Lu Fei walked into the answer embarrassedly.

Gu Tang smiled at him.

Washington and Elle had already ordered wine and sat on a stool waiting for Lu Fei to come over.

"This is Anthony Washington, this is Elle." Lu Fei introduced Gu Tang, and then said to Washington and Ellie: "This is my girlfriend, Gu Tang." ”

When it comes to the three words girlfriend, his voice is involuntarily much weaker, and his eyes dare not look around.

"I've seen you, you've come to see our game." Anthony Washington laughed: "Nice to meet you, token ......"

Washington struggled to utter the last two words with his tongue pinched.

“……”

Lu Fei regretted teaching him like that during the day.

Gu Tang was stunned, she frowned and thought about it, but she didn't remember which English word "token" was.

At this time, the bar father, Gu Tang, and his father, Gu Tang, came over with a fruit plate.

"This is my dad."

Gu Tang hurriedly introduced.

Lu Fei immediately stood up, "Hello uncle." ”

Anthony Washington saw Lu Fei standing up, and also stood up to take the fruit plate, and then said naturally: "Tokens, thank you!" ”

When Gu Tang heard the thanks, he realized that this product was speaking in Chinese.

Tokens?

The corners of Lao Gu's mouth twitched, how could this foreigner scold people?

"LLL ......" Lu Fei.

The hoarse voice of resident singer Bao Bao sang this year's Eason Chan's new song "Ten Years" in the bar.

"If those two words do not tremble,

I won't find me uncomfortable,

How to say it,

It's just a breakup......"

Anthony Washington suddenly thought that such a quiet bar was good, and he sighed: "I didn't expect Chinese songs to be so good." ”

"Of course, it's much better than your singing, dancing, and rapping." Lu Fei stuffed a grape and put it in his mouth, "I won't be in the team in the future, don't sing blindly, I think the new teammates may not like it too much." ”

"New teammate......" Washington's voice suddenly sank: "After the new semester starts, I may not be used to it without you passing the ball to me." ”

Lu Fei was stunned and sighed, he knew that even if Anthony Washington went to the NBA in the future, or Roy, Robinson, and Conroy would be on the NBA, it would be almost impossible for them to be on the same team, so today's teammates will be opponents in the future.

Moreover, it is still unknown whether Anthony Washington will be able to enter the NBA.

All of a sudden, the atmosphere became strange.

Lu Fei pretended to be casual, got up and walked out, there was a chair outside, and he sat down.

The evening breeze is blowing, and it is a little cold.

In fact, there are many players who play basketball in the NCAA, like Anthony Washington, who are likely not to play in the NBA, some of them go overseas to pan for gold, some change careers to other professions, and some are struggling to persist in the development league.

There are successes and failures.

Lu Fei didn't know if his appearance could change the fate of Anthony Washington, compared to when Lu Fei first met him, his technical level had improved considerably, and his ability to respond to attacks had also been recognized.

Maybe in two years, an NBA team will pick him.

But due to Anthony Washington's rise this year, another senior on the team, Jeffrey Day, even gave up on choosing to participate in the NBA draft.

Because of the little playing time, even if he participates in the draft this year, he will definitely not be selected.

In fact, Lu Fei remembers that there was indeed no Jeffrey Day player in the NBA in those years.

Some people rejoice, and some people are worried.

"Can I sit down and talk to you?"

Lu Fei heard the voice and hurriedly looked back, it was Gu Tang's father, Lao Gu.

"Uncle, sit down."

Lu Fei got up, Lao Gu motioned for him to sit down, and then looked at him with blazing eyes.

Well, it's pretty good-looking.

"I watched your game and played basketball well." Lao Gu smiled and said: "I used to play basketball, we are considered peers, Guo Qiang and I used to be on the provincial youth team." ”

This Lu Fei knew for the first time that Lao Gu was also a basketball player.

"Do you see my leg?" Lao Gu pointed to his right leg and said.

Lu Fei nodded,

"Fake?"

"......" Lao Gu: "Really, I broke my cruciate ligament during the game, and I raised it for half a year, and then I tore it for the second time during training, and I retired." ”

At that time, domestic players did not know how to train scientifically and treat in time, and many athletes had a serious injury that directly affected their careers if they were not very serious, not to mention that Lao Gu had a serious injury such as a ruptured cruciate ligament.

