King of shooting guards

Chapter 131 Watching the Ball (2)

"It can be said to be one of the two opponents that we still need to pay attention to. They are a pure perimeter team that relies heavily on long shots, especially three-pointers." Yan Kuan explained.

"The Xining Raptors lead by four points. Throughout the first half, the scores of the two sides have been biting and rising alternately. Except for Hu Xiaohai, no one's performance is particularly outstanding. The offensive methods of the entire Xining Raptors are relatively monotonous, basically different Angled mid-range shots, and occasionally long shots. Hu Xiaohai and their small forwards sometimes break through for layups, other than that, they hardly score in the penalty area, and the inside players just defend." Yan Kuan explain.

"Does it mean that it is similar to the God team?" Nong Guang asked.

"Well... yes, this point is not much different from the Gods team. By the way, there is one more point," Yan Kuan patted his thigh, "Xining Raptors fouled a lot, especially their black fat center and that knife-faced Small forward. The black fat guy fouled three times shortly after the start of the second quarter, and then the second quarter rested for half a quarter. If their opponent's free throws were not bad today, they would definitely not be able to keep their lead now."

"Captain, do you mean that if we meet them, we still have to stick to the inside line?" Nong Guang asked.

"That's right, and we should play more aggressively, rushing inside, trying to foul that black fat guy. Judging from the first half of the game, I think we can let go of Hu Xiaohai and guard everyone, * He plays singles, so his touch will definitely decline, because in the entire Xining Raptors team, except for him, no one's personal ability can compare with ours."

"Well said, Yan Kuan." A very familiar voice sounded from the aisle above the four of Yan Kuan.The four turned their heads at the same time.

"Ding Cuican?" Sima Shenji called out.

"Li Wensheng?" Yan Kuan frowned.

Ding Cuican was wearing loose casual clothes, carrying a large satchel, and had a smile on his face.Li Wensheng followed closely behind him, wearing a leather jacket, with his head bowed and his eyes squinted. His long, disheveled hair seemed to have never been washed, and it still covered the scars on his face and his pair of slender willow leaves. eyes.

"You know me?" Li Wensheng spoke first.

"Of course I know the scoring champion in the city's high school league." Yan Kuan squeezed out a smile and extended his right hand to Li Wensheng.

Li Wensheng walked forward with a blank expression, grabbed Yan Kuan's hand and shook it twice, "Don't mention the past."

"Are you also coming to see the Xining Raptors?" Ding Cuican asked knowingly.

"Do you still need to ask?" Sima Shenji rolled his eyes.

"Why, just a few of you?" Ding Cuican turned his head around and didn't see the other four people. "Where is Nong Guang? Where are the others?"

"Oh, how many of them are going to..."

"Chang Geng." As soon as Li Changgeng spoke, Yan Kuan immediately gave him a look, motioning him not to speak.

"Where did you go?" Ding Cuican asked.

"Uh... a few of them... have something to do." Li Changgeng corrected it in time.

"Some went home, and some went to work." Yan Kuan added.

"Oh, that's it. We've been watching from above," Ding Cuican found a seat next to Yan Kuan and the others, "Hey, is there anyone here?"

"Ah? No...no." Luo Tian struggled to open his eyes, and then closed them again immediately.

Ding Cuichan sat down, and Li Wensheng sat next to him.

"What do you see?" Sima Shenji asked.

"What about you?" Ding Cuican asked with a smile.

"There's nothing to watch in a one-man team, isn't it?" Yan Kuan also smiled.

"It's really hateful." Li Wensheng suddenly said this.

"Ah?" Sima Shenji didn't understand.

"What the hell?" Li Changgeng asked.

Li Wensheng pointed to the group of primary school students sitting across from him.At this time, the group of elementary school students were taking turns to move, standing up in place row by row, and then sitting down again, from low to high, and then from high to low. , stand up, sit down, like a pile of radishes in a pit, pull them out and put them in again, if you don’t toss and break, it’s not finished.At the bottom of all the students, a middle-aged female teacher is constantly directing, her hands are gesturing in the air, raising them up for a while, and then lowering them for a while. I don’t know if she is going to direct those deaf guys who claim to be singers Those "divine comedies" howling.

"It's really fucking hateful," Sima Shenji agreed, "Fortunately, we've all grown up."

The game continued.The scores of the two sides are still rising alternately.There are still few bright spots other than Hu Xiaohai on the court.

"You and him are still fighting." Ding Cuican sighed.

"You know about me and him?" Yan Kuan asked.

"Of course I know." Ding Cuican was a little proud, "I have a classmate from elementary school in your high school. I heard that he also asked someone to take a photo of your girlfriend having an abortion?"

"Don't talk nonsense," Yan Kuan straightened his face, "If you talk nonsense again, I will turn against you."

