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

people. To Darren's

the only reason they had agreed to meet

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

not daring to say a word.

comprise the backbone of the company, but none of them accepted the offer. It was

on the ground and ran his fingers through

times pummeled his mind. He and his company were like a single wooden boat

would be swallowed mercilessly by

breaths, but his

slowly drifted away and were

a beam of warm sunshine

slowly relaxed. He raised his head, stood up straight, and looked at Harlan. "Let's go and come up with other solutions,"

was sure that he could make things work one way

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

his shoulder to Harlan, "To the manor."

road was clear, and the trip was smooth.

was asking the servants about Mr.

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

had difficulty getting information and sometimes felt lonely.

responded formally. They would only

It tormented Bonnie.

importantly, Mr. Xu had been gone for a long

to it, and she did not

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

bothered her enough to

ask the servants about it.

to looked

around and saw

could not believe her eyes. She thought she was dreaming. She rubbed her eyes hard and then looked again.

there, looking at her with a faint

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