Blue Sun Job: Part 2 Into the Lion’s Den

The Blue Sun Job series is a sequel to the Truthsome series (link is to Part I).
Plans and Schemes (link to Part 1).

Chinese:
No critical dialog using actual Chinese characters.
哎呀! = Ai ya! = damn!
鬼 = guay = hell
反义词 = mugou = bitch this one’s a mite dubious for accuracy of the characters--researched it off several different translation sites that didn’t entirely agree)
糟糕= tzao gao = oh sh*t

Inara exited from the dining area as gracefully, and quickly, as she could. 哎呀 Mal all to 鬼 for telling them she planned to leave Serenity. He could have at least warned her that he intended to, let her prepare. Poor dear Kaylee had been so broken-hearted. And she’d felt--Inara had to admit it--betrayed. Only Zoe hadn’t seemed surprised. Had Mal told her...? No. Their communication on such matters scarcely achieved the verbal level, yet Zoe must have read the tension between Inara and Mal since leaving the Heart of Gold and Nandi behind.

Soon she’d have to smooth things with Kaylee. The girl was so dear, so unlike Inara in every possible way, yet so accepting of her. Such a treasure Kaylee was. Would Simon ever realize that, Inara wondered. And would Kaylee ever realize that she and Simon, and their lives and backgrounds, were as different as, well... Inara’s and Mal’s.

Sweeping down the catwalk to her shuttle, Inara reflected on all the times and adventures she’d had on this strange little ship. From blood and gunfights to the smell of cattle that no amount of incense could eliminate. A luxury liner, Serenity was not, but b