Chapter 020: An Old Smoking Gun
"Yo, this isn't Su Mengyao, they've grown so big." The middle-aged man's footsteps stopped in front of Su Mengyao, and he looked at this Peugeot girl with squinting eyes, and he didn't know what he was referring to.
"Ahem." A strong smell of tobacco spread on the tip of Su Mengyao's delicate nose, and she gently waved her slender little hand to dispel the unpleasant smell.
The smell was as stubborn as the man, and instead of letting the smell dissipate, he waved his hand a few times, but it became stronger and stronger, which was undoubtedly painful for people who had no smoking experience, if Su Mengyao hadn't turned his head in time, he was afraid that he would have suffocated.
"I haven't seen you for a long time, but I've grown into a big girl." The man didn't realize that he had caused trouble to Su Mengyao, and he had long been accustomed to such a picture.
"It's only been a year." Su Mengyao reluctantly opened her mouth to answer a few words.
"A year is long enough." As soon as the man spoke, the smell of smoke followed, "By the way, why are you here?" ”
"This is the school, why can't I come." Su Mengyao turned her head and glanced at the man, he was really sloppy, if his hair was a little messy, he would be no different from a homeless man, and the only thing worth admiring was those bright eyes.
These eyes are really transparent, and they reveal shrewdness or cunning in their clarity, which is completely inconsistent with his appearance and clothing.
Blind with these good eyes.
"It's you." Su Mengyao asked rhetorically, "Why are you here?" Haven't you already been expelled? ”
"Little girl, don't always reveal people's scars." The man should have heard a joke, after all, the incident was over.
"I heard that your brother is back too." The man skillfully took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, knocked it from the bottom, and a cigarette deftly popped out, and the man stretched out two fingers, pinched them accurately, and slowly handed them to his mouth.
"This is the school." Su Mengyao's tone was very serious, this was not Su Mengyao's problem, it was difficult to make people feel friendly to him when he met such a person, "It's none of your business whether my brother comes back or not." ”
"Oh, I almost forgot." The man was stunned for a moment, then put the cigarette back down, "You shouldn't still hold a grudge against me." ”
"You don't deserve it." It was rare to see Su Mengyao speak in such a cold tone.
"Look, don't you blame me?" The man heard the implication and defended, "Actually, I am indeed responsible for that incident, but I can't be blamed entirely." ”
Su Mengyao didn't speak, but she didn't have the patience to continue listening.
"Forget it, it's useless to say anything now." The man sensed that he was not very popular, so he did not dwell on it any further.
Before leaving, he added, "If your brother comes back and let him come to me, I miss him a lot." ”
"Forget it." Su Mengyao refused, "No one wants to see you." ”
"Nope." The man's stubble shook confidently, "He would, if he still loves basketball." ”
Basketball is the only intersection between Su Miao and this man.
Although Su Mengyao was tough, she still decided to tell Su Miao about it.
The floor where the third grade is located is on the top floor of the whole school building, and the explanation given by the school is that it is convenient for students to study and not be disturbed, and the real reason for this is well known, the recess is only ten minutes, and it takes almost half of the time to go up and down the stairs once, and there is not much time left, so that students can only stay in the classroom or corridor, so as not to go out.
To put it bluntly, it restricts the recess activities of the third grade of high school, and I can only stay in the classroom and envy the younger students through the window.
This trick is really effective, and the third year of high school is like being isolated, and he rarely haunts the school.
There is still a big gap between the third and first years of high school, so Su Mengyao immediately attracted the attention of the seniors as soon as she appeared on the third grade floor, although she was still a little green, but Su Mengyao's appearance was enough to kill any girl on this floor in seconds, which made the male compatriots who were used to seeing these "elderly girls" around them on weekdays couldn't help but take a few more looks.
Su Mengyao didn't pay much attention to these eyes, and her expressions of never seeing the world were really pitiful, and finally her footsteps stopped at an open door.
The sixth class of the third year of high school, Su Miao's class.
At least Su Mengyao, who was standing at the door, easily attracted the attention of all the students of the entire sixth class, and Su Miao also looked at her sister at the door.
There are usually very few junior people on the floor of the third year of high school, even brothers and sisters like Su Mengyao and Su Miao rarely come and go during school, and Su Mengyao's sudden appearance must be something.
"Why are you here?" Su Miao got up and walked slowly to the door, and there were some discussions in her ears from time to time.
The expression on Su Mengyao's face was not reluctant, but there was nothing to hide, "I just saw Fang Tianzheng." ”
This name made Su Miao's calm face flush with a little sadness, the name Jiang Jiang had disappeared from his life for a year, he thought that he would not have any more intersections with this person, but when he heard it again today, his heart was not as calm as he imagined.
"How is he?" Su Miao asked with concern.
"The same old way." Su Mengyao's answer was very perfunctory, and her tone was so light that she had no emotion, as if she was treating a passer-by she didn't know.
