[ hua cheng shrugs. he understands her, at least intellectually: for someone gentle, it can't feel good to know that in the pursuit of your own goals, you've inadvertently allowed others to become collateral damage. but hua cheng is not gentle, and he's also allowed others to become collateral damage as he chases after his own ends, so he can't hold it against nami for a second.

she changes the subject, though, and quickly enough that hua cheng takes it to mean that the previous topic has drawn to a close. just as well—far be it from him to pull open old wounds still healing. ]

Gongzi, if you wanted to be formal. It means "young master." [ and the idea of being called gongzi seriously makes hua cheng laugh. ] I'm also called chengzu by the denizens of Ghost City—it means "city master." And by those who live near gege's shrine, I'm called xiao hua, "little flower."