"We are! Warrior! We are! Warrior! ”

The uniform cheering voice, mighty and vigorous, exploded throughout the scene, instantly transformed the bustling city center into a candelabra stadium, as if returning to the lively moment of the home game, every fan is shouting hoarsely, waving their arms high, showing their support and affirmation.

The crowds of people in the line of sight are like boiling water, bubbling and boiling, extending endlessly, as if they can reach the end of the world, and the powerful solidarity force makes the whole world begin to shake, and really makes people feel Lu Ke's super popularity.

Not to mention Under Armour, even Lu Ke himself was stunned, originally thought it was just a routine autograph session, and he didn't have any expectations at all.

In Lu Ke's opinion, it is already very rare to be able to have twenty fans; Before leaving, he also joked with Lech, "If there are only two or three kittens on the scene, then Under Armour can only send his own staff, pretend to be loyal fans, and come to me for autographs, so that the scene will not be too ugly." ”

But now, looking at the fanatical pursuit in front of him, Lu Ke was completely dumbfounded.

The impassioned support gradually gathered together and became more and more intense. In the midst of this, I don't know who was the first to change the slogan, and then gradually spread, "Bambi! Bambi! Bambi! The continuous shouts were overwhelming, and the mountains and the earth cracked, like a tornado, swept in.

At this moment, this is not a moment that belongs to the San Francisco 49ers, this is not a moment that belongs to football, but a moment that belongs to Lu Ke. Especially after winning a hard battle just now, Lu Ke finally won his own moment.

The long queue, like a snake winding out, has no end in sight, and it seems that at the end of the line, there is a steady stream of fans arriving to join the queue, and there is always an illusion that half the city's population is gathered here.

Jonathan came to the scene early this morning and was in the line early, but he still waited for nearly forty minutes before he came to Lu Ke. All the wait was worth it, though, and Jonathan couldn't wait to step up and say hello, "Good morning, Bambi." ”

"Hey! Jonathan, it's great to see you again. ”

Sitting in the stands of the stadium, the player wearing the helmet seems to be a moving stickman, all the facial expressions and eye colors are hidden under the helmet, everything is like the parts of a precision instrument, arranged and combined, moving towards victory; But when he stood face to face and took off his helmet, the face in front of him began to become real and accurate.

Jonathan Baldwin couldn't help but start looking at the young and sunny face, in their eyes, Asians always have a baby face, if Lu Ke is still a college student or high school student, he also believes it.

Lu Ke's nickname came to mind, "Bambi", which is really an apt image; However, on the court, Lu Ke's style of play is completely different, and the ruthlessness and boldness in his bones will definitely make any opponent who underestimates Bambi suffer. Such a contrast is cute, and in Jonathan's eyes, it is naturally better.

"Hey! Jonathan, it's great to see you again. ”

Lu Ke greeted with a smile, and Jonathan's eyes showed surprise, "Do you remember me?" ”

Before, the two of them only had a relationship at the airport, and that night, the entire San Francisco International Airport was crowded with fans, and Jonathan didn't expect that Lu Ke would be able to remember that brief encounter.

"I'm praying that I'm not miscognizing. Now it seems that my prayers have worked. Lu Ke's cheerful tone made Jonathan laugh, and then Lu Ke lowered his head and began to complete the autograph on the jersey.

When he was in high spirits and his concentration was not very focused, Jonathan slowed down a little by half a beat, "Wait." Eagerly calling out Lu Ke's action that he was about to put down the pen, startling Lu Ke, Jonathan quickly explained, "This jersey is not mine, but for someone else, you can sign it, give it to 'Ryan Baldwin', and then ......"

The autograph queue was still extremely long, and the air conditioner in the store was whirring, and the noise was endless, but Lu Ke stopped what he was doing, did not hurry, and seriously cast his gaze. In Jonathan's hesitant words, Lu Ke could feel a trace of struggle and a trace of bitterness, he couldn't say why, but he knew that there was a story behind this jersey.

So, Lu Ke did not rush to ask questions, but waited patiently.

