fastball under a clear sky

At the corner of a famous landmark building in the city center, there is a traditional Japanese restaurant hidden in a modern building, which is a high-end restaurant that only accepts reservations.

The restaurant does not have a lobby, but some private boxes. Many political and business celebrities come here when they need privacy without exposure.

After Long Hao reported the membership number given by Kubo to the waiter in the restaurant, he was taken to one of the Japanese-style boxes.Long Hao sat alone on the seat, absently playing with the teacup in front of him, his head thinking about what Kubo said on the phone.

"Mr. Kubo? Your friend has arrived first." The waiter's voice clearly reached Long Hao's ears when he opened the Japanese-style sliding door, and he also stood up.

As soon as Kubo in a suit saw Long Hao, he pressed down his body as he was about to stand up.

"Sit down, there's no need to get up." Kubo's natural movements made people feel that he was very familiar with the environment here.

Then he sat down and looked at the watch on his wrist, and explained to the service lady in kimono: "I want four desserts today."

"Four copies?" Long Hao looked at him in surprise.

"Well, I have two guests coming."

When Kubo answered Long Hao's question, he explained: "The two who are waiting a moment, please let them come into the box directly."

"Yes!" The lady nodded politely and then exited the box, and the box immediately became quiet again.

"Is there anyone else coming?" Long Hao asked first.

"Yes!" Kubo loosened his tie, frowned and said helplessly, "Frankly, I don't want them to come, but I have promised them, so please forgive me."

"What are you talking about?" Long Hao couldn't understand.

"I'm apologizing to you!" Kubo looked up at him and said, "I already know everything about you and Wu Yiwei."

Hearing what he said, Long Hao was stunned. What did Kubo mean by that?Everything about myself and Wu Yiwei?

Long Hao's heartbeat began to speed up, and his expression became tense. He pursed his lips and asked hastily, "Who are the guests you are talking about?"

"You'll know it when you see it!" Just as Kubo spoke, the door was opened.

"Long Hao!" A crisp female voice called her name at the door.

Long Hao moved his body, turned his eyes to the door, and there were two familiar figures standing in front of him.

"Xiao Min..."

Looking at the two people standing at the door, Long Hao couldn't help shouting: "Lin Bairui?"

Two people who were about to disappear in his world suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, Long Hao's eyes widened in disbelief, and he turned his gaze to Kubo, who shrugged his shoulders and told him the truth with his eyes.

"Long time no see..." Long Hao could only smile awkwardly and greet him.

"Long time no see, you bastard."

Xiao Min cursed at the beginning and beat Long Hao's chest with his hands: "You treat us as idiots! What's the point of leaving without telling us?"

Shouting unceremoniously at the person in front of her in Chinese, Xiao Min's eyes turned red, and tears were rolling in her eyes, Long Hao was really in front of her, and it was no different from before, the only difference was that sad face .

"sorry……"

Long Hao looked at Xiao Min who was crying, touched her face with his hands and smiled wryly, "I just didn't want to see you cry, so I sneaked away. I am relieved to have Lin Bairui by your side."

Long Hao was also very excited, after all, the two of them were also the ones who accompanied him: "I don't know if it's right to ask, but are you still together?"

"I can't tell you apart!"

Xiao Min wiped away the tears that kept coming out of her eyes and said with a smile: "We worked very hard to make up for you and Wu Yiwei. If we want to split up, Takeshi Kaneshiro might have to step in and take me out."

Lin Bairui patted his girlfriend on the shoulder when he heard this, and he who was standing behind asked, "Long Hao, how have you been all these years?"

Xiao Min stared at Long Hao's face, and all kinds of bad memories from her high school days came back to her mind.

"Not bad!" Long Hao showed the same smile as before.

Kubo couldn't understand their conversation, and watched the three people's touching reunion, and could only look aside with his arms folded.

"It's great to see you, Kubo-san told us that you are selling golf equipment now!" Lin Bairui patted him on the shoulder.

Long Hao raised his mouth and said embarrassingly: "It's just a small shop! I'm a Hankyu Tigers fan, but your poster is hanging in our shop!"

"Thank you very much! Uh... I want to ask... Is it because of Wu Yiwei that I can do this?"

When the topic turned here, the atmosphere was a bit awkward, but Long Hao nodded honestly: "Yeah, I also play holiday baseball. If I hadn't met Wu Yiwei, I don't think I would have everything I have now."

Melancholy and disappointment suddenly flooded Long Hao's face, which made Lin Bairui unable to bear the sight and couldn't help but speak.

"That...Long Hao... Ahwei..." I had to tell Long Hao something, but just as I opened my chest, my girlfriend gave me a push.

Xiao Min attacked him viciously, why does this guy not open any pot and lift which pot, and suddenly cut into the topic of Wu Yiwei.

Lin Bairui frowned in pain, stared at Long Hao, and immediately apologized: "Cough! Cough! Uh... I just want to say that we have been in touch all the time, and he has adapted well in the United States."

