"I've been chasing you for thousands of miles, but you don't care. You don't feel like you're in my dreams, where you're my only one. Time-and-time-again, You-ask-me, ask me if I love you or not......"

Ding Wei leaned back on the thick back of the team bus, humming a song of his age, and the dense pedestrians outside the glass window were weaving, their faces looking a little illusory under the neon light and shadow reflection, looking like moving hangers. Looking up, the towering skyscrapers densely occupy almost all of the field of vision, hanging in the middle of the sky and the waning moon in front of these awesome buildings all look a little dim, can only follow the bus to move, occasionally show up in their cracks, showing a thin sense of existence. Further up is the dark night sky, and not half a star can be seen.

Ding Wei looked at the darkness that was almost pressed down, and the rolling clouds were faintly surging in the darkness, constantly changing shapes in front of his eyes, and in a trance he seemed to be back in Madison Square Garden an hour ago, when he was surrounded by the earth-shattering noise of the audience, which could send a nameless boy to the clouds or a superstar who had achieved fame. The people who live in this city are destined to be more likely to be the center of the world's attention than others, but they are also more likely to be swallowed up in the blink of an eye by the rolling crowds that come from all directions, and there will not be a single wave left.

If you love someone, send them to New York, because it is heaven; If you hate someone, send him to New York too, because it's hell there.

Ding Wei was quietly chewing on what kind of flavor of life was contained in these seemingly ordinary two sentences, and a pleasant prompt interrupted his thoughts, he picked up the mobile phone on the table, and the latest message prompt on Twitter was impressive.

"@丁大卫嘿, not bad!" This is followed by a thumbs-up dynamic emoji.

"@梦里水箱就这样? Why don't you scream or cheer? Ding Wei replied with a smile.

"@丁大卫欧了."

"Ah——————!h Ding Wei clicked on the reply box in confusion, and in an instant there was a terrible scream in the carriage, an octave higher than the highest note he had heard in Madison Square Garden, and he quickly covered his ears.

"What's going on?" Leaning against the window, Thompson, who was already snoring slightly, got up from his seat like a spring, and the next second sat down with the back of his head covered, his head hitting the luggage rack of the bus.

"Sorrysorrysorrysorry......" Ding Wei hurriedly apologized to his teammates around him, and then took out the earphones from his backpack and plugged them into his mobile phone hatefully, only then did he reply with a sigh of relief: "@梦里水箱什么鬼? ”

"@丁大卫前天和室友看恐怖片时候录下来的, it's exciting, isn't it?"

"@梦里水箱确实太刺激了...... How much I'm sorry I said for you, do you know, you know, you know?!!!!!!!! ”

"@丁大卫对不起对不起对不起...... (10086 words omitted below), now you are satisfied. ”

"@梦里水箱马马虎虎吧, if you treat me to a big meal, it should be able to completely soothe my wounded little heart."

"@丁大卫好吧, fight your choice."

"@梦里水箱单挑吧, I'm afraid that your small purse won't be able to bear it, and there are more than 20 men sleeping on my side."

"@丁大卫怕你不成? I can also call all the girls in my class, my wife is now the chief executive director of the board of directors of Laotianxia Group, a well-known catering service organization in the United States, and she receives dividends. ”

"@梦里水箱恭喜你从此走上人生巅峰, it would be more perfect to marry a rich and handsome man by the way, but don't you think that if these two groups of people are brought together, it will evolve into a blind date?"

"@丁大卫你们那一个个傻大黑粗的我们还看不上呢...... Forget it.,Let's go head-to-head.,I also think this style of painting is a bit too heavy.。 ”

"See you @梦里水箱就这么定了."

"@丁大卫回见."

"Hehe, another meal." Ding Wei smiled smugly, and was about to press the lock screen button on his phone, only to hear a "ding" sound, and a text message prompt popped up on the screen.

"The game is over?" Under the remarks of Ding Wei saved as "Xiao Fan", there is only a short sentence.

"yes, what's going on over there."

"I'm still in lockdown...... You shouldn't have snuck out last night...... As a result, there is no gap today! ”

"What about the swelling?" Ding Wei has a headache, this little girl is too restless.

"I'm right now in the villa area near 65th Street and 175th Avenue in Fresh Prairie, Queens, at ......"

"Hey, hey, is it really good to make your address public? Aren't you afraid I'll tweet it? ”

"From what I know about you, I don't think so."

"Little girl, don't be too naïve......"

"Well, I also have an address here, 119 ......, 175 Race Street, China-Town, Philadelphia."

