Chapter 51: Sweet Supper
Shaq and I were the focus of their attention during the post-match interviews, but fortunately this time the reporters didn't pay too much attention to my private life and focused their attention back on my performance on the field.
To be honest, I was a little nervous when facing these reporters' questions before, and I would refer more to the routines told by my agent to answer these reporters, but today I seemed a lot more relaxed, and I began to answer the questions raised by reporters according to my own ideas.
Most of the questions were focused on my performance, but some reporters asked me how I was able to adapt to the pace of the NBA so quickly as a high school rookie who just turned 18, and whether I was happy with the team's current role.
On the surface, his questions don't seem to be anything special, but when I think about it, it seems that there are some small traps hidden in them, especially the latter question is actually more sensitive, and if I don't answer the slightest bit mellowly, I may be caught by these reporters, so that I don't know what strange reports will appear.
For example, if I say that I am satisfied with my role as a substitute, then some journalists will describe me as a player who is not willing to work and is content with the role of substitute, and the future may not be worth looking forward to.
But if I say I'm not happy with my role as a substitute and want to get more playing time and a higher status in the team, I will obviously fall into another trap, on the one hand, I may directly offend the coach and my teammates, and on the other hand, I may give people the impression of arrogance.
So in the end I didn't answer that question head-on, but said that the coach and my team-mates helped me a lot, I just tried to do what I could, and as for my role, I said that I believe that if I work hard enough, I can do better and better, and I don't care much about anything other than the game at the moment.
So when I thought I could say something I wanted to say, the reality told me that I could only play according to certain rules of the game, especially when dealing with those big-mouthed reporters and media, I had to be very cautious, otherwise I might bring some unnecessary trouble to my future career.
I simply dealt with the post-match questions and answers, and I felt a little bit of a sense of loss, and I don't know where this feeling came from, after all, we won the game today, and my performance in this game was remarkable.
By the way, I thought of Jessica, in fact, when I was in the middle of the game, I was mostly focused on the game itself, and I ignored Jessica, who was always cheering for me in the audience, and Amy and her good friends, who I believe must have been silently cheering me on in the audience.
When I walked out of the arena, I saw Jessica standing under a big tree not far away, and she smiled and looked at me as I wanted her to go.
I put my arms around Jessica's small waist, her body shook slightly, but it didn't stop me from further movements, well, in fact, I didn't have any further movements, I just wanted to hold her at the moment, to feel the tenderness and warmth of her body.
The slight sense of loss that I had just felt was gone, and in a few hours I had to fly to Salt Lake City on a Lakers plane, so Jessica and I only had a few hours to be together.
"Jessica, you're pretty happy with my performance today, aren't you?"
"Your performance is very good, and your shooting and breakthrough posture is really handsome, you don't know what the eyes of the people around me are like when you shoot those difficult balls, I think their eyes are full of amazement, and they may even wonder why such a good rookie is not from our team!"
"Really, am I really that handsome? No, next time I'll have to find some tapes of my own game and watch them. ”
"Of course I didn't lie to you! You have to know that you didn't score a lore in a game before, and some fans who like you very much have made a poster of the lore ball just for you. ”
"Haha, that sounds really good, but aren't you worried?"
"Worried about what?" Jessica looked at me with a questioning look on her face.
"Of course I'm worried that I'll be snatched away by other beauties if I'm so handsome."
"Why should I worry!" Even though Jessica said this, her face suddenly turned crimson, and it looked like a freshly ripe red apple, and people couldn't help but want to bite it.
"You're so cute, too."
I literally kissed Jessica on the cheek, and Jessica responded with a more passionate kiss.
At this point, I suddenly felt a flash of light around me, I turned around and found that there were some people around me and Jessica taking pictures with their cameras, I shook my head helplessly, it seems that the relationship between myself and Jessica cannot be hidden from the media.
"Jessica!"
"You say."
"Be my girlfriend, I can't imagine what it would be like to live without you."
"What! Is your confession so direct? ”
I smiled and gently patted Jessica's flushed cheeks, which were almost down to her neck, and then took Jessica's small hand and swaggered into the distance.
As for the eyes around me, I don't want to care anymore.
