Zero o'clock was coming, and all the people who were still alive and kicking gathered in the square. Zhang Chen hadn't seen so many people together for several years, and he was really a little unaccustomed to it.

Everyone is counting down: "60...... 50…… 40…… 30…… 20...... "Sound Tide Surge," 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0!! Everyone applauded together after shouting.

And so 2008 came.

Nina next to her folded her hands and lowered her head, as if she was making a wish. Zhang Chen looked at her in a daze, the night breeze blew her straight hair, and her delicate face was as beautiful as a totem under the bright lights.

The New Year's Eve bell is still ringing in my ears, and the people in the square are very excited. Zhang Chen was even a little surprised, for such a person who was not special, there was nothing special about it, but after thinking about it, it was too boring to come here, and it was understandable to find some spiritual comfort.

Nina lowered her head in the crowd and kissed her clasped hands, Zhang Chen didn't know what she meant by doing this. Under the light, Zhang Chen clearly saw the fading sadness on her face, and the smile that slowly outlined. Zhang Chen felt inexplicably happy in his heart, but Zhang Chen did not ask Nina if she had recovered from her grief. She held that position for more than three minutes, looking a little out of place in the joyful crowd.

Zhang Chen didn't know what to do for a long time...... After thinking about it, he stretched out his trembling right hand and gently patted her on the shoulder, at this moment, Zhang Chen suddenly wanted her to know her existence.

After about five minutes, Nina put away her hands, turned her head, and said with a hint of apprehension in her clear eyes, "Chen, thank you for making me happy tonight, can I hug you...... I know you Orientals may not be used to this, but I want to express my gratitude. ”

Zhang Chen was slightly stunned for about two seconds, and then suddenly reacted and said, "Of course you can ......"

Nina leaned over cautiously, gently hugged Zhang Chen's waist, and leaned her head over, Zhang Chen was stunned, but still stretched out his hands and gently wrapped them around her back.

There was a faintly sweet but not greasy fragrance from Nina's body, and Zhang Chen knew that this did not belong to any known perfume in this world, but should be an innate body fragrance of Nina.

Zhang Chen and Nina hugged softly in the square, breathing in the air of the early morning of the first day of the new year, with a little humidity and coolness of the midnight. They didn't hug for a long time, Zhang Chen's eyes closed involuntarily, the light of the street lamp shining on his head, and the crowd of people around him were getting farther and farther away from them, and at this moment the world seemed to be only two people hugging each other.

"Thank you, Tatsu...... It's time for me to go back. Nina left Zhang Chendi's embrace, and then smiled at him.

Zhang Chen nodded, feeling a little empty in his heart, and then he suddenly remembered something and said, "I'll send you." ”

Nina nodded in agreement, "Thank you." ”

The car slowly sped forward, and Zhang Chen drove steadily on this road, and the street lights on both sides kept reversing in his sight. Zhang Chen sent Nina to the bottom of her residence, watching her back fade into the turned on lights.

Accidentally glanced at the rearview mirror, Zhang Chen saw his indifferent smiling face on it.

---When he returned to his residence, the first thing Zhang Chen did was to comb his face and hair, then wash up, lie on the bed and start training this day.

Tomorrow the Suns will travel to the road to take on the 76ers again.

In the first month of 2008, Zhang Chen spent such a competition.

On January 28, 2008, Zhang Chen pushed open the door, walked in, and fell on the bed at once, thinking about nothing. They lost on the road to the Hornets today, their last away game of the month.

The continuous away games these days have made Zhang Chen's eggs almost broken, and he is really a little scared of his life of being constantly displaced on the plane.

The continuous away games have put his body in a state of extreme exhaustion, and every time he returns from such an away trip, Zhang Chen has to sleep hard, and today is the same.

Falling headlong on the bed, Zhang Chen slept soundly.

Over the past month, Zhang Chen has patiently honed his speed in the training space every day, and after a month of two-pronged training in reality and virtuality, Zhang Chen's speed level has climbed from level three to level five, and level five has also accumulated a large amount of experience.

And the big dog released in the space is becoming more and more ferocious, and the speed sports training intensity outside the field is getting higher and higher, but Zhang Chen still gritted his teeth and persevered.

I got used to it with my teeth and biting it, and I got through it this month.

The most unexpected gain for Zhang Chen is his set of talent adaptation training, after a month of combined practice of that set of movements, now Zhang Chendi's physical fitness is much better.

“oh…… Early morning...... I think you're serious again, are you really nineteen? Are you sure you're not a five-year-old? The team's trainer Aaron looked surprised and sighed, mixed with a lot of disbelief.

