Chapter 4 Awakening from a Dream
"There's a DK freshman watermark on his wrist. It'll take days to wash off." Reese replied.
"Oh! My God! He looks so young! I really thought he was in middle school! No wonder he got so angry when I called him 'kid'!"
Reese did not continue to respond to Carlo's meaning. He put on his headphones and listened to music quietly.
"Hey - I say, what if I do introduce him to Coach Gordon?"
"There are already many players who have better basic skills, more stable techniques, and higher shooting percentages than him. Why do you think Coach Gordon recruited him?" Reese asked in a calm tone.
"According to my intuition! We need an excellent point guard... There are already enough scorers in the team, whether it's the center 'Black Mountain', shooting guard Ewing, and me, not to mention you... We are all guys with independent personalities and distinctive playing styles. But the basketball court is not our one-man show. But that kid... ah, no, that freshman is different! He is already quite skilled in dribbling, and he is very good at predicting and judging the movements of each player on the court! The timing of passing is also great... I don't know where he got this ability from, but... I think you and I must have a similar hunch, he will connect all of us!"
"These are all wishful thinking. He doesn't love basketball as much as you do, so even if you find him, don't expect him to love basketball as much as you do."
Reese's words were like a bucket of cold water poured down on him, and Carlo fell silent.
At this time, Nie Chuan was holding a piece of chocolate in his mouth, staring at the computer intently, his fingers tapping quickly on the keyboard.
When his mother opened the door, the words "youaredead" appeared on Nie Chuan's computer screen.
"Xiaochuan, after eating chocolate, remember to brush your teeth before going to bed!"
"Got it!" Nie Chuan nodded.
"You need to go to bed early! You have to go back to school tomorrow!"
"Uh-huh!"
Nie Chuan turned off the computer, packed his things for going back to school tomorrow, and then lay down on the bed. He opened the book that Zhou Bin gave him on his birthday this year. As he read it, he finally felt sleepy and fell asleep.
When he opened his eyes, he found himself standing on the basketball court again. The bright light was a little dazzling, and opposite him was Reese Reddington in a black jersey!
Reese dribbled the ball in front of Nie Chuan. His opponent blocked his way. He made a butterfly step as elegant as a noble gentleman and fooled his opponent, but he faced the double defense of the opponent's power forward and center.
He suddenly threw the ball backwards, and Nie Chuan stopped at that position accurately. After receiving the ball, he dribbled past two people flexibly and smoothly, and passed the ball in the direction of Reese again.
Under Nie Chuan's gaze, Reese jumped into the air. The two opponents who came to intercept him were completely overwhelmed by his momentum. After Reese received the ball, he made a volley dunk, which couldn't be more amazing!
Nie Chuan only felt that he was enjoying himself from his toes all the way to the top of his head!
After Reese landed, he turned around and rubbed Nie Chuan's head.
Hey! Who told you to rub my head?
Nie Chuan yelled, opened his eyes, and suddenly realized that he was no longer on the basketball court!
Everything that just happened was indeed a dream!
What kind of nightmare is this?
Nie Chuan glanced at the time and saw that it was already half past five in the morning. He rubbed his eyes and suddenly realized something. The moment he opened the quilt, a mouthful of blood almost spurted out of his chest.
Nima! Nima! Nima!
In the peaceful little world in Nie Chuan's heart, thousands of alpacas galloped past and trampled him to pieces.
"Xiaochuan? What's wrong? If you wake up, come down and have breakfast! Mommy fried spring rolls and made soy milk for you!"
Nie Chuan exhaled, quickly took off his pajamas, threw them into the sink and rubbed them vigorously.
"Xiaochuan? What's wrong with you?" came the voice of Nie's mother.
Nie Chuan's shoulders trembled, he covered his little brother with one hand and closed the door with the other hand: "Mom - what are you doing! I haven't put on my pants yet!"
"Hey! Are you shy now? Why didn't you get shy when you asked your mom to wipe your butt when you were a kid?"
Nie Chuan's face turned red with embarrassment.
What the hell! How could he dream about Reese Reddington? This is too scary! That guy has no breasts or buttocks, and he looks so cool and awesome!
"Xiaochuan, are you okay? Your father is waiting for you! If you don't come down, he won't send you off, and you have to go to school by yourself!"
"coming--"
How can I go there by myself? DK is in the suburbs, and it would take more than an hour to get there by car!
Seeing that the marks on his pants had been washed off, Nie Chuan found a pair of pants and put them on. He picked up his bag, rushed out the door, drank a big sip of soy milk, and held a spring roll in his mouth. As soon as he went out, he saw Zhou Bin sitting in Nie's father's car, grinning at Nie Chuan.
"Why are you in the car too!" Nie Chuan looked dissatisfied but very happy in his heart.
