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.

not disappoint his trusted ones.

other people. To Darren's

that the only reason they had agreed to

day, Darren attended unsuccessful meetings one after another. By the last one, Darren had descended into a very bad

by him, not daring to

company, but none of them accepted the offer. It was as if they had no chance with

realizing the gravity of the situation, squatted on the ground and

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

broke out, the boat would be swallowed mercilessly by

breaths, but his mind was still a

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

beam of warm sunshine into Darren's

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

he could make things work one

better mood, Harlan breathed

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

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

manor, Bonnie was asking the servants about

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

getting information and sometimes felt

responded formally. They would

It tormented Bonnie.

importantly, Mr. Xu had been

she did

a few servants had decided to leave the manor. Bonnie felt that it

bothered her enough to make her lose

she decided to ask the servants

was talking to looked

turned around and saw

She thought she was dreaming. She

still stood there, looking at her with

had not been to the manor for a long time. When he arrived, he