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

with three other people. To

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

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

not daring to say

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

now realizing the gravity of the situation, squatted on the

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

boat would be swallowed mercilessly

deep breaths, but his mind was still a

the bad images slowly drifted away and were replaced

warm sunshine

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

sure that he could make things work one

Darren was in a better mood, Harlan breathed a sigh

the car and said over his shoulder to Harlan, "To the manor." Harlan nodded and followed him.

road was clear,

the manor, Bonnie was asking the servants

know where he went and when he will come back? I'm worried about him," she asked

a big manor, Bonnie had difficulty getting information and sometimes felt lonely. She was constantly surrounded by

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

It tormented Bonnie.

importantly, Mr. Xu had been gone for a

it, and she did not

decided to leave the manor. Bonnie felt

enough to make her lose sleep.

she decided to ask the servants about

to looked behind

and saw

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

there, looking at her with a

a long time. When he arrived, he saw Bonnie asking the servants about him.