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 ones.

three other people. To Darren's

they had agreed to meet

after another. By the last one,

him, not daring to say a

appointment with a few former employees that used to comprise the backbone of the company, but none of them accepted the offer. It was as

of the situation, squatted on the

multiple times pummeled his mind. He and his company were like a single wooden boat floating

out, the boat would be swallowed mercilessly

his mind was still

reason, the bad images slowly drifted away and were replaced

warm sunshine into

up straight, and looked at Harlan. "Let's

was sure that he could make things work one way or

mood, Harlan breathed a sigh of relief and replied,

said over his shoulder to Harlan, "To the manor." Harlan nodded and followed

The road was clear, and

manor, Bonnie was asking the servants about Mr.

you know where he went and when he will come back? I'm worried about

manor, Bonnie had difficulty getting information and sometimes felt lonely. She was constantly surrounded by servants

wanted to talk to them, they always responded formally. They would

It tormented Bonnie.

had been gone for a

not used to it, and she did

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

her enough to make her lose sleep.

decided to ask the

she was talking to looked behind her and suddenly

and saw Mr.

believe her eyes. She thought she was dreaming. She rubbed

at

not been to the manor for a long time. When he arrived, he saw Bonnie asking the servants about him.