As soon as our car approached the school, we heard the sound of frolicking coming from the campus.

The front yard of the school is large, and there are many facilities to help children exercise and have fun, and there are about 30 children playing there, which is more appropriate than a playground. I don't know the schedule of primary schools in the UK, but it's definitely not the end of school before 2pm.

Qiao Wei and I got out of the car at the school gate, and the children inside did not stop their play because the police stopped at the school gate, and a few older children did look at Qiao Wei and me a few times, but only a few times, and then they began to continue with what they were just doing.

"Are you two new officers?"

A young woman with long blond hair and long curly hair walked over and asked Qiao Wei and me through the iron gate of the campus. She's tall and beautiful, and she looks less like a teacher at school and more like a model.

"We're not a police officer, it's just that our car was damaged during the fog just now, so the deputy sheriff lent us his car temporarily." Qiao Wei replied truthfully.

"Oh." The blonde woman nodded, "Then you came to school?" ”

"That's right, we would like to ask about the recent situation of these students." Qiao Wei said as he handed the thirteen photos to the blonde woman. On the way, I had taken a picture of each of the thirteen children that Grace had marked in the album, and I was going to use it now.

She took the photo and looked at it, and then returned it to Qiao Wei: "Did something happen to them?" ”

"It's really hard to explain, it's kind of curious." Qiao Wei thought for a moment, and then said, "We went to the sheriff's house to see his daughter before, and his condition seems to be a little strange. By the way, the sheriff seems to have a slightly older son, has he come to class? ”

"You mean Muhammad?"

"Muhammad? Is it the sheriff's son's name? Qiao Wei asked rhetorically.

The blonde woman nodded, "He's also in the pictures you showed me, the top one you were holding." ”

Qiao Wei hurriedly looked down at the photo in his hand, and I also went over to take a look.

The top photo is a boy about ten years old with a hedgehog head, who looks very handsome, but when he laughs, he gives people a sense of evil, which also reminds me of Changle. I also looked at the frolicking children against the photographs, and it was easy for me to find Muhammad among the children. He was sitting with a very beautiful girl with short hair, talking and laughing, exactly like the boy in the photo.

At this moment, three boys walked up to Mohammed and the short-haired girl, led by a tall fat man who didn't look like a bully at school, and the two who followed him were supposed to be the bullies' little henchmen.

The school was so noisy that I couldn't hear what they were saying here at the school gate, but from Mohammed's expressions, I could tell the three boys were looking for fault.

Sure enough, without saying a few words, Muhammad suddenly stood in front of the short-haired girl, and then threw a punch at the big fat belly of the tall fat man in the lead, and the fat man was beaten to the bottom of his head, and Muhammad immediately took a uppercut, and knocked the fat man to the ground.

The children who were playing separately all focused on Mohammed and the tall fat man, and the blonde woman we were talking to at the door also noticed the movement in the schoolyard, and she quickly turned around and ran to Mohammed, and several other teachers also gathered and took Mohammed and the downed fat man into the back classroom.

Qiao Wei and I were stopped outside the school gate, and we could only watch from the door.

It wasn't uncommon for children to fight, but after a short period of silence, the children started to make noise again, and the school was back to its previous liveliness.

After about ten minutes of waiting, the blonde woman returned to the school gate and smiled apologetically at us, "Sorry to keep you waiting." ”

Qiao Wei hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's okay, let's continue to talk about the thirteen children, now?" ”

"There's nothing inconvenient, the children you mentioned have basically taken leave, I heard that they are sick, and only Muhammad is still coming to class."

"Everyone else is on vacation? When did it start? Qiao Wei hurriedly asked.

"It's the last few days, first Muhammad's sister, and then the children in the same class. I wondered if there was a sudden epidemic of some serious infectious disease in the town, so I went to the hospital to ask, but the hospital said that there was nothing special to pay attention to. ”

"Did the twelve children have any special conditions before they took leave? For example, suddenly become less talkative, or have a bad appetite, or simply seem to be a different person? Have it? Qiao Wei asked again.

The blonde woman looked at Qiao Wei with very strange eyes, and then shook her head and said: "I really didn't find out, they just stopped coming all of a sudden, that is, they were fine after school the day before, but the parents called the next day to ask for leave." ”

"Did they come into contact with any special people at school?"

"Someone special? I don't think there should be any! The school workers and teachers here have been working for many years, everyone is from the town, and there has been no special person coming lately, if I have to say anything special, it is probably ......" The blonde woman lengthened her voice, but did not continue.

Qiao Wei and I both knew very well that the special person she was referring to must be Grace.

"Are you sure the child doesn't have contact with anyone outside the school other than Grace?"

"Well, in school, I can guarantee that they have absolutely no contact with strange people." The blonde affirmed.

"Well, thank you for answering our questions." Qiao Wei nodded to the blonde and thanked her, and after a slight pause, Qiao Wei made another request, "We still want to say a few words to Muhammad, is this okay?" ”

"This ......" The blonde woman looked very embarrassed, but she didn't directly refuse Qiao Wei, and it seemed that there was still room for relaxation.

Qiao Wei also approached the blonde woman with a serious face and said: "I don't want to hide it from you, I just went to Sheriff Redfield's house in the morning, he locked his daughter and youngest son at home, we knocked on the door for a long time and he didn't open it, and then he was willing to come out until the deputy sheriff came forward, but he still looked very weird, and even shot us, I was worried about whether anything would happen to Muhammad, so I wanted to ask." ”

"Yes...... Is there such a thing? The blonde was very surprised and looked at me at the same time.

I nodded hurriedly and said, "Absolutely, the most important thing is that Sheriff Red's daughter also told us one thing, she said that her father was not human, and there was no expression on her face when she said this, it felt like she had been hit very badly." ”

Like Qiao Wei, I tell the truth, and these truths can easily mislead people, and I was also misled at first.

The blonde woman was even more surprised at this time, she stared at me and Qiao Wei, and then lowered her head and rolled her eyes from side to side as if she was thinking about it in her heart.

"Well, I'll let you go to Muhammad." Finally, the blonde made up her mind, "But I have one condition." ”

"What conditions, you just say." Qiao Wei immediately said with a smile.

"I have to be there when you see him, and the school police have to be there, and if you don't agree to this condition, I won't let you see Muhammad, and I must be responsible for my students here." The blonde said resolutely.

"Of course it's fine!" Qiao Wei happily agreed to the blonde's request, "By the way, I haven't asked you what to call it." ”

"Just call me Susanna, I'm the headmaster here." The blonde said as she stretched out her right hand to Qiao Wei.