Thinking like this, I looked back and saw a little girl walking quietly from the bathroom at the top of the stairs. It was Liu Xiaoxiao who cried "Grandpa" that night.
I quickly stuffed the lunch box into the trash can next to me, walked up and said, "Are you kid Liu Xiaoxiao?"
"Yes... Big brother, are you...?" Liu Xiaoxiao blinked at me with his big innocent eyes.
I took out my notebook and said: "I am a reporter from Shanghai TV. I heard that you are a good girl who is brave and courageous. I want to interview you. Can I interview you?"
Liu Xiaojie said: "No, I have to go to class. I came out to use the toilet..."
I quickly said: "I have already told your teacher Zhang, and he agreed."
"Really?" Liu Xiaoxiao blinked and said, "Okay then."
I pulled her to the secluded staircase and said, "I heard that you were particularly brave when there was a fire last time, right?"
"The teacher said," Liu Xiaoxiao said with pride, "a good student must be brave..."
"Xiaoxiao is really awesome," I continued. "After that incident, a policeman asked you, have you seen what the bad guy who set the fire looked like?"
"Yes, but what I said is different from what grandpa said. They still believe what grandpa said." Liu Xiaoxiao said with a somewhat unhappy expression.
"How could it be? Xiaoxiao is a good student and would never lie, right?"
"Of course not! I'm telling the truth! I really saw a man that day, but grandpa said it was a woman and said I didn't see clearly..."
It seemed that things were as I thought. So I continued: "Then what does the person you saw look like?"
Liu Xiaoxiao recalled it carefully and said: "He seemed to have two mustaches, just like the bad guys on TV. And...the hair in the front was very long and stuck to his face..."
"Stuck on your face?"
"Yes, that's it," Liu Xiaoxiao said, covering half of his face with his hands, "just stick it on your face."
"How do you know it's stuck on your face?" I looked at her, a little strange.
"If it wasn't stuck to your face, why wouldn't it move even if the wind was strong?"
I immediately understood that it was deep into the night and under the dim light, she could not see clearly. The so-called hair stuck to her face was probably half of her face like the green-faced beast Yang Zhi in "Water Margin"
birthmark.
A guy with half a birthmark on his face and a mustache? It shouldn't be hard to find. I continued to ask, "How tall is he?"
"About the same height as my eldest brother. I can't remember clearly."
I nodded and said, "Then what kind of clothes does he wear?"
"It was black. It just flashed for a moment, and soon the person was no longer visible."
"Oh..." I thought, if Liu Xiaoxiao saw him, then he should also have seen Liu Xiaoxiao. If he is a powerful habitual criminal, he should come to trouble her, right? Could it be because of what she said to the police?
He didn't accept her, so he didn't take her seriously? Then he asked: "Xiaoxiao saw these things, it means that you are bold, careful, brave, and very observant. Maybe you can become a detective in the future!"
"Really?" Liu Xiaoxiao had obviously read some popular reasoning books such as "Conan" and "Kindaichi". After hearing this, his face turned red with excitement.
I nodded and said, "The things I just asked you are all secrets. Don't tell anyone else about them in the future. A good detective knows how to keep secrets."
Suddenly, a voice sounded from behind: "Classmate Liu, what are you doing here? Hey, who are you?" Listening to this, it was probably the teacher Zhang who saw Liu Xiaoxiao in the toilet for a long time and thought she had skipped class, so he came out to look for her.
. I quickly turned around and said: "Hello, Teacher Zhang, I am an assistant inspector of the Municipal Education Bureau. This time I came to inspect the school. When I saw this classmate Liu, I had a casual chat. It delayed her class.
Yes, I’m sorry.”
Teacher Zhang's expression did not change, he just looked me up and down and whispered: "Some changes have happened in classmate Liu's family. She has been in a low mood recently. You don't have to take what she said seriously."
I was silent for a moment, responded, and then said to Liu Xiaojie: "The teacher is here to find you. You should go back to class quickly." After saying that, I smiled apologetically at Teacher Zhang, turned around and walked away.
Looking back at the two people walking into the classroom, I lowered my head and thought for a moment, then walked out of the school gate, bought a bottle of drink at the cold drink stall opposite, sat on a chair and waited slowly.
When school was over and the students poured out of the school gate, the teachers came out sparsely. I saw Teacher Zhang coming out pushing his bicycle, so I quickly jumped on the car and followed him slowly.
While I'm following him, let me explain how I found out that this person is fake. It's actually very simple. I saw the photos pressed under the glass plate of Teacher Zhang's desk, and one of them happened to be standing on the stairs.
Oral shot. When Teacher Zhang came out of the classroom to look for Liu Xiaoxiao, I noticed that his walking posture was a bit strange. I glanced down carefully, only to find that his heels were almost exposed from the leather shoes. This meant that the inside of his shoes was
It must be the insole that increases the height. After using the insole, it is almost the same height as Teacher Zhang in the photo, so the actual height may be about the same as mine.
Therefore, when I saw him, I was stunned for a moment. In fact, I remembered what Liu Xiaoxiao said: The arsonist is about the same height as me.
If the teacher Zhang in front of me is fake... the only person who would pretend to be him to spy on a group of primary school students is the real arsonist who has met Liu Xiaoxiao.
Of course, if you ask me, if Mr. Zhang also wore a bra when taking those photos, your reasoning will be invalid. Yes, it is true. However, I also saw two photos of him and a colleague, one
It's at the gate of a famous mountain scenic spot, and one is on the beach. In both photos, the height difference between Teacher Zhang and the colleague is the same. That's why I dare to be so sure, because I have never seen anyone wearing it on the beach.
The slippers also support the man who has grown taller.
However, if this fake teacher Zhang is the real arsonist, what is his purpose of spying on Liu Xiaoxiao? Is he waiting for an opportunity to silence him?
Teacher Zhang didn't seem to notice my presence at all, and just pedaled his bicycle slowly and leisurely. After walking around for a few blocks, he suddenly turned into a small alley.
There was no way for a car to walk in this alley. I had no other choice but to park the car on the side of the road and follow quickly.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered the alley, I found Teacher Zhang's bicycle leaning against the wall, and there was no trace of the person.
I was shocked, and just as I was about to turn around, there was a strong grip on my shoulder, and a cold dagger was already placed across my neck.
"Who sent you? Why are you following me?"
I was shocked to find that this person was not the teacher Zhang I was following just now, but an extremely skilled killer.