Chapter 44: Being Reported

  "When the left eye jumps, it indicates wealth; when the right eye jumps, it indicates a scolding."

  Although Sima wasn't a superstitious person, since childhood, whenever his right eye twitched, he would definitely encounter something unpleasant, just like the day of the college entrance exam that year. His right eye twitched, and as a result, one of the two water pens he brought into the examination room had its rolling ball fall off at some point, while the other pen was already unable to write out a few words due to being used in previous exams. Fortunately, he borrowed a pen from his classmate in the end; otherwise, Sima would have been so anxious that he wouldn't even have tears to cry with.

  From the moment Sima felt his right eye twitching, he began to feel tense. "Thud, thud, thud" - it jumped faster and faster. Although he didn't know what kind of bad luck he would encounter today, Sima always felt that something was not quite right about today, but for a while, he couldn't think of where it wasn't normal.

  "My money wasn't stolen, nor was my bag snatched. Could it be that someone wants to frame me with a black brick? No way! Last time at KTV, I was the one who lost out too! If anyone's going to throw a black brick, it should be me throwing one at him!"

  Simma walked and thought about what would happen to him, because of the thoughts in his mind, Simma quickly approached the inner side of the pedestrian path, who knows if it will be like a few years ago when an ambulance crashed on the pedestrian path for over 10 meters before stopping.

  "Look! He may have found something, see how he's glancing around every now and then. Should we make our move now?"

  A man in a car parked on the opposite side of the road was looking at the target across the street with binoculars and said to the person in the back seat.

  "Today, just follow at a distance. If you find anything abnormal, take action. Tell Little Zhang and the others not to follow too closely, lest they scare away the snake and cut off our lead."

  As soon as he returned to his residence, Sima hastily pulled up the curtains. Through the gap between the curtains, Sima saw that the couple by the road were leaning against the window of a newly parked sedan and saying something. Sima was startled at what he saw before him.

  What is Sima most afraid of now?

  Of course, the secret of the space-time anomaly point was discovered by someone, especially by the authorities. Just now on the way back, because Sima's right eye kept jumping, Sima was worried about something and kept looking around to prevent any accidents.

  But just as he was observing this, Sima saw that about ten meters behind him, a couple had been following him, maintaining a distance of about ten meters. After following Sima for several streets, Sima finally realized there was a problem. When Sima deliberately entered a clothing store on the side of the road to pretend to look at clothes, the couple would stop nearby and stand by the roadside as if discussing something.

  After repeated attempts, Sima was certain that he was being followed. As for who was following him, Sima wasn't quite sure yet, but he estimated with 100% certainty that it was someone from the authorities, otherwise who would send a man and woman disguised as a couple to follow him for no reason?

  Originally, after buying a laptop today, I planned to go home and have dinner with my family, then come up with an excuse to stay abroad for a few days. At night, go to the warehouse and wait until the space-time anomaly opens, then return to the space of 1915.

  But now that he's being followed, he obviously can't go home directly. What if these people make a move at his house and scare his parents? In the end, Sima had no choice but to return to this rental place of his. However, it was only tens of meters away from his warehouse. The saying "a cunning rabbit has three burrows" applied to him now, yet he only had one hole to hide in. Sima began to regret why he didn't prepare a few more hiding spots; otherwise, he wouldn't be in such a passive situation like this.

  The suspect, named Sima, is 26 years old and was a government employee at ** Bureau before being laid off due to institutional reform last year. Three days ago, he got into a fight at a KTV and was beaten up, after which the perpetrator reported to the police station that Sima was the biggest drug dealer in the city. Based on the principle of giving him the benefit of the doubt, we launched a full investigation and found that his bank deposits had increased from tens of thousands to hundreds of millions over the past few months. He had also sold large quantities of recycled silver at various recycling centers in the city, but according to our information, he was not engaged in the recycling industry. Recently, Sima had entrusted Beijing Poly Auction Company to auction several ancient porcelain pieces from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, with a total price exceeding 1.5 billion yuan. Although we have not found any connection between Sima and drugs after investigation, his sudden wealth over the past six months raises significant suspicions about the source of his assets. The bureau has now set up a special task force to investigate him, and if our speculation is correct, although Sima may not be involved in the drug case, he should have some connection with underground antique smuggling.

  In the conference room of the Public Security Bureau in a small town, the newly appointed director who was eager to crack down on big cases and show his achievements, immediately decided to set up a special case team after listening to the report from the head of the criminal police detachment. In the eyes of the new director, if this case can be cracked, it is estimated that the amount involved in the case will be at least over 1.5 billion yuan, and it is likely to be the largest antique smuggling case in China so far. Such a huge case, of course, cannot be let go.

  If an ordinary person becomes a billionaire in just half a year, from having only a few thousand dollars to owning hundreds of millions, any normal person would suspect the source of his wealth. Of course, if no one reports it, there won't be any problem. But once someone links his wealth to criminal activities, he will be in big trouble.

