It's so silly, but the young man seems so serious about it, so Wen Ning just continues to smile at him. He imagines if he was someone else, possibly We Wuxian, he might continue to call him Mr. Alleyne just for the sake of friendly teasing. But that's not how he is.

He nods his head. "David, then." It twists around his tongue a bit weird, but he'll get used to it. It's almost as if there's a letter or a sound in the middle of the name that his language doesn't have. It's not his first time hearing it here.