She seemed to just now notice the extra person beside her.
She looked him over with some confusion: "Old Li, this is...."
"My apprentice, named...."
Old Li seemed a bit dazed and turned to ask Luo Men: "What's your name again?"
Luo Men paused, concealing the emotions in his eyes, and replied enthusiastically without his usual aloofness: "Luo Men, the Luo meaning 'all-encompassing,' and the Men as in 'door.' This name was given by my Master, who said it means to open a new era."
Old Li paused, stroking his chin: "Really? Am I that cultured?"
A grandma named Shi Yun nearby laughed and scolded: "I told you you're getting senile, but you wouldn't listen. Tell me, when did you secretly take in an apprentice? And what skills does an old fisherman like you have to teach someone? You can only catch one fish a day."
