"Director Tian, how is the recruitment of basketball team coaches going?" Mr. Zhao, the director of physical education and research, finished puffing out a cigarette and asked the coach of the basketball team.

"There are a few people who have applied for the job, and this is their information, and I think one of them, Li Xiaolong, is particularly noteworthy."

"Oh, where's his profile? Show me! ”

"Please take a look."

"Born on June 18, 1963, he is 1.82 meters tall. From 1986 to 1994, he served as an organizational defender in the former Shanghai team; After retiring, he was invited to serve as an assistant coach of the Shanghai Youth Team; In April 1998, he served as the head coach of the Shanghai Sharks Youth Team, and in October 1999, he led the Shanghai Sharks Youth Team to win the National Under-18 Youth Basketball Championship. Since 2000, he has been the head coach of the Chinese under-16 team, and in November 2001, he led the Chinese youth team to win the runner-up in the World Junior Basketball Championship. ”

"It's not a small history! Is his resume really true? Teacher Zhao took off his eyes and said thoughtfully.

"I've checked it, and his resume is all true! But since he led the Chinese youth team to win the runner-up in the World Junior Basketball Championship, there has been no news of him in various media, as if he disappeared from this world all of a sudden. The media also speculated about his whereabouts for a while, I checked the past news on the Internet, and there were even rumors that he died in an accident, according to the photos on the Internet, although the current person has changed a little, but it can be determined that the person who came to apply for the job is indeed Li Xiaolong himself! ”

"Haven't we picked up a big bargain? Hehe, the head coach of the national junior team came to coach our amateur high school team? ”

"It looks like our basketball dream can come true!" At this point, Mr. Zhao showed joy on his face, and it was foreseeable that he was also a lover of football.

"Absolutely!" The same expression also appeared on the face of Tian Jianzhong, the current coach of the basketball team.

That was a week ago, and in retrospect, it was still a bit surprising that Tian Jianzhong was able to apply for the head coach of the former junior team to serve as the head coach of the Siyuan High School basketball team.

And just when Tian Jianzhong's mind was still stuck in the scene when he applied for the job, a sentence from team member Li Xin immediately pulled him back to reality and was quite surprised.

"Dad, how could it be you?"

As soon as the words fell, the whole hall was in an uproar, and everyone began to discuss. It wasn't until Tian Jianzhong repeated the silence seven or eight times that the basketball arena returned to calm, but this was only on the surface, and he couldn't calm down about this matter for a long time, including himself.

Tian Jianzhong, who is now the leader and assistant coach of the basketball team, raised this question to the middle-aged man in front of him.

"Yes, Li Xin is my son, I am Li Xin's father, and my name is Li Xiaolong. I used to coach a team of the same age, but I saw the school's job advertisement, and now my family is quite poor, so I applied with the attitude of giving it a try, but I didn't expect to be so lucky to be accepted. It's an honor to be able to coach such talented kids from now on. ”

Tian Jianzhong, who was on the side, thought to himself at this time: "As the former head coach of the Chinese junior team, you should feel lucky to be the head coach of a high school, right?" Because an important condition for Li Xiaolong to agree to be the head coach of Siyuan was not to reveal to anyone that he had served as the head coach of the Chinese youth team, Tian Jianzhong's words were itchy in his stomach, but in the end he endured it.

Li Xiaolong continued: "I know that my son has been playing basketball, and he has played well, and has achieved some small results. Some people may think that Li Xin plays well because his father teaches basketball! I would like to make it clear that I have never taught Li Xin any bit of basketball experience and knowledge at home, and he has achieved results entirely from himself, which I am very proud of for my son. ”

"In the next few days with you, I will try my best to teach you all the knowledge, skills, experience and so on I have learned about basketball, and I will treat everyone equally, and the opportunity to play in the game is determined by the performance of the players, and I will not take any partiality to anyone, including my son."

While speaking, Li Xiaolong walked up to Li Xin and put his right hand on Li Xin's shoulder.

Li Xin actually rolled her eyes at Li Xiaolong and said, "You don't want a family, what will you do if you don't go home all night except eating, drinking, gambling and playing?" I didn't know you knew how to do it all over again, and you didn't even mention a word about basketball to me at home! Don't fake it here! After saying that, he took his father's hand away, angrily snatched the door out, and left the gymnasium, leaving only his embarrassed father standing in place.

Li Xin's aggressive tone, this is Xia Jun, Zhuo Yifan and Chi Shengwei, who have always been with him, have never seen each other.

"What's going on?" Director Tian asked puzzled.

"It's not good for me, I haven't been able to find a job, so I've been depressed for a while, I'm often not at home, the family's financial situation is not very good, the child's mother died early, and I haven't been able to fulfill my duties as a father."

"That's right!" There was a slight understanding in Director Tian's tone, but the rest seemed to have other questions!

Although the other three of "Lan Meng Boy" tried everything Li Xin could go to find him, they finally returned to the gymnasium empty-handed. After explaining to the other team members the goals of Siyuan High School this year and Li Xiaolong's coaching plan, the day's training ended. Until he returned home, no one on the basketball team had seen Li Xin's shadow.

That night, the roles of father and son were reversed, and the father, who usually does not return at night, waited at home early for the child who did not return, but in the end he finally tasted the loneliness of the child's empty room.

"It's half past twelve, why won't you come! Did he think so before? Why don't I come back now! ”

No matter what the reason was before, he really felt how deeply he hurt the child in the past. When he was depressed, Li Xiaolong took out a bottle of Yanghe Daqu from the cabinet again, and the wine bottle was already in his hand, but after hesitating for a moment, he put the wine bottle back, after all, he used wine to eliminate his sorrows and sorrows, and he has not been able to understand this truth all along.

