Chen An'an felt that if he continued to look at it, he would be the president of the needle eye.
"Are they so happy with half a pack of cigarettes?" He had nothing to say.
"The tax on tobacco is high, and cigarettes are expensive," Lin Yiyang told him, "The box is more than ten yuan in China, and more than sixty yuan here."
Homeless people have no fixed income, and of course they rarely buy.
Chen An'an had an idea after what he said, and his sympathy overflowed, so he asked Lin Yiyang to buy two new packs for the homeless. By the way, he also took Lin Yiyang to be an interpreter, and chatted with the homeless for most of the night.
By the time he got home, he was still high with jet lag and alcohol. Lin Yiyang was afraid that he would be too excited and affect tomorrow's game, so he put him in the room to lie down.
When Chen An'an entered the room, Lin Yiyang sat on the sofa, remembered Yin Guo's so-called "measures", and asked after him.
Yin Guo mysteriously dug out a small box of contraceptive stickers from her box and showed him.
Lin Yiyang poured it out, and it looked like a small piece of plaster. Yin Guo has old ailments on his shoulders and waist, and has been sticking various things to heal his injuries. So when he saw this sticker, he thought it was for healing.
He wanted to ask further questions, but the door on the right was opened again.
"Still can't sleep—" Chen An'an saw the two of them sitting on the sofa and half squatting there, very close to each other, shutting up immediately if they wanted to kiss or not.
"Which one of you sprained?" Chen An'an saw what Lin Yiyang was holding, and was at a loss for words again: "My back also hurts, and I didn't sleep well on the plane. Take a piece."
Yin Guo snatched the box and patch from Lin Yiyang's hand, stuffed them back, and ran away.
Chen Anan was confused, and asked in a low voice: "Sister-in-law is unhappy?"
Lin Yiyang glanced at him: "Does your back really hurt?"
"Ah... it's a bit." Chen An'an covered his waist, but he didn't dare to lie to him.
Lin Yiyang stood up, rummaged through the plastic cabinet against the wall for a while, threw a box of genuine plasters over him, ignored him, and went back to sleep.
***
From Tuesday, enter the group stage schedule.
Yin Guo slashed all the way, and met the famous American player Ashly on the last day of the group stage. In this game with a very high attendance rate, she staged a shocking comeback from 5-10, clinging to the match point, blasting four times in a row, and finally managed to catch up to 11-10 and won the round Contest.
As a foreign player, in the stadium that day, all the local fans stood up and applauded for her.
Relying on the excellent state, Yin Guo entered the quarterfinals without any suspense, and Chen An'an also performed exceptionally, entering the quarterfinals of the Open for the first time in the last competition.
On Saturday, the men's and women's teams compete for the final four.
At 1:25 p.m., before Yin Guo's first match, she changed into the shirt and trousers she wore on the field, and returned to her own corner in the lounge, wondering where Lin Yiyang had gone.
He has been in Washington for the past few days to deal with the ballroom over there, met his old classmates and friends, and agreed to come back to watch her match with Chen An'an today. But for some reason, Yin Guo was always apprehensive, fearing that he would not be able to catch up.
It was her habit before the competition that she didn't have her mobile phone with her, so she couldn't contact her naturally.
Thirty minutes past one, according to the convention, she entered the venue thirty minutes earlier.
There were also several female contestants entering the arena with her, including Su Wei, who had the best relationship with Yin Guo. Under the leadership of the staff, everyone entered the corridor and headed to the arena.
"I met Lin Yiyang outside just now," Su Wei knew about her relationship with Lin Yiyang, and communicated with her in Chinese in a low voice, "Do you know? A reporter interviewed him in Washington two days ago, and news broke that he Probably won't participate in the nine-ball game in the United States again." Su Wei's words were quite regrettable.
"Well, he mentioned a few words," Yin Guo said, "After all, energy is limited."
Lin Yiyang's style of play has always been very special. In the past year, not only has he won countless honors here, but he has also shown this niche circle a new technique and attitude, and has also attracted many new players who don't watch nine-ball games. Fans join the circle.
It is undoubtedly a big news for a new star who has just risen to announce his departure from here at the peak. The online fans responded fiercely and tried their best to keep him. There must be some incomprehension and fierce words, but it is more of a blessing. I look forward to his return and hope that he can think of this arena again and dedicate his wonderful game.
