"Surprise!"

Hula, accompanied by the crackling sound of paper fireworks, the deafening cheers exploded one after another, and at the same time, the bright lights were instantly lit up, and the entire three-dimensional touch was fully detonated from the auditory to the visual, so that the illusion that the whole bar was stirring and trembling was produced.

Without warning, Lu Ke was really taken aback, and looked at the scene in front of him in a daze.

The bar has been set up as a party scene, with colorful sequins and colorful balloons filling the space, and even large and small headshots of Lu Ke can be seen placed on different greeting cards; Hanging upside down in layers of rainbow-coloured circular paper cutouts, Chile's most festive ornaments, hang a giant pinata in the center.

The piñata is a celebration that originated in China to celebrate the Chinese New Year, and the earliest piñatas were seeds and small fruits wrapped in paper.

Marco-Polo learned this custom during his travels in China, and then brought it to Italy, France, and Spain, where it gradually became a special custom in Europe; After the Spanish conquest of Mexico, they brought this custom to the South American continent, and later evolved into one of the symbols of sin in Catholic culture, where they used clay pots or porcelain to fill seeds and break them to symbolize the "sin of sin".

The piñata is now more popular in Mexico and the United States, with the meaning of blessing and celebration, especially on birthday parties, wrapped in uncolored paper into various shapes, stuffed with candy and chocolate, and then hit with a baseball bat or hockey stick, after breaking the whole piñata, it represents breaking bad luck and disaster, and the spilled candy and chocolate represent happiness and luck.

It's just that more often it still appears at children's birthday parties. Especially for children under the age of ten.

Now, a golden piñata in the shape of a Super Bowl trophy hangs right in the center of the bar, making it look like a kid's 10-year-old party.

What's going on? What's going on here?

From the scene of the quarrel to the scene of the party, the huge gap created more question marks, and now Lu Ke only felt that his head was stuffed with question marks, and he couldn't get answers at all, and finally he could only stand in place in a daze, maintaining a state of surprise with his mouth slightly open, staring at the dazzling scene in front of him dumbfounded, as if it was an enlarged version of a kaleidoscope.

In sight, the bustling crowd came out from all corners, pulling paper fireworks while singing loudly, "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, dear Bambi, happy birthday to you!" ”

is a simple happy birthday song, but the five tones are incomplete, uneven, and some people are even out of tune, which immediately dissolves the sense of stunnedness, which really makes people laugh, Lu Ke didn't hold back for a while, and then laughed out loud.

Don't talk about Lu Ke, even the players themselves laughed heartily, pointed at each other, refused to take the blame, and couldn't wait to show their innocence with complaints: You are out of tune, obviously you are out of tune, your whole family is out of tune!

The atmosphere of the whole bar becomes light and lively.

In the midst of the commotion, Jonathan Baldwin walked out with a small cart, a double-layered cake with red and gold representing the 49 people of San Francisco, and two number candles, "2" and "3", stuck on it.

Baldwin, as the representative, said with a smile on his face, "November 11th, today is your birthday. We all know that this year is not your twenty-first birthday, it is not the most important birthday; We all know that we missed your birthday last year......"

"But......" Lu Ke tried to speak.

In fact, there is no habit of celebrating birthdays collectively in the team, first, the squad of 53 players, plus the sparring team and the injury list, it will be a very, very long list, and birthdays will be celebrated every three or five days, which is a fatal interference with the daily rhythm of preparing for the game; Second, professional teams are more like work colleagues than friends, and Americans, who have always respected the privacy of others, are less likely to celebrate their colleagues' birthdays.

So, after being in the team for so long, there has never been a single player's birthday celebrated collectively within the team – a private gathering of friends is a different story.

But Lu Ke's defense was interrupted by Baldwin, "This year is special, because we have a perfect season, because we are firmly united now, because your training weight is really heavy, and now everyone thinks that you are destined to remain single, so a birthday party is held specifically for you, hoping to celebrate your early exit from singleness." ”

Single? November 11th?

Lu Ke opened his mouth again, trying to respond, but Baldwin still didn't give him a chance, raised his hand to stop it, and then continued, "Don't worry, after I finish speaking, you can respond slowly." Our focus hasn't come yet! ”

Baldwin looked around, and the rest of his teammates around him began to applaud in support, "That's all about ...... Since last season, every week, no matter how busy and urgent, you have arranged a special meeting for the offensive forward, and even given a projector to each of the players in the attacking front line in order for us to study the manual well......"

