Human of Hong Kong

I am still deeply touched by a little story encountered yesterday, just want to record it down when my memory is still fresh.

I was in charge of a trade fair and hired a few temporary staff as promoters. The 4 girls I hired are all post-90s (90 後), a group that may be labelled by the general public.  Soon, I found that one girl was quite quiet and not too proactive in asking the buyers to visit to our booth. But one little thing she did really touched me, and it makes me understand everyone has their strength to shine.

An old man came to our booth and approached the girl. He started talking to the girl about his inventions, which I guessed this from his gesture. First for 10 minutes, then for another 10 minutes. He kept talking and the girl could only smile, listen and nod. I noticed that and wanted to help the girl. So I came near the girl and asked if she needed a toilet break.

She rejected my offer.

While I was wondering why she could not get the hidden purpose of my offer, another 25 minutes passed and finally the old man had finished all he wanted to share and left the booth. So I asked the girl, what is his invention about?

The girl said she did not know.

The old man was speaking in a Chinese dialect and I thought the girl understand. The girl said she could not understand even one single word he spoke, but she just wanted to be there and let the old man know that someone is listening his story.

As an extremely inpatient person, you don't know how touched I felt when I heard her response. The girl is younger than me but she really got the characteristics I appreciate. J