"And when I told him that it would only embarrass them, maybe even irk them, Hui told me that one shouldn't be embarrassed to accept their mistakes," Eric shook his head in exasperation.
"Can you believe the man? I spent the next ten minutes extracting a promise out of him to not bring this topic up in front of them," he said.
Jia Li was laughing by the time Eric finished with his narrative, peppered with exaggerated facial expressions.
"Are you sure you didn't want to be an actor instead of a corporate slave? I see bright future for you in that arena," she told him, laughingly.
He looked at her in surprise. Hui had said the exact same words to him an hour ago. But he was prevented from saying it out loud. The clients had arrived. Jia Li went ahead and welcomed the two gentlemen who descended from the car. Speaking with them rapidly in Mandarin, she introduced Eric and ushered them in.
