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

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

had agreed to meet with him was to

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

daring to say a

an appointment with a few former employees that used to comprise the backbone of the company, but none of

gravity of the situation, squatted on

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

broke out, the boat would be swallowed

took several deep breaths, but his mind was still a

bad images slowly drifted away and

like a beam of warm sunshine into Darren's

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

was sure that he could make things work one way or

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

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

The road was

asking the

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

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

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

It tormented Bonnie.

had been gone for

to it, and she did

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

to

to ask the servants about

servants she was talking to looked behind

around and saw Mr.

She thought she was dreaming. She

stood there, looking at her

a long time. When he arrived, he saw Bonnie asking the servants about him.