Walking on the asphalt road on the edge of the Los Angeles desert in this weather at the end of September is like dancing on a hot iron plate, Ren Tian feels like all the water in his body is about to be evaporated.

Back yesterday evening, the EVE team who won the semi-finals naturally celebrated as usual, and after a full meal, everyone went back to their rooms.

As soon as he entered the house, Ji Heng immediately hugged Ren Tian from behind, just now he drank a little wine, and now his body is hot like a raging fire. After enduring a few minutes of hot kisses, Ren Tian pushed him away, gasped and said, "Go take a shower first." ”

Ji Heng also gasped and raised his head from her chest, with a wicked smile on his lips: "Let's go together." ”

Ren Tian shook her head resolutely, the result of the last time we took a bath together, her legs and waist were almost broken, and it hurt to walk for several days, if she could choose, of course, it would be more comfortable on the soft bed, her eyes narrowed slightly, and she said coquettishly: "I'm tired, let me sleep for a few minutes first, okay?" ”

Ji Heng smiled in a low voice, pinched her face, leaned down and kissed her again, and then walked into the bathroom.

Ren Tian rolled on the bed and found that the bed was full of rose petals, which should have been prepared by Ji Heng at the order of the room service. "This man is really... Ren Tian muttered, she rolled to the other side of the bed, and found that the cabinet on the side of the bed emitted a faint orange light, she knew that there was a safe provided by the hotel in that place, and this kind of safe was also in Ren Tian's room, but the door had never been opened, and Ji Heng's here was shining inside at this time, as if it had been used but not closed. Ren Tian curiously opened the cabinet door and looked inside, and on the inside of the green box of the safe, there was a black velvet box lying quietly.

Judging from the size of this box, Ren Tian could almost be sure at a glance that this was a ring box, but why did there appear a ring box here, could it be that it was left by the previous guest, but this room had been used by Ji Heng for a few weeks, and he definitely wouldn't have noticed it until now.

Ren Tian couldn't suppress his curiosity, and after hesitating for a few seconds, he took out the box and opened it carefully. For a while, a burst of dazzling light shot out from inside, the kind of gorgeous and pink made people involuntarily stop breathing, in this ring box there is indeed a very beautiful diamond ring, a huge bright pink oval diamond with full fire embedded in the white gold ring, beautiful and delicate like a dream, Ren Tian's eyes widened and amazed, but she immediately noticed that the appearance of this ring seemed to be familiar.

She took out Pikachu's necklace from the collar, the heart-shaped diamond that the diamond-filled Pikachu was holding was also pink, and it was not difficult to see that the overall style of the two pieces of jewelry was also exactly the same, and it should be the same collection created by a jeweler. Pikachu Ji Heng said that he specially customized it from the brand, which proves that this ring should also be made by Ji Heng, but what did Ji Heng do when he brought this ring to Los Angeles?

"Could it be that he wants to propose to me?" When Ren Tian saw the petals on the bed, she was frightened, and the hairs on her body stood up, and the ring slipped from her hand and fell on the thick carpet.

There was also the sound of bath water in the bathroom, Ren Tian looked back at the door, picked up the ring and carefully kept it as it was, and when the safe door was closed by her, she hesitated, turned her hand, and locked the door.

"He probably forgot to close the door." Ren Tian deceived herself, and then she opened the door and slipped out as if she had been caught red-handed by a thief committing a crime, and she heard her heart pounding all the way.

Ren Tian walked to the door of her room, took out the door card and put it back in her pocket, the mobile phone vibrated in her pocket, she picked it up and looked at it, there was a message from Ji Heng on it: "What about people?" ”

The terrifying feeling of seeing the ring just now still lingered, she picked up her phone and hesitated for a moment, and replied: "People are suddenly uncomfortable, I'll come back to sleep first, good night." ”

She took a can of beer from the refrigerator in the room, ran to the terrace at the end of the floor and sat and drank it slowly, and when half a can was down, Ren Tian felt that her body was slightly hot, and her mind was hazy, and the various lights in the night scene of Los Angeles downstairs were magnified several times, like huge eyes looking at herself.

She remembered that in the afternoon, when Ji Heng stepped down after winning the game, Ji Heng's parents rushed over and hugged him, and seeing their family together, Ren Tian felt so envious. And she has been in the United States to play for more than a month, and her mother has not contacted her until now, as if the last time they met was when she was injured and hospitalized, but it is good, at least it proves that this lady should be living a good life now. Ren Tian suddenly remembered her father at this time, the only relative in the world who really loved her could no longer see her, she was sad from her heart, and couldn't help but bury her head and cry bitterly. Her parents' marriage brought her nothing more than a memory of the warmth that seemed to be absent, and then a piece of chicken feathers in reality, she really felt that it was an idealistic thing that was difficult to stay together for a long time. So the moment she saw that ring, she immediately felt a deep fear.

