Chapter 89: Crying Faint In The Bathroom
Cao Weida led everyone into the room and invited them to sit down. Du Shiniang virtuously led the servants from the residence to serve tea to everyone, then very tactfully left.
After everyone had taken a sip of tea, Li Zuo was the first to stand up. He bowed to Cao Weida and gratefully said:
“Cao Ye, thank you for extending a helping hand in our time of calamity. Your great kindness and virtue, we will never forget!”
The other merchants also stood up one after another to bow. Zhao the Shopkeeper, full of gratitude, chimed in: “Yes, Cao Ye, if not for you stepping in to save us, we probably would have been doomed this time. Your great kindness and virtue, Zhao will remember it forever. In the future, if there’s any demolition, just send word, and I’ll go up the mountain of knives or down the pot of oil without hesitation!”
As the saying goes, there’s no such thing as a wrong name, but no wrong nickname. The reason Sang Liuji got the nickname ‘Funeral Stick’ shows just how ruthless he is in his dealings—this is aimed straight at killing for money!
Whoever gets targeted by Sang Liuji rarely ends up well!
Otherwise, how did he get all those dozen or so houses?
He’s clearly just a casino noob, so why does he have a steady stream of silver dollars coming in?
If Cao Weida hadn’t stepped in to save them, they might have been done in by Sang Liuji, families torn apart and ruined!
Cao Weida half-heartedly accepted their bow, then hurriedly went forward to help the bosses up, sincerely saying: “Gentlemen bosses, you’re all too polite. It’s all what I should do.”
“We’re all fellow villagers. In these chaotic times, we should help each other and be united even more.”
“Cao Ye is so righteous!” One boss bitterly cupped his hands. “If everyone were like Cao Ye, our days would be much better~~”
“No, no, you’re too kind, too kind.”
A flower sedan chair is carried by everyone—who doesn’t like hearing good words? These bosses were all businessmen, and they sure knew how to talk nicely.
After a few compliments, they finally got to the point. Zhao the Shopkeeper signaled to the back, Li Zuo understood immediately and nodded to the servant following behind. The servant carried several exquisite gift boxes to Cao Weida.
Zhao the Shopkeeper cupped his hands. “We’re all rough people and don’t know what you’d like, so we took the liberty of preparing some gifts to express our thanks. These small tokens are not much, but please accept them with a smile, Cao Ye.”
“We’re all neighbors, and in the future, we hope to get closer to you.”
Isn’t it just asking me to provide some protection? Easy!
Cao Weida nodded with a smile. “Since that’s the case, I won’t stand on ceremony.”
“You deserve it, you deserve it. We just hope Cao Ye won’t disdain them.”
After chatting a bit more, the bosses very tactfully stood up one after another to take their leave.
Only after they had all left did Du Shiniang sway her waist and come in, her fitted qipao swaying left and right quite charmingly.
“Master, Brother Lian just came to find you, saying it’s urgent.”
Little Ear is a nickname—not just anyone can call him that. Outside, who doesn’t respectfully call him Master Lian?
“Call him in, and take all these away.” Cao Weida casually glanced at the gift boxes and paid them no more mind.
Du Shiniang softly acknowledged, and as she picked up a gift box, she lightly exclaimed ‘ah’, “Why are these gift boxes so heavy?”
Cao Weida immediately laughed and flicked her dainty nose, amused: “Of course because the sentiment is heavy. Keep half as pocket money, and give the other half to me.”
Du Shiniang, with some doubt, somewhat laboriously carried the gift box out the door. She called out to Little Ear waiting not far away. Back in the room, she opened one gift box and saw, her almond eyes widening instantly as she covered her cherry mouth to keep from crying out.
“Oh my god, all silver dollars, and gold bars?!”
She excitedly counted them carefully. One gift box actually had a hundred silver dollars and two gold bars!
She counted them up—there were four gift boxes in total, keeping half, that meant three hundred silver dollars plus six gold bars?!
She eagerly opened another one—sure enough, the amount was exactly the same as the first.
Du Shiniang’s eyes and brows curved in delight. The money from selling herself was only about a hundred silver dollars, and she’d never gotten her hands on so much money before!
“Master said this is pocket money for me?!” Du Shiniang’s breathing quickened. A fortune from the sky suddenly dropped on her head, leaving her stunned for a moment.
After a while, her full bosom heaved with waves as she patted it, then excitedly took all the money out. Then, hugging the money like a squirrel hiding nuts, she busied herself in the room, hiding it here and there, yet feeling like nowhere was safe.
At this moment, she didn’t feel tired at all anymore. She wanted to say, if this kind of ‘tired’ is the case, then bring on more to tire her to death!
Meanwhile.
Little Ear quickly walked in and shouted as soon as he entered the door:
“Big Brother Cao, that damn Wu Dalaizi sealed our shop!”
Wu Dalaizi, a company commander in the security team, mainly responsible for inspections and defense at the city gate.
This post is a juicy one, full of oil and water—as long as you have no conscience, the money will flow greatly.
And clearly, Wu Dalaizi had no conscience.
