Chapter 18: My Brother's Memory is Never Wrong

"Ye Xian, do you have any understanding of manners..."

Just as Jiang Wanze was about to scold her, Old Master Bo stopped him, "Before art, there is no distinction of age or seniority. Since this young person has her own opinions, she might as well speak out and share them."

Ye Xian glanced at Cheng Jingshu and slightly raised an eyebrow, "The painting is good, but it's a pity it's a fake. Miss Cheng, I'm afraid your twenty million has gone down the drain."

"What?!"

As the words fell, everyone was shocked and there was a buzz of discussion.

Cheng Jingshu looked at her incredulously, as if looking at a lunatic, "You're talking nonsense... Ye Xian, if you don't understand, don't make random judgments here, you should show respect for works of art."

"It's precisely because I respect art that I'll point it out, otherwise should we let it pass off as authentic?"

"What proof do you have that it's a fake!"

Cheng Jingshu retorted sharply, looking like she truly didn't know it was a fake.

Old Master Bo also watched her with pursed lips.

Everyone waited seriously for her to explain. Ye Xian sighed and walked behind the painting, "'Spring Blossoms and Autumn Fruits,' one of the early renowned works by Xia Hewan, extremely rare and precious. It was only displayed once at the Imperial Capital Garden Exhibition in '08, but those who saw the exhibition know that in the upper right corner of the painting, right here..."

She pointed to the upper right corner of the painting, "There was a round shadow."

This shadow was caused by the original Ye Xian as a child, carelessly dripping candle wax on it. Xia Hewan planned to remove the shadow with technical means, but as the painting was created to commemorate her love with her husband, and now that a 'little oversight' as a token of their love had been added to it, she felt it significant and ultimately didn't remove it.

"What a joke!" Cheng Jingshu looked at her with disgust, "In '08, how old were you? How could you have possibly been to that exhibition, and even if you had, how could you remember it? Stop making things up."

"I indeed never went, but what I'm saying is the truth. I don't know if anyone present has been there."

"The '08 Garden Exhibition of Xia Hewan's paintings?" Mr. Bo seemed to remember something, pondered for a moment, and then turned to Bo Tingshen, "Tingshen, I remember when you were young, your grandmother took you to it once. Do you remember it?"

Tingshen had an extraordinary memory since he was young, never forgetting anything he had seen. If Tingshen remembered, it probably couldn't be wrong.

Upon hearing this, Ye Xian looked at Bo Tingshen in surprise. A top-level boss indeed. He must have been only a teenager back in '08. So young, and he was already attending such refined events. No wonder bosses grew up in such privileged environments.

Unexpectedly, the man didn't even lift his head, seemingly uninterested, "I don't remember."

Hmph~

Cheng Jingshu secretly felt triumphant. The CEO had been famous as a 'genius' among the elite families since childhood. If even he couldn't remember, then the event probably didn't exist. This Ye Xian, trying to slander her, it backfired on her own head, didn't it?

"Do you have anything else to say?"

"My brother's memory wouldn't be wrong."

Jiang Wanze glowered at Ye Xian, looking as if he would beat her up if it weren't for the others present, "Ye Xian, aren't you embarrassed enough? Get down."

"It's okay, besides that shadow, I have other ways to corroborate."

Ye Xian moved her finger to the bottom of the painting.

"Look, although this painting is a very lifelike imitation, upon close observation there are still flaws, such as the light and shadow on the two sides of 'Spring Blossoms' and 'Autumn Fruits,' they differ greatly from the original."