The Kind Goddess

"He's joking, right?" demanded Liu Yu Zeng as he pulled up to Wang Chao and took off his helmet. "You are joking, right?"

 

"I don't know who you are, but this is our territory. And no one goes anywhere without paying their dues," said the man holding the gun. 

 

"See, I told you! Taxes are nothing but robbery!" joked Liu Yu Zeng as he turned to look at the rest of the guys.

 

"I suggest that you put that gun down and walk away before you can't walk anymore," suggested Wang Chao, taking off his helmet. 

 

I watched as the man shifted his weight, and at least twenty other men poured out of the forest and surrounded us. I huffed in disappointment. Clearly, there were still too many humans around if we ran into this many after just a few hours of driving.