Early summer in Shanghai was already somewhat stifling. Hua Jianxiong had been busy behind his large desk for quite some time, reviewing complicated official documents and organizing files to be submitted. These tasks left him quite irritated. As the head of the criminal investigation department of No. 76, he had to spend half a day each week on such tedious matters. Finally, he signed the last case report, which was a thick file on a female prisoner named Zhou Liping, containing all materials from her arrest to her interrogations. Hua Jianxiong had seen many such case files. Glancing at the somewhat blurry half-length photo of the female prisoner on the first page, he thought she was a somewhat attractive young woman, probably a beauty. According to his experience, the so-called high-end camera in the department always somewhat distorted people's images. Flipping through, he found the interrogation records. He wasn't much interested in the content and directly turned to the final case report, which concluded: 'The prisoner remains stubbornly unyielding, refusing to confess despite repeated interrogations.'
Hua Jianxiong frowned at the crooked signature of Liu Dazhuang at the end. Liu Dazhuang was his capable subordinate, always highly valued by him, but Hua Jianxiong didn't like this ruthless, fierce-looking guy in his heart. However, the guy was skilled at torture, like many of his underlings, and had a special interest in interrogating female prisoners. Few prisoners handed over to him for interrogation refused to confess, but this female communist named Zhou Liping was clearly an exception.
Hua Jianxiong pressed the button on his desk, and soon the thick office door opened, revealing a coldly beautiful young woman in a light blue suit and black high heels. This woman was his confidential secretary, also known as the cold beauty of No. 76, Liu Mei, and of course, Hua Jianxiong's public mistress. Looking at Liu Mei's slender legs exposed under her short skirt and her high, busty chest that seemed to burst her blouse, Hua Jianxiong felt an uncontrollable desire rising within him.
Liu Mei walked gracefully to Hua Jianxiong's side, glanced at the files spread out on the table with her beautiful eyes, and before she could say anything, Hua Jianxiong pulled her onto his lap. She then felt a hand caressing her thigh, covered in flesh-colored stockings. Instantly, Liu Mei seemed like a different person; the coldness she had when entering the room vanished without a trace. Under Hua Jianxiong's skilled and somewhat rough touch, her face flushed, and her body gently squirmed. As Hua Jianxiong's hand advanced towards her towering chest, she let out an alluring moan.
Liu Mei felt her lower body quickly become moist. Hua Jianxiong had been on a long business trip to Changchun and hadn't touched her for a while. After returning yesterday, he went straight to the Japanese military police headquarters without seeing her. She knew Hua Jianxiong had a very close relationship with the Japanese, which gave him considerable influence within the 76th. She also knew about the intimate relationship between Hua Jianxiong and Fujiwara Kyoko, a female spy at the Japanese military police headquarters. 'Probably Jianxiong was with that Japanese beauty last night,' she thought.
Liu Mei found it strange why she used the word 'with' in her mind. She knew Hua Jianxiong would come to the office today to review the files, so she got up early to dress up and arrived at the office early. However, Hua Jianxiong had come even earlier. After she brought him tea, she left without him stopping her, as he was busy completing the mountain of materials on his desk.
It was well known that Liu Mei was Hua Jianxiong's mistress, but her icy demeanor also gave people a false impression. Many were fascinated by her beauty but wondered if she was as cold as ice in bed. Of course, only Hua Jianxiong knew about Liu Mei's fiery performance in bed. While caressing her up and down, Hua Jianxiong asked between her gasps, 'Did you assign the case of Zhou Liping to Liu Dazhuang?'
'Hmm... no, you approved it for him...'
'Me?'
Hearing Hua Jianxiong's surprised voice, Liu Mei quickly snapped out of her lustful daze. 'Yes, don't you remember? Before you left for Changchun, I gave you the prisoner interrogation assignment form and specifically reminded you about this female prisoner named Zhou Liping?'
'Oh, really?'
Hua Jianxiong vaguely recalled that over a month ago, when Liu Mei handed him the interrogation list, she specifically reminded him about a female prisoner named Zhou Liping, who was very important. As his mistress and confidential secretary, Liu Mei knew Hua Jianxiong well, aware of his peculiar interest in interrogating beautiful female prisoners. Therefore, every time there was a female prisoner, she would personally review and remind Hua Jianxiong who the 'important' female prisoners were.
"Oh, I remember now. At that time, I was about to go to Changchun and didn't pay much attention, so I casually approved it to Liu Dazhuang. I remember you said since you weren't going to Changchun, you asked me to hand it over to you to handle, right?"
"Hmm, but you didn't agree..."
"Even Liu Dazhuang has his moments of failure. I'd like to see what this female prisoner looks like, able to endure Liu Dazhuang's torture. Go and tell Liu Dazhuang to bring her here. This guy always boasts about being the toughest in the interrogation department. Today, let's embarrass him a bit."
"Yes," Liu Mei said as she got up from Hua Jianxiong's lap, straightened her long hair, went out to convey Hua Jianxiong's order, and then returned to stand behind him.
