The Quest for the Black QipaoChapter 6 Chinatown
As Bernard was half-dragged from the rickshaw by Liu Wei, he found himself on the pavement outside a brightly painted shop front which declared itself “The Sunrise Tea Parlour.”. Smartly dressed business women hurried in from the street and out again clutching paper cups of their preferred infusion as they set off for their work. None took the slightest notice of Bernard as he was hustled towards a side door. Behind the door, a flight of stairs led up to a corridor and then on to a small...