Upon hearing this, Su Shirong looked utterly astonished, unable to suppress an exclamation: "Ah!"
Qian Xing, however, remained unperturbed. With a faint smile, he explained, "You needn't be so constrained by formalities. You can continue to call me by my name, just as you always have. After all, our relationship is different from the others; we can each just stick to our own way of addressing one another." Perhaps because he had been treated like an elder since childhood, he had grown accustomed to the identity over time.
Su Shikuan couldn't help but lament, "Actually, you aren't the most awkward one. The truly difficult one to accept is your Fifth Brother. We’ve always addressed him as 'Fifth Brother Qian' back in Yuzhou; it’s become second nature. Now, I suppose we’ll have to change it to 'Fifth Uncle Qian'..."
Chapter 162