Soon after, Liu Dazhuang and two of his henchmen brought in the female prisoner. Watching the way the prisoner entered, Hua Jianxiong couldn't help but frown. The prisoner, named Zhou Liping, was half-carried in. After entering, the henchmen holding her, at Liu Dazhuang's signal, let go and stepped back, causing the prisoner to collapse like a broken skeleton onto the carpet. Hua Jianxiong observed the woman on the ground, who was clearly enduring pain without making a sound. She was wearing a tattered, blood-stained white cheongsam, probably hastily put on her, with the side zipper left open, revealing she wore nothing underneath. Looking at the half-body photo of Zhou Liping at the time of her arrest in the file, it was hard to connect the young, beautiful woman in the photo with the one lying on the ground. The half-dead woman's face was swollen beyond recognition, her hair messy and matted with blood, with patches missing revealing bloody scalp, her nose bridge twisted, nails on her hands and feet gone leaving only scabs, one leg strangely bent and swollen like a bucket, obviously broken by the tiger bench, her exposed skin covered with whip marks and black-red burn marks from branding irons. Hua Jianxiong knew that the parts covered by the cheongsam must be even more horrifying.
Hua Jianxiong glanced at Liu Dazhuang, who had been somewhat at a loss, and thought, 'This guy only knows how to act brute.'
Hua Jianxiong thought, Liu Dazhuang, sensing Hua Jianxiong's gaze sweep over him, hurriedly lowered his head and said, 'Chief, I've done everything in my power to interrogate this female communist prisoner, employing every method possible, but this woman is impervious to both kindness and severity...'
Hua Jianxiong waved his hand to interrupt Liu Dazhuang's words, saying, 'There have been no less than ten torture sessions, haven't there? Didn't you always boast that no woman in your hands would remain silent?'
Hearing Hua Jianxiong say this made Liu Dazhuang even more apprehensive. Initially, he was overjoyed to have obtained the interrogation rights to this beautiful and moving female communist. Never did he expect that after several torture sessions, he wouldn't get any valuable information. He was utterly loyal to Hua Jianxiong but also feared him immensely, always afraid of being looked down upon by him. Therefore, he usually worked doubly hard. This interrogation failure was a tremendous blow to him. Seeing that further torture might only result in the female prisoner dying in his hands, he had no choice but to file a report requesting to close the case. Fortunately, Hua Jianxiong didn't want to make this disheartened subordinate feel too embarrassed, after all, this guy usually worked quite hard. Today was just to let him know of his dissatisfaction. Giving a hum, Hua Jianxiong said, 'It seems we've encountered a truly stubborn individual.'
Upon hearing this and seeing that Hua Jianxiong no longer blamed him, Liu Dazhuang quickly nodded and said, 'Chief is wise. After taking over, I conducted an overnight interrogation...'
At this point, Liu Dazhuang looked up at Liu Mei standing behind Hua Jianxiong, seeming somewhat hesitant to speak. Seeing him like this, Hua Jianxiong waved his hand and said, 'No need to hold back, speak freely.'
Liu Dazhuang immediately said upon hearing this, 'My subordinates and I, four in total, conducted overnight torture sessions. First, we tried to break her spirit, then subjected her to whipping, branding, the tiger bench, forced ingestion of chili water, and many other female-specific tortures. At the time, Secretary Liu also came to the torture chamber to inspect, but in the end, there was no gain. I am incompetent.'
Hua Jianxiong certainly understood what Liu Dazhuang meant by breaking someone's spirit. It was an inevitable fate for beautiful female prisoners to be violated, and many would collapse after such an ordeal, though some might become even stronger. As for the tortures specifically designed for female prisoners, such as pricking nipples with needles, whipping the genital area, or inserting red-hot iron rods into their vaginas or anuses, these were all methods that inflicted unbearable pain. Hua was somewhat surprised that Liu Mei would want to watch Zhou Liping's interrogation, and recalling her request to take over Zhou's interrogation, he turned to the expressionless Liu Mei behind him and asked, 'Secretary Liu, you’re interested in watching the interrogation too?'
Upon hearing this, Liu Mei gave Liu Dazhuang a cold glance and said to Hua Jianxiong, 'Liu Dazhuang, you’re really something. You conducted an overnight interrogation, and when I arrived at the interrogation room at 8, by 11 you still hadn’t gotten to the main point. I had to cut short your fun because I couldn’t wait any longer.'
Liu Dazhuang immediately flushed with embarrassment upon hearing this. He wanted to argue but thought better of it considering Liu Mei's relationship with Hua Jianxiong. He lowered his head and didn’t dare to speak, though inwardly he cursed, 'So she’s been outside since 8, I thought she couldn’t sleep and came to watch the show in the middle of the night.'
Hua Jianxiong, listening, also realized that Zhou Liping had been gang-raped by Liu Dazhuang and his four subordinates for a full three hours as soon as she entered the interrogation room, probably with many variations. Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but feel a bit excited looking at the woman on the ground. Habitually waving his hand, he looked at the nearly lifeless female prisoner and said, 'Take her away. Execute her secretly tonight, and no more tricks.'
With that, he signed the words 'secret execution' at the end of the case file and threw it to Liu Dazhuang, who hurriedly caught it and called his men in to lift the woman from the ground. Just as Zhou Liping was being dragged out, she suddenly said in a weak voice, 'You traitors and collaborators will come to no good end...'
Before she could finish, Liu Dazhuang slapped her across the face, sending blood flying from her mouth, and roared, 'Get her out of here quickly!'
After saying this, he bowed and scraped his way out.