third missing person

The winter sun is always lazy, arriving late and leaving early all day long and often absent from work. It was only 05:30 in the afternoon, and the sky had become lifeless.

Nan Yanyao tidied up his belongings and clocked in to get off work. Although school was not over yet, his classes were all over, and he had an appointment tonight.

Take a taxi to the other end of the old town of Wencheng. Although this area is also a building from the last century, it is very different from the other end.

I don’t know who paid a big price here, and opened the first restaurant in the old city’s mood, which became very popular in the city, and then attracted the second, third, and fourth restaurants. Now it’s full of exquisite decorations In restaurants, bars, and cafes, countless literary and artistic youths walk arm in arm, talking and laughing side by side on this winding street.

When we arrived at the appointed restaurant, we opened the door and walked in. The wooden floor, long bar counter, and small square table, it was just dinner time, and the restaurant was full of seats.

Seeing him push the door open, the waiter came up to him and asked, "Hello, sir, who are you?"

"two"

"Sorry, there are no seats in the hall for the time being. Can I sit outside? There is a heater outside so it's not cold."

He thought for a while and nodded in agreement.

Go up the stairs to the second floor, pass through the hall, and walk out from the door at the end of the hall. There is a semi-enclosed terrace, which is small and long, with several high tables placed next to the railings. Put a huge fireplace.

As soon as Nan Yanyao sat down, she felt the heat wave hit her face, and it was indeed not cold.

"I have to wait for someone, and I'll order later." He put the menu on the side of the table, thanked the waiter, and looked around with his chin in his hand.

This area has been built very beautifully in the past few years. There are all kinds of antique buildings, and there is always an inexplicable magicism when they are matched together. For example, there is a small European medieval villa directly opposite, and there is a Roman in the yard. The wind fountain, but next door to him is the inn standing in the desert in the martial arts movie. The antique log-colored building is very vicissitudes.

Suddenly a few cars drove into the intersection, and slowly stopped in front of the bungalow, and a few people got out of the car, it turned out that it was a private club hidden in the market.

Before I could find out what kind of high-ranking officials and dignitaries could enter and exit such an unremarkable club, I heard the sound of the door opening here.

"Sorry, it's been a long wait."

Nan Yanyao was taken aback when he saw the person coming, and then greeted with a smile: "No, I just arrived too, thanks for your hard work, Officer Chen."

There were one after another disappearance cases in the school, wave after wave of policemen came and went, but nothing came of it.Until Xu Zigui's disappearance, he struggled for many days whether to tell the police everything he knew, but he was afraid that what he knew had nothing to do with the case and would cause trouble for the police and the school.

Until that night, when the school arranged to investigate various Internet cafes, nightclubs, and KTV activities, he accidentally encountered a policeman who did not believe that he was a teacher.

Probably the conversation that day gave him some courage.

The excuses given by the school were always the same, and they specifically told them not to talk nonsense, so he prepared a note and prepared to pass it out secretly, but he never thought that the policeman who came to the school again turned out to be Chen Sheng.

At the moment when the note with his name and phone number was handed over to the other party, he felt inexplicably much more relaxed.

What has been concealed and carried all this time can finally be resolved in one go.

However, it was obviously not the first time they met, and he still felt that the person standing in front of him was a little strange.

He's not a stranger, after get off work, Chen Xing was not in a hurry to attend the appointment, he hurried home to wash his face, brush his teeth and shave in front of the mirror, his hair was washed, blow-dried, and pomade, he put a leather jacket on his sweater, and a naughty smile appeared at the corner of his mouth .

If Nan Yanyao saw decadent middle-aged men before, then what he saw tonight was a typical capable elite man.

"What's the hard work, isn't it our responsibility to maintain social order?" Chen Xing unashamedly pulled out his chair and sat down and asked, "Have you ordered?"

"not yet"

"First time here?"

"Well, I rarely eat out."

Chen Sheng glanced at him meaningfully and nodded, rarely eating out means he is single!A single dog is too lazy to come to this kind of restaurant to eat. Although he is also a single dog himself, he is a single dog who has done his homework!

