Rustling, rustling, low voices surged gently, and the tug of reason and emotion put the audience into a torturous predicament.
One, two, three or four, more and more people are looking towards Gawain.
As the commentator said, who is willing to miss the most popular player in today's professional tennis world? Even if he doesn't care about tennis, he has appeared too many times in the headlines and Internet searches, so he has watched it more or less.
Having heard this name before, it is difficult to pretend not to recognize it.
Gawain, slightly raise the corners of his mouth, or nod or wave or make eye contact, maintaining a polite expression of thanks but avoiding making more noise.
Gradually, the audience at the All England Club were able to understand Gawain, and one after another they gave up shouting, and instead expressed welcome with their eyes and actions.
Then, Gawain noticed a figure, and his steps paused slightly. The first reaction in his mind was that he had recognized the wrong person——
Pulan is looking down at his phone.
It's not that the match between Federer and Simon is not good to watch, or that she doesn't care about the surging noise in the arena, but there is news that deserves more attention in front of her, and she just takes advantage of the break between games to quickly browse it. After just ninety seconds,
, the game is about to continue.
On social networks, news about Gao Wen is overwhelming, and the post-game frenzy is building momentum bit by bit, climbing to a new peak.
Not only the Chinese media, but also media from all over the world paid immediate attention to it.
Because Gao Wen defeated Murray in five hard sets, because Gao Wen once again showed his big heart on the big occasion, because his performance in the semi-finals of Wimbledon once again wrote history, and because of Gao Wen's competitive spirit after the game.
Wen officially has the ticket to challenge the ultimate limit of ATP...
Everything is moving towards the top step by step.
There were so many doubts and pressures before the start of Wimbledon, but now the energy has exploded tenfold, and the dazzling news has exploded. It seems that all the eyes of the world are focused on Gawain, and social networks are almost paralyzed.
The mighty momentum is truly terrifying.
Even if he witnessed it with his own eyes, even if he experienced it personally, when he saw the splendor and popularity reported in the news, Pu Lan could not help but get excited. His bright mood was like opening a Sprite in a midsummer afternoon, bubbling and rolling, and the corners of his mouth curled up a little.
It rises a little bit.
Pulan reminded himself secretly.
Before the game, those who questioned, attacked, slandered, disdained and provoked actually came from these media and netizens, and they were basically just outsiders.
If Gawain wins, they will spare no effort to pursue him, as if Gawain is a king; but as long as Gawain loses, the first people to attack him are the same people, and suddenly the whole world stands with Gawain.
On the contrary, their praise and admiration are just bubbles.
Be sensible, stay rational, she needs to slowly learn to stay away from social networks and the media, otherwise, there will be only misfortune.
However, theory is one thing, and actual action is another.
Watching these "bubbles" that disappear after scrolling down to refresh, watching these categorical voices asserting that Gao Wen cannot achieve great results, I slap myself in the face and change my stance, watching the overwhelming exclamations and praises, watching the videos and animations of the wonderful moments of the game.
Continuously reappearing on the timeline...
My mood was still rising uncontrollably.
So, is this a “guilty pleasure”?
"Between games, just watch one game break."
"Yes, that's it."
Pullan gave herself a deadline and told herself she would put down her phone when Federer and Simon returned to the court to resume the match.
Then, buzz——
The phone vibrated, the message came.
Gawain, "Look up at the big screen."
Pulan:???
There are question marks all over your head, what do you mean?
But subconsciously, before the brain could react, the conditioned reflex had already raised its head and looked at the big screen on Court No. 1.
puff.
The next second, Pulan almost choked on his own saliva.
At this time, on the big screen, the live director's camera was pointed at Gao Wen. He stood in the aisle, stopped, smiled and waved to the camera.
Seeing this scene, the audience thought that Gao Wen was greeting Court No. 1 in this way. Cheers and applause burst out in a bustling manner. In the blink of an eye, they had swept the entire venue, and they could deeply feel the rising heat wave.
Gawain was welcomed by the home fans.
Such treatment is comparable to the Big Four, and even surpasses Djokovic to some extent——
Mainly because the game between Gao Wen and Murray had just ended, and the scene that happened after the game was in a very heated state, and the audience's emotions were particularly high.
Even Federer and Simon, who were about to take the stage, noticed the commotion. When they raised their eyes, they could see the figures on the big screen and couldn't help but smile.
At the scene, Pulan was probably the only exception.
The first reaction in my mind was to hide my figure, slide forward quietly along the chair, then curl up into a ball and hide in front, silently burying my head between my knees, just like Pikachu, trying my best
Hiding his figure, he kept thinking silently in his heart.
"Can't see, can't see, can't see."
Close your eyes tightly and mutter something.
At the same time, he held the mobile phone in both hands and put it on his forehead, as if he was imitating a civet cat putting leaves on its forehead.
Then, buzz——
The phone vibrated again, and then again.
Pulan hesitated for a moment, then retracted his hands, put the phone on the ground, supported his knees with his chin, and continued to mutter.
The message still came from Gao Wen, but this time there was no message preview on the phone screen, it looked like a picture.
Open a picture.
A child reaches out to grab a bell and covers his ears with both hands. There is an annotation in Chinese and English below, "Covering ears and stealing bells."
Um?
Pulan glanced at the second picture hastily. Before he could see it clearly, he switched to the mobile phone software and searched:
What does it mean to "cover one's ears and steal the bell"?
result--
"The Chinese idiom comes from "Lu's Spring and Autumn Period - Self-knowledge".
The original meaning is to cover one's ears to steal other people's bells; later it is a metaphor for deceiving oneself, trying to cover up things that are obviously impossible to cover up.
Its structure is connected, and it is usually used as a predicate, attributive, and adverbial in a sentence."
Pulan:……
Gritting his teeth and burning with anger.
I quickly switched back and was about to criticize Gawain in protest, when I saw the second picture. To be precise, I should have seen it clearly.
This is a photo that shows at a glance the iconic dark green seats at Wimbledon.
She curled up into a ball like a hedgehog, hiding pitifully in the aisle in front of her seat; at the same time, the hands folded in front of her forehead were exactly the same as the one covering her ears in the first picture.
Pull the dialog box back again and look up and down. What's going on with the instantaneous copy-paste feeling?
Originally, he should have felt ashamed, but Pulan couldn't help but want to laugh. In the end, he simply buried his head and covered his cheeks, and... laughed muffledly.