The cat scratching the sofa suddenly had a glint of shrewdness in her clear yet foolish eyes. Then she thought:
Your name is Zhang Si? That's your name in the real world? Why do I find that so hard to believe?
It's so slapdash, like an NPC's name. No literate parents with any hopes for their kid would choose a name like that. Are you lying to me?
Or are your parents called Zhang San and Li Si? Hahahahaha.
If not, do you have an older brother called Zhang San?
The cat's shrewd look had nowhere to hide from Richie's mind reading. He could tell that, despite her little flashes of cleverness, she was actually innocent and adorable.
Still, her words stirred up his memories of the real world.
Real life, for Richie... Forget it. There had been more suffering than happiness back there. Why dwell on the sadness of the past?
Better to cherish the present and enjoy life while he could!
Richie curled his lips into something between a smile and a smirk, folded his arms, and sat cross-legged on the sofa.
"Believe it or not, my name really is Zhang Si! I live in Room 201, Unit Three, Star Community, Heze, Shandong. I'm in Class Thirty-Eight, Grade Three at Star Elementary School. (This address is fictional. Please don't take it seriously!!!)
"I've told you my real information now, so can you tell me your name?
"I need to give you a name, and I don't want to choose one at random. Ideally, it should be the same as your name in the real world. That'll make it easier for us to communicate, and it'll sound familiar to you, too.
"After all, you wouldn't want me calling you some weird name every day, would you?"
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