Perhaps feeling that Chu Chen had made him a great deal of money today, Fourth Master did not hesitate. He smiled and said, "There are indeed two more items, but I don't know whether Expert Chu and the others will be interested."
Chu Chen chuckled. "Sir, we haven't even seen them yet. How would we know whether we're interested?"
Fourth Master laughed. "That's true. Then wait a moment. I'll be right back..."
With that, Fourth Master rose and walked toward the inner room, leaving only Chu Chen and the others, the guide, and the young man at the scene.
At first, the young man did not feel anything unusual. But after a while, being with Chu Chen and the others made him feel both uncomfortable and somewhat ashamed. After all, he knew that what his teacher had done earlier was indeed dishonorable. However, things had already come to this point, and the other party was, in the end, his teacher. He had nothing to say.
At that moment, Qi Baofu spoke up. "Some people are not only terrible human beings, but also mislead their students. They even claim that porcelain can be authenticated just by looking at its luster and signs of use. By that logic, all the unused porcelain kept in the Palace Museum would be forgeries, wouldn't it?"
The young man knew that Qi Baofu was referring to his own teacher. At first, he thought Qi Baofu was trying to drive a wedge between them. But after thinking it over, he realized that Qi Baofu had a point. According to his teacher's theory, how were they supposed to explain all the unused porcelain in the Palace Museum?
Could Master have been wrong? The young man fell into confusion.
Just as the young man was lost in wild thoughts,