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

with three other people. To Darren's

only reason they had agreed to meet with him was

day, Darren attended unsuccessful meetings one after another. By the last one, Darren had

stood by him, not daring to say

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

was now realizing the gravity of the situation, squatted on the ground and ran his fingers through his hair in

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

broke out, the boat would be swallowed mercilessly by the

his mind was still a mess.

the bad images slowly drifted away and

of warm

looked at Harlan. "Let's go and come up with

make things work one

mood, Harlan breathed a sigh of relief and replied,

to Harlan, "To

quiet. The road was clear, and the trip

was asking

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

getting information and sometimes felt lonely. She was constantly surrounded by servants and no

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

It tormented Bonnie.

importantly, Mr. Xu had been gone

and she did not know what to do.

the manor. Bonnie felt

bothered her enough to make her lose sleep.

ask

servants she was talking to looked

around and saw

not believe her eyes. She thought she was dreaming. She rubbed

Xu still stood there, looking at her

long time. When he arrived, he saw