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.

other people. To Darren's dismay, they all refused

that the only reason they had agreed

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

stood by him, not daring

comprise the backbone of the company, but none of them accepted the offer. It was as if they had no

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

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

storm broke out, the boat would be

his

bad images slowly drifted away and were replaced by Bonnie's smiling face.

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

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

was sure that he could make

Harlan breathed a sigh of

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

quiet. The road was clear, and the trip was smooth.

manor, Bonnie was asking the

he will come back?

and sometimes felt lonely. She was constantly surrounded by

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

It tormented Bonnie.

Xu had been gone for a long

and she did

the manor. Bonnie felt

to make her lose

she decided to ask the servants

was talking to looked behind her and

around and saw

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

there, looking at

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