Jonathan hesitated for a moment, "And then he said, please don't give up hope, even if you are insignificant, but, don't give up." Lu Ke still didn't rush to put down the pen, and waited until Jonathan nodded again to confirm, "That's what it means, as long as the meaning is achieved, you can write it according to your own ideas." ”

Lu Ke thought seriously for a moment, then quickly left a sentence on the jersey, and finally signed his name, handed the jersey to Jonathan, and said with a smile, "I look forward to seeing you in the home game next week." ”

"Of course, of course, we are still expecting a win. You know, we're never going to get tired of it. Jonathan laughed as well, picked up his jersey, stepped away, gave up his place to the fanatical fans behind him, and followed the staff's instructions to leave the Under Armour flagship store through the back door.

After leaving the crowd, Jonathan realized that he was already soaking wet, sweating profusely, as if he had just gone through a sauna, and after breathing in the fresh air, his overheated brain felt the freshness and coldness of oxygen again.

Standing in the crowd of people coming and going, Jonathan opened the jersey in his hand and carefully browsed Lu Ke's gift:

To Ryan Baldwin,

If they say, who cares that another light goes out, and it is shining under billions of stars? Yes, I care.

Lu Ke. ”

Carefully, Jonathan carefully skimmed the words again, and couldn't help but start reciting, caught off guard, his nose was slightly sore, and then Jonathan quickly put away his jersey, controlled his emotions, and breathed heavily, and the touching and touching under his eyes quietly precipitated.

Turning around, he raised his head and looked at the huge poster hanging on the exterior wall of the building in front of him, it was Lu Ke, wearing an Under Armour sports vest, the rugby ball had just broken away from the control of his right fingertips and flew in the direction of his left hand; With a confident and calm smile on his youthful face, his eyes full of wisdom seem to have freed himself from the shackles of the poster and become lifelike.

That's their quarterback.

Jonathan walked briskly in the direction of the nearby parking lot; Thirty minutes later, Jonathan arrived at San Francisco General Hospital, parked his car, and walked briskly to the hospital's rehabilitation center, but he could not find a familiar figure in the rehabilitation room.

A figure curled up in a wheelchair, with thin shoulders, seems to be unable to capture the traces of life, and the aging and fragility of the drooping old age are eating away at the flesh and blood little by little; Hands and feet are awkwardly placed on top of the wheelchair, in a strange posture, but no vitality is felt.

He sat quietly in his wheelchair, admiring the sunlight on the edge of the sky, motionless, as if time had stayed in that ray of sunshine for eternity.

This is a small balcony in the corner of the rehabilitation center floor, with a view of the mountains and coastline not far away, you can soak up the sun and breeze, and you can also secretly smoke a cigarette and enjoy a moment of leisure.

Ryan always likes to hide here, escape from rehab, escape from the nurses, escape from life, sit quietly, watch the sunrise and sunset, pretend that nothing has happened, that he has never suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, that he has never faced the cruel condition of ALS, that he has never been sentenced to death by a doctor, that he is like a living dead waiting for death to come, and that life is forever fixed in that beautiful memory.

Gently, Jonathan let out a breath. Two years have passed since Ryan's diagnosis, and two years have passed, but it seems like two centuries have passed, both for Ryan and for him.

To make matters worse, the San Francisco 49ers have never improved, floating in the bottomless abyss, and there is no hope in sight. He's a big fan, and Ryan is an avid fan—

The San Francisco 49ers are all of Ryan's life, all of his efforts, and the team's poor performance seems to have cut off the last hope, so that Ryan is no longer willing to work hard even in rehabilitation, as if he has given up the belief in survival, and has fallen into the whirlpool of self-abandonment.

After the start of the season, the San Francisco 49ers' results finally improved, but Jonathan began to suffer from gains and losses. He hopes that the team's excellent results can reawaken Ryan's survival/desire/hope; On the other hand, they are worried that the team's recovery is just a shooting star that slides across the sky, and after the results fall into a trough again, it becomes a double whammy, which really cuts Ryan's lifeline.

So, he began to alienate, he began to mock, he began to be angry, he began to stay out of it.

He knew that it was not fair to Lu Ke; But for Ryan, it's not fair either.

Until now, Jonathan can finally be sure, the team's hope, and Ryan's hope.

Cautiously, Jonathan came to Ryan's side, placed the jersey on Ryan's knees, and slowly crouched down, "Hey, Ryan, you know what? Our team is now a league underdog, not only because of our five-one record, last week, when we beat the Detroit Lions, who had won all season, but also because we acquired the team's core quarterback for the next decade. ”

"Well, would you be interested in learning more?" Jonathan muttered under his breath, only to see a faint glow slowly appear in Ryan's eyes.