Chapter 39: The Name in the Ledger

The dai pai dong was a greasy, glorious temple of smoke and sizzle, tucked between a shuttered hardware store and a shop selling funeral paper goods. Siu-Bak ordered a bowl of wonton noodles with extra chili oil, and the old woman running the stall didn't even blink at the cat sitting on the stool beside him. She just slid a saucer of fish scraps across the counter, and Scratcher accepted it with...