"Damn it!"

"Sheldon! We're going to be late!"

The screams filled the room with fear instantly, and Li Ke (kè) in his sleep was awakened.

He opened his eyes, sat up half-supported, and swept around the room he was in a daze, dim, narrow, messy...

Finally, his eyes were frozen on a face full of impatient and similar to a ninja turtle, and his mind was immediately swept away.

Li Ke had already remembered that about a week ago, he had experienced a time travel, from 2020 to 2006.

Now, he is no longer the former Li Ke, but has become another 17-year-old boy who studied in the United States as a basketball talent. Although he is still called Li Ke, he has an English name called Sheldon.

Because he was underage, he could only stay outside. The face that looked quite like a ninja turtle was the eldest son of Li Ke's host family.

"Harry Harry, Sheldon!"

Another series of urging broke the reverie.

Back to reality, Li Ke responded, turned over and got out of bed, took a white T-shirt from the edge of the bed, put it on his head, and glanced at the quick-moving Ninja Turtle with the light of his eyes.

Li Ke remembered the first day he traveled through time, and also woke up from his sleep. When he opened his eyes and turned his head to see the face of the ninja turtle, Li Ke was so surprised that he was extremely surprised.

And when he learned through his new body's memory that this guy was named Russell Westbrook, he was sure and sure that this guy was Westbrook, one of the three Thunderbolts who were famous in later generations.

The choice of boarding minors and host families in the U.S. is made by the school. Perhaps because of Li Ke’s identity as a basketball student, the host family arranged by the school was selected from the school basketball team. Russell Westbrook, who was a rookie in the school basketball team with Li Ke, was selected like this.

Therefore, although Li Ke was surprised and thought it was too coincidental, he had to admit that everything seemed so reasonable.

Put on a T-shirt and then put on a pair of Lakers' retro shorts, Li Ke was dressed neatly.

He opened the door and was about to set off, but turned his head and found that Westbrook, who was urging him just now, was bent over and rummaging on his messy bed.

"What are you looking for, Russell?"

"Kb3's bracelet, I took it off last night."

Li Ke was stunned for a moment, and a familiar and unfamiliar name flashed through his mind first, Kelsen Bals III, and then a string of memories passed by.

In the memories of previous lives, Barrs III was just an article that existed in various Russell Westbrook biography or Westbrook anecdotes.

In this memory of time and space, Balls III was the third friend Li Ke met when he studied in the United States and was Westbrook's childhood friend. Since he was a child, the two of them made an appointment to join UCL.

Li Ke clearly remembered that when he was in his first year of high school, he and Westbrook were just rookies in the school basketball team, and Bals III was already the star of the school basketball team.

When he was in his second year of high school, Balls III made a phenomenal personal performance and became a hot high school basketball star in the United States. Westbrook became the main rotation of the school team, and only Li Ke still sat on the bench.

Afterwards, bad luck came. A game that Westbrook did not participate for some reason. Li Ke on the sidelines witnessed the sudden death of Balls III, and the 15-year-old Westbrook lost his childhood friend.

In his senior year, Balls III's last wish turned into the kb3 bracelet. Westbrook, who wore it everywhere he went, exploded. He became the top player in the school team, gradually gaining fame in California, and Li Ke gradually grew up and got some playing time.

In his senior year, Westbrook led the team to perform amazingly enough in the graduation season, and Li Ke finally became the starter of the school team.

In the crack of the bed, Westbrook found the kb3's bracelet. He breathed a sigh of relief and put the bracelet on.

He turned around and greeted Li Ke: "go, Sheldon."

Westbrook's house is a two-story apartment. The interior decoration is a bit old. Li Ke, who is 2 meters tall, stepped onto the floor with heavy steps and moaned.

Time was tight, so he and Westbrook had no time to wash up and went downstairs.

In the restaurant downstairs, Westbrook's father, Old Westbrook, was wearing a pair of glasses and looking at the newspaper. A short and fat black boy sat opposite him, Westbrook's younger brother, Renard Westbrook, who was not sporty.

In the open kitchen next to the restaurant, Westbrook's mother, Mrs. Holden, had already prepared breakfast. When she saw Li Ke and Westbrook go downstairs, she briefly pushed two plates of sandwiches and two cups of hot milk to the bar next to the restaurant.

Li Ke, who has lived in this apartment for more than three years, knew that this was his breakfast with Westbrook.