The people entering and leaving the city had been frequently extorted by him, and the surrounding shops were no exception. Though many harbored resentment, they could only do so in secret—they simply couldn’t afford to provoke him.
After all, what can bare hands compete with against those with guns?
“Oh? Sealed?” Cao Weida showed no panic at all, asking with interest: “What reason did they give for sealing it?”
“They said our goods were all contraband!” Little Ear was furious and cursed:
“That damn Wu Dalaizi is clearly finding fault on purpose. All the stuff in our shop was confiscated, and thanks to your early instructions not to let the employees resist, no one got hurt.
These bastards are too much—they emptied the goods, but even smashed the counter and took the stools. Now the shop is cleaner than if thieves had broken in!”
Cao Weida grinned, patted his shoulder, and comforted: “Alright, why get so angry? It’s not like we didn’t know beforehand.
Since they’ve made their move, it’s time for me to act. Go, get me a car—I’m heading to the police station.”
“Got it, right away.”
Arriving at the police station, Cao Weida went straight to Ono Shiota’s office.
Knock knock knock~~
“Come in.”
“Ono-kun, I hope I’m not disturbing you?”
“Hahaha, if it were anyone else, even not disturbing would be disturbing, but if it’s you, Cao Sang, disturbing is not disturbing.” Ono Shiota smiled amiably as he stood up. Cao Weida was his God of Wealth—not just to be enshrined, but at least treated kindly.
These past two days, he’d contacted everyone he needed to. Those people had then used their own relationships to contact even more.
It could be said that in a short time, a simple net had begun to weave, just waiting for Cao Weida to show his magic.
To make it easier for Cao Weida to operate in the future, he’d even specially gotten him a position as section chief in the Special Higher Police’s Logistics Department.
He had done everything he could, essentially tying himself to Cao Weida’s ship.
“Ono-kun, this time I really need to trouble you. Didn’t I mention to you before?”
“Go ahead.”
“It’s like this.”
Cao Weida embellished the story Little Ear had told him, saying quite aggrievedly:
“Ono-kun, I’ve looked into it clearly. Fu Decheng is behind this mess.”
“Before, I had a conflict with Kui Biao under him. You told me to prioritize the big picture and avoid infighting, and I’ve always kept that in mind, never clashing directly with them.
But the other side doesn’t seem willing to let it go, always causing me trouble. I can take a little grievance—didn’t want to bother you, Ono-kun, hoping to turn big things small and small things nothing.
But this time, I really have no choice. The shop is key to piloting our future trade route. I can endure some grievance, but if it delays your money-making plans, Ono-kun, my fault would be great.
Moreover, if this pilot succeeds, I plan to channel some of the acquired supplies through the shop for digestion—safe and convenient, since there’s quite a lot of those supplies. But now…”
Hearing this, Ono Shiota’s smiling face instantly changed. He abruptly stood up and roared furiously:
“What?! You damn fool! Does this Wu Company Commander have the guts of a bear and leopard, daring to target your shop?!”
“Cao Sang, rest assured—whoever targets you is targeting me, Ono Shiota, targeting Fujita-kun, and also Matsui-kun and the others!”
“I’ll call Fujita-kun right now and ask what’s going on!”
He’d bet everything he could—it filled his mind with the big pie Cao Weida had promised, no, the bright blueprint of a promising future!
If the pilot failed and business was hindered because of this, those people might not devour him alive, but they’d definitely be dissatisfied!
This was something he absolutely could not tolerate!
Anyone who dared sabotage future ‘development’ was his enemy!
Never mind just a small Fu Decheng—even a company commander wouldn’t do!
What’s more, this involved that batch of supplies deal—he had to step in!
Without another word, he picked up the telephone and dialed: “Moshi moshi, chiriraguara, chiriraguara…”
Midway, he turned to Cao Weida: “Cao Sang, how much goods did they take from you, and how much damage did they cause? Have you tallied it?”
Cao Weida quickly replied: “Ono-kun, not much. I’ve calculated—about twelve hundred silver dollars in total.”
“Yōshi!” Ono Shiota turned back to the phone: “Two thousand four hundred silver dollars in total! Right, not a cent less!”
“Yōshi yōshi, chiriraguara…”
After a good while, Ono Shiota slammed the phone down. “Cao Sang, Fujita-kun will call the security team right away. They’ll compensate you fully.”
“.”
No wonder they’re called devils for being black-hearted. He’d doubled the twelve hundred silver dollars, and this Ono Shiota doubled it again—good grief, Wu Dalaizi is probably going to faint crying in the toilet.
Not compensate?
Not at this price?
Give him more courage—see if he dares not to?
Cao Weida quickly stood to thank him. “Ono-kun, thank you so much. For that batch of supplies, I’ll keep the original price.”
Ono Shiota immediately showed a satisfied smile—he understood what Cao Weida meant.
Suddenly gaining twelve hundred silver dollars in windfall, he was in an exceptionally good mood. “Yōshi, Cao Sang, I’ve arranged with Fujita-kun and the others to eat together tonight—you come too.”
