Gu Zheng gently shook his head and said,
"Not necessarily! If it was like Wang Desheng and Xu Wenguo at the last international exchange conference-attending a public event and getting into a car accident in a public place-the newspapers would definitely report it. But if... they used other means, like in Zhou Weide's case, or if the case involved sensitive information, it wouldn't be publicized."
Song Ning nodded in understanding. When Zhou Weide died, all that had appeared in the end was an obituary.
She said, "Seeing Li Yongzhi's name only brought back those two snippets of information. If Chief Engineer Li has an accident in a public place on the twenty-eighth and the media reports it, I might... be able to remember the details around the twenty-sixth!"
Lei Ming asked, "Sweetheart! How exactly... does that work?"
A little embarrassed, Song Ning said, "Grandpa! There's a drawback to this memory of mine. If I can recall something right away, it means I remembered it fairly well in my later life! As for all the information I only glanced over, keywords can trigger those memories... reading newspapers, for example, can bring them back too, but only about three days in advance!"
Gu Zheng said, "Regiment Commander Lei! To be safe, make protecting Chief Engineer Li a priority! Have him avoid all outings and contact with others for the next few days, until after the twenty-eighth!"
"All right! I'll arrange it as soon as possible!"
In the end, from the list of nearly twenty names, Song Ning identified five people who were still alive in her later life and singled out two who would die soon.
Li Yongzhi's death was at the end of October.
The other man, Tian Songping, would die in early November.
Lei Ming made these two his priority.