Lara's expression twisted in displeasure at her daughter's words. This girl, why was she so ignorant? It was obvious that Michael favored Maria, and he had said as much. But Jacqueline persisted in spurning the other woman, thereby insulting Michael himself. How could she expect to marry Anthony at this rate?

What a reckless girl she was!

While Michael was obviously already on her side, Maria could directly ignore Jacqueline's doubts if she wanted to.

But Maria still said, "Of course, I do have an evidence to back up my claim."

Then, Maria casually pointed to the sculpture.

“If you can find a magnifier that has 20 times magnifying power, you can find the words "Maria's Work" in the lower right corner of the sculpture. I made it using a special tool for micro carving."

After briefly pausing, she continued, "I occasionally make some jade carving works and send them to my teacher. Afterward, he will help me sell them through the professional channels like auctions or art agents for individual collectors. Besides, my name should be written on the work certificate of each piece I made. I don't know why you will mistake it as the work of my teacher.”

"Well..."

The look on Lara's face was terrible. It turned out that she was not the first buyer of this jade piece. She just bought it from other enthusiasts as well.

Normally, it was hard to buy a sculpture that was personally designed by Vincent. Even though the other party did not provide the certificate, Lara confirmed that this piece was Vincent's masterpiece through other institutions. So, she never really doubted its authenticity.

The skill poured into it was so outstanding that Lara never expected that it was actually Vincent's apprentice who designed and made the jade piece. Even the third-party appraisal agency had mistaken it for Vincent's work.

More importantly, she didn't expect that Maria was Vincent's apprentice!

"You... You are just obviously giving me a hard time. Do you think I'1L randomly carry that kind of magnifier in my purse?" Jacqueline retorted stubbornly, still not convinced at Maria's claim.

At this time, Anthony butted in.

"A magnifier with 20 times magnifying power? We can Lend you one." Then, Anthony turned to Michael and said, "Grandpa, do you remember the set of micro carvings I gave you a few years ago? It came with a magnifier to deeply appreciate the micro carvings. It should be able to magnify a product far more than 20 times."

"Oh, yes! Yes! I remember."

Michael's face Lit up.

He also added, “If you want to appreciate micro carvings, you can't just look at it through your naked eye. You must use an appropriate magnifier. That micro-carving set is still there in my study. I'll ask them to bring the magnifier right now."

The butler, who was waiting on them, was clever enough. He took the initiative to go to the study to get the magnifier that Michael was talking about.

After a few minutes, the butler arrived with the magnifier. Then, Michael personally checked the jade carving piece using it.

There it was. The words "Maria's Work" were indeed carved on the Lower right corner of the sculpture, so all doubts should be cleared by now. Her handwriting was simple yet elegant, beautiful but vigorous. It could be seen that Maria was indeed a master at carving.

“Maria, did you carve these words yourself? They're brilliant!"

Noticing how Michael praised Maria, Jacqueline sulked even further. She wanted to shout that Maria could not possibly carve so beautifully just to spite her.

However, Jacqueline knew that she already said something wrong before. If she continued to be unreasonable, she would really embarrass herself more. In the end, she held her emotions back and remained silent.