you are all star

Chapter 49
Ever since Neil got home from an injury that day, his parents never allowed him to go anywhere and let him stay at home every day. This made him a little restless, always fantasizing about the world outside the window, always wanting to hug him. I went out to play with the ball, but the injuries to my feet and knees have not healed. If I go out to play now, if I get hurt again, I am afraid that my parents will never let him touch the ball again in this life. Therefore, he I had no choice but to hide the ball where I couldn't see it, and I lifted my trousers from time to time to see if the injury was getting better. I tried my best to immerse myself in basketball videos and online basketball games to divert my attention from playing.

He spent a week like this. During this week, the happiest time of every day was when his parents dragged their tired bodies back home in the evening, the family had dinner, and Louis and Nuana thought of his knees. Injured, the night run was suspended for a while, and replaced by holding his hand every night, walking in the company of stars, moon, frogs, cicadas, birds and beasts.

A week later, when he woke up and lifted his trousers for the 49th time to watch his strength, he found that the injury had recovered, but he could still see a little scar. Slowly opened his bedroom door, put his ears close to the crack of the door to listen, but there was no sound, and after peeping through the crack of the door, he still didn't see his parents, so he opened the door swaggeringly.

Thinking that he could play ball again, in his heart, he never got tired of it. He quickly put on his sweatpants and sneakers, washed up casually, went to the restaurant to get some bread and steamed buns, put them in a bag, and then found the basketball he had hidden before. , locked the door, installed the key, and went out.

When I came to the slum court, it was deserted and deserted, and it seemed to be much more dilapidated than a week ago. Even he felt strange, as if he hadn’t been here for a few years. The ground was covered with dust, and the floor was not as smooth as before. It is more difficult to wrestle and fall when hitting the ball.

No matter how time destroys this stadium, in Neil's heart, this stadium is of great significance to him. After all, he scored his first goal here, and it is full of his too many memories. No matter how weathered and eroded, no matter how exposed to the sun and rain, he has never forgotten his promise. When he has money, he will renovate and rebuild this court and build it indoors, making it a real paradise on earth. People come here whether it’s sunny or rainy, so this place won’t be as deserted and desolate as it is now.

While holding the ball and slowly approaching the position of the backboard, some memories and promises from the past flashed in his mind again.

But if you want these memories to be beautiful forever, and if you want these promises to be fulfilled, now is not the time to revisit them. If you want everything in front of you to shine, you have to work hard for them.

Neil reminded and warned himself like this in his heart, and suddenly his brain shook, thinking that since he was injured in the past week, he had seen several contemporary stars in basketball videos and basketball online games. If you are new, it is better to imitate and train with your imagination. If you can succeed, that would be great.

As soon as he had such an idea, he thought about it and began to imitate training.

Even he never imagined that his father, who never came home at noon before, suddenly thought of coming back today.

When Louis returned home, he knocked on the door for a while, but there was no response. He guessed that this boy Neil must have run out alone, so he hurriedly took out the key from his pocket, opened the door, and shouted, "Neil, Neil... You are?"

After searching the room, but there was no one there, he knew that he must have gone out. Without thinking or worrying too much, he locked the door and first went to search for the slum court.

About 10 minutes later, Louis came near the slum court. He heard someone playing the ball, and there was no extra sound, so he guessed it must be him.

Louis rushed over with quick steps, and he saw that on the deserted court, Neil was concentrating there, amusing himself and practicing over and over again moves that even as his father, he had never seen him use them before, and he He was practicing that movement, as if he had seen it somewhere, he was so familiar, but he still couldn't think of who's trick it was.

Suddenly I couldn’t remember it, and Louis didn’t care that much. What he cared about most at this time was not Neil’s skills, but Neil’s previous injuries. He actually secretly came with the ball without my permission. Playing ball, seeing this scene, I feel relieved and worried at the same time, and I must not let the parents worry.

"Neil..."

Seeing his son's back facing him all the time, Louis stared at him and shouted before he noticed his sudden attack.

Neil heard the voice so familiar, like his father calling him behind him, his heart beat faster, he was curious and frightened, but he stopped, turned around to look, and threw the basket casually without looking at the basket. A ball, the ball hit the wooden backboard with a bang, bounced back, and danced on the ground, and he turned his head and saw that it was his father, and his heart danced like a basketball, and then stared at his father's smirk with.

But Louis was still expressionless and serious, as if he didn't like him.

Neil saw his father approaching him murderously in anger, and his father didn't respond to his smile, so he knew he had been tricked again today. The smile on his face froze for a while, but the smart Neil Er still smiled tentatively and asked, "Dad, why are you here? You haven't played for a long time, do you want to play?"

Louis still didn't answer him, Neil's face became hot all of a sudden, thinking in his mind, is it possible that he is going to slap me twice again today?Do I want to run?
He struggled in his mind for a while, and decided to stand and laugh and wait to die. He must not run away. If he ran away, I would have no reason to go home to his mother.

Louis rushed in front of him, raising his hands deliberately to scare him. Neil was so frightened that he almost peed his pants. Seeing his expression and behavior, Louis knew that he was still afraid of him, so he was about to scare him. She took her hand back, pointed to his forehead, and sighed deeply: "Hey, I...can you let me and your mother rest easy, you like basketball, we have no objection, but you don't cherish your Hands and feet, I'm afraid your life will be ruined before you reach the arena of duty."

"But... Dad, my knees have recovered from their wounds."

"What do you know, everyone's knee is the weakest part. If you are not careful, you will have sequelae in the future, and your dream will become a fantasy."

"Dad, I'm sorry, I will pay attention!"

"Hey, you! Do you know? You are just recovering from an injury, and you can't imitate the difficult skills you practiced just now in training. Even if you want to play or practice, you can only stand still and shoot, free throws and the like. Yes, because you are prone to relapse of old injuries like this."

"I see, Dad, I will pay attention to it in the future."

"You remember it best!"

Neil thought his father would just let him off like this, and he secretly got lucky in his heart.

Louis looked around the field. There was no one else around, only him and his son. He thought about how to deal with Neil, because he knew in his heart that although this was not a bad thing, his behavior was not good, and it made parents fear every day. Yes, he must be punished.

Louis was silent for a while, staring at Neil and said, "Boy, today you came out to play without getting permission from your mother and me. I won't hit you anymore. You are not young anymore. You should be your life too." Leader, however, you come out so sneakily, it makes me worry, you are a man, you have to bear your mistakes, I will punish you now, stand at each angle between 100 degrees, 50 degrees, and 300 degrees Shoot [-] times, no jumping is allowed, the shooting posture must be standardized, and the shooting percentage must be above [-]%. I will give you a chance. You can choose the shooting distance. If you don’t do what I ask, sorry, your mother is here. It won't save you, you need to start over and take [-] shots because you can't wait to play and your hands are itchy."

"Okay, I'm willing to be punished!" Neil didn't know the difficulty, and thought that there was nothing difficult, just 300 standing shots?He readily agreed.

Louis touched his head, smiled and said, "This is like a little hero, dare to be brave."

"Of course, I'm your son, Luis, and my parents have always taught me to be brave enough to make mistakes."

Hearing what he said, Louis felt that his education was not in vain, and he was quite relieved and proud, but Louis believed that when he shot those 300 standing shots, his thoughts now would be different from those at that time. Contrast.

(End of this chapter)