By the time Song Ning returned to the hospital, Chen Liang was back as well.
He placed a document envelope on Song Ning's desk.
All the information on Professor Du Song was inside.
Song Ning read through it carefully. The information was detailed. Du Song had been among the first students at the Central Academy of Arts, which was founded in 1956 and was the predecessor of the Qingbei Academy of Fine Arts. His training in fine arts had impeccable credentials.
Du Song had a talent for painting and was diligent and eager to learn. After graduating, he stayed on to teach until the Cultural Revolution broke out and the school was forced to suspend classes. During that period, Du Song not only risked his life to preserve a collection of valuable paintings held by the school, but also spent most of what little wealth he had accumulated in his lifetime rescuing paintings that had been scattered among private owners.
Later, as the situation in the country gradually stabilized and the arts began to flourish, he gained a modest reputation in the domestic art world. Around that time, he began making regular donations to children in impoverished areas and had kept it up for several years.
He preferred peace and quiet and had never enjoyed socializing, yet he was still willing to enter competitions or attend events by invitation, largely because they provided extra income. Otherwise, his teaching salary alone would never have supported his many charitable acts.
In addition to this information, the file included the honors and achievements he had earned over decades of teaching at the academy. He had even taken part in designing a famous assembly hall, and many of his students had gone on to distinguish themselves.
After reading it all, Song Ning felt deeply