Lin Yiyang does not have a public social account, and all the messages are under the news, and Yin Guo has roughly read them.
Zheng Yi also became curious because of the discussion of several billiard lovers in his classmate circle. He went to watch all night by himself. At the end, he was heartbroken when he saw the fans' comments. He directly commented: Actually, you are a man ruthless.
…
Yin Guo and Su Wei were talking and walked through the corridor.
A burst of noise in the stands stopped the female contestants entering the arena, and Yin Guo also looked up.
The place where she entered happened to be the entrance to the south stand, so her sight was blocked and she could only wait for the flow of people to move forward. But very clearly, she heard someone calling "Lin".
In sight, he soon appeared, surrounded by enthusiastic fans.
Lin Yiyang was wearing black all over, dark red sneakers, and specially wore a black baseball cap to keep a low profile, but it was obviously useless. Anyone who can get to the stadium on time for this kind of niche event is a die-hard fan. Who wouldn't recognize him
He is playing a local game here. Unlike Yin Guo, an international player who came to participate in an open tournament, he has real local fans... There are some who want to take photos and autographs. Fortunately, most of them just want to shake hands .
Everyone in the south of the stand was enthusiastically shouting "Lin, Lin", which attracted all the fans in the south.
The remaining three stands are far away, so they can't figure out the situation, and they are all eager to see who is coming.
It was the first time for Yin Guo to see him with fans, and it was fresh to see him, looking at him from different angles like a little fan girl.
Sun Zhou saw Yin Guo first, tried his best to push aside the crowd, patted Lin Yiyang's arm and shouted: "Sister-in-law is below, look down."
As soon as Lin Yiyang lowered his head, he saw Yin Guo waving his little hand at him in the arena through the railing. With a thought in his heart, he inevitably took a second look, causing the fans in the stands to also look down.
Yin Guo was dumbfounded at once.
Beside her, Su Wei immediately pulled her away: "Want to be exposed today?"
"No," she blushed. "It's the first time I've seen him interact with local fans here, and it's fun."
"It's fun?" Su Wei teased with a smile, "Who insisted on showing me WeChat conversations, saying that it didn't matter at all?"
"At that time... it really didn't matter."
Su Wei had a look of disbelief, but Yin Guo couldn't argue with it.
Soon, she was brought to her own table.
Twenty minutes to the game.
On the small table at hand, the staff politely placed two glasses on it, and pointed to the glasses, meaning to use them for Yin Guo. She smiled and said thank you, took out her thermos, poured hot juice into it, and prepared to drink it between games.
Put the thermos aside.
She quietly went to the auditorium to see how he was doing.
The fans in the south stand gradually calmed down, and Lin Yiyang finally reached his seat. Not only Sun Zhou followed him, but also a few students from his own ball room. He has been communicating with Sun Zhou about the ball room in a low voice, with half of his face covered by the brim of his hat, trying to be an ordinary audience.
But obviously, because of the enthusiasm of the audience, it also attracted the director's attention.
The first source of income for this kind of event is the sale of live broadcast rights. If there are star players present, the director will certainly not let it go.
"Dear viewers and friends who watched the live broadcast, my colleagues reminded us that we have an important guest at today's Open. Please show our Lin the camera."
On the big screen, Lin Yiyang's corner was suddenly magnified.
Sun Zhou was stunned, and bumped Lin Yiyang with his shoulder to remind him, Boss, you are on the live broadcast.
Lin Yiyang was also surprised.
"Lin, don't you want to say hello to everyone?" The commentator asked with a smile.
In the camera, Lin Yiyang's eyes were not clear and were blocked by the brim of his hat. He politely raised his right hand and greeted the other three stands and the audience in the live broadcast.
The sudden applause lasted for half a minute.
A staff member took the opportunity to run to him and handed him the microphone.
Lin Yiyang waved his hand and refused.
But obviously, no one would let him go: "Lin, are you here today to see your old friends on the field for the last time?"
Another female commentator also answered: "Almost all the male players in the arena today have dealt with him, and they must be regretting that they didn't fight him again in the US Open—"
The female commentator suddenly stopped, and after three seconds of silence, the female commentator smiled happily: "Just now Berry posted a status on Facebook - thank you Lin for not signing up for the Open, no player wants to see him, not at all."
Everyone laughed.
