Chapter 2401: Pitiful Dog (1/1)

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1. He uses a polite term to address an old person here, but I can’t fit that into English. Grandpa? That would be so strange. Elder? Also out of place because it is normally used as a t.i.tle/position. He could be a.s.suming that Li Qiye is an older master, that’s why he’s using this address along with Senior. But then again, remember that in Chinese, people use roles and status to indicate respect and subservience, especially during begging. It doesn’t have to be literal. The main issue is that this can be interpreted in multiple ways, but there is no word in English that has the same effect. Any subst.i.tution would be jarring