Beyond The Heavenly Kingdom: Sequel to Tienkuo: The Heavenly Kingdom (Sino-American Tales Book 2) by Li Bo

Author:Li Bo [Bo, Li]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2017-05-04T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 46

A Warning from a Friend

The lawyer Mr. Shane had been right. Within weeks buyers had been found, buyers well off enough to purchase the house with cash. Meanwhile he and Black Jade were awaiting a check from the new owner’s bank and starting to plan their return to Rockport. Things really did seem to be going smoothly, Jason thought to himself as he sat in the unusually comfortable wicker chair he’d positioned on the porch, casually watching the slow-meandering way the local postman moved down the street toward the house.

It had become something of a ritual for him of late—spending his days writing in the parlor and then sitting on the porch awaiting the mail. There was almost always something interesting in the pile the fellow, Jason thought his name was Andrew, dropped off.

Jason especially liked getting feedback from readers, from those who occasionally wrote from China and more often lately Americans who had seen his more and more frequent pieces in East Coast newspapers. From China usually came the more positive comments, sometimes from readers who claimed to have met him at some point in Hong Kong or Shanghai. However, the letters from the United States were quite different. More often than not, they were more negative, and those from the West Coast particularly so.

Overall, while he seemed to have developed something of a following for his usual topic, China and things Chinese, most of those who actually wrote, seemed to feel obligated to correct his supposedly obvious pro-Chinese biases. Some even claimed to have spent a few weeks in China or working alongside Chinese in America and wanted Jason to understand the true, usually sinister nature of the people from the Middle Kingdom. Some days the mail was so heavy that Jason found himself creating three piles, one for those from China, usually positive, and those from the American West Coast, with their vicious certainty. The East Coast letters genuinely from Boston or New York tended to be less easy to categorize. Once that was done, he’d often pull some of the best or at least most interesting to share with Black Jade, though he never showed her those that included threats.

But today was different. He’d been very anxious about the mail lately. He knew he was about to have the money from the house, and Russell Sage who usually was so prompt in correspondence had been quiet lately. That in Jason’s experience was somewhat unusual. Jason’s last report had been sent off weeks before. Yet he’d heard nothing from Sage, either about his update on Chinese railroad development activities or the request for advice on investing the house money.

It seemed like forever but finally, Andrew showed up—at least Jason thought it was Andrew. They had chatted far too many times to ask him again what his name was.

“So, Young Mr. Brandt, I hear you and the misses will be going back to Rockport soon, or will it be China again what with the house money?” the fellow asked brightly as he dug into his satchel.

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