Hearing that name, Schiller widened his eyes in surprise, but he did not show it. He merely gave the youth another discreet appraisal.
This Chinese youth stood a little over six feet tall and had a healthy build, but unlike many Westerners, he had not trained himself into a hulking mass. He was still rather lean, though the muscles in his forearms showed he had exercised extensively.
His features were not entirely Asian either. He looked more mixed-race, with black hair and pupils, though his brow ridge and nose bridge were higher, and there were some Caucasian traits around his eyes and brows.
More importantly, Schiller noticed that he did not resemble a Chinese person who had lived in the United States for long. Because of the cultural differences between East and West, Easterners and Westerners understood facial expressions very differently.
For Easterners, a smile was usually just a slight smile: lips closed, corners of the mouth raised, perhaps showing a little teeth now and then.
But for Westerners, a smile had to show teeth, preferably even gums, with the corners of the mouth raised high. It was more like the exaggerated expression of a cartoon.
This became even more obvious in group photos. American-born Asians and international students might look similar, but their demeanor and expressions were completely different. Sometimes, one could distinguish the two groups from a photograph alone.
If the youth before him was Shang-Chi, then he should have been a Chinese American, or at least someone who had lived here for many years.
Yet this youth looked and acted like an international student who had only recently arrived. He lacked that excessive, almost artificial American enthusiasm. Instead, he seemed reserved, even shy.
More importantly, Schiller clearly remembered that Shang-Chi was a kung fu master. Natasha had