The atmosphere of Wukesong Stadium is becoming more and more tense, and the hearts of the audience are beating faster with the deepening and fierce competition, and the buzzing sound fills the entire stadium, and the cheers and cheers converge together, forming wave after wave of sound, if you are in it, you will feel that you can't even hear the voice of the people next to you.

However, in the VIP seats above the arena, a piece of soundproof glass separates the noisy environment from the interior of the stadium, so that fans who purchase VIP seats can enjoy the game in silence and watch the details of the game through a large LCD screen hanging under the dome.

Gan Guoyang sat in a VIP room with the best viewing position, watching the fierce game on the field seriously. He was the only one in the private room, Feng Guangyao had just answered a phone call and went out, and he hadn't come back yet.

In fact, Gan Guoyang doesn't like to watch the game in the VIP room, which is isolated from the outside world, more private, sitting and lying down whatever you want, but because of the isolation, there is no way to experience the exciting shouts and tense atmosphere on the court.

It was a throbbing that was etched in the depths of Kam Guoyang's soul – the thirst for cheers and victory had been buried for more than twenty years, and there was only one reason he sat in this VIP box isolated from the outside world – he could come and smoke a cigar whenever he wanted.

Gan Guoyang took out a cigar cigarette from his pocket, this is an ordinary cigar made in Indonesia, the taste is a little choking, far less than refined Cuban cigars, but Gan Guoyang's requirements for these things have become more and more casual in recent years, just for convenience and convenience, and for quality and brand more and more indifferent.

"Shining ......"

Gan Guoyang shouted, only to remember that Feng Guangyao had gone out and had not come back, and he wanted Feng Guangyao to light a cigarette for him.

"Where did this guy go......"

Thinking about it, Gan Guoyang took out a box of long stick matches from his pocket, lit it, lit the cigar, the smoke wafted in the box, he took a puff, some strong smoke squeezed into his mouth, and then spit it out.

A familiar feeling of pleasure calmed Gan Guoyang's slightly restless heart. As long as the game reaches a critical moment, his heart will still pound, as if he has returned to the suffocating moments of his youth, at the Seattle Dome, at the Western Forum in Los Angeles, at the Portland Memorial Arena, at the Triangle Center in Salt Lake City, at the Silver Dome in Detroit, at Compaq Houston, at Rose Garden, and at the United Center in Chicago.

If a person experiences more of these tense moments, he will become addicted, and if he returns to a peaceful life one day, he will be very unaccustomed to it.

More than 20 years have passed, and even if it is a small high school competition, Gan Guoyang will still be excited, difficult to contain, and have to use a cigar to relieve his emotions.

On the field, the two sides were entering a timeout, and at this time, Feng Guangyao finally returned, and he carefully entered the door and closed the door and sat down, trying not to make a sound.

Gan Guoyang sat on the big back chair in front of him with Erlang's legs crossed, took another puff, and asked, "Is something wrong?" ”

Feng Guangyao replied: "No, nothing happened, a friend came here and brought her in." ”

Gan Guoyang didn't speak, Feng Guangyao paused for a while, then said, "Gan, do you want to know, who is coming?" ”

Gan Guoyang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, he knew Feng Guangyao's personality very well, the two had been together for almost forty years, they were both superiors and subordinates, but also friends, Feng Guangyao has always been a straightforward person, and it is also like this when he is old, it is not common for him to ask questions like this.

Gan Guoyang turned around, looked at Feng Guangyao, and asked, "Who is it?" ”

Feng Guangyao also looked at Gan Guoyang and said, "I said that, you should know, right?" ”

Feng Guangyao knew that Gan Guoyang was so smart, he must have guessed it in his heart, and sure enough, Gan Guoyang hesitated for a moment, and instantly stood up from the stool, Feng Guangyao also got up from his seat and was about to open the door for Gan Guoyang.

But Gan Guoyang didn't leave, he thought about it and sat down again, bit the cigar in his mouth, took a puff, and calmed down again.

Feng Guangyao wanted to say something, but after all, he was silent, and sat down, he has followed Gan Guoyang for forty years, from youth to middle age to gray hair, he knows that everything Gan Guoyang does will have his reasons, even if he makes mistakes, there are reasons for his mistakes.

At this time, the timeout on the court ended, and the two sides had returned to the court, and Lu Yuan assisted Wang Yourong to make a layup in the offense, helping Lizhong to close the score again, and the gap was narrowed to 5 points.

At this time, Gan Guoyang asked Feng Guangyao: "Guangyao, do you know why I want to play basketball?" ”

"Huh?"

"I ask you, do you know why I'm playing basketball?"

