"You don't have to be so restrained. Although nominally your boss, we can still be friends in private. You don't need to be so restrained. Just be friends." I told them.

When I said that, they all relaxed and were no longer so constrained. Li Dong quickly moved a stool for me to sit down. Seeing how attentive he was, he knew he must have met with a problem. I looked at him and said, "If we have been friends for so long, you don't have to be so polite to me. Just tell me what you have to say. Let me see what kind of problems you are facing."...