"Nonsense! If I wasn't afraid that you'd be lonely, I would have gone to another university with Mao Xian a long time ago! You're so upset about using your dad's car!"
Nie Chuan chuckled and saw the spring roll about to fall from his mouth.
"Put it away! If you look this way, be careful that no blonde, blue-eyed beauty will like you!"
Nie Chuan quickly grabbed the spring roll and got into the car.
Zhou Bin is Nie Chuan's childhood friend. They went to elementary and junior high school together in China. When he was in high school, Zhou Bin followed his parents to the United States. Nie Chuan originally thought that he and Zhou Bin would never meet again, but who knew that just after he graduated from high school, his parents also went to the United States, and they lived in the same city as Zhou Bin's parents.
This is truly a fateful reunion!
As for Mao Xian, his real name is actually Mao Xian. He originally planned to study at DK with Zhou Bin and Nie Chuan. Although DK is not a member of the Ivy League, it is also a famous school. Mao Xian's SAT score is really "astonishing". According to Zhou Bin's analysis, even if Mao Xian makes a comeback next year, it is impossible to create a miracle, so Mao Xian went to study at another college with great disappointment.
"Hey, this is what Mao Xian asked me to bring you." Zhou Bin threw a backpack to Nie Chuan.
Nie Chuan opened it and immediately smiled.
"Look at your silly smile! If someone didn't know, they would think that Yarn was giving you a bag of woolen pieces!"
"Hey!" Nie Chuan glared at Zhou Bin. You know, Nie's father was sitting in the front row!
In the schoolbag are large bags of chocolates of various flavors, many of which are imported from Belgium.
Nie Chuan hugged his schoolbag and sighed, "I have never loved wool so much!"
Because the school was too far from Nie Chuan's home, Nie Chuan had to live on campus except for weekends. He studied IT, while Zhou Bin studied journalism. They were very lucky to be assigned to the same school dormitory.
So for Nie Chuan, except for the fact that his love affairs always ended in failure, everything else was perfect.
The scenery of DK University is beautiful. A tree, a fallen leaf, or a bird on the white marble roof of the college are enough to rival movie scenes.
For Nie Chuan, strolling in such a campus is a great enjoyment.
The morning classes were over and the lunch break would be long. Nie Chuan and Zhou Bin met in the school cafeteria, chatting and laughing while waiting in line for their meals.
At this time, two tall men sitting by the window attracted the attention of many students.
Carlo picked up the meatballs with chopsticks a little clumsily, but in the end he decided to use his fork to pierce them hard, and then put them into his mouth with satisfaction.
"Mmm-mmm-it tastes very good."
Opposite him, Reese skillfully picked up the Kung Pao Chicken with chopsticks and put it to his lips. The posture was as elegant as if he was in a high-end Western restaurant.
"You can't even use chopsticks. I don't understand what you are doing in an Asian restaurant."
With the increasing number of international students, many restaurants have been set up in various universities. In addition to Asian restaurants, there are many restaurants with different flavors. The Asian restaurant in DK is very famous. I heard that the Chinese cuisine here basically covers the eight major cuisines. As for other Korean and Japanese cuisines, they also attract many students.
Carlo accidentally ate a Sichuan peppercorn, which made his eyes so numb that they almost turned red.
"Didn't you say that kid is a student of DK? I don't know which college he is from! But he should be more accustomed to Asian tastes! So I think as long as I wait in the Asian restaurant, I will always see him, right?"
"If you were so interested in him, why didn't you just ask for his cell phone number and address, and send him a truckload of roses?" Reese said coldly.
"How did I know that he was also a student of DK? Wait... why did I send him roses? A truckload of them?"
"Because now you look like a stalker."
At this moment, Nie Chuan and Zhou Bin were holding their plates and chatting while looking for seats.
Nie Chuan almost laughed out loud at Zhou Bin's jokes. His elbow hit someone and the whole plate almost flew out. Fortunately, he was quick to catch the plate again, but the soup still spilled out and splashed on the hem of someone's T-shirt.
Nie Chuan slowly raised his head. The other person was more than a head taller than him and had well-developed muscles.
When that almost angry gaze turned to him, Nie Chuan felt a chill in his heart - isn't this Lily's football boyfriend Billy!
"I'm... I'm sorry..." Nie Chuan originally wanted to grab a tissue to help the other person wipe it, but now he didn't even dare to touch the other person.
As long as the muscular rugby guy gives me a push, I should be able to fly directly to the ceiling, right?
"You did it on purpose, kid!" Billy's voice seemed to come from between his teeth.
"No... I didn't mean it..." Nie Chuan stepped back instinctively.
Zhou Bin quickly spoke up to smooth things over, and his English was better than Nie Chuan's: "He really didn't mean it, he just didn't see you..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Bin realized that he had said the wrong thing. Billy was so big, how could Nie Chuan not have seen it unless he was blind?