The hand that had been warm was gently placed on her lying neck, Ren Tian raised his head and saw Ji Heng's face looking down on him above him, from this angle, he seemed to be a little annoyed and a little worried.

Ren Tian continued to bury his head in shame, he had just told people that he was uncomfortable sleeping, but he was found drinking here, and he was embarrassed to fool him around.

Ji Heng didn't ask her, took the rest of the beer from her hand, took a big sip, and said, "Don't you like that ring?" ”

"Huh?" Ren Tian's face turned even redder.

"I was going to surprise you, but I didn't expect to scare you away." Ji Heng's side face was shrouded in the shadow of the moonlight, and there was a self-deprecating smile on his face, which looked a lot like a comic book character called Night Dress Masquerade that Ren Tian liked when he was a child.

It seems that Ji Heng really deliberately opened the door of the safe for himself to discover, he is really a heartless eye, how could he forget to close the door when he is so careful.

Ren Tian didn't think about how to explain this, his hand was cold, the ring was already on the middle finger of his left hand, and the pink diamond was stirred by the light next to him in the dark night, and the mysterious shaking made people almost lose their minds. And the boy who brought it to Ren Tian took her hand and smiled softly at her, a little helpless and a little doting in his smile.

Looking at Ren Tian, who was stunned, Ji Heng leaned down and kissed the white fingers, his eyebrows wrinkled slightly, and his voice was low and soft: "I don't mean anything else, don't be afraid." He really didn't expect that the first time he gave a girl a ring, he would scare the other party away.

Ren Tianqiang smiled and said, "Is it just a gift for me?" Her trembling look made people laugh. Ji Heng was angry and funny: "What, are you afraid that I am proposing to you?" ”

This question is really embarrassing, Ren Tian frowned directly and said, "Can you not ask." ”

Ji Heng stared at her hand again for a few seconds, let out a long breath, and said, "Understood, go back and rest." ”

Ren Tian read a hint of loss in his eyes, and in order to resolve this embarrassment, she said without words: "Let's go out tomorrow." ”

"Not tomorrow, someone from Company G will come to me tomorrow to talk about work." Ji Heng's voice was faint, and he tried his best to hide the unhappiness in his heart, but Ren Tian still keenly felt it, and both of them were a little sullen.

Ji Heng sent Ren Tian back to the room and left, instead of leaning on her side as usual, Ren Tian lay on the bed, rubbing the shiny pink ring, and slowly blamed himself in his heart. Just now, his behavior was not good, and it had already broken Ji Heng's heart.

"Ren Xiaotian, what are you doing? Did you interrupt your evening activities? Wu Xiaoyou sent a message.

Ren Tian couldn't help but tell her about the ring just now.

"What? Ji Heng gave you a ring and scared you away? You're such a talent. Wu Xiaoyou's voice call came immediately, accompanied by the sound of laughter she couldn't help laughing.

"You keep quiet, by the way, Brother Yi is not next to you." Ren Tian realized this major bug and hurriedly asked.

"I didn't live with him, what do you think?" Wu Xiaoyou shouted.

Ren Tian relieved his heart at this time, and Xiaoyou continued: "Ji Heng must have cried to death, you are so faceless." It's pitiful that the blood in your cavity was poured with cold water by you. It is estimated that the crystal in his heart has exploded ten times in a row. ”

Ren Tian blamed himself even more when he heard this, and muttered: "Don't increase my guilt anymore, what should I do now?" ”

Wu Xiaoyou said: "Tie a ribbon and go to bed... ”

", I'm serious." Ren Tian smacked her.

"Hey, I really don't know, I don't know what Ji Heng likes, this kind of thing can only be done as he likes." Wu Xiaoyou said.

"Do what you like!" This sentence seems to be a lightning bolt in the dark that gives Ren Tian a good hint.

"Xiaoyou, thank you." Ren Tian hung up the phone after speaking, she thought about it, simply stopped sleeping, sat up and began to go to the NBA fan forum in Los Angeles to find someone to learn from.