Amidst the laughter, the voice of the female commentator raised a little, and she read the text on the phone more happily: "Berry sent another message—please find the video of last year's Open, the last game of the women's group stage , will discover a shocking secret.”
Yin Guo clenched the hand holding the glass.
She knows what they're talking about...
In less than half a minute, amidst the restlessness and anticipation at the scene, an old picture appeared on the big screen—
The girl who just won the game put down her cue and ran to the south stand immediately after the game. In the screen, everyone can only see three Chinese men on the stand. Last year's commentary is still explaining: "In the stands There are two male players of Chinese descent, it seems that our female players are going to high-five their teammates to celebrate."
The commentary at the time believed that this was the case and did not give close-up shots.
The screen just flashed by.
But watching it again today, everyone at the scene recognized it. The only Chinese man that no one knew last year was Lin Yiyang.
There is no need for close-ups at all, fans will not admit their mistakes, even if you give everyone a silhouette, they will recognize it.
I don't know who was the one who applauded and whistled first, the scene was full of excitement, applause, whistles, laughter, and the sound of Lin again and again, making the stadium unprecedentedly lively.
Su Wei also kept laughing and pushed her on the back with her hands. She knew more than the audience, so she was naturally more excited.
Yin Guo turned around and opened Su Wei's hand, but her palm was already covered with sweat.
I never thought that it would be terrifying to be watched like this.
The voice of the commentary led to the heroine of the event amidst the hustle and bustle of the scene: "The girl in the replay is sitting in our arena now, and she is about to usher in today's semi-finals. In the group the day before yesterday, this girl had performed Made a shocking comeback and defeated the champion of the previous Open.”
The camera was split in two by the voice of the commentary.
Half was given to her.
"The picture is for you." Su Wei reminded her.
Yin Guo put down his hand reflexively, trying hard to maintain the image of a champion seed player.
The complexion can't deceive anyone, the Asian girl's skin was originally fair, but now her cheeks are red, and her eyes are full of water, obviously she is about to escape from the crowd.
"So, Lin, at this time last year, who were you here for?" The commentator hit a straight ball.
In the other half of the screen, Lin Yiyang laughed when asked.
"It's hard to answer? Then change the question," the female guide asked with a smile, "Who are you here for today?"
Knowing that he couldn't avoid it any longer, he reached out to the staff around him and asked for a microphone.
Amid bursts of applause and laughter from the people around him, he held a small black microphone, and after a moment of silence, he slowly spoke: "Since we have seen it all," his voice resounded throughout the stadium, "we still need to Shall I answer?"
Applause and noise once again set off a new round of climax.
"Of course, of course I want you to speak." The commentator did not show weakness.
screen.
Lin Yiyang switched the microphone from his left hand to his right hand, looked towards the field, and looked at her figure in the distance.
Yin Guo held her right wrist with her left hand and held her breath, she couldn't guess what Lin Yiyang was thinking.
My cousin has been going over the wall at home for the past few days to show his grandma the live broadcast of his game, so the answer today and at this moment will definitely be known by the family.
She was waiting too, waiting with everyone.
Lin Yiyang was in the camera, and slowly switched the microphone from one hand to another, his gaze was always on her in the middle of the arena. Because the stands are high and the arena is low, he kept his head down during the live broadcast, and no one could see his expression.
"Last year, I saw her in a small bar here. At that time, I didn't enter the door and stared at her from the glass window for three or four minutes," Lin Yiyang's voice filled every corner of the gymnasium, "But she didn't have no idea."
The rare silence is cooperating with him.
"At that time, I was thinking, I want to know this girl, I want to go in and buy her a drink, and I want to get her contact information tonight. I understand very well that I want to pursue her, but I don't know how to say it. She So pretty, I'm afraid I'm going to screw it up."
A few seconds of silence.
He added: "Trust me, I'm really afraid I'm going to screw it up."
This is the stadium, where he has won many honors, and his local fans are everywhere. But he was confessing his cautiousness and excitement at that time, making no secret of it...
Yin Guo's eyes were full of mist, her lips were trembling slightly, she wanted to bite, but couldn't.
"So you succeeded today." The commentator was laughing.
"I hope so," Lin Yiyang was also laughing, he looked up at the live broadcast, half of himself was there, and half of Yin Guo was full of tears, "I think, I will succeed."