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 ones.

appointment with three other people. To Darren's

agreed to meet with him was

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

stood by him, not daring

a few former employees that used to comprise the backbone of the company, but none of them accepted the offer. It was as if they had no chance with

the gravity of the situation, squatted on the ground and ran his

of being rejected multiple times pummeled his mind. He and his company were like

boat would be swallowed

his mind was still a

the bad images slowly drifted away and were replaced

like a beam of warm sunshine into Darren's

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

sure that he could make things work

Harlan breathed a sigh of relief

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

was clear, and the

the manor, Bonnie was asking the servants about Mr. Xu.

he went and when he will come back? I'm worried about him," she asked anxiously.

in a big manor, Bonnie had difficulty getting information and sometimes felt lonely. She was constantly surrounded

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

It tormented Bonnie.

importantly, Mr. Xu had been gone

used to it, and she did not know what to

a few servants had decided to leave the manor. Bonnie felt that it might have something to

her enough to make

to ask the servants about

she was talking to looked behind her

around and saw

thought she was dreaming. She rubbed her

there, looking at her with a

not been to the manor for a long time. When he