Chapter 127: Light in the Night
The fourth part of campus basketball
Chapter 127: The Light in the Night
"Come down!" A balding white-coated doctor commanded Yan Yufeng, who was lying on the bed, took the medical record board handed over by the nurse in his hand, and then sat back at his desk.
Yan Yufeng turned over and got out of bed, exhaled, habitually touched his knees, glanced at Xu Xiaodong, who had been sitting silently in the chair, and slowly walked to Dr. CondΓ©rie's desk.
Conrad looked intently at the medical record board, turning through the pages one by one, and the room fell silent.
After half a ring, Conrad finally finished reading, he put the medical record board on the table casually, pushed his glasses up a little, rubbed his eyes with his hands, maybe he felt that in the room, the other two people looked at him nervously, Conrad's originally solemn face showed a smile, looked at the tall young man standing in front of him, waved his hand, and said, "Yan, you sit down first!" β
"Thank you!" Yan Yufeng politely thanked him, calmed down his emotions, and sat down as he said.
"First of all, the effect of this review was beyond my expectations!" Conrad looked at the young man in front of him as he spoke, and when he saw the young man's anxious expression finally relaxed, he said: "Yan, your physical fitness is very good, after such an injury, it will take a long time for someone else to recover to normal actions, you have reached your level in two months, but according to your wishes, this is obviously not what you want." After a pause, Dr. Conrad continued: "Based on the MRI data I just got, the bone fragments in your right knee are all gone, and the nervous system and ligaments are normal, which surprised me, and it is a miracle that this effect can be achieved with medication and hydrotherapy." β
Yan Yufeng grinned, laughed, secretly relieved in his heart, and asked, "Mr. Conrad, is it that I have returned to my previous state now?" β
Conrad smiled and shook his head: "Your knees are like newborns now, although they are completely healthy, but they are very fragile, I know that you are a basketball player, I know this sport very well, you know, my clinic is mainly for athletes, and basketball and the like, I have encountered a lot." β
Changing his sitting posture and looking at Yan Yufeng, who was quietly listening to what he said, Conrad nodded secretly in his heart with great satisfaction, and said: "Your mother is a very good woman, we have known each other for a long time, thanks to her trust, I accept your rehabilitation plan, I think, your mother's wishes should be very clear, and according to your review of the current situation, my suggestion is - you still need to wait quietly for a while." β
"Really?" Yan Yufeng sighed in his heart, frowned, then thought of something, and immediately said, "How long is this time?" β
"One year!" Conrad replied very crisply.
ββ¦β¦οΌβ Yan Yufeng fell into a long silence.
"Dr. Conrad, thank you for your help, it's time for the consultation, I think, that's the end of today!" Xu Xiaodong, who had been sitting silently, suddenly stood up and broke the silence.
"Okay. Come back next week at this time! Dr. Conrad stood up, shook his right hand with Xu Xiaode, and reminded him.
"Got it!" Xu Xiaodong nodded and patted Yan Yufeng's shoulder with a depressed face.
Through the shutters, Conrad watched the two of Yan Yufeng get into the car downstairs, watched them leave all the time, and then dialed a phone number.
"Hey, is it Conrad?"
"It's me, Ms. Xu, the results of recovery have come out!"
"Oh, hehe, I've been waiting for your call, say it!"
"Yan's knee recovery is very good, but according to your request, I still told him that it takes a year to recover, to be honest, as a doctor, it is immoral not to tell the truth to the patient."
ββ¦β¦οΌβ There was silence on the other side of the phone for a while, and then he said: "Thank you for your help, I hope you can understand the feelings of a mother, I hope my son will live a very healthy life, and I will put an end to the slightest danger!" β
"I understand your feelings, it's just that, Ms. Xu, your son is still in a very depressed mood, I can see that his hopes for me are so great, to be honest, if this continues, I think, I'm afraid we will start to worry about his psychological condition!"
"Psychological?"
"Yes, I have met many people who have recovered, but they still feel very vulnerable to their injuries, as you say in Chinese - once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of the well rope."
