Juliana looked at Zoe, "What is it?"
Zoe took out a scroll painting and spread it out on the table, "Mrs. Leach, did you paint this?"
The painting was "The Peach and the Plum", the one Juliana had temporarily painted.
Juliana nodded her head and asked, "What's wrong?"
Zoe looked at Juliana questioningly, "Did you really paint this painting?"
Juliana, "Yes."
Zoe carefully put the painting away and then looked Juliana up and down, "Mrs. Leach, it's not that I'm questioning you, it's just that you don't have a very good reputation in F City."
Juliana raised an eyebrow slightly, "So?"
Zoe said, "I've investigated you. You don't paint at all, much less paint a painting like this."
The painting was sold at auction for $100 million.
But its true value was not $100 million.
Juliana looked at Zoe with a light smile, "I didn't think you were good enough to sit in front of me, but you're sitting in front of me anyway, aren't you?"
Zoe frowned slightly, "Mrs. Leach, I bear no ill will."
Juliana said, "Then tell me about your ill will."
Zoe was a little upset. She thought she had shown Juliana respect by talking nicely and not starting with harsh words.
She had done this for the sake of the Leach family.
She looked at Juliana with a serious face, "If you painted this picture, you might be liable; if you didn't, please tell me who really painted it."
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