"After I retired, I had no income, Gu Tang and her mother had just given birth to Gu Tang, and she was weak and had no money to make up for it, so she left." Lao Gu said this very calmly, as if he was telling a very common thing: "Later, I worked as a mason, served plates, and worked as a security guard, just to raise Gu Tang, and then I opened this bar." ”

Lu Fei was gloomy.

"I told Gu Tang that it's okay to find a boyfriend, don't look for athletes, especially basketball players...... Because I only played ball at that time, the whole family couldn't even eat after I retired, or her mother wouldn't have left......"

Lu Fei wanted to explain to him that he could make a lot of money playing in the NBA, but when he saw Lao Gu's calm gaze, he swallowed back the words on his lips.

Lao Gu smiled and said: "In the past two years, I have made some money, so I have started an organization with some friends to help athletes who have not had a good time in retirement. ”

Lu Fei was stunned.

Lao Gu opened his phone, and there were several photos inside.

"This young man who is not tall, called Zhang Shangwu, who practices gymnastics, won two gold medals in the team and rings the year before last, but last year he broke his Achilles tendon and had to retire. He didn't go to school, he didn't grow up when he practiced gymnastics, and now he has to be a security guard for 1.65 meters, and no one wants him anywhere, and then someone saw him begging on the street, so I contacted him and was going to help him find a job first. ”

Lao Gu flipped through another photo.

"This woman, she looks very strong, she practices weightlifting, the national weightlifting champion, I don't know which blind one gave her medicine when she practiced, and now she can't give birth, when we contacted her, she was working as a scrub worker in a bathroom."

Lu Fei sighed.

The photo continues to scroll down, and it is a black and white photo, and the photo shows a fat man with a simple smile.

Seeing this photo, Lao Gu's eyes darkened significantly.

He ...... It's called Caili, and he just passed away the day before yesterday......"

Caili, Lu Fei's eyes stared at Caili's smile on the photo, which seemed to be full of sunshine.

"Talent is also an athlete who practices weightlifting, the national championship has won more than 40, the Asian champion has won more than 20, after retiring as a janitor in the Liaoning Sports Institute, on the day he died, his family only had 300 yuan, and even the coffin money was not enough."

Lu Fei has heard of talent, for this simple-hearted, cheerful and optimistic champion, the 5 years after retirement is the most depressing period in his life.

He was not only plagued by various painful illnesses brought about by his sports career, but also by family trivialities, status gaps and life pressures.

And the more fundamental depression comes not only from the contrast between the loneliness and noise of the two places and two eras, but also from the fact that he has not been able to break away from the national sports system all his life.

Caili's elderly parents live in a small rental house, and they know that Caili likes to eat meat, and every time their son comes back, they will make him a bowl of braised pork.

And on that last day, Caili couldn't eat anything, Caili chatted with his parents for a long time, mostly in the old happy times, in the eyes of his parents, no matter whether the child was poor or rich, the parents only wanted him to be safe and happy.

Caili's elderly parents gave him 130 yuan when Caili left, which may be most of the old couple's savings. After Caili left, his parents watched the taxi leave at the door until he couldn't see it.

Unfortunately, Caili was sent to the hospital, but the doctors didn't have much to do. When the wife got the news, she hurried to the hospital, and when she came to the hospital, she cried when she saw her husband's painful expression, and only then did she endure the pain and say the last words of his life:

Don't cry, don't cry......

Lao Gu recalled the day he sent away Caili, and saw his elderly parents faltering, and his eyes couldn't help but redden.

"Xiao Lu, I think after reading this, you should be able to understand why I don't want to just let Gu Tang go to school, never let her touch sports, let alone let her talk about an athlete's boyfriend."

Lu Fei nodded.

He understands Lao Gu's thoughts, and he understands his thoughts.

Both domestic and foreign athletes have such problems.

Although the examples given by Lao Gu are all niche sports, because these athletes are trained by the system to win gold medals.

Unlike basketball and football, which have become professional, there is already a certain market, and players now earn much more than before.

It's just that sometimes it's sad, and if you make too much money, you don't play well.

There was no money to make, but they desperately tried to get medals.

Lao Gu took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket and lit one for himself, and the smoke gradually spread.

He didn't want to break up Lu Fei and Gu Tang, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't help but want to say them.

Lu Fei raised his head, looked at Lao Gu, and said, "Uncle, do you regret it?" ”

Lao Gu's fingers holding the cigarette paused suddenly, avoiding Lu Fei's gaze, and then ...... Took a deep breath......

……

The chapter was written for three hours, and it was now one o'clock in the morning...... It's not too much to ask for a ticket, right?