Austin, the seller, was furious. He had been in the antique business for over thirty years, and he had never sold a fake antique to anyone! He had found the painting by chance and treated it as his most treasured item. When Darryl claimed that it was a fake, he yelled, “You are lying! Fine! Tell me why you think that painting a fake. If you can give me a valid reason, then I shall retire from the antique business. However, if you can’t, then you’ll have to bow to me and apologize!”
Everyone was even more curious about the situation.
“Yes, let’s see what he’s got!”
“I don’t think he knows anything. He is just saying rubbish.”
Lily was nervous when she realized that everyone was unhappy with Darryl. “Mister Austin, please don’t be angry. I shall apologize on behalf of my husband. I am sorry, his antique knowledge is quite limited…”
“Limited knowledge?” Austin slammed his fist on the table. “Then he should just keep his mouth shut! Annoying bugger!”
Kingston could not stand it too; he scolded coldly, ” Darryl, you are only a live-in son-in-law, do not cause trouble here.”
Darryl laughed coldly as he reached out with two fingers and folded a mark on the painting.
Everyone paled.
Did he mean to destroy the painting?
He had made a fold on such a rare painting! It was something pretty hard to forgive!
Austin wanted to stop Darryl, but he was too late. Darryl had made a fold on the top right corner of the painting.
However, a cold sweat ran down Matt’s spine.
He was still stunned; he looked at Darryl with widened eyes.
The Gull Folding Method?
That was Matt’s grandmaster’s skill, the Gull Folding Method.
Matt’s grandmaster, Stellan Smith, was the top antique appraiser at Herard City.
The Gull Folding Method was Stellan’s unique technique to appraise antique paintings. The fold looked like the image of a giant seagull; hence it was named the Gull Folding Method!
Matt had only seen his grandmaster use the unique technique once in an international appraisal competition. That was the only chance he had to see the technique in action.
Everyone felt lost; they were speechless when they saw the fold that Darryl had made on the painting!
The Gull Folding Method—everyone would know it when they saw one. Only Stellan had the skill to do that. Where would Darryl have learnt that unique technique?