Chapter 408 Let’s Call Him Ricardo
After Ange left, Lu Mingfei and the others still stayed in Caesar's presidential suite. It was rare to have a child around, so it would be a shame not to play with him.
Although Xia Mi had no interest in the little guy who couldn't even say such words and wasn't scared at all, she was in no hurry to leave when Lu Mingfei asked everyone to brainstorm and come up with a proper name for the key. She wanted to see what shocking names these geniuses could come up with.
Finger loved to join in the fun. With a roll of his eyes, he immediately threw out a suggestion, a smile on his face that seemed to be hoping for chaos: "How about calling Chen Sheng? Let's fire the first shot against the Chen family's tyranny."
"Excellent!" Lu Mingfei showed approval upon hearing this and raised his teacup to Finger: "Quoting from classics and using the past to illuminate the present, everything will become clear!"
Nuonuo's forehead instantly slid down several black lines, and she glared at them both unhappily: "According to your logic, do I have to change my name to Wu Guang to be worthy of my brother?"
Lu Mingfei was a typical person who enjoyed watching the fun and didn't mind getting involved. He nodded seriously: "If you think it's okay, it's not impossible."
"How about calling him Arthas?" Caesar said at the right time, diverting the attention of Nono, who was about to turn red. "Chinese people always name their children with some meaning. I don't understand these things very well. Why not give him an English name first?"
As he spoke, he reached out and took the key from Nuonuo's arms. The little guy didn't resist or get scared, but just stared at his sister's handsome and somewhat silly boyfriend with big eyes, watching him lift himself up high and recite in a deliberately low voice:
"My brother-in-law, on the day you were born, the entire forest of Taihang Mountain was whispering your name, Arthas..."
Seeing this, Fingle, the dramatic spirit, hurried to the kitchen to get a fruit knife and inserted it into the gap of the tea tray, saying that this was the legendary patricidal blade - Frostmourne, and urged Key to draw the sword.
Of course, Caesar would not really let Keyao pull out the fruit knife for fun. He just held it up high as a gesture. When he felt the mood was right, he carefully put it back next to Nono.
Nono has played World of Warcraft. Even if he hasn't, he knows the story of the legendary filial son Arthas. It's just that the sin carried by this name is a bit heavy and not suitable.
She touched the key lying on her lap and biting her finger, with a gentle expression: "His English name... let's call it Ricardo."
This was the English name she had given Lu Mingfei before, hoping that she could appear as a hero in the cinema to save Lu Mingfei from the dire situation, but unfortunately it was of no use at all, and she messed up the mission because of her own initiative.
Giving this name to Yao Jian at this moment is also a kind of hope, hoping that he can undergo earth-shaking changes like Lu Mingfei in the future.
Not to mention making him as strong as Lu Mingfei, but just wanting him to break free from the shackles of his bloodline and grow up healthy.
"David Ricardo, right?" Lu Mingfei was obviously unaware that this name had an unfinished connection with himself. He stroked his chin and looked the key up and down, his eyes filled with wonder.
"You know what, little brother does have the potential to be a garbage collector."
With his key bloodline and his uncanny ability to sneak into houses and pick locks, it would be a shame if he didn't become a garbage man.
If alchemy is to be vigorously developed in the future, the fifth element of the Nibelung will be needed. The key to the Nibelung, which can ignore the rules and force open the Nibelung, will be much more useful than Xia Mi before she completed the super evolution of the King of Earth and Mountain.
All I can say is that small shrimps are always outdone in unexpected places.
"What is garbage man?" Nuonuo was puzzled. At that time, Tuba was just in its infancy and not well-known, so she naturally didn't know about these things.
"Nothing." Lu Mingfei waved his hand listlessly, feeling a sense of loneliness rising from his chest. "I'd like to compliment you on your name. It's only one character different from the name of Hong Kong's richest man. It implies that he will be extremely wealthy and have a bright future."
Nuonuo felt that Lu Mingfei was hinting at something, but she had no evidence.
At this time, Eri, who was standing by, played with the tail of the Key Dinosaur suit and suggested, "How about calling Chen Guohan?"
This is the bald, round-faced, bearded character who wields the Meteor Hammer in King of Fighters. She thinks that if she gives him this name, maybe Key will grow tall and strong in the future.
"Well..." Nono looked at Eri's sparkling eyes, thought for a moment, and politely declined: "There's no rush for a Chinese name. I'll talk about it when I find a connection to register him."
