Period drama: Old Cao's carefree life

Chapter 203 Find a block of tofu and smash your head against it to die!
Cao Weida nodded, his gaze sweeping over the other man from head to toe.

I must say, the owner of Mingyue Dance Hall has good taste. This woman named Du Dan is extremely beautiful, with a charming look between her brows, and a mature woman's allure lingers around her in every gesture.

It's a pity that no matter how beautiful it is, it is ultimately just a rose with poisonous thorns.

"Speaking of what kind of breeze, there's quite a story here. Look, aren't you fanning yourself with a fragrant breeze right now?" Cao Weida gestured with his chin towards the round fan she was holding. "What, Miss Du Dan, are you so afraid of the heat that you're fanning yourself at this hour?"

Ok?
Du Dan paused for a moment, then covered her lips with her fan and giggled, "Master Cao, you're really joking. Your mouth is too sharp. I prefer soft lips."

Cao Weida feigned sudden realization: "Oh... Miss Du Dan, you mean you were eyeing my lips and wanted to kiss me?"

"I'd rather not. I wouldn't dare kiss your lips. Who knows if you've put some kind of poison on them?"

"Cao Weida, don't go too far!"

Du Dan's smiling face instantly turned cold. "We've never crossed paths before, and we have no grudges against each other. We'll keep to ourselves."

"Leave now before I lose my temper. The person you're looking for isn't here!"

"Whether she is or not isn't something you can decide with just your words. I need to search the whole place before making a conclusion." Cao Weida scoffed. She's just a mistress who's someone's lover, and she really thinks she's someone important.

"Si Jicai, go and search him!"

"Yes, Master Cao!"

"Stop right there! You dare!!"

Just as Si Jicai was about to walk forward, Du Dan scolded him.

She looked at Cao Weida with a cold expression and said threateningly, "Mr. Cao, you'd better think this through. Even your police chief has to give me some face. I know you've hooked up with Ono-sama, but our Bright Moon Dance Hall isn't without backers!"

Others may fear you, but I, Du Dan, am not!

With her arms outstretched, the enormous movement caused her chest to tremble violently twice.
"You want to go in and search, huh? Fine, go ahead and shoot me dead, then step over my dead body!"

"If you don't dare, then go back to where you came from!"

The main reason she dared to stand so resolutely in front of Cao Weida was that she was confident that Cao Weida wouldn't dare to really kill her.

She simply couldn't believe that Cao Weida could be so audacious!

"Are you sure?" Cao Weida asked with a forced smile, pulling out a Browning, releasing the safety, and slowly approaching Du Dan.

Even if he's good-looking, so what? Does he really think he won't kill women?

Even if someone is good-looking, someone who engages in the heinous act of trafficking women is nothing more than a vicious beast!

He would feel no guilt whatsoever if he killed her!
"..." Du Dan originally wanted to say "I'm sure" firmly, but when she met Cao Weida's cold, emotionless eyes, she suddenly felt flustered.

"Sister Du Dan!" Just then, a waiter ran over quickly and whispered nervously in Du Dan's ear, "He's not an ordinary policeman. If you really mess with him, he might actually shoot you dead!"

Du Dan stared wide-eyed, clearly not expecting such an answer.

She stared at Cao Weida in astonishment. As he drew closer and raised his gun to point at her, she glanced at his half-smiling expression and her heart began to pound.

Then, quite willingly, he jumped to the side to make way.

I was terrified that if I jumped too late, I would be shot dead by the other side.

Seeing that she had moved aside, Cao Weida seemed somewhat disappointed. He lazily waved the muzzle of his gun and said, "Get out of my way, or I'll kill you all!"

With guns pointed at them, the thugs couldn't help but feel a chill, and fear instinctively crept in.

Seeing that Sister Du Dan had already moved aside, they didn't dare to stop her anymore and obediently moved to the side.

Seeing that they had moved aside, Cao Wei Da was even more disappointed. Why didn't they know to resist more? He could have taken the opportunity to kill two of them, thus saving on supplies and allowing those human traffickers to live one more day.

"Come here, search for me!"

"Yes, sir!" The patrolmen were incredibly proud; they'd never felt so powerful before!
Seeing that the people from Mingyue Ballroom had backed down, the guests present all shook their heads in disappointment.

