Sheng Ya timidly led a group of people to do their nature sketches. There was no other way for them to justify their lies and keep up with appearances without her as the art student. Niu Si warned them not to head to Qinglong Mountain, the temple, or the well.
In the end, they went to the mayor's house, for that was the only place that was of significant height. Besides, the mayor ought to know the ins-and-outs of the incident. "Even if the whole truth could not be coaxed out," Xu Lan said, "a few sentences would surely be of help."
Sheng Ya looked at the sketch that each person made of Darkwater Town. Oh, how artful! Not many people understood the art world anyway; faking it was enough to make it believable.
"Isn't this a Taichi diagram?" Zhang Fei gesticulated on the drawing board and remarked while looking at the village.
