"What's next?" Lu Zhengze asked seriously, "What are your plans next?" ”

Jiang Youning patted her husband's arm, lowered her voice and scolded, "What are you talking about at this time?" The game just ended yesterday, and it's not even over yet. Moreover, my son didn't even eat a bite of breakfast, and you suddenly talked about such a topic, which really ruined people's appetites. ”

Lu Zhengze "coughed" unnaturally, avoided his eyes, and replied to himself, "I also care about Xiao Ke." After brunch, we're off for a long time, and it's still a long way back to San Francisco. We'd better leave early, or we won't be able to make it to dinner. ”

"I want to be in the draft." Lu Ke didn't mind at all, his inner thoughts never wavered, he showed a big smile at his parents, and said sincerely, "Mom, it's okay, even if Dad hasn't mentioned it, I want to discuss it with you." I'm graduating from my senior year this year. Then comes the fork in the road in life, and even if it's not today, the choice will have to be made sooner or later. ”

Strictly speaking, before the Rose Bowl, Lu Ke had already made a decision.

If Lu Ke decides to give up professional sports and choose to become a real journalist, he must start looking for internships now, anyway, the NCAA season is over, there is no daily training fetters, all spare time can be put into work, and if he misses the time of February and March, he will fall behind other fresh graduates.

February and March, which are exactly the time periods for rookie boot camp.

So, he had to make a choice. Continuing to chase the career of a professional athlete is still an ordinary daily career. Deep down, Lu Ke knew that he was eager to realize his dreams, to stand on that field, and to become a top rugby superstar. The system in his mind gave him such an opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and he would not miss it, let alone give it up.

"I want to be in the draft, I want to be a professional athlete." Lu Ke said firmly.

Lu Zhengze and Jiang Youning exchanged glances, Jiang Youning lowered his eyelids worriedly, covering his mixed emotions, Lu Zhengze held his wife's left hand, and then met Lu Ke's firm and persistent gaze, "You know what this choice means, right?" ”

Lu Ke didn't rush to show his determination, but just looked at his father calmly.

The college leagues are incredibly competitive, but the professional leagues are tenfold, hundreds, or even more intense. The physical confrontation, the mental test, and the pressure of the media, the audience, and the Internet, professional football is definitely not an easy job, not to mention the injuries they face, as well as countless training and hard work. Competitive sports are brutal and even more bloody.

As a father, Lu Zhengze was instinctively worried about his son, but last night, he personally experienced the grand occasion of the rose bowl, and even witnessed Lu Ke's shining moment on that stage. He knew that this was not only his son's dream, but also his son's life, deeply imprinted in his blood. Perhaps, Lu Ke was born for the big stage.

All the worried words swirled around on the tip of his tongue, and finally swallowed them all, Lu Zhengze looked at Lu Ke attentively and sincerely, if Lu Ke had a trace of hesitation and a trace of vacillation, then he would order Lu Ke to stop this ridiculous idea as a father, but he failed.

"If you know, it's good. Professional players, once this road begins, there is no turning back, and all the hard work in front of it may not be worth mentioning at all. Keep it up! Lu Zhengze said earnestly, but in his simple words, he was full of sincerity.

Lu Ke was slightly stunned, he thought that he would have to spend some time arguing with his parents, after all, this is a life choice, if there is no rugby superstar system, he will still stick to his dream, but he may not be so sure and simple; However, things went so smoothly, beyond imagination, in his father's simple words, Lu Ke could also feel deep care.

"Xiao Ke, professional athletes are often injured, you must pay attention to protect yourself. Stay away from injuries, that's the most important thing. Jiang Youning looked at Lu Ke with a worried face and said with faint concern.

The emotion that just came up turned into a smile, and sure enough, the focus of my mother's attention was different, "Mom, don't worry about me." I'll take care of myself. Lu Ke said with a smile, expressing comfort.

Jiang Youning chuckled twice, looked at Lu Zhengze, and his eyes seemed to say, "My son actually comforted me in turn", the eyes of the two couples couldn't help but flash a smile, and then Jiang Youning looked at Lu Ke again, and said softly, "Worry about you, this is my job." The job starts from the day you are born and it doesn't stop. ”

The warmth in his heart was surging, and Lu Ke was amused like this, "Mom, are you sure you haven't watched too much of 'Oprah talk show'?" "That's why chicken soup for the soul comes at your fingertips.