"Sorry, I was just joking." Ding Cuican apologized.

"You can make fun of me, but you can't make fun of her." Yan Kuan said seriously.

"Okay, okay, I understand," Ding Cuican laughed, "but then again, was he instigating that incident?"

"Why are you asking this?" Yan Kuan asked back.

"Just ask, if you don't want to say it, forget it." Ding Cuican leaned back on the chair.

"I don't know either. Besides, that matter has already passed, what's the use of knowing? So what if it's him? So what if it's not him?" Yan Kuan stared at Hu Xiaohai who was dribbling the ball.

"Isn't it? Don't you hate him?" Ding Cuican asked.

"Do you think I will hate him because of that kind of thing? It didn't bring me or her any real harm at all." Yan Kuan's eyes followed Hu Xiaohai's movement closely.

"Is that because you lost that championship?" Ding Cuican was somewhat proud.

Yan Kuan glanced at Ding Cuichan: "It sounds like you are very happy? I remember that you didn't seem to be in the championship team that year?"

"That's right, are you looking for trouble?" Sima Shenji was a little annoyed.

"Shenji," Yan Kuan glared at Sima Shenji, "Calm down."

"No, I'm just guessing casually," Ding Cuican apologized, "All right, all right, I won't make these jokes anymore, okay?"

"If you still want to make a joke, you can tell this guy." Yan Kuan pointed at the half-asleep Luo Tian, ​​"Today we are here to do business, not to accompany you in nonsense."

"They're all here to do business, what's the matter with chatting?" Ding Cuican stretched his waist.

"What?" Yan Kuan immediately turned his head to Ding Cuican, "What did you just say?"

"Black whistle." Li Wensheng said suddenly.

"What's wrong?" Ding Cuican asked.

Li Wensheng pointed to the referee.The referee had just called the Xining Raptors an offensive foul, and two players from the Xining Raptors were gesticulating and explaining, but the effect was not much better than the mute's sign language.

"Is it right to brag like that?" Sima Shenji didn't understand, "Should this be an offensive foul?"

"No, it's a defensive foul," Li Wensheng said, "The defender's footsteps are still moving and they didn't stand firm."

"Is that so?" Sima Shenji looked at Yan Kuan.

"I don't know. I was too busy talking just now, but I didn't see the ball clearly." Yan Kuan shook his head.

"I also think it should be a defensive foul." Ding Cuican said.

Li Wensheng didn't answer, closed his eyes, shook his head, and leaned back on his seat.

"Di—" the referee blew the whistle for a short pause of 20 seconds.With only 38 seconds left in the game, the Xining Raptors led 86 to 85 by one point and held the half-court possession.

"You must be familiar with this scene." Ding Cuican looked at Yan Kuan.

"You're talking nonsense," Yan Kuan stared at Hu Xiaohai, who kept running back and forth between the outside line and the baseline, trying to get rid of two double-teaming defenders, "Although he was behind, he became a leader."

"How about we make a bet?" Ding Cuican took out a one-dollar coin from his pocket, "Just one bet. I bet Hu Xiaohai can't get in."

"I don't like gambling." Yan Kuan pretended not to see it.

"It's only one dollar, so what if you lose?" Ding Cuican turned the coin with two fingers.

"Okay," Yan Kuan also took out a dollar, "I bet he puts it in."

"No, you want them to win?" Sima Shenji didn't understand.

"Don't you want them to be out early?" Yan Kuan glanced at Sima Shenji, "I remember you said that you should torture him to the ground."

"Oh, I was joking," Sima Shenji smiled awkwardly, "If I were really one-on-one with him, it would be hard for me to keep up with his speed."

"It's not 'difficult'," Li Wensheng said, "It's just that it's impossible for you to keep up with him."

"What do you mean?" Sima Shenji stood up, squinting at Li Wensheng, "Do you want us to compete again another day?"

Li Wensheng ignored him, holding up the drink bottle and drinking on his own.

"Okay, Shenji," Yan Kuan patted Sima Shenji's shoulder, "It's not like you haven't competed with him before."

Sima Shenji sat down in displeasure.

"Di—" the referee blew the whistle for serving.

Hu Xiaohai received the ball from the left corner and immediately drove to the basket.The Gods' shooting guard circled forward from behind, the power forward blocked from the front, and the shooting guard defended from the right. The three defenders double-teamed Hu Xiaohai.

Hu Xiaohai didn't panic, he faked away the shooting guard, and at the moment the power forward started to fall, he jumped up forcefully, shot-"shua--", and went into the net hollowly.

"Di—" the referee signaled for an extra penalty.

"Damn it!" Sima Shenji opened both eyes and one mouth at the same time, "He really is as awesome as you!"

"Is his progress beyond your imagination?" Ding Cuican asked.

"No," Yan Kuan shook his head, "He's still within my imagination."