Westbrook, who was leading the way, ignored all this, rushed to the door like a flash of lightning, and lowered his body and started wearing shoes.

Li Ke was calmly moved to the bar, picked up one of the sandwiches and bit them to his mouth.

Then grab another sandwich and speed up leaving.

"And milk, Sheldon!" Aunt Holden poked her head out of the restaurant and wanted to call Li Ke.

Li Ke couldn't speak because his mouth was filled with sandwiches and could only wave his hand.

Westbrook raised his head and explained with the fastest speed: "No, mom, it's too late, we're going to be late."

Then, he opened his mouth and bit the sandwich that Li Ke handed him, and lowered his head again.

He encountered a problem. He had just bought sneakers for less than two months and couldn't wear them. He pulled up the tongue with one hand and the heel with the other hand, but he couldn't pull them up no matter how hard it was.

"Damn it, my feet are growing again!"

Old Westbrook, who had been silent, took off his reading glasses: "Today is the weekend, isn't the state championship over?"

"Yes, dad, but NCAA's admissions season has just begun. Today is the first group trial in the Los Angeles area. It's just at the Pyramid Stadium. It starts at 8 o'clock, and we only have ten minutes left... Oh my God!"

Westbrook finally put on his shoes, and Old Westbrook's tone became serious: "You all overslept with such an important trial?"

"Last night they went to Lilith's house to celebrate the end of their high school career, and they didn't come back until 11 o'clock..."

Renard Westbrook, who was beside him, interjected, as if adding fuel to the fire.

Russell Westbrook immediately interrupted viciously: "Shut up, Renard!"

Old Westbrook did not mean to pursue the matter, but shook his head and stood up: "Forget it, I'll give it to you, it should be too late."

Hearing this, Li Ke and Westbrook both breathed a sigh of relief. Now they no longer had to squeeze the crowded buses, and counting the time, it was still time to drive by 3 miles.

Outside the door, Old Westbrook took out the keys and started the Chevrolet station wagon he had just bought last year. When Westbrook and Li Ke got on the bus, they set off rumbled.

Li Ke sat in the back seat, leaning against the car window, swallowing the hot milk in his hand in small mouthfuls.

Outside the window are American-style single-family apartments. Although the surface is old, it is not so dilapidated. The lawn is not very trimmed, at least it is covered with green grass. There are small cars parked by the roadside, with uneven quality. The walking crowds are white and black, and the distinction between races is not so clear.

Seeing all this, Li Ke felt more and more that it was reasonable for him to be arranged to stay at Westbrook's house for boarding.

Although he is a black man, Westbrook is much lucky compared to the single-parent family, James, Durant, and Wade, who are from slums. Old Westbrook works in a bakery, while Aunt Holden is a waiter in the school restaurant. She has both parents and a wealthy family. The place where they live is barely a middle-class community.

Li Ke studied in the United States as a basketball student. In order to allow him to integrate as soon as possible, the school's first choice is a member of the basketball team with Li Ke.

But after Donald Haskins, the basketball team of the United States, even the high school team, was dominated by black people and white people as the auxiliary, and there was no Asian person everywhere.

The black communities where black people live are usually xenophobic. After all, there is only one working class, and there is no Westbrook home in a closed black community.

Li Ke's physical memory has been very comfortable in Westbrook's house for more than three years. Old Westbrook would take him and Westbrook to the park to practice basketball. Although Aunt Holden's various American meals are not that delicious, they can at least make Li Ke have enough to eat.

Of course, Li Ke's annual boarding fee also provided a considerable income for the Westbrook family.

In Li Ke's memory, his parents with this body were the first to become rich in China. His father opened a hotel, his mother opened a supermarket, and sent Li Ke to study abroad, purely for Li Ke's dream of basketball, and his annual tuition, living expenses and boarding expenses are quite expensive.

But for some reason, Li Ke, who was in his thirties, inexplicably replaced Li Ke, whose basketball dream gradually became illusory.

"Apart from the name, the only thing in common is that we both have a basketball dream..."

Li Ke also loved basketball very much in his previous life, but from childhood to adulthood, his parents instilled in him the idea that learning is the first priority. The huge pressure generated by exam-oriented education oppressed Li Ke, and basketball is almost a luxury in life.

However, unexpectedly, in a time travel, Li Ke actually had an opportunity to realize his basketball dream...

Seven or eight minutes later, the galloping Chevrolet stopped and the Pyramid Stadium arrived.
Chapter completed!