"There's a woman in my room. It's not convenient." Li Long felt steadier once he had his gun. "Rest outside the door. It's April now, so it isn't that cold out. Make do for one night."
"Brother, please have a heart. I'm not just cold, I'm hungry too. Could you get me something to eat? I found some deer antlers. How about I trade you an antler?"
"We don't have much food either." Seeing how determined the man was to make him open the door, Li Long knew there was more to the people outside than met the eye. "Grain's hard to come by in the mountains, and it's the middle of the night. Let's talk tomorrow."
Li Long hoped they would back off, but to be safe, he slowly released the safety and chambered a round.
The cabin door was fairly sturdy, but if the people outside were determined to get in, the double-bolted lock inside would not stop them.
The reason Li Long had noticed something wrong was that he had heard at least two people outside, yet when he asked, the man claimed to be alone.
There was definitely something wrong here!
"Brother, please have a heart and open the door. It's freezing outside! I'm not asking for much. Just unlock the room next door and let us stay there for the night. Don't worry, I absolutely won't take your things. I'll leave at first light, all right?"
"Then just smash the lock and go in." Li Long's eyes shifted as he tested them. "I'm scared too, this late at night. We'll do without the lock. There's just a bunch of odds and ends in there, nothing valuable..."
"No, no, no. How could we do that? It wouldn't be right to smash your lock. A new one