Chapter 148: Surrounding the Brothel

  Li Yuanyuan had just stepped out of the doorway when she suddenly heard a shrill whistle and police car sirens coming from the street outside the wall.

  Little Red Sister hugged the clean clothes of a man, walking in the direction of the bathhouse in the dark. The sound of police cars on the main street made her involuntarily tighten her arms around the clothes and quicken her pace.

  "Halt! Don't make a sound!" Little Red Girl had just walked to the small courtyard where Li Yuanyuan lived, when the back of her head was pressed by an icy hand, scaring her so much that she almost let go with both hands and her feet felt nailed to the ground, not daring to move.

  Li Yuanyuan heard the sound of hurried footsteps approaching her small courtyard, and quickly hid beside the arched gate. When Xiaohong rushed into the yard, she darted out and pressed a gun against the back of Xiaohong's head.

  "Little Red, how did you get here?" Li Yuanyuan put away her gun and asked in surprise after seeing that it was Little Red.

  "Yuan sister, you scared me to death!" Little Red Girl let out a long sigh and said with a lingering fear: "Cui sister asked me to send clean clothes to Dong Lianchang and the others."

  "Are you talking about them?" Li Yuanyuan asked: "So, several people came, right?" She listened to the alarm sound outside the wall and guessed that it was probably Dong Limao and others who were discovered entering the city.

  "Three." Little Red Riding Hood replied.

  "What are they doing here at this time?" Li Yuanyuan muttered to herself, then told Little Red: "You quickly go and lead them to my room, remember to bring the clothes they took off too!"

  Li Yuanyuan was worried that the Japanese devils would come to Wenshengyuan for a search, so she had to let Dong Li Mao and the other two hide in the underground cave.

  Fortunately, Li Yuanyuan had a long heart, otherwise, Okazaki Toshio might have really found Dong Limao and the other two.

  The sentry who had just relieved Dong Li Mao and the others arrived at the foot of the city wall where the incident occurred, and as soon as he reached the front of the steps, he saw two Japanese soldiers lying dead under the steps. The sentry immediately sounded the alarm to alert the other people on the city wall.

  The county town was not very big, the ear-piercing whistle awakened Okazaki Toshio from his sleep, he immediately led his troops and drove to the city wall where the incident occurred from the administrative office.

  He saw from the wound of the killed person that it was a scar left by a special military knife, and suddenly Okazaki Toshio's brain popped out with the name Dong Jiacheng.

  "Search for me! Search every household in the city! I must find Dong Jiacheng, who has sneaked into the county town!" Okazaki Toshio roared with orders.

  Two wolf dogs sniffed at the blood on the dead Japanese devils' bodies and then started chasing rapidly along the route that Dong Li Mao and others had taken.

  Sometimes dogs are more reliable than humans, the two wolf dogs' sense of smell was very useful and almost flawlessly led Okazaki Toshiyuki and his group to the side door of the kitchen adjacent to Onsen-so's alley.

  However, people often feel superior to animals and tend to be skeptical of their judgments. Okazaki Toshio was no exception, and he too made the same mistake. He didn't quite believe that Dong Li Mao and his gang would come to Onsen-so, and seeing the main entrance wide open with lights shining brightly, it didn't look like a hideout for fugitives at all.

  However, since two dogs brought him here, he should also go in and search carefully.

  "Captain Okazaki, it seems that way, doesn't look like they're hiding a fugitive..." Wang Jinfai also didn't believe that Onsen-yu could hide someone.

  "Surround the Hot Spring Garden! Search carefully!" Okazaki Toshio interrupted Wang Jinfu's words, ordering his subordinates to scatter immediately and have Wang Jinfu's men follow behind the Japanese devils, surrounding the Hot Spring Garden tightly.

  Cuī jiě cóng xiǎo hóng gū niáng fáng jiān chū lái, dào le chú fáng, tā tīng dào huì shēng hòu, zhī dào dòng lǐ mào tā men jìn chéng shí shā de rén bèi rén fā xiàn le, dàn tā bìng bù fā xīn gāng qí jun xióng huì dài rén sōu dào zhè lǐ, jí shǐ lái le, tā yě yǒu duì fù de bàn fǎ, yīn wèi tā méi xiǎng dào xiǎo guǐ zǐ tā men yǒu láng gǒu.

