"What? Are you going to participate in this year's draft? ”

Bai Xiaonian shouted directly into the phone, and Emma, who was lying next to him, was also shocked, and glanced at Bai Xiaonian very unexpectedly.

After glancing apologetically at Emma, Bai Xiaonian said into the phone:

"You mean really? Why was it decided all of a sudden? ”

"Haha, you can only participate in the draft, and I am not allowed to participate! What does it mean to be sudden? I don't know who kept the phone off when I wanted to talk to someone yesterday and make a decision! “

Clay said angrily.

Hearing this, Bai Xiaonian's face turned red, he and Emma lingered at home for most of the night last night, so naturally he wouldn't let something as eye-catching as a mobile phone disturb his life events...

"Let's go, in order to wish us success in the draft, I will treat you to a big dinner today!"

Bai Xiaonian, who was afraid that Clay would find out his secret, said weakly.

"Huh? How did you suddenly become so generous? Who's next to you? How I feel like I've just heard a girl's voice. ”

Clay said in a strange voice, he was not stupid, he knew what was going on after a slight thought, it seemed that he was blessed with this good buddy.

"Okay, okay! See you in Chinatown in a moment! ”

Of course, he has no reason to refuse the rare free lunch in this world.

After hanging up Clay's phone, Bai Xiaonian was still in a trance, why did these guys announce the draft like crazy this year, first Honeycutt and now Clay.

Looks like it's getting more and more interesting...

After kissing Emma affectionately goodbye, Bai Xiaonian went to Chinatown as promised, what else could Clay want to eat Chinese food made by Huang Da Niu?

But what he didn't expect was that Clay didn't come alone, and he also brought two oil bottles along the way...

"Hey! Wood didn't expect us to meet again! ”

From afar, Kyrie Owen shouted and greeted Bai Xiaonian.

"! Why is this here? He looked at Clay with a puzzled look and asked, he thought he only needed to invite one person, but what happened when three people suddenly appeared in front of him?

"What do you say about him? I just picked it up on the road..."

Pointing at Owen, Clay replied with an innocent face, he was telling the truth, Owen really just met on the road, and as soon as he heard that there was a free lunch to eat, he immediately followed.

"And who is this kid?"

After pinching his brows with some headaches, he pointed to another black boy next to Clay who was looking at him with a flickering look in his eyes and asked, this boy looked no more than 12 or 13 years old, Bai Xiaonian dared to guarantee that he had never seen this guy before today.

"Hahahaha, I forgot to introduce it...... This is my son. ”

Bai Xiaonian......

Irving......

Glancing at Bai Xiaonian and Owen's increasingly wrong eyes, Clay hurriedly explained.

"He's not that kind of son... Hey, listen to me! ”

Clay tearfully looked at the two of them who were walking away with their shoulders on their backs, and then turned his head to stare at the person standing beside him with a resentful expression.

He, the "stupid son" who had just recognized him for a few days, was looking at him blankly, and his big black eyes reflected innocence and even a little cute.

Of course, this little black boy can't be Clay's biological son, even if it's a genetic mutation. It's a kid he met when he was playing on a street court.

The boy's name is Michael Jordan, yes, the same name as the famous god of basketball, 12 years old this year, an orphan abandoned by his parents on the street since he was a child, and his biggest hobby is playing basketball in addition to working in underground restaurants every day.

When he saw this child on the field, he was so pitiful that even his sneakers were torn, so he gave him a new pair of sneakers, and after that, he lived the life of a young dad, and Michael treated Clay who was only a few years older than himself like his father, because no one in this world has ever given him so much care and care as Clay.

When this kid knew that Clay was going to meet with Bai Xiaonian today, he cried and shouted that he wanted to follow, the white elves in the City of Angels have always been his idols, and Clay had no choice but to bring him with him.

The four of them sat in the Chinese restaurant of Huang Da Niu, and after hearing the magical opportunity of Clay and Little Jordan, Bai Xiaonian and Owen, you look at me, I look at you, you don't know how to evaluate this matter. In order to alleviate the embarrassment, Clay and Owen who were sitting in the position had to choose to let Bai Xiaonian's wallet suffer, and the two of them were obviously not huge enough to be stuffed with more than 10 plates of meat dishes, plus little Jordan who was reincarnated like a starving ghost on the side, Bai Xiaonian felt that he wanted to cry, why did he meet this group of cowards?

The three basketball bigwigs who are about to participate in the NBA draft are naturally inseparable from basketball when they get together, and after enjoying a beautiful Chinese meal, Bai Xiaonian and the three of them were pulled by Michael Jordan to the street basketball court in Chinatown.

"Hey! Barry, look who I brought here! ”

As soon as he walked onto the court, little Jordan ran to a group of dirty black children and said excitedly, which was full of showing off.

"Who? Shocked... Oh my God, come and see! It's Wood and Owen!! One of the little boys, who seemed to be the head of this group of children, glanced at Bai Xiaonian and exclaimed.

Suddenly, Bai Xiaonian and Owen were surrounded by their little fans.

Although people of color cannot avoid discrimination in the United States, Bai Xiaolai has been living in the upper class society created for him by Bai Xiaocheng since he came here, and he has a considerable status in the money-oriented society of the United States. Although Owen was raised by his father after his mother died when he was a child, his family conditions were good when he immigrated to New Jersey from Australia, so naturally they would not have the opportunity to come into contact with the real lives of these people at the bottom of society.

In their imagination, these slum children were born with guns, drugs, and violence, but when they first came into contact with them today, they found that this was not the case.

They are just as friendly and loving as ordinary people, and they are more sincere and simple than those of them who live in privilege. Playing basketball with these unseemly little guys for an afternoon made Bai Xiaonian and Owen feel the other side of American society for the first time.

Some of these little ones have parents who died because of gang fights, while others have been put in jail for drug use or drug trafficking, like Barry Max, the very enthusiastic kid who was originally an honest truck driver, but became addicted to drugs because of a bad friend in a bar, and finally dragged his mother into the water. This originally happy family had to embark on the road of drug trafficking in order to raise drug money, and was caught by the police five years ago and sentenced to 20 years in prison...

And this poor child's biggest dream is to become a doctor, and when he was growing up, he saw too many of his companions fall in the face of disease, and he thought that if he could work in a hospital in the future, he must treat these poor people who could not afford to see a doctor for free. However, the cruelty of reality once again knocked him down mercilessly, because he could not afford to pay the tuition, Barry was forced to drop out of school, and now works for an AIDS charity, receiving a meager government handout.

Because of their humble status and poor family background, no one will ever lend a helping hand to them, even if they are still kind.

Bai Xiaonian took advantage of an opportunity to go to the toilet and pulled Owen and Clarry aside to discuss:

"Clay, Owen, how about the three of us sharing the burden of these little ones' lives? I think we still have that little money to spare when we get into the NBA. ”

"I agree! I agree! I vouch for my life, they're all nice kids!

Clay said to Owen with some excitement, in fact, he already had this idea in his heart, even if Owen and Bai Xiaonian were unwilling, he planned to provide basic living and learning security for these boys alone.

"Uh... Well, actually, I like these kids..."

Owen thought for a moment and smiled.

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ps: I got up in the morning and rushed out of the first shift, everyone watched first, and continued to write after a while!