"An oil painting?"
Lu Xin paused slightly and cast Sister a curious look.
Manager Liu, the fat man, was standing right beside him, so it would have been awkward to speak directly to Sister.
Sister was excited after discovering a few secrets, so she cooperated enthusiastically. "That's right. I just heard that woman tell the old man that she had turned into the way she was before because she saw that oil painting. The old man seemed a little nervous and hurriedly asked which painting it was. She said it was one of the batch brought back by the scavenger team from outside the city."
"It was covered with a black cloth and set in a simple wooden frame."
"She also said that when she went to collect the goods, everyone from the scavenger team was already dead. It looked like they had turned on each other and shot one another. The scene was a complete mess. The oil painting was there at the scene, and it wasn't on the list they had provided at the beginning..."
"..."
Lu Xin nodded slowly without changing expression, then half-turned and gave Sister a look.
The meaning was: "Keep listening!"
Sister nodded excitedly and happily crawled back.
A breeze brushed past, and her shadow disappeared.
Lu Xin, meanwhile, pondered for a while before suddenly saying, "This Mr. Xu looks very wealthy."
The fat man beside him paused slightly and answered with a smile, "Even in Main City, Mr. Xu is a man of considerable standing."
Lu Xin nodded. "I saw a lot of beautiful paintings hanging in his living room just now, along with statues and things like that."
Manager Liu was somewhat surprised. "Does Single Soldier understand art too?"
Lu Xin nodded. "I learned a little from a teacher when I was