Jack recognized the words as Chinese, though he couldn't place them. And he figured they meant something like what they really meant.
He'd been to Singapore, after all. Which admittedly was not China, but... still. There was a smattering of Mandarin in the pirate's head.
He felt himself smile as Inara slid her arm through his. Lovely when women didn't smack him for that.
"And what were you looking for, love?" he asked, locks of dark, dark hair falling out from behind his ear and into his face. "When I happened upon you?"