"Consultant Xia, over here."
After they entered the lobby of the Special Department's office building and waited briefly, Zhang Qun from the Special Operations Team came around a corner in the corridor, waving to Xia Xu from a distance.
"I'm not a consultant this time. I'm just here to tag along."
Xia Xu walked over with a smile.
He had already become very familiar with Zhang Qun and the others back in De City, so he felt no need to stand on ceremony. He looked around as he followed Zhang Qun farther inside.
The Special Department's Star City base was not actually all that special. It looked like an ordinary government office building, with a public service lobby on the ground floor and offices and the like elsewhere. It was not very tall, either, only about three or four stories.
"Oh, isn't this Consultant Xia? Brother Qun, why have you invited Consultant Xia over again? Another major incident?"
"Hello, Consultant Xia."
"Consultant Xia, is this your girlfriend? Wait, could she be Team Leader Luo's girl?"
The office building was fairly quiet, but as they followed Zhang Qun past the offices and functional rooms, they happened to run into several Special Operations Team members, who all greeted him familiarly.
"Oh, get out of here. How old is your Team Leader Luo's daughter? Don't tell me you're the ones with designs on her. Careful, or I'll report you."
Caught between laughter and exasperation at their teasing, Xia Xu jokingly scolded them.
Louise was only a little girl. She had not even finished elementary school. How could she possibly look like Tang Youxin?
"Please don't. We're only joking."
The men laughed and pleaded for mercy. They had kept walking as they talked, and soon passed one another.
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