Female Novel
Chapter 328
The old man with the name of Charles Zarate, was the president of the Niumhi Antique Dealers’Association, the young woman behind him was none other than Rosalie Naiswell while the youngman was his student, Luis Zarate.
Harvey York wasn’t surprised to see his arrival given how reputable he was in the antique industry,it’s only natural for him to attend this antique fair today. As a side note, his relationship with ShaneNaiswell seemed to be very close.
While the student Luis was obviously chasing after Rosalie as his sight never left her since themoment he entered the room.
However, Rosalie’s facial expressions changed just slightly as she rested her gaze on Harvey. Thisimmediately made Luis stunned and cautious.
Rosalie was a true icy beauty who seemed to be cold to anyone she met, but her eyes soften upevidently when she’s face to face to this stranger who’s from god knows where.
Even without introducing themselves to each other, Luis had already seen Harvey as hiscompetition.
Shane stood up to shake Charles’s hand and greeted him, “Old buddy, you’re finally here, I thoughtyou won’t come this time for me.”
Charles laughed. “I heard that you found some goodies in our Niumhi city, so of course I’d be hereto check them out, I’ll be excited and happy if your judging skills turned out to be wrong!”Contents belong to NovelDrama.Org
“Better not be! Although I’m old and all but my eyesight is still good,” Shane shot back.
Harvey understood right away how close both of the old men must be with each other, or else thetwo esteemed professionals in the same field wouldn’t be talking to each other this way.
“So you’re the young man who’s looked highly upon by Naiswell, rumours had it that you appraisedthe painting of ‘Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains’ successfully, is that true?” Charles stated with asmile after observing Harvey carefully as he approached him.
To him, Harvey looked like an ordinary young guy with no special talents, he didn’t see why Shanewould admire him.
Harvey stood up instantly out of respect for someone as distinguished as Charles, even if heignored Charles’s status he would still show respect as a courtesy toward the elders.
“Nice to meet you President Zarate, you’re thinking too highly of me, I was just lucky that day,”Harvey replied humbly.
“It’s good to see how humble you young people are, but being overly humble would make oneseemed like a sham,” Charles continued looking at Harvey with an observant gaze, still notconvinced of how good this young man might be.
He still hadn’t seen any specialty in Harvey but those days Shane had been praising him so muchthat he’s wondering whether his own ears had a problem.
“How about you young people exchange your skills and knowledge with each other through a smallcompetition?” Charles turned his head and glanced at Luis and Rosalie.
Charles had always been trying to get Luis and Rosalie closer as Luis was his student andsomeone from the same family, if they could build a relationship between the two it’ll be good for theZarate family as well.
But Rosalie was too intelligent and talented to be even approached, and Charles could tell howShane had already treated Harvey as though he was his grand son-in-law.
So for Luis and also to test how good this young man was, he wanted to test out Harvey’s skills.
“President Zarate, you have thought too highly of me, how would I dare to showcase those basicskills of mine in front of you?” Harvey rejected humbly with a smile, he’s not that stupid to not guesswhat was in Charles’s head.
However, he has already rejected Shane’s invitation to be their live-in son-in-law, he obviouslywouldn’t want to show his talents in front of them again so it’s only clear for him to refuse thechallenge.
“Young man, you’re not looking down on the treasures and goods I could find and bring here to you,are you?” This time, Charles sat right in front of Harvey and said with a friendly smile.
Harvey didn’t know what to do, it would be disrespectful if he rejected Charles again.
Plus, Charles seemed to be more curious of Harvey’s talent rather than hating him, any smartperson wouldn’t refuse again to not trigger him.
Although Harvey wasn’t at all afraid of Luis, the problem was making a friend is way better thanhaving another enemy.
With that in mind, Harvey thought about it and replied, “President Zarate, the fair is about to start,why don’t we enjoy the exhibition first and only then I’ll privately ask you to teach me a few thingson antiques?”
Charles looked down at his watch and said, “There’s 20 minutes left, it’s still an ample amount oftime.”
Finally, Luis who had been quiet all this time spoke up with a snigger, “Mr, if you actually don’t knowhow to appraise treasuries you should say so, why all the bullshits and excuses?”