The words of Director Li were originally meant to save some face for Huo Sining. He thought that by praising her a bit more, these old experts might start looking at her with new eyes and no longer belittle her, which is why he made the exaggerated statement, "Even with her eyes closed, she can appraise treasures."
However, to the ears of the experts present, these words were extremely grating.
Everyone there had mingled in the antique and relic circle for many years and knew that the key to antique appraisal lay in the eyesight. To appraise an antique, one needs to look at the color, patterns, shape, and inscriptions of an item with their eyes, combining all features with the knowledge they have learned to determine the authenticity of an item.
These old experts were all university-level professors, considered leaders in the industry, yet none of them would dare claim they could appraise the authenticity of an object while blindfolded.
