"Thank you for saving me. My name is Ma Bi. May I know how to address you?"
After being saved by Zhang San, the scholar thanked him immediately upon stopping.
When Zhang San heard the other's name, he was momentarily stunned and asked, "Your name is... Ma... Bi?"
"Ma Bi."
"'Ma' as in 'steed' and 'Bi' as in 'brush.' It is said that when I was born, I cried incessantly. Later, upon seeing a brush in the house, I stopped crying. Hence, my family believed I held the potential for scholarship and named me 'Bi.'"
Zhang San then understood the ingenuity behind the other's name.
"How may I address you, benefactor?"
Zhang San smiled and waved his hand, saying, "A name is merely a label, much like you are called Ma Bi. You may be called Ma Bi, and I can be called Ma Bi too, right? Similarly, you can call me Zhang San, and I can call myself Zhang San."
