Biting her Lower lip, Maria answered, "Well, yes. I know him... But not that well.”

She wasn't lying. They really didn't know each other that well.

Besides, in Maria's eyes, if two people didn't have a close relationship that Lasted at least a few years, they couldn't really call each other friends.

"We are talking about Vincent Geoffrey, the renowned jade carving master. You must be thinking of someone else,"

Bill butted in and glared at Maria.

He didn't want to believe that someone like Maria would actually know such a famous figure. In his opinion, Maria was just bluffing.

Before teaching her a Lesson, he did find it necessary to introduce the background of the master whose masterpiece she stole.

“Vincent Geoffrey is a famous artist worldwide. When it comes to the jade carving, he is second to none. Six months ago, he donated four small jade carvings of identical design at a charity auction. And yes, Vivian's Jadee is one of them."

Then, Bill picked up a magnifying glass on the tea table and continued, “If you look closely at its bottom side, there should be a micro-carved serial number 'Y0088'... What?"

Bill almost jumped in surprise when he saw what was carved on it.

The four jade carvings that Vincent himself donated for the auction had the following serial numbers engraved in them: Y@@06, Y@0@8, YQ066, and yooss.

In order not to damage the overall beauty of the sophisticated jade carvings, these numbers were carefully engraved at the bottom using a piece of high-end micro-carving equipment. It was so small that it could only be seen with the use of a magnifying glass.

However, the moment Bill subjected Maria's jade piece under the magnifying glass, the serial number that appeared was different from what Jadee originally had. In fact, it was different from every jade piece that Vincent had donated in the auction.

This jade pendant was labeled Y0001.

After seeing this, the entire Jenkins family was extremely dumbfounded.

If the serial number was wrong, it only meant one thing.

“What the hell... Y@@017 What's going on?" Vivian blurted out. This turn of events wasn't funny at all. "Is there such a number? Is this even Vincent's work?"

Y00@1. It meant that this was the first work of the master carver in a series of similarly designed outputs.

Moreover, it also meant that this was the most valuable among the others.

Once the serial number was carved on its surface, it could no Longer be changed.

Therefore, this simply meant that Maria's pendant was not the one that Vivian had lost.

“Are you finished checking it? If yes, then please give it back to me,"

Maria said the moment she noticed that they had already realized their blunder.

Bill was a reasonable adult who could think more clearly than Vivian.

Although this was not Jadee they were looking for, it was probably something much more precious. He couldn't help but ask, “Then... Where did you get this?"