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

other people. To Darren's

agreed to meet with him was to mock

the last one, Darren had descended into a very

daring to say a word.

that used to comprise the backbone of the company, but none of them accepted the offer. It was as if they had no chance

realizing the gravity of the situation, squatted on the ground

pummeled his mind. He and his company were like a single wooden

broke out, the boat would be

several deep breaths, but his mind was still

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

beam of warm sunshine

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

was sure that he could make things work one way

mood, Harlan breathed a sigh

said over his shoulder to

home was quiet. The road was clear,

the manor, Bonnie was asking the servants about

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

and sometimes felt lonely. She was

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

It tormented Bonnie.

Xu had been gone for

used to it, and she did

to leave the manor. Bonnie felt

to

ask the

was talking to looked behind her and suddenly

and saw Mr.

thought she was dreaming. She rubbed her

at

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