Chapter 606: Chapter 389: Bumps on the Head_1

At first, when he realized there was a problem, Harrison Clark intended to bolt out the door.

But three seconds later, he shrunk back like a real salted fish and nestled into the sofa.

Anyway, the metaphorical pickled mustard greens had already gone cold; no matter how fast he bolted, nothing would change the established facts.

As an expert manipulator of time, he could control the future at will, but was utterly powerless to change what had happened.

Even if it had only occurred three hours ago.

Well, even if it had just been one second ago, it would have already become an established fact.

According to the historical records, after Avril Green’s press conference was over, he, Avril Green, and his rumored cohabitant and love interest Carrie Thomas disappeared as if evaporating from earth.

It wasn’t until a full month later that they each began to reappear in the public eye.

Mr. Clark said the ancients were indeed truthful.

At this moment, his head was buzzing, completely clueless as to how to deal with the situation.

Based on his understanding of himself, in the previous timeline, he should have immediately communicated with Avril Green after discovering something was wrong.

Then, he would have been persuaded by Avril Green’s reasoning, deciding to reluctantly accept the situation for the time being.

After all, she had made such a significant sacrifice and had just announced their engagement very solemnly; if he tore everything apart now, the resulting impact might have been even more severe.

This was what they called, “the wood had been turned into a boat, and the raw rice had been cooked.”

So, in the previous timeline, he reluctantly accepted the situation for the time being. Now that he had read Avril Green’s diary and totally understood her intentions, and even discovered that she and Carrie Thomas were in cahoots…

He thought about it left and right, but other than emptying his mind and pinching his nose harder, he seemed to have no other choice.

He idly played with his phone, bored, and began to imagine what he would be doing in the timeline where this situation hadn’t occurred yet.

Oh, right, he would have probably been on the phone with Carrie Thomas, who had just gotten off the plane, explaining “things aren’t what you think”; then, Carrie Thomas would most likely respond with a curt, “You don’t have to explain; I trust you unconditionally, and I believe in Avril Green.”

Then he would go on explaining everything, making sure Carrie Thomas didn’t really harbor any resentment, only then would he be somewhat relieved.

As a result, she’d probably hang up the phone and laugh cheekily somewhere, then wait a week or two before directly laying her cards on the table, saying something bizarre like, “This whole thing was planned with Avril Green from the beginning, just look at how nervous you were.”

As someone who saw through everything yet was unable to change anything, Mr. Clark found it all truly exhausting.

Knowing the truth in advance made him lose even the slightest interest in explaining the so-called situation to Carrie Thomas over the phone.

It should have been Carrie Thomas who called him.

Our relationship concerns just the two of us; how can you take it upon yourself to bring in Avril Green as a third party?

Isn’t this just opening an unnecessary gap?

Isn’t this setting me up for failure?

But in fact, Harrison Clark really knew what Carrie Thomas was thinking.

More or less, it was the idea that for the sake of humanity’s future, personal romantic gains and losses were truly insignificant and not worth mentioning.

Such a thought could seem awkward, subtle, and comical to other people, but for Carrie Thomas, who had been engaged in music since the beginning and had always considered leaving something for mankind, it was absolutely fitting.

If she didn’t think this way, now that would be strange.

So, there was no need to ask.

Rationally speaking, he should fake a call to Carrie Thomas and pretend to explain, in essence, amusing her; however, his emotions prevented him from feeling up for making the call.

He needed a breather.

A few hours ago, he had been on the battlefield, frantically walking a tightrope between life and death, and now he was back in the 21st century facing a so-called dilemma with a known truth–the feeling was super twisted and, well, it made him feel unbearably bored.

In fact, another part of his trouble lied elsewhere.

Avril Green had been hiding her true feelings all her life.

Perhaps when she discussed this matter with her, Carrie Thomas genuinely believed that Avril Green didn’t like her.

However, the truth was that Avril Green did like her and was deeply invested in her emotions.

In her diary, Avril Green wrote this line: “I know you don’t like to see me like this, but you should know this is my choice. As a friend, as a trusted partner, I must do something for you.”

As a friend…

Harrison Clark shrugged, chuckled, and thought, if I actually believed you were merely a “friend,” then I’d be too stupid to be cured.

In the previous timeline, Avril Green surely knew that after arriving a thousand years later, Harrison Clark would read her diary; so, the word “friend” wasn’t for anyone else but him to read.

This was her lie.

But in the face of the undeniable evidence of the path she chose in her long life, the lie was fragile and easily collapsed.

A person can lie when speaking and occasionally in their actions, but when looking back on their whole life from the future, all lies have nowhere to hide.

Nearly all historians have concluded that Avril Green was deeply committed to the eminent Harrison Clark, but she possessed strong self-restraint and also cherished her friendship with Carrie Thomas, so she always acted on her feelings but remained within the bounds of propriety.

Of course, the sage-like Harrison Clark never left her any openings, so history took its final course.

But then Harrison Clark thought, with Carrie Thomas’s keen insight into emotions, she shouldn’t have overlooked Avril Green’s longing heart.

Perhaps Carrie Thomas had already noticed something but chose to let go of her personal feelings for the sake of the greater good, allowing this small breach to happen.