"Hehe, I remember this sentence, or I taught it, Mr. Conrad, I know your advice, in another month, you can reveal the facts a little, the reason why my son came to the United States is not because he thinks the United States is medically advanced, but because he yearns for American basketball culture. If you don't let him touch basketball, I think he's going crazy.
As for what you just said, I believe in my son, he is strong, and he is very brave, and in my eyes, he is the same as his father. β
"I envy you very much that you can have such a son, as you said, your son is very good."
"Well, thank you for your help, next week, back in New York, I hope to invite you to my house for a light meal, by the way, my son's cooking skills are very good!"
"Oh, is it? Okay, looks like I'm going to have to get through the days with anticipation! Haha"
"Huh! Okay, I've got a meeting later, so let's talk about that first! β
"Yes, okay!"
"Don't want to talk?" Xu Xiaodong, who had never spoken, suddenly spoke.
Yan Yufeng, who was sitting in the co-pilot, was a little surprised and said, "No." It's just that I don't think I have any knee problems anymore, but Dr. Kang still maintains his opinion, which makes me feel very skeptical! β
"Suspect what?"
Yan Yufeng was silent and shook his head: "I don't know!" β
"How's the school going?"
"Good!" Yan Yufeng's answer was very succinct.
"You like basketball?" Xu Xiaodong threw out another question.
"Yes!" Yan Yufeng didn't say much, just nodded affirmatively.
"New York is a basketball mecca, you know?" Xu Xiaodong pointed to the three people who passed by the car and said.
Yan Yufeng glanced at the three black men who passed by in a blink of an eye, they were wearing fat jerseys, combing weird hairstyles, and thick shoulders with conspicuous tattoos.
"I know!" Yan Yufeng replied, he didn't know why Xu Xiaodong changed his normal behavior today, and he talked more.
"Want to play?"
Yan Yufeng's eyes lit up, and he turned his face sideways and began to seriously inquire about his brother-in-law who was driving the car, pondering his words.
As if knowing that Yan Yufeng was looking at him, Xu Xiaodong said: "If it weren't for the fact that you like basketball, you wouldn't have come to New York, right?" Even if you're hurt! β
Yan Yufeng was silent and said, "I don't like to go to strange places, but here is what I want, so I have to come!" β
"Improve yourself?" Xu Xiaodong asked.
"Yes!"
"So how do you think you can improve?"
"Play! Keep fighting! Yan Yufeng replied very resolutely.
Xu Xiaodong smiled at the corner of his mouth and said, "Have you ever played in New York?" β
Yan Yufeng was very surprised, he was very strange that Xu Xiaodong would ask such a question, but out of politeness, he replied: "No, but, is there any need for playing here?" β
Xu Xiaodong suddenly laughed and said, "According to what you said, if you want to improve yourself, it is inevitable, you need conditions!" β
"What do you mean?"
"In New York, if you want to play, it's not that simple, no one will play with you just because you want to play, everything, follow the rules!"
"Rules?" Yan Yufeng was puzzled.
"Yes, the rules, I think, there should be such a rule!" Xu Xiaodong smiled a little weirdly.
Yan Yufeng thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "Are you talking about circles?" β
"Circles?" Xu Xiaodong was a little surprised, turned his face sideways and glanced at Yan Yufeng, immediately came back again, and continued to drive: "It seems that you are at home, and you often play wild ball!" β
"Wild balls? Hehe, yes, I'm from a wild ball background! Yan Yufeng laughed.
"Oh, I see, then I'm worried in vain, I thought you came out of a regular sports college!" Xu Xiaodong said with a smile. Maybe it was this misunderstanding, the atmosphere in the car suddenly relaxed, and Yan Yufeng even felt a little delusional that the slightly cold relationship with this person who had been bringing relatives had improved a lot.
"So you just want to play?"
Yan Yufeng frowned, he was thinking about this sentence, after this injury, he felt that he couldn't think a lot about things, especially when he came to a strange country, many times, Yan Yufeng had to take the things and people around him more seriously.
"I want to play well, I want to improve myself!" Yan Yufeng said very seriously.
"Do you want to conquer others, you like to conquer?"
