Thank you for your understanding. I promise to be a good student.

[Li blinks at her, luminous red eyes completely lacking in comprehension. The idea someone wouldn't want a title never occurred to her.]

It's Mandarin. You put xiǎojiě after someone's last name when they're a woman you respect. Ah, but if you don't want that, I can just call you by your given name, I guess. It's whatever you want.

[Assertiveness, socially, is not her strong suit.]