Chapter 9: The Wind-Chasing Boy ()

This day was the last day of July 2002. In the NBA draft one month ago on June 27, Chinese player Yao Ming was elected as the No. 1 pick in Madison Square Garden, New York, USA, and was selected by the Houston Rockets, setting a precedent for domestic players to participate in the NBA draft. For a while, Chinese people's basketball enthusiasm was unprecedentedly high, and countless young people with basketball dreams began to work harder, hoping that one day they could join the NBA in Yao Ming's footsteps and write their own legend.

Unlike Luo Hao's crazy love for Iverson, Xiao Han does not have a specific idol. Among the new generation of players, he wants to say his favorite is Kobe and McGrady. Speaking of shooting, Xiao Han is extremely fascinated by McGrady's ecstasy jump shot, but when it comes to breakthroughs and comprehensive strength, the one who treats Xiao Han the most is Kobe Bryant.

However, unlike these two, Xiao Han is not a player who is purely keen on scoring. The Magician's incredible passing ability also occupies a large position in his heart. The proportion of offense and passing is comparable.

Xiao Han is not a pure point guard or a purely-bred shooting guard. He likes the feeling of having the ball in his hand and controlling everything. His best thing is his ability to grasp the timing. Every second of the game, when facing a fleeting opportunity, Xiao Han will always make the most appropriate judgment. His outstanding attack ability is far more open than that of ordinary people. Such a technique can be regarded as a miracle when it comes to a person at the same time, but Xiao Han is not a perfect player.

Even though he knows what choice is more reasonable, Xiao Han always goes against it. Xiao Han is a perfectionist person. Compared with the rationality, he is more keen on pursuing excitement. Whether passing or attacking, what he makes the choice is often not how to succeed in this offense to the greatest extent, but how to play the ball to be more gorgeous and beautiful, and this is a common problem that children who grow up watching showtime games have.

The night became darker, and Xiao Han, who had finally watched a game, woke up from his own world and looked at the cold tea on the coffee table. He smiled with a self-deprecating smile, raised his glass and drank it all, cleaned up and went to rest.

Before the morning sunlight showed up, Luo Hao came uninvited again and opened the door helplessly. Xiao Han returned to the bed and covered his head and went to bed. This time he was determined and he would never get up until he got up normally. Luo Hao did not intend to disturb him sleep today. After entering the door, he ran into the gym next to the bedroom and went to tossing.

It is actually just an idle room, and the happiness of children is always simple. Xiao Han and the others packed up the things inside, bought a barbell, and bought four or five small fitness equipment such as arm traction devices. They also used it as a base with great satisfaction. From childhood to adulthood, they would have to stay in it for a while from time to time to ask for trouble, and they would persevere for ten years and enjoy it.

Xiao Han didn't go out for exercise for the first time, and he got up from the bed with satisfaction when he slept. As soon as he entered the living room, he saw Luo Hao put the fried dough sticks and soy milk he had just bought on the table. He picked up the soy milk and took a sip. Xiao Han grabbed the fried dough sticks and asked while eating, "Ahao, did the sun come out from the west today? He is so hardworking."

Luo Hao smiled meaningfully, took a bite of the fried dough sticks before he said, "Isn't this afraid that you will care about you if you are overworked? Eat quickly. Today is the last day of registration. If you don't go, you will not be able to participate in the competition."

Xiao Han then remembered that the competition was about to come. After registration today, the organizing committee will start randomly allocating the participating teams, fighting in pairs to conduct the first round of the first round, and then the winner will enter the second round, and then randomly select the opponent, and so on, until the quarterfinals are determined, then they will be divided into two groups to participate in the group stage, each taking the first and second place, and the winners of the two teams compete in the championship and runner-up.

In fact, this u20 Youth Basketball Competition has been held in the city for three consecutive sessions, and this year is the fourth year, so Xiao Han is very clear about the competition system. With the basketball craze led by Yao Ming, coupled with the "Nike Cup" held in the province this year, the atmosphere is unprecedentedly hot, and the number of participants will probably break the record of previous years.

In the past few years, Xiao Han and Luo Hao did not participate in the competition. First, they were young, and second, players of the same age were indeed not challenging for them, but this year was different. When they thought of going to the provincial capital to reach the semi-finals, they could tell the challenge with teenagers from all over the province, they were so excited that they decided to participate early in the morning. However, everything was ready, but there was no inside partner who could show off. It would be useless for the two to go.

Fortunately, there is no way out, and it seems that there is a free and fixed number in the dark. Qi Feng appeared in front of the two at the right time and place. This dramatic first gathering of the trio in the international basketball world in the future began their first official game journey in their lives.