The Chen family has many descendants, and all of them have the same father. If this matter were to become known, it would undoubtedly damage the glorious image of the world-renowned businessman who is the head of the Chen family.
Therefore, only the most favored children are qualified to be recognized openly.
Nono herself was the one who was lucky enough to be included in the household registration book, but Yaoji, due to a congenital defect, did not even have a formal name, and naturally had never been regarded as a "family member" by his nominal father.
"If you ask me, just call him Ricardo. It's a common name in China and the West, and it sounds normal. There's no need to make it too complicated." Finkel felt that there was no need to make things too complicated. Nono didn't like the Chen family anyway, and had always wanted to escape from the constraints of the family. Now that he had the opportunity to run away with his brother, why should he stick to a surname?
In response, Nuonuo just shook his head lightly: "Let's talk about it next time, he is sleepy."
Although Key has a powerful bloodline, when he does not use his spiritual power, his physiological needs and body functions are no different from those of an ordinary baby.
After being taken away from the manor by Lu Mingfei, he had been having a lot of fun. Now, lying in his sister's arms, he began to feel sleepy. He bit his fingers with his eyes half open, looking like he might fall asleep at any time.
"Hey, do you two have any opinions? Could you please share them?" Lu Mingfei saw the key preparing to go into sleep mode, and then he remembered that there were two people sitting next to him like wooden statues, not saying a word.
Xia Mi herself had a giant baby hidden in her head that would take ten years to hatch. She had no inspiration for a name, so she simply kicked the ball back:
"You're just commenting without offering any substantive suggestions."
Upon hearing this, Lu Mingfei grabbed Eiry's hand and said that she was his spokesperson and what she said was what he wanted to express.
Xia Mi rolled her eyes and nudged Chu Zihang: "This is my spokesperson, ask him."
Chu Zihang was still thinking about what Professor Mance and the others had just said about slaying the dragon. He was very suspicious that the dragon named Fenrir was his own... ahem, his childhood sweetheart's biological brother.
If that were the case, then the people at Kassel Academy would probably not be able to find the dragon even if they searched the entire capital city.
He also doubted whether Odin was behind the bounty posting in the Hunter Market.
After being prodded by Xia Mi, he finally came to his senses. Facing the gazes of the crowd, he remained calm and gave an extremely standard answer in his usual calm and steady tone:
"Respect the family's opinion."
As soon as these six short and official words came out, the atmosphere in the suite became a little colder, as if it had suddenly turned from a nursery into an operating room, and the doctor was urging the family to sign a risk notification form.
Seeing this, Finger quickly spoke up to break the strange silence: "So... where are Old Tang and the others? Aren't they back yet?"
"I don't know. Maybe I got dazzled by looking around outside." Lu Mingfei said casually.
Lao Tang and Long Ma Xun are both smart people, so there is no need to worry about anything happening if they are left outside. At most, Constantine, the oversized light bulb, may be a bit of a hindrance.
As for whether the Chen family will lose their minds and cause trouble for Old Tang and the others, and try to threaten the Dragon King to control Ming Fei, all we can say is that as long as the head of the Chen family is not blinded by greed, he will not seek his own death.
"So are you planning to keep this child by your side and take him back to Kassel?" Looking at Key, who had fallen asleep with his eyes closed and holding Nono's fingers, Finkel asked a very realistic question.
Although many people in foreign countries send their children to school after giving birth, it is an ordinary school after all. Kassel College is a dragon-slaying university, or Angers' dragon-slaying arsenal, purely for the purpose of creating elite dragon-slaying warriors.
Even if the principal agreed to let Nono bring the baby to school, the ambitious people on the board of directors would not agree. After all, the existence of the key is too special and anyone who sees it will covet it.
Nuonuo has also thought about this problem. Although the Chen family is still safe and sound now, she knows very well that their peaceful days are already entering the countdown.
Originally, Lu Mingfei's purpose in coming here was to target the Chen family, but they took the initiative to provoke the other party, simply because they were afraid that they would not die quickly enough.
The Chen family is one of the few mixed-race families in the country. No one dares to covet the key because it is protected by the Chen family. If the secret party wants to use him, they also need to exchange some benefits.
If there was no stupid and conspiratorial board of directors who held things back, Nono might be able to keep his brother with him without worry, and even ask Professor Guderian and Professor Manstein to help take care of him when it was inconvenient.