“…… Philadelphia 76ers No. 11 player Ding Wei's former home, don't you know that I moved? ”

"Huh? Send the address! ”

"Why should I tell you?"

“…… Forget it, I'll tell the agent tomorrow to move out, the house, and sell it directly. ”

"Well done, do you want to transfer it to me cheaper, it's all a friend who can just give me a discount, can I pay in installments? I pledged to do my best to earn money and pay off my debts with all my life. ”

"Okay, I've been defeated by you, tomorrow I'm going to attend a party in the circle alone, and the venue is ...... You must come then. ”

Ding Wei hesitated, he knew that on this occasion, he could basically be classified as a passer-by who played soy sauce, but ...... He deleted and wrote and wrote and deleted a short text message, and finally only two words remained: "Okay." ”

"Okay, then let's make it a decision, by the way, I'll give you the inside scoop, the convener of this party is a native of Philadelphia, her name is ......"

A familiar name immediately popped up in Ding Wei's mind.

"I know, see you soon." He replied.

"Come by all means." It wasn't until a prompt popped up on the screen that "sent successfully" that Elle threw her phone aside, sat cross-legged on the bed with her hands on the quilt, and looked out the window through the spacious floor-to-ceiling window, her aqua blue eyes gradually blurred under the illumination of the lights in the night sky.

"Good night, Ellie, good night, Ding." She muttered to herself, slowly curling herself up in a ball on the bed, falling into a deep sleep like a baby.

……

Located in the southwest of New York City, Staten Island is a quiet island with a free ferry every 20 minutes that carries a full load of tourists from the hustle and bustle of Lower Manhattan.

Ding Wei leisurely put his hands in his trouser pockets and followed the slowly squirming flow of people down the crowded dock, walking back at the Statue of Liberty that had been hidden in the mist. He specially wore a pair of extremely large sunglasses today, which could almost cover half of his face, and his casual outfit with a somewhat rustic style made him look like a boring passerby, which also made him less troublesome to be recognized.

"It should ...... It's this road......" Ding Wei took out his mobile phone to confirm the route, and then walked towards a long stone road on the right-hand side, the warm sunlight flowed down obliquely along the various roofs on both sides, and painted a layer of gold between the gaps in the stone slabs, and even a few withered grasses drilled out of the soil on both sides of the alley were also gently swaying and dancing with the cool breeze under the yellow and clear sunlight, it was really a rare good weather in winter.

At the end of the stone road is connected to a small square, where the sunlight is no longer flowing, but pouring down to the fullest, so that everyone's mood here is brightened with the scene in front of them, a group of seven or eight-year-old children are chasing and playing in the square, women and old people are sitting in a ball on the stone benches around the square, talking and pulling homely, Ding Wei who is alone does not attract too much attention from them, only a homeless man with a wine bottle in his hand is looking around boredly, staring at his back for a long time, But after all, I didn't remember who this person was.

Twisting and turning through the square, turning a corner is a long alley. At the end of the alley, a somewhat old building stands majestically, and a young girl is looking left and right under the mottled stone arch, her cotton ball-like plush coat is tightly wrapped around her body, as if she has been waiting for a long time.

"You're such a thing, it's been waiting so long." Seeing Ding Wei coming to the front, Ai Li put away her previous excitement and muttered with some dissatisfaction.

"Isn't it five minutes before the appointed time?" Ding Wei took out his mobile phone, it was 8:55, yes.

"Shouldn't it be fifteen minutes early?" Elle pursed her lips, and then grabbed Ding Wei's arm with both hands without seeing it, perhaps because of the height difference, her posture looked like a koala.

"You're my boyfriend today, so please cooperate." She stood on her feet and whispered in Ding Wei's ear.

"Hmm." Ding Wei hurriedly agreed, he seemed to instantly feel that the security guards standing on both sides of the stone arch wearing nostalgic military uniforms from the period of independence were exuding a murderous aura that was enough to destroy other humanes, and sure enough, where there is a goddess, envy and hatred are indispensable, he coughed, and just wanted to take a step to escape from this place, but was stopped by one of the security guards who stretched out his hand.

"Sir, do you have an invitation?"

"Uh......" Ding Wei was just about to say a few words, and Ellie on the side had already shown a white cardboard, "Oh, it's not, Sister Taylor just wrote it." ”

“David–Ding…… Okay, please come in. The security guard's brow furrowed, and finally he reluctantly let go.