Zhang Chen is already explaining this problem for the fifth time: "Hey...... Do I look so young? Much like a five-year-old? ”

Aaron spread his hands in surprise: "Then why is your strength practice progressing so quickly?" Oh, my God...... It's a miracle, you really don't look like a nineteen-year-old guy. ”

"Is nineteen old?"

"I'm relative to your strength progressing at a faster rate...... Chen, listen to me, the most surprising thing is that your talent has actually started to grow a little...... It's unheard of, and seriously, I'm kind of getting you to the American Center for Abnormal Human Research to be sliced and sliced. ”

Rub~~ Whenever he heard this, Zhang Chen fled in the wilderness, sighing that Mu Xiu would be destroyed by the forest wind.

Zhang Chen's fastest improvement is naturally not his strength, but his speed, in the past month, although the outside team has not reflected much on this. Because Zhang Chendi's running position has always been very windy, although Zhang Chendi's speed has helped his running position to be more incomprehensible, no one is too surprised.

However, the Suns' players are different, and they can intuitively see the improvement of Zhang Chen's speed. From the skinny and tall guy who first entered the team, to the person who is much stronger and faster, they all see it.

D'Antoni has expressed his admiration for Zhang Chendi in front of the media more than once: "He is a hard player, he knows what he should do and when...... He's a very good player, and you can see him practicing in the stadium every time. And he's still improving, which is unbelievable, I mean, he's improving faster than we'd like. ”

“oh…… All I can say is that he worked a lot harder than in my rookie season, and you know God always likes people who work harder, so he has a lot more accomplishments than he did in my rookie season. Nash was also praising Zhang Chen to the media.

Praise Zhang Chendi is not only these two people, but also Xiao Si: "Chen is a very good rookie, he is always polite, which is the same as his ball skills, which is very comfortable." ”

In January, the limelight of the league's rookies was a lot by Zhang Chen.

This season, he shot 61.4 percent from three-point range and 58.7 percent from two-point range, both of which are not just rookies but all current players in the league.

With such a high shooting rate, Zhang Chen's average points per game this month also rose to 19.7 points, becoming the team's second-highest scorer in the mainland, and at the same time, he also climbed to the second-highest average points per game in his rookie month, and Durant's 21 points still overtook him.

This month, a new round of disputes about the best rookie began, to be honest, Zhang Chen is indeed a little worse than Durant compared to the data, but when it comes to shooting percentage, Durant can't catch up with Zhang Chen.

In December, Zhang Chen had already won the league's Rookie of the Month award, which surprised everyone, and the domestic media even hyped it up. This month, the question of who deserves more rookie of the month between Zhang Chen and Durant has once again begun to be put on the table.

The Phoenix fan newspaper said: "I think Zhang Chen should be the deserved Rookie of the Month, and everyone knows how that Kevin's stats came from, his 21 points per game average are 43% shooting percentage." But when we turn our eyes to Chen, we will find that his shooting rate is as high as 61.4% and 58.7%, and I have to say that this should be a statistical achievement that has never been seen before. Compare the efficiency of the two of them, and you'll find out who you should vote for the best rookie spot. ”

Also holding this view is Phoenix Fan.com columnist Thomas: "Tatsu deserves this award without a dispute, his shooting percentage has exceeded all expectations, his efficiency is among the best in the league, and we can't ignore the hard work of such a great guy." We should turn our attention to his strengths instead of saying bad things about him all day long, and we should give young people more tolerance and opportunities, and their performance is able to surprise us. ”

Of course, there is light and there is darkness, and there is support and there is opposition, among which the Washington Post is still relatively sharp in its opposition to Zhang Chendi, they wrote in the newspaper: "For Chen's performance, maybe his shooting rate is relatively high, and his score is also very good, but we must also see some truths hidden behind gorgeous data!" You know, our criteria for selecting a rookie of the best are not to look at his stats, to see how well he shoots, but to look at his overall performance, Kevin has done a good job in this regard, he can shoot, and he will score on the break...... But let's see Tatsu's performance...... It's a shame that the breakthrough only accounts for 0.2% of his scoring tools, which is a surprising statistic, and in that regard, we don't see much reason to make him the Rookie of the Year. ”

This guy's remarks were also met with opposition, but he raised a question that was more useful to Zhang Chen: Zhang Chen really doesn't seem to have any means of attack except shooting!

Suddenly, the discussion on Zhang Chendi entered a new stage.

(To be continued)