Chapter 69: Got Some Balls, Huh!
After throwing down the intelligence, Cao Weida didn’t care anymore. After confirming the scope, the follow-up matters were much more professional for those special agents than for him.
He’d already provided such a precise scope. If they still couldn’t find it, that could only mean that everyone at the Military Statistics Bureau Beiping intelligence station was useless!
He strolled along and arrived near Chongwenmen again. He came here to find San’er for something.
But as soon as he arrived, he saw from afar a few little devils surrounding Wen San and several rickshaw pullers. The leading devil had a ferocious face and slapped Wen San left and right with big slaps. In just a few hits, Wen San’er’s face was swollen up a full circle.
Next to him, another rickshaw puller was being greeted with the same treatment by a little devil soldier. Both of them were nearly knocked unconscious from the beating, yet the little devils showed no sign of stopping.
Speaking of which, Wen San’er really deserved it, but it was also truly bizarre.
Looking at the whole drama, Wen San’er got beaten a lot, and there were plenty of times when the beatings were severe.
The first time he got beaten was when he was drinking and bragging. After Wen San’er had a couple sips of cat piss, his mouth had no filter.
This time, he angered the black boss Xiao Jianbiao. Crucially, he was showing off in front of him, making him call him Lord Wen, and even boasted that he had once beaten the Bagua Sect sect leader. This directly enraged Xiao Jianbiao, who immediately had his thug Hua Mao give Wen San’er a brutal beating.
It was this segment of thrashing that got Wen San’er rated by netizens as Beiping City’s number one little top.
This beating directly left Wen San’er unable to stand, and afterwards, Hua Mao was betrayed by big brother Xiao Jianbiao and died by execution by firing squad from the Confidential Bureau.
The second time he got beaten was by the Japanese merchant Sato. After delivering flowers to Sato, he saw a Japanese woman and immediately got crooked thoughts, but before he could act, he was discovered.
Afterwards, he was still unconvinced. Late at night, after having a couple drinks, as the saying goes, alcohol gives courage to the timid, so he thought of getting revenge on the other party.
But unexpectedly, before he could get revenge, Sato’s whole family was wiped out in the middle of the night.
The third time he got beaten was for teasing a Japanese prostitute. This was also the time closest to his death.
Afterwards, that little devil was shot dead by a patriotic person.
The fourth time he got beaten was for challenging Boss Sun.
Speaking of this Boss Sun, he really had quite a story.
Didn’t we talk about it last time? It was that boss from Tianjin who secretly ran a casino, the special agent who was swapped out by Cao Weida using the Li Dai Tao Jiang trick, the bold Hou Dadan who, after failing to outtalk or outfight him, was forced to come to Beiping to make a comeback.
Tianjin hoodlum culture emphasizes verbal fights, and Boss Sun was a verbal fight expert in Tianjin.
After the little devils arrived, he opened a restaurant in Tianjin without greeting him or paying the customary fee, so he had his men splash feces on the restaurant at night, then clashed with the little devils.
Then it was a verbal fight.
He thought the little devils would follow Tianjin’s rules for a proper verbal fight, but how could he know about the little devils’ ferocity? They directly hacked his younger brother to death with a knife.
With a life at stake, Boss Sun had no place to stand in Tianjin anymore and had to slink off to Beiping to develop.
After arriving in Beiping, Boss Sun used his savings to open a rickshaw business, living a relatively stable life. He even built up some reputation, transforming from a street hoodlum into something refined.
Wen San’er pulled rickshaws at Boss Sun’s business. After the victory in the War of Resistance, due to some reasons, he challenged Boss Sun and got slapped by him.
And then…
Although the two later reconciled as before, this kid Wen San’er was too bizarre. In the end, Boss Sun couldn’t escape his fate. After liberation, because he opposed the government, he was ultimately rewarded with a peanut.
The fifth time was getting beaten by South City Li Erhu. This Li Erhu was executed by firing squad along with Xiao Jianbiao after liberation.
Looking at all these beatings, not one was unwarranted, but the bizarre part was that even after liberation, he was still alive and kicking, while all those who beat him were killed.
Speaking of which, could this be the time Wen San’er teased the little devil prostitute?
You wouldn’t believe it, but it really seems possible. The scene looks somewhat familiar.
Seeing them beaten nearly unconscious, Cao Weida couldn’t help wanting to step forward and stop it. Seeing countrymen bullied by little devils, if he didn’t see it that was one thing, but if he saw it and still ignored it, he wouldn’t feel right in his heart.
But the step he just took was quickly retracted. Facing such a bizarre person, even as a transmigrator with a system backing him, he panicked badly.
“Forget it, forget it. Anyone with a good relationship with Wen San ended up with no good end, and those who beat him were all killed. I’d better stay far away.”
“Anyway, this kid Wen San’er has a hard life. Otherwise, how could he get so many people killed.”
“But speaking of it, these past two days obsessed with women, I’ve gone two days without KPI. That’s really slacking off.”
