Zach and the others arrived at a bad time. The stout middle-aged man who opened the door was holding something similar to a carpenter's ruler, his face flushed. In the middle of the living room just inside the door, half-sitting was a thin boy with a tear-stained face. It looked like he was Nathan.
Weiss was stunned for a moment, then frowned, staring at the thing in the man's hand, and naturally placed his hand on his waist. There are many things on the belt around the policeman's waist, including police badges, handcuffs, batons, guns...
"What are you doing!" Weiss' tone was not very good. The scene in front of him could easily be classified as a crime of harming children. The fact that the executioner was the father had no other effect except making the crime worse.
"Ah!" The carpenter's ruler in his hand was thrown away, "Wes... Officer! I was just..." The man winked desperately into the room, but it had no effect. Nathan let go of his voice and cried louder.
Zach actually felt like he agreed with Taylor. Crying was indeed the cheapest weapon for these little guys.
Zach tapped Wes on the shoulder and reminded the policeman of the purpose of his visit.
Wes glanced at Zach, pursed his lips and nodded. He let go of his belt and looked carefully at Nathan in the room, confirming that he had no injuries at all. It was obvious that the man was just scaring him.
Wes looked at the nervous man, "I still have some questions to ask Nathan about Teddy's case."
"Oh!" The man was obviously an honest South District person. He did not question the police's words and greeted the two people to enter very cooperatively.
Naturally, there was nothing wrong with Wes. The man looked at Zach's face, shook his head, and didn't remember who it was (people from the South Side were more familiar with Benjamin). He didn't care, and invited them into the living room together. He even tried to pull up the boy who was lying on the ground. But with more viewers, Nathan cried even more vigorously.
Before the middle-aged man who was the owner spoke, Zach spoke first, raising his voice to break through the endless crying, "Just tea. Thank you!"
The man was stunned for a moment, then he said honestly, leaving Nathan, who was rolling on the ground without getting up, and turned around to prepare tea for the guests.
Zach first smiled at Wes and made a warning, then leaned forward on the sofa and held down Nathan, who was lying on the ground. "Uncles are going to ask you questions, so don't cry. Sit down, how about it?" ?”
Zach's answer was a twisting struggle and an even higher level of crying.
The corners of Zac's smiling mouth stretched into a grin, his fangs poked out, and his red eyes blinked.
Nathan stopped crying and stood there as if he had seen a ghost.
Zach returned to normal, and the corners of his grin receded. He kept his most common vampire smile and patted his side. "Come sit down and answer the questions carefully, or I will come to see you tonight."
Nathan's eyes were fixed on Zach, and then he quickly looked at Wes, "He..."
"I didn't see anything." Wes pursed his lips and glanced at Zach with a strange expression. I don’t know if he was holding back laughter or something, “Nathan, come on, sit here. Just some simple questions.”
Nathan was not so cooperative and rushed out of the living room. Gone. After a while, he was heard shouting to the man who was preparing tea for Zach, with a crying voice, "The monster under my bed is here! It's outside! Sit on the sofa! Dad, go and see! It's outside !!”
Abandoning subjective impressions and not being affected by cheap weapons, the coexistence of the two is really difficult for ordinary people.
So Nathan was screwed out! The stout middle-aged man was holding the tea tray in one hand and holding the boy in the other. He smiled apologetically at the two guests on the sofa, and then threw Nathan on the sofa unceremoniously, "The officer asked you a question! Be honest!"
Zach smiled cooperatively at Nathan, this kid was completely honest.
Weiss nodded to the man, which was considered a greeting to the guardian, and the police's questioning had officially begun.
Wes looked at Nathan seriously, "Nathan, we never asked you why you and Teddy wanted to go to the beach." His eyes swept over the uneasy middle-aged man beside him, and he frowned, "Adults should Enough to tell you, the beach is dangerous and not a place to have fun.”
The beach in the South District is not Knoll Beach in the North District. Remember, the name of Ixton has become a mockery of that development area, not to mention the coastline further south from Ixton. Even Sissi is now Behind the 'Ocean View Villa' where I live, there are all things like rocks. Going further south, there is no development by businessmen or the city government. It is no different from Nogishi!
Nathan pursed his lips tightly and just shook his head.
Wes looked at Zach, then at the man, and asked again. Still no reply.
Zach picked up the not very hot tea and looked at the middle-aged man, "What just happened?" During this time, Zach always seemed to like to change the subject.
Zach smiled and reached out to pat Nathan's shoulder, who was obviously avoiding action, and said in a comforting tone, "He is just a child. Teddy's disappearance is not his fault. As a father, don't be too harsh."
"How can I be so strict!" The man stood up quickly! The anger seemed to be stirred up again, of course not against Zach, but at Nathan sitting next to Wes!
Zach tilted his head slightly, blinked at Wes, then immediately lowered his head and sipped the teacup that was leaning to his lips.
"I haven't blamed him for letting Teddy go to such a dangerous place!" The man was very excited and pointed at Nathan, who was shrinking back on the sofa in fear, and continued, "Now I don't know if Teddy can be found. Come! He will give it to me..."
"Wait a minute!" Wes stared at the man, "What did you just say, did Nathan ask Teddy to go to the beach?" Wes's tone became worse again, and his stopped waist once again exposed a bunch of things on his belt. Come out, "Why didn't you say this yesterday!"
The man opened his mouth and stared speechless for a moment. It took him a long time to react, "Ah! No! That's not what I meant! I mean, how could those two little guys think of going to the beach? No one would follow them. They mentioned that kind of dangerous place! I, I mean, how could they think of that kind of place... "
The words were confusing, but the meaning was clearly expressed. It was a typical case of joint anger.
Wes pursed his lips, thought for a moment, and glanced at Nathan, "Then who mentioned to you and Teddy that we were going to the beach?"
As expected, there was no answer. Weiss looked at the man, "Did you just teach him a lesson because of this?"
"No!" The man waved his hand angrily, "That's right! This kid, even before Teddy is here, he's clamoring to go to the beach! They've been quarreling since morning! They've been quarreling all the time!"
The man stared at Nathan, who was huddled on the sofa. He seemed to be getting angrier and angrier as he stared at him. He waved his hands, "Look! Is there such a little guy? His best friend doesn't know whether he is alive or dead! He just thinks that he wants to Go! It’s like I’ve been compared! It’s like I’m missing something!”
Zach put down his teacup and exchanged glances with Wes.
The man's excitement continued, "Look at him! Look at him! Who taught him! It's definitely not a bastard like me who taught him..."
"Okay." Zach cut off the man's venting before he could say the harsh words. The vampire smiled, "You may have misunderstood. We don't know how these two little guys could have anything to do with each other." Just keep the idea of going to the beach a secret among the little ones."
Zach glanced at Wes, "Teddy hasn't come back yet, maybe Nathan wants to find someone by himself." Zach's smile turned to Nathan, who was avoiding his eyes, "right? Nathan, friends’ secrets are only known among friends.”
Zach asked the most important question, "Nathan, you know where Teddy is, right?" (...)