Chapter 9: The Wrong Way

On February 11 against the Bulls, he played four minutes, made one of three shots, 2 points, 1 board, 2 turnovers and 3 fouls. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

On February 15, against the Pistons, he played three minutes, made zero of two shots, 0 points, 0 rebounds and 0 assists, but had two turnovers.

On February 16, against the Raptors, he played five minutes, made two of three shots, 4 points, 1 board, 1 assist, 2 fouls, and two wonderful background walls.

On February 18, against the Cavaliers, he played two minutes, made one of two shots, and scored two points.

On February 19, against the 76ers, facing the 29 points of the good brothers, Mo Xi sat down for the whole game.

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Throughout the February game, Mo Xi's performance can only be described as very "stable", with four or five minutes of playing time, a shooting rate of about 40%, and an average of 2 points, 1 board, 1.5 turnovers and 2 fouls per game. February's schedule was almost entirely in the East, and when facing the reinforced concrete inside line of the East, Mo Xi completely lost himself. In addition to one game against the Timberwolves, after an overtime, facing the same technical Timberwolves interior group, Mo Xi performed slightly better, scoring 8 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block in 9 minutes of playing time. It can be said that a lot of the data of Mo Xi was brushed out in this game.

In a sense, Mo Xi can also be regarded as gaining a firm foothold in the Knicks

From Mo Xi's point of view, he felt that he was getting farther and farther away from his dream. He thought he had worked hard, but in the face of the unclimbable mountain wall, he felt that he was still powerless, and it seemed that he was on the wrong path. He said to himself in his heart.

"I believe that the senior has really been single" The beautiful girl said beside Mo Xi, interrupting Mo Xi's thoughts, the girl continued: "How can I come out with a girl and have been thinking about other things, anyway, I haven't heard of it in China." ”

Mo Xi was a little embarrassed, twenty years of experience as a single dog made him not able to handle the date, and instead thought about his poor performance in the arena.

Yes, that's right, to hell with the idea that a good basketball player doesn't need a woman. The ink ghost made an appointment with the elementary school girl who met a few times.

Mo Xi looked around, he had been in New York for so long, and he had never visited New York, the economic center of the United States.

The United States in '99 was still in an era of subtle racial discrimination, and there was just a Yugoslav incident in the United States in May.

The little girl suddenly leaned towards Mo Xi and said to Mo Xi in Chinese: "Senior, can we go to other places, preferably more Chinese, here, I am always a little uncomfortable." ”

The streets of Manhattan are almost everywhere with elites from all walks of life, many, or almost all of them, of course. Mo Xi grew up in the United States, and he is accustomed to all kinds of discrimination against himself, but Ding Xiaowu has just come to the United States to study, where will he get used to this.

Mo Xi felt a little bitter in his heart, what should I do, in this case, Queens is not a good choice, go to Brooklyn? Bronx? You'll be thought to be one of the hooligans.

Mo Xi gritted his teeth, thinking that it was better to Brooklyn, there were more Chinese there, and he would go there from time to time.

The two headed for Brooklyn again.

On the way, Ding Xiaowu suddenly asked, "Is there anything unpleasant about the senior?" ”

Mo Xi was stunned for a moment, himself, is it not smooth?

Ding Xiaowu continued: "The senior is not the kind of person who often asks girls out, and a big reason for doing things that he doesn't often do is because he is in a negative state, which is our recent topic." ”

Mo Xi was silent for a while, but didn't say anything, but changed the topic and said, "The time to come to the United States is not too short, is it okay?" ”

Ding Xiaowei's eyes flickered, and he stopped talking, but he didn't mention the topic just now, but talked about the lives of international students. Boys always have some weird self-esteem.

Mo Xi listened but his eyes were confused, as if he was not listening.

