Two bodyguards stood sentinel at every stall. In an instant, tables and chairs were wiped down, the ground disinfected, and elegant tablecloths laid out. “Mr. Li, all my friends say I’m strange,” a woman’s voice, so sugary it could make your bones melt, suddenly drifted over. “I don’t fight over designer bags or buy jewelry. I just love coming to street food alleys.” Chu Mian couldn’t help but loo