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Boone put down the phone, looked at the two detectives who were taking notes outside the office, and sighed again with gratitude for Grande's efficiency. To be honest, his meeting with Grande's master yesterday made him feel perfunctory. He didn't expect things to turn out so well at all.

Isn't it, it would be grateful if a little patrolman could come and ask him. But now in his workshop, there are two detectives! Detectives! or homicide squad detectives!

What does this mean? Oh! Boone is not stupid, it means that at least the police admit that there is a dead person here! The guy who burned in the mouth of the staff inexplicably, and then his face was not there, at least let the police admit it! Otherwise, why would it be the detective of the homicide team?!

Let this beautiful misunderstanding continue.

"Mr. Herman?" Lola knocked on the office door, her eyes tapped on James, and she left, and clicked, and left. It's really ...... to see this Lance police detective who definitely has an unusual relationship with Zack in this place So Lola and Kepler don't know what to think.

James was in a similar mood at this time, and looked at the five West Side kids sitting outside Boone's office, yes, five, the five kids from the elevator incident, one of them was a lot! What are these West Side young masters and ladies doing here! What the hell is Zack doing!

James really misunderstood this time, Lola and they are here for Parker Elementary School, and it has nothing to do with Zack.

Lola pursed her lips, "If Mr. Herman is busy, we, well, won't bother......"

"Hey!" Boone quickly ran out of the office, "It's okay. Don't bother at all, the materials are about to arrive, you guys are just waiting for a while! I'm really sorry for the order from Parker Elementary School! I really hope to continue to cooperate in the future, so don't mind! Soon! Soon the materials will arrive, I'll send them with you!"

Lola looked back at her companion with an unnatural expression. They had been waiting here for half a morning, all because of this Boone, insisting on reordering the materials to make the trophy and give it to Parker Elementary School as compensation for the sudden destruction of the order. As a gesture of goodwill, Boone also decided to send a few workers to assist with the children's handicraft lessons.

The West Side companions, who were already waiting a little impatiently, all showed expressions of wanting to leave quickly when James and Corson came in to investigate, "Mr. Herman." Well, we can go back and tidy up the classroom first, and then you can ......" Lola is looking for a reason, and keeps expressing the meaning of wanting to leave here, but after all, she is a girl, and her tone is not absolute enough, and it is easy for people to easily misunderstand.

"Do you need to prepare the arts and crafts class at Parker Elementary School in advance?" With a wave of his hand, he called out a few names. "How many of you, have you finished asking questions?"

The workers nodded, and Boone immediately ordered, "You go to Parker Elementary, now! help the teachers there tidy up the craft classroom, ah! Bring some equipment with you, too! Do you know that they are going to make trophies! Some equipment is not easy to use, train those teachers in advance, and tell them to pay attention to a safe place when using it, you know! Go ahead!"

Lola looked at Kepler for help, but it was a pity. Kepler was rolling his eyes now, not even paying attention to Lola's pleading look.

Lola looked at Boone helplessly, "Well, thank you, Mr. Herman." ”

"Hey, what's the politeness! I'm not used to Mr. Herman's calling, just call me Boone. ”

"Oh. "It's really not customary, Lola is too used to calling Connor's father, Mr. Herman, this in front of me, it's always weird, it's really unfamiliar, thinking of Connor, Lola has complicated emotions again, "That, thank you, Boone, uncle." ”

Lola sighed silently, went back to the chair outside the office and sat with her companion, looked at Kepler, who had just rolled her eyes, and pushed her a little complainingly, and complained quietly, "What about Lydia?" Lola wanted to express that if there was an adult to talk to this Boone, it would definitely have an effect.

"With Eve outside, I don't know what they're doing. Kepler glanced out of the office area, and when he saw James uncomfortably looking at him, his eyes shrunk, and he shrank to Lola's side, and lowered his voice, "Hey, what do you think this detective is doing here? Is that Zach ...... doing it?"

Lola slapped Kepler's hand and stopped it, she didn't want to discuss!

However, the world sometimes likes to go against young girls, and after finishing his questioning of a staff member, James looks around, Cowson is still pestering a staff member, and Boone also returns to the office, and continues to call the employees who have hesitated to go on temporary leave to come back and be questioned by the police.

Golden opportunity.

James walked to the five children with a clear purpose, ignoring their increasingly nervous expressions and about to speak. It's a question, it's also a question, but I haven't had time to say a word yet.

"Mr. Detective!" Lydia appeared at the door of the office area, shouting in this direction, "We've found something useful, can you come over and have a look?"

Halfway through the inquiry, Curson hooked his finger at James, apparently gesturing his partner to deal with it.

James tugged at the corners of his mouth, glanced at the five children, and said nothing more towards Lydia.

Lydia kept smiling as she watched the strange young detective approach, first nodding politely, "Lydia." ”

"Detective Lance. James followed Lydia out of the office and found the direction of the fire center, the first place he and Corson had come to check. Before Weiss said that the North District was lucky, it was true, the place where the fire broke out was just on the west side, the warehouse and the workshop where the trophy was made were within the scope of the fire, and the office area on the east side just survived, according to the results of the inquiry, because it was close to the end of work, the workers just returned to the office area and prepared to get off work, so no one was affected.

"My partner and I checked out there. James frowned, not that he was unwilling to accept help from civilians, but that he didn't want to waste time, "Didn't find anything useful." ”

"Oh, Detective Lance, it's not like you've found anything. Lydia's smile was a little embarrassed, and she turned a corner with James, and she could already see Eve sitting on a broken wall, surrounded by several workers who had already been questioned, all of them looking in admiration and admiration, and marveling at the drawing board in Eve's hand.

This is the place to make trophies, and the drawing boards, paper and pens for design will not be lacking, don't care about these details, focus on the key points.

Eve glanced at the detective who had followed Lydia and flipped over the drawing board. The porcelain doll-like girl calmly looked at James for the first time she saw her, "Under the description of these kind workers, I have drawn it, and here suddenly spontaneously combusted and burned to death. ”

James looked at the hair that was displayed in front of him, down to the point of running hair, the clothes that were pulled up by someone to stop and pull, and the corners of his eyes that were eager and desperate...... The portrait blinked. (To be continued......)