"Ugh—" Hu Xiaohai made an extra penalty.

The gods have run out of timeouts and can only serve from the backcourt.

"Crack--", Hu Xiaohai broke the ball, went straight to the frontcourt, and scored a layup. 91:85.

"What about now?" Ding Cuican looked at Yan Kuan.

"This is also normal," Yan Kuan said, "He did a lot of this kind of thing back then."

The God team missed the last attack and the game ended.

"Okay, it's time for us to go," Ding Cuican stood up and picked up his bag.

"Goodbye." Yan Kuan waved Ding Cancan.

"Hey, hey, you haven't paid me yet!" Sima Shenji yelled.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot," Ding Cuican smiled awkwardly, and threw the coin to Yan Kuan with a wave of his hand, "Bye!"

Li Wensheng still had no expression on his face, without saying a word, he picked up his bag and followed Ding Cuican away.

"Why does this Li Wensheng look like a member of the discipline inspection department?" Sima Shenji asked.

"What discipline inspection department?" Yan Kuan asked.

"It's a department in charge of discipline in our junior high school student union. The people there are all idiots. They find fault with others all day long, and they all act like others owe them money."

"Besides that incident, he should have experienced many things, right?" Li Changgeng rubbed his eyes.

"Aren't you talking nonsense? Just look at it." Sima Shenji said.

Yan Kuan pushed Luo Tian, ​​"Luo Tian, ​​get up! Why are you still sleeping!"

"Ah, ah?" Luo Tian stood up abruptly, touched his nose, rubbed his eyes, shook his head, and straightened his hair, "Competition... finished?"

"Tomorrow we have to listen to what Nong Guang has to say. They must be more difficult to deal with than Hu Xiaohai and the others." Yan Kuan stood up and picked up his bag, "Let's go, it's getting late."

"Hey, don't you want to eat together? I'm already hungry?" Sima Shenji asked.

"What do you want to eat?" Yan Kuan asked.

"How about eating barbecue?" Sima Shenji also picked up his bag.

"I ate barbecue yesterday." Yan Broadband headed towards the aisle.

"Then eat Chinese fast food?"

"Okay," Yan Kuan turned his head to look at Sima Shenji, "Your treat."

"Ah?" Sima Shenji froze in place, his mouth parted.

Silent all night.

Yan Kuan sat at the back of the bus, holding the backpack strap in his left hand, and the match list in his right hand, staring at the beer belly of a middle-aged man standing in front of him holding the handle.Usually, at this time, he has already outlined a set of basically feasible tactics, at least he can have a bottom line in his heart.But today his heart couldn't calm down, and the words Ding Cuican said kept appearing in his mind.

"Squeak—" The sharp sound of brakes broke the silence in the car.

Yan Kuan closed his eyes, shook his head vigorously, and tried to forget about these messy questions, instead of looking at the expressionless faces of the office workers in front of him, he stared at the newly obtained group final table again.The matchup table clearly stated Raptors VS Hongcheng.

Yan Kuan picked up his bag and got out of the car behind an old couple.It seemed that it was going to rain soon, dark clouds covered most of the sky, the tall buildings looked darker, the windows lost their brightness, and the expressions of the pedestrians who quickened their pace became more irritable, even that The old beggar playing the erhu was also lazily lying on his dirty and torn blanket, as if he had expected that he would not be able to get money today.Yan Kuan went straight to the gymnasium.

.......
"Okay!" Yan Kuan shouted to everyone, "This is the end of today's training! Let's rest for a while!"

"Ah—" Luo Tian stretched his waist and lay down on the ground, "I'm so tired——"

"When are you not tired?" Sima Shenji rolled his eyes.

"Okay, don't pick on him anymore." Nong Guang wiped his sweat.

"Hey, Nong Guang, did you take my towel?" Yan Kuan put down the water glass in his hand.

"What is your towel, this is my towel," Nong Guang waved the towel at Yan Kuan, "My towel has patterns, but yours doesn't."

"How about we go out and have fun together later? Let's combine work and rest." Li Changgeng asked Yan Kuan.

"Okay," Yan Kuan said, "but it's too late to play, we need to adjust our state these days."

"I'm going to be on duty." Sima Shenji had already packed his things and was about to leave.

"Who else isn't going?" Yan Kuan asked.

"I have something to do later." Amu said.

"Okay, you go. Everyone else goes, right?"

Everyone else nodded.

"Okay, captain, where are we going?" Nong Guang asked.

"Go to the board game shop. I have a friend who is the owner of the board game shop. He can give us a [-]% discount." Yan Kuan suggested.

"Board game shop? Is that interesting? How about going online." Sima Shenji felt bored.

"Shenji, it's not that you don't know who are the people in the Internet cafe." Yan Kuan disagreed.

