Came Back as an Heiress After My Ex-Fiancé Made Me Blind novel Chapter 280

Hearing Willow's words, everyone widened their eyes in surprise, "What? Do you know how to restore this ancient painting?"

"Yes." Willow smiled, warm and soft like a spring breeze.

Peter spoke slowly, "Willow said that she has read a lot of related books and finally found a way to restore this ancient painting. She came specifically to tell us, hoping to help us."

Everyone looked at each other, unable to make up their minds.

This ancient painting was badly damaged, and everyone was helpless. The state banquet was only a few days away, and time was getting tighter. Everyone was getting anxious!

Now, hearing that Willow had a way to fix it, how could they not be tempted?

One of the more senior restorers came forward and asked, "Miss Sullivan, can you explain your method?"

Willow smiled faintly and spoke eloquently, "First, use conventional methods to clean the stains on the painting. Rinse the painting with hot water at 60 degrees to remove the stains on the surface..."

Willow went on to say a lot of professional terms.

The more the cultural relics restorers listened, the more excited they became. After hearing it, their eyes lit up, "This method sounds feasible! What do you think?"

"You can give it a try! It's a good idea!"

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Seeing these cultural relics restorers gathered in front of Willow, the corners of Carl's mouth twitched not far away. These people changed their faces too quickly.

But there was no way. This ancient painting was too difficult to repair, and time was urgent. Of course, everyone wanted to know how to restore it.

Carl rolled his eyes and asked Victoria beside him, puzzled, "Victoria, can ancient paintings be poured into 60-degree hot water?"

Victoria nodded, "Yes, in ancient times, painting pigments were generally divided into mineral pigments and plant pigments. The ancient paintings that have been passed down are generally mineral pigments, which do not dissolve in water like modern ink. Moreover, in ancient times, paper was produced by scooping it out of water, so it's fine to use water."

Mr. Wright stroked his beard approvingly, "That's right, it's what Victoria said."

Carl finally understood a bit and gained some knowledge.

In a short while, the cultural relics restorers had already listened to Willow's restoration methods and formulated a restoration plan.

Peter concluded, "This is the best restoration plan at the moment. As long as there are no mistakes, this ancient painting can be restored to the greatest extent."

Another restoration expert urged excitedly, "Then let's start quickly! Time is running out, we can't delay any longer!"

"Wait." A boy with glasses next to him raised his hand to stop him, "We're having a lively discussion here. Victoria, Carl, and Mr. Wright have been waiting in the corner. Let's call them."

Peter immediately frowned, "They don't know how to restore cultural relics."

Peter only knew how to draw, but didn't know how to restore cultural relics. What would be the use of calling her here besides causing trouble?

"Well, that's true..." The boy with glasses stopped mentioning them and continued, "For safety's sake, let the most experienced and qualified person do the restoration. This way, we can avoid mistakes, right?"

Many cultural relic experts wanted to restore an ancient famous painting, which is a professional achievement.

But now time was pressing, to ensure the successful restoration of the ancient painting, only the most experienced person could be chosen to avoid any mistakes.

Everyone looked at each other, "Among us, the most experienced and qualified person is Peter."

"Peter, you should do the restoration! We'll be here to assist you. If you need help, just say so. The most important thing now is to restore the painting!"

Peter pondered for a moment. He was not arrogant. He was indeed the one with the most seniority here.

"Okay, then I'll do it," Peter responded.

Willow thoughtfully said, "Teacher Montgomery, let me help you, so it will be faster. Besides, we have restored other ancient paintings together before, so we have a good cooperation!"

Peter thought for a moment. Willow was really good at restoring ancient paintings, so he nodded, "Of course."

A trace of imperceptible satisfaction flashed in Willow's eyes.

Washing with hot water was the first step, and the second step was to carefully uncover the backing paper of the ancient painting.

Carl, who was not far away, saw this scene and looked dumbfounded. He asked in a low voice, "This painting turns out to have several layers?"

Victoria couldn't help but laugh, "Yes, after a calligraphy and painting are framed, there will be many layers, but the paper on each layer is very thin, ordinary people can't distinguish."

This ancient painting had three layers, from top to bottom, it was divided into the painting core, the fate paper, and the backing paper.

The painting's core is the layer of paper on which the artist draws, and everything the artist draws is on this layer, so the painting's core is the most important.

Carl clicked his tongue, "So, Peter is now uncovering the third layer of backing paper? Is it difficult? Can he do it?"

Victoria raised an eyebrow, "This step requires extreme care and caution, otherwise, it's easy to damage the painting core."

The painting's core layer of paper is already very thin. If it is accidentally torn, it would not be restoring the ancient painting but destroying it.

At this moment, Peter was carefully uncovering the right side of the painting with tweezers, while Willow was peeling off the left side.

But when Carl looked up and saw Willow's face turn pale, he couldn't help but ask, "What happened?"

Willow shook her head, but her hand tightly covered the ancient painting under her hand, "It's okay."

Peter didn't think too much about it and continued to work. After all, this work was very meticulous, and could not be distracted.

Time passed, and Director Erasmus curiously looked around, took a few steps, and suddenly stopped, his brows furrowed, "What's going on here!"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately looked over.

They saw that the ancient painting now had an additional damaged area!

Originally, this ancient painting only had two damaged holes, but now, in addition to the two damaged holes, there was another damaged crack!