basketball behind the spotlight

Chapter 49
After sending Lu Ziqiu to the hotel, Wei Sen didn't stay long, left the car keys and went back.

Lu Ziqiu went back to his room to rest for a while, and was about to get his clothes to take a shower when Xia Kexin suddenly called.

Lu Ziqiu hesitated for a long time before connecting. Xia Kexin cried very sadly. Lu Ziqiu comforted her for a long time before she gradually calmed down.

"General Manager, what should I do?"

This question really stumped Lu Ziqiu, and he tried every means to avoid it, but in the end, Xia Kexin came to ask his opinion.

Xia Kexin couldn't wait for his reply, and her tone became more painful, "Can't you give me a suggestion? Even if it's just a suggestion between friends."

"I'm sorry Kexin, I really can't give you advice on this matter."

"It's in vain that I really want to be your friend, but you are thinking about how to have both sides."

Lu Ziqiu was poked into a sore spot in his heart, and he didn't know how to answer it.

After being silent for a while, Xia Kexin suddenly said again: "I'm going to ask you one last sentence, and you must answer me honestly."

"You said."

"If you offended my parents because of me, how would you deal with it?"

Lu Ziqiu smiled, "Where there is basketball, there is Lu Ziqiu."

"Will you regret it?"

"I have never regretted any of my decisions."

"What if it's wrong?"

"If you make a mistake, start over again, it's no big deal."

Xia Kexin was silent for a while before replying: "I understand, I hope you can do what you say."

Lu Ziqiu couldn't help but smiled wryly, "After going around and around, I was finally caught by you, a girl."

"This is my own decision, and it has nothing to do with you."

"Okay, go to sleep, you guys have to play a game tomorrow."

Early the next morning, Lu Ziqiu drove to the orphanage, five hundred kilometers away, and it was already afternoon when he arrived.

The children cheered when they saw him coming.

Lu Ziqiu opened the carriage and distributed gifts to them one by one. After the gifts were distributed, the children surrounded him and asked him to tell stories.

He suddenly felt much better, so he took the children to sit in the flower garden and told them stories about basketball.

The children listened with gusto, and no one interrupted.

"Mr. Lu?" Suddenly, a startled voice came.

Lu Ziqiu was also taken aback, "Lin Qian?" Looking back, who else could it be if it wasn't Lin Qian?

When the children saw Lin Qian, they surrounded her happily and called "Sister Lin Qian" sweetly.

Lin Qian picked up the youngest child, pinched his nose lightly, looked around the children, and asked seriously: "Have you been obedient recently? Have you studied hard?"

The children replied in unison: "Yes."

Lin Qian put the children down and touched the children's heads one by one, "Go and play, my sister has something to tell my uncle, and I'll tell you stories later, okay?"

"Okay." The children responded cheerfully, and ran away to play together.

"Mr. Lu, it's a pleasure to meet you here." Lin Qian waited for the children to leave before walking towards Lu Ziqiu, looking at him curiously.

Lu Ziqiu smiled slightly, "I grew up here, and I come back twice a year."

Lin Qian was taken aback, "I'm sorry, I."

Lu Ziqiu interrupted her with a smile, "It's nothing, it's not shameful to grow up here, but you, why did you come here?"

Lin Qian didn't expect him to be so open-minded, but was quite surprised, "I will find time to come here to accompany the children every month."

"Miss Lin is really a caring person."

"Actually, I'm also selfish."

Lu Ziqiu choked and couldn't speak for a while.

Lin Qian looked back at the children in the distance, pursed her lips and smiled, "When I'm with the children, I feel very relaxed. This is my selfishness."

Lu Ziqiu was deeply touched by this point, "It's true, every time I see their happy smiles, I feel very relaxed."

After finishing these two sentences, both of them fell silent suddenly.

Lin Qian actually wanted to take the initiative to talk to him, but it was obviously inappropriate to talk about the mysterious man and basketball at this time. It was obviously not appropriate to talk about the children, the orphanage, and Lu Ziqiu's life experience.

Lu Ziqiu also wanted to take the initiative to say a few words to her, but apart from the mysterious person, there seemed to be no common topic between them, but Lin Qian came to the orphanage to visit the child, which changed him a lot.

After a long silence, Lu Ziqiu said awkwardly, "Why don't I take you around?"

"En." Lin Qian responded softly.

After walking side by side for a while, both of them were silent, it was really embarrassing.

Lin Qian hesitated for a moment, then asked: "The summer league starts today, don't you need to go to the scene to direct?" In the end, I could only return to the topic of basketball.

Lu Ziqiu shook his head and said, "No need, I know the abilities of the players." When it comes to basketball, he is always full of confidence.

Lin Qian looked back at him, and the man in front of her always had an elusive style of doing things, "But judging from the team roster we got, your Wolves team may be very difficult next season. Season?"

"It's not enough to be bad, not to mention that I don't want the players to lose confidence."

"Are you ready to go all out?"

"Of course, confidence is more important than anything else. The team I coach can lose games, but they can't lose so much that they can't lift their heads."

Lin Qian froze for a moment, "But the Wolves are no better than the Bobcats. You can trade your favorite star with the Bobcats, but it's very difficult for the Wolves."

"This is indeed the biggest disadvantage of our Wolves, but I really don't really care."

"Which coach doesn't like a team with star players?" But Hua Luo suddenly realized that what he said was a little ill-considered. Doesn't it mean that he doesn't believe his words?So he quickly explained: "Don't get me wrong, I don't mean not to believe you, it's just"

Lu Ziqiu interrupted her with a smile and waved his hand, "We can actually be friends. It's good to say something between friends."

"Friend?" Lin Qian smiled bitterly, "I don't know how long I'm going to target you, can we still be friends?"

Lu Ziqiu pointed to his chest, looked at her seriously and said, "Friends care about your heart. If you regard me as a friend in your heart, why should you care about that? Besides, no matter how much you criticize me on the Internet, so what? I'm still Still be the general manager, isn’t it still the head coach? Remember what I told you? Results can dispel all doubts.”

Lin Qian looked at him with a wry smile, "It's easier said than done? If you were in a strong team, I absolutely believe that you can succeed, but Wolves, I really don't dare to hold out hope."

"Why don't we make a bet?"

"bet?"

"That's right, just bet on whether I can make it to the playoffs next season. If I lose, I will treat you to dinner. If you lose, you will treat me to dinner."

"Okay." She agreed, but she was really not optimistic about the Wolves. In fact, in her opinion, the reason why Lu Ziqiu set up this bet was just to pave the way for the two to become friends.

(End of this chapter)