I stood at the back door of the third (6th) class of Seongnam Yucai High School, looking inside through the small glass window on the door.

It was half past two in the afternoon.

The classrooms were dimly lit.

The sunlight is blocked out of the classroom window by the thick double curtains, so that, when viewed from the inside, the windows become four square spots of light, like neon lights at night.

The blackboard in the classroom was obscured by a projection screen, and the projector hanging from the concrete beam at the top of the room was emitting a flickering pillar of light—

A science and educational film about bees is playing in the classroom.

I turned my attention to the content of the video, and at this time, the explanation of the male teacher in the classroom also reached my ears.

"The group behavior of social insects is still one of the important research topics in the scientific community today." The teacher said, "Let's take the hive pattern we learned in the last lesson as an example. Now we can confirm that the ruler of the hive is not the queen bee. ”

The image on the screen is a row of brown wooden beehives, busy bees are constantly coming and going, the sun shining through the shadows of the trees, countless bees flying between the lights and shadows, making a buzzing sound.

In the sunlight, the bees flew down from the sky like glowing missiles, and then stopped on the hive, crowded with each other, burrowing into the small dark hole.

"Below, we will see the shocking scene of the bees separating their nests......", as soon as the teacher's voice fell, the speakers in the classroom began to make a louder and louder "buzzing" sound.

I couldn't help but be drawn to the projection image.

This is a shot of a large bee colony splitting into nests.

The swarm in the shot is restless, the entrance to the hive is crowded, from here, a large swarm of bees gushes out, as if a flood has broken the gates, the buzzing sound is one, the swarm is like a grumpy soul, breaking free from the hive-

"In fact, after the colony separates from the main nest, the queen only follows behind. It was the queen's daughters who really made the decision. The teacher pointed to the black swarm on the curtain with a teaching stick, "The worker bees at the forefront, in the reconnaissance position, have the right to propose to place a new hive location, once they find a good pre-selected location, they will start to report to the bee colony in the agreed dance way, and some leaders will then select several alternative locations according to the recommendations of the scouts, and after focusing on verification, they will join the scouts' dance." Immediately afterward, more bees inspect the alternative sites that have the upper hand, and when they return, they join in the boisterous dance of like-minded scouts to express their choices...... Simple and shocking swarm wisdom, isn't it? ”

On the curtain, the bees swirl in mid-air, buzzing deafeningly, and these small creatures continue to converge, eventually forming a black storm, and then rising into the air and slowly disappearing into the camera like a phantom......

"Jingle bell—"

The sudden ringing of the bell startled me.

"It's time." The teacher turned off the projector and said, "Let's get out of class." ”

The curtains were pulled back, and the classroom was filled with human voices.

"Hello." I blocked the teacher in the corridor outside the classroom, "I'm Ji Guang, a special consultant of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Seongnam Police Bureau, are you Teacher Si Huaguang?" If you have time right now, I have a few questions for you. ”

"Criminal Investigation Division...... Invited Consultant? Si Huaguang lifted his glasses, his gaze looking at me suspiciously through the lenses that were as thick as the bottom of a beer bottle.

Well, the special consultant or something, it is true that I abused it, and the word "temporary" needs to be added to this title, and now Cheng Cheng has not hired me, so, strictly speaking, my actual identity is just a private detective, but fraudulently using the name of the police bureau can avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble...... Well, if it is really exposed, he can only rely on Cheng Cheng, he shouldn't mind too much, right?

Although I think so in my heart, I can't show weakness on my face.

"Just asking something about one of the students in your class." I lowered my voice, "Xu Wen-Teacher Si knows about his condition, right?" ”

My calm aura, coupled with the revelation of a little key information, obviously made the doubts in Si Huaguang's eyes dissipate: "Mr. Ji, right?" Let's go to the office and say okay? ”

"Ah, of course."

Si Huaguang, 42 years old, a biology teacher who has been teaching for 20 years, is now the head teacher of the third (6th) class of Chengnan Yucai High School, and Xu Wen is his student.

I learned some information about Xu Wen from Si Huaguang, and he knew everything, and praised me for the advantages of Xu Wen, a child who is quiet and good at learning, and finally, he asked tentatively: "That, Mr. Ji, Xu Wen...... Did something happen to him? ”

"It's not a criminal case, Xu Wen is not in danger for the time being, you can rest assured. However, due to confidentiality, it is not convenient for me to inform you of the specific situation for the time being, so I apologize for your understanding. ”

Hearing that I explained that it was not a criminal case, Si Huaguang breathed a sigh of relief, and he shook his hand again and again: "Confidentiality regulations, I know, no need to apologize, no need to apologize." ”

"Is there a classmate named Li Yuanxiang in your class? I wanted to meet her and ask a simple question or two. ”

"Yes, yes, I'll call her to the office right away." Si Huaguang hurriedly agreed.

