I drank a mouthful of soy milk and yanked the tape off the mouth of the person who looked at me pleadingly. He couldn't help but cry out in pain.
I threw away the tape and sat cross-legged before from him.
He immediately put on a fawning expression. "Miss pretty, this is our mistake. Please be merciful and let us go. We promise never to come back here again!"
"What's your name?" I asked.
The man was startled, he clearly wasn't expecting for me to chat with him. With another glare from me, he answered honestly, "My name is Tan Si." He twisted his body and used his head to point at his friends. "This is our eldest brother, Ah Hu; the second brother, Da Xiong; third brother, Ah Mang; and I'm the fourth, people refer to me as Brother Tan Si."
I nodded. "Welcome to my humble abode, Brother Tan Si."
"Ha ha, Miss Pretty. Please forgive us for our impunity. Please be magnanimous and let us go." Tan Si smiled until his eyes narrowed into slits.
