Tang Ye raised his hand and quickly said, "I have no ill intentions, do you understand Chinese?" Tang Ye spoke in Chinese, hoping the other party could understand him.
The man looked at Tang Ye with confusion, but seemed to relax after seeing him raise his hand. He made a few syllables towards Tang Ye. Sure enough, Tang Ye couldn't understand them.
Tang Ye shook his head. Seeing that the man didn't understand Chinese, he figured he'd have to try English...
After recalling for a moment in his mind, he asked the man in very broken English, "Can you speak Chinese?"
"Chinese?" The man was taken aback upon hearing Tang Ye's quite strange English, and uttered a few syllables again.
Tang Ye was familiar with these syllables and immediately nodded and said, "Right! Yes yes!"
The man shook his head and replied in English, "Sorry... I can't speak Chinese..."
