Period drama: Old Cao's carefree life

Chapter 173 The plan succeeded!

In the Tzu Chi Hospital in Beiping, Cao Weida was leaning on the table, flirting with a young nurse.

Looking at the nurse in the white coat, Cao Weida couldn't help but praise, "Nurse Bai, your figure is absolutely amazing, especially that butt. You're definitely got the body for having a son! If I were to slap you like that, it would definitely shock me."

Bai Yulan, whose face was already flushed from being teased, gave him a flirtatious wink and couldn't help but spit out, "You can't expect anything good to come out of a dog's mouth. If you weren't wearing this dog skin, I might have chatted with you a bit more. Look at your attitude, if I weren't a nurse, who would even talk to you? Anyone who does is a bastard."

Cao Weida was amused and laughed heartily: "Nurse Bai, what are you saying? Who calls themselves a bastard? Besides, with your figure and looks, you'd be a fairy no matter how you compare them."

"Not only are you good-looking, but your voice is like a lark's, and your eyes are captivating. I bet you have quite a few admirers."

"It's none of your business," she said dismissively, but with a smug look on her face. "Don't underestimate me just because I'm over twenty. With my looks and figure, I'm sure a lot of people have their eyes on me."

"But don't even think about it. Even if I were blind, I wouldn't be interested in someone like you who's wearing a black leather dog coat. Just give up on that idea."

"Oh dear, Nurse Bai, you'd better watch your words. There are quite a few Japanese soldiers here. Aren't you afraid they'll hear you? It's only because we're being gentle with women that I'm doing this. Otherwise, I would have arrested you."

Bai Yulan rolled her eyes charmingly and waved her hand dismissively to shoo him away. "Tch, who are you trying to scare? Go back to being your lackey. I have to work, I don't have time to play games with you."

Cao Weida shrugged. This woman was a bit of a brat, but he didn't want to stoop to her level.

Speaking of Bai Yulan, she can be considered a typical love-obsessed person, and ultimately she was ruined because of her love-obsessed nature.

Bai Yulan was originally a princess in the royal palace, but later she got involved with Wang Yiben, a Kuomintang secret agent.

After the victory against Japan, Bai Yulai became the head nurse of Tzu Chi Hospital. During this time, she would occasionally pass on intelligence to Wang Yiben and act as his spies.

After the victory of the War of Resistance against Japan, Wang Yiben's identity as a spy was exposed. He wanted Bai Yulan to return to her hometown to hide. In fact, Wang Yiben was quite loyal and righteous.

After all, his superiors had ordered him to kill Bai Yulan.

Unfortunately, Bai Yulan was a bit dim-witted and disagreed, even threatening to report Wang Yiben to the police.

In a fit of anger, Wang smothered the white magnolia to death.

Bai Yulan was indeed beautiful, but Cao Weida had no intention of marrying her as a concubine.

Flirting with her is mostly just a way to pass the time and have some fun.

Of course, he wouldn't object to becoming teammates in a friendly match, after all, with that physique and looks, plus that white coat, he's quite nice.

Tzu Chi Hospital was the second largest hospital in Beiping. Because it was close to the Tokyo Hotel, Ono Oda and his group were arranged to stay there.

Cao Weida carried a fruit basket and took the elevator to the fourth floor. As soon as the elevator doors opened, he saw several Japanese soldiers with their hands on their pistols at their waists, staring at the elevator warily.

"Uesugi-kun, you've worked hard." Cao Weida showed no fear, smiling as he stepped out of the elevator, casually tossing over a pack of cigarettes from his pocket.
"Protecting Commander Ono is very hard work. This is just a small token of my appreciation, to help the brothers relax."

Upon seeing that it was Cao Weida, the Japanese soldiers immediately relaxed, as they were already very familiar with him.

Uesugi, the Japanese soldier, chuckled and accepted the cigarette. "Sir Cao, you're too kind. You're here to see Commander Ono, right? I'll go and inform him right away."

"That would be troublesome."

Just then, Ono Oda's voice came from inside: "Is that Cao-san? Please invite him in."

Uesugi stepped aside and said with a beaming smile, "Cao-san, please."

"You've worked hard." Cao Weida walked past him and went inside. It was a corridor with wards on one side, and Ono Oda's ward was the second one.

The Tzu Chi Hospital inpatient building has four floors. Only Japanese soldiers could stay on the third and fourth floors. The fourth floor consists of private rooms, which could only be used by people of a certain status.

Ono Oda certainly had the means, so he naturally enjoyed a private hospital room.

Upon entering, one sees Ono Oda lying on his side on the bed, shifting his body somewhat awkwardly.

"Ono-kun, how's your recovery going?"

"Thank you for your concern, Cao-san. I'm recovering quite well," Ono Oda replied with a smile. He had been in so much pain these past two days because he had been hit in the buttock by shrapnel and couldn't lie down.

After setting down the fruit basket, Cao Weida took out a cigarette and offered it to him: "Ono-kun, you should be able to smoke, right?"

"Why can't I smoke? It's not a serious injury." Ono Oda eagerly took the cigarette, lit it, and took a satisfying puff, his face full of enjoyment.

