Chapter 42: Divergence
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Yang Di took Carroll's hand and walked slowly down the street.
"I remember the first time I came to Madison, the motorcycle I was riding was thrown over here, no, right there." Yang Di pointed to an overpass.
"Is the law and order better now, I won't meet the black-skinned people again, right?" Yang Di said jokingly.
Carol rolled her eyes, not bothering to pay attention to him.
The two of them found a wooden bench on the shore and sat down, and Carol leaned quietly on Yang Di's shoulder, watching the river flow slowly.
"Catherina."
"Huh?"
"I ......"
"What's wrong?"
Yang Di took a deep breath: "Catherina, go to Miami with me!" ”
The 19-year-old boy's tone was unprecedentedly solemn, the experience smoothed out the immaturity on his face, his shoulders were broad, his chest was erect, and he was as domineering as a lion.
"You're not a Cancer!" Carol was stunned for a moment, then covered her mouth and laughed stupidly.
"You ......" Yang Di was deflated all of a sudden, unable to maintain the domineering appearance that he had finally pretended, and reached out to hold Carol in his arms, "I'm serious with you, I'm not joking with you." ”
"Miami......" Carol pulled her hair behind her ears and sat up straight.
The feeling of being in his arms suddenly disappeared, and Yang Di's heart suddenly became empty and uneasy.
"Let's talk about it......"
Yang Di clenched his fists, panicked in his heart, looked at the flowing river in a daze, and couldn't speak.
"Yang, I think we'll all need a while," Carol said lightly, holding her head, "Actually, we don't know much about each other, do we?" ”
"That's why I said let's go to Miami together, it's the only way to solve it, and I'll take a responsibility, I promise."
"It's too heavy, we're both young, why don't we give each other a little space?" Carol didn't understand why Yang Di had to follow him to Miami, although she was very moved, but she didn't think it was a good proposal, the long-distance relationship was indeed lovesick and sad, but the price of giving up everything was too heavy for her.
Yang Di was a little disappointed, he felt that Carol didn't really value his courage and the love he expressed.
"Are we going to keep going like this?" Yang Di's tone was a little stiff.
Catherina seemed to hear Yang Di's unhappiness, her heart tightened, she forced a smile, sat on Yang Di's lap, hugged Yang Di's neck, and then gently kissed Yang Di with cold lips.
"Okay, it's not a big deal, I'm going to be transferred to Chicago to work in October, and it's convenient for you to come to me or me to come to you, we're still young, there's no need to think about some heavy things like an old man, take it easy!"
Yang Di's gloomy brows soothed a little, but there was still an unspeakable sense of loss in the depths of his eyes.
For the first time, the two men's views diverged, and it made him feel bad.
The breeze blew through the bodies of the little couple hugging each other, and the shadows in the sun stretched the ground longer.
……
In September, the team players trained for the new season, and on the first day of the press conference, they took makeup photos.
Yang Di chose No. 8 as his NBA jersey number, and Wade chose No. 3, and the two had several photos together as a symbol of friendship when they entered the team in the same year.
Haslem opted for the number 40, while Alston opted for the number 12 for the shirt.
"Have a good time with the team in the evening." Wade hooked Yang Di's neck and said with a smile.
"What about the old players? Why didn't I see any of them? Yang Di spread his hands.
Wade smiled: "They are old, and the gathering time is a little later than ours, and we basically gather these players who are participating in the summer league, nay, rookies." ”
"Let Udonis show us around Miami, he grew up here." Wade turned to Haslem on the other side.
"Well, no problem." Haslem responded with a pat on the chest.
"Dick Young, where do you live now?"
"I rented an apartment, not far from the stadium, I live alone, I don't need a big house, the apartment is almost the same." Yang Di said.
"Hey, where are we going in a moment?" Alstom, who was dressed in a fashionable style, walked over, and he looked like the hip-hop man on the team, "Dick Young, I heard that you have played on the streets before, so you have a chance to play streetball." ”
Yang Di raised his head, "No problem, Raf, but I'm not very good at streetball, hahahaha." But I've never been afraid to go it alone, you see I'm being tormented by Dwyane every day, and I'm used to it. ”
Haha, everyone laughed, and Wade smiled and touched Yang Di's head.