  Moreover, the person was extremely astute and directly reported that Sima was the largest drug dealer in the small town. The police in the small town would ignore any report, but when it came to reports of drug-related crimes, they always adopted an attitude of "it's better to believe it exists". Once an investigation into the source of his enormous wealth began, it became a fatal blow to Sima.

  Looking at the car still parked on the roadside outside the building, Sima knew he was in real trouble this time. They were obviously trying to tail him. As for what information they had obtained, Sima had no way of knowing, but judging from the current situation, they probably hadn't grasped anything. Otherwise, based on Sima's understanding of these people, they would have taken action long ago.

  "What exactly do they want?"

  Sim's eyebrows furrowed into a ball as he thought about why these people were following him to such an extent, what they wanted to get from him.

  Is it the Public Security Bureau of this small town?

  At this time, it just so happened that the two teams of people changing shifts saw the captain and found that one of the two people who went to replace the couple had a past acquaintance with him, from the small town public security bureau criminal police team.

  "Could it be that they've discovered a space-time anomaly?"

  As soon as he thought of this, Sima immediately ruled out this possibility, and it was clear that this possibility was too small. What Sima was relieved about was that the warehouse was now under the name of Deep Blue Trading Company. And Deep Blue Trading Company was a subsidiary in China of a company registered in the United States by a Shanghai accounting firm entrusted by himself at the beginning. As long as those people did not conduct an in-depth investigation, it should be difficult to dig out the real relationship between Deep Blue Trading and himself.

  Sometimes, being cautious and careful will eventually bring some returns. At present, the Public Security Bureau of Xiaocheng has not yet investigated the connection between Deep Blue Trading, the warehouse, and Sima, but who can guarantee that as time goes on, the Public Security Bureau won't dig deeper step by step? If they find out later, everything will be too late.

  Simar threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, lit another one, and sat on the floor, leaning against the bed frame. He had been racking his brains for several hours, but still couldn't think of any solution.

  According to the domestic public security bureau's habit, if they start investigating someone, unless it is finally proven that he is innocent, otherwise nine out of ten will investigate all the way until they die or bite him to death. Unless there is a way to make the small town public security bureau stop the investigation, otherwise I am afraid that in the end all my old bottom will be checked by them, and what worries me most is whether they will check into Deep Blue Trade and the warehouse below it, this is what Sima worries about the most.

  But in the country, as an ordinary citizen, what can be done to stop the public security bureau from investigating oneself? Such a thing is probably not something that an ordinary citizen can do. If Sima had a high-ranking father, this would probably be an easy problem to solve, but the problem is that Sima does not have one. So this matter can only be solved by oneself.

  "The biggest fatal wound on you now is the unclear source of your huge assets. I reckon this is why the public security in the small town wants to keep an eye on you, I dare bet that it's very likely someone reported you under a false name and then added your problematic huge asset source, so the public security in the small town wants to keep an eye on you. As long as you can think of a way to clarify the source of your assets, the public security in the small town will have no reason to keep an eye on you."

  At that time, no one dared to use mobile phones and the like. Sima had to run to the street to use a public phone to listen to his only lawyer friend's advice. Although Fengzi was not very clear about the reason, after listening to Sima's explanation, based on his professional knowledge, he could only determine from a professional perspective that Sima's property source was problematic. If Sima wanted to get the Public Security Bureau in Xiaocheng to let him off easy, he had to think of a way to prove that his property source was legitimate.

  It's easy to talk, but it takes several months to get over 100 million, and anyone would think there's a problem if they can prove the legitimacy of their property source. Probably wouldn't have so many people going in because of unclear sources of huge assets.

  After hanging up the phone, Sima returned to his residence and picked up a pen and paper to calculate. The vast majority of his wealth was obtained through several entrustments to Beijing Baoli for ceramic auctions in recent times. Only a small portion, about tens of millions, was obtained by selling white silver and gold suites.

  That is to say, if Sima wants to let Xiaocheng Public Security give himself a chance, he must think of a way to prove that the source of those ceramics in his hand must be legal. As long as the legitimacy of those ceramics can be proven, the legitimacy of his property source can be proven.

  But the problem now is that there is a way to make Sima prove that those several pieces of porcelain sold at auction are legally obtained by himself. The true origin of this porcelain, of course, is what Sima wants to conceal in every possible way, but if there is no way to explain the origin of these porcelains, I'm afraid the public security of Xiaocheng will still not let go, unless Sima can prove the legality of the source of these porcelains.

  As a poor Sima, it is obviously impossible to buy those several pieces of porcelain worth over 10 million yuan through personal purchases. If you say that those things were all picked up at the stall, it would be a bit too fake, and I'm afraid no one would believe it, let alone the small city public security who wants to frame Sima now?