Reborn to be a God of Reading

C22 – Insulting Art

Ellsworth University was one of the top five universities in the country.

It was also the only top university that was not located in the provincial capital.

Lachlan and Terry arrived at the school and went straight to Lucille’s office.

“Lachlan, you’re here.”

Lucille smiled. Her smile was like a blooming white orchid, dazzling and holy.

The students at the side were extremely surprised. Lucille was known for being cold and indifferent. Although she was very beautiful, no one dared to provoke her.

But she actually smiled at Lachlan.

What was going on?

Was he her boyfriend?

Many students looked at Lachlan, causing him to feel uneasy.

“Ms. Collins, why are you looking for me?”

Lucille took out a recommendation letter. “Lachlan, this is our recommendation letter for you to go to Ellsworth University. Take it first.”

Wasn’t the recommendation letter issued before the college entrance examination?

How could he get it so early?

The other students were even more surprised.

Lachlan’s appearance was ordinary, but he was actually so outstanding. He actually got the recommendation letter for Ellsworth University so early.

Lucille seemed to have seen through Lachlan’s doubts. She explained, “With your outstanding talent, you naturally have special privileges. This also shows the sincerity of our school.”

Lachlan smiled bitterly.

Lucille had really put in a lot of effort to keep him here.

She actually applied for his recommendation letter.

But Lachlan did not accept it. Instead, he said, “If I accept it, I won’t be able to take the college entrance examination. So, I can’t agree.”

He rejected it.

Kelton almost fell off his chair.

What was Lachlan doing?

“Why do you have to take the college entrance exam? What if you make a mistake? If you can’t go to Ellsworth University, then it would be a pity.”

“Besides, even if you didn’t make a mistake, Ellsworth University is still one of your best choices. Hurry up and agree.”

Kelton tried to persuade him.

Lachlan still shook his head. “I can agree to go to Ellsworth University in the future, but I have to take the college entrance exam.”

In his previous life, Lachlan’s college entrance exam was his biggest regret. Now that he had a chance to start over, he could not give up.

With his current results, he could go to a world-renowned university.

Lucille stared at Lachlan, her eyes burning with passion.

Lachlan had his own determination, and he had endless potential.

She said, “Lachlan, you can take the college entrance exam normally, and I will continue to keep this recommendation letter for you. How about it?”

“Alright!”

Lachlan agreed.

He could not let Lucille down.

Her actions were undoubtedly adding insurance to Lachlan.

Even if Lachlan failed the college entrance exam, he could still go to Ellsworth University to study.

“You can sign here, and then take it away. Come back to register when school starts.”

Lachlan picked up the pen and signed his name.

At this time, an old man walked into the office.

All the teachers and students greeted him respectfully.

“Collins, this is the information you wanted. I’ve sent it to you.”

Lucille quickly stood up and said, “Professor Garcia, you can call me and I will go get it myself!”

“I’m old, but I can still walk. I will just treat it as exercising my body.”

“Go ahead, I’ll be leaving now!”

Just as the old man was about to leave, he saw a painting that had been left on the corner of the table.

“What is this?”

Professor Garcia curiously opened the painting. He saw a phoenix, and under the phoenix were countless ordinary birds.

The nobleness of the phoenix made the other birds feel ashamed of their own inferiority.

This painting was very well drawn.

“This is the Along the River During the Qingming Festival of Zhu Zhishan?”

Professor Garcia said in shock, “Collins, is this your painting? How can you casually throw such a masterpiece on the table? Collins, I have to criticize you. You are disrespecting art.”

“Collins, I don’t know what to say to you. You are too much. I’ll hang this painting for you and give it to you later. Don’t do this anymore.”

As he spoke, Professor Garcia picked up the painting and was about to leave.

Kelton and Lucille were both stunned.

They did not know what had happened.

“Who told you to touch my painting? Hurry up and return it to me.”

Lachlan’s voice broke the crowd’s shock.

Professor Garcia stood at the door with an awkward expression on his face.

He really liked this painting. Not only was this painting extremely expensive, it also had artistic value.

Zhu Zhishan had very few authentic works, so he naturally wanted to study them.

However, he was unable to obtain such an expensive painting, so he had to resort to this method.

He had almost succeeded!

Professor Garcia sighed in his heart and turned around to look at Lachlan.

“This painting is yours?”

Lachlan nodded, “That’s right. So, return it to me immediately.”

“Then do you know that this painting is called the Along the River During the Qingming Festival, and is a genuine work of Zhu Zhishan?”

“Of course. If it wasn’t a genuine work, I wouldn’t have bought it.” Lachlan’s words were filled with impatience.

Professor Garcia’s actions made him have a bad impression of him.

“Then do you know its economic value?”

“It should be worth around a hundred million yuan!” Lachlan said indifferently.

Everyone was shocked by the huge figure.

They did not expect that a painting that Lachlan had casually thrown away would actually be worth hundreds of millions!

How much money did Lachlan have?

“Then do you know its artistic value? You actually threw it away so casually. This is disrespect to the art.”

“It has nothing to do with you. This is my private property. Even if I tear it apart, it has nothing to do with you.”

Lachlan snatched the ancient painting back.

He naturally would not admit that he had insulted the art. He retorted,

“Artists like you don’t want to surpass the predecessors. You only know how to follow the rules and study the works of the predecessors. Your thoughts and imagination have been limited by the predecessors. What kind of achievements can you have?”

“You are still accusing me of not respecting art. I think you are the ones who are the most disrespectful to art.”

Lucille pulled Lachlan and whispered.

“Lachlan, you can’t say that to Professor Garcia. He is the representative of traditional painting, a Grandmaster level figure. He has dedicated his life to the traditional painting. His dream is to bring the traditional painting to greater heights. He is worthy of our respect.”

Lachlan nodded. He did not expect that Caden would be so great.

But even so, he could not accept Caden’s criticism.