When Yan Yufeng heard this question, as if he remembered something, the corners of his mouth showed a self-deprecating smile, and he said lightly: "Maybe I thought like this before, but now, I don't have such motivation at all!" β
"Well, want to drink something, are you thirsty?" Xu Xiaodong was unexpected, and did not continue to ask, but began to slow down the speed of the car and asked around.
"Is there enough time?" Yan Yufeng glanced at the time LCD in the car, a little hesitant.
Dr. Conrad's Rehabilitation Clinic is close to New Jersey, at least 3 hours away from Yan Yufeng's residence, and it is just night, although it is less than eight o'clock, but in this way, I am afraid that if I am looking for a place to stay, it will be midnight to get home.
"Isn't it tomorrow weekend?" Xu Xiaodong didn't care at all.
"Okay!" Yan Yufeng didn't talk nonsense anymore, as an elder and as the only person he could rely on in New York, at this time, it would be a little impersonal to express different opinions. What's more, Yan Yufeng is indeed a little thirsty......
Citroen flashed the left light and slowly parked on the parking space on the side of the road, Xu Xiaodong got out of the car and stretched out his hand to press the chronograph next to the parking space, and then turned around and waved to Yan Yufeng, who had already gotten out of the car.
Yan Yufeng glanced up, it was a coffee house, and couldn't help but smile a little bitterly.
Walking into the coffee house, Xu Xiaodong didn't have the slightest intention of looking for a location, but walked straight inside, although Yan Yufeng was a little confused, he didn't say anything, accelerated his pace, and followed.
After passing through a few gates, Yan Yufeng suddenly felt that his vision widened, and the two of them came to a small hillside. The hillside was not large, only twenty square meters, but the top of the hill had been flattened and paved with a lawn, where a few large sun umbrellas were placed in a mess, and below it was a small round table, around which were placed a number of wooden chairs. There is a small mountain bag on the west side of the hillside, and the strangest thing is that the mountain bag seems to have been hollowed out, and there is actually a gate.
"Here?" Yan Yufeng probed around and asked a little puzzled.
Xu Xiaodong had already sat down on a chair on the edge of the mountain, and when he heard the words, he said, "Private club!" β
"Huh?" Yan Yufeng turned around and looked at the small door that was still hidden, but he didn't expect that behind this coffee house, there was such a small world, looking down at the top of the mountain, the road that had just driven up was under the street lamps along the way, winding away, it was far away from the bustling New York City, Yan Yufeng took his eyes, and suddenly saw that under the right side of the mountaintop, there was actually a basketball court.
This is an open-air basketball court on a rubber floor, surrounded by barbed wire, from the height of Yan Yufeng, the court floor is cluttered with graffiti with some colorful patterns.
Seeing Yan Yufeng standing on the edge of the mountain and looking at the court below, Xu Xiaodong didn't explain, raised his hand slightly, and the reception who was already waiting at the door of the house immediately walked over.
"Xiaofeng, what do you drink?" Xu Xiaodong asked,
"Milk!"
The lights of the stadium suddenly turned on, Yan Yufeng shook up, and saw a group of mermaids walking out of a low house on the west side of the court, all of them tall, strong, and all of them were black.
"...... this?" Yan Yufeng looked back at Xu Xiaodong, who was sitting indifferently, and pointed to the court below, with a curious look on his face.
"Come here!" Xu Xiaodong pointed to a glass of milk on the table and said.
"Surprised?" Xu Xiaodong looked at Yan Yufeng, who was sitting down safely, and said.
Yan Yufeng sat there, he didn't need to straighten up, he could still see the condition of the court under the hillside, and after hearing this, he said: "Don't be surprised, I just think it's strange!" β
Xu Xiaodong glanced at the stadium where more than a dozen people had appeared below, and said, "Ball games are often held here. Speaking of this, he glanced at Yan Yufeng, who was looking at the court intently, and said lightly: "The game between the gangs!" β
"Gangster!" Yan Yufeng couldn't help but change color.
"Yes!" Xu Xiaodong observed the change in Yan Yufeng's expression and replied.
Yan Yufeng didn't continue to be surprised, turned around and carefully probed the group of people below who stood in two factions, and asked casually: "Will there be a competition between gangs?" β
"Absolutely!" Xu Xiaodong said with a smile.
