Tintin has extricated himself from Shanghai and is interested in solving their mystery!
But also in making more acquaintances, acquaintances are a positive good. And he never introduced himself to the other inexplicable Westerner - ah, there she is!
"Hello!" he says to her in lightly Singapore-accented Mandarin. "I am Tintin - Corentin Saint-Martin is my name in the Western style. I am from Singapore; yourself?"