Starting from Taohuawu, kilometers away

'buzz buzz'

When Li Cheng was about to arrive at Qin Lan's house, the navigation phone vibrated.

Li Cheng was reversing the car. He looked in the rearview mirror and asked, "Baba, help me see who called."

Reba didn't want to see it, after all, it was Li Cheng's privacy. After hearing what the other party said, she squinted her eyes and leaned closer. When she saw the name appearing on the phone, her eyes widened. She immediately patted Li Cheng and said, "Cheng Cheng! Yao Ming!"

When Li Cheng heard this, he frowned. Why did Chairman Yao call him?
"Hey! Uncle Yao!"

Reba was also sitting quietly aside at this time, blinking her eyes and not daring to breathe.

"Hey, Cheng Cheng, long time no see!"

"I haven't seen you for a long time, Uncle Yao, why did you think of calling me?"

"Are you available recently? Do you have time to come to the Basketball Association?"

When Li Cheng heard about going to the Basketball Association, he smiled and said, "No matter how big the matter is, it can't be discussed over the phone. We have to go to the Basketball Association."

Yao Ming, who was in the conference room, felt a little embarrassed when he heard Li Cheng's question, because everyone around him was looking at him. He cleared his throat and said, "I need your help with something. Are you free?"

"Today? Or?"

"It'd better be today!"

"Okay, I'll go over after I finish the things I have on hand."

"Okay, we'll wait for you at the Basketball Association!"

"Well then."

When Reba saw Li Cheng hang up the phone, she immediately pulled his arm and said, "Hey, Chairman Yao is looking for you, and you're talking like this!"

Li Cheng took off his seat belt and said nonchalantly, "So what? I worked so hard to contribute to the country, but those young masters took advantage of me. Why should I give them a good face?"

"really?"

Reba was stunned when she heard this. Is it really rotten inside?
Li Cheng got out of the car, saw Reba still in a daze, and said, "Hey, stop being in a daze, let's go upstairs."

"okay."

Reba also got out of the car quickly.

Li Cheng took Reba to the elevator skillfully.

'ding dong'

'ding dong'

"Leilei, Cheng Cheng and Reba should be here, open the door!"

Qin Lan, who was preparing food in the kitchen, nudged Xin Zhilei with her elbow.

"So fast!"

Xin Zhilei didn't expect Reba and Li Cheng to come so soon.

'ding dong'

'ding dong'

"Stop pressing it, it's killing me, it's coming!"

Xin Zhilei was so annoyed when she heard the doorbell ringing continuously.

‘click’

"Oh, what a beautiful lady and a handsome man!"

Xin Zhilei looked at the handsome man and beautiful woman in front of her. They were a good match, so she leaned over and said, "Come in."

Li Cheng skillfully opened the secret compartment, took out two pairs of slippers and placed them on the ground.

Xin Zhilei crossed her arms and said with a smile, "Oh, you are so skilled, you must come here often."

Li Cheng put on his slippers, walked inside, and said, "After all, it's my sister-in-law's house!"

Qin Lan immediately ran out of the kitchen, looked at Li Cheng and said, "Come on, Cheng Cheng, the food is ready for you, just fry it."

Li Cheng went to the sink, washed his hands and said, "I won't eat here after I finish cooking for you. I have something to do."

Xin Zhilei had just helped Reba take off her boots. When she heard Li Cheng's words, she frowned and asked, "What's the matter? You don't even have time to hang out with us."

Reba said excitedly at this time: "No, no, just when we came up, Chairman Yao called him and asked him to go to the Basketball Association."

"What?"

"What are you going to do in the Basketball Association?"

Xin Zhilei immediately opened her mouth wide. Chairman Yao must have something to ask her.

He turned to Li Cheng and said, "Then go now. Why are you cooking? They must have something important to ask you!"

'Zizzi'

Li Cheng leaned back, holding the pot with one hand and turning the switch of the gas stove with the other hand, and said, "Why am I so stubborn? They were the ones who made me leave and the ones who made me go. I am such a jerk, why am I so stubborn?"

The three girls felt like they had gossip to hear, so they all gathered around Li Cheng.

Xin Zhilei asked curiously: "Hey, you haven't told me yet, why don't you play basketball anymore? Why did you quit the national team and become an actor?"

Li Cheng put his hand into the pot to test the temperature, poured oil and said, "When I was injured, the team doctor said I might not be able to play basketball for the rest of my life. The coach of the national youth team gave up on me. Chairman Yao was reluctant to let me go. I discussed it with those old stubborn people for several days, but it didn't change the result. They all told me to quit the team by myself, which was more decent."

