Chapter 189 - Chapter 189: Chapter 155: How Could There Be a Monster Like Lin Chuan? (Please Subscribe)_2 (2/2)
Such as gold and jade inlay, crack bonding, filling in missing parts, gilding craft, and so on.
But, the restoration of the thin-walled jade vase was extremely difficult.
Because the thinnest part of the vase’s body was only one millimeter, thin as cicada wings, repairing it required a great deal of effort.
Luckily, there are a lot of commonalities between cultural relic restoration and antique forgery in essence.
Lin Chuan was adept at the task.
The most crucial aspect was that the thin-walled jade vase itself was a replica, which allowed Lin Chuan to be more unrestrained in the restoration process.
Indeed, it proved that only those who dare to stand up on a bicycle understand a more sophisticated method of riding, which makes the bike more responsive.
The same applied to repairing the thin-walled jade vase.
Let go, and repair boldly!
However, Lin Chuan intentionally slowed down the restoration pace, aiming to wait for the suspected members of the Antique Forgery Gang.
What surprised Lin Chuan was that, for several days, not a single suspicious individual appeared.
…
On June 18th, as night fell,
Bright moonlight filtered through the curtains, casting a large diamond-shaped patch of light inside the ‘atone for one’s crimes’ cultural relic restoration studio, where the trio awaited inside.
The atmosphere was somewhat gloomy.
Old Bai looked at the workbench, where a restored thin-walled jade vase sat, and frowned slightly, “Bro, we haven’t seen any suspects these past few days, if we don’t soon, we’ll become the suspects.”
Youyou beside him nodded, “We already are suspects.”
Lin Chuan was also puzzled.
Theoretically, the Antique Forgery Gang shouldn’t be able to sit still without any movement, letting a skilled connoisseur repair a damaged replica.
“There are two possibilities now, one is they know about our plan, and the other is they have great confidence, firmly believing we cannot discern the vase is a forgery,” Lin Chuan analyzed.
“I think it’s the latter,” Youyou stated her opinion.
“Why?”
Lin Chuan raised his eyebrow, curiously asking.
Youyou thought for a moment, her brow slightly furrowed, and said, “Is it possible that you think too highly of them?”
“This… are they not smart enough?”
Lin Chuan was taken aback.
Old Bai was also somewhat puzzled and echoed, “Sis-in-law, they’ve kept their composure these days, isn’t that exactly what makes them tough to deal with?”
Youyou gently shook her head and pointed a finger towards the thin-walled jade vase:
“What I mean is, in the field of antique forgery, they’re not on par with Lin Chuan, they simply do not know Lin Chuan can tell it is a replica, but Lin Chuan is overestimating their intelligence by treating them as equals, thinking they would understand his level.”
These past few days,
though she was only responsible for ordering takeout, she had been diligently studying antiques and cultural relics in her spare time, consulting Lin Chuan occasionally.
But the more she understood, the deeper she realized the depths of Lin Chuan’s expertise, profound as the sea.
In the antique circle, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to describe him with the phrase, “Of all the talents under heaven, Lin Chuan possesses eight measures.”
Old Bai was somewhat understanding Youyou’s unique logic but was not quite convinced: “So you mean, stupidity plus blind arrogance have made them believe they are beyond concern, hence no movement?”
“Stupidity isn’t quite the right word, but relative to Lin Chuan, the meaning is roughly the same.”
Youyou nodded her head.
It’s like a MOBA game where you predict the opponent’s movement for your skill shot, but they don’t move at all!
Not because they predicted the caster’s prediction but because they don’t even know that others would predict!
After hearing this theory, Lin Chuan was also briefly stunned.
He looked at Youyou beside him and suddenly felt that what she said made some sense: “It seems I indeed have overestimated them.”
During these few days of restoring the thin-walled jade vase, Lin Chuan discovered the vase’s replication craftsmanship to be exceptionally exquisite, rare in the world.
If he had not made a mistake with it before and learned to determine authenticity through the play of light and shadow, it would have been very difficult to identify it as a replica.
But the Antique Forgery Gang had missed one point.
—How could there be a freak like Lin Chuan?
“So, what should we do next?” Old Bai pondered and asked.
Lin Chuan’s gaze fell on the thin-walled jade vase, and after a moment’s thought, he said, “Since they ‘are not smart enough,’ we can only lower a dimension and release the message that we can tell ‘it is a replica’!”