"This... You were born to play basketball, and it's a shame not to play basketball. ”

Gan Guoyang shook his head, Feng Guangyao knew him very well, but on this issue, Feng Guangyao would not understand, because even Gan Guoyang himself had been thinking about it for decades - why did he play basketball?

He even watched his autobiographical movie starring Gan Zhi twice, but there was no answer in it, there were some things that he couldn't tell others in his heart for the rest of his life, let alone in a movie.

However, as he watched groups of children struggle and fight in the league he formed every year, he felt that he was getting closer and closer to the answer, and he was just one moment away from having an epiphany.

And just now, the moment he turned around and wanted to leave, he figured out that he had played basketball for decades, won countless honors, and became a true legend, but it took decades to figure out a question that a high school student might be able to figure out - why did he play basketball?

Gan Guoyang said to Feng Guangyao: "The reason why I play basketball is because I am afraid of being lonely. ”

Feng Guangyao was silent for a long time, looking at the wide back of the chair and the wider shoulders, it turned out that God was also afraid of loneliness, so he created man.

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"Wang Yourong, do you know how to play basketball?"

That was a long time ago...... No, it's not a long time, it's just a year ago, but for Wang Yourong, it seems like a long time has passed, and someone asked him, do you know how to play basketball?

There are many people who have asked Wang Yourong similar questions, can you play basketball? Do you throw a discus? Do you play games? Do you know how to play cards? Do you know how to fish?

Some Wang Yourong will, some Wang Yourong won't, but when others ask him this, he all says no, because he is afraid, afraid of interacting with people, afraid that others will find out that he is a big man who has nothing to show for himself after they know him. He didn't even say the word "no", he just shook his head, afraid that others would hear his ridiculous voice.

I know someone asked him, "Do you know how to play basketball?" Wang Yourong finally made the first affirmative answer in his life: a little.

Will be a little, after all, he will start playing basketball after all, and a year has passed, and this year has been full and long.

Training is hard, competition is exhausting, victory is joyful, defeat is painful, Wang Yourong has experienced all kinds of ups and downs in this year, more than he has experienced in the past ten years combined.

There was only one thing he hadn't tasted, and that was the taste of loneliness, and he never had to taste it again.

Wang Yourong is not stupid, he is just a little sluggish, because he has been in the closed box for too long, and his heart is a little stiff, and now he is no longer stiff He understands a truth, which is also what his mother told him: the person who is a confidant dies, and the woman is the one who pleases himself.

So there is a friend character in his name, a rong character, which was given to him by his grandfather.

And on the basketball court, in order to let others and the team live, the players must hold the belief that they must die, so today's Wang Yourong is fearless.

Gan Zhi is really too powerful, people call him the golden-faced Buddha, because he is invincible all over the world, he is a Buddha under the basket, no one can shake it, but Wang Yourong wants to shake it, no matter how many times he is attacked, he will not give up the determination to defend the opponent.

Even if there is a Buddha on the other side, and he is just a clay bodhisattva!

Gan Zhi took the ball in the right rib that he was best at again, catching the ball, dribbling, and pushing back, the huge force made Wang Yourong almost unstable on his feet, and Gan Zhi had already turned around, he was going to show his good hook, which was almost an unblockable move!

Gan Zhi's movements were stretched and light, quite like his grandfather's style, but Wang Yourong did not give up, he jumped up violently under his feet, and stretched out his arms with all his strength to interfere.

The bodies of the two collided in the air, Wang Yourong's ferocious momentum made Gan Zhi feel shocked, and the movement in his hand hesitated for a little 0.1 seconds, and the ball flew out, but the strength was no longer right.

"Rebounding!"

Wang Yourong roared wildly, and the others had just landed, but he firmly believed that the goal would not be scored, because he could feel that his defense had worked.

"Bang!"

The ball smashed on the basket, and sure enough, Chen Cai stepped forward and grabbed the rebound, and immediately handed the ball to Lu Yuan, this time Lu Yuan no longer dragged the rhythm, time was running out, he immediately dribbled and rushed forward to launch a quick counterattack!

Just didn't take two steps, Huaqing's bag came up, Lu Yuan gave the ball to Dai Haoran, Dai Haoran advanced through the halfcourt, passed the ball to Bai Ye who followed on the wing, Bai Ye received the ball and hit the basket directly, but his layup was interfered with by Lu Gradual, who made up the defense, and the ball tossed twice on the basket and slid out.

But Wang Yourong rushed from the backcourt like a Boeing 747, jumped up before everyone else, grabbed the sliding basketball in the air with both hands, and dunked the ball into the basket like Mount Tai pressing the top.

There was a loud bang, and the basket was buckled.

Wang Yourong made up for the dunk, 71:74, only three points away.

The mud bodhisattva crossed the river, and it was difficult to protect himself, but this time, the mud bodhisattva appeared.