What Reason Did I Have to Be Unhappy? (continued)

Gu Linshan nodded slightly, but did not agree with Tang Boqi. Instead, she smiled and handed the apple in her hand to Tang Boqi, stood up and said, "Get some rest early, have a good night's sleep, and I'll bring you breakfast tomorrow morning."

"There's no need. If I check again tomorrow and everything's fine, I'll head back to the company. Even if I'm the only one there, the company still needs to be open." Tang Boqi waved to Gu Linshan, who was getting up, "Goodbye, drive carefully."

Gu Linshan smiled at Tang Boqi, then turned and walked towards the door. When she reached the door, she couldn't help but turn back and look at Tang Boqi, who was lying on the hospital bed holding an apple, his brows slightly furrowed as if he was considering how to find an opportunity. Her eyes were full of affection.

Tang Boqi looked up and noticed that Gu Linshan seemed to have something to say to him in her eyes. He was about to ask her a question when Gu Linshan had already looked away and left the ward.

Tang Boqi looked down at the apple in his hand, then at the empty doorway. Miss Gu was really good to him.

When Gu Linshan returned to her car in the hospital parking lot, she remembered that she had a handbag in her trunk containing Tang Boqi's personal documents and miscellaneous items from his office, as well as two plane tickets for a flight to San Francisco United States, at seven o'clock the next morning.

Let him think about his good points tonight, and tell him everything tomorrow morning.

Gu Linshan leaned her head back against the chair, gave a self-deprecating smile, and thought to herself.

As evening fell, Xia Zuoji walked out of Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport. After a period of research in Japan, he finally made up his mind to pay for a batch of second-hand garment machine heads. As long as the machine heads were shipped to Hong Kong in a month, his garment factory could open for business.

However, when Xia Zuoji, who was full of ambition and dreams for the future, returned home, his family did not greet him with words of comfort, but rather with the news that his younger brother, Xia Harry, had been taken away by the police on suspicion of smuggling.

Xia Zuoji didn't even have time to change his clothes before he went to a law firm to hire a lawyer, and the two of them rushed to the Marine Police Fortress Hill Headquarters.

Accompanied by their lawyer, the Marine Police did not give the two any trouble. They allowed the lawyer to see Xia Harry, while Xia Zuoji was temporarily asked to leave. Xia Zuoji took out cigarettes he had brought back from Japan and handed them to the young Uniformed Branch officer who was receiving the two, smiling broadly, "Sir, have a cigarette."

The Uniformed Branch police officer took the cigarette from the other man, and Xia Zuoji lit it for him with a match before continuing, "Sir, my brother has always been honest and law-abiding. How could he be involved in smuggling? Could there be a mistake? We're shipping hair from India to Hong Kong. Hair isn't a prohibited item, and the tax expenses are negligible. There's absolutely no need for smuggling."

"Your brother has already given a statement, and he has personally admitted that he recently purchased a batch of hair of unknown origin."

"He told me on the phone that it was hair from Thailand, how could it be of unknown origin? There are documents!" Xia Zuoji paused for a moment, then began to defend himself.

The Uniformed Branch flipped through the statement on the table. "The Marine Police Anti-Smuggling Squad has investigated. The documents for the cargo ship docked in Thailand to transship goods are genuine, but the origin documents for this batch of hair are forged. We also called Thailand to inquire, and no one in the southern province of Thailand is buying hair. One person involved in this hair transaction has confessed that the hair's true origin is Mainland China. According to the new regulations of the Hong Kong Colonial Government under the current Embargo Order, individuals and companies doing business in Hong Kong are not allowed to purchase mainland goods to provide funds for Mainland China to continue fighting against the United Nations Forces in the North Korea War. Your brother's involvement violated this regulation, but this crime is not serious. At most, he will be detained for two or three months, or even by paying a fine. After the lawyer inquires whether he has been subjected to torture or forced confession at the police station, you can choose to sign a bail and take him home. He just needs to appear in court on time when the police file charges. The worst off is the Customs anti-smuggling officer who was present at the transaction that night and was responsible for checking the documents and goods. He was exposed for accepting bribes and assisting both parties in forging documents, and lost his job."

Xia Zuoji's head buzzed, and his first thought was that his younger brother had been tricked!

That evening, when this batch of Thailand goods was being traded, Xia Zuoji specifically instructed Customs Xia Harry that Customs officials must be present so that they could verify the origin of the goods. If there were any problems with the goods, even if it meant canceling the deal, it was best to remain cautious.

Xia Harry told him that Customs officials had assured him that the documents and goods were correct before he completed the transaction, but now it was suddenly revealed that the documents were forged?

The second problem that came to mind made Xia Zuoji feel even more dizzy! Because Xia Harry didn't have enough savings, he had to use a loan from his bank account to buy the Thailand raw materials! Whether the amount was made up or not, as long as the department investigating the case told the bank that his brother had used a loan to buy goods from mainland China, or if this got back to HSBC, it would be a huge problem!

Xia Zuoji remembered clearly that the guarantee contract that Song Tianyao helped him with at the bank contained a clause stating that if the loan was used for illegal business activities, the guarantee would be void, and the bank would have the right to freeze the Xia family's account and apply to the court for enforcement to recover the loan!

It must be that bastard Song Tianyao who wanted to kill me. He had it all planned from the very beginning when he pretended to lend me the loan!

"Sir, could I meet with the officers at the Marine Police Headquarters? I've prepared a small gift for each of them. Could you please keep my brother's matter private for now...?" Xia Zuoji's hand, holding a cigarette, was trembling involuntarily as he tried to adjust his tone as he asked the young Marine Police in Uniformed Branch.

The Uniformed Branch police officer pulled his cap up over his head. "Mr. Xia, are you referring to the bank?"

Xia Zuoji paused, staring intently at the Uniformed Branch police officer, wondering why the officer had immediately mentioned the bank. Uniformed Branch officer leaned close to Xia Zuoji's ear and said in a very low voice, "Manager Michael Sandberg of HSBC received the news immediately after the incident. Also, Mr. Song asked me to send his regards. You two brothers are loyal to him, and he is loyal to you in return. Don't stand on ceremony."