Yan Yufeng was stunned, and couldn't help but take another look: "Compared to what?" β
"Anything can be compared, as long as there is something in the world, you can compare it!" Xu Xiaodong said.
The two gangs have already started the game, Yan Yufeng paid attention to the court, he hadn't watched the game live for a long time, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited.
This is a pure wild ball, there are no iconic uniforms on both sides, some are shirtless, some are wearing T-bar vests, hula la hit, and hey yo yo kills. On the side of the court, a group of big men stood and kept shouting, but they seemed to be very engaged.
Suddenly, Yan Yufeng saw a thin black man wearing a wide-brimmed top hat and a green vest looking up at him, even if it was so far away, Yan Yufeng saw the surprise of the black man.
I saw that the black man beckoned to a fat black man beside him, said a few words, and then he walked towards the exit, and his steps were very fast, and in just a few strokes, he had already turned out of the barbed wire, and got into a low house.
Yan Yufeng vaguely realized something, but was interrupted by Xu Xiaodong's words, "They have competitions every week, but they seem to have been less recently, and it's a bit of luck to meet them today." β
"Do you know them?" Yan Yufeng asked.
A smile flashed on Xu Xiaodong's face, but he didn't answer directly, but picked up the whiskey on the table and took a sip.
"Crunch!" The gate of the mountain bag on the west side was suddenly pushed open, and the black man in the top hat who had just entered the low house actually walked out of it.
He raised his eyes and saw Yan Yufeng and the others, but his face was not surprised at all, he walked over as if no one was around, and sat on the chair opposite Xu Xiaodong.
"Drink something?" Xu Xiaodong asked.
"Whiskey!" The black man in the top hat was not polite, he tilted his head sideways, slowly looked at Yan Yufeng who was casual on the side, and after scanning up and down, he was looking at Xu Xiaodong with his face.
"My friend!" Xu Xiaodong said casually.
Yan Yufeng didn't speak, and continued to focus on the court.
"Just arrived in the United States?" That top hat black human.
"Hmm!"
"Hey, boy, turn around!" The black man said to Yan Yufeng.
Yan Yufeng frowned, turned around, and looked at the black man in the top hat silently.
Perhaps sensing Yan Yufeng's coldness, the black man stretched out his hand and said, "Andy, Wallace." Andy! β
"Yan Yufeng!" Yan Yufeng didn't say much, he also stretched out his hand and shook hands with this person who claimed to be Wallace Andy.
As soon as the two hands were connected, Yan Yufeng suddenly felt that the other party deliberately used force in his hand, raised his eyebrows and feet, and used his right hand to go up.
Andy was taken aback, he didn't expect this childish young man to have so much strength in his hands, he couldn't help but puff up, and added some strength to go up, but he didn't move, but he felt that his hands were empty, Yan Yufeng had already pulled out his hand and sat there, and the breath that almost didn't let himself bulge with the strength of the fork spewed out.
Just then, the hostess came over with a tall glass of whiskey, and Andy took a sip of the ball from the plate in disguise.
"Fight with Somen today?" Xu Xiaodong asked.
"A store problem, a small thing!" Andy replied nonchalantly.
"You're going to lose!" Yan Yufeng suddenly interjected.
Andy's eyes shrank and said, "Really?" β
"If you're attacking the left basket, yes!" Yan Yufeng glanced at Xu Xiaodong and got an encouraging look, so he continued.
"Tell me about it!" Andy grimaced.
Yan Yufeng ignored the expression of the black man in the funny top hat, and continued: "Although the other party's speed is not as fast as yours, the person in the red T-shirt is a good organizer, try to be you ahead now, but it's just because the opponent's shooting is too inferior, but the feeling can't go on like this forever, once the opponent's hand starts to go smooth, then, it will be you who is behind." β
"Oh, you think so?" Andy's face was cold, but he began to smile a little.
Yan Yufeng glanced at the sidelines, was silent for a while, and said: "If you don't have any good cards, I really think so!" β
"Good!" Andy took another sip, as if talking to Xu Xiaodong's self-talk: "Then wait until they are ahead!" β
Xu Xiaodong didn't say anything, and watched the conversation between the two with interest.