But she could see from Caesar's disdain for his family in his spare time how ruthless the means a family like Gattuso would use to achieve their goals.
Unless they can ask Principal Angers or Vice-Principal Flamel to personally protect the children, they will always find ways to get the key.
Even if they cannot fully control the situation, they will never give up drawing a few tubes of precious blood samples in case of emergency.
But this is not a big deal. With the relationship with Eiry, she can get Lu Mingfei's protection as long as she maintains their relationship well.
Although this guy has a sharp tongue, his strength and influence are indeed unfathomable. Caesar also mentioned that Lu Mingfei has close contacts with many mixed-race families in the country, and it is very likely that he will occupy an important position in the Eastern mixed-race circle in the future.
Although the profiling failed on him at first, people thought he was a hopeless person and thought the principal might have made a mistake.
The result was beyond her expectation. Lu Mingfei was not just a wolf in sheep's clothing. He was a General of Tiance in the guise of Prince Anle. Not only was he talented and powerful, but his feelings for his parents were not as deep as she had imagined.
But looking back now, he really values friendship and loyalty. Apart from anything else, all the people who met him and maintained friendly relations with him along the way, under his influence or help, successfully avoided the misfortune that might have befallen them.
Even she herself gained a rare opportunity to completely break free from the shackles of her family.
She had noticed from the beginning that the way Lu Mingfei looked at the key was no different from the way he looked at an ordinary child, full of natural tolerance, which was completely different from the way the Chen family looked at a "rare prop".
The power behind him was so deeply hidden that even Kassel Academy was unable to uncover it. However, it was certain that Lu Mingfei held a very high position in the power. As long as he made it clear that this was the person he was protecting, then she and Yaoshi would no longer have to worry about falling into the dangerous situation of being surrounded by wolves within the secret party if they chose to join.
It would be easy to be targeted if she went abroad to study with the key, so she could just return to China to study. It didn't matter if she didn't attend Kassel College.
If Ye Sheng and Jiude Aki were here and heard Nono's thoughts, they would probably give her a thumbs up from the bottom of their hearts and warmly welcome her to join.
As for Finkel, the gambler who had bet on both sides and finally chose to go all in on Lu Mingfei, he might nod in approval, saying that she had made an extremely wise choice, and would package the information he knew and sell it to her at a very friendly price.
But before she could speak, she heard Caesar's powerful voice beside her:
"That's easy. As long as we kill Fenrir and get his dragon bone, the principal will naturally help to block the pressure."
If it was just for the sake of his status as the young master of the Gattuso family, he might not be able to calm the situation, but considering his impressive record of killing the Dragon King, both Angers and the Gattuso family would acquiesce to Nono's decision to raise the key.
As long as the Gattuso family does not take the lead in causing trouble, it is equivalent to their statement. Others will also be afraid of Caesar and the Gattuso family behind him, as well as Angers who protects his own children, and dare not act rashly.
Therefore, for him, this action is not just a battle to slay the dragon to prove his personal ability, but also to protect Nono and her brother.
Caesar's eyes lit up with fighting spirit.
Upon hearing this, Nuonuo opened her mouth, but the words she wanted to say paused for a moment and she didn't say them in the end.
But never mind, what he said makes sense.
Just think of it as giving him some face, and don't say anything that would make other people look good.
But having said that, she still did not forget to look at Lu Mingfei, and nodded at the key, indicating that since she was determined to stand on his side as a guide, and he had snatched the key away, she could not just sit back and do nothing, but also arrange a way out for them.
Lu Mingfei understood and nodded to indicate that these were minor issues.
But there is still a big problem. Your boyfriend said in front of Fenrir's sister that he wanted to kill him and even use his dragon bones to bribe Ange. Isn't he a little tired of living?
Chu Zihang also had the same idea. He looked at Xia Mi sideways and found that although she still looked like a smiling girl next door, the smile in her eyes seemed to say, "You'd better not be alone, otherwise I promise to put you in a sack and let you know how dangerous society is."
However, she concealed it very well, and just praised Caesar's courage and responsibility like an innocent junior. She quickly made an excuse to go home to get something, and pulled Chu Zihang away first.
Before leaving, I borrowed Finkel's camera, saying I wanted to take some pictures of the scenery.
Well, it’s a magnificent scene, one that will even be recorded in the history of mixed-race people.
(End of this chapter)
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