"Gao Wen...Gao Wen?"

A warm chaos surrounded Gao Wen. The floating and heavy wandering gradually blurred the consciousness, and the focus of the sight disappeared into a halo. The outline lines were not clearly visible, but a vague capture of a touch of blue, clear blue, and involuntarily I wanted to reach out and touch it.

Get closer, get closer.

"Gao Wen!"

A call came from his ear, exploded like thunder, and the rolling air wave burst out with fierce force, breaking the balance of the body. The pull of gravity in an instant made the sense of weightlessness firmly clamp down the heart, swinging the limbs in a conditioned reflex, trying to regain balance and grab the life-saving straw.

He fell head-on into the blue, and then... his feet stood firmly on the ground, and a sense of solidity came from the soles of his feet, which contrasted with the panic of the beating heart hitting his chest hard. There was a roar on his eardrums, and the focus of his vision regained, and the blue gradually evolved into gold, and the gorgeous and dazzling gold hit the depths of his pupils.

In front of me was a square baby face, dark hair, dark eyes, and deep facial features with thick eyebrows and big eyes revealed a hint of handsomeness. Although the corners of my mouth were slightly pursed, I could still feel the faint smile between my eyebrows, revealing a hint of joy, and the flying of youth.

This...is this McDonald?

Gao Wen was a little confused.

McKenzie McDonald was a college alumnus and tennis teammate when he was studying at UCLA. He spent countless days of sweat training and competition, but after graduating from college, they embarked on a completely different path.

He gave up tennis due to a knee injury and returned to China to become an ordinary office worker; McDonald became a professional tennis player and had good performances.

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

At the Australian Open early this year, McDonald defeated three good players in a row to enter the quarterfinals, tying the best record of his personal Grand Slam and performed very well.

Gao Wen sincerely was happy for his friends who had fought side by side and stood in the distance to send blessings, but the two of them had not been in contact for a long time due to the differences in their life trajectories, let alone face to face.

So, what's going on at this moment?

With a question mark on his head, Gao Wen noticed that the environment they were in was not the company or the apartment, but... a tennis court.

The deep blue collided with light blue hard-ground tennis court was piled up in a mess like a fishing net. The stepped seat extended upward along all the way to form a deep well space. The tall trees planted neatly along the site rustled in the breeze.

So strange and so familiar.

The sunlight that had just risen in the morning penetrated the trees and sprinkled on the field. Gao Wen couldn't help but stretched out his right hand and felt the warmth of the golden sunlight falling on his palm. Then he could see the supermarket shopping carts filled with tennis balls at his hand - those tennis balls began to explode because of excessive use, just like angry birds, recording their youthful memories.

Huhu.

A strong wind blew, the treetops were ringing, and the light and shadow flowed. Then Gao Wen noticed the familiar sign on the side of the court:

UCLA Brown Bear.

Wait, this is his alma mater for college? But how did he go from Demon City to Los Angeles? Why did he appear on the school’s 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 wrong? Haven't you woke up yet?"

McDonald hit Gao Wen's shoulder and quipped with a chorus.

"Or, do you want to be lazy and push me the preparation?"

Looking at McDonald's wheat-colored skin, it seems that you can feel the traces of the sunshine left on it, and the collagen of youth is still full of vitality.

Gao Wen's thoughts were slightly pulled back, and he spread his hands and made a helpless move, and replied.

"Oh, the trick was exposed."

McDonald was just joking, watching Gao Wen "accept it" like this, but instead felt a little embarrassed and touched his nose, "Okay, OK, I felt uncomfortable the day before yesterday. You completed the cleaning work after the training alone. I will do the preparation work today."

Sure enough, McDonald is an honest man. As in memory, Gao Wen had already taken the initiative to think carefully before he could say anything.

Gao Wen deliberately raised his eyebrows at his friend and made a victorious "V" gesture to celebrate his success in escaping "preparation".

MacDonald looked depressed and protested with his eyes. He was about to catch Gao Wen after taking the step forward, but he did not expect that Gao Wen's reaction speed would be faster, so he retreated one step ahead and dodged.

