February 14th.

Valentine's Day in the West.

Because of the away game with the Timberwolves, Yang Yiming arrived in Minneapolis ahead of schedule to prepare for the game. Meritis continued to stay in Houston as an assistant to the team.

The first Valentine's Day for two people together is going to be spent in two places. Probably that's the daily life of a professional footballer.

1/

Yang Yiming started a video chat on his laptop, called Meritis at the time agreed in advance, and the video call was connected after more than ten seconds.

"Hello."

"Hey, handsome guy."

"Haha, what are you doing, it took so long to pick up?"

"I just happened to be watching the highlights of your night's game, nine wins in a row..."

"Highlights?!" Yang Yiming grimaced and pretended to make a fuss, "You didn't watch our game today... Shouldn't you look at the end from the beginning to the end, you are very incompetent as a team assistant. ”

"15 points, five rebounds, three assists, two blocks and one steal. With just 26 minutes of playing time, it's really impressive. You see I'm looking at it very carefully, isn't it Rookie Yang? ”

"Thank you for your interest, Manager Mei." Yang Yiming said with a hippie smile.

"You're welcome, who made such a great rookie and my boyfriend at the same time."

"Thank you girlfriend for the affirmation. But seriously, what do you think of our play? ”

"126-108, away from home to fourth in the West, I think we played well, just good, just invincible. Cheers, for victory! Meritis raised her wine glass to the camera.

"Cheers, for us!" Yang Yiming raised the can of soda in his hand in response, and replaced the toast with a pun, "we" refers not only to the team, but also to him and Meritis.

2/

"So Rose Rose is going to join the team, has this been decided?" The two chatted for a while, and Meritis remembered the topic of Derrick Ross and asked Yang Yiming.

"That's a question for you, you're our team assistant." Yang Yiming pretended not to know.

"I thought you didn't come back with the big team after the New York game, and you went to Orlando to be a lobbyist for Ross." Sure enough, nothing can escape her eyes, Meritis's intelligence is not inferior to her beauty at all, but Yang Yiming didn't want to reveal all the inside stories and dishes behind it so quickly, so he found a reason:

"Actually, no, I just wanted to see Rose at the time, he was my idol, I told you..."Yang Yiming changed the conversation, "So Rose is really coming to the rocket?" Ready for the official announcement?! ”

"Hmm... I saw that they gave me a press release and told me to wait for the notification to be sent..."

"Hmm." Yang Yiming was happy in his heart, nodded and smiled.

"Honey, it's 0 o'clock, Happy Valentine's Day on February 14th!" Meritis burst into cheers of delight.

"Wow, really! Happy holidays! Yang Yiming glanced at the clock in the corner of the laptop, and sure enough, it happened to be 0:00 on February 14: "Our first Valentine's Day!" I have a surprise for you. ”

"Oh, what surprise?" Mereditis was overjoyed, but suddenly there was a sharp knock on the door in the background: "Who is it so late... You wait a minute, I'll take a look. ”

"Okay, go! I'll wait for you. Yang Yiming smiled imperceptibly.

“Surprise！ Surprise! ”

In the background of the video chat, familiar voices came from Yang Yiming's good friends Yu Xiaochun and Jose Rodriguez. One of them was holding a bouquet of white roses, and the other was holding a well-wrapped gift box.

"Yiming, this is..."Meritis covered her mouth and returned to the camera, obviously surprised and delighted.

"Surprise your Valentine's Day. You must think that I can't give you a gift when I'm playing in a foreign country. Hehe, I deliberately asked Koharu to stay in Houston this time without accompanying the team, anyway, it was an away game, just to give you a surprise attack! ”

"Thank you! It's really sweet. Meritis was so excited that her eyes were peachy, and she took the white rose in her arms and sniffed it again.

"Don't worry, he wrote you a poem." José, holding the gift box, motioned for her to read the card on the bouquet.

"Poetry?! Yiming, you still wrote a poem to me? ”

"Well, the whole poem is too long, I'll read a paragraph to you."

"Okay." Meritis nodded vigorously.

"The title of the poem is called: The Stars Who Spoke to Me When I Was Stranded..."Yang Yiming opened the small notepad that he had already held at hand, and read the beginning and end of the whole poem.

"The Moon

You are 384,400 kilometers away

I'm stranded in

sand beach

dry

You summoned the tides

And I will again

for you

Wet"

“… PGC 6240

You're millions of light-years away

I'm stranded in

sand beach

That's how far away

How many miles

Uncountable...

Oh someday

Suffocating waters will also come in

Wash and take me

If you seek

I'm right there

This piece of blue

In the foam of the waves

It pushes me towards

boundless

That will be the closest I'll be to you

Moment. ”

(For the full Chinese and English versions of the poem, please check under "Works Related")

"Honey...?" Yang Yiming finished reading, and seeing that Meritis had not spoken for a long time, he shouted softly.

“…”

"That's... PGC 6240 is the serial number of the galaxy, it has hazy star 'petals', so it is also called the White Rose Galaxy..."Seeing the sudden coldness, Yang Yiming thought that his words and sentences were not enough in English, and hurriedly explained the background of the poem.

"No, no, I know, Yiming. I know. Meritis wiped the corners of her eyes and said, "It's you who write so beautifully." Thank you. ”

"I love you."