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.

three other people. To Darren's dismay, they

agreed to meet with him

By the last one, Darren had descended into a very

not daring to say 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

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

a storm broke out, the boat would be swallowed

several deep breaths, but his mind was

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

like a beam of warm sunshine into Darren's

and looked at Harlan.

sure that he could make things work

a better mood, Harlan breathed a sigh of relief and

over his shoulder to

road was clear, and the

was asking the servants about Mr.

when he will come back? I'm

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

talk to them, they always responded formally. They would only say what they were supposed to say, nod, and smile.

It tormented Bonnie.

Xu had been gone

was not used to it, and she did not

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

enough to

to ask the servants

talking to looked behind her and suddenly

and saw

not believe her eyes. She thought she was dreaming. She rubbed her

looking at

for a long time. When he arrived, he saw Bonnie