He reached out to call the waiter, asked the waiter what he had to avoid, and ordered a few special dishes.

"I'm so sorry, I want Mr. Nan to sacrifice his time with his girlfriend to see me."

"No, I don't have a girlfriend." Nan Yanyao showed a nice smile and answered calmly.

"No way! Teacher Nan is so handsome and doesn't have a girlfriend?" Chen Xing pretended to be surprised, then changed the subject and joked, "Then he must have a boyfriend."

The boy on the other side was startled, wondering if he was too close to the stove, his ears turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye: "No...no"

"Then I'm really lucky." He rested his chin and stared at him unreservedly.Fortunately, the waiter brought drinks to break the inexplicable atmosphere.

"Cough... um... has the case progressed?"

"Well, thank you for your school's active cooperation, the case has no clue."

Nan Yanyao explained with a helpless smile: "The school also wants to protect the students. Recently, the police have come in and out too frequently, and the students will be affected to some extent. By the way, the missing children in other classes are also responsible for the police officer Chen? This is... ...The case of serial disappearances?"

"..."

Chen Sheng was silent for a while without responding. He lowered his head and took a sip of his drink to change the subject: "Your school is also very interesting. You organize teachers to find students in the middle of the night, but you refuse to cooperate with the police. Do you often carry out such activities?"

"Not at all. It just started recently. Isn't this the disappearance of several classmates one after another?"

"Those who were quite flamboyant that night were also in your class?"

"Yes, it's a student from Class [-]. He was sitting in the conference room yesterday. He probably wore makeup that day, but Police Officer Chen didn't recognize him."

"Squad one?"

"Yes, from class one."

Inexplicably, Chen Sheng felt that this conversation was a bit familiar, and asked in confusion, "Then what class do you belong to?"

"I teach the art class of classes 1 to 4 of the second year of high school."

"Oh..." He suddenly realized that the conversation that night was like this: "Then what do you study in art class?"

Nan Yanyao frowned slightly. He didn't expect that the topic would be taken away. The art class has nothing to do with the case. After thinking about it, he replied: "There are quite a lot, art history, art appreciation, basics of Chinese painting, sketching, etc. I will learn some oil painting, sculpture and sculpture.”

"Learning so much? My art classes back then were basically taken up by foreign languages."

"This is also the characteristic of Lingying Middle School. It attaches great importance to courses such as art, music, physical education, and technology. Take art class as an example. There is no one class every week, and no one can occupy it."

"That's really quality-oriented education, no wonder it's a noble school." Chen Xing rubbed his chin and asked, "It's convenient for me to ask how old Teacher Nan is this year?"

"Me? I'm 23 years old."

"Just graduated from university at 23? You can go to high school to be a teacher just after graduation, which means you are very good."

"No..." He smiled self-deprecatingly: "Maybe the art teacher's requirements are relatively low."

"That night I really thought you were underage, but 23 years old is not too old, and I just graduated, so I don't think I was mistaken." Chen Xing continued to ask while looking for love for himself: "By the way, why did you go to the police for something?" Do you want to talk about it? It's related to the case?"

The topic was finally withdrawn, Nan Yanyao nodded solemnly and said: "I don't know if it has something to do with the case, but it has something to do with Xu Zigui."

"Hmm... what happened to Xu Zigui?"

"I suspect he encountered school bullying."

"Campus bullying?" Chen Xing stopped the chopsticks in his hand, his expression became a bit serious: "Is it those few teeth and claws from yesterday?"

"Those people are the school's well-known princelings, headed by the son of Principal Lu. He is too old to be spoiled by his son, and he is very domineering in the school, but these few people are just more publicity, basically they are not out of line. matter."

"Isn't it out of line for a high school student to smoke and go clubbing?"

Nan Yanyao chuckled and continued: "About more than a month ago, the students all went out for exercise during the big class break. There was no one in the teaching building. I saw a group of people cursing around at the end of the corridor. I didn't know what they were doing, so I walked over. After asking, they dispersed without saying anything, and Xu Zigui was surrounded."

