"Lin Hao, why don't you go to play today?" Cheng Miao looked at the young man sitting in front of him in surprise, Lin Hao buried his head in the book, he was really rare like this. I always see him shooting on the court, but I don't think he has such quiet moments.

"I'm tired of playing, and I suddenly want to study today." He smiled and continued to stare at the textbook, looking extremely serious. Cheng Miao didn't bother him, but sat down quietly beside him with a book. Although he didn't perform well in the last exam, he didn't mean to be discouraged, Yiyi was right, he couldn't look down on himself.

He just opened the book, suddenly remembered something, cleared his throat, and sounded a little slurred, "That, that, Lin Hao." Cheng Miao stopped talking about the most critical time.

"What's wrong?" Lin Hao turned his head to look at him, the expression on his face looked a little tired, "You just say something, it's so anxious." Cheng Miao has always been very hearty when talking to himself, so his current state makes Lin Hao even more puzzled.

"Yes." "I probably won't be able to go to the basketball team's practice this Saturday." Cheng Miao didn't look at Lin Hao's eyes again after saying this, he could imagine that he would be very surprised now. Maybe he would slap the table, stand up violently, and ask himself loudly, but Lin Hao didn't.

The boy put down the pen and was silent for a while, "It's okay, if you don't come, you won't come, it's normal to have your own things." He smiled as he spoke, contrary to his usual serious attitude.

"You're not angry?" Lin Hao's friendliness made Cheng Miao feel strange, and he raised his eyebrows and met his eyes.

"Angry? Why should I be angry? Lin Hao was very funny about his question, "Everyone has their own schedule, and I naturally have no reason to interfere with your decision." His words were very soft, and they also made Cheng Miao very comfortable to listen to.

"But." Cheng Miao always felt that something was wrong, if any player was absent, Lin Hao's face could be pulled to the ground, and today the sun really came out in the west.

In fact, this was nothing, because Lin Hao's words surprised him even more.

"Anyway." I saw the young man roll his eyes and say slowly, "I won't be on the basketball team next week." His words seemed careless, but they drew a big question mark in Cheng Miao's heart.

"What?" Cheng Miao repeated his words in his heart, "You're not on the basketball team anymore, so where are you going?" In Cheng Miao's eyes, Lin Hao is not a person who can calm down and study, so he must participate in some extracurricular activities to be normal.

But his simple idea made Lin Hao wonder very much, did he have to go somewhere, "Don't go anywhere, I just want to spend more time studying." He honestly confessed his thoughts.

Although Cheng Miao had some doubts in his heart, he didn't say anything after all. A few days ago, Lin Hao was so obsessed with basketball, I really don't know, why did he suddenly make a 180-degree turn.

"If you're quitting the basketball team, won't you regret it?" Cheng Miao was a little unwilling to answer him, so he asked one more question.

"I might regret it." Lin Hao's words then became very reluctant, "But people naturally have different choices at different times. I may regret it, but for me now, maybe focusing on my studies is the better option. ”

"So you're not playing basketball now?" Cheng Miao looked at him with such a serious look, and felt a little pity.

"If I don't fight, no one will look down on me, will I?" He said with a wry smile on his face, "Anyway, I can't do anything, I'm not a sports student." No one will support me in playing basketball. Lin Hao said, his eyes immediately dimmed, "So, I'm just an ordinary student." The college entrance examination is a hurdle that I want to escape, but I can't escape. After all, I'm still like this for nothing, and in the eyes of others, I'm just a bad student. ”

"Lin Hao, you can't say that." Cheng Miao felt that Lin Hao's mood was really bad now, but he was trying his best to calm his emotions, "For example, you never thought that basketball would be your life's work, maybe you will become a professional basketball player in the future, and you will become a basketball star......"

But before Cheng Miao could finish speaking, Lin Hao interrupted him, "Don't tease me anymore, professional basketball player, how is it possible?" What international jokes? He smiled, but his smile wasn't pretty.

He just understated a few words but made Lin Hao very excited, "International joke? He looked at him coldly, "Since you don't believe in it yourself, how can you ask others to give you strength?" Cheng Miao said and turned his head away with some disdain.

