Two months before.
"Husband!! See you later!!" Kang Jiaying kissed her husband Zi Huiquing, and took her bag. She was a teacher, so she had to go to school early like her husband.
Zi Huiquing waved back. "Stay safe!!"
"Okay!!" She smiled.
He also left for his daily work.
Things in Zi's home is always like that. Both Zi Chenguang's parents are working class people. So both of them leave early. Zi Chenguang and her elder brother leave home after that. After Zi Chenguang got admission in Elite High, they arranged a driver for her because her school was far away. Her brother leaves in school bus and comes in it.
***
Like always, Zi Huiquing's work was hectic. He works for a private jewellery firm as an appraiser.
"Mr. Zi!! It's for you!!" One of the employees of the firm gave him a couple of jewelleries.
He bought it and opened it. "Are you sure it is mine?!" He asked.
"Oh!! Yes!! It's yours!! You have to check it." She answered.
"But this was not on my list."
"Ohh!! Mr. Zi!! This was a sudden work. So you should do it!!" She gave the buisness smile and left the room. Just do this!!
"Ha.....!" Zi Huiquing took a deep breath and took his tools.
After sometime....
He checked the the necklace again. Is this true?! He checked the necklace again and again. It was a ruby necklace. In first look, it looked like a high quality jewellery. But the thing is... Half of the ruby was fake.....
"What is this?! Half of this ruby is fake!! How could that happen?! And this cuts!! This cuts is so perfect that everyone gets fooled by this!! I should inform this to the manager!! The owner must have been got fooled by the seller!!" Zi Huiquing stood up.
***
In the manager's room.
"What you are saying is true?!" The manager also got shocked.
"Yes sir. Not only the necklace, but most of the jewellery you have to me with this box is also fake!!" Zi Huiquing answered.
"But how can that happen? I was the one who recommended the jewellery shop to the owner of these items!! And she trusted it!! Now there was a property division happening in her house!! So she gave me this jewellery!!"
"Sir!! Shouldn't we inform this to them?!" Zi Huiquing asked.
"Yes!! We should!! Its our duty to do so!!"
***
Zi Huiquing called the number given in the information section. It was a number of Mrs Yong.
He explained all to Mrs Yong that she could come to the firm. Hearing the news, she got shocked. And informed him that she would come in the office to talk about the matter.
"Hello Mrs Yong!! Please be seated!!" Zi Huiquing welcomed her to his section.
"Tell me Mr Zi. What happened to the jewellery?!" She asked.
"Madam!!" He opened a box. "This jewellery has your name as the owner. Is this really yours?!" He asked.
"Of course!! The manager knows it!!" She answered.
"I know it ma'am. It's a formality." He answered.
"Oh!!"
"So I would ask you some questions. Please answer my question." He instructed.
"Yes." She nodded.....
After some inquiry it's found that the owner of the jewellery is the women herself. Her husband gifted her these. And she had stopped using these after some years when it became out of fashion. The women have two kids. And they were dividing property now so the jewellery came to the firm.
"Ma'am. Please hear what I am going to say. One of your family members, or more than one person stole these jewelleries and imitated them. Mostly used them to take loan. And not to give any doubt, changed these. If you look at these cutting marks, these is made by a high skilled imitator. Within a glance nobody can know it was a fake."
"Oh my god!! What will I do now?! Whom should I suspect?!" She began to cry.
Zi Huiquing gave her some tissues. "Ma'am. Please report it to the police. I know it would be difficult to do so. But you have to do. Whoever cheated you was doing this for years!!" He tried to console her.
"I would.... I would think about it!! But how can I? How can I do that?! They are my family....." She sobbed.
"Ma'am. It's the thief has to think like that. That person had to think you are a family."
The women fell silent for sometime. Then answered. "I would.... I would file a complaint...."
***
When he reached back home, he told his wife about what happened in his firm.
"I know it happens sometimes. But what today happened is one of a kind. To think it was a planned robbery..... That women was being fooled for years." Zi Huiquing sighed.
"Haa.... I know.... Husband... But don't dwell on it. The police will take care of everything." Kang Jiaying patted her husband...
***
Few weeks later.
"Mr. Zi!!" Manager was calling you to the office!!" The manager's secretary called him.
"What happened sir?!" When he reached in the office, Zi Huiquing asked.
"Do you remember the case of Mrs Yong?!" The manager asked.
"Yes sir. I do. What happened?!"
"The police arrested her elder son. He was stealing jewellery to take drugs!!"
"What drugs?!" Zi Huiquing got shocked. "Didn't she notice?!"
"Apparently, her son didn't live in that home. He only visits there. When they met, he was so clean. So nobody suspected him."
"Oh!!"
"And police arrested the imitator. They also conducted a drug bust and caught their leader."
Zi Huiquing nodded. "So what would be the next step sir?!"
"You may need to stand in as a witness. All these ruckus started in this office. And you where the appraiser of Mrs Yong's jewellery. So....."
"I understand sir."
"And other things is this imitator is also a part of this drug group. And international police is searching for him. They are actually a big group of international robbery gang. So your testimony s important!! Understand?!"
"Yes sir."
"So would you be a witness?!" He asked. "Decide it tomorrow. Okay?!"
"I would sir!!" Bowing, Zi Huiquing left the office....
That night, he got a call.....