As soon as I heard that, my blood boiled in anger. “Is this guy crazy? We just saved his life, and instead of thanking us, he wants to cause trouble?” 

“Mr. Zhang, how should I answer him?” asked Xiao Gao. 

“Tell him what I just said!” I fumed.

“I don’t think that’s a good idea…”

Saito rolled his eyes and waited for our answer. It seemed there wasn’t a single member of the underworld that was nice. 

Xiao Gao spoke a few Japanese phrases. Saito calmed down, nodding repeatedly. For every nod, he said “Yoshi.” 

“What did you tell him?” I asked. 

“I agreed with him on behalf of you guys.” Xiao Gao forced a smile. 

“What the heck?” 

“It’s just to buy time. We should get out of here first.” Xiao Gao signaled to me by blinking. For the time being, it was all we could do. I had to give the other...