Chapter 691: Chapter 691: I Am a Jade Cabbage

The few people in the reception room simultaneously turned their heads, and upon seeing the person at the door, they were clearly taken aback.

“Scarlett Jennings!”

Adam Jennings abruptly stood up, his eyes full of astonishment.

Why is she here too?

The person in charge beside them was equally surprised.

He knew these two.

Especially the young lady of the Jennings Family.

So, she is the Grant master?!

“Miss Jennings, is what you said true?”

The moment the words were out, the person in charge couldn’t help but regret speaking.

She had no reason to deceive him.

Though the identity of a jade sculpture master was a bonus, being a young lady of the Jennings Family, her accolades were already plentiful—

Top scorer in the college entrance exams, city ambassador, and a genius Master…

From this perspective, the other one must really be an impostor?

Seeing the person in charge looking over seriously, the woman’s eyes showed a trace of panic, yet she forced herself to remain calm,

“Just because she says so? You’re not going to take her word just because of her stature and status, are you? Where’s the evidence?”

She didn’t know Scarlett Jennings, but judging by her and the man beside her’s attire and demeanor, she felt these two were extraordinary.

“Do we even need evidence? If you insist on evidence, this is it.”

Adam Jennings sneered, indicating the Benedict Jade in his hand, then looked at her with a hint of mockery,

“You keep saying you’re Grant, but haven’t you realized yet that this is a work of Grant in my hand?”

This was what he had spent eight million real dollars on!

Who else could have more say than him?!

Upon hearing this, aside from Scarlett Jennings, everyone’s gaze turned to the jade piece in his hand.

Especially the Treasure Appraiser, upon careful inspection, the lines and techniques seemed to have a bit of Grant’s master style.

It’s just, how did he not notice this jade piece just now???

The woman evidently didn’t expect the jade piece she was eyeing to be a work of Grant.

No wonder, this person had been accusing her of being a fraud from the start!

“This, this doesn’t prove anything…”

“If you want other evidence, I do have some.”

Scarlett Jennings suddenly spoke, her almond eyes scrutinizing the woman’s face for a moment, her gaze slightly cold,

“But this evidence might be somewhat rough, I suggest you brace yourself.”

Adam Jennings and the others were curious upon hearing this, what kind of evidence could be rough?

Scarlett pulled out a Talisman from her bag.

At the moment she saw the Spirit Talisman, the woman finally changed her expression, turned around without a word, and suddenly dashed towards the window.

The movement was swift.

Before the others present could react, the woman agilely jumped onto the window ledge.

The person in charge’s eyes widened,

“Don’t…”

Being exposed as an impostor doesn’t warrant jumping out of a window!

But the woman ignored him, pulling open the window ready to jump down.

Faster than her actions was Scarlett Jennings’s commanding shout,

“Bind!”

The Spirit Talisman flew out, and the Talisman Light Chain materialized to tie up the woman, she couldn’t even resist for a second.

Dragged back directly by the Talisman Light Chain to Scarlett Jennings, the woman was frightened, looking at Scarlett Jennings, she immediately pleaded,

“M-master, don’t kill me, I was wrong.”

Adam Jennings and the person in charge both froze.

They thought she was jumping because of her fear of exposure, but… she immediately pleaded with the master not to kill her?

Adam Jennings had a foreboding feeling.

Sure enough, they heard Scarlett Jennings ask in a cold voice,

“What kind of demon are you?”

Adam Jennings didn’t speak, the person in charge and the Treasure Appraiser’s eyes widened even more.

They said she was impersonating a master, but now… it became about catching a demon?

“I-I’m not a demon.” The woman looked both anxious and innocent, “I’m a Jade Cabbage.”

Adam Jennings, person in charge: ???

No wonder they were shocked.

They never thought that nowadays, even cabbages could become spirits?

No, not ordinary cabbages.

A Jade Cabbage.

“Are you the Jade Cabbage I think you are?”

The Treasure Appraiser beside them had eyes lit up, looking at the woman with some fervor.

This is, jade stone becoming a spirit?

Even though he knew this world had metaphysics, who would have thought he would encounter such a thing in his career!

“Are you the Jade Cabbage stored in the National Museum?!”

In his view, it must be a national treasure-level antique jade stone to have become a spirit.

The woman glanced at the Treasure Appraiser, said curtly,

“No.”

She was just an ordinary Jade Cabbage.

The person who made her was unknown.

Unlike the one in front of her.

She had confirmed, the master before her was indeed Grant himself.

She could sense the familiar jade aura unique to craftsmen on her.

“You are Grace.”

Scarlett Jennings’s tone carried a few strands of certainty.

The woman, now bound, completely gave up resisting, nodded,

“Kind of.”

She said,

“I have no name, you probably don’t know the person who made me… he was specialized in imitating Jade Antiques.”

With these words, everyone’s expression in the room, especially the person in charge and Treasure Appraiser, sank.

The thing they hated most in their profession, was counterfeiting.

“He initially wasn’t doing this.”

As if wanting to defend the one who created her, the woman said,

“He was just unlucky.”

At first, the man entered the field with passion, from learning to identify jade, to hands-on practice, to successfully making his first completed piece, he spent five years.

He dreamed of becoming a famous jade sculpture master, for which he spent all his savings to become an apprentice under a well-known master.

He hoped to improve his skills under the master’s guidance and also hoped for more opportunities, even if he had to humble himself daily and worship his teacher like an idol, he didn’t mind.

However, in the end, what he got was his teacher claiming his works as his own.

First, he said, your works under my name will allow more people to see them.

Second, he said, see, people are starting to acknowledge your work, but the time is not right yet.

Third, he said, does it matter whose name it bears? I’m renowned, and you’re noticed because you’re my apprentice.

Later, he said, who do you think you are? It’s not because of you, but because of me that people appreciate your work.

Watching his laboriously created works become someone else’s belongings, the man couldn’t endure it anymore, he stood up to expose his teacher.

One was a renowned master in the circle, the other was a low-profile apprentice, the result was predictable.

He betrayed his teacher and ruined his reputation in the industry, later he was further framed for plagiarism, resulting in his banishment from the field.

In order to survive, and out of despair, he began doing what he once despised the most.

Imitating Jade Antiques for others.

His skills improved day by day in the imitating process, but at the same time, he gradually lost himself.

When he came to realize it, he was no longer able to produce his own works.

Each piece he made carried heavy traces of others’ styles.

Those antique dealers mentioned he was proficient in imitation, able to perfectly replicate others’ works.

They praised him, saying he was born to do this work.

The man listened,

laughed,

and then, committed suicide.

“Before he died, he destroyed all his works, including those stolen by his teacher, leaving only me…

Perhaps because, I was just a counterfeit.”

Unlike those works filled with his effort and ingenuity, she was just a Jade Cabbage that could easily be imitated.

Don’t humans often say, mass-produced cabbage.

Jade Cabbage, is the same.

“Actually, being a copy is not bad, I don’t understand why he committed suicide.”

The woman’s voice carried some confusion, “Perfect imitation of others’ works, isn’t that a talent too? Why does one have to become a renowned master?”

She didn’t understand, so after she was able to transform, she wanted to experience what it’s like to be a master.