Chapter 289 - Such a Poetic Name... (2/2)
To this man, although all he did was call out to Zhang Che from afar, in Zhang Che’s perspective, this man had truly saved his life!
“You’re too polite, Brother Zhang!” the man smiled, “My name is Luo Wenjun, the same Luo as the one in Luoyang city. If you don’t mind, you can call me Brother Luo-”
Finishing up, he looked at the strange expression on Zhang Che. He couldn’t help but show signs of embarrassment on his crude face, explaining, “Haha, this… my family was without a girl. My mother named me when she was still carrying me, and nearly died from anger when she gave birth to me. She couldn’t even be bothered to change my name then. I feel like crying just talking about it; it’s fine to have this name if I was born a fair-skinned, good looking boy, but my looks grew rougher and rougher, and turned into what you see now in the end…”¹
Zhang Che suppressed his urge to laugh forcibly, then waved his hand and said, “Well, a name is just that, a name. Actually, it doesn’t matter what you’re called. In fact, in my opinion, someone as warmhearted and virtuous as Brother Luo is fully worthy of being called Wenjun!”
“Hahahaha!” Luo Wenjun laughed out cheerfully. He pointed at Zhang Che, saying, “Brother Zhang’s words are so flattering, but I love hearing it. Since my appearance started to change in my teens, everyone who knew me said that it’s weird to put a crude-looking person like me and such a poetic name together. Pei! What do they know?! I sure am befriending you, Brother Zhang!”
Luo Wenjun had probably never heard of anyone saying that his name suited him since his appearance started maturing roughly. Meeting Zhang Che made him feel like he had just met a long lost brother.
“Alright, we’re brothers from now on!” Zhang Che said, extending his palm out to high five Luo Wenjun. Afterwards, he turned his head and looked at the two silent middle-aged men beside Luo Wenjun all this while, asking, “Right, I haven’t had the opportunity to ask these two brothers’ names.”
“Luo Da,” the man on the left with a slim, long face said, nodding.
“Luo Er,” the man on the right with a wide, flat face nodded at the same time.
-Why don’t you call yourselves Xiong Da and Xiong Er!-²
Zhang Che understood the situation now; they should be the bodyguards assigned to Luo Wenjun by his family.
Although this guy’s appearance was as crude as Zhang Fei, his family background was definitely not simple!³
To be able to arrange for three people to enter the secret plane, no matter their prestige, or the amount of resources needed to gather three different people, it was definitely not something middle or small-sized families could do!
Regrettably, Zhang Che didn’t have a good understanding of the influential families. He had no idea who the Luo family was.
He didn’t waste time thinking about it, either. After greeting Luo Da and Luo Er with a nod, Zhang Che looked back to Luo Wenjun and said, “Brother Luo, the sky is about to turn dark. Why don’t we find a place, cook these wild beasts and have a good meal together?”
As he spoke, he pointed to the four frozen corpses held in the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon’s claws.
This time, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon acted very appropriately when he made his move. Although the four wild beasts seemed to be frozen into ice blocks, it didn’t affect the meat.
However, after Zhang Che made the suggestion, he saw a bitter smile on Luo Wenjun’s face.
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Translator’s Note
1: Wenjun(文君), Wen means cultured, and Jun means gentleman. However, it is gender neutral when it is used in a name.
2: Luo Da and Luo Er means Luo Big (Or in this case, Eldest) and Luo Two. Xiong means bear; Xiong Da and Xiong Er are the names of two bears in a Chinese animated cartoon, the Boonie Bears.
3: Zhang Fei is a military general who served under Liu Bei during the Three Kingdoms era. He is said to have had an uncouth appearance.