"Xu Zigui was beaten at school?"

"It shouldn't be a beating. After all, in the school, it looks more like a shock."

"Shock? Did Xu Zigui have a problem with them?"

"I'm not sure about the relationship between the students. After all, I'm just an art teacher, but I still have a little impression of Xu Zigui. He is very introverted, has few friends, and always walks alone. He studies very hard, and he rarely listens to art. In class, all this time is spent doing problems, and his cultural achievement is also the first in the whole grade."

"and then?"

"A week or so later, it was a sunny day. After school, I left late because I had to prepare for the students' competition. As soon as I got out of the office, I saw Xu Zigui standing in the corridor with his whole body wet, and the schoolbag in his hand was dripping with water. How could it be like this in the winter... I asked him and he didn't speak, but said to take him to change clothes, he turned around and ran away."

"This is a bit serious. Didn't the school pay attention?"

"The next day, I reported this to the dean of teaching. The dean said that Xu Zigui accidentally broke the faucet, and told me not to make a fuss. Xu Zigui will be punished."

"This explanation..." Chen Sheng shook his head and asked, "Ms. Nan just accepts it?"

"I heard the word punishment at that time. Xu Zigui couldn't afford it. He was from a poor family. He was able to study in Lingying because of his good academic performance. Even if he made a mistake, he might be expelled from school. In addition, during that time To lead the team to participate in the art competition, this matter was forgotten by me."

"And later?"

"Later... maybe last week or last week, I bumped into him once in the corridor. He was walking with a limp. I wanted to ask him what was wrong, but as soon as I met my eyes, he ran away immediately Open it, as if you are afraid of me."

"Mr. Nan and Xu Zigui have a festival?"

"No, I'm not a life teacher. Apart from art class, it's just a chance encounter with students on campus."

"Then do you know how Xu Zigui hurt his foot?"

"I don't know about that." Nan Yanyao sighed softly and lowered his head: "If I could have found out earlier, or if I had paid him more attention, maybe..."

The fireplace-like heating stove next door emits a long orange light, which is hitting Nan Yanyao's side face at this moment. He is staring down, blaming himself, annoyed, and endlessly frustrated and regretful.

Looking at him, Chen Xing felt his heart twitch. He really wanted to pat him on the shoulder and tell him that it wasn't your fault, but the raised hand couldn't be achieved due to the distance, so he turned sharply and pinched a root on the plate. Put the fries in your mouth and say, "You've done a good job."

He thought for a while and continued to ask: "What impression does Mr. Nan have of Xu Zigui?"

"Xu Zigui is very introverted and doesn't like to talk very much. He seems to be alone and has no friends."

"Then did he do anything unusual before he disappeared?"

"Unusual behavior? No way...it's just normal."

"Mr. Nan, if you think about it carefully, no matter how small or insignificant it is."

"Hmm..." Nan Yanyao thought for a while and said, "If I have to say it, Xu Zigui had an art class last week."

"Took an art class?"

"Yes, he usually does the papers in art class. As you know, Police Officer Chen, it is really difficult for children from poor families to take the road of art. In addition, he has no interest or talent, so I didn't care about it. Last week's art class was a clay sculpture class, and he made clay sculptures together, and it was the day before I heard that he disappeared, and he seemed to be very happy to make a small house."

"What kind of little house did he make?"

"It's very ordinary. To put it bluntly, it's a combination of a triangle and a cube. It's crooked, but he seems to be having fun doing it."

Chen Sheng nodded and asked, "Is the clay sculpture he made still there?"

"The homework handed in by the students later was not his, and I don't know why he didn't hand it in."

"So... Teacher Nan thinks that Xu Zigui's disappearance is related to campus bullying?"

"Not really, I just feel that I should tell the police about it."

"Hmm..." Chen Sheng nodded, then raised his head suddenly, his eyes met and asked, "Where is Mr. Nan from the night of the 9th to the early morning of the 10th this month, and what are you doing?"