Li Cheng patted his leg heavily and said, "My leg was almost broken at that time. When I got home, my aunt asked me to go abroad for treatment, but all the doctors said that even if I recovered, it would be difficult to be the same as before. When my aunt found out, she asked my aunt to take me back to China. My grandfather asked his old friend to find the best doctor in China, and he cured me in the military hospital."

"After I was discharged from the hospital, my family asked me to return to the team, but the team was going through a transformation at the time and the coach was changed. He was not the coach I was familiar with. He only cared about money and said a number, 1 million yuan. As long as I paid 1 million yuan, I could continue to return to the team."

"Then how can I agree to it? If I can't fight, I won't fight. Anyway, I have plenty of ways to retreat. If my family hears it, they will think I am taking them for fools. I won't fight." "So I just become an actor."

The three of them were stunned when they heard Li Cheng's understatement, especially when they heard that 1 yuan would be returned to the team. He really took Li Bingbing for a fool. Even if an actor makes money, it is impossible for him to spend so much money on the team! Even if Li Cheng doesn't care about anything, this 1 yuan is enough for him to spend for a long time! What can't he do with this 1 yuan?

"Then why are we looking for you to go back now?"

Qin Lan looked at Li Cheng with confusion.

"I don't know. I think it's 3x3 basketball. Chairman Yao has little say in 5x3 basketball, but he has a lot of say in 3x3 basketball. I guess he wants me to help him play the points game."

As soon as Li Cheng finished speaking, Xin Zhilei asked seriously, "What if you played three-on-three basketball, could you play in the Olympics?"

Li Cheng shook his head and said, "I don't know. Even if I go to help in the points competition, there's no telling what will happen in the Olympics. What if those young masters come to take advantage of it again? I don't want to be treated as a fool again."

Reba asked worriedly at this time: "But are your current skills good enough for you to play in the game? How long has it been since you last played professionally?"

Li Cheng smiled and said, "I can tell you haven't watched Taohuawu. I train every day. I do 600 shots in the morning, including three-pointers, mid-range shots, and anti-interference. That's over a thousand shots in total. Do you really think I would throw away the thing I once loved the most?"

"That's perfect, now's the chance."

After Xin Zhilei finished speaking, Li Cheng covered the pot, turned on another gas stove and said, "Let's talk about it later. Anyway, I've told Chairman Yao that I'll go after I finish the things on hand. I have to give them a warning. If they ask me to do something, they have to show their attitude!"

Just as Xin Zhilei was about to speak, Li Cheng said seriously, "I heard from my former colleagues that because of the intensive ranking matches, some teammates have suffered serious physical injuries, and some are even injured and can't play anymore. I'm probably asked to go there for emergency. Those CBA clubs won't let their own professional players help, so they thought of me because they couldn't find anyone else."

"Huh? Those clubs won't help?"

Li Cheng shook his head slightly after hearing Reba's innocent speech and said, "They won't do that. After all, athletes have to be responsible for their future careers. Who knows if they will get injured in the points tournament? Some are still in their contract years, and their contracts with millions of dollars in annual salary were lost because of injuries. They won't be so stupid!"

"Then you have to go! To the Olympics! The Paris Olympics next year! Don't you want to go?"

Reba felt that Li Cheng should go, as this was serving the country and it was not like he had not participated before.

"Let's talk about it after dinner. Anyway, they are still discussing it now. After all, there is more than one plan. They must be looking for more than just me, otherwise they would have been killed by now!"

After Li Cheng finished speaking, the stir-fried shredded potatoes were already out of the pot.

Qin Lan covered it with a plate. After all, Xiao Hu, eldest sister and others were still on the way and would not arrive for a while.

"So what's going on with your points competition?"

Xin Zhilei asked curiously.

Li Cheng answered while eating hot pot; "It seems that the top three countries in the world will directly enter the Paris Olympics, but the points are only counted as the total points of the top 25 players in the country, and then compared uniformly. I saw a while ago that China seemed to be ranked twelfth, and the deadline is November."

"Ah! Is it so difficult?"

Xin Zhilei didn't expect that China was only ranked twelfth!

"What do you think? This is a direct ticket to the Paris Olympics. Chinese basketball is not what it was in 08. It's normal for the ranking to be low."

Li Cheng wiped the water stains in the pot with kitchen paper and said, "But if three-person basketball really enters the Olympics, then five-person basketball will be completely suppressed! The face of those leaders has been ruthlessly crushed by Chairman Yao! Crushed!"

