The incident of receiving a mysterious note at the bar did not distract Gan Guoyang from these things, and his attention quickly focused on basketball again.

However, Gan Guoyang has one more fan on the sidelines, that is, the Chinese waitress who works in a bar, and after knowing that Gan Guoyang is a player of the Portland Trail Blazers, she spent money to buy tickets for the preseason game to watch the Trail Blazers at the Memorial Coliseum.

This girl's name is Chen Xiaorui, an ordinary name, a college student who came to Portland to study abroad, and she applied to study abroad at her own expense to study abroad and study for a master's degree in economics at Portland State University.

Her family conditions are okay, otherwise she would not have the opportunity to study in the United States, but she has to rely on her own part-time job to fight for the funds for studying in the United States, before she and many students in the restaurant to wash the dishes, both hard work and low salary, and then she gritted her teeth and decided to work as a waitress in the bar, so that the time does not conflict with her studies, and the income is also considerable.

Before coming to the United States, Chen Xiaorui did not know that there was such a Chinese playing professional basketball in the United States, in fact, she didn't even understand anything about basketball, but she quickly became a fan of Gan Guoyang, in her words, "There is such a great Chinese in the United States, who has done so well in a field that yellow skin has never been involved in, how can I not support him?" ”

Therefore, in the first three preseason games of the Trail Blazers' regular season, Chen Xiaorui bought tickets and cheered for Gan Guoyang on the sidelines, just like other Chinese fans in Portland.

I don't know why, Gan Guoyang felt that this girl gave him a very cordial feeling, in addition to the inexplicable familiarity, Gan Guoyang also felt that this girl was completely different from those bar girls with ulterior motives.

At first, Gan Guoyang also thought that this girl was waiting for an opportunity to get close to him, and like those women who wanted to rely on Gan Guoyang to get out of the position, Gan Guoyang was not ready to deal with her.

But after a few contacts, Gan Guoyang slowly discovered that she really just regarded Gan Guoyang as a friend and a hometown person she met in a foreign country.

Gan Guoyang only had such feelings about Wang Fuxi and Shui Miao in the past, Wang Fuxi was his lover, Shui Miao and him had an inexplicable ambiguous relationship, but with Chen Xiaorui, Gan Guoyang felt that the relationship between the two was very pure.

On October 31, the Trail Blazers will play their final preseason game at home, and they will face the Golden State Warriors.

When Gan Guoyang warmed up on the court, he looked at the audience, and not far from the technical table, Gan Guoyang could see Chen Xiaorui, who was wearing the No. 11 jersey of the Trailblazers, standing there waving his hands.

Like Shui Miao, Wang Fuxi is now a resident at Portland Hospital, and she is also studying for a master's degree in medicine at the University of Portland.

So she is usually very busy, and often stays in the hospital at night, like some games, she has no way to come and watch, Gan Guoyang also persuaded her not to work so hard, and the response she got was "You yourself are a person who works hard and works hard, how can I fall behind?"

Gan Guoyang didn't have much to do about it, but when he could see Chen Xiaorui on the sidelines, he still felt very down-to-earth.

That's right, it's down-to-earth, whenever Wang Fuxi watches the game on the sidelines, Gan Guoyang feels a huge passion and surging motivation, like the eternal embrace at the end of the NCAA Finals that year.

But Chen Xiaorui is here, Gan Guoyang has a feeling of wanting to "smile", and it seems that it will be OK to finish this game easily and peacefully, and I don't know if it's because it's a preseason.

The Golden State Warriors team really didn't interest Gan Guoyang, but compared with previous years, the Warriors still made reinforcements and adjustments, the biggest of which was to complete a first-round deal last season.

The Warriors sent Joe Barry Carroll, the No. 1 pick they acquired in 1980, in exchange for Ralph Sampson, the No. 1 No. 1 pick from the Houston Rockets in 1983.

This is a trade between two interior players, after Joe Barry Carroll left the Warriors and returned, it was not satisfactory, and the team's results have not improved; Ralph Sampson, on the other hand, suffered a major injury in 1987 and his form deteriorated, and his relationship with Olajuwon also deteriorated, and the Twin Towers began to compete for possession.

In the end, the Rockets made a trade-off between Olajuwon and the Warriors, leaving Olajuwon, who is more talented, younger, and in better shape, in exchange for another interior lineup in an effort to restructure the Twin Towers roster.

The Warriors hope that Sampson's knee will heal as soon as possible and lead the Warriors back to the ranks of the strong team with him as the core.

Unfortunately, the deal was not a win-win deal, Carroll did not play well after going to the Rockets, and the Rockets failed to restructure the twin towers, and after the season, the Rockets traded Carroll to New Jersey in exchange for a new player, declaring the first-round deal a failure.

On the other hand, Sampson did not have a good time with the Warriors, and the Oaklanders had great expectations for him, but Sampson never returned to his peak form, and injuries did hurt him too much.

And his situation seems to be even worse this season, he missed all preseason games and is not expected to play until two weeks later, and even if the Warriors want to trade him now, no team will accept it.

It's really a tiger with injuries.

Gan Guoyang looked at his old opponent in the Western Conference Finals in the past, and could only sit on the bench and watch his teammates play blankly, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

He was also tormented by injuries, because of that damn rugby, and now after recovering from the injury, Gan Guoyang not only uses hard practice to improve and maintain his condition, but also pays great attention to protecting every muscle and bone of himself.

