Chapter 277: My Conscience Is Top-notch
“That’s right, if you cooperate, we can still talk properly.”
Cao Weida grinned, but this smile made Guo Dashuai feel more terrified than a beast’s roar:
“Tell me where the medicine is, and bring Liu Changjiang out to me.”
“Only then can you atone for your crimes, and I can save your life.”
“Of course, don’t tell me you don’t know anything, let’s not waste our breath on this.”
“Now, only I can save your life. I’m helping you, don’t be ungrateful!”
Guo Dashuai felt a pang of bitterness. “You’re helping me?”
What a cold joke!
If it weren’t for you, would I have ended up in this situation?!
But he didn’t dare to blame the other party; he was the one on the chopping block, and he was the butcher. What could he do?
“Furthermore, don’t expect any officials to plead for you if you’re captured by the Japanese.”
“You know better than I do what kind of people they are. They won’t risk being accused of colluding with the Communists to save you. Instead, they’ll wish you dead sooner rather than later so you don’t implicate them.”
As soon as this was said, Guo Dashuai collapsed. Cao Weida was right. He knew all too well what kind of people those officials were.
To expect those ‘upstanding’ officials to save someone accused of ‘colluding with the Communists’?
How could that be possible!
They would only wish he died sooner, just as Cao Weida said, so he wouldn’t reveal their secrets!
At this moment, he panicked and became afraid.
Facing life and death, any so-called Jianghu loyalty or brotherhood was all nonsense!
The moment he was secretly taken to the interrogation room, Guo Dashuai, who had already prepared himself mentally, spilled everything like beans from a bamboo tube: the location of the medicine, the method of contact, and even the personnel layout of Liu Changjiang’s bandit lair.
Only when he saw Guo Dashuai sign and thumbprint the confession did Cao Weida breathe a sigh of relief.
With this, Guo Dashuai wouldn’t be able to switch sides even if he wanted to.
This matter was now half done!
In fact, everything just now was staged to scare Guo Dashuai. Those words were also meant to gradually break down Guo Dashuai’s psychological defenses.
If this guy had insisted on denying everything, he really wouldn’t have dared to openly risk offending Wang Kemin and Cui Qi and rashly resort to coercion.
Otherwise, the people from the puppet government could completely deny these confessions, claiming he used coercion and was damaging the relationship between the puppet government and the Japanese side.
If it came to that, let alone him, even Ono Shiota would be unable to withstand the pressure.
At that time, all the blame would definitely be placed on Xu Hancheng, and he would also suffer consequences.
Putting away the confession, Cao Weida said in a relaxed tone, “Boss Guo, I keep my word. You can go back now.”
“You can spit at anyone, you can even pee by the police station before you leave.”
Guo Dashuai, who was secretly happy that Cao Weida kept his word and was letting him go, quickly waved his hand after hearing the latter half of the sentence:
“Master Cao, I surrender, I truly surrender.”
“I’ve cooperated with everything I should have. You can’t be playing with me!”
“Who’s playing with you? I’m telling the truth.” Cao Weida offered him a cigarette. “There are no cigars here, so you’ll have to make do with a plain cigarette.”
He lit one himself and took a puff, then looked at the other man while exhaling smoke:
“You need to leave here with dignity, so that no one can tell.”
He knew well that Guo Dashuai must have no shortage of bandit informants. His ultimate goal was to deal with those bandits, so he naturally couldn’t let this group of bandits become vigilant.
Guo Dashuai knew that his only path now was to cooperate obediently.
As the saying goes, “Let my fellow Taoist die rather than myself.” For the sake of his own life, he could only weep for Liu Changjiang, his sworn brother.
“When will my troubles end?”
“When we catch Liu Changjiang, this matter will be over.” To reassure the other man, he waved the confession in his hand and said, “Don’t worry, after everything is done, I will destroy these files in front of you.”
“Then you can go back and be the boss at the wharf, and continue to act like a tyrant.”
He was a man of his word. As long as the matter was finished, he would definitely let the other man go publicly.
But privately, that would be a different story.
“Little Ear, escort him out.”
“Okay.”
“Remember, be polite.”
After dealing with Guo Dashuai, Cao Weida returned to his office and summoned Zheng Chaoyang.
Standing by the window, he watched Guo Dashuai, who had been politely escorted out of the police station, actually take off his trousers and urinate by the entrance of the police station.