It's a real shame that a fight didn't break out.

"That's such a coward! He doesn't even dare to go up there. It's so shameful."

"Exactly, and they're even backing down on their own turf. It's really disgraceful."

"Come on, you're looking down on him? Why don't you go and get him?" one of the guests retorted without hesitation. "Do you even know who he is? It's Lord Cao Wei!"

"So what? If you're a coward, you're a coward."

"That's it."

"Liu Huai is still protecting us here. If it were me, I wouldn't be afraid."

"You don't know anything," the guest retorted, clearly unconvinced. "Although Master Liu does have connections, so what? If Master Cao says he'll kill you, he'll kill you. It's not like he hasn't killed people before!"

"That guy, he used to be a close confidant of Master Lin Yuanjiang. He also argued with Master Cao before, and guess what? He got killed by Master Cao!"

"This happened quite some time ago. Look at him now, isn't Master Cao still alive and kicking?"

"If Sister Du Dan really gets killed today, do you believe that the higher-ups will ultimately just downplay the incident and let it go?"

Upon hearing this, the guests couldn't help but gasp.

"Really? Does this guy have such strong connections?"

"If this is true, then this Master Cao is indeed deeply trusted by the Japanese commanders!"

"Yeah, yeah, no wonder they dare to be so arrogant."

It wasn't just the guests who gasped; Sister Du Dan also inhaled sharply, contributing to the future of global warming.

Watching Cao Weida walk past with a cold expression, Sister Du Dan patted her rather well-built chest guiltily, secretly relieved, "This guy dared to kill even Lin Yuanjiang's confidants, so naturally he'd dare to kill Master Liu's men!"

"Luckily, I had the sense to step aside. The way I was charging at them, practically beating them up, even threatening to kill them if they dared—I must have been asking for trouble!"

'And also, when I stepped aside earlier, he seemed to look disappointed.'

'Hiss... Could it be that he really intended to kill me back then?!'

The thought of this filled her with lingering fear.

However, thinking that if Cao Wei Da really found out something, the people behind her would definitely make her suffer, she lowered her attitude and said humbly:

"Master Cao, we at Mingyue Ballroom really do legitimate business. Most of our customers are either rich or powerful."

"If you offend them, it won't be easy for you to explain yourself."

"Here's what I'll give you: five hundred silver dollars. You can take your brothers out for some tea. How does that sound?"

"Wow, five hundred silver dollars, that's generous." Cao Weida grinned. "Miss Du Dan, now that you say that, I'm even more suspicious that something's going on here."

"If there's nothing else, please step aside and don't obstruct our investigation."

Du Dangan wanted to say something, but was stunned by Cao Weida's cold gaze. He dared not speak out and watched Cao Weida lead the patrolmen inside.

Seeing that the group was heading towards the backyard, Du Dan disregarded her inner panic and hurriedly followed them.

"Master Cao, Master Cao!"

"If you have something to say, say it, and if you have something to say, let it go!"

"Master Cao, I'm really running a legitimate business here. How are we supposed to do business if you do this?" Du Dan pleaded with a distressed expression.

"Please have some compassion and spare us ordinary folks. It's not easy for us to do business!"

"What's more, we haven't missed a single penny of our various expenses every month!"

"So, you think you can stop me?" Cao Weida turned to look at her, then at the direction leading to the backyard, a cold smile gradually creeping onto his lips.

He didn't know where to start his investigation at first, but now...
He did not act rashly, but remained where he was.

If we act now and discover something, these guys might become desperate and do something drastic.

"Si Jicai!"

"Yes, Master Cao!"

Cao Wei Da whispered in his ear, "Go and call some more brothers over. Remember, make sure they bring their weapons!"

Si Jicai's heart skipped a beat, guessing that Master Cao might have discovered something. Not daring to be negligent, he nodded silently and turned back towards the door.

"No, what do you mean, Master Cao? How could I dare to stop you? I just..."

"If that's not what you meant, then get out of my way and don't obstruct our investigation!" Cao Weida impatiently pushed her aside.

"I'm warning you, if you dare utter another word, believe me, I'll arrest you on charges of obstructing official business!"

"Also, don't think I won't make a move just because you're a woman. I'm no saint!"

If you're a good person, that would be strange. What good person would do favors for the Japanese?