In the game, the Warriors lined up a strange lineup, and the tallest of their starting five players turned out to be 6-foot-8" power forward Larry Smith, which means that this is a pure small lineup without a center.

It's a strange lineup, but you only have to look at who the coach is sitting on the sidelines of the Warriors — it's Don Nicholson.

In the face of such a lineup, Gan Guoyang did not play inside, he only dangled on the court for 20 minutes, got 10 points and 7 rebounds, and then went off the court to wait for the game to end.

Because of this, the game has become extremely intense, and Chris Mullin, who was a rookie a few years ago, has grown into an excellent and powerful scorer, and he has begun to earn the title of "God's Left Hand" with his amazing left-handed shooting.

Another rookie who was just as impressive was a tough guard the Warriors picked with the fifth pick, and the scorer who happened to be paired with the white Mullin, Mitch Richmond.

Richmond has fully demonstrated his talent on the offensive end of the pitch in his previous preseason games, and now he needs to prove himself in the regular season.

The Warriors' strange formation, coupled with the strong firepower in the backcourt, made the Trail Blazers a little uncomfortable for a while, but Adelman also reused Sabonis in the game, and Sabonis is now getting more and more tacit with the team and has been able to integrate well into the team's offense.

An inconsequential preseason game was a passionate spark, and the two sides bit until the last minute, but the Trail Blazers were all off the court at that time, allowing the bench to play the final period, but Mullin scored two goals in a row, and his own side missed two shots, and finally lost the game.

Although the home team lost the game, the fans were still happy, anyway, this game is irrelevant and the results are not counted, and the pre-season game is played like this until the last minute, and the ticket price is already worth it.

For Gan Guoyang, the day's work was over again, and after changing clothes in the locker room, Gan Guoyang left the Memorial Gymnasium under the escort of Feng Guangyao and Feng Peiyu.

Sitting in his car, Gan Guoyang was about to leave, when Feng Guangyao in the front row suddenly said: "Yangtou, there is a girl in front waving to us!" ”

Feng Peiyu said: "Which night didn't have a woman's morning sun beckoning? What are you meddling with? ”

"No, it's not! It seems to be the girl in the bar, who is the fan of the yang head, what is it. ”

At this time, Gan Guoyang took a look and found that it was Chen Xiaorui who was wearing the No. 11 jersey, and she left directly after watching Gan Guoyang's games the first few times, I don't know what happened this time.

"Peiyu, drive the car over." Gan Guoyang asked Feng Peiyu to drive the car to Chen Xiaorui's side, then opened the door and motioned for Chen Xiaorui to come in.

Chen Xiaorui hesitated, but still got into the car.

"Will this be photographed by a newspaper reporter?" After getting in the car, Chen Xiaorui said with some worry that she was afraid that if she got into Gan Guoyang's car like this, she would be photographed by reporters as peachy news.

"It's okay, these two guys are also here, they can be witnesses." Gan Guoyang pointed at Feng Peiyu and Feng Guangyao.

Feng Guangyao looked back at Gan Guoyang and Chen Xiaorui, and suddenly pressed the button, and the partition between the front and back seats slowly rose, and Feng Guangyao said with a lewd smile: "Yangtou, I didn't see anything!" Didn't see anything! ”

“…………”

Gan Guoyang had a strong urge to send Feng Guangyao to the Portland Hospital for his behavior of not having three hundred taels of silver here.

But at this time, Chen Xiaorui suddenly said: "I will return to China tomorrow." ”

When Gan Guoyang heard this, he didn't have the heart to pursue Feng Guangyao anymore, and asked, "Why do you suddenly want to go back?" Don't read anymore? ”

"You should be able to see if I come to watch you compete in the past few days, I don't go to work in bars anymore, I'm going back to China, so naturally I don't have to work anymore."

"Why are you in such a hurry?"

"My studies ended in September, but I haven't been able to scrape together enough money for a plane ticket back, and I have a small loan at the school that I haven't repaid, so I worked in a bar, and now that I have finally paid it off, I can go back."

It turned out that Chen Xiaorui worked in a bar more to repay loans and scrape together money for air tickets.

"It's great to stay in the U.S. and watch me play. Gan Guoyang really hopes that Chen Xiaorui can stay.

"My boyfriend is still waiting for me in China, and I said I'm going back." Chen Xiaorui said with a smile.

Only then did Gan Guoyang know that Chen Xiaorui had a boyfriend in China, and it seemed that he was going back to get married.

"You're getting married, aren't you? Congratulations, you can immigrate to the United States together in the future. Gan Guoyang seems to have a special hope that Chen Xiaorui will come to the United States.

"Well, in a word, he studied sociology, and he really wants to come to the United States to study."

Gan Guoyang knew that Chen Xiaorui had a fiancé, but there was no abruptness in his heart, but he was very peaceful and peaceful, and even had a trace of warmth.

Soon, the car drove near Portland State University, and Chen Xiaorui was about to get out of the car.

Gan Guoyang suddenly proposed that he wanted to hug Chen Xiaorui, Chen Xiaorui nodded, and Gan Guoyang stepped forward and gave Chen Xiaorui a hard hug.

Then, watching Chen Xiaorui's figure disappear into the dim street lights after getting out of the car, Gan Guoyang felt that perhaps, he would never see her again.

"Why is that? It's only been a few days since I've known each other, why do I feel like an old friend I've known for a long time......" Gan Guoyang didn't notice it, sitting in the car, a tear slipped from the corner of his eye.