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

with three other people. To Darren's dismay, they

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

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

daring

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 to begin with.

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

pummeled his mind. He and his company were like a single wooden boat floating aimlessly on

broke out, the boat would be swallowed mercilessly

took several deep breaths, but his mind was still a mess.

slowly drifted away and were replaced

shone like a beam of warm sunshine into Darren's

stood up straight, and looked at Harlan. "Let's go and

that he could make things work one way or

Harlan breathed

to Harlan, "To the manor." Harlan

home was quiet. The road was clear, and the trip was

asking the servants about Mr. Xu.

where he went and when he will come back?

big manor, Bonnie had difficulty getting information and sometimes felt

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

It tormented Bonnie.

importantly, Mr. Xu had been

she did not know what to

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

to make her lose sleep.

ask

the servants she was talking to looked behind her and suddenly

and saw

believe her eyes. She thought she was dreaming. She rubbed her eyes hard

there, looking at her with a faint smile.

been to the manor for a long time. When he arrived, he saw Bonnie asking the