Chapter 1289: Qin Gouzi

Shi Xiaoya did not walk the red carpet. She immediately went to the venue and found Cris. “Qin Gouzi!”

Shi Xiaoya called out as she walked over.

Cris flared up immediately and wanted to cover Shi Xiaoya’s mouth.

Shi Xiaoya immediately avoided him and shielded her face. “I already put on makeup, don’t mess it up!”

“Then why did you call my nickname?!” Cris clenched his teeth in anger. “We already agreed on it. When we are outside, you’re not allowed to call me by my nickname.”

“Isn’t there no one here?” Shi Xiaoya said. “Alright, alright. I won’t call you that anymore.”

Cris was an English name he gave himself. He felt that he should be a little more fashionable as a designer, just like how hairstylists call themselves “Tony.”

More importantly, his Chinese name that was given by his parents was seriously too ridiculous. His name was Qin Zigou.

His actual name was Qin Zigou and his nickname was Qin Gouzi.

Cris really wanted to snort at his parents.

Cris’ background was not simple either. He came from the Qin Family, which was one of the eight great families. To make it sound even more impressive, he was the descendant of that first Emperor.

Cris’ generation had to take the character “Zi” in their names.

When he was born, before his real name had been fixed, his parents first thought of his nickname.

According to his father, they had a husky at home. That husky was the father of the small husky they had now.

Of course, that one had already died from old age.

However, when he was born, that old husky was still around.

Cris’ mother, Madam Qin, would carry the old husky around and call him “dear dog”¹. For example, she would say, “You are really my dear dog!”

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Not long after Cris was born, Madam Qin was still in her confinement period.

The old husky came to keep her company and seemed as if he was looking after the baby, carefully sniffing the newborn Cris, afraid that he would hurt the baby and appearing really protective of him.

Madam Qin was extremely touched by this and stroked the old husky’s head as she said sentimentally, “You’re really my dear dog.”

Yet when she said that, Madam Qin suddenly had an idea. “Dear dog, Qin Gouzi, this sounds pretty good!”

Mr. Qin: “…”

“The old husky is getting old. He will surely pass away soon. Why don’t we name our son Qin Gouzi? We can still leave a memory of the old husky then.”

Mr. Qin: “…”

“Our son will blame you for this,” Mr. Qin said.

“It’s no big deal. It’s just a nickname, it won’t get out. It’s just our family who will call him that. Anyway, Gouzi, Gouzi, sounds so nice. A cheap name has an easy life and won’t meet with sickness or disaster,” Madam Qin said.

Mr. Qin wanted to say that this child was born to the Qin Family, so even if there was any illness or disaster, he would not need to worry about it.

However, Mr. Qin, who loved his wife as much as his life, named his son Qin Gouzi.

Before his son turned one week old, they needed to confirm his real name.

Old Master Qin thought long and hard, but he could not come up with a suitable name.

Madam Qin suddenly had an idea and said, “Why don’t we name him Qin Zigou?”

The Old Master Qin heard it and said, “Not bad, not bad. Gou¹ has ‘grass’ and ‘sincerity.’ Let’s name him Qin Zigou, then.”

At that time, Old Master Qin still did not know that Madam Qin simply flipped the sequence of Qin Gouzi around to make it Qin Zigou.

When the Old Master finally learned the truth, the name Qin Zigou had already been listed on their genealogy records, so they could not change it even if they wanted to.

Ever since then, the Old Master did not dare to leave the power of naming children to Cris’ parents.

His mother was unreliable in coming up with names, yet his father had to indulge his mother and acted as if whatever she said was right.

Cris was unfortunately implicated in this. The rest of his siblings all had their names given by the Old Master, and it all sounded pretty nice.

This was also the reason why Cris insisted on using this name when he came to make it out on his own. He seriously did not want anyone to know of his real name and nickname.