"Bring it!" Elle snatched the white cardboard from the security guard's hand, and dragged Ding Wei's arm with both hands and jumped into the stone archway, happy as a bird flying in the forest.

Entering the stone arches, passing through some narrow courtyards, and several doors in a row, although there are also security guards here, but they did not stretch out their hands to block the passing crowd as before, after all, those who can enter here are all figures with heads and faces in their respective circles, and they are the master's close friends, and they dare not easily offend. Ding Wei and Elle entered the heart of the building unimpeded, a rather large banquet hall, which was not very large compared to the size of the banquet hall, and most of the people spoke softly, only when a gentleman in the crowd told a funny joke or gossip, it would make the surrounding ladies and ladies giggle and make the place more lively.

"Oh! Sister Taylor is so caring, I know I like to eat this! As soon as Elle saw the dazzling array of desserts on the table, she immediately exposed her true colors as a foodie, and she didn't even grab Ding Wei's hand.

"Forehead......" Ding Wei watched Elle fill a full plate with a lot of clouds, turned around and handed it to him, and then turned around to load another plate, he wondered how she could eat so many things, obviously she maintained her figure well, eh, as long as she didn't compare with the people around her, it should be like this.

"Hey, be careful not to blow yourself up." When Ding Wei was hesitating to remind Ai Li to pay more attention to his image, a pleasant female voice suddenly came from his ears, and then he watched a slender and tall beauty "float" in front of his eyes, yes, it was indeed floating over, and he didn't even hear the sound of footsteps.

"Who's that?" Everything came too suddenly, and it went too suddenly, and Ding Wei couldn't even see the face of the beauty.

"Sister Chris...... Oh, Kristen Stewart, my sister's best friend. ”

"It's really cold...... "Looking at the back of Christine Stewart shuttling through the crowd like a wind, Ding Wei nodded slightly, which is no different from the legend in the outside world.

"Actually, she's a very good person, of course, only someone who looks up to her." While Ellie was looking for the food she loved, she said to Ding.

"Hmm." Ding Wei nodded again, in fact, many people are this virtue, but Christine's standards are higher, once they accept this setting, there is nothing annoying about this kind of person, at most they ignore each other.

"Yo, isn't this Fanning's chubby girl?" Ding Wei's ears sounded a sweet and greasy female voice again, followed by a sweet and greasy smell of perfume, which made him instantly think that he had come to the intensive care unit for diabetics.

Elle raised her head vigilantly, stared at the young woman who suddenly appeared in front of her, in fact, this woman is not very ugly from her facial features, but the makeup and clothing that she deliberately lowered her temperament, Taylor Swift dressed herself like a turkey on Thanksgiving when she had a casual party, if she participated in the award ceremony of the little golden man, would she wear a shroud on stage?

Seeing that Elle was silent, the young woman said again with self-righteousness: "As an actor, the most important thing is the face and figure, if you want, sister, I can share my weight loss secrets with you." She deliberately bit the word "slimming" very hard.

"She's in good shape, so you don't need to worry about it, and besides, as a man, I don't have any interest in women who are as flat as before, and this sentence is not aimed at you." Elle was about to speak, but Ding Wei took the lead.

"Is this your male companion?" The woman's originally sweet and warm tone instantly became aggressive, "I can't see the slightest gentlemanly demeanor." ”

"My demeanor has always been shown only to people I like, and it's a pity that you don't belong to this ranks."

"You're so annoying." The woman who was robbed twice in a row hated.

"There are a lot of people who hate me, how old are you?" Ding Wei shrugged, compared to the boos flying in Madison Square Garden, being scolded by such a woman with no breasts and no brains was simply weak.

"Humph!" The woman turned away angrily.

"Aren't you relieved?" Ding Wei tilted his head to look at Ai Li, who was already stunned.

"Well done!" Elle punched Ding Wei hard in the shoulder.

"Can you tell me about her? I don't want to be retaliated against in the middle of nowhere, and I don't know who it is. ”

"Farley Flower, I said that you don't know a second-rate actor (sure enough, I don't know Baidu), I once competed with my sister for the same role when I first debuted, and then I and I, of course, lost without suspense."

"This feud is strange enough."

"It's not a grudge, in short, she will definitely take the opportunity to step on me on any occasion where she and I are present at the same time."

"Why not your sister?"

"Because my sister put a whole three-tiered chocolate pudding cake in her face during a party."

"Your sister is such a man."

"Yes, she does everything better than me......" Ellie muttered after Ding Wei's words, and then realized that she had accidentally wandered, and hurriedly remedied, "Anyway, thank you for today." ”

"You're welcome, they're all brothers." Ding Wei waved his hand generously.

