"What's the problem with someone like me?" Xue Yang, after starting the sentence out offended, changed his mind halfway through and sounded more curious. "What do I have to do to be looked at kindly by your associates? I'm handsome enough."

He was very sure of that. He never really doubted his looks, they didn't fail him. "Is that why you're not taking kindly? Because I'm someone like me."

He hummed thoughtfully, shaking his head. "That won't do, will it? Tell me what your problem is. What's so bad about someone like me, gongzi?"