Su Miao nodded slightly, he was not surprised by this attitude, he knew what kind of existence Fang Tianzheng was in Su Mengyao's mind, because his relationship made Su Mengyao very disgusted with Fang Tianzheng, but Fang Tianzheng was innocent.
"Where is he?" Su Miao continued to ask.
"I just saw him in the arena, and now I don't know." Su Mengyao replied.
"Did he say anything?" Su Miao sensed that the reason why Su Mengyao came to find him was definitely not just to tell him that Fang Tianzheng had appeared.
"He said if you still love basketball, you'll definitely go to him." Su Mengyao replied truthfully.
"Anything else?"
Su Mengyao shook her head, "That's all I said." ”
Su Miao thought for a moment, "Okay, I know." ”
"You can't go." Su Mengyao was very opposed to this meeting, just because the other party was Fang Tianzheng, that old smoking gun didn't look like a good person, and she couldn't let her brother have too much contact with this kind of person.
But no one could stop this meeting, neither could Su Mengyao, Su Miao waited for this day for a year.
"You don't have to worry." Su Miao soothed, "There are some things that need to be concluded. Su Mengyao had no way to shake such a determination, so she could only watch Su Miao leave.
Fang Tianzheng did not specify the place of meeting, but Su Miao already had a clear location in his mind, and it was one of the few intersections between the two.
In the basketball hall of the third middle school, Su Miao's footsteps stopped here.
"Coach Fang." Su Miao leaned into the hall and walked towards a familiar back.
"You're here." Fang Tianzheng turned around slowly, and his sloppy face looked a little handsome against the backdrop of the sunlight shining through the glass of the arena.
This may be the best look of reunion after a long absence.
Fang Tianzheng didn't move, Su Miao moved forward, this was the first time the two met after Su Miao was injured and left the team.
"Good recovery." Fang Tianzheng's gaze stayed on Su Miao's injured knee for a moment, and nodded with relief.
"Hmm." Su Miao bent her knees, "I've fully recovered." ”
The stone that was pressing on Fang Tianzheng's heart could finally be put down.
In the game with the provincial experiment, the fate of the two people changed, Su Miao left the team, and Fang Tianzheng also left the team at the same time.
The news came out that Fang Tianzheng was expelled for leading the team with a poor record, but in fact, Fang Tianzheng took the initiative to resign.
As for the reason for his resignation, Fang Tianzheng did not explain, but everyone knew very well that Su Miao's injury was not the responsibility of one person, and as a coach, he did not protect the players at all, and he was even likely to ruin a basketball genius.
Before the injury, Su Miao, his future was a profession, at that time, he had already reached the standard of quasi-profession in Fang Tianzheng's eyes, and Fang Tianzheng had already formulated a very detailed training plan for him, and he was preparing for his career path, but it was that push that made everything come to an abrupt end.
After the injury, Su Miao could no longer become a professional player.
Fang Tianzheng is convinced of this, this is the power of the meniscus, it can determine what a person will look like in the future.
"Coach, I'm sorry." Su Miao said in a low voice.
Fang Tianzheng was stunned for a moment, his lowered eyes flashed with an elite light, "I'm the one who should say I'm sorry." ”
"I owe you a championship." After three seconds of silence between the two sides, Fang Tian said.
"Coach, you don't owe me anything." Su Miao said lightly, "It's because I made you bear too much scolding." Su Miao looked at the man in front of him again, and he was much more vicissitudes than he had in his impression, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like he was only 35 years old.
"It's all gone." Fang Tianzheng said with relief, someone finally understood his situation, which made him extremely relieved, and even the wrinkles at the corners of his eyebrows felt a lot stretched.
In his pocket, the cigarette case had been crumpled by Fang Tianzheng's clenched fist.
"If you're interested, do it again." Fang Tianzheng suddenly sent out an invitation.
"Coach." The corners of Su Miao's eyes were a little moist.
"We haven't won the championship yet." The fire in Fang Tianzheng's heart had not yet been extinguished, that was the agreement between him and Su Miao.
"Of course." Su Miao said excitedly, "We said it, but ......"
"But what?" Outside the door, a trembling voice slowly came.
"Reber." Su Miao greeted respectfully.
"Reber." Fang Tianzheng also greeted in the same tone.
"Heaven is exactly what I called back." Reber leaned over to the two of them on crutches, "From now on I'm no longer your coach, Tianzheng is." ”
This news was too sudden for Su Miao to react for a while, Lei Bo is a respected old man in the third middle school, in the year before Fang Tianzheng and he left, the basketball team of the third middle school was Lei Bo's final say, the training on weekdays was quite strict, and it was true, the players called him "Lei Gong" in private, but his age and physical condition no longer supported him to continue to occupy this position, and Fang Tianzheng was the best candidate for his successor.
"Don't worry, Reb, I know what to do with these boys." Fang Tianzheng assured.
"I'm not worried about the others." Reber squinted kindly, "It's just that I have a child, I'm not too sure." ”