Before beating Xia Jun, Zhuo Yifan, Chi Shengwei, Han Chongyu, Ouyang Chi, Zhang Xiaoxue, Fang Wenxin, these phone numbers recorded in Li Xin's pencil case, everyone spent a lot of time looking for the teenager, but the trace of the teenager was still fruitless.

The middle-aged man finally decided to get up and pour out the potted cigarette butts, walked to the dustpan, and suddenly thought of something, and even poured the ashtray into the dustpan together with the cigarette butts. The middle-aged man Fei also seemed to run to the phone and dialed the phone.

"Hey, is it Xiao Zhou? Is my son Li Xin with you? ”

A young man on the other end of the phone turned his head and glanced at the young man next to him suggestively, the young man bowed his head and said nothing, and the young man understood.

"Li Xin! He's not with me! Excuse me! ”

"Is it really not there? So where is he going? This kid is really worried about me. ”

After hanging up the phone, the young man turned to the young man and said, "You really did it this time, so that your father was so worried about you!" I really didn't expect that? ”

"What did he say?" The boy's tone was very light.

"He said, 'Where is he going?' This kid is so worried about me! ’”

"Is it strange that he is worried? He thought of me one day! The young man's tone was even lighter, he could hardly hear it, and the young man could deeply feel the complaint in the young man's heart.

"Okay, stay with me for the night today, let your father also taste the taste of your empty lonely room, and I'll tell you a good story."

"The story? What's the story? ”

"A story about basketball? Interested in listening? ”

"Basketball, of course!" Hearing the word basketball, the boy seemed to forget all the grievances just now and became very excited.

two beds next to each other, one messy and one tidy; One on the left, one on the right, a young man lying on it, and a young man lying on it.

"I want to ask you? How do you know the address of my home? ”

"Have you forgotten that after that hell training camp, you said that you didn't copy the phone number and address to us for the convenience of contacting us? Look at your memory. The boy's tone was very casual, not at all like talking to an elder who was 8 or 9 years older than him.

"Oh, oh, yes, remembered." The young man's tone was very modest, and it was not at all like talking to a junior who was 8 or 9 years younger than himself.

"Tell me, your basketball story."

"Did I say I was telling my basketball story? I'm talking about your father's. ”

"My father, what story does he have to tell? Pure lie, right, he said he coached the junior team? ”

"No, it's true, I've been hesitant to tell you about your father, I think I'd better tell you."

"Your father and I met a month ago, and that's because of you. Because your father always didn't come home at night, so sometimes you would ask me to accompany you, and once, when I went back, I happened to meet your father in the corridor, and we met after exchanging origins. ”

"He seems to be eager to get information about you from me, and this surprised me at first, a father who often doesn't come home at night doesn't know how his children are doing, but he doesn't know how his children are doing, and he needs to know from others!"

"I asked him, what are you doing when you don't come home at night? You know my temper, just say it, completely ignore the age gap between the two, and he is still my senior, as if I am your senior? ”

"Don't interrupt, keep talking!" Li Xin and Zhou Junyi didn't see anything when they talked.

"We talked in a bar for one night, we talked very speculatively, I think we forgot about the New Year, from his past to my past, I used to have a past that I would not usually tell others, but that time I actually told such a semi-stranger, it is really strange, this is called speculation! In fact, your father is a very responsible person, which is a necessary quality for all coaches. There is a reason why I did not do my duty to you, and as for the reason, I promised your father that I could not tell anyone, so I cannot tell you today. I'm talking about your father's former basketball coach. ”

Zhou Junyi continued: "About 8 years ago, that is, when I was as old as you, at that time I was no less obsessed with basketball than you, as long as it was basketball, I watched any game, I also watched the final of the National Youth Basketball Championship, the final of that game was the Shanghai Sharks Youth Team and the People's Liberation Army Youth Team, the head coach of the Shanghai team is your father, so I felt very familiar when I first met your father." ”

Hearing this, the teenager couldn't help but be taken aback: "My father was the head coach of the Sharks youth team? When he said he had coached a team of the same age, was he referring to the Sharks youth basketball team? ”

"Yes! Not only that, but Shanghai won that game, and it was a big win, and within a few months, your father was hired as the head coach of the Chinese under-16 team, and one of my former teammates had been in it for a while! He came back and told me a lot about their coach. ”

"What did you say?" The teenager couldn't wait to know what was going on.

He said that the coach treats people very well, although the training is very strict, often there are players who will be scolded by him to cry, but in the care of the daily life of the small players is really good, there are players with foot cramps, he will carry him to the infirmary until the doctor said it is okay before he can leave with confidence, sometimes, because the training is very early, there is a player because he often gets up late, and he can't take care of breakfast to report to the gymnasium, and finally fainted under the high-intensity training, The coach learned that he was hungry because he didn't eat, but he didn't scold, but instead paid out of his own pocket and ordered the other players to buy a hearty breakfast for him. I know you may not believe it, but I can tell from my teammates that he is telling the truth. ”

"This, how is this possible? If my father was such a caring man, as you say, how could he never say hello to me? Unless something happened to him that changed him! ”

"Indeed, something changed him!"

"Tell me what's the matter!" The boy was already impatient.

"Oh, it's not early, let's talk about this later, go to bed first." After speaking, the young man covered the quilt, turned around and fell asleep in an instant. No matter how the boy called, it was useless, and in desperation, the boy could only burrow into the bed with many questions, but he couldn't sleep for a long time.