Lu Chaoyang was sitting on a deck chair in front of Lu Ji Chinese Restaurant, enjoying the sun.
Seeing Lu Yu coming out of the house, Lu Chaoyang's eyes showed a hint of surprise.
"Why are you up so early?" Lu Chaoyang asked with a smile.
"Today is not the weekend. I'm thinking of not sleeping in and getting up to help you with the day's work." Lu Yu said while squatting on the roadside while brushing his teeth.
"Aren't you going to practice football?"
Seeing Lu Yu's guilty look, Lu Chaoyang said directly.
"Of course... No, I haven't practiced. I've been studying hard." Lu Yu argued.
Lu Chaoyang had a smile on his lips. This kid really thought he could hide it, and he still doesn't want to tell his father.
It seems that because he has not been allowed to touch basketball for these years, he has developed a psychological shadow and subconsciously began to avoid such problems.
"Follow me to a place." Lu Chaoyang stood up and locked the door of the restaurant.
Lu Yu was a little embarrassed and had no choice but to follow Lu Chaoyang.
After walking a few streets, Lu Yu and Lu Chaoyang came to a dilapidated community. There was a brand new basketball hoop in the open space downstairs of the community. Lu Chaoyang pointed at it and said: "Here, I bought this basketball hoop newly. You can come back later."
You can practice here when you’re home.”
"Practice?"
Lu Yu was stunned for a moment, looking at the basketball stand in front of him, with its silver-gray base and orange-red ball frame. The net hung on the frame swayed gently in the breeze.
"Let's go in and give it a try." Lu Chaoyang patted Lu Yu and pulled him towards the innermost part.
Lu Yu's heart started to beat wildly, and he followed Lu Chaoyang as he walked inside.
"Snapped!"
Lu Chaoyang took out a basketball from behind the basketball hoop. Seeing that Lu Yu was still in a daze, he didn't say anything and said, "Here, catch the ball."
Lu Yu reached out to catch the basketball, patted it, and came to the free throw line. Lu Chaoyang smiled and said: "How do you feel?"
"very good."
"Shoot one." Lu Chaoyang pointed to the basket.
Make a jump shot, slowly stretch your body, when your arm is about to straighten, protect the ball with your left hand, flick your right wrist gently, and finally say goodbye to the basketball with your fingers.
After landing, Lu Yu still maintained his shooting motion, watching the basketball draw a perfect arc and turn into the basket, making a "swish" sound.
Lu Chaoyang clapped his hands and applauded: "It's a very standard shooting posture. How long have you practiced it?"
Lu Yu scratched his head in embarrassment: "One year."
Lu Chaoyang looked at Lu Yu, who was a little flustered, with a doting look on his face. Lu Yu was still worried that he would scold him. For the first time, Lu Chaoyang felt deeply guilty.
"Come, let's have a shooting contest." Lu Chaoyang decided to talk openly with Lu Yu this time.
"I definitely can't vote for you, dad." Lu Yu said humbly.
"Why, didn't you even win against Dan Dickau? Are you still afraid of losing to me, a retired basketball player?" Lu Chaoyang joked.
Lu Yu stopped answering and directly picked up the basketball and walked to the three-point line. Now he had gradually guessed some of Lu Chaoyang's inner thoughts.
It's always a good thing.
The old and the young enjoyed playing a shooting game.
After an unknown amount of time, the two finally stopped. Lu Yu stretched out his hand and gestured: "Ten to seven, this is the fifth game I have won."
Lu Chaoyang wiped his forehead with his shirt sleeve and lay on the ground panting: "I lost."
He didn't expect that Lu Yu would be so accurate.
"Dad is also very good." Lu Yu said with a smile. After the game just now, he felt that the distance between him and Lu Chaoyang was much closer than before.
"I'm old and no longer useful. I thought back then I was the top scorer of the national team. Do you know Hu Weidong? I'm still his master."
"so smart?"
"Of course, don't look at that kid Hu Weidong who is now the MVP and the three-point champion. When he fought with me before, he was still far behind." Lu Chaoyang's eyes were full of memories of the past.
