Match Point

"Gawain...Gaowen?"

A mass of warm chaos surrounded Gao Wen, and the ups and downs made his consciousness gradually blurred, and the focus of his sight escaped into a halo, he couldn't see the contour lines clearly, but only vaguely caught a touch of blue, Clear blue, involuntarily want to reach out and touch.

Get closer, get closer.

"Gawain!"

A call came from the ear, and it exploded like a thunderbolt. The billowing air burst out with ferocious force, breaking the balance of the body, and the pull of gravity made the heart firmly clamped by the sense of weightlessness in an instant, and the limbs swayed reflexively. Trying to regain balance, grasp at straws.

I plunged into the blue, and then... my feet stood firmly on the ground, and there was a sense of solidity from the soles of my feet, which contrasted with the panic of the beating heart hitting my chest fiercely, and there was a roar above the eardrums, The focus of sight was re-condensed, the blue gradually turned into gold, and the gorgeous and dazzling gold crashed into the depths of the pupils.

In front of him was a square baby face, with black hair and black eyes, and deep facial features with thick eyebrows and big eyes revealing a trace of handsomeness. There is a trace of joy, full of youthful flying.

This... is this MacDonald?

Gao Wen was a little confused.

Mackenzie-McDonald (Mackenzie-McDonald) was his college alumnus and tennis team teammate when he was studying at UCLA. He had spent countless sweaty training and competition days side by side, but after graduation, they Take a very different path—

He gave up tennis because of a knee injury, returned to China, and became an ordinary office worker; McDonald became a professional tennis player and performed well.

The last time I saw news about Macdonald was on TV.

At the Australian Open at the beginning of this year, MacDonald beat three players in a row to reach the round of 16, tying his best record in a personal Grand Slam, and performed very well.

Gao Wen was sincerely happy for his friends who had fought side by side, and stood far away to send his blessings. However, due to the difference in life trajectories, the two have not been in touch for a long, long time, let alone talked face to face.

So, what is going on at this time?

With question marks all over his head, Gao Wen finally noticed the environment they were in, not the company or the apartment, but... the tennis court.

The dark blue collides with the light blue hard tennis court, and the tennis blocks are piled up in a mess like fishing nets. The stepped seats extend all the way up along the four sides to form a deep well space. The tall trees planted neatly along the field are in the breeze. rustle.

So strange, yet so familiar.

The morning sun that had just risen penetrated the trees and sprinkled mottledly on the field. Gao Wen couldn't help stretching out his right hand, feeling the warmth of the golden sunlight on his palm, and then he could see the supermarket shopping trolley full of tennis **** in his hand—those tennis **** because Overuse and start to blow hair, just like angry birds, recording their youthful memories.

Hoo hoo.

A gust of wind blew, the treetops swayed, light and shadow flowed, and then Gawain noticed the familiar sign on the side of the court:

UCLA brown bears.

Wait, this is his college alma mater? But, how did he get from Shanghai to Los Angeles? Why did he appear on the school tennis court?

Could it be that all this is just a dream?

But if it is a dream, all this is too real, so real...perfect.

"...Gao Wen, what's the matter? Haven't woken up yet?"

MacDonald bumped Gawain's shoulder, winked and joked.

"Or, do you want to be lazy and leave the preparations to me?"

Looking at McDonald's wheat-colored skin, it seems as if he can feel the traces of the sun on it, and the collagen in his youth is still full of vitality.

Gawain's thoughts pulled back a little, he spread his hands and made a helpless gesture, and replied.

"Oops, the trick has been punctured."

Macdonald was just joking, seeing Gao Wen just "admitted" like this, he felt a little embarrassed, touched his nose, "Okay, okay, I was not feeling well the day before yesterday, and you are the only one who needs to clean up after training It was done by someone, and today’s preparations will be done by me.”

Sure enough, MacDonald was an honest man, just as he remembered, Gawain had already taken the initiative to think carefully before he said anything.

Gao Wen deliberately raised his eyebrows at his friend, and made a "V" gesture of victory to celebrate his success in escaping the "preparation work".

MacDonald looked depressed and protested with his eyes. He was about to catch Gawain with one step forward, but he didn't expect that Gawain's reaction speed would be one step faster, and he dodged by retreating one step earlier.

"You bastard!"

