"What''s the matter?"


    Inside the venue, Youyou sat next to Lin Chuan, noticing something off on Lin Chuan''s face and asked with concern.


    "Let me have another look."


    Lin Chuan''s gaze fell upon therge screen inside the venue, which disyed the full view of the ''Qing dynasty Chinese tangled branch pattern thin-walled jade vase''.


    The Qing dynasty Chinese tangled branch pattern thin-walled jade vase, petite and exquisite, dignified in shape, smooth in lines, the vase body delicate and translucent, carved with a beautifully intricate tangled branch lotus pattern, clever inposition, perfectlybining the elegance of the lotus with the lively essence of the tangled branches, resulting in a rich and vibrant flower pattern.


    Just from the appearance and decoration, the jade vase did not look like a replica.


    But Lin Chuan had handed over this one previously, and his understanding of it was much deeper, simr to the way Editor-in-chief Zhang Yixing understood the Douli Bowl.


    The pits one falls into always leave asting impression.


    An unrequited love, the moonlight of one''s youth, engraves itself into the memory, unable to be erased.


    The difficulty of this jade vasey in its craftsmanship.


    Its walls were extremely thin, the thinnest part being about one millimeter, like the wing of a cicada, making it challenging to produce and difficult to preserve.


    Because of its cicada-wing-thinness, the light transmittance of its body was excellent, causing the entire thin-walled jade vase to disy a unique intery of light and shadow under illumination.


    To replicate it and present the appearance of having weathered hundreds of years, one would need to soak apletely carved modern tangled branch pattern thin-walled jade vase in Chinese medicine for the aging process.


    But once this was done, it would alter the unique light and shadow formed by its natural patina.


    That was the most challenging part.


    —The intery of light and shadow.


    Lin Chuan could not replicate this effect because its controbility was almost nonexistent. No matter how closely one imitated it, there would always be a difference in the transmission of light and shadow, with virtually no way to reproduce it perfectly.


    The ''Qing dynasty Chinese tangled branch pattern thin-walled jade vase'' shown on the screen had exactly this issue.


    Of course!


    Aside from Lin Chuan, there were hardly any others who could spot this problem.


    "Maybe it''s an issue with the projection. I''ll take a closer look in personter."


    Lin Chuan muttered under his breath.


    "Lin Chuan, what did you say was wrong with this pot?" Youyou blinked and asked with a smile.


    Lin Chuan took a deep breath and exined, "This is a jade vase. During this handover ceremony, it''s referred to as the ''Qing dynasty Chinese tangled branch pattern thin-walled jade vase,'' the Suzhou jade carving thin-walled craftsmanship. Right, it''s the same process as the thin-walled jade pot that ''escaped from the British Museum''."


    Youyou suddenly understood, "No wonder the name sounded so familiar."


    The handover ceremony was quicklypleted.


    A full 27 cultural relics that had returned from overseas were disyed in various parts of the venue for the attendees to view and admire.


    Inside the venue, the majority of the people were masters and experts from the antiques circle, well-known collectors. Once the 27 cultural relics were open for viewing, they all rushed to ''see these relics''.


    Old Bai didn''t want to hinder Lin Chuan and Youyou, so he went to appraise them on his own.


    As the crowd surged, Youyou followed Lin Chuan towards the ''Qing dynasty Chinese tangled branch pattern thin-walled jade vase''.


    The exhibition area for the thin-walled jade vase was crowded.


    Because, among the 27 repatriated relics, its value was high enough to rank within the top three.


    Youyou held tightly to Lin Chuan''s hand like an obedient little cat, eagerly following by Lin Chuan''s side.


    The ''Qing dynasty Chinese tangled branch pattern thin-walled jade vase'' was ced in a columnar ss cab, with two security guards stationed beside it. Visitors could observe from a distance of 50 centimeters.


    "Don''t crowd, please don''t crowd!"


    "Visitors in the back, please don''t rush!"


    "The relic is very precious, no photography allowed! Do not touch!"


    There were also six security personnel maintaining order among the viewers.


    In reality.


    These so-called masters and experts of antiques, along with individual collectors, did not exhibit high standards of behavior, not showing much sense of orderly conduct. Instead, most of them had a fervent look in their eyes, and many were not shy about cutting in line to get to the front.


    Lin Chuan and Youyou queued up honestly.


    Finally willing to leave, the people in the front moved away and those at the back surged forward. After waiting for several turns, it was finally Lin Chuan''s turn to get to the front, and the exquisite features of the ''thin-walled jade vase'' came into Lin Chuan''s view.


    "It''s so beautiful," Youyou eximed, looking at the thin-walled jade vase in the disy case.


    "If you had Qinghai jade, I could make one for you," Lin Chuan said with a smile.


    "You really know how?"


    Youyou blinked and smiled.


    Lin Chuan touched his nose and muttered, "I should be able to seed this time."


    "Writer Lin, we meet again."


    At that moment.


    A familiar voice came from beside Lin Chuan.


    The speaker was none other than Hu Shu.


    "Mr. Hu, what a coincidence."


    Lin Chuan turned his head to look, slightly surprised, and smiled politely.


    Youyou, on the other hand, was seriously admiring the thin-walled jade vase.


    "Do you have a particr passion for this artifact, too?"


    .


    Hu Shu pushed up his sses, pointed at the thin-wall jade vase, and asked with a smile.


    Lin Chuan nodded and replied with a smile, "Indeed, I''m quite interested, wanting to see this cicada-wing-thin body and its wonderful craftsmanship."


    "Mr. Lin has a good eye for quality," Hu Shu smiled and began addressing Lin Chuan as ''Mr. Lin.'' "Why not appraise it for yourself?"


    Lin Chuan raised his right hand and gestured lightly, "I''m merely here to admire, I wouldn''t dare toment recklessly."


    "I''ve appraised this jade vase again and again but can''t determine whether it belongs to the mid orte Qing dynasty. Could Mr. Lin help me out of this confusion?" Hu Shu looked toward Lin Chuan and smiled softly.


    Lin Chuan looked up at Hu Shu and replied with a smile, "My level is not high, my judgment is prone torge errors."


    "But by all means, speak your mind."


    "Firstly, we can rule out the early Qing dynasty," Lin Chuan said half-jokingly.