"You guy!"

McDonald shouted gritted his teeth, and then he started fighting with Gao Wen on the tennis court, chasing around the field, just like a child who had not grown up, with pure and bright laughter surging in his chest, as if even the sunshine was dancing in their footsteps.

Once upon a time, they were all so carefree, believing in the sunshine, believing in the future, believing in hope, but the simplest running and pursuit can also bring happiness; but gradually, as they all grew up, happiness disappeared, and happiness became more and more difficult, and in the end they were trapped in an endless gray chaos.

Like a walking zombie.

Only when watching tennis games can you feel a faint feeling of enthusiasm in your soul again. However, when you look down at the ugly surgical scar on your knees, you will feel sore and unable to sleep all night long when it rains, and you can only turn off the TV in dishearteningly.

knee?

After a lot of slower shooting, Gao Wen realized that his knees were not as swollen and painful as usual. Not only did they not, but they were also free to move, as if they were as light as a swallow, as if... they had never been injured.

An emergency brake, from the toes to the calf, through the knees and extends to the thighs, can clearly feel the tightness and control of the muscles, and the light and elastic tension perfectly controls the body. Even if it is an emergency brake at a high-speed running state, the knee can perfectly withstand the impact.

A smile stayed at the corner of his mouth, Gao Wen looked down at his knee in disbelief—

A smooth, flat, healthy knee.

All the hideous scars left by the multiple surgeries in his memory disappeared. He could hardly remember what the knee without scars looked like before the operation.

But now? No scars, no pain, no swelling, nothing, as intact as before.

"Bang!"

Gao Wen's emergency brake was too sudden. McDonald did not expect it at all. Like a high-speed train, a collision accident occurred if he couldn't control it. He was about to fall and make a ball, but he did not expect that Gao Wen had withstood the momentum and adjusted his steps several times in a row, not only controlling his center of gravity balance, but also successfully prevented McDonald from falling.

"Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry."

MacDonald's first reaction was to apologize. Although he didn't understand what was going on, he blurted out his apology.

Gao Wen looked down at his knees, feeling the flexibility of a healthy knees in detail, and could even clearly feel every detail of the movement of muscles and bones, just like a brand new machine with sufficient lubricating oil. Everything is native to the configuration and excellent performance.

Naturally, joy and happiness stirred in the chest.

He raised his head, looked at McDonald's nervous look, and before he even adjusted his breathing, he expressed his apology in a daze, and his smile bloomed at the corner of Gao Wen's mouth, "Haha...haha...haha!" He laughed blankly, and the happier he became.

Like a fool.

McDonald was slightly stunned and looked at the silly Gao Wen for no reason. He looked around and made sure that no outsiders saw them being stupid. He hesitated for a moment between "keeping a distance to avoid being contagious by stupidity" and "joining friends to be stupid", and finally chose the latter.

Puchi.

McDonald couldn't hold it back after all. He looked at Gao Wen shook his head repeatedly, and then laughed. As he smiled, the laughter was completely blooming. The full laughter echoed in the tennis court, stirring up a ray of sunshine.

Gao Wen smiled brighter and brighter.

He is back.

Second chance?

In the darkest, most exhausted and most helpless years of life, he had thought more than once how great it would be if everything could be done again.

Unexpectedly, things really happened now, and he really won the second chance to start the reading file again. That kind of happiness is indescribable.

But, when is it now?

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

Looking at MacDonald, whose face is still young and tender, and then looking at the rising morning light, waiting for the tennis court to be arranged, the memories buried deep in the dust slowly woke up-

At this time, 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 McDonald, both freshman rookies, have just joined the team for less than half a year. Every day, they are the first to arrive at the stadium to make arrangements, and the last to leave the stadium to pack up their equipment.

In November of this year, he had just turned 18 years old. A world with vast seas and sky spread out before his eyes, and even the panting sounds were full of vitality.

Buzz...

A slight shock came from my mind, and the next second, a group of light blue fonts appeared on the retina.

"The system is activated."

What...this thing?

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

“Growth potential is 0.01%.”
Chapter completed!