In her opinion, this was a matter that could be easily dealt with. They could either check the surveillance video footage, or just call the police to come and handle it. Why did they waste time on questioning her?

Having grown up in a small town, Maria knew all the other members of the Jenkins family there.

Although Bill was the richest man among the Jenkins, he was obviously not the smartest one.

Upon hearing Maria's words, Bill's eyes Lit up in enlightenment. "Yes! We have surveillance cameras in our house!”

Lily instantly became nervous.

She took a few steps back quietly without anyone noticing, and then suddenly shouted, "Look! What's that under the sofa?"

As she spoke, she nudged the sofa aside a little bit so that everyone could see what was hidden underneath.

! My Jadee!"

Vivian shouted excitedly and picked it up at once. Bill grabbed the magnifying glass to check the serial number on the bottom of the jade piece.

“Yes, the number is Y0088. It is Jadee!" Bill confirmed with a relieved smile. "There's no need to check the surveillance video then. Vivian, you must have dropped it under the sofa by accident.”

It was only upon hearing that they weren't going to check the surveillance video that Lily relaxed again. As for Vivian, she was completely distracted by the delight of finding her treasure again. She took out a wet tissue and carefully wiped off the dust on the jade piece.

Now that Jadee had been found, everyone crowded around to look at it.

In the process, they ignored Maria as if she had never existed.

“If there's nothing else, I'll go back to my room now," Maria announced flatly.

Unsurprisingly, no one paid attention to her.

Pursing her lips in annoyance, Maria turned around and went back to her room. After locking the door behind her, she took out her phone and texted an online friend who went by the name of V.

“Vincent, yellow card warning! Why did you plagiarize my jade carving design?"

A reply arrived from Vincent only a few seconds later.

"I'm just redoing my disciple's design as practice. How can you call that an act of plagiarism? Listen, I was recently invited to a charity auction, where they wanted me to showcase some new work. But how could I design something new on such short notice? That's why I just used yours."

This Vincent was in fact the internationally well-known master, Vincent Geoffrey.

Reading the so-called explanation of this jade carvings master, Maria didn't buy it at all.

“Huh?"*

Although it was just one word, it was full of warning.

Vincent hurriedly added, “Anyway, I did it for charity. Don't haggle over every ounce. A master is to his disciple what a father is to his daughter. I have merely borrowed your design. After I die, all the glory and wealth of the Geoffrey Jade Carving School will be yours.”

If Vincent's words ever leaked out to the public, it would cause a great uproar in the jade carving industry.