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.

appointment with three other people. To Darren's dismay, they all refused his offer.

reason they had agreed to meet with him was to mock him.

last one, Darren had descended into a very bad mood,

him, not daring to say

comprise the backbone of the company, but none of them accepted

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

multiple times pummeled his mind. He and his company were like a

the boat would be swallowed

but his mind

slowly drifted away and were replaced by Bonnie's smiling

of warm sunshine into Darren's withered

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

that he could make things work one way or another.

Harlan breathed a sigh

his shoulder to Harlan, "To the

drive home was quiet. The road was clear, and

manor, Bonnie was asking the servants about Mr.

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

had difficulty getting information and sometimes felt

if she wanted to talk to them, they always responded formally. They would

It tormented Bonnie.

importantly, Mr. Xu had been gone for

to it, and she did

to leave the manor. Bonnie felt

bothered her enough to

ask

to looked behind

around and saw Mr. Xu.

she was dreaming. She

still stood there, looking at

a long time. When he