The Path of Evolution

Xiangcheng is the capital city of neighboring Funan Province.

Funan and Zhonghai are both located in the central part of the motherland and are relatively close to each other. It only takes about 90 minutes to get there by high-speed rail from Zhonghai.

That afternoon, a young man wearing a sun hat and a mask appeared at Zhonghai South Station.

In this country that claims to be harmonious and equal, even high-speed rail tickets are divided into three, six or nine levels.

For example, a high-speed rail ticket from China Overseas to Xiangcheng costs 198 for a second-class seat, 376 for a first-class seat, and 625 for a business class seat.

The promising young man wearing a hat and a mask has faced a problem for many years: too much money and no place to spend it.

The commission from building the No. 6 base, plus the annual dividend from the No. 6 base, is an astronomical figure. Before Zhao Hao ascended to the throne, he asked his father to do more charity and donated two billion to children in impoverished mountainous areas. But this time when he went home and checked his small treasury, he found that he still had tens of billions in his bank account.

This made Xiao Zhao very confused and had no idea how to spend more than 10 billion, so he did something big and booked a high-speed rail business seat...

After sitting down, Xiao Zhao had a lot of idol baggage and was afraid of being recognized.

Soon he secretly cursed himself for being unprofessional. Generally, business seats have one seat on the left side of the aisle and two seats on the right side of the aisle. Zhao Hao's vote was unprofessional. He didn't choose the window seat on the left side of the aisle, or even the window seat on the right side. He chose a seat close to the aisle.

In this way, passengers traveling in the same carriage would subconsciously glance at his head.

So Zhao Hao refused to take off his mask, lowered his head and played with his mobile phone, showing warm nostalgia. He has added the other party's WeChat account and even written down his mobile phone number. The two of them are chatting enthusiastically. When they talk about the past, they can generate endless topics and emotions.

Zhao Hao looked down at his phone when a familiar voice came to his ears: "Please give way."

Zhao Hao looked up and saw that she was a woman wearing a business suit. She had a dignified short-sleeved white shirt on her upper body, a delicate and gorgeous white belt in the middle, and a black skirt underneath. The Omega watch she wears on her left hand has a black strap and a white surface, just like her person.

This woman's facial features are very delicate, and her dress is also very exquisite, but her temperament is a little cold, giving people a sense of rigor and dignity. She is the kind of meticulous ice beauty.

There is no doubt that her seat is on the right side of Zhao Hao, by the window.

Sitting with a beautiful woman on the train was supposed to be an affair, but Zhao Hao had no time for it, so he pretended not to recognize the girl and moved his legs to let her sit down.

After the delicate ice beauty sat down, she turned around and said hello: "Mr. Zhao, what a coincidence."

No one knew Mr. Zhao's expression under the mask. His eyes almost bulged out: "How did you recognize me?"

The ice beauty actually showed a smile for the first time. It was the kind of smile depicted in the book. It was very touching: "You haven't changed your clothes. Is it difficult to recognize you?"

The woman sitting next to him is Shen Jia, his attending physician at Nanshan Sanatorium.

Zhao Hao was defeated on the spot and said with a dark face: "Why are you here and sitting with me? Could it be that your nursing home has accompanying services?"

"No, I'm going to Xiangcheng to attend a seminar. I was originally scheduled to go there in the afternoon, but I have to rush back early tomorrow morning. Thanks to you, you were discharged from the hospital today, and I am also liberated. I can stay a few more days." Compared with the calm and serious female doctor in the room, Shen Jia in real life seems more approachable, as if she is a different person. The most obvious thing is that the faint smile on her face has never disappeared, exuding a quiet and elegant charm, like an orchid in an empty valley.

"It's such a coincidence that you are also going to Xiangcheng?" Zhao Hao put his mobile phone in his pocket. It was a long journey, and it would be nice to have a girl to chat with him on the high-speed train.

"Are you too?" Shen Jia was slightly surprised. She took a closer look at Zhao Hao and seemed to have discovered some hidden attribute. She took the initiative to suggest: "Are you feeling a little uncomfortable sitting in that position? How about we change positions."

Zhao Hao burst into tears of gratitude. No matter what kind of car he made, he always liked to sit by the window.

This guy is sometimes a bit erotic and artistic, and he likes the feeling of leaning in front of the bed and watching everything speed by.

The two stood up and changed seats. Passengers passing by in the aisle began to pay attention to Shen Jia's appearance. No one paid attention to Zhao Hao anymore. This made Zhao Hao feel like he was amnesty. After sitting down, he smiled and said: "Thank you, I will still sit on the seat." The window position is more comfortable.”

