Cao Xiuyan hurriedly walked to Xu Shen's position and poked his head to see what they were looking at.

With just one glance, Cao Xiuyan knew the answer.

Today is April 14th.

It's the day Kobe Bryant retires.

Cao Xiuyan looked at Kobe's smile on the computer screen and was speechless for a while.

Regarding the end of this legendary superstar, Cao Xiuyan still has some impressions.

However, what impressed him even more was the news of the superstar's death four years later......

This is a painful blow to countless fans.

He still remembers that day, when he woke up and saw this news, he was stunned for a long time.

He couldn't tell what it felt, but it felt like someone he had known for a long time had died in an accident one day.

His only thought at the time was, this should be fake, right?

Later, after accepting the news, he leaned back on the head of the bed and asked the air softly:

"Why is this all right?"

After being reborn, he didn't pay attention to basketball, and occasionally only listened to Li Li's words.

But he didn't expect that when he witnessed this historical moment again, his mind was completely the scene of himself lying in bed and sighing four years later.

And on the phone, that big black and white photo.

Cao Xiuyan pulled over his chair, sat behind Xu Shen, and watched with them.

Now it's time for the retirement ceremony.

Kobe Bryant in front of the camera was draped in a towel, wearing the familiar No. 24 jersey, holding the microphone, with reluctance, attachment, relief, and tenderness in his eyes.

"Everyone!"

A tsunami-like shout rang out in the venue.

Xu Shen's face was solemn, he touched a cigarette and came out, and smoked in the bedroom for the first time.

"I can't believe 20 years have passed. It's crazy, it's really crazy. I'm so grateful to be on Centre Court with all of you guys behind me, and we've had a journey with ups and downs, but most importantly we've always been together. ”

"I've been a die-hard fan of the Lakers since I was a kid, absolutely die-hard, no doubt about it. I know everything about all the players who have served with the Lakers. So being recruited to trade to this team and playing for 20 years doesn't get much more memorable than that. ”

Kobe Bryant choked up on the screen.

Li Li stabbed Xu Shen's arm as if he was grabbed by something, his eyes were a little red, and said, "Give me one." ”

Cao Xiuyan took the initiative to hand over one.

"I'm more proud of the championships, it's the lows. Because we didn't run away, we didn't run away, we overcame those difficulties. We won the championship and we did the right thing. All I can do here is thank you all. Thank you for your support over the years. Thank you for your encouragement and encouragement. ”

"You know the funny thing, what drove me crazy all night today was that for 20 years everybody was yelling at me to pass the ball, and then on the last night, they were yelling 'don't pass'. ”

"It's wonderful, guys. I can't believe this is coming to an end. ”

"You will always remain in my heart, and I am very grateful for it. Words can't express how I feel about you. Thank you, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Oh my God, I love you, I love you to death. ”

"I would also like to thank my family, my wife Vanessa, daughters Natalia and Gina, for the sacrifices you have made. When I was training in the gym, it was Gina who supported the family in your own way, and I couldn't... I can't thank you enough for that, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. ”

Kobe Bryant in front of the camera walked back and forth, looking for those familiar figures and his family.

Cao Xiuyan captured the girl with a cheerful smile in the audience, who had a very similar appearance to Kobe, who died with Kobe in the accident four years later.

He sighed.

I took out a cigarette and lit it with a snap.

The next scene moved Cao Xiuyan.

Kobe Bryant smiled and said to the audience:

“Mambaout。 ”

Black Mamba, retired.

This "out" may have taken away the youth of countless people.

Cao Xiuyan's lips moved, staring at Kobe Bryant on the screen, and read this sentence with him.

Li Li and Xu Shen couldn't hold back any longer, and shouted one after another.

Cao Xiuyan opened the door of the bedroom, walked to the balcony, and continued to smoke silently.

Although he doesn't play much basketball, he has also watched the NBA for a few years, and the most impressive ones are Yao Ming and Kobe.

and the Black Mamba spirit in Kobe.

It has inspired the mamba spirit of countless teenagers who persist and never give up.

Cao Xiuyan knew that Xu Shen was a fan of Kobe, and although Li Li liked the Warriors, he also had an almost fanatical love for Kobe.

Maybe it's because of his legend.

A person who is not perfect, but can influence countless people.

Xu Shen came to the balcony with a lost expression, lit a cigarette, and said nothing.

Li Li also walked over, asked for one, lit it, and didn't say a word.

Cao Xiuyan patted them on the shoulder and persuaded:

"He couldn't move anymore. This ending is a good ending for him. People always have to leave their own stage and go to another stage. ”

Xu Shen shook his head, did not answer Cao Xiuyan's words, but said softly:

"My youth is over. ”

This sentence, put a few years later, is completely a joke.

But now that Xu Shen said it, there was a kind of helpless relief.

Li Li seems to be recalling:

"Remember...... The summer of my fifth grade. The first time I watched the NBA, it was Kobe Bryant's game. Bryant was swearing at what he said, and I didn't know until many years later that he said Falk. That was my first impression of him. I've been watching football for years...... He was not in good shape and suffered from injuries, but he also came over......"

Xu Shen seemed to have something in his eyes, and muttered, "I really want to see Los Angeles at four o'clock in the morning." ”

Cao Xiuyan didn't speak.

Just looking at both of them.

He took out his phone, clicked on the music software, and played a song.

A slightly sad piano sounded.

“It‘sbeenalongdaywithoutyoumyfriend......”

《seeyouagain》。

This song was also sung live by the original singers Broken Eyebrows and Ma Shen at Kobe's condolence ceremony four years later.

Maybe for Xu Shen and them, Kobe Bryant is just retiring.

But for Cao Xiuyan, it's more like remembrance.

He knew what would happen four years later, but he couldn't change anything.

Xu Shen walked back to the dormitory, didn't continue to read, just closed the web page, his hand stopped on the mouse, and he didn't move.

Li Li patted Cao Xiuyan on the shoulder and left 206 without saying a word.

Cao Xiuyan knows that their current pain is not simply because of Kobe's retirement, but because of the passing of the past.

That pure middle school days.

The concrete floor of the heat wave steaming, some mottled three-point lines.

Sweat flowed through, the number 24 jersey was soaked, and the girls who were dodging in the corners with smiles in their eyes.

That memory is called youth.

And this incident gave them a sense of loss that their youth was no longer there.

And the sadness of not seeing that figure on the field anymore.

There may be countless teenagers who will continue to struggle on their own life path with the spirit of Mamba.

Maybe it's really like Kobe Bryant said,

Mambaout。

Good bye.