Back at their hotel, the players passed the time by watching the game live.

Although they wanted to take this opportunity to visit the beautiful city of Xiamen, due to Mo Yufeng's injury, everyone completely lost their interest in sightseeing.

Deng Kai still held his mobile phone and chatted happily with Tong Yanyan, Yunzhou was too physically exhausted in today's battle, so he lay on the bed to sleep and regain his spirit.

When I slept until I was in a daze, the mobile phone placed at the head of the bed suddenly rang.

Yun Zhou didn't open his eyes, reached out to fumble with his phone, and when he grabbed the phone in his hand, he hung up due to timeout.

He tried to open his eyelids and found that the caller was his sister Yunsang, and he was about to dial it back, but Yunsang called again.

Scratching the answer button and putting it to his ear, Yun Sang's anxious and crying voice came, "Brother, my mother is hospitalized!"

With just this sentence, Yun Zhou's drowsiness immediately disappeared, and he hurriedly turned over and sat up and asked, "Why is my mother hospitalized?" Yesterday I asked my father, saying that my mother is just an ordinary gynecological disease, why did she have to be hospitalized?"

"It's not an ordinary gynecological disease, it's ...... Cancer, cervical cancer. Yun Sang said with a sob.

Cancer!

These two words seemed to explode out of thin air with a thunderclap, and in an instant, Yun Zhou, who was caught off guard, lost his brain, unconsciously loosened his hand, and the mobile phone fell out of his palm and fell on the bed.

"Hey, brother, brother, hey......" Yun Sang's crying voice was still coming from his mobile phone.

Deng Kai saw that something was wrong with Yunzhou, so he crawled over from his bed and stood beside Yunzhou's bed, and asked with concern, "What's wrong?"

Yun Zhou came back to his senses, his face was already pale, he shook his head, did not answer Deng Kai's words, stretched out a slightly trembling hand to pick up the mobile phone close to his ear, and said with difficulty, "I'm here, what's going on, tell my brother clearly." ”

"I only found out when I came home on the weekend, and my parents didn't let me tell you for fear that it would affect your game. Today I went to the hospital to see my mother, I was so scared that I called you. Brother, what should I do? It's cancer, will my mother leave us?" Yun Sang said crying on the phone.

My sister's words were like a hammer hitting Yunzhou's chest, and a suffocating pain hit all over the body, turning the world upside down, and there was darkness in front of me.

My mother is only in her forties, she is still so young, how can she get this disease, how can she leave him and his father and sister?

No, mom can't be fine!

Yun Zhou gritted his teeth, stretched out his fingers that became cold in an instant, wiped the corners of his eyes that were a little moist, and his voice became hoarse due to great pain: "No, Mom won't leave us." Don't be afraid, brother will be back soon!"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Yun Sang to say anything, he hung up the phone and fell heavily on the bed, as if the strength of his whole body had been drained.

Deng Kai looked at Yun Zhou, whose face was pale, his eyes were staring at the ceiling, and he stood in place at a loss.

He didn't know what was going on in Yun Zhou's house, but from Yun Zhou's expression, he could see that it must be an unusual event.

After a long time, Yun Zhou's mind calmed down a little, and then he rolled his eyes and said expressionlessly: "Deng Kai, I'm afraid I can't stay and continue to compete with my brothers!"

No one knows what kind of battle between heaven and man Yun Zhou experienced in this short moment.

On the one hand, he is a teammate who shares honor and disgrace, and on the other hand, he is a mother who gave birth to himself and is a child, and at this time he leaves his mother and ignores him as a human being! Yes, between filial piety and righteousness, he can only choose filial piety!

Deng Kai took a breath and said with a serious expression: "Yunzhou, if you are a brother, tell me what happened at home, and everyone will share it for you." ”

"My mother, hospitalized!" Yun Zhou smiled sadly, looked at Deng Kai and added two more words: "Cancer." ”

Cancer...... What a terrible word!

Deng Kai was also stunned, and only after a long time did he tremble his lips and said, "What...... How so? Is it a hospital...... Mistaken?"

"That's why I'm going to go back and take a look. After Yunzhou finished speaking, he picked up his mobile phone and opened the APP to start booking tickets.

There is no high-speed rail ticket back to Guangzhou on the same day, and there is still a ticket for the evening.

Deng Kai did not stop Yunzhou, although he was well aware of the consequences of the players leaving the team without permission during the game, but he could not find a reason to stop it.

In the past two years, he knows Yunzhou's character well. If he learned that his mother was terminally ill and admitted to the hospital, he could still stay and play with peace of mind, then Yunzhou would not be Yunzhou.

"Help me say I'm sorry to my brothers. Yun Zhou finished packing his luggage and sat on the edge of the bed and hung his head weakly.

Mo Yufeng has a slight fracture in the patella, and it takes a few months to recuperate, and now the team's hopes are pinned on Yunzhou alone, and if he leaves, the team will lose two main scorers, and the results of the next game can be imagined.

