For the nobles, a birthday dinner, eating and drinking are not important things, the most important thing is to give gifts!

For the birthday star, the better the gift received on the birthday, the more face it will have.

And for the guests attending the banquet, the more expensive and rare the gift given, the more face-saving it is.

Slowly, over the centuries, gift-giving has become the most important part of the nobles' birthday banquets.

Ryan Portman's health was much better by this time, he sat at the center of the round table, Prince Wesley sat on his left hand, Natalie sat on his right, Lin Zhiming sat on Natalie's right, and the rest of the seats were filled by Ryan Portman's relatives.

When Peyton, the butler, announced the start of the dinner, nearly a thousand guests in the hall came to Ryan Portman with their carefully prepared gifts and presented them to Ryan Portman.

"Lord Bit sent a pair of Dragon Kingdom antiquities Pisces Jade Pendant!"

"The Marquis of Marta sent a pair of gold and pearl bracelets..."

"Duke Bonuman sent a pair of fangs of the Red Flame Beast on the extraterritorial battlefield..."

The housekeeper shouted out the gifts sent by everyone, and some of the things sent by people were very precious, which caused bursts of cheers on the scene, and some of the things sent were mediocre, and the scene would express everyone's emotions with silence.

One by one, the gifts were placed and soon formed a small mountain.

Thousands of gifts, that's no joke, the total value of these gifts alone is more than a billion!

A birthday gift of more than one billion, which is estimated to be the appearance of the aristocratic circle of the rotten country.

Soon, all the guests' gifts were delivered.

Then it was the turn of the people at the main table.

Prince Wesley was the first to bring out the present.

His gift was a large sapphire.

"His Royal Highness Prince Wesley has sent a Heart of the Sea Sapphire!" the butler shouted.

There were bursts of exclamations at the scene.

Heart of the Ocean is known as the most precious sapphire in history, one is worth more than a billion, and even if you have a billion, you can't buy it, because it was collected by the royal family many years ago and will not be sold at all.

Unexpectedly, Wesley actually took him out and gave it to Duke Bauhinia today.

This is the most expensive birthday present in the audience, and no one can compare to it.

Of course, no one would be stupid enough to compare themselves to the royal family.

There were bursts of applause at the scene!

Prince Wesley smiled slightly, seemingly pleased with everyone's reaction.

"Father, I have carefully selected a gift for you. Natalie pulled out a box and handed it to Ryan Portman.

Ryan Portman opens the box.

Inside was a pair of small ballet shoes, which looked to be some years old, and looked like they were worn by children.

"This is the shoe I wore when I first learned ballet, I wore it for two years, until I couldn't wear it anymore, I washed it and put it away, it represents my childhood, and today I give it to you. Natalie said.

Seeing these shoes, Ryan Portman's eyes were red with emotion, and he hugged Natalie and said movingly, "Thank you, my daughter." ”

"Miss Natalie sent a pair of childhood ballet shoes. The butler shouted with a smile.

There were bursts of applause at the scene, this pair of ballet shoes is actually no more than ten dollars, but it represents Natalie's childhood, and what Ryan Portman lacks is Natalie's childhood, so, in a sense, the meaning of this pair of ballet shoes transcends everything, even the heart of the ocean can not be compared.

After a long time, the applause stopped.

Lin Zhiming took out a box from the bag behind him and handed it to the housekeeper.

"This is a painting of Mr. Millsap that I specially asked someone to collect, and I know that Mr. Duke likes art, so I gave this painting to Mr. Duke, hoping that he will like it!" Lin Zhiming said.

The butler opened the box and took a look, then shouted loudly, "Young Master Lin Zhiming sent a painting of Millsap." ”

"Thank you, Know-You-Chi!" Ryan Portman said with a smile.

Although Lin Zhiming's gift did not reach the earth-shattering level, it was quite precious, so there were bursts of applause at the scene.

But just then, Auden stood up with a look of surprise on his face.

"Mr. Lin, where did you get this painting?" asked Auden.

"I bought this painting from a friend of mine, who is a big fan of Millsap and has a lot of Millsap paintings!" Lin said.

"That's weird!" said Oden.

"What's wrong?" asked Ryan Portman.

"Uncle, what I have prepared for you today is also a painting by Mr. Millsap, which I personally bought from Mr. Millsap many years ago. Auden said.