Early the next morning, Ren Tian left the hotel with his bag on his back. It was just dawn when she left, and when she set off, she said to the sky outside, "Hello, Los Angeles at 6 a.m." ”

At the forum last night, they said that there is a fan exchange market somewhere in the suburbs, where you can buy some precious NBA goods, and if you have money, you can even buy the clothes worn by those superstars and the basketballs used. Do what he likes, as long as Ji Heng likes it, Ren Tian decided to get it for him today no matter what.

The place where the taxi gets off is very desolate, this is a second-hand goods trading market where birds don't, and as soon as Ren Tian lands, I feel my heart beating, why is this place so similar to the filming location of the Human Skin Inn. She walked around the market a few times, but she didn't have the courage to go inside.

A group of people walked towards her in the distance, and when Ren Tian looked inside, there was a yellow-skinned girl who looked similar to the profile picture of a girl named Susan she met on the forum, both with an exaggerated American smile and colorful dreadlocks.

"Are you Susan, please?" Ren Tian asked in English.

"Yes, you are?"

"I'm SKY from the forum, and I talked to you yesterday." Ren Tian said.

Susan walked over enthusiastically, pulled her and said, "Didn't you find a place to buy something?" Come with me. ”

The market looks desolate on the outside, but there is something else on the inside, and after Susan walks her through several empty sheds, she sees a lot of people wearing the jerseys of various teams peddling goods.

Susan took her around and went to other places on her own, and Ren Tianlai had already done her homework, buying a few collector's jerseys, a pair of James-signed sneakers, and a Spalding out-of-print basketball from the seller Susan said guaranteed authenticity. She was elated to get James' signature sneakers, but she didn't know that her big shot had been targeted by a few local thugs.

When she walked outside the market with her things and was about to take a ride, suddenly there was a car behind her, and a thug rode a bicycle and grabbed her backpack from the side, Ren Tian didn't react, Nike's backpack had been snatched from his back, the gangster's car didn't stop at all, he took the backpack and hurried away, and Ren Tian was pulled and fell on the gravel floor, and his palms were suddenly full of blood.

"It hurts... The law and order in the United States is really bad. Ren Tian only then remembered that the previous manager Fang told everyone not to walk around, Los Angeles is the most prosperous place in the world, and it is also the place with the highest crime rate, and she completely listened to it at that time.

She stood up while baring her teeth, fortunately, the things she bought for Ji Heng were not snatched away in a separate bag, and now they are scattered on the side of the road. After enduring the pain and picking up the things one by one, Ren Tian found that he now had nothing but this bag, his wallet, mobile phone, and the map of Los Angeles were all in the backpack that was snatched away.

After barely walking a few steps, Ren Tian found that the knee wrapped in her jeans also had a sharp pain, and it was estimated that the skin was also broken inside, and what was even more unfortunate was that it was very desolate, standing on the side of the road, there was no taxi passing by at all, so she had to walk back slowly along the road she came, and this is where the scene at the beginning of this chapter happened.

After walking for half an hour, the second-hand market was far away from Ren Tian, but there was still no shadow of a place or taxi in front of her, not only that, but she couldn't even see half a figure in her current position, although there would be cars passing by on the road next to her, but the timid Ren Tian didn't have the courage to wave to stop the car. All of a sudden, she wanted to cry and laugh, crying because of her current situation, laughing because she remembered why she had come here.

"It's not going to be the world." Ren Tian, who has always been optimistic, began to become fatalistic. She wanted to drink water, but all she had was a pair of giant sneakers and a basketball that looked like a watermelon. And the blood on her hands was congealed, and the black sticks to the palms of her hands and swells for a while.

Just when she thought she wouldn't be more unlucky, the roar of an illegal-sounding engine sounded behind her, and she turned her head, and a strangely shaped open-top sports car slowly drove behind her with a few white boys.

Ren Tian hurriedly lowered his head and walked in fright, not wanting to be noticed by these people, but after the few people in the car saw the girl's slender and sexy figure, they whistled and jumped out of the car.

"Where are you going, do you want a ride?" The boy at the head spoke to her in English, and his tone was very flirtatious.

Ren Tian waved his hand again and again in fright, and his English, which was already half a jar of water, stumbled even more when he was nervous: "No... My friend will be coming to pick me up shortly. ”

When the boys heard her accent, they immediately understood that Ren Tian was a foreigner, and they looked at each other and smiled, gathered around her, and took her hand by hand.

While pulling, everyone heard the sound of heavy motorcycle brakes, and a man shouted from the side, "Let go of her, she's my girlfriend." ”

"This is not Ji Heng's voice." Ren Tian's first reaction was that she turned around and saw a tall figure stepping down from the motorcycle, still carrying a nunchuck.