Ada heard that Lu Yuan's English was not very standard, and after comparing the photos for a while, she was sure that this boy was the one she was waiting for.
"Hello, my name is Ada Andolini. Welcome to the United States. From today on, I will be responsible for your schedule and life. If you have any questions, you can come to me. Can you understand me?"
Ada spoke to Lu Yuan in as slow a tone as possible. Unexpectedly, Lu Yuan scratched his head and just smiled silly at her.
It’s over. It seems like the little guy doesn’t speak English very well.
At this time, Lu Yuan took out a card from his pocket, which said in English: "My English is not very good, please take care of me."
Then he took out another card and said: "I'm a little hungry now. I want to eat."
Ada chuckled, thinking that this boy was quite interesting. He didn’t speak English well and knew how to use these little cards to express his meaning. There were Chinese characters underneath the English words on these little cards, for fear that he wouldn’t recognize them.
"Who wrote you these, little cards? Who is it?"
Ada spoke to Lu Yuan in as simple English as possible.
Lu Yuan could still understand "Who" and knew who he was asking about writing these cards, so he replied: "Jia Yumeng, my... my friend!"
"Oh, friend? I thought it was your mother, or a teacher. Friend, is it your girlfriend?"
Ada asked with a smile, thinking that it is normal for such a handsome and sunny boy to have a girlfriend.
Lu Yuan waved his hands when he heard "girlfriend" and said: "No, no, no, not girlfriend, not girlfriend. She is... a friend, a friend."
Seeing Lu Yuan's eager denial, Ada thought that he was still an innocent little boy. This made Ada, who was also innocent, feel good about him and felt that this boy was quite good, completely different from the boys playing ball in the United States.
In American campuses, the athletes and basketball team members are definitely the dominant players on campus. They walk sideways in the school, and their girlfriends change one after another. Innocence has nothing to do with them.
At this time, Lu Yuan took out the card that said "I'm a little hungry now" and waved it in front of Ada.
It looked like he was really hungry and wanted to eat something.
So, Ada led him through the customs clearance procedures and drove him to downtown Los Angeles.
Lu Yuan was sitting in the passenger seat, lying next to the window, looking at the unfamiliar city outside the window, thinking that he had just arrived in the United States.
"By the way, I want to tell my mother that she is safe..."
So, he took out another card and poked Ada.
The card read: "I want to tell my family that I have arrived in the United States."
Lu Yuan brought many cards with him in his schoolbag, which were made for him by his childhood sweetheart Jia Yumeng before going abroad.
She knew that Lu Yuan was not good at English and lacked communication skills, so she thought of various situations and wrote them on cards in English to express herself more easily.
Ada said: "Don't worry, I have already sent a message to Fan Chen. Fan Chen? Do you know? He will notify your mother that you have arrived in the United States."
Although Lu Yuan didn't understand much, when he heard the name "Fan Chen", he knew that he must have been notified, and his mother had received the news about him, and he felt relieved.
As soon as my mind was relieved, my stomach became even hungrier.
Ada took Lu Yuan to Chinatown and entered a breakfast restaurant in Chinatown. She pointed at the menu and said to Lu Yuan, "Just order whatever you want."
Lu Yuan understood Ada's gesture and ordered what he wanted to eat.
After finishing the meal in a hurry, Lu Yuan pointed to the unfinished items and said, "Pack it up and take it away."
Ada understood what Lu Yuan meant and said to the boss: "Boss, pack the rest. Thank you."
He seemed to be a very frugal boy, and Ada's impression of Lu Yuan became even better.
At this time, it was just dawn, and Ada drove Lu Yuan back to her home.
Because Lu Yuan was still young, it was not safe for him to live alone, so he arranged for Lu Yuan to stay at Ada's home.
Ada parked the car in the garage, and Marcella Andolini was surprised to see her daughter's car back.
She obviously went out early in the morning, why did she come back in the morning? Have you encountered any trouble?
He looked out the window and saw his daughter getting out of the car with a yellow-skinned boy.
What's happening here?
Marcella came out of the house in her pajamas and said to Ada: "Ada! Why are you back?"
He pointed at Lu Yuan again and asked, "Who is this friend?"
Ada said: "This is a friend from China. He is a young player selected by the Clippers training camp. He comes to Los Angeles for a trial training. He will stay at our house for a while."
Marcella was furious when he heard this, "Why haven't I heard about this?" My daughter brought a boy to live with me and she didn't even tell me?
"Hey Ada, why didn't I know about this?"
"Dad, you haven't been home for three days. You didn't answer the call I called you yesterday. Also, I sent you a text message. Didn't you read it? I've already told my mother, and she agreed. He also said he would notify you."
Marcella has been hanging out with her lover in Santa Barbara some time ago, and even took her to Miami to watch the Heat game, and won a fortune betting on the Heat to win.
He didn't go home until yesterday, and he didn't care about the affairs at home or the sports equipment store.
He never expected that his status as the head of the family would be challenged, and his daughter and wife would bypass him and let a boy come to stay.
In fact, Marcela felt that it was okay if someone came to stay. The problem was that his authority had been trampled on, which was not allowed.
"No! Without my permission, I will never let a stranger come to live in my house!" Marcela stopped her daughter roughly. He didn't want Lu Yuan to live here.
"Dad, if you don't agree with him staying at home, then I will rent him a house outside."
"What? You rent him a house outside? This is your team's business, what does it have to do with you? Let your general manager Smart handle this problem! This is my home, not his Clippers team's back yard!"
At the mention of Smart, Marcella felt angry again, and she didn't want Lu Yuan to live in his house.
Ada was even more angry. When she grew up, she actually knew a lot about her father and became estranged from him.
Marcella was not at home recently, and Ada vaguely knew from her mother that her father had gone to stay with his lover.
Marcella thought that all her arrangements were perfect and the children were kept in the dark. In fact, the children knew it in their hearts, but they just didn't expose it.
Parents always think that they can hide everything from their children, but as their children grow up, they actually know everything in their hearts.
Just when the two were in a stalemate, there was a sudden scream.
"Kobe! Someone come and save Kobe! Kobe! Come down, Kobe!"
(End of chapter)