Since ancient times, filial piety and righteousness have been in a dilemma, and if they choose to accompany their mother, they will live up to the expectations of their brothers, and Yunzhou can't face the disappointed eyes of his coach and teammates, so he can only choose not to say goodbye.

"The brothers will understand. It's just that this matter can't be hidden from the school, and it's hard to say how it will be handled in the future!" Deng Kai clenched his fists and sighed deeply.

"I can't care so much! Let's talk about it later!" Yun Zhou's words were full of helpless pain.

Deng Kai accompanied Yunzhou to the downstairs of the hotel to take a taxi, and solemnly handed over a parting sentence: "If you need help from your brothers, just say it." ”

Yunzhou nodded, patted Deng Kai on the shoulder, and said, "Have a good game with your brothers." ”

On the way to the airport, Yunzhou held his mobile phone, imagining that the coach and teammates learned that he had withdrawn from the game halfway, and deleted the words typed on the screen several times until he passed through the security check and waited at the boarding gate to explain the reason to the coach.

originally thought that the coach would be furious, but Wu Hualin only came back with four words: return to the team as soon as possible.

The moment he received the coach's reply, the mist blinded Yunzhou's eyes, and each word in Yunzhou's heart weighed more than a thousand pounds in a simple four words.

He knows very well how much the coach has expectations for the Southeast Division and how much effort he has put into himself and his teammates.

The announcement of boarding sounded on the radio, and Yun Zhou got up and walked to the boarding gate, apologizing to his teammates and coach in his heart: I'm sorry, brothers, and I will apologize to you in person when I come back!

It was already late when the flight arrived in Guangzhou, so Yunzhou took the subway back to school and stayed in the dormitory for one night, and took the first high-speed train the next day back to his hometown.

At this time, far away in Xiamen, the third game of the H Polytechnic basketball team is about to begin.

The locker room was terrifyingly quiet, and the players changed into their game clothes and sat with gloomy faces, silent, all because the news of Yunzhou's departure came too abruptly.

Knowing the reason for Yunzhou's sudden departure, no one blamed Yunzhou for not saying goodbye, and when they encountered such a thing, they would make the same choice. Besides, Yunzhou's feelings for his teammates are obvious to everyone, and he can risk his life for his teammates, and no one can say that he is not.

At the moment, what they are worried about is: Will the team's two most important attackers be able to defeat the enemy if they are injured and leave? And the one who will play against them today is the most powerful opponent, Huaqiao University.

Wu Hualin looked at the players in front of him who were demoralized and heavy-hearted, and said in a stern tone: "Basketball is a sport set up for the brave, from the moment you choose basketball and become a basketball player, you must respect basketball. How to respect basketball is to finish the game you should play and not back down in the face of strong opponents. Although Mo Yufeng and Yunzhou are not there, we still have ten team members. So, if you still think of yourself as a qualified competitive athlete, fight with me to the end!"

"Coach, can we do it?" asked Liang Yu with little confidence.

"Have confidence in yourself! Tell yourself that you can do it!" Wu Hualin's resolute and sharp gaze swept over the team members, and said in a deep and powerful voice: "What is our slogan?"

The players in the locker room all stood up one by one and shouted in unison: "The heart is fearless, the brave are invincible!"

"Very good! You have to remember that you are a warrior, and as a warrior, you must not admit defeat if you don't fight until the last second! We have won two games, but we may not be able to qualify! As long as we win the place in the national top eight, Mo Yufeng and Yunzhou will return to the team in the finals in June, we still have hope of winning the championship!"

"Defeat the enemy and advance to the quarterfinals!" a rush of blood rushed to his head, and a roar resounded in the locker room.

Wu Hualin looked at his teammates, felt that his eyes were hot, the surroundings were blurred, and his voice was a little choked and said: "Okay, now I will announce the starting list......

But can a team that has lost two leading scorers really do what it would have liked?

The answer Wu Hualin already knew in his heart, and when he received Yunzhou's message, he knew that all his hopes had become a dream, and he wanted to leave with his teammates.

But as a coach, if you don't fight and surrender, how can you lead the team to the future in the future?

Shame on cowards!

So he has to fight, even if every game is a failure, he has to fight to the end!

Yunzhou left the team suddenly, although only Coach Wu Hualin and the players knew, but with the news of the defeat to Huaqiao University, it was transmitted back to the school on the same day.

The game was broadcast live to a national fan audience, and the core players who were ravaging the whole stadium the day before were not on the field, how could this matter be hidden from the bright eyes of the media and fans.

After the game, reporters from major news media surrounded Coach Wu Hualin and all the players, bound to break the casserole and ask to the end.

"Coach Wu, where is your team's MVP player Yunzhou, and why didn't he play?"

"Coach Wu, is there anything hidden in this? Please explain it to all of us!"

"Could it be that something happened after yesterday's game?"

Wu Hualin couldn't hide it, so he could only truthfully announce the details.

As a result, the report about Yunzhou made the headlines of major sports news media for a while, some regretted and some gloated.