Chapter 116: Christmas Gifts
Chamberlain's Greyhound bus returned to San Francisco on the evening of the 24th.
In fact, since the morning of the 23rd, most of the highways in California have been closed due to a snowstorm, Chamberlain is in a hurry, but there is no way, every driver wants to go, nested in the warm Miami to prepare for Christmas Eve, for fans, they can also enjoy a visual feast, on the night of Christmas 25th, the Heat, who just lost to the Warriors, will sit at home to face the Cavaliers.
Christmas War!
Every year, the Christmas game is the highlight of the NBA, second only to the All-Star Game in the regular season, and it is an honor for a team to be able to participate in the Christmas game, and only the most popular team can win this honor.
This year's Christmas game is a total of six teams and three games, the West Coast is the regular season No. 1 Suns away to challenge Kobe-led Purple Shirt Aristocrats, this season's champion Lang's Trail Blazers face the SuperSonics led by the top star Durant, on the East Coast, it is a big battle between the Heat and the Cavaliers.
Before Wade's serious injury, the battle between him and LeBron who is the strongest player in the 03 Golden Generation has never been broken, and the little emperor is very good, but the Flash, who won the championship and FMVP early, is not much inferior to him.
Fortunately, Chamberlain's face is very powerful now, he is all over the United States, and when he took off the sunglasses that covered most of his face, a fanatical fan driver rushed up. Thankfully, in distant Miami, Chamberlain ran into a die-hard Warriors fan who was also a Greyhound bus driver.
Chamberlain, as the pillar of the Warriors and the revival general, has been regarded as a savior by Warriors fans, and this fan admires him very much, not to mention that Chamberlain wants him to drive back to San Francisco, even if he wants him to die directly, I am afraid he will not hesitate.
Like Chamberlain, there are many people waiting to go home for Christmas, and the highway is blocked, and they can't go back even if they have a car. Fortunately, this fan driver is willing to drive, which solves the urgent needs of many people, and from this point of view, Chamberlain has done a good thing.
Shaking all the way, changing speeds, the Greyhound bus drove for a full day and a night, and returned to San Francisco just before Christmas Eve.
Thankfully, the driver has been running between San Francisco and Miami all year round, and knows the countless trails despite the highway closures, otherwise they would have to stare dryly and have to spend Christmas in a faraway foreign country.
Chamberlain is a grateful person, he not only gave the driver a generous tip, but also sent him countless autographs, group photos and the like along the way, anyway, there is nothing to do in the car, he signed his name on the things that can be signed on the car at the request of the driver, mixed Chinese and English, and even signed a name on the driver's left and right arms, and the driver said that he would get a tattoo according to his handwriting when he turned around.
When I arrived in San Francisco, when Chamberlain got out of the car, the driver reluctantly waved goodbye to him, and promised: "SUPER-Z, you are a good person, thank you for giving me so many autographs, I plan to change the name of my car to 'Chamberlain', will you care?" ”
Chamberlain shook hands with him heavily, and said with some emotion: "It's an honor, man, I swear to God that I will not fail to live up to your expectations of me, and I will make Chamberlain the most dazzling greyhound on the American highway." ”
The middle-aged driver named Saxon waited until Li Qun drove to pick up Chamberlain, during which he accompanied him to chat, even if Li Qun's Hyundai SUV drove so far, Chamberlain turned around, and could still see the cute figure waving.
It was a cold winter night outside the car window, but Chamberlain felt warm in his heart, and he sighed: "How cute these fans are, Li Qun, they don't expect any substantial benefits from our players, as long as we play well, they will be satisfied!" ”
Li Qun smiled and said: "You are their faith, and they have placed their best expectations, so Z, you must play hard in the future, no matter when, you can't give up the heart to move forward." ”
Chamberlain was able to take the bus and insist on rushing back from Miami, Li Qun was very satisfied, not every man would do this, in fact, the Warriors did not come back except for Chamberlain himself, along with Nelson Sr.
Heavy snow closed the road, and it was too dangerous to go on the road at this time, and the players loved their families very much, but they also loved their own lives.
Christmas Eve in the United States has always been the tradition of setting off fireworks, when the night began to fall, Li Qun's car happened to drive into the courtyard of the cliff house villa, Chamberlain got out of the car, a melodious chirp pierced the void into his ears, and then he raised his head, and saw a meteor appear in the sky, fly to the highest place and then suddenly bloom, turning into a full sky of light, brilliant and dazzling.
This fireworks seemed to be the herald horn, and with its appearance, the Golden Gate Bridge took the lead in responding, and dozens of fireworks flew into the air with a roar, exploding violently, leaving countless flowers of different colors. As the fireworks exploded and descended, it seemed as if countless colored meteors had appeared in the sky.
"Mr. Z!" A cheer sounded from the door of the villa, Shirley, who was only wearing a white single dress, pushed open the door and happily greeted her, the slender girl was like a pure deer, and her white boots stepped on the whiter snow, making it impossible to tell where the feet were and where the snow was for a while.
Shirley plunged into Chamberlain's arms, who hurriedly took off his coat and put it on her, reproaching, "You're going to catch a cold like this, Shirley, how can you go outside in the house?" You have to be careful with your body......"