"Oh, yes, then take it out and see!" said Ryan Portman.

Auden hurriedly took out a box, and then opened the box in public and took out the oil paintings in the box.

When this oil painting appeared in front of everyone, there were bursts of exclamations at the scene.

It turned out that this painting was exactly the same as the one Lin Zhiming sent before!

Two identical paintings! It's magical.

If this is the painting of an ordinary painter, then it is possible that this painter painted two paintings, but this is a painting by Millsap, and it is impossible for Millsap to paint two of the same paintings, so one of these two paintings must be fake!

So whose paintings are fake?

At the Duke Bauhinia's birthday dinner, if anyone takes a fake painting, it will really be a loss of face!

Natalie looked at the two paintings on the table and was also stunned.

She looked at Lin Zhiming and then at Auden, and her face began to become ugly little by little.

In her opinion, it is impossible for Auden to just come up with a painting that is the same as the painting sent by Lin Zhiming, so it is possible that all this is designed by Auden at the moment, so since he can design such a play, it can only mean that he knows in advance what the painting sent by Lin Zhiming looks like.

However, this painting has always been in her safe!

So how did Oden know?

Could it be that he opened his safe?!

A look of horror slowly appeared on Natalie's face, and there was only one reasonable explanation she could think of.

If this is really the case, the painting in Lin Zhiming's hand is seven or eight times out of ten fake, and she has indirectly become Auden's accomplice! After all, she didn't take a good look at that painting!

Many thoughts flashed through Natalie's mind as Prince Wesley spoke.

"Why are there two paintings of Master Millsap? Master Millsap never paints two paintings that are exactly the same!" asked Wesley, puzzled.

"I don't know, Your Highness the Prince, but I'm 100% sure that my painting is real, because... I personally asked Master Millsap to buy this painting, and I went to Master Millsap's studio at that time, and when I saw it, I liked it very much, so I bought it. Auden said earnestly.

Hearing Auden say this, the eyes of the nobles present all turned to Lin Zhiming.

Auden said that he bought his painting from Millsap, and Lin Zhiming said that he bought it from his friend, and among the two people, Lin Zhiming was undoubtedly more likely to buy a fake painting than Auden.

"Mr. Lin, you said you bought this painting from a friend of yours?" Wesley asked.

"Yes!" Lin Zhiming nodded.

"Then your friend... Where did he get this painting?" asked Prince Wesley.

"It's... He basically bought it from Master Millsap himself, but he also bought it from some collectors. Lin Zhiming explained.

"Oh," Prince Wesley nodded, "if that's the case, then it's not impossible for you to buy a fake painting!"

"Impossible, this painting was given to me by a very good friend of mine, and it is impossible for him to sell a fake painting to me!" Lin Zhiming said excitedly.

"Mr. Lin, in the oil painting business, many people are so-called good friends, we must have a few more eyes when we buy these things, it is best to find the painter himself, or find the painter's relatives, studio, so that the paintings bought can be real, and if they are given away, they will not be ridiculed. Auden said lightly.

Lin Zhiming stood in place, his face extremely embarrassed.

The people around looked at Lin Zhiming, some with a playful face, and some with a mocking face.

In front of thousands of nobles, Lin Zhiming sent a fake painting, such a performance was enough to make him the biggest laughing stock tonight, and even the Duke of Bauhinia Ryan Portman would be embarrassed by it.

"Father, he may have been deceived by his friends. Natalie explained.

"I know that although it is a fake painting, at least he has that heart, and it doesn't matter. Ryan Portman said.

It can be seen that both father and daughter are trying their best to help Lin Zhiming save face.

However, Auden didn't intend to let Lin Zhiming go so simply.

"Uncle, it's hard to say whether Mr. Lin has that heart, or it is possible that he knew that this was a fake painting, and deliberately bought this painting for a small amount of money to give to you, if it didn't happen to collide with me, then who of us would know that he sent a fake painting?" said Auden.

Ryan Portman frowned slightly and said, "Zhimei is not that kind of person. ”

"My boyfriend doesn't get so stingy, he has money. Natalie followed suit.

"Natalie, being rich and being generous can't be equated, and some people are rich, but they are calculating, and they like to do the biggest things with the smallest money, you don't understand!" said Auden.

Auden's words made Lin Zhiming's face even more ugly.

However, at this moment, Lin Zhiming suddenly spoke.