Chapter 656
Lauren smiled at her. “Thank you.
There wasn’t much time to talk on stage. Rebecca had to step down, hoping she would see Lauren again on the academy cam one day.
Outside the theater, the night breeze cooled the turbulent emotions in her heart. Looking at Darren beside her, she felt a little embarrassed crying like that in front of him.
“I…” The rims of her eyes were still red. “That was embarrassing.”
“Not at all,” he said. Under the streetlights, his eyes looked soft and misty. “Being moved by something you’re truly passionate about is admirable.”
It was the first time Rebecca had heard someone describe crying as something so great. She couldn’t help laughing. “Darren, you really know what to say.”
He shook his head. “I mean it. It’s rare for someone to have a passion they’re devoted to, let alone be moved to tears by it. I really envy you.”
“If you keep talking like that, I’m going to get a big head,” she said with a grin.
“You deserve to be proud!” he said sincerely.
She began thinking more about who he really was. He had his own passions. He loved observing the world, measuring it with his footsteps, and recording it with his eyes.
But besides that? Did he have any other deep loves?
“What’s your dream?” she asked, curious about what else he pursued.
She breathed a sigh of relief. “Have you ever been to a place like that? The way you describe it sounds like you’ve experienced it before.”
“In books and plays, fireplaces always represent warmth. I imagine what it would feel like for a whole family to sit around one It doesn’t matter where–domestic or abroad. Wherever my family is, that’s where I want to be.
Rebecca felt that Darren and Vance were truly very different.
Vance was often alone, too, but he buried his loneliness deep and armored himselt with coldness and silence. Darien, on the other hand, never denied his loneliness.
“If that’s your dream, you must hold onto it and stay with your family forever, she said softly
He shouldn’t go driving around the world alone again. Exploration, after all, could also be a form of loneliness.

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