The two came to Brooklyn by car, Mo Xi took her to the Chinese store she frequented, in a foreign country, it was always very cordial to see people who bleed the same blood and spoke the same language as herself, originally Mo Xi planned to invite Ding Xiaowei to dinner, but it turned out that someone invited Ding Xiaowei to dinner in the whole Chinatown, and he became a bypass.

The two of them found a place at random, and as soon as they sat down, Ding Xiaowu looked at Mo Xi with a smile on his face.

Mo Xi's heart was cold, and said, "You are ordering, what are you doing watching me like this?" ”

Ding Xiaowu said: "It turns out that I have always misjudged you, I always thought that the senior would be a scholarly family, isn't my aunt a famous screenwriter in Hollywood?" ”

Mo Xi said cautiously: "Yes, I am also a serious Georgetown graduate." ”

Ding Xiaowu said with a mysterious smile that seemed a little evil to Mo Xi: "Although I don't know much about it, and I haven't been in the United States for a long time, I've heard many people say that the slums in the United States are very chaotic, and I thought that the senior brought me here to save the United States as a hero, but it seems that there is a bigger discovery." ”

Mo Xi suddenly felt that the girl opposite might be his mother's sister in her previous life, what was the immediate feeling of seeing her mother more than ten years ago.

Ding Xiaowu continued: "Senior, don't look at me like this, my father is a public security officer, that is, a police officer in the United States, I have been used to seeing how they interrogate prisoners since I was a child, many people here know seniors, right?" ”

Mo Xi nodded stiffly.

Ding Xiaowu continued: "I mean it's not just Chinese, when I came, I saw that there were many black people who also knew you, let me guess, senior, there must be a big gangster organization behind you, I heard that there are many gangs here." ”

Mo Xi felt that his eyes were dark, even if he was the daughter of a policeman, not every detective was called Li Changyu, did the family tradition still pass on these?

The meal made Mo Xi nervous, and in front of this girl's clear gaze, Mo Xi felt as if she was being seen through.

When the two were about to finish eating, the girl asked again, "Is it better now?" Can you tell me? Things that confuse you. ”

When Mo Xi heard this, he paused, a little overwhelmed, and a little at a loss where to start.

The girl smiled and said, "Let me guess, it's because the senior's performance has been very bad recently, I read that many newspapers have mentioned it, and many people are criticizing you." ”

Mo Xi smiled bitterly and said, "You are not a student of biology, when did you take psychology?" ”

Ding Xiaowu said with a smile: "Every woman is a born psychologist, if you want me to say, the senior is too sensitive, more sensitive than a girl like me." Haven't you done your best? ”

"I've done the best I can." Mo Xi was suddenly a little stunned, and said this sentence over and over again, but it seems that people with sensitive hearts understand that the problem is reversed.

When the two left Chinatown, Ding Xiaowu looked at Mo Xi with a strange expression on her face and felt a little strange in her heart, she faintly felt a little bad, but she didn't know what the problem was, she was very worried.

Mo Xi faintly felt that he heard some noise, but he didn't look back, he just felt empty and uncomfortable in his heart.

"What's wrong?" The sensitive girl Ding Xiaowu asked.

Mo Xi said with a shallow smile: "No, it's nothing. ”

There are some regrets, but there are also reliefs, there are countless mortals in the world, but there is only one David, and only that one David defeated Goliath. I've done the best I can, and if that's my limit, then that's enough, it's ridiculous, I always thought I was going to be David, but it turned out that I wasn't even a shepherd.

Behind him, the TV showed footage of Iverson single-handedly taking on the entire Wizards team yesterday, as well as the surprised cheers of the surrounding viewers.

There seems to be a black hole that swallows everything and takes away many things, among them, there is a big boy's persistence and dreams.

The scariest thing is not that you don't have to stop if you don't finish it, it's that you don't even have the idea of continuing.

Mo Xi returned to the apartment and bought a bunch of wine for the first time, he poured it bottle by bottle, and always felt that it was not enough, he still wanted more.