He didn't come to clock in for work because he had nothing better to do, but rather Uncle Zhang had called him that morning.
Having not seen Uncle Zhang for a while, he bought some tea leaves on his way and whistled cheerfully as he arrived at the company.
Upon entering the company, he encountered his old colleague Ma Qiao.
Ma Qiao was chatting with a few colleagues and his eyes lit up when he saw Meng Lang come in.
"Yo! Look who we have here!" he said with a laugh as he walked over.
"You're quite something, you know, if you didn't show up soon, I'd almost have thought Su City had an extra missing person on their hands!"
He gave Meng Lang a once-over, "Hmm! You seem to be doing pretty well for yourself lately?"
"It's actually you who's been doing well," Meng Lang retorted, "Didn't I hear you've become a team leader? You're really cut out for this job!"
Meng Lang eyed Ma Qiao up and down, noticing that he had changed quite a bit, even wearing a suit now.