"Boss, you're here! It's been a few days, and you've gotten even more handsome."
As soon as Xia Xu arrived at the Nine Suns Consulting Company, He Qing abandoned his usual manner and greeted him with a shamelessly ingratiating smile.
"Do you have to be such a bootlicker?"
Yang Bowen gave him a disdainful look, rummaged through the counter beside him for a few things, then followed him outside.
"Hello, Boss. Thanks for all your hard work, Boss. Hello, Brother Dog. Are you hungry, Brother Dog? I specially prepared some premium dog food for you. If you prefer meat, I've got some braised beef here too..."
"Damn it, Old Yang, have you no shame? You're even sucking up to a dog! You're the literal dog-licker here, and you still have the nerve to call me a bootlicker when you're even worse?"
"What the hell do you know? Is Brother Dog an ordinary dog? Watch what you say!"
"This is the owner of Nine Suns Consulting?"
While this little episode played out outside the shop, Zhang Qun and the other two inside began muttering among themselves.
They had already had doubts about this little consulting company, and seeing Xia Xu only made those doubts worse.
They would have believed it if someone told them this young man was a high school student. What kind of expert could he be? An expert at video games?
"Why worry about all that? Team Leader Luo told us to bring him, so that's what we'll do. It's not like you're paying."
Zhang Qun cut off his two comrades' muttering with a blunt warning, then fell silent himself.
He knew a little more than his two comrades did.
He had not forgotten the warm smile on Team Leader Luo's face when he mentioned this young