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.

could not disappoint his trusted ones.

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

had agreed to meet with him was

entire day, Darren attended unsuccessful meetings one after another. By the last one, Darren had descended into a

daring to

that used to comprise the backbone of the company, but none of them accepted

realizing the gravity of the situation, squatted on the ground and

He and his company were like a single wooden

broke out, the boat would be swallowed mercilessly by the

took several deep breaths, but his mind

inexplicable reason, the bad images slowly drifted away and were replaced by Bonnie's smiling face.

shone like a beam of warm sunshine into Darren's withered heart.

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

he could make things work one way

mood, Harlan breathed

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

was clear, and

Bonnie was asking the servants about Mr. Xu.

and when he will come back?

information and sometimes felt lonely. She was constantly surrounded by servants and

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

It tormented Bonnie.

had been gone for

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

felt that it might have something to do with Mr.

enough to

she decided to ask the servants about

was talking to looked behind

turned around and saw

She thought she was dreaming. She rubbed her eyes

at her with

When he