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

with three other people. To Darren's

seemed that the only reason they had agreed to

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

him, not daring

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 to begin

situation, squatted on the ground and ran his fingers through his hair in

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

broke out, the boat would be swallowed mercilessly by the

took several deep breaths, but his mind was still a

the bad images slowly drifted away and were

a beam of warm sunshine into Darren's withered

He raised his head, stood up straight, and looked at Harlan. "Let's

sure that he could make things work one way

better mood, Harlan breathed a sigh of relief and

shoulder to Harlan, "To the manor." Harlan

drive home was quiet. The road was clear, and

asking the servants about Mr. Xu.

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

felt lonely. She was

responded formally. They would only

It tormented Bonnie.

Mr. Xu had been

to it, and she did not

leave the manor. Bonnie felt that it

bothered her enough to

decided to ask the servants about

was talking to looked behind her and suddenly

around and

She thought she was dreaming.

still stood there, looking at her with

time. When he