The Way of the Center

Chapter 110 : Spend Christmas with you

Even at Christmas, Oklahoma City Airport is still full of people. [Full text reading] As the largest airport in Oklahoma, the total passenger traffic here exceeded 3.74 million last year alone, making it one of the busiest airports in the world.

A tall Asian man wearing sunglasses and a baseball cap is sitting in a cafe in the terminal. Together with this Asian, there is a black man who also wears sunglasses and a stylish snake print suit. These two guys thought they had a good disguise, but most people sitting in the cafe knew that they were two of the Thunder’s 08 rookies, Angel and Russell Westbrook.

“Do you have any special etiquette in China? Is it to greet you with your hands folded and then bow?” Westbrook kept asking An Jie, he didn’t want to be rude in front of the teammate’s parents. After all, when Westbrook was shooting a commercial outside last night, An Jie, who was trained, took good care of his visiting parents.

“You just need to shake hands with them and say hello.” For this question, An Jie has answered him for the fifth time.

“Howl, howl, um, I remember.” Westbrook nodded as he said, seeming to be very proud of his “pure” Chinese accent.

At this moment, Anjie’s parents dragged their suitcases and walked out of the passage looking around. Their son’s height was very conspicuous, even in the United States. Anjie saw them too, and after slapped a one-hundred-dollar bill on the table, he and Westbrook ran out of the cafe quickly.

“Shi Ran, there! I saw Xiaojie!” An Jie’s mother dropped her luggage and ran towards her son. This is the first time An Jie has seen her own flesh and blood since An Jie set off from China to Seattle. .

“Mud Howl!” Just when An Jie’s mother was about to hug her son, Westbrook suddenly stretched out his hand and shocked An Jie’s mother.

“Mom, this is my teammate, Westbrook. You should have seen it on TV. It’s the one wearing the number zero jersey.” An Jie saw his mother’s predicament and quickly introduced it.

Hearing what his son said, An Jie’s mother had some impression. There is no way, snake-print suit, pink trousers, crocodile leather shoes, Westbrook’s “splendid” dressing style is so acceptable…If it weren’t for An Jie’s introduction, his mother would have thought she was herself. Be entangled by someone who is not serious.

“I said Yudie, why is it so rude, people have held their hands for a long time.” It was not until An Shiran who walked up from behind reminded him that An Jie’s mother Wen Yudie realized that she hadn’t shaken hands with others.

In China, it is almost impossible to see people dressed like this on the street. No, even in the United States, only Westbrook dares to dress like this. Such a stranger greets himself for a few seconds. Human nature.

Since Anjie’s Mazda RX-7 is a two-seater car, Westbrook drove his Hummer and acted as the driver of the two elders. An Jie’s father was too excited. As a fan, Westbrook drove himself to pick him up, which was enough to make people excited.

Driving the car, Westbrook and Anjie took their two elders around to Wanmu Garden, a famous attraction in Oklahoma City. Although the scenery here is the best in spring, the scenery here is also unique in the snowy winter. General flavor.

An Jie’s mother kept taking pictures, and Westbrook, who accompanied An Jie’s family, waited patiently throughout the whole process, without any complaints. Westbrook’s family situation is not good, before going to college, he has never even walked out of the black area of ​​southern Los Angeles. He is a good child of an ordinary family, so he empathizes and understands the actions of Anjie’s family.

And he knew that if An Jie accompanies his family, An Jie will wait patiently.

After a short tour of the snow-white Wanmu Garden, Westbrook and An Jie drove the two elders back to An Jie’s home, where Westbrook’s parents were already busy in the kitchen. Yes, Anjie invited the Westbrook family to come to his house to spend Christmas together.

Westbrook also has a rare opportunity to reunite with his family. An Jie calls home every day, but sometimes he is too busy to call one in two or three days.

But Westbrook will definitely call home before training or games every day, and play again at the end. He is just like Anjie, ordinary, no tattoos, no pierced ears, and misses his family. Perhaps it is because of these similarities that Westbrook will become friends with Anjie.

Although the language is not fluent, An Jie also feels that all his efforts have not been in vain when looking at the happy family. After checking the time, An Jie had to leave this happy house temporarily. Only when the two people joined in, this Christmas Eve would become complete.

“Mom, Dad, you guys rest here first, I’ll go to the airport to pick up two people and come back soon.” There is no need for An Jie to say, his parents also know which two people they are, because An Jie took them to the middle of the draft Eaten in the restaurant. But Westbrook looked confused, anyone else?

“Russell, I drove your car away. If you want to use the car, I’ll drive mine.” Taking the car key, Anjie couldn’t wait to walk out of the door, Catherine, it was finally time to meet.

The frustrated ten-game losing streak, the four-game winning streak and the five-game winning streak that made a comeback, the JI scandal that caused a sensation in China and Ames, although not by his side, Catherine’s heart still went through everything with An Jie.

When Catherine got off the plane and threw herself into Anjie’s arms, she really felt a sense of security. There is no barrier of distance, no tabloid reporter’s instigation, no matter whether he is happy, angry, sad, or happy, Catherine can see it now.

“Hello, uncle.” Catherine’s head was still buried on An Jie’s chest, and she looked at the two young men with a smile on her face without rushing her big beard. It was Christmas one year ago when the Asian big man broke into the lives of their father and daughter without warning. He did not expect that the impact would be so great.

When Anjie walked into the house with Catherine and Beard, Westbrook finally knew what was going on.

“Okay you, even I didn’t know that you had a girlfriend.” Westbrook immediately began to “torture a confession” to An Jie.

Anjie just smiled embarrassedly, neither he nor Catherine were ready to announce their relationship to the flashlight. Catherine said that at least after she graduates, she will consider living with Anjie, and will consider making this relationship public. An Jie has no objection. An Jie already has a little experience of how hard life is under the spotlight.

At 8:30 in the evening, a sumptuous Christmas dinner was piled up on An Jie’s long table. There are all kinds of dishes on the table, plus the beard is the chef. This Christmas dinner combining Chinese and Western makes everyone coveted.

The NBA Christmas War is in full swing. They are also professional players. An Jie is very lucky to get a holiday on Christmas Eve. LeBron James, who has just played against Anjie, has to continue to present wonderful games to the audience in such a festival.

But today, there is no live broadcast of the Christmas war on Anjie’s TV, but a talk show is played randomly. Others are living their own Christmas, and the Anjie’s family, who does not have this habit, takes today’s I came here as New Year’s Day In short, on this family night, basketball can only stand aside temporarily.

During the meal, Anjie called his mentors Divac and Ricard and his comrade Andrew Morris of the Tornado team. As for Mike Taylor Angel, he can only express his greetings in the form of text messages, because the poor guy had to follow Brandon Roy to the “German Chariot” challenge at the Rose Garden Stadium today on Christmas Eve.

Under the night sky, Oklahoma City outside the floor-to-ceiling windows of An Jie’s house looked like a vast starry sky, with little lights converging into a magnificent Milky Way. In the center of Wanmu Garden Plaza, the Christmas fireworks prepared by the Oklahoma City government for citizens were also set off on time. The colorful fireworks are very gorgeous, embellishing the night sky even more fascinating.

In the middle of this intensive schedule, the two first-year rookies, Anjie and Westbrook, also had a rare and pleasant time.

Family, friends, partners… On the cold night in a foreign country, An Jie finally felt what it was like to live a warm life. If he can, he really hopes that such a night will never pass in the long river of time…

On December 25, the pace of life was on this day, and I was finally willing to slow down my pace. (To be continued.)