"Tongtong, doesn't the name Gai Yu sound like a girl's name?" Gu Chun slightly disapproved of the name.
The name Gai Yu originally came from the character 'Yu', as the couple hoped their daughter would grow to be graceful and beautiful like jade, a symbol of beauty. So, when naming their daughter, this 'Yu' character was unanimously approved by them.
But now, they had a son, and the name Gai Yu still sounded like a girl's name no matter how it was perceived.
"Why not add the 'gold' radical to it—Gai Yu, with a jade-like character, sounds nice." Lian Tong was lazy about picking names, thinking that names are all the same anyway.
Gai Yu, such a nice-sounding name—why change it?
"You go ahead and choose. If it's not sounding nice, I don't want it." Lian Tong looked at him askance.
Gu Chun looked down at his sleeping son and thought: Son, I fought for you.
So, the name they chose for Lian Tong's child was decided to be 'Gai Yu.'