Long Hao laughed: "I know, I have watched his games, he deserves all these."

"He, he worked really hard! He worked very hard." Lin Bairui knew best how hard Wu Yiwei worked to climb the ladder. Maybe outsiders looked like he was young and ambitious, but Lin Bairui knew very well that this was paid for by his blood and sweat.

"It's also because of you that he can achieve what he is today."

Long Hao sighed and smiled: "Is that so? In fact, I've been thinking about the past, whether it's just a memory. After all, we've all grown up, and our views on many things are different now."

"You mean you've put your eyes on this relationship?" It was Xiao Min who spoke.

"No!" Long Hao scratched the back of his head.

"I just see the reality clearly." Long Hao looked at Kubo with his usual smile, and said in Japanese, "Ah Wei is now an athlete with an annual income of tens of millions. He is already a big star. Why should I expect him to be a big star?" Come back? However, I have never regretted everything I did before, that is a very important memory of mine..."

How long do you have to lie to yourself?What is Wu Yiwei's identity?If he really wanted to find himself, he could have found him a long time ago, but he didn't do so. The answer is actually very clear, but he has been unwilling to face the reality. Lin Bairui's appearance just made him recognize the reality.

"I just hope we can still be friends when we meet!" he concluded with a final sigh of relief.

"What if Wu Yiwei doesn't think so? Does he want to be with you?"

Xiao Min asked him back: "Can you face him? How are you going to tell him that you gave up on him?"

"He won't look back! Xiao Min, don't tell me this kind of hypothetical words. Even if we meet, he will just shake my hand and say hello. Do you think a major league player will admit that he is gay? Even if he is willing, the people around him are unlikely to let him go this way.”

"It's been eight years, I've been tormented and tired during this time..." Long Hao sighed and said to her seriously: "It's ironic that I didn't really know that the dream should wake up until I saw you !"

Kubo raised his eyebrows in satisfaction, he didn't expect the two of them to make Long Hao's mind think so clearly, he continued to listen to their conversation without saying a word.

"Long Hao, I just want to ask you a question." Xiao Min asked slowly after hearing this: "Do you really have no feelings for him at all?"

"I..." Long Hao hesitated a bit, but he still replied clearly: "Why would you suffer for eight years without me?"

"Long Hao, this is enough! Believe me, this is enough with your words!" Xiao Min gently hugged him and said unknown words.

Lin Bairui knew what she meant, but Kubo felt a little uneasy. He had a premonition that this meeting was just the beginning, and they still had another problem to solve.

"I think we have to discuss another issue."

Kubo interrupted the three of them, and cut to the topic he wanted to know: "Does Long Hao know who the people who threatened me are? That's why I asked you to come here to talk."

The three turned their attention to Kubao, and Lin Bairui also said to Long Hao: "This is what I want to say too. Long Hao, I think someone is hindering all this."

Xiao Min came to a conclusion for the two of them: "In short, someone obviously doesn't want us or Kubo to have anything to do with you."

"Please tell me everything!" Long Hao made up his mind to find out everything.

There is a low air pressure in the lounge of the Los Angeles Raptors. Today, the big boss of the Raptors took time to watch the game, but they played the worst game of the year.

Everyone lowered their heads and packed their things quietly, even the slapstick Piddick didn't dare to talk too much, today's defeated pitcher Wu Yiwei even quickly packed his things and walked to the coaching room.

Okazaki looked at Wu Yiwei who entered the coaching room and was a little puzzled. It was really strange that this kid would take the initiative to find the coach.

However, not long after Wu Yiwei entered, the coach's roar spread throughout the lounge, and everyone looked at the source of the loud cursing.

"Woo, do you know what you're talking about?"

The coach took a deep breath desperately, hoping to suppress the fire in his heart, and tried to lower his volume to ask the players in front of him.

"I know, but today's game is a good example. I couldn't shoot well in the last game. Can't you see that I can't shoot well now?"

Wu Yiwei showed a helpless face, he really doesn't have that ghostly mood to compete now. "Leaving the game to someone who has no intention of playing, it is better to transfer a good pitcher from 3A to take the rotation!"

"Fuck! What are you talking about? Not in the mood to play? Do you know what's going on now? It's a big time for us to win against the Broncos. What are you guys playing with me?"

The old coach was about to jump up and beat him up. After leading the team for so many years, he has never seen any big-name players, but he has never seen a player who asked not to play. This yellow man is the only guy who dares to play his temper.

"I didn't play big cards, but I have to leave the team to deal with personal matters. Coach, this is very important to me." Wu Yiwei stared straight at the coach, who was so angry that his face was flushed with his hands on his hips, and the whole ball The people in the team were standing behind the door and listening secretly.

Okazaki saw that something was wrong, so he got out from the group of players and knocked on the door to enter the coaching room: "What's wrong? Wu, what did you do to make the coach so angry?"

