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.

could not disappoint his trusted ones.

other people. To Darren's dismay, they all

reason they had agreed to meet with

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

daring

made an appointment with 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 them

who was now realizing the gravity of the situation, squatted on the ground and ran his

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

storm broke out, the boat would be swallowed

breaths, but his mind was still a mess.

drifted away

of warm sunshine into Darren's withered

and looked at Harlan. "Let's go and come up

that he could make things work one way

a better mood, Harlan breathed a sigh of relief and replied, "All

to

quiet. The road was clear, and the trip

asking the servants about Mr.

where he went and when he will come back? I'm worried about

a big manor, Bonnie had difficulty getting information and sometimes felt lonely.

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

It tormented Bonnie.

been gone for a long time.

she did not know what to do.

to leave the manor. Bonnie felt that it

to make

she decided to ask the servants about it.

talking to

and saw Mr. Xu.

she was dreaming. She rubbed

looking at her with a faint

manor for a long time. When he arrived,