a lot of French male names are actually spelled the same as female names in English. ie Ashley, Jean, Michelle, Jaquie, etc. you'll get used to it after a while.
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then his partner Hu Tie Hua, or other characters created by Gulong: Lu xiao feng. Gu Long perticularly has the tendency to name his leading male characters with female names.