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

had made an appointment with three other people. To Darren's dismay, they all refused

only reason they had agreed to meet with him

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

him, not daring

made 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

the gravity of the situation, squatted on the ground and

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

boat would be swallowed mercilessly by

deep breaths, but his mind was still a

some inexplicable reason, the bad images slowly drifted

shone like a beam of warm sunshine

relaxed. He raised his head, stood up straight, and looked at Harlan. "Let's go and come up with other solutions," he

was sure that he could make things work

a better mood, Harlan breathed a sigh

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

was quiet. The road was clear, and

manor, Bonnie was asking the servants about

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

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

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

It tormented Bonnie.

importantly, Mr. Xu had been gone for a

it, and she did not know what to do.

the manor. Bonnie felt that it might have something to do with

bothered her enough to make her lose

ask the

servants she was talking to looked behind her and suddenly

around and saw Mr. Xu.

was dreaming. She rubbed her eyes hard and then looked

at her with

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