Lu Zhengze silently echoed beside him, "I think so too." ”

Jiang Youning looked at her husband and then at her son, the words that had already come to her lips were already on her lips, she thought about it, and changed her words, "You know, on the way back, the radio channel was selected by me, right?" Because on the way here, the radio station is all chosen by you. ”

Lu Zhengze blinked, and then didn't say anything, just turned his head and glanced at Lu Ke, as if to say: Son, you can only fight alone.

Unexpectedly, Lu Ke looked at his mother and said with a serious face, "Mom, I think you have a very good taste." It's up to you to pick the station along the way, and it's definitely a wise choice. ”

Lu Zhengze's pupils couldn't help but dilate, and he looked at Lu Ke in disbelief: You traitor!

Then, Jiang Youning's voice came from his ears, "I think so too." You tell me? This "you", there is no need to be reminded, Lu Zhengze knows who he is talking about, he put away his expression and nodded seriously, "I agree too." ”

A family of three sat here and enjoyed a leisurely brunch. However, Lu Zhengze and Jiang Youning still had a long way to go back, and Lu Ke didn't want to delay them too much, causing them to increase their speed at will in order to rush back in time. Therefore, after chatting, Lu Ke escorted his parents to the car, hugged the two elders respectively, and then watched them leave.

Last night's carnival ended, Lu Ke originally planned to take a day off today, ignoring the daily training tasks for the time being, and also ignoring the base points of the task rewards for the time being, but after driving back to the apartment, Lu Ke actually found that it was a little too leisurely. After five months of training, my body seemed to have adapted to such a rhythm, and suddenly it slowed down, but it was not very adaptable.

What is this...... Is it hard work? Or is it hard-working/?

If you think about it, if he decides to play in the rookie camp in February and the league draft in March, then he does have to race against the clock. Although he won two games before and after and gained confidence, Lu Ke did not get carried away, the reason is very simple, these are not two complete games, an excellent performance in one game and a stable performance in a game, these are two completely different things.

What's more, in the short period of time in these two games, he has done his best to win the game narrowly. At the same time, he's also aware of his shortcomings - he can't ignore it, and the list of individual skills is so spectacular that he can now only be considered a college league average quarterback, maybe even below average.

So, I want to get into rookie camp, I want to get into a professional league, I want to even play in an official game...... Maybe he shouldn't skip training today, but he should continue to train every day.

However, before he starts training, he needs to take a look at his personal panel. He only remembered now that he hadn't had time to check on his mission after last night's match, and to put it more strictly speaking, he didn't even know what he had been given at the Rose Bowl last night.

Summoned the system panel in his mind, and sure enough, a series of "ding-ding-ding" sounds came, like a symphony, a concerto, and the joy of victory swept over for the second time, everyone likes victory, who isn't?

Open the unread information, at this time Lu Ke carefully read all the task options, there are a total of six tasks before and after, the task requirements are becoming more and more detailed, and there are even requirements for the success rate of passing and the number of intercepts, which is an improvement, and it is also an enhancement of the challenge; But happily, he completed all six tasks!

The first pass, completed, the base point is increased by one; First touchdown, completed, base points plus one; Fifty yards pass, completed, base points plus one; 65 percent pass completion rate, completed, plus one base point; The number of interceptions is zero, completed, and the base number of points is increased by one; Win the Rose Bowl and complete it, plus five base points.

In retrospect, the penultimate pass, Logan was caught between three players and received the ball hard, which avoided Lu Ke's first interception of his career, not only completing the task, but also allowing the game to continue, which was absolutely crucial. It seems that good partners and teammates are really important in rugby.

The tasks of the future competition will only become more and more difficult, and he will not be able to complete all the tasks smoothly every time. Fortunately at this stage, there is no punishment for mission failure, if there is still a punishment for mission failure in the future, it will be bad, Lu Ke has no way to predict the direction of punishment for the time being, but it is certain that he has no interest in discovering the unknown.

In order to complete the task, sticking to the daily training task is the first step, and well, he has found another reason to continue training today; In order to accomplish the task, he must also constantly strengthen himself.

Now, he has a total of ...... in his hands Ten base points! This is definitely a qualitative leap, and at this time Lu Ke found out that the task of winning the Rose Bowl actually rewarded five base points, which is more than any previous game, perhaps, the more important the game and the more difficult the game, the more rewards.

So, how should he add ten base points this time?