"Dad, weren't you the water fountain keeper before?" Lu Yu couldn't help but asked with interest. In his memory, Lu Chaoyang seemed to be the player at the end of the national team's bench. He couldn't play for more than a few minutes in a game, but Lu Yu heard that
As for Chaoyang, that doesn't seem to be the case.
Lu Chaoyang looked at Lu Yu, and there was a touch of indifference in his tone: "It's okay to be injured. No matter how powerful an athlete is, he can't withstand the torment of injuries. In a warm-up match before the Los Angeles Olympics, I injured my knee during a breakthrough. I have been injured since then.
After a setback, I retired, and then I brought you here to open a small restaurant."
At the end, Lu Chaoyang smiled to himself.
Lu Yu suddenly didn't know what to say.
"So I tell you, as a player, you must protect your body and don't let your body be troubled by injuries. Health is the guarantee for the continuation of your basketball career." Lu Chaoyang suddenly became serious.
"Um?"
Lu Yu was stunned for a moment: "Dad, do you know everything..."
Lu Chaoyang said with a proud smile: "Of course, I'm afraid you don't know that your coach Ma... ahem, it's Linda. Linda told me the news that you joined the basketball team. I thought about it for a long time and felt that I should support you.
"
"Thank you dad."
Lu Yucai doesn't care if there is any story between Lu Chaoyang and Mark Four, as long as he can get Lu Chaoyang's support and can play for the Gonzaga basketball team.
The breeze blew the net, and Lu Chaoyang breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking at the smiling Lu Yu, he suddenly felt that the softest place in his heart was lightly touched.
…
In the evening, the setting sun reflects the dusk.
Lu Yu and Lu Chaoyang waved goodbye and rode their scooters back to Gonzaga.
Snoopy was already waiting for him in the cafeteria. He was very angry at Lu Yu's despicable behavior yesterday and actually sneaked to the Manhattan Arena by himself.
"I didn't expect you to join the basketball school team."
Snoopy looked incredulous.
"Oh my God, what kind of evil things did you secretly do yesterday while I was away? Did your father sell his body and ask Linda to intercede for you, so you joined the basketball team?"
After Snoopy learned the news that Lu Yu joined the Bulldogs, he had been restless for a long time...actually, he was envious.
Lu Yu didn't mind it, and smiled as he watched Snoopy chatting alone.
Snoopy continued to complain, then suddenly stopped, looked at Lu Yu strangely, and looked up and down: "Lu, I feel something is wrong with you today..."
Lu Yu frowned slightly: "What's wrong?"
"You seemed very happy today. Did you get Jessica? Shet, I knew you weren't as harmless as you seemed, but I didn't expect you to be such a beast." Snoopy said with a look on his face.
Heartache.
"Get out of here, uncle."
Lu Yu angrily said a Chinese quintessence sentence, and then said: "It's okay to tell you. Today my dad told me that he supports me playing basketball and also supports me joining the Gonzaga basketball team."
"real?"
Snoopy was doubtful: "Why do I feel it is more reliable for you to get Jessica?"
Lu Yu: "..."
"Okay, I believe you, who made you my brother."
Snoopy was very happy when he heard that Lu Yu's father supported Lu Yu's playing. As a roommate, even though they had only been together for two weeks, he saw with his own eyes how much effort Lu Yu put into practicing.
"As far as I know, the Bulldogs have three aces, captain Casey Green, Dan Dickau, who transferred here this year, you have seen both of them, and one is this year's freshman, Blake Sturt
Pu, that's him, his position basically overlaps with yours, and he is your main competitor." Snoopy lowered his voice and told Lu Yu the information he had collected.
"Blake Stepp..."
"Yes, that's the name. I heard that he scored 26 points in the first team training match after joining the team. You must know that he was on the substitute team at the time." Snoopy continued to give Lu Yu
Analyze.
Lu Yu nodded, with a firm look in his eyes: "No matter what, I will replace him."
It is said that college basketball is the purest form of basketball, but who knew that every player here is also full of hostility and competition?
Lu Yu doesn't know who the future belongs to.
But Lu Yu believes that as long as he persists and with the help of breathing techniques, one day, the future will belong to him!
