Spoiled By My Ex-Fiance's Uncle
Chapter 133: Master of Appraisal and Restoration, Guyue’s Disguise is Revealed

Chapter 133: Chapter 133: Master of Appraisal and Restoration, Guyue’s Disguise is Revealed

Everyone present knew all too well that the elder was none other than Gu Suitang, the most authoritative appraisal master in Hua Country.

Gu Suitang feigned displeasure, "Little An Yan, have you forgotten this old man? I invited you to my teahouse, but you said you didn’t have time. Now, here you are tasting tea in such a low-end teahouse, I am quite angry."

An Yan smiled lightly, "Grandpa Gu, I’m here to attend an appraisal auction, the auction is being held at the teahouse."

Boss Long hurriedly entered the conversation with a face full of compliments and humility, "Elder Gu, good to see you, I’m Long Yu. I went to visit you last time, but you weren’t in, I’ll definitely come to visit you again when I have time."

Gu Suitang was a bit displeased, "Step aside, can’t you see I’m talking to Little An Yan?"

Boss Long: "..."

An Yan briefly greeted Gu Suitang before getting to the main point today, "Grandpa Gu, a scroll of Zhao Mengfu’s ’Ode to Luoshen’ appeared at the auction."

Gu Suitang laughed heartily, "That’s ridiculous! I have two, Little An Yan has two, and three have already been auctioned off to the market. I attended all those three auctions, they were absolutely genuine. So all seven of Zhao Mengfu’s ’Ode to Luoshen’ are in personal hands. How could there be another one?"

An Yan directed the staff to align the painting with the camera, "Please have a look, Grandpa Gu."

Gu Suitang glanced over it and said, "This is a fake, there’s a huge problem with that ’之’ character! What, you doubt my disciple’s judgment? You also question Guyue’s judgment?"

Disciple?

Guyue?

Everyone was in disbelief, for Elder Gu’s closest disciple was known as Guyue, a young girl, yet no one expected this Guyue to be An Yan!

An Yan pressed on her brow, "Grandpa Gu, I never mentioned that I was Guyue."

"You’re too low-profile! Every time you appraise, you wear a mask, who could recognize you?"

"I came to you for an appraisal, not to reveal my identity."

Gu Suitang blamed himself, "I’m wrong, I’m wrong, I thought you said you were Guyue and they didn’t believe it! Little An Yan, please don’t be mad at me!"

An Yan curved her lips, "How could I be mad at you, Grandpa Gu? I’ll visit you when I have the time."

Gu Suitang stroked his grizzled beard, "Good, bring your little boyfriend along."

An Yan smiled and hung up the video call.

Below the stage, Fu Haichuan looked at Fu Shiyan, "Did you know about this beforehand?"

Fu Shiyan narrowed his eyes, "No."

Fu Haichuan frowned, "Why do you know nothing?"

Fu Shiyan glanced at him, "I know that we are mutually enamored, that’s enough."

Fu Haichuan: "..."

Who am I? Where am I? What am I here for?

Zhou Yi glared at him, "You’ll be uncomfortable if you don’t eat dog food!"

On the stage, An Yan took back her phone and looked at Boss Long, "With Elder Gu’s appraisal, do you have anything else to say?"

Boss Long hadn’t expected to kick an iron plate like this, not to mention Gu Suitang’s appraisal - even this Guyue was none other than the most authoritative appraisal and restoration master in Hua Country aside from Elder Gu himself.

He immediately extinguished his fire, with an apologetic look, "It seems our hired expert wasn’t professional enough!"

An Yan said coldly, "Whether it’s lack of professionalism or deliberate actions, I hope Boss Long will thoroughly investigate, after all, it involves your reputation."

Elder Qin came forward excitedly, "I never thought you were Guyue; you saved me from a tremendous loss today! I truly can’t thank you enough."

An Yan nodded slightly, "No need for thanks, it’s what an appraiser should do. You don’t need to dwell on it."

Excited, Elder Qin sat next to Old Master Bai, "I’ll sit here, in case I take a fancy to something and can seek Guyue’s opinion. Old Bai, did you already know she was Guyue?"

Old Master Bai shook his head, "I don’t know, but I think she’s very professional. It was she who helped me restore Zhao Chang’s ’Life Sketch of Butterflies’."

He glanced at Bai Qinghan, thinking that while the painting might have a chance at being restored, his grandson had no chance of catching up to her.

Bai Qinghan sneaked a look at An Yan, then silently lowered his gaze.

On the other side, Fu Shiyan took An Yan’s hand, "I didn’t expect you to be Guyue. Little thing, what else do I not know about you?"

An Yan raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Then you can slowly find out."

On the stage, Boss Long was making apologies to everyone, saying that the expert he had hired wasn’t professional enough and hoped nobody would mind.

Honestly, who at an appraisal auction wouldn’t mind bidding on a counterfeit?

The reason everyone hadn’t left was precisely because Guyue was here to assure them, and they were confident that the teahouse wouldn’t put up any more fakes from then on.

Several more items were auctioned off in succession, and Boss Long instructed the staff not to move Zhao Chang’s ’Life Sketch of Butterflies’ onto the stage; the staff obeyed.

But even with such caution, a mistake still occurred.

Long Zhenzhen was introducing a painting by Zhang Daqian on stage when, once the red silk cover was lifted, it was discovered that the painting was Zhao Chang’s ’Life Sketch of Butterflies’.

Old Master Bai was the first to get agitated; he shot up from his seat and pointed at the painting loudly, "This is a fake! The original is with me, An Yan is helping me restore it!"

Long Zhenzhen, panicked, looked toward Boss Long sitting below the stage. Boss Long, not expecting such an error, hurriedly went up to the stage, "I’m very sorry, there must have been some kind of mix-up."

The crowd was dissatisfied.

"What’s going on with your teahouse? Are you taking us for fools?"

"If Guyue wasn’t here, would you have tried to pass off the fakes as real?"

"This is outrageous! Zhongxing Teahouse is a place for selling fakes!"

"How many more counterfeits like this do you have?"

...

Elder Qin stood up, "Guyue, please, speak."

An Yan stood up and looked at Fu Shiyan, "Bring the scroll from the car."

Fu Shiyan nodded, "I’ll go get it right away."

Soon, Fu Shiyan returned, holding a scroll in his hand.

An Yan turned to face everyone, "This is Zhao Chang’s ’Life Sketch of Butterflies’ that Old Master Bai entrusted me to restore. This is the genuine article, but the butterflies were slightly damaged. I’ve repaired them already, and I was planning to return it to Old Master Bai today. Quite the coincidence to run into Boss Long’s auction item."

She looked at Boss Long, "I’m sorry for interrupting your chance to make a profit."

Boss Long’s face turned ashen. After today, his reputation in Hua Country was as good as ruined.

He still wanted to say something in his defense.

An Yan said directly, "The most taboo thing in the antique world is dealing with fakes, Boss Long, you’ve committed a grave taboo."

Old Master Bai and Bai Qinghan unrolled the scroll, and the butterflies in the painting seemed to come to life, restored without a trace of human marks, truly worthy of the appraisal and restoration master Guyue, a rare talent whose services could not be bought for any price.

Long Zhenzhen gritted her teeth, "What if the person in the video isn’t Elder Gu? What if she paid someone to pose as him?"

Boss Long slapped her across the face, "Shut up!"

Long Zhenzhen stomped her foot in fury, "Dad!"

"Ridiculous! I’d like to see who dares to slander my excellent apprentice!" the silver-haired elder strode forward.