None of us are good people, so why should bad people make things difficult for other bad people?!

Although she was internally ranting and raving, Du Dan only dared to mutter it to herself and never dared to say it aloud.

"Humph!"

Seeing that she didn't dare to speak again, Cao Weida snorted coldly, "Men, bring me that little leader, and find me a room so I can interrogate him. The rest of you, continue searching!"

"Remember this, question a few of the hostesses here."

His main priority now is to stall for time. He won't go to the backyard right now; he wants to confuse them first to avoid them becoming desperate.

It's not too late to wipe out everyone here once the reinforcements arrive.

When they were brought up, the junior leaders all cried.

Brother, I'm already so badly injured, can't you replace me with someone else?
If this continues, I'm really going to die!

Cao Weida sat on a stool, crossed his legs, and smoked a cigarette. "Tell me, where is the human trafficking den? If you tell me sooner, you won't have to suffer so much."

"If you don't tell me now, and I wait until I've used some methods on you, you'll suffer for nothing."

"Hehe. I told you, we didn't have any~~~"

Cao Weida stomped his foot hard, seemingly ignoring the pitiful cries that were audible to him.

They're just a bunch of beasts forcing women into prostitution; he wouldn't have a shred of sympathy for them.

Seeing Ah Hu's mangled hand and hearing his pitiful screams, Du Dan outside the door was horrified.

They were both terrified by Ah Hu's miserable state and worried that Ah Hu would be unable to withstand the torture and would reveal the truth.

It is said that the ten fingers are connected to the heart. The intense pain of having his fingers crushed made Tiger's face contort with rage, and he almost couldn't help but reveal the truth.

After all, although he was a big shot all day long, he was just a thug, an ordinary person who hadn't received any training, and his willpower wasn't as strong as one might imagine.

But when his gaze fell upon Sister Du Dan at the door, he forcefully suppressed the thought.

Cao Weida glanced at the doorway out of the corner of his eye and smiled slightly to himself.

He deliberately left the door open so that Du Dan could watch from outside, also to shut Tiger up and prevent him from revealing the truth so quickly.

Otherwise, how else could he stall for time?

"Hey, looks like our Tiger is pretty tight-lipped, he's loyal enough."

"It's okay, I like tough guys. If they confessed so easily, it would be much less fun."

Cao Weida had a smile on his face, but in Tiger's eyes, it was a horrifying grin.

It was as if what was before them was not a human being, but a terrifying demon!
Tiger trembled with fear upon hearing this, becoming even more certain that the man in front of him was a pervert!
Who would smile while tormenting someone?
If it weren't for Sister Du Dan standing by the door, he would have confessed immediately!

His gaze kept drifting towards the doorway, his eyes filled with such fear they seemed about to pop out of their sockets. Despite the excruciating pain, he gritted his teeth and endured it.

Cao Wei Da, who had witnessed all of this, smiled slightly, thinking that he should be able to hold out until he could summon the person.

Tiger, you have the name of a tiger, don't let me down!
And Du Dan, you're useless too. You really won't speak if I tell you not to?!
Say something, so I can stall for time!
Perhaps what you keep thinking about will eventually come to pass?

Seeing that Tiger was being tortured to the point of nearing his limit, Du Dan finally spoke up:

"Mr. Cao, this is the Bright Moon Ballroom, not your police station's interrogation room!"

"Isn't it inappropriate for you to so ruthlessly harm my people here?"

Oh my, you've finally spoken! You've been driving me crazy!

Cao Weida took a drag of his cigarette and slowly exhaled. "Then there's nothing I can do. All I know is that someone here reported that Mingyue Dance Hall is trafficking women. As a police officer who protects the peace and stability of this area, I have an obligation to investigate this matter."

"If you are ultimately found guilty, then you can go to the police station and ask for compensation."

These days, the police don't have any rules against using torture. If they hit you, they hit you; if they use torture, they use torture. There's nothing you can do about it!

Not willing to give in?
Hold it in!

If you're still not satisfied, go smash your head against a block of tofu and die!
In this era, if you have no power, no money, and no influence, even if someone bullies you, it's all for nothing!
The saying "A man cannot be without power for a single day" perfectly illustrates this point!

Only with power can one at least prevent others from being bullied, if not bully others!
(End of this chapter)