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 his offer.

agreed

one after another. By the last one, Darren had descended into a

not daring

the company, but none of them accepted the offer. It

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

and his company were like a single wooden boat floating aimlessly on a

broke out, the boat would be swallowed mercilessly by

took several deep breaths, but his mind

for some inexplicable reason, the bad images slowly drifted away and were replaced by Bonnie's smiling

shone like a beam of warm

slowly relaxed. He raised his 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 one way or

that Darren was in a better mood, Harlan breathed

over his shoulder to Harlan, "To the manor." Harlan nodded

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

was asking the servants about

and when he will come back? I'm

manor, Bonnie had difficulty getting information and sometimes felt

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

It tormented Bonnie.

Xu had been

she did

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

bothered her enough to

to ask the servants about

to looked behind

around and saw

her eyes. She thought she was dreaming. She rubbed her eyes hard and then

still stood there, looking at

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