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 his trusted

three other people. To Darren's dismay, they all refused his

they had agreed to

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

stood by him, not daring

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

on the ground and ran his fingers through his hair in exasperation.

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

out, the boat would be swallowed mercilessly by the

breaths, but his mind was still a

inexplicable reason, the bad images slowly drifted away and were replaced

shone like a beam of warm sunshine into

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

that he could make things work one way or

that Darren was in a better mood, Harlan breathed a sigh of relief and

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

was quiet. The road was

the manor, Bonnie was asking the servants about Mr. Xu.

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

had difficulty getting information and sometimes felt lonely. She was constantly surrounded by

always responded formally. They would only say what they were supposed to say, nod,

It tormented Bonnie.

had been gone

it, and she did not know what

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

her enough to make her

she decided to ask the servants about it.

servants she was talking to looked behind her and suddenly

around and saw

was dreaming. She

looking at her with

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