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.

not disappoint his trusted

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

only reason they had agreed to meet with him

By the last one, Darren had descended into a very

him, not daring to say a

made an 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 if

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

He and his company were like a

out, the boat would be swallowed

breaths, but his mind was still a

slowly drifted away and were replaced by Bonnie's

warm sunshine into Darren's

his head, stood up straight, and looked at Harlan. "Let's go and come up with other solutions," he said firmly.

that he could make things work one way or another.

was in a better mood, Harlan breathed a sigh of relief

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

drive home was quiet. The road was clear,

Bonnie was asking the

will come back? I'm worried about him,"

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

responded formally. They would only say what they were supposed to say, nod, and

It tormented Bonnie.

had been gone for

not used to it, and she did not know what to

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

bothered her enough to make

she decided to ask

the servants she was talking to looked behind her and

turned around and saw Mr. Xu.

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

Xu still stood there, looking at her with a

the manor for a long time. When he