He was nervous, and the words he had intended to say got mixed up. He wanted to express the same wish as Eunuch Liu, asking Master Lian to call him Little Doggie. But by the time he reached the last sentence, which originally was "please, Master Lian, call me by my name," he realized it was inappropriate and awkwardly twisted his words, completely changing the meaning.
A bolt of lightning struck through Eunuch Liu's mind. Good little Doggie, he was on the right track, not a waste to have brought him along. Why hadn't he thought of asking for a name first himself? It would have been so much better!
"Ah, you want me to rename you?" Lian Hua was somewhat baffled. She had just met the person, and he was already asking her to bestow a name?
