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With Sophia Shepherd’s question, more guests noticed Serena Jennings’s hands. 1
ire Shaw saw that Serena’s hands were still wrapped in bandages andughed coldly to herself.
It seems like Serena already found an excuse for her defeat.
Serena instinctively nced at ire Shaw.
Though ire Shaw almost arrivedte today, she exuded an aura of facing death with equanimity, a determination to seed or die
trying.
In fact, ire Shaw was determined to win this livepetition.
She no longer had an escape route.
No matter what, she must defeat Serena Jennings in front of Caleb Lockwood and let him see that she is the exceptional and
sophisticated woman worthy of him.
In this onsitepetition, Museum X provided high–quality replicas of two antique jewels to Serena and ire, with damage identical to
the real pieces, testing their craftsmanship and repair skills.
The one who stands out will have the privilege to repair the actual antique jewels.
Quickly, the staff at Museum X handed the two scepters separately to Serena and ire.
Though they were replicas, they faithfully reproduced the craftsmanship of the time, especially the curved surfaces around the main
stone; the embedding technology back then was not mature, making the curved cluster setting quite remarkable.
However, the problem lies within these curves.
Due to immature and unstable embedding technology, the gems have fallen off extensively, making the repair challenging but not
impossible.
The real difficulty is ensuring the gems set within these curved surfaces do not loosen and fall off again.
Museum X provided Serena and ire with identical scepter replicas, even the fallen gems were the same.
Thepetition solely tested embedding and repairing skills.
If their skills wereparable, the speed would decide the winner.
Thus, this was a contest that valued both quality and speed.
Serena asked Ethan White to help her remove the bandages from her ten fingers.
Caleb Lockwood watched nearby, his brows furrowed like a knotted rope.
Serena’s hands were clearly still injured, yet she insisted onpeting.
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Caleb Lockwood’s gaze fell on Ethan White’s hands.
Ethan carefully removed Serena’s bandages, treating her hands as if they were fragile items.
Caleb Lockwood’s brows furrowed even more.
ire Shaw, seeing that Serena couldn’t even remove her own bandages and needed Ethan White’s help, almost couldn’t hold back her
Serena, today is yourst day in gem setting.
After today, your reputation will be ruined.
Thinking of Serena leaving the jewelry design field in disgrace made ire feel she should have harmed Serena’s hands sooner.
With the staff’s cue, the repairpetition began.
As most expected, ire Shaw was ahead of Serena, her repair speed noticeably faster.
Among the guests, Sophia Shepherd couldn’t help but worry for Serena.
She had always admired Serena during her time at FY.
She had nned for Serena to work at FY longer, build some experience and connections, and then take over when her taste‘ failed to
keep up as she aged.
Unexpectedly, Serena resigned quickly, though hearing that Serena started her own studioter made Sophia proud.
When Serena’s studio closed, she couldn’t help butment.
Sophia admired those with real talent, hence she supported Serena in thepetition against ire Shaw.
She never believed Serena would lose.
After all, ire Shaw was mediocre in her view.
But this time was different.
“I don’t understand, why did Serena ept this live repairpetition before industry insiders, even when her hand was injured?”
Sophia asked Peter.
Peter was silent.
As time ticked by, the venue became increasingly silent.
Everyone seemed engrossed in the repairpetition, the air filled with tension.
Eventually, ire Shaw finished repairing the scepter in one hour, twenty–six minutes, and fifteen seconds.
Looking at Serena, she was only halfway finished.
ire Shaw smiled slightly but said nothing more.
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In the presence of so many industry insiders, the results spoke for themselves.
Serena would find it hard to ept defeat.
ire Shaw picked up a chair, sat next to her, and rested.
She casually nced at Caleb Lockwood.
Caleb Lockwood’s eyes were like falcons, fixed on Serena, his expression somewhat heavy and displeased.
ire Shaw curled a faint cold smile.
It seemed Caleb Lockwood also felt Serena was being reckless by repairing with injuries, doomed to lose, and asking for disgrace.
ire Shawzily yawned.
At Serena’s repair speed, she might not be finished even after ire sleeps and wakes.
Even some staff members at Museum X began to grow impatient.
“Director, Serena’s hand is injured, and her repair speed is much slower than ire Shaw’s… perhaps we should just dere ire Shaw
the winner?”
“Yeah! Since the result’s the same, we might as well…”
The two staff members fell silent, noticing Simon Coleman’s gaze.
Everyone was waiting for Serena.
ire Shaw grew so bored waiting that she nearly fell asleep.
Finally, Serena took three hours, fifty–seven minutes, and eighteen seconds toplete the scepter repair. <fn3acf> Readplete version only at Find_Novel(.</fn3acf>
The long and tediouspetition was finally over, ire Shaw stood up, head held high, ready to embrace her moment of glory.
As the director of Museum X, Simon Coleman was naturally the judge of the repairpetition.
He invited two others.
One was artifact repair expert Wayne Dunn, the other was Cartier’s jewelry repair specialist Catherine.
The three first carefully examined ire Shaw’s repaired scepter.
“Hmm… the craftsmanship is quite impressive.”
“Didn’t expect Miss Shaw to possess such excellent embedding skills at a young age.”
“Indeed, the newer generation surpassing the old!”
“Absolutely, Miss Shaw’s skills could qualify her as a senior designer at any domestic jewelry brand.”
Hearing the judges‘ praise, ire Shaw felt as if she was standing on clouds, feeling ted.
Some guests whispered among themselves, couldn’t help but praise ire Shaw.
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ire Shaw looked at Caleb Lockwood and blushed with a charming smile.
Caleb smiled back lightly at ire Shaw’s smile.
That slight smile made ire’s heartbeat elerate with excitement.
Yes, she was going to show Caleb Lockwood her remarkable talent and reim everything that rightfully belonged to her!
Next, Simon Coleman, Wayne Dunn, and Catherine moved to review Serena’s repaired scepter.
The three said nothing, silently exchanged nces.
ire Shaw knew what this meant.
Merely looking at the judges‘ attitude, she knew-
Serena was destined to lose!
Simon Coleman cleared his throat and spoke: “Next, I will announce the winner of the antique scepter repair qualification…”
With a confident smile, ire Shaw stepped forward.
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