Shirley smiled contentedly, she looked at Chamberlain seriously with a delicate little face, and her blue eyes were filled with rain and mist: "Mr. Z, did you come back to accompany me for Christmas Eve?" ”
Looking at Shirley's clean eyes, the reproach in Chamberlain's mouth swallowed into his stomach again, and he smiled: "Of course, I came back to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas with you, remember what I promised you?" I'll surprise you at Christmas, how can I surprise you if I don't come back? ”
Shirley's smile was still the same, her eyes were slightly curved into two crescents, but the crystal tears rolled down, and she said with a smile: "This is the first time I have someone to spend Christmas Eve with me since I was a child, this feeling of family is so good." ”
Chamberlain hugged Shirley, thought about it, stretched out his right arm to hug Li Qun, and murmured: "This is also my happiest Christmas Eve so far, thank God, praise God, I'm no longer that waste, I'm finally in the NBA!" ”
He thought of his parents who worked hard at home and his grandparents who were dying, and his heart was full of longing, but now was not the time to meet, and after waiting for more than a month, he was ready to reunite with his family during the Spring Festival, and it was already explainable to change a person's body shape in four months.
Hugging Shirley and Li Qun, Chamberlain stared deeply at the fireworks in the night sky, unprecedented, he felt that this fireworks were really beautiful.
Long before going to Miami, Chamberlain had already set up a Christmas tree, a pine tree slightly taller than him, this tree was alive, planted in a large pot, and when Christmas was over, it would still survive in the yard, and Chamberlain had already planned to plant a pine tree in the yard every year as long as he lived in the cliff house in the future.
The Christmas tree is decorated by Chamberlain, but the decorations are hung by Li Qun and Shirley, the tree is full of stars and cherubs, and there is a cartoon doll of Chamberlain standing next to the pine tree, which is a Christmas product made by the Warriors, and the sales of Chamberlain's dolls are very good.
"We thought you weren't coming back, it's been snowing heavily since you left Auckland, and it's infuriating." Li Qun saw Chamberlain looking at the doll and explained with a smile, "Shirley used the pocket money she saved to buy your doll, and she said that with this doll, it can be regarded as you spending Christmas Eve and Christmas with us." ”
Chamberlain was a little moved in his heart, this time it was really worth the trip to come back for Christmas Eve, the enthusiastic fan driver and Shirley made him see his own value, and unconsciously, he has become a very important existence in the hearts of some people.
Shirley made a sumptuous dinner, and Chamberlain had not eaten well on the road, and had long been hungry.
Despite her age, Shirley's cooking tasted great, and Chamberlain, who used to love convenience stores and fast food restaurants, now dismisses the contents.
After dinner, Chamberlain turned on the TV to watch sports news, there are no NBA games today, all teams have a day off, the news on TV is a few days ago, he is now the most important role in San Francisco's local sports news, the passion with the Heat before, so that he is now even more in the limelight, a large number of San Francisco basketball experts believe that he is the first superstar of the Warriors after coming to California.
"Hey, where's the Christmas present?" Li Qun smiled and sat next to Chamberlain, and Shirley, who was cleaning up the dining table, heard her ask, and immediately stopped putting away the dishes and chopsticks, and turned her head with her little ears pricked up.
Chamberlain was full of food and drink, opened his hands and said lazily: "How about a passionate kiss for one person?" It's my first kiss, so it's okay to make a Christmas present, right? ”
Li Qun pushed him and sneered, "Who wants your first kiss?" You better keep it, we want a valuable Christmas present. ”
Shirley wrenched her fingers embarrassedly, she glanced at Chamberlain shyly, and then slowly walked to the sofa and sat next to Chamberlain, looking at Chamberlain expectantly.
"Uh, what?" Chamberlain asked sluggishly.
Shirley's pretty face was crimson, like a red apple hanging from a Christmas tree, and she said shyly, "Aren't you going to give us a Christmas present?" ”
"Are you serious?" Chamberlain smiled, "I have to keep my first kiss, leave it to my future wife, it's not Christmas yet, what are you anxious about Christmas gifts?" Tomorrow morning, I'll give you Christmas presents. ”
The joy on Shirley's face was suddenly swept away, she stood up with a pink mouth, and the action of cleaning up the plate became more rough than ever, and the crackling sound made Chamberlain depressed for a while, he touched his face and said suspiciously: "Damn, is Lao Tzu so handsome now?" Shirley isn't in love with me, is she? ”
Li Qun smiled slightly, and said incomprehensibly: "Shirley has an Erikora complex. ”
The name comes from ancient Greek mythology, in which Princess Elekula was determined to avenge her father's murder by her mother and her lover and her brother killed her mother.
This complex was first proposed by Freud, a master of psychology, who believed that in the process of children's sexual psychological development, the first thing to be satisfied with the close parents of the opposite sex: the daughter will fall in love with the father, love the father and dislike the mother (and some single-parent families, if the father is close to a woman or remarries, the daughter will resist by extreme means, or even commit suicide), which is called the "father-lover complex".
Freud's doctrine was later criticized for lacking sufficient scientific basis, but more people argued that such complexes could neither be regarded as scientific theories of universal significance, nor absolutized them, but also could not be completely denied. Generally speaking, girls often show varying degrees of paternal affection at the age of 3-5, but most of this phenomenon will gradually disappear with age. If, before puberty, the girl still shows a loving exclusivity for her father, then it becomes a problem.
When Chamberlain saw that the expression on Li Qun's face was wrong, he immediately changed the topic and asked, "Do you want to know what Christmas gift I have prepared for you?" ”
Li Qun looked at Chamberlain gently and shook his head slowly.
Chamberlain grinned, leaned over to her and whispered, "Don't lock the door tonight, I'll hang it in your socks at midnight." ”