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What he didn’t know was that, at this moment, Claudine wanted nothing more than to slap him. 

“Darling, sit here!” 

Damian pulled out the chair next to him, motioning for Claudine to sit down. 

Everyone around looked over, and someone even joked, “Mr. Barrette, if you keep this up, you’ll make the rest of us look like we have no gentlemanly manners at all.” 

Damian laughed and said, “Mr. Riley, you’re teasing me again. Everyone knows you and Mrs. Riley are famous for your deep affection. I still have much to learn from you.” 

Claudine was thoroughly fed up with Damian now. 

But in front of so many people, since he had already put on the act of a loving husband, if she gave him the cold shoulder now, it would only make her look worse in the eyes of her professors. 

She could only endure it and sit down beside Damian. 

The forum had already begun. 

Claudine’s attention was quickly drawn to the speaker on stage. 

At that moment, the discussion on stage was about the recent deep integration of material science, digital technology, and traditional craftsmanship in antiques restoration. 

Claudine had mentioned these topics in her papers. Mitchell was sitting next to her, occasionally exchanging thoughts 

with her. 

Damian sat beside the two of them. 

He had thought Claudine would need him to introduce her to the professors, but unexpectedly, he found himself un- able to get a word in. 

However, this was also the first time Damian had seen Claudine so confident and focused. 

When discussing those obscure professional topics, Claudine was completely different from usual, exuding conti- dence from head to toe. 

It was impossible to take one’s eyes off her. 

At this moment, Claudine was talking with Mitchell about the new ethical framework in restoration; balancing re- versibility and readability. 

With today’s technological advancements, people can use advanced technology and artificial intelligence to restore 

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antiques with greater precision, but this also raises another ethical issue: the reversibility of antique restoration. 

Currently, many research institutes abroad use advanced technology in the restoration process, striving for precise restoration identical to the original, but this violates the primary principle of cultural relic restoration: reversibility. 

Hearing Claudine and Mitchell’s discussion and Claudine’s innovative insights, the other professors couldn’t help but join the conversation. 

The negative impression caused by Damian earlier was gradually erased by Claudine’s own abilities. 

Soon, it was Mitchell’s turn to speak. 

On stage, he mentioned their institute’s latest restoration technology and emphasized the importance of adhering to the principle of reversibility in restoration. 

His speech won a round of applause from the entire audience. 

When it came to the Q&A session, several students in the back row exchanged glances, and one of them looked at Audrey. 

After receiving a signal from Audrey, he was the first to stand up. 

“Prof. Hutchinson, I have a question I’d like to ask you.” 

Mitchell gestured for the student to continue speaking. 

The person took the microphone handed over by the staff and asked a question. 

“Prof. Hutchinson, I once read a paper claiming to have found a method to restore antiques to one hundred percent. May I ask, Prof. Hutchinson, would you accept a student like that?” 

The audience began to murmur among themselves. 

In fact, what Mitchell had been discussing just now was always the ethical issues in the field of artifact restoration. However, with the advancement of technology, these controversies have only grown. 

But today, right after Mitchell had emphasized this point, a student now claimed that someone had publicly violated this principle in a published paper. 

If the author of that paper was present, it would be a very uncomfortable moment. 

After Mitchell stated that, regardless of how advanced the restoration technique was, he would adhere to the principle of reversibility and would not accept such a student, the student revealed the author of the paper. 

“Prof. Hutchinson, the person I am talking about is Claudine, who was just sitting next to you!” 

“Actually, I also want to ask, why is Claudine allowed to be here? 

“As far as I know, you didn’t pass this year’s doctoral entrance exam.” 

Claudine had been discussing the “Four-Dimensional Restoration” theoretical model with the professor beside her when she suddenly heard her name and turned to look back. 

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She had never seen that person before. 

Since she had been mentioned, Claudine could not pretend that nothing had happened. 

She stood up and was about to explain when a staff member from the forum organizers stepped forward to clarify. 

“This is Claudine, the wife of the president of Bronzevale the Barrette Group, the main sponsor of this forum.” 

This explanation sounded reasonable, but just now, the person had questioned Claudine’s published paper, and now the official statement was that Claudine was sitting there as a sponsor’s representative. 

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