"So what do you think? Go or not?"

After Qin Lan said this, Reba and Xin Zhilei looked at Li Cheng very seriously.

Li Cheng dried the water in the pot, poured in some oil and said, "Let's wait and see. After all, I have already arranged all my subsequent work. If I go, I will have to stop all the subsequent work. I was planning to film with Xiaotian. If I go, our film will have to be filmed next year."

"I think you should talk to Xiaotian about this. I think she will definitely support you. If you really go to Paris, you will be the top fish, No. 1!"

Xin Zhilei gave a thumbs up. This opportunity was not available to everyone. Besides, there were not many amazing athletes in their team. There were only a few, but many of them had almost finished throwing. Li Cheng had only been there for a short time and, not to mention his young age, he hadn't thrown a ball yet.

"Let's talk about it later. I don't want to think about this right now. Let's deal with the things at hand first."

After saying that, Li Cheng started to cook seriously and no longer talked about this topic.

Reba helped pick beans and whispered to Qin Lan, "I think Cheng Cheng has to go. This is his dream. Now that such a good opportunity is in front of him, are we just going to watch it slip away?"

Qin Lan looked back at Li Cheng who was stirring the spoon, and whispered to Reba, "We can't control this, it depends on him, but I think he must have the answer in his heart. He was not allowed to play five-man basketball, but he was found for three-man basketball this time. It was Chairman Yao who helped him the most and asked him to go. I guess he has to go."

"I hope so. This opportunity is great." After that, Reba said worriedly, "But China is only ranked 12th now, which is still a long way from the third place."

Xin Zhilei secretly glanced at Li Cheng, then came to Qin Lan and Reba, showed them the information she had just found, and said, "I just asked my brother, China is now ranked tenth, and the number one player is a professional player named Zhang Ning, who also plays in the CBA, but there is only one of him. My brother told me that Cheng Cheng once played with this person and was ruthlessly crushed by Cheng Cheng. I guess if Li Cheng goes to practice with the two of them, this will help China move up. This Zhang Ning, I heard from my brother that he has made great progress now, and has convinced many black fans, and he really speaks with the ball."

"Really? Then Cheng Cheng."

When Qin Lan was secretly touching Li Cheng, she found that he had taken out his cell phone.

She gave them a look and asked them to look at Li Cheng.

The two turned their heads and saw that Li Cheng was typing on his phone with one hand and cooking with a spatula with the other.

"Isn't this him checking something?"

As soon as Reba finished speaking, Xin Zhilei closed her phone, put it aside and said, "I'll go take a peek."

"Okay!" x2
Xin Zhilei pretended to pass by Li Cheng at this time. When she came to Li Cheng, she slowed down her pace and glanced towards Li Cheng's mobile phone. She could see it very clearly!

Because Li Cheng never uses a privacy film, it is difficult not to see what he is doing as long as you have good eyesight.

Li Cheng, who was messaging with his former teammates, didn't notice Xin Zhilei at all, because he was moved! He didn't want to give up such a good opportunity. This was an opportunity to rub the faces of those five-man basketball leaders who didn't think highly of him. Didn't you give up on me? Then I'll get back at three-man basketball. You couldn't even get into the Olympics, but three of you got in. This doesn't mean that the domestic men's basketball team is not good, but these guys have to think about whether they can withstand the attacks from netizens.

Xin Zhilei smiled with relief after reading it, took an orange from the living room and walked back to the kitchen, came to Reba and Qin Lan and whispered excitedly: "He wants information, and seems to be messaging his former teammates. I saw him click on the messages of two people, and there is also a group. The two people are Xiao Wang and Xiao Zeng, and the group is something like U18 Men's Basketball."

"That's almost certain. He probably wants to go." Qin Lan understood immediately and said, "Don't tell anyone later. If he leaves early, let him go. Tell the eldest sister and the others, especially Xiao Hu! Also, we must keep our mouths shut!"

"Don't worry! I'll watch Xiao Hu to death!"

Xin Zhilei knew Xiao Hu, and he always had the habit of asking questions. If Li Cheng left early, Xiao Hu would probably keep nagging him.

"Okay, I'll talk to my sisters later!"

Reba is very supportive!

Li Cheng looked at the messages sent by his former younger brother in the group and fell into deep thought. If he went to play in the points competition, it would be a bit too hard. The main reason was that the gap was too big. If he didn't play hard, he might not have the chance to participate in the Paris Olympics! (End of this chapter)