  Just after instructing the kitchen maid, Gui Jie, she heard the noisy footsteps outside, followed by a knock on the door. This made Gui Jie feel incredulous - how did the Japanese find their way here so quickly? She personally walked forward and opened the door, whereupon two wolf dogs rushed in, startling Cui Jie into a scream.

  Then a group of Japanese soldiers with hand-held firearms rushed in and surrounded Cui Jie and Guan Jie.

  Two wolf dogs smelled the meat fragrance cooked by Kuai's wife, Gui Jie, in the earthen pot, surrounded the earthen pot with their long tongues turning around and did not dare to go further.

  Okazaki Toshio and Wang Jinfu walked into the kitchen door, took a look at the two wolf dogs, and Okazaki Toshio also sniffed his nose.

  "Wang Jinfai, what are you doing? If you want to find the girls to play with, shouldn't you go through that door? Isn't the front gate wide open?" Cui sister frowned and asked Wang Jinfai in a pretending-to-be-ignorant tone.

  "I'm telling you, you old procuress, don't you have eyes?! Do we look like we're here to visit the brothel?" Although Wang Jincai spoke loudly, he kept giving Cui Jie a signal with his eyes, wanting her not to say more and avoid trouble.

  Okazaki Toshio glanced around the kitchen, walked to Cui's side, lifted her chin with his hand, stared at her for a while before asking: "Speak! Where is the person hiding?"

  Cui Jie's heart was still a bit uneasy, thinking that Okazaki Toshio and the others had found out about Dong Li Mao's three people running to this place, but her mouth cursed: "Let go! Otherwise, I won't be polite to you!"

  With a crisp crack, five red finger marks suddenly appeared on Cui Jie's left cheek.

  Okazaki Toshio slapped a palm on Cuī Jiě's face, then grasped her neck and roared: "Speak quickly! Where have you hidden the person?"

  "Captain Okazaki, she... is a woman... haha..." Wang Jinfai accompanied with a smile, as if reminding Okazaki Toshio not to be so rude to a woman.

  Okazaki Toshio kicked Wang Jinfu to the ground with one kick, still staring at Cuisheng and saying fiercely: "If you don't say it, I'll pinch your neck!"

  The kitchen maid, Gui Jie, was so frightened that she shrank into a corner of the kitchen. She wasn't afraid of the Japanese soldier holding a rifle, but rather the two wolf-like dogs.

  Little Red Girl took the clothes to the bathhouse, didn't avoid or yield, looked at Hu San and said to Dong Li Mao: "Dong Lianzhang, you guys quickly put on your clothes and follow me! The little devils outside have started searching for you!"

  Hu San saw Little Red Girl enter without knocking and quickly submerged his body deep in the water, staring blankly at her with both eyes.

  Dong Li Mao listened to Little Red Girl's words, and with a whooshing sound, he stood up from the water pool. He had already taken off his clothes, and with a shiny step, he stepped out of the water pool, telling Gou Hao and Hu San, who were still soaking in the water: "Hurry up and get dressed!"

  Little Red Riding Hood glanced in the direction of Dong Li Mao, seemingly feeling a bit surprised, stunned for a moment, before shyly turning her back.

  Gou Hao and Hu San saw Little Red Girl turn around, so they quickly jumped out of the pool.

  "Little Red Girl, where are you taking us?" Dong Li Mao asked while putting on his clothes.

  "Go to Yanyan's place." Little Red Girl replied softly.

  Dong Li Mao's heart skipped a beat, thinking: 'Li Yuanyuan wants to see me, let the little red girl tell me alone, why call Gou Hao and Hu San too?' He didn't know that danger was approaching step by step.

  If it weren't for the aroma of Guan's meat soup, Dong Li Mao and his two companions would have been caught by Okazaki Toshio long ago.

