A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Harlan had been working for Darren for quite some time now and he knew about the feud between Darren and David since before. However, the issue had happened so long ago that it was hard to say who was to blame in that situation.

He only knew that in this world, there were two people that Darren didn't want to succeed. One was Jacob and the other was David.

"Mr. Xu, don't worry. There's nothing much that David can do, really. He won't affect us that gravely. We just need to wait and see." Harlan tried to comfort Darren as much as he could.

Still agitated and stressed about the situation, Darren picked up the cup of tea on the table and took a big sip.

Time seemed to have stopped as they both stayed quiet. Then, he finally regained his trademark stoic expression. With a deep breath, he looked at Harlan in the eyes and said, "Yes, you're right. David doesn't have as much influence as he thinks. It won't be easy for him to get the upper hand."

He swiftly turned off the television with a cocky smirk.

Harlan just stood there and looked at this boss. Even though Darren tried to look calm and relaxed, Harlan knew that he was still seething with anger.

Others wouldn't understand Darren the way Harlan did. Even though Darren and David were brothers, they were as incompatible as fire and water.

When Darren finally calmed down, Harlan cautiously opened his mouth and asked, "Mr. Xu, should we also compensate the victims of the food poisoning incident? I think…"

When he noticed Darren's cold glare, Harlan stopped talking and didn't finish what he was going to say.

"We should leave the HT Group to fend for themselves and handle their own internal issues. It's none of our business. We don't want to get into any unnecessary trouble. And also, you should be more cautious when you speak, Harlan. If someone were to overhear us, we would find ourselves in an uncomfortable situation,"

Darren warned his assistant in a cold, almost menacing, tone. He gave him a serious look.

Once he realized his careless mistake, Harlan lowered his head in shame and gave a slight nod to indicate that he understood.

"Harlan, I want you to keep an eye on David and see what tricks he has up on his sleeve. But don't forget about Jacob, I'm sure he also has something planned."

"Yes, of course!"

back into his office. Harlan closed the door quietly and let out a

his help to Jacob, HT Group had started to run smoothly again. The latter had chosen to take a break and had kept his distance from the public. Even David didn't

saw David's caller ID on the phone's screen, Jacob

Emily asked reluctantly when

let the professional PR team handle the problem for them. So

his sleeve and asked,

houses," Jacob replied casually. He didn't even glance at her to see

she had figured that Jacob was just taking her for a relaxing drive to keep their mind off of things. She hadn't expected that his plan would involve visiting one of the victims

in trouble? Emily, this is a society ruled by laws. Nothing bad will happen to us, I'm sure." Jacob slightly furrowed his eyebrows. "It's just not enough to let David handle the situation. We

"But…"

was interrupted by Jacob. He put his arm around her shoulder and said, "I know what you're thinking about. Don't worry, okay? Everything will be fine. I have hired someone to investigate the issue meticulously. It's just food poisoning, it's not that serious.

a few minutes, they finally stopped in front

the car first and went to knock on the gate. Emily armed herself as she thought of all the ways this could go wrong. She covered her face

and murmured, "Just wait for me in the

and told him, "Let's just go back first. We need

two of them were talking, the door

woman appeared from behind the

why these strange-looking people would knock on her door in broad daylight. They looked strange to her because Emily looked like a beekeeper and Jacob did not look any better. The two

woman eyeing them, Jacob immediately introduced himself. "Hi there!" He waved in an attempt to look friendly. "I'm the president of

tone was calm and

only stare at him as he did it. She could feel herself sweating awkwardly as she stood next to her husband. She could only silently pray in her mind and hoped that this woman would

as she finished praying internally, the woman shouted angrily, "Honey! Come here quick! This man said his name is Jacob Gu. He is the

for himself. When he saw Jacob, his face immediately twisted in anger. He

that this was not going to end very well for

if something had been thrown at him. Even though she was terrified, she knew that she could not leave her husband alone to fend