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"What are you going to do?" Tim asked.

……

On the riverside court, Lucas repeated his shots again and again, but the shots that he could feel like he had to score before before could not get into the basket no matter what.

Another shot, the basketball spun twice in the hoop before finally rolling out.

Nathan came to the court at some point and caught the falling basketball.

"What's wrong? Do you feel like you're not that good? That's how the ball should be thrown! After speaking, he made a relaxing long-range throw and entered the net.

Nathan continued to whisper in Lucas' ear: "If you continue to play like this, I'm glad you can stay with the team. Some people behaved like until now. Oh, and don't forget, tomorrow night our game. I'd be happy if you could be on the pitch. ”

Lucas looked at Nathan's departing figure, his eyes full of loneliness.

……

"How's the preparation? Are you mentally prepared for an outbreak? Dong Wenhao asked, "Maybe you'd like to talk to me about the last game, why didn't you make a move?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just that I have a friend who needs my help." Zhao Wei said lightly.

"Lucas?" Dong Wenhao knew that Lucas and Zhao Wei were good friends.

Zhao Wei nodded lightly.

"He's really struggled a bit." Dong Wenhao said with some concern, "However, Xiaowei, you may have helped you this time." ”

Zhao Wei looked at Dong Wenhao suspiciously: "I'm helping him find confidence, and we always press each other to fight." ”

"But in the end you lost. Lucas is a good boy. He has a good heart, but he is very sensitive. He will blame himself for the loss. Dong Wenhao woke up the dreamer with a word.

Zhao Wei slapped himself hard and blamed himself for his carelessness. I am smart but I am mistaken by cleverness. Hurriedly packed up his things and was about to leave: "I'm going to find Lucas." ”

Dong Wenhao smiled slightly and looked at the figure of Zhao Wei leaving. The heart is happy. He was very worried about Zhao Wei at the beginning, afraid that he would not be able to recover from Zhao Xiaohua's incident. When he came to the United States, he saw that Zhao Wei had integrated well into the life here, which made him slowly relax and leave to participate in further study.

……

"Andy." Hailey happened to meet Zhao Wei who came in a hurry.

"Hi, Hayley!" Zhao Wei also noticed Hailey.

"Can you talk about that?" Hayley asked tentatively.

"I've got something going on right now." Zhao Wei said with some embarrassment, and looked at Lucas's house not far away.

"It's for Lucas!" Hailey saw Zhao Wei's intentions, "Lucas has already told me. ”

"I did it wrong." Zhao Wei said regretfully.

"No, Andy, we all know that you're Lucas's best friend. You're doing it for Lucas's good. Lucas also knows that what he needs is to overcome himself. Now he needs space. ”

"Ok, thanks, Hayley." Zhao Wei smiled slightly, turned around and prepared to leave.

"Andy, can I ask you a question?" Hailey called out to Zhao Wei.

Zhao Wei nodded lightly.

"Andy, what made you leave your hometown, come here, and stay away from your loved ones." Hayley asked.

"For my dreams, of course." Zhao Wei said without hesitation.

"Basketball? I've heard Lucas say that you're going to be a really good basketball player in the future. Hayley continued.

"Not great, but the best." Zhao Wei shook his head and said confidently.

"Thank you!" Hayley looked a little absent-minded.

"Hailey, no matter what you do, I support you." Zhao Wei comforted, he could see that Hailey had something on his mind, but Hailey didn't say it, and he didn't want to ask.

……

"Hayley." Nathan waved at Hayley from afar, and then saw Hayley walking quickly towards him. The originally bright smile on Nathan's face slowly froze, as he found that Hayley's face was ugly, obviously angry.

Sure enough, Hayley trotted towards Nathan and slammed it on Nathan's chest: "What the hell do you want?" ”

"What's wrong with me?" Nathan puzzled.

"You said you wouldn't trouble Lucas." Hayley gritted her teeth and said, "I'm not going to tutor you in your homework anymore." ”

"I didn't." Nathan looked wronged.

"So what did you do to Lucas in the game!" Hayley scolded.

"I'm telling the truth, Lucas was shooting too low at the time. And so many shots. That affected the team's attack. I just reminded him. Nathan explained innocently.

"You mean Lucas took the initiative to hit you. No, it won't. I understand what kind of person Lucas is. Hayley didn't believe Nathan's explanation.