When night falls, Miami is like a shining pearl.
In this autumn future, the summer is as cool as water, all kinds of shining neon lights make the whole city shine, the center of the city, the streets are all kinds of men and women, most of them are dressed beautifully, fashionable and trendy.
The heat of Miami's South Beach makes the whole city even hotter.
"Miami is a nightlife paradise, and Miami's nightclubs are world-famous!" Wade doesn't look like a rookie at all, after walking into this nightclub called "W", he is like a liberated bird, and the serious focus and pure domineering temperament on the court are like two people.
In addition to the three rookies of Jandy, Haslem and Alston, there are also Rasol Butler and Lamar Odom, the most important and biggest name of the Heat this summer, who has just signed with the team. I didn't see this guy appear in the training venue during the day, and when I went to the nightclub at night, this guy had been waiting for a long time.
"Hey guys, are you ready to take off?" Odom is a natural familiar, and he doesn't have the frame of a team boss, and after signing a big contract, he seems to be in good spirits, and he soon became familiar with Yang Di and a few others.
A few people found a round table around a sofa and sat down, on which were some fruit plates, and the waiter stood beside Odom with great discernment.
"Brothers, what do you drink? Today I'm going to be the East, you're welcome! Odom proudly pushed the wine list in front of everyone, and for his current income, tonight's drinking or something was just a small expense.
"I love China, Oriental, it's a beautiful place!" Odom's speech is easy to make people feel good, and talking about Yang Di's own country to Yang Di makes Yang Di feel very good and has a lot of face.
"Next time we come to China to play, there are many places of interest in our country, and we have a history of thousands of years." Yang Di said proudly.
"Wow." The crowd was amazed.
Odom smiled: "Last year, I played against your Chinese Yao Ming, it was the big man in Houston, 2.26 meters, once when I changed the defense, I resisted him behind my back, that guy resisted with a back, turned around and hooked a hand, I was confused at that time, how to defend this?" ”
"Hahaha." Everyone laughed, Yao Ming's soft hand is famous in the NBA, and the free throw shooting rate is more than 80 percent.
"Yang, is your shot very good?" Odom asked.
Yang Di spread his hands and said helplessly: "Lamar, I'm afraid I'll disappoint you, my shooting is very poor, and more than two meters away is basically relying on Meng." ”
"What about within two meters?"
"Within two meters, I will take off and dunk directly, don't worry, I can still dunk." Yang Di took the wine list, looked it up and down, closed it, and smiled at the waiter, "Trouble for a glass of orange juice." ”
The waiter's professional smile stopped abruptly, and his face was embarrassed, "Sorry, it doesn't seem to be." ”
"A glass of watermelon juice, then." Yang Di threw away the wine sheet.
The waiter wiped his sweat, "Neither." ”
"Ah, dare to ...... nothing" Wade pounced over and covered Yang Di's mouth, smiled dryly and said to the waiter who kept rolling his eyes: "Give him a cup of "Air Force No. 2"! ”
The waiter turned away with the wine list in hand.
"Dwyan, what is Air Force Two? Yang Di took Wade's hand away.
"Phew, shame." Wade covered his face with his big hands, feeling that it didn't seem to be a good choice to bring Yang Di out, and he didn't bother to explain to him in anger.
Or Odom was polite, and said with a smile: "Just the name of the wine, it tastes good." ”
Yang Di turned his head to observe, the design and layout of the scene was dim and sexy, and the round tables surrounded by sofas became the center of the cubicle, not yet drunk at night, not yet carnival.
It was pitch black in the audience, and suddenly, tonight's host walked on the stage.
After the host said some words, the stage was handed over to the live music DJ, and the music of heavy metal sounded, playing a rock party ceremony.
The atmosphere rose sharply, and men and women exuding hormones and adrenaline glands writhed and cheered.
A group of hot, scantily clad Miami girls walked to Yang Di's table, first talked to Odom about something, and then sat down along the round table one by one, and began to talk to Wade, Haslem and others.
Yang Di sat next to a tall girl, with almost black hair, dark skin, and also a piece of clothing, only a bandeau on the upper body, and a short skirt tied around the lower body with a white tulle, looming to show the wildness and temptation of Miami......