A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

The thin man smiled as if he had expected Darren's answer. "Important people are not valued in your company but replaced by incompetent ones. I think that's funny and very wrong."

After a pause, he continued, "I'm with another company now, Mr. Xu, a company that values me. I'm sorry, but I reject your offer."

As soon as he finished speaking, the thin man lounged on the sofa, sipped his tea, and started watching TV.

The intention of his words was very clear.

The bald man did not say anything, but he did not openly object to what the thin man said.

It seemed that the two of them shared the same view.

The room fell silent. Only the sound from the TV could be heard.

Darren cleared his throat and said, "Very well."

He stood up and bid the two men goodbye. He then stepped out of the room with Harlan following suit.

The moment Darren closed the door, his knees buckled. He staggered and almost fell down. Harlan caught him and helped him lean against the wall.

"I've made an appointment with someone else. It's in an hour," Harlan said.

"Good. Let's go," Darren replied. Then he sighed and added, "They're right. There's something wrong with the company's management. But we can't give up as long as there's still a chance."

Darren waved his hand, indicating that he could stand without assistance.

He closed his eyes and kept leaning against the wall. No one knew what he was thinking.

Harlan looked at him and said nothing.

A few seconds later, Darren opened his eyes. They looked clear now and hopeful.

"Come on," Darren said, patting Harlan on the shoulder.

It was rare for him to have someone to accompany him.

disappoint his trusted

had made an appointment with three other people. To Darren's dismay, they all refused his offer.

had agreed

Darren attended unsuccessful meetings one after another. By the last one, Darren had descended into a very bad mood,

daring

appointment with a few former employees that used to comprise the backbone of the company, but none of them accepted

the situation, squatted on the ground and ran his fingers through his hair

mind. He and his company were like a single wooden boat floating aimlessly on a

the boat would be

deep breaths, but his mind was still a

some inexplicable reason, the bad images slowly drifted away and were replaced

warm sunshine into Darren's withered heart.

at Harlan. "Let's go and come up with other solutions,"

he could make

Harlan breathed a sigh of relief and

to the car and said over his shoulder to Harlan, "To the

quiet. The road was clear, and the trip

Bonnie was asking the servants about Mr. Xu.

he will come back?

getting information and sometimes felt lonely. She

she wanted to talk to them, they always responded formally. They would only say what

It tormented Bonnie.

Xu had been gone

used to it, and she

to leave the manor. Bonnie felt that it might have something to

bothered her enough to

to ask

she was talking to looked

and saw Mr. Xu.

not believe her eyes. She thought she was dreaming. She rubbed her eyes hard and

stood there, looking at her with a

been to the manor for a long time. When he arrived, he saw Bonnie asking the servants