In an instant, everyone whistled, and the scene immediately became chaotic and noisy.

Lu Ke also smiled dumbly.

Baldwin himself was smiling, raised his voice and continued, "The whole league has seen the great progress of our offensive forward this season, but no one has seen that behind this, you continue to work hard and persevere, thank you, Bambi, not only because you led us to victory, but also because you led the entire offensive forward to money - when we renew or transfer, the salary should go up a lot." ”

The audience burst into laughter again, with coaxing, whistling, and cheers endlessly, obviously there were only a dozen people, but they created a kind of appearance of fifty and sixty people.

"So...... So! Baldwin had to raise his voice again and find room to continue speaking in the midst of the noise, "As a token of appreciation, we have this surprise party today. Then, Baldwin looked left and right, gave a glance, and everyone shouted in unison, "Happy birthday!" ”

All the streamers, gold paper, and spray snowflakes began to fall.

Quietly bathed in the festive atmosphere, Lu Ke also laughed happily, and at this moment, the real feeling slowly came up, and the warm happiness and sweet beauty spread on the tip of his tongue. Today, he is the luckiest man in the world.

One after another, everyone quieted down again, and all eyes were focused on Lu Ke.

All the complicated thoughts in Lu Ke's mind precipitated, and his first reaction was, "So, Crab and Anton didn't fight?" ”

Collective laughter.

Anthony took the initiative to stand up, "No. In fact, the crab left early today, and we just borrowed the name of the crab. By the way, it's best not to tell the crab about this, I don't think he would be happy if he knew. ”

Lu Ke himself also laughed loudly.

Apparently they all know that Crabtree's recent inconsistency has been like an unstable powder keg, and he is in a state of potential exploding at any time during training matches and games - and there was another verbal clash with the Rams' cornerbacks in this afternoon's game. This is obviously the best excuse to create a surprise party, and even Lu Ke, who is extremely accustomed to pranks, has been fooled.

No matter what, there is no contradiction and conflict, this is a good thing, Lu Ke couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "...... Just Jonathan said that this is the party of the attacking forward? ”

Everyone nodded.

At this time, Lu Ke had time to carefully look at the party members in front of him: Joe Stanley, Anthony Davis, Alex Boone, this is the main player; Leonard-Davis, Daniel-Kilgore, Joe Looney, this is the substitute.

Finally, with the addition of Jonathan Goodwin and Mike Rupatti, who secretly stepped on the shadow to join his teammates, the entire offensive forward group of nine players arrived without missing a beat; In addition, there were no players from other divisions at all, and the wide receivers, close forwards, and other members of the offensive team were not present.

It's a party for attacking forwards.

For the sport of rugby, the relationship between the offensive front and the quarterback is very special, even unique.

Although it is said that the wide receiver is the target of the quarterback's delivery of shells, the lack of a connection with the wide receiver is equivalent to cutting off the limbs of the quarterback, and there is no way to complete the touchdown by relying on the quarterback alone; But in fact, the closest quarterback to the entire team is the offensive forward.

Because the offensive front line is like the patron saint of the quarterback, guarding the door of the quarterback. A good offensive front that can carry all the punches of the quarterbacks, and they intercept all those solid hits like a dam, doing their best to give the quarterbacks a clean pocket.

Regardless of the offensive frontline's performance, they carry the main impact and impact in place of the quarterback. In fact, the athletic life of the offensive forward is relatively short, and it may take as little as three or five years to bring a lot of injuries to the physical depletion, and eventually have to choose to leave the game.

Patron saint, it is absolutely not an exaggeration to describe it like that.

It's no exaggeration to say that the relationship between a quarterback and an offensive forward is a life-or-death affair. This friendship is irreplaceable throughout a long career.

The same is true for Lu Ke.

At this time, Rupati showed a simple smile to Lu Ke, and the neat white teeth became more and more dazzling under the dark brown skin, a little shy and a little embarrassed, as if he was apologizing for the "lie" just now.

couldn't help but smile, and a smile climbed up the corner of Lu Ke's mouth.