"What?"

"Nothing, I mean don't be so polite." Ding Wei scratched his head, and accidentally said that it was smooth, in the past, this kind of conversation would only appear between him and Zheng Meng, and besides, why did you punch me if it wasn't a brother?

Ding Wei was still struggling here, when he suddenly heard a buzz in the crowd, and he looked up to see that the T-shaped stage in the center of the banquet hall was slowly rising, and the protagonist of the party, Taylor Swift, dressed as a cowboy, also appeared in the middle of the stage.

"It's a great honor to invite you to my newly renovated private clubhouse." Taylor Swift's first words caused the audience to whisper, this manor is at least 100 years old, and it is also a little famous on Staten Island, and it is not possible to buy such a large piece of land for millions or even tens of millions of dollars, it is really worthy of a new generation of gold-sucking queens.

"It's not a glittering auditorium, there's no spotlight, there's no gossip reporters that we all love and hate, we're just enjoying the sunshine together, enjoying the food, enjoying the music, enjoying life, and today I'm going to have some new people I've met recently to sing for you, and their music may bring you a refreshing feeling."

The scope of invitations to this party includes but is not limited to Taylor's circle of friends, but also some record companies, as well as producers and music critics of magazines and websites, including David Foster, Mark Rosen and other well-known celebrities in the industry.

"I haven't heard this song, it should be original, well, it's original," Ding Wei and Elle casually found a side seat and sat down, listening to the singing on stage, while chatting softly about their performance, "But this remix is really bad, is it invited for 50 cents?" In such occasions, it may be better to accompany yourself with an instrument. ”

"You even know that?" Ellie was surprised, she thought that Ding Wei's mind was blank except for basketball.

"I understand a little." Ding Wei is modest, he can fill a room full of CDs in his house, and he spends almost all his money on this except for the necessary household expenses.

"Then listen to this now."

"The voice and breath are very good, but I'm also drunk on this arrangement, it takes courage to cover the classics, if John-Denver is still alive, I don't know if I will be angry if I listen to this."

"Nonsense, although I do have a hard time listening to it."

Ding Wei smiled, noncommittal, at this time the third newcomer had already walked on the stage, compared with the other two, he did not have any bells and whistles, but sat quietly on the chair in the center of the stage, plucking the strings with his fingers extremely light, and suddenly people's moods became excited with this bright rhythm.

"It's ...... Flamenco! Ding Wei clapped his hands excitedly and shouted, but fortunately, everyone's attention was focused on the player playing on the stage, and they didn't notice his gaffe.

Flamenco is not just a piece of music or a type of music, but a genre that includes several categories, originating from Andalusia, Spain, created by the gypsies who wandered to this land, so while retaining the wild and passionate tone that is unique to Spain, it also incorporates some elements from Europe, Asia, and even North and Central America and Latin America, making this kind of music very attractive to both Orientals and Westerners.

"The rhythm of flamenco is very fast, it can reach more than 180 beats per minute, but fast does not mean chaos, and this one on the stage seems to be very stable," Ding Wei carefully observed the hand movements of the piano player on the stage, as a ticket holder who plays the piano, although the kung fu in his hands is not very high, but his eyesight is still there, "This piano is also great, one of the best flamenco guitars, what is it called......"

"Valeriano-Bernal," the middle-aged man who sat next to Ding Wei at some point took Ding Wei's words with some disdain, "If you don't know how to pretend to understand, don't show off in front of people." ”

Ding Wei couldn't help but chuckle and ignored the other party's provocation. He had already seen the woman called "Fairy-Flower" running to this old man just now and muttered something, it seemed that she had come to find a scene, childish, quite childish.

"Ellie, let's change seats." With that, Ding Wei stood up and walked to another empty table by himself, there were so many tables here anyway.

"Oh." Elle glanced at the "flower fairy" with a threatening look, and the latter returned the color with her gaze.

"Do you want to run away?" The old man continued to reluctantly, "It seems that sitting with me makes you feel pressured? ”

"Well, it's stressful." Ding Wei nodded "seriously".

"Don't think that you can be arrogant here because you are an NBA player, this place does not welcome people who are not educated and unskilled."

Ding Wei, who was about to turn around and leave again, suddenly laughed when he heard the old man's words, and at this time the performance on the stage had already been announced in the applause of everyone, he raised his right hand and turned around, and said loudly to Taylor Swift on the stage: "Excuse me, Miss Taylor, can I have a song?" ”

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