Shen Jia smiled slightly: "You're welcome. Speaking of which, I'm still your fan. It's an honor for me to do something for my idol."

Zhao Hao was stunned, and it was difficult to distinguish the specific meaning of the word "fans" for a while.

Some people on the Internet like to say to their idols, "Dad, I'm your fan." Such fans generally refer to fans. When Zhao Ritian became famous, there were many such fans. Some of them were die-hard fans and even held an online funeral for him, which made people laugh and cry.

The other kind of fans are real fans, such as football fans and basketball fans.

Shen Jia's clear black and white eyes seemed to be able to see through Zhao Hao's thoughts. Not only did she see that he was uncomfortable sitting next to the aisle, but she also saw through his doubts at the moment. She explained softly: "Don't get me wrong, I am not your defeater." I only admired your little fan girl after Xue Gucheng. I watched you play when you were in college. I was a graduate student in medical school at that time, and I even joined your online fan club when I had nothing to do."

Zhao Hao looked a little dazed, and his thoughts could not help but return to the past.

He won the MVP in the college league back then, but the campus basketball game didn't get much attention. Even the TV stations refused to broadcast it, and he didn't gain many fans. Zhao Hao still remembers that someone picked up a group of 500 people to form his fan club. The group owner's ID is called [Thunder Heart], and he is quite optimistic about Zhao Ritian and thinks he has the potential to participate in the NBA draft.

In any case, Zhao Hao was very inspired during that period and was deeply impressed by that buddy named Thunder Heart. He once put aside his grand words, and if he really succeeded in the draft, he would ask Thunder Heart to go to Las Vegas to make a big sword. Unfortunately, the plan could not keep up with the changes. Not long after, Zhao Hao entered the evolutionary world, and the grand words of the year became A bad check and lost contact with Thunder Heart.

After calming down, Zhao Hao smiled and said, "I really can't tell. Dr. Shen, you actually watch football. It's quite surprising."

"It's quite surprising to me. When I was in middle school, I liked a little boy who played basketball, and I became obsessed with this sport without knowing it." Shen Jia smiled, with shallow dimples on her face, which was very charming. She seemed to be reminiscing with an old friend, and her tone was calm and elegant: "It's a pity that I don't have athletic talent, so I can only watch other people's games. Since Dayao retired, I have been looking forward to a new compatriot from my motherland who can make a name for himself in the NBA. , I originally thought you would go and make a name for yourself in the world, but I didn’t expect you to take another path.”

"Yeah, I didn't expect it myself." Zhao Hao said with emotion. He wanted to be a professional basketball player back then, but later he was killing everyone in the evolutionary world. The gap between reality and dreams is so big that it often makes people’s minds unable to turn around.

"Maybe your choice is the right one." Shen Jia also felt this: "Today's NBA is already a world of evolvers. In the past two years, jumping and dunking from the three-point line was popular. This year, many players are jumping and dunking in the middle circle. , and the new routine of throwing three-pointers from 20 meters away in the backcourt. National evolution has changed the nature of sports competition. Today's basketball games are sometimes like fighting games, which makes my brain hurt when I watch them."

Zhao Hao smiled: "Ha, that's true. But you are too pessimistic. Any new thing that appears will always bring about huge changes. There are still many old faces active on the court, such as King James. Hasn't he evolved to Is he at the mutant level? He claims to fight until he is sixty years old before retiring. He is even more ruthless than Alphabet Luo."

Shen Jia also smiled: "If you participate in the competition, you will definitely beat him to retire early."

"What am I good at? At my level, I can only dominate in school. If I really want to go to the NBA, being a blue-collar worker on a big team will be a problem." Zhao Hao was rarely humble for a moment. To be honest, when he was in college, he was not sure whether he had the ability to gain a foothold in the NBA.

"To be too modest is to be proud. I have watched many NCAA player games. Those who are the favorites in the draft are not necessarily better than you. Back then, I firmly believed that you had the ability, and maybe you could be a first-round pick." Shen Jia's smile , a little playful at this moment, it is really hard to imagine that she, who is indifferent at work, is so approachable in life.

"You even watch the NCAA?" Zhao Hao was shocked and suddenly felt that chatting with this female doctor was very enjoyable. Usually, girls who love watching football and basketball are very popular with boys. They think they are special and can easily have a common language.

"Yes, you can see. But I am a data person and can only talk on paper. I have obsessive-compulsive disorder and always like to collect the data of all players and analyze whether they have potential." Shen Jia said a little embarrassedly, Inadvertently revealing a shy temptation.