Cao Weida: “…”
He was amused. Damn it, you’re so literal. I told you to pee, and you actually peed!
Why didn’t you use your brain to improvise and do it even more thoroughly by defecating?
It was a small matter, and he didn’t take it to heart. Just then, Zheng Chaoyang knocked and came in.
“You’re here, sit down.”
He handed him a folded piece of paper: “This is the address of that batch of medicine. After the medicine is moved, remember to put some fakes in its place and then plant bombs.”
“Okay, I understand.”
Zheng Chaoyang immediately understood his plan, nodded, tucked the paper into his pocket, and then deliberately smoked a cigarette in Cao Weida’s office, chatting for a while before pretending to casually leave.
Around noon, Little Ear came to report: “Big Brother Cao, we’ve almost found the drivers for the cars. When do you want to meet them?”
“What about the people I arranged?”
“They’re all inside.”
Cao Weida pondered for a moment, then shook his head: “I won’t meet them. Tell them that I can issue them special passes to make it easier for them to drive their cars, but I want fifty percent of the profits.”
He didn’t want to meet those people, especially not the Military Statistics Bureau people.
These people were all time bombs. He didn’t want to interact with them much. Who knew when one of them would explode.
It was better to stay away and pretend not to know.
“Fifty percent… Okay, I’ll go do it now.” Little Ear hesitated for a moment, but finally said nothing and agreed.
It wasn’t that he thought fifty percent was too high, but rather that he thought fifty percent was too low.
That’s right, fifty percent didn’t seem high to him.
To put it bluntly, if Cao Weida were a bit ruthless and demanded seventy or even eighty percent of the profits, countless people would flock to him.
Because with that special pass, it meant that from then on, when running cars, they would no longer have to worry about being caught by the Japanese or their collaborators.
Although they gave up most of the profits, it meant safety!
Without this pass, not only would they have to sneak around and transport small quantities, earning little money, but if they were caught, they would definitely suffer a beating, and all their hard-earned money would be scraped clean!
Shortly after Little Ear left, a woman full of charm walked into the police station.
The woman wore a cream-white qipao with plum blossom embroidery, reaching her knees and cinched at the waist. The slit, which opened to her thigh, was connected by shiny silk ribbons.
At the end of her long, straight black stockings, a pair of white stiletto heels clicked crisply on the floor tiles. Beneath a white mesh hat, she had wavy long hair.
Coupled with her fair and beautiful face, every movement she made attracted the surrounding police officers.
Their gazes, like magnets, followed the woman as she walked.
‘Bang!’
A patrolman, not looking where he was going, ran headfirst into the wall, drawing laughter.
The woman also seemed to have her attention drawn. Seeing this, she covered her mouth and chuckled.
This laugh was extraordinary. A group of ‘wolves’ around her had their eyes turn green.
A sergeant straightened his clothes and, thinking he looked incredibly dashing, walked up: “Miss, is there something you need at the police station? How may I be of service?”
“Get back here!” Lu Ju, an old acquaintance of Cao Weida, couldn’t bear to watch and pulled him back, smacking him on the back of the head.
“Ow~~” The sergeant, who had been hit, looked wronged. “Brother Lu, why did you hit me?”
“You should be grateful I didn’t kill you!” Lu Ju glared at him angrily, then put on a smile and stepped forward:
“Sister Du Dan, you’re looking for Patrol Officer Cao, aren’t you? Patrol Officer Cao is in his office. Please, go right in.”
Du Dan gave a sweet smile and said softly, “Thank you.”
“You’re welcome, you’re welcome. Sister Du Dan, please be careful of the steps~~”
Only after Du Dan entered the office building did Lu Ju angrily point at the sergeant’s nose and scold him:
“You brat, do you lose your mind every time you see a beautiful woman?! Have you got no sense?!”
“Sister Du Dan is not someone a lowly sergeant like you can covet?! Are you tired of living?!”
“Damn it, who do you dare to provoke? I think you’ve really lost your mind!”
The sergeant shrunk his neck. He seemed to remember something, and his face turned ashen with fear. He belatedly said, “Brother Lu, that Sister Du Dan just now, is she Master Cao’s…?”
“It’s good that you have some brains!” Seeing that he realized the seriousness of the situation, Lu Ju’s expression softened slightly, and he said sternly:
“Let me tell you, kid, living in this world, whether you’re capable or not is secondary. The most important thing is to have discernment!”
“You need to have a clear idea of who you can provoke and who you can’t!”
