After weighing the pros and cons, the middle-aged man glared unwillingly at the child, "This time I'll let you off, but if you dare to steal again, I'll risk going to prison just to beat you to death first."
The child shrank his neck and hid behind Mo Yan, poking his little head out to say, "A man's word is his bond, if I say I won't steal from your house, I definitely won't."
The middle-aged man glared at him hatefully and stomped away, fuming.
Mo Yan yanked the child out, "Why do you keep stealing steamed buns from his house? Don't you know how easily you could get caught?"
Oh, that sounded wrong. If not stealing from the middle-aged man's house, does that mean it's okay to steal from someone else's?