“That's right, Ms. Jefferson. This is no joke. With thousands of degrees Celsius inside, our body will turn into ashes in no time.”

Upon hearing that, Bailey raised her brow and reached out to pry open Raiden's hand.

“Don't worry. The emerald seal itself has heat absorption and dissipation function. Thus, the temperature inside will not be higher than thirty degrees.”

With that, she reached her hand inside.

Everyone held their breaths the moment she did that.

There was only one thought in their mind—they would believe the emerald was real if Bailey withdrew her arm totally unscathed.

Miracles constantly happened in this world, and now they witnessed a true one.

Bailey, playing with the red emerald she had taken out, uttered slowly, “My master is Grandmaster Wietse, who has a knack for antique appraisal. Believe it or not, none in this world can identify the authenticity of this ancient emerald beside me.”

The scene immediately plunged into pin-drop silence.

It was not because Bailey had withdrawn her arm unscathed but the mention of her master, Grandmaster Wietse.

Wietse was a grandmaster in antique appraisal; even a thousand experts were no match for him.

He had mastered all the techniques and tricks in antique appraisal and had never made a wrong appraisal of an ancient relic.

Naturally, those were not of significance. The most important thing was Wietse had only taken in one disciple—Vespera—the legendary antique appraiser.

“My goodness! What does this woman mean? She just said Grandmaster Wietse is her master. How is that possible? We all know that Grandmaster Wietse had only taken in one disciple. How could it be her?”

“Yeah. Grandmaster Wietse's disciple is supposed to be Vespera. How could it be Bailey?”

“Hah! You still don't get it, huh? Obviously, Bailey is Vespera, the real Vespera.”

“Um, maybe you're right.”

While others were having a heated discussion, Lina stared at Bailey in disbelief and stammered, “A-Are you really Vespera?”

As soon as her words fell, everyone realized that something was off. It seems this woman is really an impostor.

“D*mn! We've been fooled by her!”

“I feel a slap in the face now. How could I worship her like an idiot before? I even thought there was finally someone as good as Bailey now. In the end, Bailey's position is still unshakable.”

“Lina, why are you impersonating Master Vespera?”

“Lina, why did you lie to us?”

Meanwhile, Raiden narrowed his eyes at Bailey. Although he had already anticipated that the woman before her was Vespera, he was still shocked by the truth. Oh my, how can I let go of her? I've fallen into her trap of love, and there's no way for me to break free from it.

He would inevitably fall for her; none of the men with good taste could escape it.

“Bailey, you're—”

Before Raiden could finish his words, a commotion erupted in the scene again. Everyone was desperate to know whether Bailey was Vespera.

Bailey flashed Lina a smile as she said casually, “Regarding this question, I think it's more appropriate for you guys to ask Ms. Young. She seems not satisfied with the outcome.”

Everyone turned to look in Lina's direction.

“Lina, be honest with us. Are you impersonating Vespera?”

“If you were Vespera, how could you mistake a replica for an emerald seal?”

“Lina, no matter what, you must give us an explanation today or prove to us that you're Vespera. Otherwise, don't you ever think of leaving the museum today.”

Colors drained from Lina's face when she heard that. Despair crept into her eyes.

She glared at Bailey, gnashing her teeth in anger. D*rn it! So this woman... this woman is Vespera! How ridiculous! Oh God, how can you pull such a joke on me and make me a fool?

Lina hated Bailey so much.

She could accept anyone in the scene as Vespera but definitely not Bailey, the person she wanted to overthrow the most.

“This woman is an impostor.”

Lydia's voice suddenly rang out in the crowd. She walked to the stage with a vase and gritted her teeth in a fury. “This is a porcelain vase Mrs. Carter bought with tens of millions from the auction. Lina vouched that it was real. But after the Xanthos family's expert antique appraisers authenticated it, they all agreed it was actually an exquisite replica.”

After saying that, she stuffed the vase into Lina's arms and added, “Mrs. Carter bought this vase because you vouched for it. According to the rules, you shall bear all the collector's losses if there's a fake antique. In short, please compensate for it.”

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