Just after 10 a.m., the wide, crimson Chevrolet was speeding down the interstate that winds eastward.

After breakfast, he set off on the road with the Zhai brothers and sisters who returned from a morning run, driving an electric Chevrolet with almost zero noise through the busy traffic on the road, and Long Yun's driving movements were quite skillful and relaxed.

As a full-time bodyguard for his employer, his job today is still that of a driver, but the passengers he carries are different from usual.

Beside him, Zhai Qize, who was sitting in the passenger seat, had a 16-page coloring magazine spread out on his lap, and this honor student who was still in middle school also had weapons and military hobbies that boys had, and the two were chatting happily at this time; In the spacious rear seat, Shangguan Li, who was wearing a light-colored sweater, was holding a tablet computer and surfing the Internet, and the girl's silver bell-like voice sounded in the car from time to time, as if she was chatting with friends on the Internet.

A group of three drove east in the car Ling had rented before, and their destination was Sacramento, the state capital of California, with the intention of watching the annual NAARC there.

"Qize, this Sacramento race, do you want a race ticket?"

"No, it's all free."

A little different from the average domestic young people, Zhai Qize, who grew up in the United States, speaks very good in Chinese, and the tone of his speech is very casual, "This kind of competition, in fact, is more appropriate to call an aviation fan gathering, everyone is going to communicate and discuss, as long as it is a enthusiast can participate." - And there is no prize money in the competition, it is all based on interest; However, there are a lot of aviation-related things for sale on site, and I plan to choose one. ”

Hear Zhai Qize's words. Shangguan Li in the back row interjected a sentence and came in:

- Otaku. Don't buy so many models this time. You've bought enough, and Dad says it's running out of room for more! ”

"I'm not going to—besides, can't I put it in your room? If you don't want to, I'll put it in my sister's room. ”

"Okay, then whatever you want, as long as my sister approves. - No, then I'll buy it too! ”

"Yes, yes! No problem. ”

It seemed that he was very fond of his lively and beautiful twin sister, and he was a little overwhelmed, Zhai Qize scratched his head embarrassedly. Then continue the small talk with Long Yun. And Long Yun, who was concentrating on driving, heard the interesting conversation between the two of them, and caught a glimpse of Shangguan Li's familiar youthful smile from the rearview mirror from time to time, and he almost had an illusion in a trance; He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, these two girls who are sisters to each other are really very similar, and even the demeanor between words and laughter is so similar.

But to say the difference between the two, it seems that the younger sister is much more easy-going than the elder sister, more feminine, and gentler?

After a moment of whimsical reverie, feeling that he shouldn't be so attentive to his employer's sister, Long Yun tried to concentrate on driving his own car; However, the more so. While driving the Chevrolet to the fork in the road to the outskirts of Sacramento, Long Yun, who thought of Shangguan Li, felt a little inexplicably uncomfortable.

On the issue of race. He asked himself if he was not a narrow-minded ultra-nationalist, but he felt a little uncomfortable at the thought that this beautiful girl who grew up in the United States would most likely marry an American.

……

Sacramento, less than 200 kilometers from the city of Auckland, can be reached in about two hours by car.

Unlike the beautiful scenery of California's Pacific coast, the inland city on the Sacramento River, known as "Sacramento" by the Nanyang Chinese, is not very populous, but it is quite economically developed, and it is also famous for the Sacramento Kings, who won the 1951 NBA championship.

Arriving at the California Air Base in the southern suburbs of the city, driving into the large parking lot with almost no visible edges, Long Yun and the other three people put on their travel bags and began to wander around the hustle and bustle of the huge base.

For the first time in a foreign country, he felt the blazing heat of aviation competitions, and walked around the base road with the Zhai family brothers and sisters. Take a casual look at the lively scene in the base, from the apron to both sides of the road, from the static display area of fighter planes to the small monument sales stalls, tourists and enthusiasts come and go, happily swimming, which can be regarded as an eye-opening for Long Yun, who has always had the stereotype of aviation competition.

It turns out that aviation competitions can be held like this, and I have to say that the economic minds of Americans are sometimes very bright!

After accompanying the Zhai brothers and sisters around for a while, to Long Yun's surprise, near the large area of the NAARC arena, he actually saw a familiar figure, which seemed to be a player from the "Tianhe" team.

Seeing that near the airport apron next to the runway, that person was busy beckoning the ground crew pilot to be busy next to a huge fighter plane, Long Yun found that the figure was a little familiar from afar; After taking a closer look for a while, he not only determined that this person was Lei Qiang, the main player of "Tianhe" participating in this IFT, but also recognized that the gray painted fighter behind him was a Su-27 single-seat early model.

"Hey! Brother Lei Qiang, is that you? ”

“……？ - You, you're Long Yun, Captain Dragon! ”

was operating the maintenance equipment next to the fighter plane with the pilots, and the sturdy young man who turned around was stunned for a moment before recognizing Long Yunlai; Meeting the opponent in the qualifiers here, Lei Qiang was surprised and happy, he took off his somewhat stained gloves and shook Long Yun's hand:

"Captain Dragon, are you 'Chenlong' here to participate in the North American Sprint Competition?"

"Hehe, no, it's a long story!"

Patting the broad shoulder of this sturdy young man, Long Yun didn't plan to start from the beginning about the cause and effect of his appearance here, and he didn't want to talk about his boss's whereabouts, "I'm here with a friend for sightseeing, it's such a coincidence to meet here." Brother Lei Qiang, this Su Liangqi looks well maintained, was it sent by your team to play the game? ――And the vice president of the Zhou team, who didn't come with you to compete? ”

The deputy of Team Zhou in Long Yun's words refers to Zhou Xiaodong, the long-term partner of "Tianhe", and he looked left and right while speaking, but he didn't find the shadow of this person. Previously, in the group stage of the IFT North China Qualifiers, the first game of "Chenlong" was to meet "Tianhe" in a narrow way; I was going to meet here, and I could catch up on the side of the arena in a foreign country, but Lei Qiang sighed when he heard Long Yun's question, and a wry smile appeared on his face:

"Hey, Captain Dragon, you don't know anything; It's really a long story to talk about this. (To be continued......)