"Hey, leopard, who is this guy, I don't think he's an adult yet, right, you took your little brother like this?" Andy suddenly asked Xu Xiaodong loudly.
Xu Xiaodong shook his head and said, "He doesn't belong to our world, today, I brought him here just to get to know you!" β
Andy's expression was very exaggerated, and he laughed and said: "God, you have never taken me to see any big scenes, why, what kind of play are you going to play today!" β
"He loves basketball!" Xu Xiaodong said slowly.
"I like it too, I've been damn like it since I was 3 years old, basketball and women, and marijuana, I don't have any of them, I won't live a day!" Andy continued to laugh, but the corners of his eyes began to grow heavy.
Yan Yufeng sat quietly next to him and continued to watch the game, without interjecting or continuing to watch, he vaguely felt something, but the answer was still to have this mysterious brother-in-law to uncover it.
"Andy, I need you to do me a favor!" Xu Xiaodong said lightly.
Andy hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I'm sorry, if you can't even do something like a member of the Chinese New York Gang, it's not something that I can do as a thug." You just don't hear anything, I'll pay for today's wine! β
"Eight shops, on Mikudara Eighth Street!" Xu Xiaodong was not surprised by Andy's statement, and continued to say calmly.
Andy's eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly glanced at Yan Yufeng, who was sitting next to him watching the game, and slowly knocked his right index finger on the table.
"Tell me about it!" Andy spoke.
"I know, you have a black ball league under your hands, and a third of all of New York's best streetball players are in this league, right?" Xu Xiaodong patted the bottom of his suit and said neatly.
"Yes! In fact, your intelligence department is accurate, I have annexed DPT, hoy2 black ball leagues, in fact, now the largest black ball league in New York, is already our and (this and reality is not the same thing, the plot needs!) )οΌ Andy's eyes sparkled with pride.
"Oh, that's hello!" Xu Xiaodong didn't show any surprised expression, he said: "I need your people, accompany this friend of mine, and play ball well!" The term is ....... Xu Xiaodong paused, glanced at Yan Yufeng, who had already turned around and listened to their conversation in great surprise, and said, "Until he thinks he doesn't need it!" β
Andy turned his face and began to look at Yan Yufeng very carefully, from head to toe, back and forth three times, before he said: "Leopard, don't tell me, you are a basketball prophet sent by China, are you raising basketball aces for your China?" β
Xu Xiaodong's expressionless face finally showed a mocking smile when he heard this, glanced at Yan Yufeng, and said lightly: "He likes basketball!" β
"Twelve shops, Mikudara 8th Street!" Andy jumped up and shouted.
"Tomorrow morning, they'll be yours!" Xu Xiaodong didn't do anything because there were four more, but he still replied calmly.
"Good!" Andy kicked his chair away and stood on the edge of the hill and whistled loudly at the court below. All the people in the stadium suddenly stopped and looked this way.
"Substitution! You damn shit, I'm going to put your heads down the toilet one by one and eat shit! Andy yelled, and after the roar, the man in the top hat walked angrily towards the gate of Shanbao, that is, the gate he came from, and halfway through, he suddenly stopped, turned his head and glared at Yan Yufeng fiercely, and said: "Every Wednesday, Saturday, and July!" He is mine! β
"Yes!" Xu Xiaodong immediately agreed.
Andy glared at Yan Yufeng fiercely again and left in stride.
"Thank you!" Yan Yufeng said suddenly after Andy walked into the door.
Xu Xiaodong was surprised, he took a deep look at Yan Yufeng, who had a calm face, and the eyes under the plain and thick black eyebrows were deep.
"You're welcome!"
Yan Yufeng turned around and looked at the court, the situation on the court had changed, and the five new players were like tigers, raging arrogantly in the opponent's half.
Taking a deep breath, Yan Yufeng looked up into the distance, and in the edge of the sky that was as black as ink, there was still a trace of light that was resolutely there.
My dream is about to begin!
Yan Yufeng secretly thought in his heart.
Light in the night
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