Wu Yiwei turned to look at him: "Okazaki, I want to go to Japan, right away!"

"Ah?" Okazaki was surprised when he heard that, why did this guy suddenly go to Japan?

The coach looked at the astonished Okazaki and continued to curse: "Okazaki, listen to what he said, what does this guy think of the major leagues? If you think the annual salary is not enough, tell your agent to go to the ball. , don’t bring money entanglements to the court, don’t you know what duty is?”

Wu Yiwei frowned and his face became more and more ugly: "I said I'm not because of the salary, coach!"

"Coach, I will tell him about this matter, don't be angry." Okazaki smiled and pulled Wu Yiwei away. He patted Wu Yiwei's shoulder: "Let me talk to you first."

"No, I have to solve this matter now!" Wu Yiwei said to the coach very persistently: "No matter what, I won't appear on the court tomorrow!"

The coach really went crazy now. He pointed at Wu Yiwei's nose and scolded: "Okay, if you dare to leave the team and try it, I will make you pay a huge price for breaking the contract. You better think it through for me! If you want to ask for leave, unless you Someone died in the family, or got permission from the boss, or don't you dare to show up at the stadium tomorrow! Get the hell out of me now, bastard!"

Wu Yiwei glared at the coach, it seemed that it was impossible for the old guy to nod.

"Let's go out first." Okazaki put his shoulders on him, forcefully dragged him out of the coaching room, and took him to a corner to talk in full view.

Okazaki scratched his hair, looked up at the person in front of him and asked with a sigh, "Why do you want to go to Japan?"

"I must keep my promise."

Since Wu Yiwei was speaking to Okazaki, his tone softened a lot: "I have to find him, I've been delayed for too long..."

He got a lot of news from Lin Bairui, including that he also knew that Lin Bairui had talked with Long Hao about many things, and that there was a Japanese named Kubo beside Long Hao, and the most important thing was that Long Hao was waiting for him. He heard this Almost the whole person is about to go crazy.

Okazaki raised his eyebrows and asked suspiciously: "He? Is it your friend or relative? It is very important to you! What happened to him? Otherwise, why would you be so anxious to find him?"

"He is very important to me. If it weren't for him, there would be no Y?W?WU standing on the field of the major leagues." Wu Yiwei clenched his fists and said to him: "I have lost him once, this time may be the only one who can Chances of finding him, you know? Everything I’ve worked on would be meaningless without him.”

"I understand." The first time I saw Wu Yiwei state something so excitedly, Okazaki understood the weight of that person in his heart.

Play for the opponent!Why not?Does the person you care about remember you?

"However, you have to know that our team is relying on you now. It may be ridiculous, but you have to know that you are an important starting pitcher for this team. You see, the coach is very nervous. He calls you a yellow Monkey, but I also know your influence on the team in my heart. You are very powerful, and you have improved your status in the team so much within a year. You can’t and can’t give up all this now. Next year, your annual salary will definitely Starting in millions, plus the income from endorsements and advertising, you have to know how bright your future is.”

Okazaki tried to reason with him, after all, this is reality.

"I said that without Long Hao, everything would be meaningless." Wu Yiwei punched the wall with clenched hands and roared loudly. Why is it that no one can understand his feelings?Everyone only asks himself to be patient, to be patient. He has been patient for eight years. When will it be enough?

"Hey, take care of your hand." Okazaki jumped up and grabbed his hand to check, this guy is just too casual, doesn't he know how important his hand is?

"Long Hao? That person's name?" he asked.

"Um!"

Wu Yiwei withdrew his hand and muttered unhappily: "I'm fine! Don't keep looking at my hand like a sissy. Okazaki, can you help me convince the coach to let me go to Japan?"

Okazaki sighed: "Impossible! Didn't the coach say, either your relative passed away, or the boss told him himself, I think you should think more..."

"Boss!" Wu Yiwei's eyes lit up: "The boss should still be there, right?"

"Hey! Hey! Wu, what are you going to do?" Okazaki looked at Wu Yiwei who was walking out.

Wu Yiwei said with a serious face: "I will talk to the boss directly the fastest."

"MyGod! Are you serious?" Okazaki's eyes widened. This guy really wants to negotiate with the boss?

Wu Yiwei raised his eyebrows: "Yes, bless me!" After speaking, he left handsomely.

"What an arrogant fellow!"

Okazaki put his hands on his hips and showed a helpless smile. This guy is really fearless. I really want to see the person who makes this baseball star worth tens of millions of dollars so worried.

The next day, the Los Angeles Times wrote in a corner of the sports section——

Yiwei? Wu Lian was out of order for two games because Wu's elbow felt abnormally sore. To be on the safe side, further examination will be done. It is expected to rest for two weeks. Head coach Heckman will dispatch a rookie pitcher who has recently performed well from 3A .

The day after the news hit the newspapers, Wu Yiwei secretly arrived in Japan.