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 trusted

people. To Darren's dismay, they

that the only reason they had agreed to meet with him was to

one, Darren had descended into

stood by him, not daring

that used to comprise the backbone of the company, but none of them accepted the offer. It was as if they

of the situation, squatted on the ground and ran his fingers through

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

boat would be swallowed

several deep breaths, but his mind was

images slowly drifted away and were replaced by

like a beam of warm

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

make things work one way or

Harlan

car and said over his shoulder to Harlan, "To the manor." Harlan nodded and followed him.

was quiet. The road was clear,

the manor, Bonnie was asking the servants

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

sometimes felt

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

It tormented Bonnie.

Mr. Xu had been gone for a long

it, and she

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

her enough to make her lose sleep.

ask the servants about it.

the servants she was talking to looked behind

and saw

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

still stood there, looking at her with a faint

not been to the manor for a long time. When he arrived, he saw Bonnie asking the servants about