Cao Wei was taken aback. How come Ono Oda, this little devil, seemed like he hadn't smoked in eight lifetimes?
Just as he was wondering, a woman in her forties wearing a kimono and light makeup walked in on wooden clogs.

Upon seeing Ono Oda smoking, her expression immediately changed. She rushed over, snatched the cigarette from his hand, and launched into a tirade of words, clearly a reprimand, even without understanding what she was saying. Ono Oda, looking embarrassed and somewhat fearful, tried to explain himself to the woman in a fawning manner.

After a long while, the woman finally stopped scolding.

Cao Weida didn't dare to speak the entire time, and only after they finished talking did he cautiously ask, "Ono-kun, who is this gentleman?"

Ono Oda's bitter expression vanished in an instant, replaced by a chuckle as he said, "Cao-san, let me introduce you. This is my wife, Taguchi Yoshiko. She just arrived in Beiping yesterday and came to the hospital to take care of me after learning of my injury."

"Madam, this is my friend, Cao Sang of Cao Wei."

Cao Weida quickly stood up. "Oh, it's you, sister-in-law! I'm so sorry, I came in a hurry today and didn't prepare a gift. I'll make it up to you next time!"

Taguchi Ryoko smiled faintly, exuding a virtuous and gentle air. "Mr. Cao, you're too kind. Since you're my husband's friend, please come visit us often."

Cao Weida was slightly taken aback. "It's one thing for my sister-in-law to be so beautiful, but to speak Chinese so well is also remarkable. With such beauty and intelligence, it's truly enviable that Ono-kun was able to marry you!"

No woman dislikes hearing compliments, and Ryoko Taguchi is no exception. Sure enough, after being praised, her smile broadened considerably.

"Mr. Cao, you flatter me. I heard about you from my husband yesterday after I arrived. You are a truly promising young talent. It is a great honor for my husband to know you. I suppose you have something important to discuss with my husband, so I will go and attend to my business first. You two talk."

Tsk, this Japanese woman speaks Mandarin more fluently than Ono Oda, and she exudes a refined and virtuous air about her, clearly from a wealthy family.

After Taguchi Ryoko left, Cao Weida praised, "Ono-kun, your wife has the air of a great lady; she's truly enviable."

"Haha~~ She's already gone out, no matter how much you flatter her, she won't hear you."

"Ono-kun, you're mistaken. Every word I spoke came from the bottom of my heart, and there was not a hint of flattery in it. Your wife has the demeanor of a great lady. Without even asking, I know that your household must be well-managed. Such a wife is a perfect choice for bringing good fortune to her husband and home!"

Ono Oda couldn't help but smile happily; clearly, he had genuine feelings for Taguchi Ryoko.

He waved his hand modestly and said with distress, "You only see the good side, but you don't see the other side. Didn't you see just now that I couldn't even have a smoke?"

"It's only because you're here that I can have a couple of puffs; otherwise, I won't even get a single puff."

"It's all the fault of those quack doctors! They said smoking is bad for wound healing, and my wife actually believed them!"

"Wait until I get out of the hospital. I'll definitely have someone give him a good beating!"

Cao Wei Da covered his mouth and chuckled. He never expected that this man would be afraid of his wife.

"Your sister-in-law is taking care of you because she cares about you, so you should be secretly happy about it. By the way, Ono-kun, will your sister-in-law be living in Beiping more often in the future, or is she just coming to visit you?"

"She just came to see her brother and stopped by to visit me. She'll be going back in a few days."

“I see. Well, that’s good. Beiping is not safe these days. For your safety, it’s safer to go back to China.”

"Yeah, those damn attackers!" Ono Oda rubbed his backside, gritting his teeth and feeling a wave of lingering fear.

It was so close, so very close. If the shrapnel had flown upwards, he might have been done for!

Cao Wei Da's mind raced, and he joined in with a couple of angry curses before asking, "Ono-kun, this attack is unusual. It used a lot of heavy firepower. I heard they even used mortars. Have you found any clues?"

Speaking of this, Ono Oda felt a headache coming on. "Most of the weapons this time are equipment belonging to our army."

"What?! It's your army's equipment?!" Cao Weida seemed startled, his face full of worry. "Could it be the weapons we traded last time? But that shouldn't be the case. All those weapons were transported outside the city, and my men were personally overseeing them. There couldn't have been any mistakes!"

"Ono-kun, should I have someone arrest all the people involved in the last two transactions and interrogate them one by one?"

Seeing his decisive action, Ono Oda nodded secretly with satisfaction.

Cao Sang is still very loyal; I knew I hadn't misjudged him.

"Don't worry, it's not the same weapons as the last two transactions." He shook his head and reassured them, "The people who attacked this time used the Type 99 sniper rifle. There were no such weapons in the last two transactions."

He gritted his teeth and forced out the words:

"The only place I know of where our Army's Type 99 sniper rifles are found is Beixincang!"

"And in that warehouse are the weapons and ammunition that our army had been seized by those Navy thugs!"

Upon hearing this, Cao Wei Da smiled inwardly; his plan had succeeded!

(End of this chapter)