"Hailey, you should trust me. I didn't provoke Lucas, there must have been some misunderstanding between them. I can't live without you, you've seen my grades. If I fail, I can't continue to play basketball. It's mine

The goal is only basketball. I apologize for reminding Lucas of this. ”

Under Nathan's clever words, Hayley's anger was significantly less, and she said in disbelief: "Okay, but you must promise me not to embarrass Lucas again." If there is a next time, I will not tutor you again. That's what we agreed to be. I asked Lucas about the game and he said it was Andy going to pass it to him, and those balls, whether the chances were good or bad, he had to throw them. ”

"Okay, let's let this pass." With a flash of disdain in his eyes, Nathan continued, "Look. ”

Nathan received a prize from a pack of cookies, a beautiful colorful bracelet. He wanted Black Hailey to bring it.

Hayley refused, wanting to dodge, but Nathan grabbed her wrist and forcibly put it on her, and said teasingly: "Don't say I didn't give you anything." ”

"Tonight's game, Lucas probably won't go. He looked very lost. Hayley said sadly.

"It's fine. He'll get through it. I've been in this situation before. Nathan looked concerned on the outside, but inside he was sneering.

……

"Lucas." A gentle voice sounded outside the door.

"Mom." Lucas was depressed when he saw the woman coming in.

"Is it so upset to see your mother?" Karen pretended to be unhappy.

"No, it's not." Lucas knew since he was a child how hard it was for his mother to raise him alone, so he was very obedient since he was a child, "I just ......"

"I know." Karen sat down next to Lucas and put her arm around him.

Lucas leaned into Karen's arms in pain: "I just feel like I can't do it." I can do whatever I want on the riverside court, but as soon as I step onto the court, I feel like I'm stepping into his reach. All I could think of was his mocking glare at me, and he was sitting there. ”

"Lucas, whatever you decide. You're all your mother's pride. Remember that conversation when Whitty came to ask you to join the team? Karen said softly, "Isn't that why you refused to join the team in the first place?" What motivated you to join the team at the end! It was courage, courage that made you decide to join the team and dispel the gloom in your heart. ”

"Mom, how did you get through it?" Lucas didn't want to ask this question for fear of upsetting his mother's painful memories, but he really loved basketball and he needed to find the answer.

Karen smiled slightly, her voice still soft: "It's courage." Courage will wash everything away. ”

……

Peyton wandered outside Fletcher's studio, plucking up the courage to push open the damn door in front of him several times, but eventually Peyton left in chagrin.

After Zhao Wei and Hailey talked, they wandered on the road alone. Just in time to see Peyton tangled across the road and the black folder that she ruthlessly threw into the trash.

Zhao Wei walked over and picked up the folder with some curiosity. When he opened the folder, Zhao Wei found that there were cartoons inside.

At first glance, these cartoons seem to be disorganized and clueless. However, after watching carefully, Zhao Wei found that those cartoons had special ideas and described the heart of a special girl. Let yourself completely overturn the first impression of Peyton in your mind.

Zhao Wei walked into the Fletcher studio with the folder.

"Hey, these comics, I think you guys need to take a look." Zhao Wei said straight to the point.

The other party was not angry because of this rude and rampant kid, but happily punched Zhao Wei.

"Hey, Andy, it's a great game." Fletcher laughed.

"Uncle, you're going to watch the game." Zhao Wei asked in surprise, he didn't notice it during the game.

"My sister is not here, how can you lack fans!" Fletcher took the folder in Zhao Wei's hand, "What is this?" ”

"It's a pity to throw away a friend's work. Let's go! After Zhao Wei finished speaking, he left.

……

"Keith." Dan bumped into Keith and greeted.

"Dan Scott, my dear brother." Keith's words were sarcastic.

"Hey, Keith, why are you doing this to me?" Dan asked unhappily.

"Compared to what you've done, I'm not a big deal." Keith said dismissively.

"So you put Lucas on the team and hurt Nathan." Dan asked.

"Hey, you'd better not meddle in Lucas's business. Lucas has nothing to do with you. Basketball is just his hobby. If you dare to hurt Lucas, I won't spare you. Don't think everyone is rubbish like you. Fence out here, you're not welcome here. Keith was angry.

"You'd better not do anything bad to Nathan, too." Dan threatened.

……

In the hallway, Lucas listened to the music and walked to the locker room.

"Son." Suddenly, a voice stopped Lucas. The voice had awakened him from countless nights.

Turning around, Lucas saw that familiar face, Dan.

At this moment, Lucas's heart was complicated. I wanted to rush up and beat him up, and then ask him why he abandoned his mother in the first place. I also want to beat him up and leave in style. I want to turn around and run away from here and never see him again.

Dan's expression puzzled Lucas, as if he had mistaken himself for Nathan, or as if he had deliberately called himself that way.

"Can I give the jersey to Nathan?" Dan said flatly.

Lucas wanted to ignore him, but somehow, he took the shirt without heeding. Nodding, Lucas turned and left. Hating his reaction in his heart, Lucas wanted to slap himself twice.