"666, it turns out you are a data emperor." Zhao Hao looked at Dr. Shen in astonishment, feeling like a master among the people. Then he took the initiative to find a topic: "Which team do you like best?"

"I like the Thunder. I used to naively think that this talented team would definitely win the championship. Little did I know that Harden is gone, Ibaka is gone, and Durant is gone. Now even making the playoffs is a problem. , only Mr. Wei is left struggling to support him." Shen Jia's voice became softer and softer, and there was a heart-wrenching loneliness in her beautiful eyes.

Zhao Hao re-examined this female doctor who loved to watch football. From the fact that she could casually name the Thunder's core lineup, it showed that this girl was not a fake fan who deliberately wanted to be friends with him.

Before he could speak, Shen Jia forced a smile and turned into a vigorous girl: "Let's not talk about those sad topics, Mr. Zhao. In fact, I wanted to ask you many years ago, who is your favorite player?"

Zhao Hao thought for a moment and replied: "I like a lot of stars. The ones who have retired are Allen Iverson and Pence. I also like Kobe Bryant. Among the current players, I only like two. One is Wei Shao. One is CP3.”

Doctor Shen suddenly became like an innocent girl: "What a coincidence, my favorite is also Mr. Wei."

Zhao Hao was stunned: "It's unscientific. Don't you girls all like Curry?"

Shen Jia expressed dissatisfaction: "Who stipulates that girls must like Curry?"

Zhao Hao began to present the facts and reason: "When I was playing the game, it seemed that the whole world had become Warriors fans, and they were all Splash Brothers. The girls around me were basically obsessed with the cute god like crazy dogs. I don’t know what they are obsessed with.”

"Well, the Warriors' business operations have been very successful in recent years, and they have captured many pseudo-fans around the world." Shen Jia agreed very much with Zhao Hao's statement, and then expressed her position: "I used to appreciate the Warriors' style of play. , since they poached Durant and signed Cousins ​​at a bargain price, I started to hate this team."

"You're right, come on, shake hands." Zhao Hao felt that he had found a basketball soulmate and couldn't help but extend a hand of friendship.

Shen Jia was very cooperative and stretched out her catkins to shake hands with him.

Zhao Hao clicked to stop, and after retracting his hand, he asked the question in his heart: "Let me gossip, for a rational person like you, you should like Paul, the calm and cool guy, why do you like the simple and rough guy? Mr. Wei?"

Shen Jiayan smiled: "It has something to do with my personality, and it also has something to do with my work. In my profession, I am destined to face various problems rationally and objectively. In fact, sometimes, I don't want to be rational or objective in my heart. I would rather Pursue a kind of emotional and subjective stimulation. People are like this, longing for things they don’t have, so I like Wei Shao’s unreasonable style of play. No matter what opponent I encounter, he is just unreasonable. Sometimes I am good I envy the way he exists."

Zhao Hao's heart twitched inexplicably. This feeling was indescribable. It was like meeting a close friend in the mountains and flowing water, or something else.

He used to like Westbrook for the same reason as Shen Jia. Wei Shao's playing style perfectly explained three words: just do it!

Zhao Hao could not help but be addicted to that way of playing. In the campus league, he also used this method to take over the game several times.

A pleasant chat always makes time fly by.

Before I knew it, the high-speed train arrived at the station.

Zhao Hao calmed down, he had more important things to do.

After getting out of the car, he walked side by side with Shen Jia. When leaving, he said in a tone he would treat a golfer: "Dr. Shen, I'm leaving first. Let's watch the game together when we have time."

"Okay." Shen Jia took out a small card from her handbag and handed it over: "This is my business card. If you feel uncomfortable, please call me at any time."

"Thanks."

"Please wait a moment." Shen Jia stopped Zhao Hao who was about to turn around and leave. He hesitated for a moment and said with embarrassment: "Mr. Zhao, please forgive me for giving you a suggestion. Your hair is a bit messy. If you are going on a date, , you might as well find a barber shop to get your hair styled first.”

"Ah?" Zhao Hao suddenly realized that when he took a selfie at noon, he found that his hair was messy and he had not taken care of it since he returned home. After receiving Dr. Shen's thoughtful suggestion, he was a little touched: "Thank you, I will pay attention to it."

The two people who met in a hurry separated in a hurry.

Zhao Hao looked back at the stalled train, feeling anxious.

Pu Shu has a song called "The Train Leaves for Winter".

Zhao Hao was thinking in his heart, will the high-speed train he is taking travel towards spring?