Chapter 195 He Must’ve Done It on Purpose
For sure Paul wouldn’t let Lucian apply medicine to him. They’re like enemies. If he were to let Lucian do so, he’d probably end up in the hospital after this.
But Lucian wouldn’t let Calista apply the medicine to Paul either. Lucian and Paul sat there with
composure as if none of them were affected by the tension in the air.
Calista pretended to not see the tense situation between Lucian and Paul. She helped Agnes to keep the cutlery out of the way after they had finished eating. Calista bid goodbye to Agnes.
“Mrs. Baker, I’ll get going now. I still have to work in the afternoon.”
She was busy with the restoration of the artifacts recently as she had to finish all her work before she
could work at the museum.
“Do you still have to work on weekends? This industry you’re working in is so tiring.”
Calista didn’t explain herself. Lucian got up.
“I’ll send you off.”
He was only here because of Calista. Now that she had to leave, he no longer had a reason to stay
behind. Paul got up as well, blocking Lucian’s way
“Didn’t you say you wanted to help me apply medicine? Come on now, I can’t wait any longer. Or else my wound would’ve just healed on its own.”
Lucian was speechless. Calista had already left when Paul got in Lucian’s way. Lucian narrowed his eyes.
at Paul.
“Did you do this on purpose?”
Contrasting Lucian being visibly furious, Paul kept his cool.
“You’re one to talk. You came to my house ‘coincidentally‘ when I treated Calista to a meal today.”
Lucian admitted frankly.
“Yeah, I did it on purpose.”
Paul chuckled.
“How many times do you think you can stop us? She’s the industrial designer for the CrossTime project
her back…”
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“Stop making it sound like there’s anything between you and Calista. She has no feelings for you at all
now.
After one week, Calista went to the museum for registration. Her colleagues from Justa threw a big
farewell party for her, Bryan was depressed for the whole night and he drowned himself in alcohol.
Before he was sent back, he even clung onto Calista and said he wanted to go with her. He wanted to be
her student. Jacob slapped him instead to wake him up.
Augustus brought Calista to their workshop. He introduced her to his colleagues.
“You’ll be in charge of Class A artifacts from now onward.”
They classified the artifacts into three categories which were Class A, B and C. Class A was the most technically demanding and it’s also the easiest way to get famous.
Only five people had ever taken charge of Class A since the museum was established. And those five
people were extremely experienced and top preservationists in the industry.
Calista stood out too much as she stood among them.
“Mr. Beaumont,” said someone unhappily, “aren’t you being too hasty? Are you just going to let her take
over Class A artifacts just because of some news that may be fake? Those precious Class A artifacts are
all unable to be n replicated. We don’t even know whether she did restore the Golden Age. What if it was
just the reporters exaggerating? We can’t bear the consequences if she messes up.”
It was Thomas. He was in his forties. He started working in the museum after he graduated and it took
him so many years to finally get promoted to restoring Class B artifacts.
But he was confident that he could work on Class B artifacts as well. However, he felt that he was
oppressed by Augustus and he didn’t want to promote him.
But now Calista could just take over Class A artifacts out of the blue. He refused to accept this situation.
This industry didn’t require that much talent. Anyone could do the work as long as one could trace the drawings.
With experience over the years, anyone could be a pro in the industry. Thomas wasn’t convinced that Calista, who was only in her twenties, would be better than him.
He’d been in the industry for around twenty years.
“Then do you have any other suggestions?” questioned Augustus.
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“Of course. She’ll have to go through the assessments according to the museum’s procedure. For all
newbles, they should start with Class C artifacts.”
*Since you’re so pro, why don’t you take over my position as director as well?”
Augustus’s words carried a lot of weight. Thomas stopped complaining, but he glared at Calista.
Calista didn’t want to attract too much attention, otherwise, she wouldn’t be maintaining a low profile for
so many years. But she also didn’t like Thomas staring at her resentfully every single day.
“Mr. Beaumont, since Mr. Jefferson isn’t convinced of my skills, so let’s have a competition.”
Hopefully, Thomas was only unconvinced because of not trusting her skills, and it’s not because het deliberately wanted to pick a fight.
Augustus gave her suggestion some thought and agreed. He asked someone to hand over an authentic
art piece.
“Thomas, you’re skilled in restoring paintings. Callie, you also blew up because of your painting
restoration skills. So the competition will be on restoring this painting.”
Thomas said hesitantly, “Isn’t there a replica that’s used for assessments?”
Augustus replied, “You’re very confident in your skills, isn’t it? Just go for the real one then.”
Of course, the piece Augustus took out was a painting that was severely damaged and irreparable.
If it could be restored, then Augustus would benefit. If it couldn’t be restored, there wouldn’t be any
damage done either.
“Of course I’m confident in my skills. I’m just worried that Calista will ruin it since she isn’t that skilled.”
As Thomas provocated Calista continuously, she could no longer hold her temper in. She looked at him.
She didn’t understand why he had so much resentment toward her. 1)
“Rest assured. As long as the painting isn’t burnt to ashes, I’ll be able to restore it even if it was poorly
restored.”
Thomas gritted his teeth.
“Young lady, you better not be so arrogant. Who knows what will happen?”
Thomas was dumbfounded when the painting was laid before him. What the heck is this? He couldn’t
even see the painting clearly with his reading glasses on.
Calista observed the painting closely and proceeded to work on the restoration. She only had to do a
Thomas was still struck with shock when Callsta was already halfway through.
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“Alright, that should be it. I believe it’s clear enough to see who’s the winner now. Those who’re still not convinced, you should be by now. For those who are still unconvinced, deal with it on your own then,” stated Augustus as he glanced at Thomas who was full of resentment toward Calista
The rest were staring at Calista in awe. Initially, they thought the news wasn’t reliable so they were.
anticipating her failure. Who knew she was such a pro?
Augustus called Calista to his office. He offered her a gilt–edged invitation card.
*Can you attend this banquet instead? I’m not interested in it. I assume you young people would love
lively places like this. And go get to know more people there too.”
Calista didn’t feel like going either but Augustus shoved the invitation in her hand. The banquet was
tonight and it was to be held in a platinum five–star hotel.
Augustus probably asked her to go because he knew he couldn’t avoid the occasion as Calista saw most
of the upper crust would be attending the banquet.
Calista thought, “I wouldn’t be that unfortunate to bump into Lucian again, would !?”
Just as this thought crossed her mind, she almost knocked into someone. To be exact, that person
almost knocked into her.
