Thompson is a white priest of Irish descent, about 1.8 meters tall, with brown hair, a thin face, kind eyes, and a pair of glasses, which looks quite elegant.

In appearance alone, he was more like an intellectual or a university professor than a priest.

But who would have imagined that behind such an elegant appearance and respectable identity, there is a top international art thief, which is incredible!

Thompson's assistant was a young man, also white, twenty-six or seventeen years old, who followed Thompson respectfully.

After the two entered the south gate of the old North Church, they immediately walked towards the annex building next to it.

Just as Pastor Thompson opened the door and was about to step into the two-story building, an unfamiliar voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Pastor Thompson, please wait a minute!"

Hearing the shout, Thompson and his assistant immediately stopped, and then turned their heads to look in the direction where the voice came from!

It was naturally Ye Tian who stopped them.

In three or two steps, Ye Tian walked up to Thompson and his assistant, first smiled and nodded, and then said respectfully:

"Good morning, Pastor Thompson, can I delay you a little bit? I have something I would like to ask, and I would like you to hear it."

Thompson and his assistant turned around one after another, staring at the guy who suddenly appeared, and both of them had a little wariness in their eyes.

After a pause, the assistant was about to speak, but was stopped by Thompson raising his hand.

Immediately afterwards he spoke:

"Good morning, sir, may I ask you what is the matter? I have some time now, let me hear it, but I can't promise that I will be able to help you!"

"Thank you, Pastor Thompson, and I'm honored to hear me, I'm so grateful! My name is Jack, I'm from New Haven, you can just call me Jack.

There's a reason why I would like to bother you, my grandmother has an oil painting of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Baptism of Christ" that my grandparents copied in Florence when they were on their wedding trip.

It was my grandfather himself who copied this classic painting, who had passed away a few years ago, leaving only my grandmother alone, and this copy of the painting, and countless good memories.

Unfortunately, the copy of the painting has caused some damage due to improper maintenance, and it is very difficult to clean and restore it to its original appearance.

Although it was just a copy and not valuable, it meant a lot to my grandmother, who saw things and thought about people! Whenever she saw this painting, she would think of my grandfather and that sweet time!"

Ye Tian casually made up a name, and then began to talk nonsense, saying it with emotion and touching!

It's just a story!

But whoever plays with antique art collections, who can't tell stories?

Hearing this, Thompson couldn't help but sigh.

"Leonardo da Vinci's "Baptism of Christ" is indeed a classic painting, and it is Da Vinci's first masterpiece, which has very high artistic value and research value.

The story of your grandparents is also very touching, they are so happy and enviable! It's a pity that the paintings that contain sweet memories have been defaced, and I wonder what I can do?"

When he said this, Thompson had roughly understood what the guy who suddenly appeared in front of him was going to do, and he immediately relaxed his guard and secretly breathed a sigh of relief!

All the best! It's time to get to business!

Ye Tian smiled softly, and then continued:

"My grandmother wanted to restore this painting to commemorate my grandfather and that sweet time, so it is only natural that those of us who are younger generations should find ways to fulfill this wish of the elderly.

I heard from a friend that you are an outstanding expert in the restoration of classical oil paintings, so I came to bother and ask you to help restore this oil painting, do you think it is okay?

Of course, we will pay you the corresponding remuneration for this, which can be discussed in detail, and the amount will definitely be satisfactory to you, and the remuneration can be either in a personal account or directly donated to the church!

Sure enough, they came to ask me to restore the oil painting!

A smile appeared on Pastor Thompson's face, but instead of nodding his head in agreement or refusal, he asked with a little curiosity:

"Why did you come to Boston? As far as I know, there is no shortage of experts in classical oil painting restoration in New Haven, and there are several at Yale University, all of whom are better than me!

"Yes, the Yale gentlemen do have a very high level of classical oil painting restoration, and they are on par with you, but they are not priests, and that's the most important thing!

It is because of who you are that my grandmother decided to ask you to restore this painting, so that she can feel more at ease, which is why I am here to disturb you"

Ye Tian explained the reason, which sounded reasonable, and secretly praised the pastor in front of him.

The scene fell silent, and Thompson began to ponder.

After two or three seconds, he raised his hand to look at his watch, and then continued:

"Jack, I'm afraid I can't answer you right away about the restoration of the painting, but let me think about it! This is my assistant, Benjamin, tell him about the situation first!

It's better to take a few more pictures of the defaced oil paintings, I'll look back and I'll give you the answer later, I still have something to do here, I'm leaving now, it's nice to meet you!

Thompson introduced his assistant, and then prepared to leave.

"I'm glad to meet you, Pastor Thompson, and have a great day! I look forward to your reply, goodbye!"

Ye Tian said politely, and then waved goodbye to the other party.

Then Pastor Thompson turned and walked into the small building behind him.

"Please come with me, Jack, let's go to the reception room in the building."

Benjamin said politely, and then made a gesture of please.

"Okay, excuse me!"

Ye Tian answered, stepped forward and followed Benjamin into the church annex.

After entering the building, he first looked at the situation in the building, and then asked casually:

"This building is contemporaneous with the Old North Church, right? The architectural style and interior decoration are almost identical, both in the Georgian art style."

"That's right, this building was also built in 1723, and from the day the Old North Church was built, it was the residence of the clergy, and it also preserves a lot of materials, and it is still the same today!"

Benjamin explained a few words, not thinking much about it at all.

"Hey, how did Pastor Thompson go to the basement? He's a pastor, he can't live in the basement, right?"

Ye Tian glanced at the direction of the stairs and asked curiously.

As he asked, Thompson's figure had disappeared from the staircase in front of him, heading to the basement.

Benjamin also looked at the direction of the stairs, then explained with a smile:

"Of course Pastor Thompson doesn't live in the basement, the bedroom is on the second floor, and there is a room in the basement that is Pastor Thompson's personal studio, he should be going to the studio!"

Hearing this, Ye Tian's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately made an interested look and asked:

"Personal studio! This is really rare, I didn't expect that there are artists among the clergy, can you tell me about the origin of this personal studio?

This private studio used to be a reference room, and when Pastor Thompson came to the Old North Church thirty years ago, he emptied the materials inside and used it as a bedroom!

He lived there for five or six years, until he was promoted to priesthood, and then moved out of there and moved to the upstairs bedroom, but the basement room was not given to anyone else, and he converted it into a personal studio!

So far, he has used that personal studio for nearly 30 years, and it is completely his private space, never allowing outsiders to enter and disturb, very private!

Pastor Thompson spends an hour or two in the studio almost every day, and everyone knows that he has long been accustomed to it!

Most of the classical oil paintings he restored were done in that studio, and if he agrees to your request, your oil painting should also be restored in this studio!"

Benjamin was defenseless, poured beans into a bamboo tube, and told everything he knew.

Nine times out of ten, Thompson's secrets are hidden in this studio, which may be the warehouse where a large number of stolen antiques are hidden!

Ye Tian's heart was ecstatic, and he wanted to give Benjamin a warm hug to thank him for his honesty and complete trust!

As they spoke, the two of them had already walked to the door of the reception room.

Benjamin stretched out his hand and pushed open the door, and said politely:

"Jack, please come in, let's talk about your oil painting here."

"Okay!"

Ye Tian returned a bright smile and walked into the reception room.