  Three people got dressed, took the clothes they had changed out of, and followed Xiao Hong's sister out of the bathhouse. They heard the voice of Okazaki Toshio coming from the direction of the kitchen, and it was only then that Dong Li Mao realized something was seriously wrong.

  Li Yuanyuan and others at the door of her room saw Dong Li Mao and others brought by Xiaohong, and quickly let the three enter the house, then whispered a few words to Xiaohong.

  Little Red Riding Hood quickly walked towards the kitchen.

  At this time, the Japanese devils and security guards who started searching from the main gate of Wenyuan Garden had almost driven out the girls who were sleeping in their dreams, one by one shrinking their bodies. Those who usually dared to expose themselves in front of men now seemed to be afraid that these intruding men would do something to them.

  In the kitchen, Okazaki Toshio was still interrogating Cuījiě.

  "I don't know who Captain Okazaki is talking about?" Cuījiě replied with a sorrowful face.

  "Why are you not attending to the guests in the front hall, but instead running around doing chores downstairs?" Okazaki Toshio questioned, having removed his hand from Cuījiě's neck.

  "I'll go see if Gui Jie has cooked the midnight snack yet. The girls have to entertain guests every night, they're exhausted, and they need to eat something before bed, it's a habit." Cui Jie replied tearfully.

  Okazaki Toshio looked at Wang Jinfu and asked: "Is that so?"

  Wang Jinfai nodded, with a forced smile: "It's like that, the girls are really suffering, some of them have to serve several customers in one day..."

  "Hey, Captain Okazaki... why are you sneaking in through the back door instead of using the front?" Little Red walked into the kitchen and saw a room full of Japanese soldiers. She pretended to be nonchalant, but actually had an air of superiority, swaying her hips as she walked over to Okazaki's side.

  Okazaki Toshio's face suddenly squeezed out a smile, and then he said a few words to the soldiers surrounding Cuījiě and Guìjiě. The soldiers, accompanied by wolf dogs, walked into the yard and began a careful search.

  "Little Red Girl, what brings you here?" asked Okazaki Toshio in a gentle voice.

  "I'll go see if Gu Jie's midnight snack is ready, usually we eat it early, but tonight...". Little Red Girl stopped mid-sentence, as if she just remembered to ask Okazaki Toshio: "Captain Okazaki, what are you all doing?"

  Okazaki Toshio put away his smile and replied: "Routine inspection."

  "Cui Jie, what's wrong with your face?" Little Red Girl walked up to Cui Jie and touched the red finger marks on her left cheek, then turned around and glared at Okazaki Toshio, asking: "Who hit Cui Jie?"

  Wang Jinfai looked at Okazaki Toshio, then at Little Red Riding Hood, stretched his neck and swallowed back what he wanted to say.

  Little Red continued: "Do you know what kind of person Cui is to me? She's like a mother to me, when I had no place to go, she took me in. If it wasn't for her, I'm afraid I would have starved or frozen to death on the streets!" As she spoke, she even squeezed out two bitter tears.

  Okazaki Toshio listened to Little Red Riding Hood's words and thought of his beloved woman, who might be sleeping with some soldier or official at this moment. Seeing Little Red Riding Hood shed tears, his heart also became sour, and he rubbed his palms together in distress, explaining: "It's all a misunderstanding, it's a misunderstanding."

  "We may be here to entertain men, but we are human beings too. You men spend all day fighting and killing outside, these weak women can't control that, it's your men's business. But us sisters in the brothel, not only do we not get protection from you men, instead we suffer from your bullying..." Little Red Girl became more and more emotional as she spoke.

  These were all taught by Li Yuanyuan, who had discovered that the Japanese devil's squad leader, Gakuza Toshio, had mistaken Little Red Sister for his past lover when he first came. So Li Yuanyuan told Little Red Sister to use her emotions to move this Japanese devil.

  The women of the brothel, who can't pretend to be affectionate and play a role, they perform in front of men, not one bit worse than those female stars, and even, those female stars, in some aspects, are not as good as them.