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

had made an appointment with three other people. To Darren's dismay, they all refused

agreed to meet with him was to mock

the last one, Darren had descended into a very bad mood, his face dark and disappointed.

him, not daring

of the company, but none of them accepted the offer. It was as if they had no chance with them to

situation, squatted on the ground and ran his fingers

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

boat would be swallowed mercilessly by

several deep breaths, but his mind was

images slowly drifted away and were

a beam of warm sunshine into Darren's withered

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

sure that he could make things work

Harlan breathed

and said over his shoulder to

quiet. The road was clear, and the trip

manor, Bonnie was asking the servants about Mr.

will come back?

Bonnie had difficulty getting information and sometimes felt

formally. They would only say

It tormented Bonnie.

importantly, Mr. Xu had been gone for a long time.

used to it, and she did not

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

enough to make her lose

she decided to ask the servants

she was talking to

turned around and saw Mr. Xu.

dreaming. She rubbed her eyes hard and then looked again.

at her with a

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