"I didn't just tell with my naked eye," Lin Xi said, and Old Hu breathed a sigh of relief.

"I just took a look with a magnifying glass," Lin Xi said innocently.

Looking at her smiling face, Old Hu clutched his heart and said, "You little girl, why do you talk like that? You're scaring this old man."

"Without Mr. Hu, how could this be? I'm just stating the facts. You can just tell me if I'm right or wrong."

"Who knows if you knew or knew that person beforehand? That doesn't prove anything," the somewhat indignant man in front immediately questioned.

"That's right, after all, who can tell just by looking at the naked eye? You're insulting everyone's intelligence."

"Yeah, this is just insulting our intelligence. Even if you're right, so what? Who knows if you found out through legitimate means?"

The voices of doubt from the people present grew louder and louder, to the point that even Old Hu could not ignore them. He looked at Lin Xi and asked, "What do you think about this?"

"What else can we do? If someone is not convinced, we'll beat them until they submit."

A strong sense of confidence emanated from Lin Xi, and there was a moment of silence, but soon the discussion resumed.

"This guy is such a show-off. Damn, this is the first time I've ever met someone more pretentious than me."

"Yeah, I wasn't this arrogant when I was picking up girls."

"I'd like to see how she manages to subdue me, with her skinny arms and legs."

Upon hearing this, Song Beishu burst out laughing.

With his physique, Sister Xi could easily defeat him in a second, hahaha, it's hilarious!

"why are you laughing."

"It's nothing. I was just laughing at you for not only being handsome, but also for what you say... Yes." Song Beishu quickly waved his hand and explained seriously.

"Really? You have good taste." After saying that, the man confidently stroked his chin with his right thumb and forefinger, revealing an expression that he thought was very handsome.

Song Beishu could only turn away, trying not to laugh.

"Little girl, you're not very capable, but you've got quite the nerve. Well then, tell me how you're going to beat them until they submit?"

Looking at the person in front of him, who exuded a convincing aura and had a strange sense of familiarity, and seeing her vibrant age, Old Hu thought it was impossible and shook his head.

"Look, even Old Hu is speechless and shaking his head at her. Doesn't she have any self-awareness?"

"In my opinion, she's already put on airs enough. If she keeps going, she'll get exposed and that won't be respectable."

"Yes, leaving yourself no way out is too arrogant."

.......

Lin Xi listened to the discussions around her, but instead of being annoyed, she was secretly delighted.

That's it! The more you disbelieve and question, the more convinced you will become, and then she will be close to completing the mission.

Lin Xi's lips curled up, her eyebrows arched slightly, and her eyes sparkled with a bright smile, making her already stunning face even more captivating and impossible to look away from.

"Mr. Hu, the most direct way is for you to bring out any painting and I will appraise it, how about that?" Lin Xi said softly, without a trace of panic at being questioned, but rather with a confident look on her face.

"Alright, I'll play along with you. Let me witness the rise of a new star in antique appraisal, hahaha." Old Hu readily agreed.

He then instructed those around him, "Go and bring up the paintings my friend gave me. None of these paintings have ever been seen before, so there's no suspicion that I just happened to see them."

"Okay." The disciple beside him nodded quickly and went downstairs.

Old Hu then took out his phone and made a call. "Old Ghost, let me tell you, I met a young girl today who can tell the authenticity of a painting with the naked eye, and even the date..."

"What? Where are you... I'm coming right now. I want to see if this little girl can become a spirit." Old Hu chuckled and hung up the phone, then dialed the next one, repeating the same trick.

Lin Xi's lips twitched. For the first time, she realized that having good hearing wasn't necessarily a good thing. Otherwise, she could hear everything when someone secretly cricketed at her. The main problem was that she couldn't show that she heard it.

Old Hu finally put down his phone, looked at Lin Xi and smiled, "Young lady, it's alright if there are a few more people. They all admire you and want to see how capable you are. You shouldn't mind, right?"

"I don't mind, I don't mind." Lin Xi raised her eyebrows and replied somewhat helplessly. If she hadn't heard what the other person said, she would have actually believed him.

Before long, two elderly men of similar age to Mr. Hu arrived.

"My God, these two actually came too. Now all the big names in the antique appraisal world have gathered."

"With so many professionals coming, she probably doesn't have a chance."

"Oh, don't say that. Maybe they have real skills, hahaha."

"Hahahaha, that's true."

"Who said you can tell the exact time of a painting with the naked eye? I want to see if it's really that amazing."

A strong, resonant voice rang out, its tone laced with doubt and anger.

"Now look what's happened, the old ghost is angry."

"Serves her right for pretending like that, even trying to tell by sight!"

"Yes."

Lin Xi looked directly at the person in front of her without flinching and said, word by word, "It's me."

"It's you?" Old Ghost was about to get angry when Old Hu pulled him back.

"Hey, hey, Old Ghost, don't be so quick to get angry. This little girl still wants us to test her. We can talk about it after the test."

“Yeah, Old Ghost, you need to rein in your fiery temper. We haven’t even figured things out yet,” Old Xu, who came with him, also advised.

The old man then gave up, said nothing, and sat down with them at another temporarily prepared spot.

"Hey Lao Hu, what you said on the phone, is it true? Is it really that amazing?"

"Hmph, they probably knew beforehand. Anyway, I don't believe anyone's eyes can match or even surpass instruments. That's impossible."

"No rush, we'll find out soon enough whether it's true or not. I've prepared a few paintings that even you've never seen before, so there can't be any mistake," Old Hu said with a smile.

"Alright, I'll see how she tries to smooth things over later," the old man said somewhat seriously.

Looking at the childlike old man, Old Hu and Old Xu exchanged a smile.

"Alright, then bring up my paintings one by one," Old Hu instructed his disciple beside him.

"Okay, teacher."

Then, Mr. Hu's treasured paintings were carefully brought up and slowly unfurled.

"Little girl, can you accurately tell the time of creation and the date these paintings were made?"

Lin Xi glanced at the painting in front of her, then looked confidently at them...

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