Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 1536: Chapter 1520: Fake Credentials?

The other employees in the store also wanted to know what happened, but they didn’t dare to approach, only guessing silently in their hearts.

Perhaps the expressions on everyone’s faces were too peculiar, causing Professor Qian to sense something was wrong. He couldn’t help but turn his head slightly, glancing at the booklet in Xiao Qi’s hand from the corner of his eye.

However, after catching sight of the content on the credential, Professor Qian’s expression suddenly changed. He reached out and snatched the credential from Xiao Qi’s hand, looking more shocked and astonished than anyone else.

”Impossible, this absolutely can’t be real, this must be a forgery, a fake!”

Professor Qian’s face was pale, full of disbelief, and he shouted at Huo Sining.

This must be a joke, how could the Forbidden City Museum have such a young jade expert? Although Professor Qian wasn’t too familiar with those experts from the Forbidden City, he had heard a bit about them, and he had never heard of someone like this from the Forbidden City Museum.

Not just Professor Qian, even Mr. Feng and Old Zheng didn’t believe the credential was real.

Professor Qian’s expression was fierce, his face showing a kind of viciousness, his eyes almost spitting fire as he glared at Huo Sining. Others saw Professor Qian’s expression and couldn’t help but take a step back.

”How dare you forge the Forbidden City Museum’s expert credentials? I think this young girl is very dishonest. Xiao Qi, we can’t let her leave like this. You’d better call the police now. I suspected before that this girl had ulterior motives, and now it seems her visit to our store is definitely not straightforward!”

Professor Qian’s eyes were fixed on Huo Sining. It’s not his fault for being suspicious; the experts at the Forbidden City Museum are all elderly men in their sixties or seventies, and even the younger ones are at least forty years old, definitely not as young as Huo Sining.

Even Mr. Feng and Old Zheng cast suspicious looks at Huo Sining, everyone doubting the authenticity of her credential.

Even if Huo Sining truly had this level of appraisal skill, given the domestic systems, considering her age, she certainly wouldn’t qualify to participate in the expert selection of the Forbidden City Museum.

After all, this is the expert credential of the Forbidden City Museum, affiliated with a national institution, the highest level in the domestic appraisal circle, not a certificate that ordinary antique shops or auction companies can issue casually.

Hearing Professor Qian’s furious questioning, Huo Sining sneered and responded:

”Forgery? Professor Qian, can the Forbidden City Museum’s expert credentials be forged so easily? Surely the stamp on this credential isn’t fake, right? And if you still have doubts, you can absolutely have it examined. While credentials can be forged, expert numbers can’t, correct?”

This Forbidden City expert credential was issued to Huo Sining by the museum director Huang Zhenlong himself after she directly advanced and won a team leader position in a national expert appraisal contest. Thus, this credential is absolutely not fake, though it’s true that since acquiring this credential, Huo Sining, dubbed an expert, has never actually worked at the Forbidden City Museum.

Professor Qian was reminded by Huo Sining’s words. Although her confident and assured demeanor made him hesitate a little, he still couldn’t believe that such a young woman could be an expert at the Forbidden City Museum. So he immediately took out his phone and, with a cold smile at Huo Sining, said:

”You’re right, whether your expert credential is genuine or not can be determined with a phone call! If it proves to be fake, you’d better be ready for a visit to the police station!”

With that, Professor Qian was about to dial a number. Just then, a few people came downstairs, and upon hearing Professor Qian’s words, someone couldn’t resist asking, ”Who is about to go to the police station?”

Liao Song, seeing the person coming down, immediately said to Huo Sining, ”My friend just came down.”

Professor Qian paused his dialing hand, and upon raising his head and seeing the person, he was overjoyed and said with a smile:

”Professor Zhuang, why are you here too? It’s great that you’re here. Please come take a look. This young girl, so youthfully unruly, forged your museum’s expert credential. As a museum expert, you’ll surely be able to verify it!”

Huo Sining also turned around, and upon looking up at the few people coming down the stairs, she was taken aback.

The one coming down, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, was none other than Zhuang Xiangyang. Beside him was Xie Daoyuan and another man she didn’t know, probably the friend Liao Song mentioned, and also the owner of this Dexin Society.

Probably not expecting to meet Huo Sining here, Zhuang Xiangyang was visibly startled, but soon laughed and said:

”Huo girl, what are you doing here as well?”

Huo Sining also smiled: ”Professor Zhuang, you came to the Magic Capital and didn’t call me.”

Professor Zhuang smiled, his face full of wrinkles: ”I came to find Old Xie. Happened to hear there were good things here, so I came over to take a look. Totally forgot you were in the Magic Capital. Didn’t expect to meet you like this. But don’t get too happy too soon. Meeting an old guy like me isn’t going to be profitable for you. You’ll have to treat this old man to dinner tonight.”

Huo Sining laughed: ”Isn’t treating you to dinner a must? Whatever you want to eat, feel free to choose.”

Professor Zhuang glanced at Xie Daoyuan and shook his head, saying:

”Then I’ll not stand on ceremony. I heard you have excellent wine and premium ancient tea tree. I have no other hobbies, just a penchant for fine tea and wine. Eating out is fine, but I think us old coots should just eat at your place today. I heard from Elder Zhou that you’re quite the cook. Take this chance to show your skills?”

Huo Sining was taken aback that Professor Zhuang wanted to eat her cooking but quickly recovered and nodded in agreement:

”Cooking for you, that’s not a problem. But you came all the way to Magic Capital, saving me money like this, how can I feel good about that.”

Professor Zhuang shook his head and said:

”Your ancient tea tree and cellared wine have been praised by Old Zhou as being unparalleled, even Master Gu and Chief Lu have complimented it. I’m just afraid you won’t let us have any, as it might not be something you can find elsewhere, even if you want to eat it.”

What Professor Zhuang said piqued Xie Daoyuan’s interest, and he curiously asked:

”What ancient tea tree and cellared wine are so amazing that even Chief Lu praises it?”

Huo Sining smiled and said:

”It’s just some tea I made and a few jars of wine I brewed, very rough craftsmanship, not nearly as exaggerated as Professor Zhuang makes it sound.”

Seeing how familiar Huo Sining was with Zhuang Xiangyang and Xie Daoyuan, the way they chatted was very friendly. Those around, including Mr. Feng and that Xiao Qi, were stunned. Professor Qian’s face suddenly turned pale, and a sense of foreboding crept into his heart.

”Professor Zhuang, you...know each other?”