After the wind swept the clouds and had breakfast, the bicycle duo rushed straight to the registration location like lightning, and went to the Municipal Sports Bureau. When they arrived at the site, they parked the car and saw that there were quite a lot of people. Many young people called their friends to flock to the door, surrounding the door.

Before the registration started, the two of them were thinking about how to squeeze in front when they heard someone calling their names behind them: "Xiao Han! Luo Hao!"

Looking back, it was Qi Feng. I don’t know what happened to him. At this time, he was riding a bicycle, and he was having a lot of fun eating a bread in his hand. The jam stuck in his mouth, making both of them laugh.

"Are you getting up late? You're just eating now." After saying hello, the two of them came to Qi Feng's side. Luo Hao asked with a smile.

"Where, I've gotten up long ago and set off. Because I'm not familiar with the city, I got lost while walking. I asked several people to find a place. I didn't have time to eat with bread." As he said that, Qi Feng scratched his head embarrassedly and continued to feast on him.

After eating, Qi Feng wiped his mouth casually, licked his lips and asked, "What's the name of our team? I saw many people talking loudly about their team's names, all kinds of things, everything."

"Just set it up, for example, a basketball trio or something, just a code name." Xiao Han didn't care about such things the most.

"How can that be? It's too old-fashioned, why should I afford a special one?" Luo Hao cared about this thing the most. The cool and loudest thing that required to give a name is consistent with his identity as Master Luo, right?

"Then what did you say? I'm casual anyway." Xiao Han knew Luo Hao's personality, so he let him do it.

"Luo Hao, think about it, I can do everything, as long as I can play in the game." Qi Feng's simplicity was fully reflected at this time.

"With you two sitting and enjoying the fruits, give me all the hard and tiring work." Luo Hao pretended to be painful and was playing tricks. He scratched his head for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up and asked, "How are you talking about the boy Zhufeng? I'm so fast, it's just right."

When Qi Feng heard this, he also had the word Feng in his name, which he liked. Xiao Han thought about it and thought it was quite appropriate. He and Luo Hao were both good at speed, and this name was really suitable, so he voted for it.

I have thought about my name, but how to squeeze in is really a problem. No one is in line for this mess. The three of them came late. If they have to wait like this, they know that it will be the year of the monkey and the month of the horse to get the turn.

Qi Feng was so worried that suddenly there was a white little hand in front of him, and he was directly poking it over, scaring him so much that he was shocked. He quickly raised his head, but saw the girl from yesterday standing in front of him, holding a tissue in her hand and handing it over. His voice was as thin as a mosquito, "Give it, wipe your mouth, and see what you have eaten."

"Oh... OK..." As he stuttered, Qi Feng reached out and took the tissue from the girl and wiped it around the corner of his mouth.

"What a fool." Sun Yingrong chuckled, swept away the shyness just now, and introduced herself generously: "Hello, classmate Qi Feng, my name is Sun Yingrong, we met yesterday."

"Hello, my name is Qi Feng... Oh, you already know..." Qi Feng agreed dumbly, but suddenly realized that he didn't know what to say.

When Luo Hao saw this situation, he naturally jumped out and stole the sword for his brothers: "Okay, I met yesterday, so I was so embarrassed and generous. Classmate Sun, are you having something to do here? You shouldn't have come to find us Qi Feng."

Sun Yingrong's face turned red, and she was surprised to have no refutation. After a while, she whispered: "No, it's not. I'm here to play with my dad."

"Your dad? Who is your dad? Was that despicable uncle yesterday?" Luo Hao asked without hesitation.

"Your dad is just a slut, your whole family is a slut." Sun Yingrong immediately regained her fierce nature, and then fought back and opened her mouth.

Luo Hao was speechless and could not quarrel with a girl. Isn’t there anything else that said, the person who quarreled with a woman was either a madman or a fool, then quarreling with a girl like Sun Yingrong is simply crazy and stupid. Luo Hao, who is smart, would definitely not do such a thing. He immediately closed his mouth and flashed behind Qi Feng, while Xiao Han still said nothing, standing quietly as if he had nothing to do with him.

Under such circumstances, Qi Feng had to come out to smooth things out: "That classmate Sun, is your father working here?"

Sun Yingrong immediately looked gentle again when facing Qi Feng, nodded and said, "Yes, my father took the lead in this competition. By the way, you are here to sign up today. Do you need my help? As she said that, she reached out and gently closed the bangs that fell on her forehead. Only the charming style revealed by this made Brother Chu Qi Feng stunned, stare at her face, and forgot to answer.
Chapter completed!