He stomped his foot hard. “The old ancestors were right. Wine and women harm people. I’ve been harmed by wine and women, slacking off like this. How can that be! No, starting today, quit drinking!!”
“Anyway, this little devil is going to die. How about using him tonight to fulfill today’s performance quota.”
Just as he was thinking this, a patrolman in a police uniform ran over and chattered a bunch with the little devils.
Cao Weida didn’t understand Japanese and didn’t know what was said, but the little devil suddenly laughed haha a few times, then started removing his gloves. The patrolman stood straight, seemingly waiting to get beaten?
At this point, Cao Weida had to intervene. A patrolman who stood up for countrymen and argued with little devils proved this patrolman had a good conscience.
He quickly took two steps and ran over, shouting: “Officer, wait, wait!”
Running closer for a look, hey, who had such a sense of justice? Turns out it was Fang Jinglin. No wonder then.
This Fang Jinglin was a Communist Party underground party member, so having this sense of justice was no surprise.
Tsk, another connection with good relations to the Communist Party added.
“Baga!” Seeing another Chinese person coming to interfere, the little devil officer immediately got angry and reached for his waist, clearly about to draw his gun.
But before the gun was drawn, an ID was handed in front of him first.
This was the ID Ono Shiota got for him, a nominal position in the police station consultant office. It had no power, but it was a symbol of status.
The little devil officer took it with fiery eyes, and upon seeing the police station consultant seal on the ID, the anger on his face clearly stalled.
Flipping to the next page and seeing the two union bonds tucked inside, his eyes lit up instantly, the anger receding like the tide, replaced by a smile.
“Yōshi, yours, Cao Sang?”
Tch, after living in China for so many years, he still spoke Chinese so poorly. Clearly a low-class dwarf mule.
“Hai, Taijun, I’m called Cao Weida. My officer is Major Ono Shiota. This is my colleague, who’s a bit ignorant. Please be magnanimous.”
“Yōshi, him, I can let go, but those two, dead dead!”
The little devil pointed at Wen San’er and Na Laishun, who were beaten into pig heads, clearly in a stance of no rest until the end.
“No…” Fang Jinglin was just about to object when Cao Weida pulled him behind him, then cupped his hands with a smile:
“Taijun, what crime did these two commit? Sir, from your accent, your Japanese seems pretty good. Help me translate. Listening to him talk is too taxing.”
Fang Jinglin had no objection and immediately translated Cao Weida’s words.
“They, insulted women of the Great Japanese Empire, must be severely punished!”
“Yo, quite bold! Daring to rape women?!”
Fang Jinglin hurriedly explained, “No, no rape, just teased a couple sentences.”
“Just teasing?” Cao Weida looked at the little devil.
The little devil hesitated, then nodded. “Yes, but women of the Great Japanese Empire cannot be insulted! This is disrespect to the Great Japanese Empire, even more a provocation to the Great Japanese Empire!”
“Taijun, calm down. They’re just a bunch of stinking rickshaw pullers, low-class, never seen the world. Normally full of filthy talk. I reckon they just said it out of habit, never seen such beautiful women from the Great Japanese Empire, so they were loose-lipped.
Like this, there’s a tea house next door. I’ll treat you all to some tea. I’ll have the patrolman take these two back for a good education, guarantee they won’t dare next time.
After all, public order on the streets still needs patrolmen to maintain, right? How can we let you do these low-class things, right?
Consider this giving me face, let me treat you to tea to cool off. Come on, let’s go drink tea.”
The little devil hesitated, then didn’t struggle anymore, letting Cao Weida half-pull and half-drag him toward the tea house.
“Cao Sang, you must punish them.”
“Yes, yes, definitely.”
Cao Weida gave the patrolman a look: “What are you standing there for? Hurry and take them back to make a record!”
Fang Jinglin nodded quickly. “Captain Cao, rest assured. I’ll definitely discipline these two bold rascals well!”
The title of one of the Three Cowards of the Rat’s Gallbladder was too famous. Basically every patrolman in the police station knew it, even if they hadn’t seen him, they’d heard of him.
He noted this favor in his heart. He’d already prepared to get slapped, but unexpectedly Cao Weida saved him.
His impression of Cao Weida was actually pretty good, and he’d heard of his reputation.
This was a time of turmoil. The little devils were about done for. In the future, Beiping would basically be ruled by the Kuomintang, and the silent battles would continue.
The Communist Party underground party had been carrying out anti-Japanese democratic movements, actively absorbing ideologically progressive and qualified personnel. Cao Weida fit well in various aspects. The only flaw was that he took a concubine.
But that wasn’t a problem. Flaws don’t obscure virtues. As long as his thinking was right and he could help the revolutionary cause, he could be absorbed and then…
“Little Fang, you were too reckless today.” The colleague nearby had nearly been scared to death. The little devils’ ferocity was well-known to all, only Fang Jinglin rushed forward fearlessly.
Fang Jinglin let out a breath and smiled bitterly: “We can’t just watch them get beaten to death, right? Alright, first take them two intersections away to put on a show, then let them go.”