"That's right, it smells either of cigarettes or instant noodles, and it's packed like cans." Li Changgeng put down the water bottle in his hand.

"Isn't there a box?" Sima Shenji asked.

"How expensive is the box? I'll go if you pay for it." Li Changgeng lowered his head and tied his shoelaces.

"Then how about going to sing?" Sima Shenji came up with another plan.

"I can't sing." Li Changgeng looked at the ceiling.

"Me neither." Nong Guang put his bag on his back.

"Hey, that's fine." Sima Shenji reluctantly compromised.

"Captain, which store shall we go to?" Nong Guang asked.

"Let's go to 'Jiayou Station', it's near Guangyuan Commercial Building, not far from here," Yan Kuan said, "I'll ask Xueyao to see if she will come with us."

"Okay, then I'll ask Shanshan too." Nong Guang took out his phone.

Yan Kuan turned his head to Luo Tian: "Luo Tian, ​​you also call some people."

"Ah? Still...do you need to call again?" Luo Tian sat up from the ground, "I remember that there were always quite a few people there."

"You know so many women, what's wrong with calling them? It's no fun to just go with us men." Yan Kuan began to dial.

"Well... okay." Luo Tian also took out his mobile phone.

"Hey, don't call those dishonest people." Yan Kuan reminded.

"Got it." Luo Tian nodded.

The so-called "Jiayou Station" is a two-in-one board game shop in a row of two-story small buildings newly built on the edge of a residential area near Guangyuan Commercial Building.It is said that this small building was originally intended to be used as the office building of the neighborhood committee of the community, but during the later stage of construction, some workers went on strike because the boss owed wages. The story got to the ears of the city leaders, and after some workers got part of their wages, the small building was successfully completed. It is impossible to do office buildings again.Therefore, part of it was changed into a small hotel, and the other part is now the "Jiayou Station".The whole small building can be said to be featureless, the whole building is gray and white, only the base of the wall and the outlet of the drainpipe are blue and purple due to the washing of dirty water and dirt.There are two large posters of the new board game on the left and right of the store entrance, and a signboard with the words "Jiayou Station" hanging above the door.

There were indeed not many people in the store, only two of the seven or eight sets of tables and chairs on the first floor were occupied, and there were only two or three people in each. Looking at the cards, and some playing chess step by step, only the bearded man squatting in the corner while smoking a cigarette and playing a game console with a wireless controller would occasionally make a sound.Posters of various board games and the so-called "moe girls" in Japanese anime are pasted on every wall. There are also various placards posted in the gaps between them, all of which are the same as warning signs. Black letters on a yellow background, the words on it are all kinds of strange things, such as "24k pure man", "Danger zone, don't enter", "I'm always wandering between bull a and bull c", etc., which make people with brains confused.Other than that, there are no decorations, only the simplest tables, chairs, and the packaging bags or tin boxes of various board games and card games piled up under the bar and inside the counter.The floor was clean, free of dust and litter, only a few unused game cards scattered between the table legs.

Everyone found a place and started playing
"Hello? Ah, Captain... Do you still train as usual today? Oh, okay, I see, so what, my godfather is very busy today, I'm afraid he won't be free... Oh, I still have those things here, but not many Yes, I have sold some of them to others... Wait for tomorrow, can tomorrow be okay? Godfather is busy today, I can't see him... Oh, okay, I see... I'm afraid I don't have time for this... , next time... OK, no problem, I will still be there on time in the afternoon... It's okay, I'm delivering something to my godmother, it's very close, right here at the Children's Palace... Got it, I'll definitely be there, bye .”

Lego hung up the phone, stuffed the phone back into his pocket, held the bag tightly in his hand, and walked into No. 34 Xiangxing Road - the gate of the Children's Palace.

The so-called Children's Palace is just a slightly dilapidated building and a small gymnasium attached to it.The top of this building is spherical and is wrapped by layers of carapace-like white tiles. It was supposed to build an observatory, but it is said that it was not built because of insufficient funds, so the top floor was abandoned. It was full of things like steel bars, iron sheets, old teaching aids, and waste door panels. No one cleaned it up, and no one wanted to clean it up. After so many years, no one knows how many cockroaches, mice, and bedbugs grew there.Originally, the upper part of the building was painted with white paint, representing the sky; the lower part of the building was painted with blue paint, representing the ocean.However, due to wind, sun, rain, and no one’s care, the white floors became gray, and the paint on the blue floors either peeled off, or was stained bronze or gray-black by the rain, and some places still The large area of ​​maroon has become the best teaching material for explaining smog and red tide.

When the Children's Palace was first built, there were still a few primary and secondary schools here for spring outings, autumn outings or extracurricular activities, but since the Municipal Education Bureau implemented the new education reform eight years ago, no school has ever come here, so here is slowly faded away.

So no one knows what Lego is doing here.

(End of this chapter)