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

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

reason they had agreed to meet with him

meetings one after another. By the last one, Darren had descended into a very bad mood, his face

him, not daring to say a word.

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

squatted on the ground and ran his

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

would be swallowed mercilessly by the

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

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

like a beam of warm sunshine into Darren's withered heart.

at Harlan. "Let's go and come up with other solutions," he

sure that he could make things work one way or another.

Darren was in a better mood, Harlan

his shoulder to

road was

the manor, Bonnie was asking the servants

he will come back? I'm worried about him," she

felt lonely. She was constantly surrounded by

them, they always responded formally. They would only say what they

It tormented Bonnie.

Mr. Xu had been gone

was not used to it, and she did not

to leave the manor. Bonnie felt that

bothered her enough to make her

she decided to ask the

servants she was talking to looked behind

and saw Mr.

She thought she was dreaming. She rubbed her eyes

at her with a faint

been to the manor for a long time. When he