"I..." Searcy said angrily, "It was the coachman's mother who asked me. She said that people don't know how to address me."
"Hmm...??"
"Look at you, people can call you Jin Gushi, what should they call me?"
That's awkward!
It's indeed a habit of ancient times. Not to mention commoners, even the Empress Dowager would have her husband's surname added to her own, and no one called married women by their names.
"Why don't... you still use the surname Lu?"
"Humph..." Searcy snorted coldly and said sharply, "Wouldn't that be just what they want?"
"Then just ignore them?"
"Then what surname should I use?"
"Why not use mine?"
Searcy angrily threw a handful of stones into the pond and shouted, "Wishful thinking!"
Gu Youyou laughed and said, "Then you can be called Gai Seshi?"
"What kind of surname is that? Are you intentionally teasing me?"
Searcy stood up and strode towards the inner courtyard.