MacDonald gritted his teeth and shouted, and then he and Gawain chased each other on the tennis court to fight, chasing around the court in circles, like a child who hadn't grown up, pure and bright laughter filled his chest The sky is turbulent, and it seems that even the sun is dancing with their footsteps.

In the past, they were all so carefree, believing in the sun, the future, and hope. Just the simplest running and chasing can bring happiness; but gradually, as they grow up, the happiness disappears. , happiness becomes more and more difficult, and finally trapped in an endless gray chaos.

Like the walking dead.

Only when watching a tennis match can I re-feel a faint passion deep in my soul, but when I look down at the ugly surgical scar on my knee, I feel so sore every night when it rains that I can’t sleep all night , I can only turn off the TV in frustration.

knee?

It took many, many beats before Gao Wen realized that his knees were not swollen and painful as usual, not only were they not, but they were still moving freely and as light as a swallow, as if... had never been injured.

An emergency brake, from the toes to the calf, through the knee, and extending to the thigh, Gao Wen can clearly feel the tension and control of the muscles, the light and elastic tension perfectly controls the body, even the emergency brake at high speed , The knee can also perfectly withstand the impact.

The smile remained at the corner of his mouth, Gao Wen looked down at his knees in disbelief—

A smooth, flat, healthy knee.

The hideous scars left by the multiple operations in his memory all disappeared, and he could hardly remember what his knee without scars looked like before the operation.

but now? No scars, no pain, no swelling, nothing, just as good as ever.

"boom!"

Gawain's emergency brake was too sudden. MacDonald did not expect it at all. Like a high-speed train, a collision accident occurred when he was out of control. He was about to fall into a heap. Several footstep adjustments not only controlled his center of gravity balance, but also successfully prevented McDonald from falling.

"Sorry, sorry sorry sorry."

Macdonald's first reaction was to apologize, which he blurted out, even though he had no idea what was going on.

Gao Wen looked down at his knees, carefully feeling the flexibility of healthy knees, he could even clearly feel every detail of the movement of muscles and bones, like a brand-new machine with sufficient lubricating oil, everything is original configuration, and excellent performance.

Naturally, joy and happiness surged in my chest.

He raised his head and looked at MacDonald's tense appearance. Before he could even adjust his breathing, he apologized ignorantly, and a smile bloomed at the corner of Gawain's mouth, "Haha...haha...hahaha! " Chi Chi Leng Leng smiled, the more you laugh, the happier you are.

Like a fool.

MacDonald was slightly stunned, looked at the stupid Gawain inexplicably, and looked around to make sure that no outsiders saw them being stupid, between "keeping a distance to avoid being infected by stupidity" and "joining friends to be stupid together" , hesitated for a moment, and finally chose the latter.

Flutter.

After all, MacDonald couldn't hold it back. He watched Gao Wen shake his head again and again, and then laughed too. Laughing and laughing, the laughter burst into full bloom. The full-hearted laughter echoed on the tennis court, stirring up a piece of sunshine.

Gao Wen smiled brighter and brighter.

He is back.

second chance?

In the darkest, most exhausting and most helpless years of life, UU reading www. uukanshu.com He has thought more than once, if everything can be done all over again, that would be great.

Unexpectedly, things actually happened now, and he really won a second chance to restart after reloading the file. That kind of happiness is indescribable.

But what time is it now?

He will never forget that the first injury to his knee was on February 15, 2014; now that his knee is still intact, it should be before that time.

Looking at Macdonald, whose face is still green and immature, and looking at the tennis court waiting to be set up at dawn, the memories buried deep in the dust slowly came to life——

At this point, it should be December 2013.

The specific date needs to be further confirmed. If there is no accident, this should be the period when the tennis school team is training in winter, preparing for the spring season that will kick off in two months.

Gao Wen and MacDonald, both freshmen and rookies, have just joined the team for less than half a year, and they are the first to arrive at the stadium every day to make arrangements, and the last to leave the stadium to pack their equipment.

In November of this year, he had just turned 18 years old, and a world with a vast sea and sky spread out before his eyes, and even the sound of wheezing and wheezing was full of vitality.

hum...

There was a slight shock in my mind, and in the next second, a group of light blue fonts appeared on the retina.

"The system has been activated."

This... what?

Just when Gao Wen thought he was dazzled, another set of light blue fonts appeared.

"Growth potential +0.01%."

Um? What kind of rebirth benefit is this?