Chapter 1866

Camilla shouted, "Perseus, the food is ready! Everyone's waiting for you!" "I'm coming!" After throwing one last glare at Phanes, Perseus quickly left the room. When he sat down at the table, he offered a small white lie to cover up the delay. "Sorry about that. I had a work call just now. I didn't mean to keep everyone waiting." Hearing that, Karen immediately placed a large drumstick on his plate. "Perseus, you work too hard! You can't even relax on New Year's?" Chandler chimed in, "That's right! Young people these days are overworked. Back in our time, we got off on schedule. Overtime was rare." Karen shot him a glare. "Oh, please! If you had even a fraction of Perseus' ability, you'd have at least made section chief! Camilla and I are so unlucky to be stuck with you! "All you ever did at work was drink coffee and read the newspaper. When things got busy, you'd scribble up two drafts for your boss and call it a day. What else did you even do? "You worked in the government f