“Don’t be a fool and offend someone you shouldn’t, or you might lose your life without even knowing how you died, dying a confused death!”
“Brother Lu, I was blind and didn’t recognize your importance. Thank you! Otherwise, I would have really caused trouble!”
The sergeant looked fearfully at his fate and was secretly grateful that Lu Ju had stopped him from ‘hanging himself on the precipice’ at the critical moment.
Cao Weida’s fearsome reputation was well-known throughout the police station. Dong Xiaozhen, like him, was a sergeant. He used to be quite arrogant, wasn’t he?
Relying on Ono Shiota as his backer, he was once incredibly powerful and acted like a big shot every day.
But what happened in the end?
Cao Weida could bring you down with a word, and what’s more, he killed people and got away with it!
With his connections and strength, how could he dare to provoke him?
What if he angered him and Cao Weida brought him down too? That would be too much!
On the other side.
Seeing Du Dan walk in wearing high heels, Cao Weida said with a smile, “Oh, isn’t this Sister Du Dan? What brings you to my humble office today?”
“Master Cao, please don’t make fun of me. How dare I call myself ‘sister’ in front of you?” Du Dan winked charmingly, her voice laced with coquetry as she chuckled.
Swaying her hips, she walked over and, with a turn, her soft and innocent body sat into his lap.
Her form-fitting qipao stretched taut, accentuating her curvy figure even more alluringly.
“What, are you trying to test the cadres with this?” Cao Weida asked with a teasing smile, his hand slowly roaming her body: “What cadre could withstand such a test? You’re trying to corrupt me, you’re so wicked.”
“Master Cao, you haven’t even seen it yet, how do you know if my conscience is wicked or not?” Feeling a tingling sensation like ants crawling on her skin, Du Dan bit her red lips tightly and whispered into his ear, her breath tickling Cao Weida’s ear.
Her delicate hand picked up his and placed it on her soft chest, and she breathed out like a fragrant orchid:
“Master Cao, you need to feel it for yourself. Is Du Dan’s heart good or bad~~”
Cao Weida solemnly squeezed. “Hmm, I felt it carefully. Your conscience is very soft. No, it’s very good. I’ve felt it.”
“Hate~~” Du Dan’s face flushed red as she restlessly wriggled her waist, charmingly hooking his neck with a seductive look, allowing him to feel the softness of her body more intimately. She said pitifully:
“Master Cao, I live alone in such a big house, and I’m always scared at night. If you have time someday, could you come to Du Dan’s place and help Du Dan be brave~~”
“I’ll see how you perform.”
He knew exactly what she was thinking.
It was nothing more than her wanting to curry favor with him, her new backer.
As a smart woman, Du Dan was good at using her advantages to achieve her goals.
However, he, Cao Weida, was not a man who couldn’t resist beautiful women.
Patting her pert buttocks to make her get up, he nodded and said, “You’re not just here to get close to me, are you? Is the progress good?”
Clearly reluctant to leave his firm embrace, Du Dan pouted, then put on a proud expression:
“Master Cao, thanks to Little Ear finding many renovation workers and paying them well, the workers have been working day and night. The renovation is almost complete.”
“The female technicians and service staff have also been trained well. All the procedures have been practiced many times. Now we just have to see what the results will be after opening.”
“Good, I didn’t misjudge you.” Cao Weida praised her generously. He wasn’t giving insincere praise; Du Dan’s abilities were indeed excellent.
Before, Du Dan, as a woman, could manage the Mingyue Dance Hall. Putting aside her relationship with him, if she were just a decorative vase, she would never have reached that position.
He was not a stingy person. He immediately promised, “Don’t worry, once the store opens, I’ll give you a ten percent share of the profits!”
Du Dan’s eyes lit up, and her smile bloomed like a rose. “Then I’ll thank you for your generosity first, Master Cao. I won’t be polite and will accept it~~”
Saying this, she paused slightly, walked behind him, and leaned against him, pressing her proud figure tightly against him. She spoke softly and charmingly:
“Master Cao, for better management, Du Dan has also learned all the services~”
“With the opening approaching, as the boss, how can you not personally experience those services?”
“After you’ve experienced them, you can give us some suggestions so we can improve.”
Cao Weida was instantly tempted. After all, he was a regular at foot massage parlors before his transmigration. It had been a while since he arrived, and he hadn’t experienced the long-lost enjoyment. He really wanted to try it.