Jessica and I got into a taxi, this taxi driver is quite good at business, he knows all kinds of good food and fun places near San Francisco, and what surprised me even more is that he is also a basketball fan, but unfortunately his favorite team is not the Lakers, but the Lakers' old rival Celtics.
However, in recent years, both the Lakers and the Celtics have been in a low period, but this driver has not been disappointed by the Celtics' recent poor record, in his words, the king is not eternal, and teams with glorious histories like the Lakers and Celtics will rise again sooner or later.
I think he is really a very rational fan, not just the so-called winning fan, the team will boast if the team has a good record, and spray if the record is bad, no matter how good the team is, no matter how brilliant the history is, there will always be a low period.
I don't know if he said I was a Lakers player, but I could tell from his endless words that he must be a person who has watched football for decades, and he told many interesting anecdotes from the ancient days of the NBA, which made Jessica and I involuntarily admire.
Of course, Jessica and I are most concerned about where to eat in San Francisco, and the key is the kind of food that best represents San Francisco's characteristics.
Unexpectedly, when it comes to the topic of food, this driver has a higher interest than talking about basketball, in his words, as long as there is food in San Francisco, there is nothing he doesn't know.
I shook my head slightly, even though I felt that the driver's words were becoming more and more unreliable, but it was still very nice to hear him talk about the various interesting restaurants and tourist attractions in San Francisco.
However, the driver gave me and Jessica too many food suggestions in one go, but we didn't know where to start, so we simply picked a new specialty restaurant, according to the driver, the things sold in this specialty restaurant are usually not very eaten, but not everyone can eat these foods.
When I heard this, Jessica and I were very interested, and wondered what kind of special food it would be.
When Jessica and I actually entered the newly opened restaurant, which the driver highly recommended, we were immediately shocked by the so-called specialty food inside, which turned out to be all kinds of insects.
From caterpillars to spiders, grasshoppers to snails, and even ants, cockroaches, and butterflies, the restaurant doesn't just offer food made from these insects, it also offers diners a huge visual dining environment.
All kinds of insects are cut off behind the glass, and their living conditions are clearly presented in front of the visitor's eyes, at first Jessica and I were still a little uncomfortable, after all, some of those insects looked really scary, and the insects I was most afraid of in my previous life were actually spiders.
However, when you can clearly see the colorful colors on their bodies through the glass, you will sincerely sigh at the miracle of the creation of nature to create such a colorful insect world.
Jessica and I also turned from a slight resistance at the beginning to curiosity, and under the guidance of a special waiter, Jessica and I walked to the second floor of the restaurant while exploring the insect beauty in the restaurant, which is a circular ladder, and the ladder is surrounded by the insect world isolated by the glass.
When Jessica and I arrived on the second floor of the restaurant, we found that a whole new world had emerged, with a variety of insects being placed on the plates under the chef's on-site production, and it looked like a buffet for eating insects.
The various insects prepared by the chef are placed on the self-advancing roller belts, which pass through the dining area where the diners are located, and the guests can simply stretch out their hands to take down their favorite insect feast.
Jessica and I came to a place near the window, where we could see the beautiful night view of San Francisco in the distance, and even the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge, which connects San Francisco and Oakland, which is a bridge that has witnessed a glorious history, and if it weren't for the back-to-back games in Utah tomorrow, I would definitely take Jessica to the Golden Gate Bridge for a good walk.
Jessica smiled when she saw my eyes staring at the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance.
"In the basement of my home, there is a scaled-down version of the Golden Gate Bridge made of special metal, and I can show you if you're still interested next time."
"Oh my God, is it the Golden Gate Bridge that is scaled down to equal proportions? That must be a masterpiece! ”
"I don't know if it's a masterpiece or not, but there are a lot of stories related to the Golden Gate Bridge, and I remember that in my parents' notes, there was a large section dedicated to the data related to the Golden Gate Bridge."
"Oh my God, I feel more and more that your parents are so powerful that I can't imagine how many places of interest around the world are recorded in their notebooks."
"Yes, I was too young and ignorant at that time, and the contents of the notebook were only a glimpse, only because the memories of my childhood were very profound, so I was able to barely remember some of the contents, but there are still many details that I can no longer remember."