From Xu Wen's parents, I learned that Xu Wen's friend was a female classmate named Li Yuanxiang. The most important purpose of my visit to the school this time was to meet this female classmate.

But I didn't want to find Li Yuanxiang directly, but found her through her homeroom teacher, why bother with a procedure?

First, I can learn some about the situation through the head teacher, Mr. Si Huaguang, and second, I don't want to attract the attention of other students - the second point is the point, after all, Li Yuanxiang is now in the third year of preparing for the college entrance examination, and I still want to minimize the impact on it.

Li Yuanxiang was quickly called to the office.

"Hello, my name is Yoshimitsu." I repeated the set of rhetoric I told Si Huaguang to Li Yuanxiang again.

Li Yuanxiang has a pear blossom head with bangs, a round face, with a little baby fat, she is a somewhat shy girl, after seeing me as a stranger, she has been keeping her head down, when she heard the words "police bureau" and "consultant", she nervously twisted the zipper of her school uniform.

"Teacher Si, is it convenient for us to be alone for a while? The question I asked was confidential and inconvenient for a third party to know. ”

Hearing me say this, Li Yuanxiang became even more nervous, she raised her head slightly, and looked at her homeroom teacher as if asking for help, like a panicked young beast.

"This ......" Si Huaguang also felt that it seemed a little difficult to do.

I didn't expect this situation, and now I feel a little inappropriate, after all, the other party is a flower girl, and I'm a strange man who suddenly appeared, so anyone would worry about being alone with me, right?

"Uh-well, let's excuse me, Mr. Si, just stand in the hallway outside the office, okay?" I was a little embarrassed and gestured with my hand, "That, Mr. Li, we are only separated by a door from Teacher Si, if there is anything, you can call Teacher Si and hear it...... Is that okay? ”

Li Yuanxiang's face flushed, and in an almost inaudible voice, he let out a "hmm".

After Si Huaguang left the office, I spoke: "Classmate Li, you relax, I just asked you a few very simple questions, I heard that you and Xu Wen are good friends, right?" ”

"Hmm."

"Actually, Xu Wen and I are also friends......"

"Huh?" Li Yuanxiang looked up at me in amazement, this was the first time she looked at me head-on, but after realizing this, Li Yuanxiang lowered her head in a panic.

I really couldn't do anything about this shy girl, so I had to continue: "You know that Xu Wen is sick, right? I was also hospitalized at that hospital, so I met as a patient. ”

I briefly explained to Li Yuanxiang how I met Xu Wen on the rooftop of the hospital and how I became friends with Xu Wen.

"I see. Indeed, he loves to see the sunrise the most, and he says it represents a new hope for every day......"

Li Yuanxiang's tone stabilized, and I immediately sensed something from her words, "Have you known each other for a long time?" I asked.

"I, we've been classmates since elementary school."

"So, have you been friends since elementary school? It's a rarity. In that case, you must know the story. ”

"What...... Tale? ”

I told the story of the urban legend that Xu Wen told me, riding in a specific car and participating in a special competition with a prize fund of one million.

"That, that's ......" Li Yuanxiang's voice suddenly trembled, "That, that game......"

She suddenly raised her eyes and looked at me wide-opened: "Xu Wen, he, he went to participate...... That game?! ”

"What game?"

"Human wolf! Man-wolf game !! Li Yuanxiang suddenly seemed to be a different person, jumped up and grabbed my arms, I found that, contrary to Chu Chu's pitiful appearance, the strength in her hands was a little scary, and even hurt me a little, "Xu Wen, Xu Wen went to participate in the human wolf game?!" ”

She almost yelled at me.

Then, she pushed me away so violently that I was caught off guard and pushed back a few steps, tripped over something, and fell to the ground.

In the next second, Li Yuanxiang had already pushed open the door of the office and seemed to rush out.

I fell on a pile of teaching books, and the books were piled on top of each other, and as soon as I moved, the books slid to the ground, and for a while I couldn't even struggle.

Teacher Si Huaguang had already stood at the door of the office.

"W-what's going on?" Si Huaguang's face was extremely ugly, it was an expression of surprise and anger.

Oops!

I instantly understood why Si Huaguang had such an expression on his face!

- I'm afraid he's taking me for a bastard who molested girls?!