"After that, she had already made up her mind to take her mother and escape this disaster! She acted weak and played dumb in front of others, so all anyone knew was that Chief Engineer Zhou had left behind a frail, grieving mother and daughter! They had no idea the two had not only planned their escape, but also left that painting for us!"
Only then did Song Ning look up and say:
"The information she left us wasn't actually complicated. It was the process of finding the clues that became complicated!
"She specifically designated Du Song as the recipient of that box of Watercolor Paints! The painting she gave me also pointed straight to Du Song! Of the paintings she left on her wall, twenty were Du Song's works, and the other six weren't there for nothing, either. All six were prizewinning works from the Fifth Art Exhibition! The keywords she left were 'every fifth art exhibition' and 'Du Song.' Whatever route we took, we would eventually trace it back to that box of Watercolor Paints!"
Han Xiao nodded and said, "Yes! Looking at it now, she really was a clearheaded, clever young woman! She took her mother away under the pretext of returning to their hometown and disappeared. Neither the other side nor Dong Yuan's people could find any trace of her, despite sending so many people out to search! That alone is more than most people could manage!"
Just then, hurried footsteps sounded in the corridor, and Han Xiao got up to open the door.
The director hurried in with several staff members, looking delighted.
"I just got in touch with the person who handled donated supplies at that art exhibition! She explicitly told me that because Professor Du Song was named as the recipient of the