"Well, in the future, whenever we go to a city, if we have the opportunity, we will go to the local scenic spots to have a good look, on the one hand, we can increase our various knowledge, and on the other hand, it can be regarded as a kind of life adjustment."
"There is also local food, you can see that the restaurant recommended to us by the driver is really unique enough, and the business here is good in terms of foot traffic, after all, the food it sells is so special."
"Indeed, the food here looks a little scary, I guess this restaurant is really delicious, so there are many repeat customers who come to eat."
"The nutritional value of insects is actually very high, and the nutritional content of insects should be the highest in the same weight of food, as long as you can overcome a psychological obstacle, you can enjoy their deliciousness."
"Jessica, how do you listen to your tone doesn't look like it's the first time you've eaten this insect feast!"
Jessica smiled and nodded.
"Yes, when I was a child, my parents made me an insect meal for a while, and it seemed that one of his friends was specialized in cooking insects, and I could eat all kinds of insect delicacies every day during the winter vacation, in fact, I grew a lot taller during that winter vacation!"
"No wonder you have such a good body proportion, it seems that your parents are still very careful when they raise you, they must not be willing to leave you alone at home, there must be their difficulties."
When I said this, I noticed that Jessica's eyes had dimmed a little, and there were even some tears in her eyes, and I quickly leaned in to comfort her.
Jessica was the first to recover, taking several plates of insect delicacies from the belt.
I shook my head slightly, and took a special snail platter from Jessica's hand, and of all the bugs, the snail was probably the only one that was slightly less intimidating, but when I put the little clump of snails in my mouth, it was like eating some indescribable delicacy.
In my previous life, I was also a person who studied eating, so I could naturally distinguish the quality of the food, and there was no doubt that the inconspicuous snail meal in front of me was definitely from the hands of a master, and I didn't think that there was really a master-level chef in this insect restaurant.
This plate of snails instantly opened my appetite, and then no matter how terrible the insects looked on the outside, I had the idea to try them, from the spiders I was most afraid of to caterpillars, butterflies, etc., I found that although these insects looked quite scary, after special cooking, they not only perfectly retained the original natural taste, but also had an evocative smell, I can't say what this smell is.
"How do you feel when you eat?" Jessica asked after seeing the look of satisfaction on my face.
"It seems that this insect restaurant really has something, and it's no wonder that so many people come here to eat, and the driver said that this restaurant is newly opened, and it seems that this restaurant has quickly become famous here in San Francisco."
"yes, and the food they sell is so unique that it can't be eaten anywhere else, so there will be many, many repeat customers who will come to take care of their business."
"It's a pity that there are not many restaurants in Los Angeles that people will want to eat often!" I said with a slight sigh.
"Who said that there are no such restaurants in Los Angeles, or next time I, a native of Los Angeles, will take you to see the food heritage of our Los Angeles."
"Okay, it's a word, I'll pay for your treat, and if there's anything delicious, just recommend it to me."
"It doesn't feel good like that, if you eat fat, it will affect your competitive state, and if you let others know that I caused the future basketball superstar to become fat early, you must not be scolded to death by your fans."
I looked at Jessica's pitiful look, and I couldn't help but let out a knowing smile, I really felt how comfortable I was with Jessica, maybe this was fate.
"By the way, if only the two of us could fly to Utah together."
"Don't think nonsense, if other Lakers players think like you, the whole Lakers team must not mess up, since they are all members of the same team, you should always be together, and you should also maintain a good relationship with your teammates."
"Got it, Jessica Mommy."
"Looking for a fight."
I smiled and grabbed Jessica's little pink punch with my hand, and I couldn't help but get closer to Jessica again.
"Close your eyes!" I whispered in Jessica's ear.
"What?" Jessica slowly closed her eyes.
Looking at her lovely appearance, I can't help but feel a little more love in my heart, the more time I spend with Jessica, the more I can find the shining points in her character, this may be the so-called lover's eye out of the Shih Tzu, anyway, in my eyes at this time, Jessica is like a perfect goddess, there is no shortcoming.
Jessica and I had a deep kiss, an affectionate kiss under the bright moonlight of San Francisco, witnessed by the restaurant's many chefs, waiters, and diners!