Godanwei was frightened and shouted, "Stop beating us! Stop!"
The young men howled even louder, and begged for mercy in their weak Chinese and English,
"I quit, I quit!"
"Help me!"
"Please, no!"
Li Du snapped his fingers, and Brother Wolf and the others stashed away the belts and took the machetes and other weapons away from the young men. Li Du said to Godanwei, "Do these people know the situation in Hpakant?"
Godanwei shook his head. "I don't know. They are the local gangsters."
Li Du said, "Ask them to get lost. If I meet them again, I'll break their legs."
Godanwei went to a young man and said a few words, and the youths ran away like dogs with their tails between their legs.
Once they were on their way again, Godanwei became as obedient as a puppy.
