Chapter 316

Rocky did not skip a beat, pressing on with his story.

"Who would've thought? With a crowd of nearly five hundred, including a host of esteemed masters, not one stepped up to the plate to save this masterpiece. Hahaha!"

That laugh was a cocktail of contempt, fully savored by those around him.

They shot him looking sharp as knives.

"Okay, okay. The painting was in bad shape, and the masters were too chicken to touch it, afraid they'd botch it up even worse. I get it.

"I was about to throw in the towel. If Mandoria's finest couldn't handle it, what was I, just a visiting businessman, supposed to do? However, out of the blue, someone rose to the challenge."

Rocky's narrative shifted as the camera settled on Madeline's face.

A portrait of serenity and detachment filled the screen.

"There's a saying in Mandoria, 'A newborn calf isn't scared of tigers.' Mrs. Gibson, green and unseasoned, stepped right up."

He went on and on, basically suggesting that the clueless Madeline was playin