The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 1131 Rewriting Destiny
"…Before you were born, I was pregnant twice, but both ended in miscarriage."

"When I was pregnant with you, I was terrified. I had to think of the worst-case scenario."

"Then, your birth went very smoothly. From that moment on, I considered you my miracle baby."

It's a secret.

A secret belonging to Andrea and Jason, a secret before Evan was born, a painful memory hidden in the family history.

So when the astrologer said Evan shouldn't be in this world, Andrea broke down and could no longer control her emotions.

Although Evan is still curious about how Jason regained his memories, he becomes more and more aware that he cannot hurt his mother and he needs to find a solution on his own.

After dinner, Evan returned to the dormitory and decided to start with the diary.

However, Evan's roommate, Thumper, stops him.

The chubby Goth boy, who always had a weird hairstyle, always brought all kinds of girls back to the dormitory, and was always unruly and unserious, snatched the diary from Evan and shook his head seriously.

"I rethought what you did. Things might be even worse after you wake up."

Evan gave a wry smile, "Worse than it is now?"

Thumper shook his head, trying to stop Evan.

But Evan couldn't help himself, "You think you know me? No, even I don't know myself."

Evan snatched the diary back from Samp and tried to re-enter the world of the diary, but he couldn't concentrate, which made him angry and frustrated.

In the end, Evan did not continue reading the diary, but drove away from school.

This time, he found Keller.

In the screening room, Nicholas was slightly stunned.

Finally, halfway through the movie, Rachel McAdams appeared.

However, it is not as glamorous as imagined.

Haggard and gloomy, broken and timid, with a bent back, hunched shoulders and evasive eyes, one can tell without words the scars that time has left deep in her soul.

At that time, she was just a waitress in a shabby restaurant. She served dishes and coffee, and broke plates when she was not careful, and the restaurant owner cursed at her.

She hurriedly cleaned up the mess, but found that the bald middle-aged man took the opportunity to jam the oil. She was shocked, but dared not to make it public. She quickly dodged and forced a smile to the middle-aged man. She staggered away and pretended to be calm and hid back in the kitchen.

Nicholas couldn't help but think of Keller's father George and brother Tommy. An ominous premonition gripped his heart and made it difficult for him to breathe.

If even Nicholas reacted like this, what about Evan?

On the movie screen, Evan stood outside the restaurant door and witnessed this scene with his own eyes. The smile slowly stiffened at the corners of his mouth, and the sadness and sigh in his eyes slowly revealed themselves, and the brightness in his eyes gradually dimmed.

Evan didn't go up to disturb Keller.

He thought that maybe Keller didn't want to be seen in such a state; so, he hid in the parking lot and waited patiently until Keller got off work.

"Hey."

Evan called out cautiously, with a hint of nervousness.

Keller heard it, stopped, turned around, but subconsciously took two steps back, becoming fully alert, keeping his distance, ready to escape at any time.

That kind of subconscious defense and resistance really reveals too much information.

Evan walked out of the darkness, but did not approach. Instead, he kept his distance and looked at Keller with a little restraint and shyness. He carefully concealed the confusion in his eyes and quietly looked at the figure in front of him with the corner of his eyes.

Keller was stunned. He looked at this slightly strange yet vaguely familiar face in the moonlight. Familiar memories surged in like a tide. He relaxed his guard a little, and spoke tentatively with hesitation and uncertainty.

"…Evan?"

The older boy in a white T-shirt and jeans scratched his head, a slight smile rising from his lips, "Hey, Keller."

With a greeting, the past time comes rushing back in with a mighty force.

Keller was slightly stunned, and stared at Evan quietly, the joy and happiness gently lingering in the depths of his eyes. He just stood there, letting time and the breeze flow, and the world pressed the pause button.

An exchange of glances has changed a lot.

The next second, Keller came to his senses and became uncontrollably nervous.

Keller hurriedly took out a cigarette from his pocket and tried to light it, but found that his fingertips were shaking so badly that the lighter wouldn't light up no matter how hard he tried.

Finally, after many attempts, it finally ignited.

Keller took a long puff of her cigarette and calmed down a little. Seeing Evan coming towards her, she kept a little distance from him without making a sound, but she couldn't help looking him up and down, as if she had seen something new.

You come and go, chatting casually.

From Keller's understated words, we can tell that Tommy was caught after all, but because he was a minor, he was detained in a correctional facility for a few years and then released. He is now working as an apprentice in a car repair shop.

In order to get away from her father, Keller moved out at the age of fifteen. And because her mother had remarried and obviously didn't want to have anything to do with her past, Keller had to drop out of school, start working early, and set up her own business.

Just a few words, pretending to be casual.

Keller's words are without any embellishment or exaggeration, and are as light and casual as possible, but one can actually feel more pain in the wounds between the lines.

The two of them strolled slowly in the night, and as they walked, it seemed as if they could walk to the end of the world and no longer have to worry about tomorrow.

However, Evan couldn't.

Despite his struggles and hesitations, Evan still mustered up the courage to ask -

What happened to them that afternoon when George was seven years old and filming a movie with a video camera that ended up in the basement?
Or, what happened in the basement?
Why were Caleb's eyes full of tears? Why were none of them wearing their own clothes? Why did George tell him to shut up and keep it a secret?

As soon as the topic was brought up, Evan didn't even have time to touch the core of the topic before he pricked Keller's sensitive nerves. He showed all his spikes like a hedgehog and his words became fierce.

Evan tried to comfort Keller, "Whatever happened, it's not our fault. We are just children, we don't need to bear the responsibility for what happened..."

"Shut up, Evan," Keller exploded. "You're wasting your time."

After saying that, Keller turned around and fled without giving Evan a chance to continue speaking.

Evan looked at Keller's back. He wanted to turn around and leave, but he took a deep breath and turned back. "You can't blame yourself for your father's distortion."

However, Keller also exploded, turned back and angrily confronted Evan, "Who are you trying to convince, Evan?"

"You came all the way back to mess up my life just because you have bad memories?"

"So, what do you want? For me to cry quietly on your shoulder and then tell you that everything is okay now?"

"Get out! Damn it! Evan, nothing is going to be okay. Nothing is going to be okay."

Keller turned away in grief, but ultimately he couldn't help himself. He turned around again, stood in the moonlight, and shouted to Evan across the air.

"You know what? If I was so perfect, why didn't you call me? Why did you leave me here to rot?"

(End of this chapter)