"Yes, I want to believe it too, but I really have no reason to believe it. Everyone was pouring cold water on me and telling me that it was wrong and that I had to change it. No one wants to support me, and no one believes in me. And myself, small to the dust, I have long since lost such a strong will. Basketball, for me, is really an ornament, but also a permanent wound for me, there is really no way to heal again. He shook his head helplessly, as if he was extremely disappointed in himself.

"If no one is optimistic, don't you have a reason to hold on? So what did your previous efforts count for, have they all been in vain? Cheng Miao said that the look in his eyes seemed to be more lost than his, "Lin Hao, do you remember, you told me that it is your greatest wish to be able to take basketball as your career, and basketball is a part of your life." You can't live without it, it's your calling. ”

"I remember." Lin Hao felt that he had been forced into a corner by Cheng Miao, "But what's the use?" This world, it doesn't allow me to do that. Anna is right, basketball can't be eaten, so what should I do? You know, if I don't get into college, I'm really dead. Although I don't want to admit it, the reality is that. ”

"That's the reality?" Cheng Miao sneered and almost burst into tears, "Then what about your previous efforts, is it so worthless?" Is it so worthless in your eyes? When he said this, his tone was extremely cold, not at all like Cheng Miao on weekdays.

"Otherwise, what should I do?" Lin Hao's cold tears welled up from his eyes, "I also want it to be valuable, but is it useful?" He choked up, and there was deep despair in his tone.

"Lin Hao, actually, I really like you sweating profusely on the basketball court. You look tired, but you're confident. Their vision is not so important to you anymore. At least, you really worked so recklessly for what you wanted to do, and you did your best, so is it so important whether you can do it or not? ”

But why would you give up? Do you know? Even if everyone is accusing you, as long as you, Lin Hao, are still gambling on this, you will not be a loser. Cheng Miao has always been silent, but I don't know why there are so many feelings today, "Who hasn't had an unrealistic dream?" But what's so bad about dreaming? Isn't that kind of exhaustive wandering the real life? ”

Lin Hao ignored him, but Cheng Miao said to himself, "If you can't dream one day, you don't have any expectations for this world, life is just a pool of stagnant water, so what's the point of living." ”

"But Cheng Miao, it's really hard to keep going. Can you relate to that feeling? It's like a person who breaks into the desert, you think that there is a forest in front of you, but everyone tells you, don't think about it, the end of the desert is still a desert, there will be no oasis. You've gone so far that you've ended up paralyzing in the desert, and everybody tells you, don't go, go again, you're really going to die here. The forest you want to see is far away, and the yellow sand is just in front of you. You feel like a drowning man, and you don't even have the courage to climb ashore. He said it, still looking at him so seriously, as if he was putting a story that had nothing to do with him.

"But what if the end of the desert is really a forest?" After a long time, Cheng Miao still asked so unwillingly.

"So what? Even if it were a forest, it wouldn't belong to me. I was really tired, I didn't have the courage to reach the forest. The road was really too far, my shoes were worn out, and I really couldn't walk. If I continue to insist, I'm afraid I'll really die here. ”

"So, you choose to go back the way you came." Cheng Miao's tone was more indifferent, "You'd rather go back to that barren land than work hard for the oasis." In that case, what is the difference between dying in the desert? If it were me, I'd rather die in the desert, so that even if I didn't reach the forest, I would do my best. And going back the same way, it is impossible to see the forest, absolutely impossible. His tone was firm, and every word was like a hammer, hitting Lin Hao's heart.

"I'm also a man trapped in the desert, how could I be better off than you?" Cheng Miao said these words as if he was sad, "But I can't and absolutely can't give up my pursuit of the forest because of the words of some people." Because that forest, my forest, is unique. No one should try to erase its place in my heart. He finally said leisurely.

Lin Hao looked at the young man's eyes and felt unprecedented strength, like a person who had fallen into a swamp, and suddenly found the courage to move upward.

"That's good, you're right." There were some more tears in Lin Hao's eyes, "So, the desert is not so scary, because it is a road to the forest, isn't it?" ”