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Chapter 56 First Meeting
A 10-minute drive from the Sofitel Beverly Hills hotel, a small basketball arena sits next to a famous burger joint.

Because there was no game today, after Yang Ke and the others paid a certain amount of dollars, the middle-aged gatekeeper opened the door for them, not only letting them in, but also providing them with a good-quality basketball.

Yang Ke was sitting on the second-floor seat by the court, watching Alice happily eating potato chips beside him. They had been out playing for less than an hour, and they just bought a big bag of things at West West.

Then Alice took the initiative to ask them to find a place where they could play, saying that they wanted to watch Yang Ke and Leonard play.

Looking at Alice's happy face, Yang Ke opened his mouth and said with a smile: "Alice, I thought you would play for a long time."

"There's nothing interesting here, it's the same as ours. It's better to stop and sit and eat snacks, and watch my brother and uncle play comfortably."

Alice shook her little head, the gloom in her eyes disappeared for a moment, then she raised her head to look at Yang Ke, squinted her eyes, and said sweetly, at the same time, she put the potato chips in her hand into her little mouth without stopping .

He didn't see the gloom in Alice's eyes. Yang Ke simply thought that as a child, Alice's enthusiasm for new things had passed. He smiled and reached out to touch her little bald head.

"Eat slowly, no one will grab your snacks, drink some water first."

Yang Ke said with a smile, and at the same time bent down, picked up the orange juice at his feet, and handed it to Alice.

Seeing Alice obediently drinking the orange juice, Yang Ke turned his head slightly and looked at the basketball court, only to see that Leonard was meticulously practicing shooting.The two of them had already agreed that they would take turns to practice, and no matter what, they would stay alone to chat with Alice, and even play small games together.

"Sorry, I have an important call."

A strange female voice sounded, and Yang Ke turned his head quickly, only to see that it was the middle-aged female doctor.She held the mobile phone in her hand, said apologetically, returned to the empty seat on Alice's left, picked up the snacks on it, held it in her hand, and sat down.

Alice turned her head, looked at the middle-aged female doctor and said with a smile, "Aunt Jenny, I'm fine, brother Yang Ke is with me."

"Alice is right, Dr. Jenny, a short phone call is nothing."

It turned out that her name was Jenny. Yang Ke smiled at the female doctor. She had never spoken a word all the way, but just followed them silently, so she didn't know her voice and name, but it seemed that Alice was very familiar with her.

"Ah."

Jenny smiled friendly and nodded.

"By the way, brother Yang Ke, can you help me buy a hamburger? I heard that the hamburger at the nearby burger shop is very delicious."

Seeing Aunt Jenny came back, Alice turned her head and said to Yang Ke as if she had thought of something.

"So many snacks are not enough?"

Yang Ke said with a smile, but his body stood up honestly, patted the dust on his buttocks with his hands, then looked at Jenny with a smile, and said, "Doctor Jenny, do you need a hamburger? Before I go During the time of purchase, Alice will entrust it to you."

"Thank you, no need. As for taking care of Alice, that's my job."

After getting Jenny's answer, Yang Ke nodded, turned around and walked slowly outside the basketball hall. He was going to buy a few for himself and Yang Ke. Unlike fast food restaurants, in real traditional shops, the way of burgers is Very particular, not junk food.

Therefore, athletes often choose to go to traditional stores and eat a few burgers, which not only supplements protein, but also restores the energy consumed by the body.

Just when Yang Ke walked out of the arena and entered the hamburger restaurant next door, a very handsome and domineering Land Rover drove from afar and stopped at the parking lot on the side of the street outside the arena.

"It's here."

The car door opened, and a bald black man wearing sunglasses came down. His tall and strong figure was obviously not easy to mess with. He looked up at the basketball court and said.

After confirming the destination, the black man strode toward the basketball arena. When passing by the guard, he just moved his sunglasses down, and then walked in without hindrance under the surprised and excited eyes of the guard.

When the black man stepped into the stadium, he saw Leonard who was doing shooting training at first glance. He didn't know Leonard, but he just paid attention to it. His shooting posture was very stiff, and his aim was not high. At the same time, I made an evaluation in my heart.

Immediately, he turned his attention to the stands beside him, and the black man easily saw the figures of Alice and Jenny, and walked over with a few steps.

The black man approached the two of them. Jenny saw him first, but her expression didn't change. Instead, she nodded at the black man, which showed that she not only knew the black man, but also knew that he would come here.

"Alice, hello!"

The black man also nodded at Jenny, and then looked at Alice beside her. Although Alice was eating potato chips with her head down, her little bald head was really special, and said with a smile.

Hearing someone calling herself, Alice raised her little head in doubt, she was still chewing potato chips in her little mouth, her little hands were still in the potato chip bag, and she looked at the little black eyes blinking and blinking.

After staring for a long time, Alice finally recognized who the black man was, and exclaimed in surprise: "Ah, you are Kobe Bryant!"

Kobe smiled and took off his sunglasses. He was very happy to be recognized by Alice, and then sat beside Alice. When he was about to say something, he heard Alice's immature and soft voice again.

"you're a bad guy!"

The corner of his mouth twitched, and Kobe looked at Alice with a black line, and saw that she took her little hand out of the potato chip bag, holding a piece of potato chips between her fingers, facing him directly, her little face was full of positive expression.

"Haha."

Jenny on the side couldn't help laughing when she heard Alice calling Kobe, and she was no longer as meticulous as before.

Ignoring Jenny's laughter, Alice stared closely at Kobe with small eyes, as if she was afraid that he would run away, and then continued: "Brother Yang Ke and Uncle Leonard will definitely defeat you!"

"Ha ha."

Kobe smiled and lowered his head, looking sideways at Leonard who was still focusing on shooting training on the basketball court, because of the troubles between Yang Ke and Emma.

So he can still recognize the Yang Ke in Alice's mouth, and the one training on the field should be the Leonard in her mouth.

Kobe didn't pay any attention to the title of Uncle Leonard. He looked at Alice, tilted his head, and said with a smile, "Do you really think that?"

"Of course!"

Alice nodded heavily, very sure.

"OK, then I'll show you if they are my opponents."

Kobe nodded with a smile, reached out and took the potato chips out of Alice's little hand, quickly put them in his mouth, blinked at the bewildered Alice, then stood up instantly, turned around and looked at the The basketball court yelled, "Hey, that rookie!"

The sudden loud sound made Leonard, who was about to prepare, tremble, and almost threw it directly like that, and it took a lot of effort to regain his stability.

It feels uncomfortable to be disturbed, and the voice is still a stranger, speaking so arrogantly, Leonard frowned and turned around, looking towards the stands.But when he saw Kobe's figure, his frowning brows loosened inadvertently, and a surprised expression appeared on his face that had been paralyzed for a long time.

Seeing the astonishment on Leonard's face, Kobe expressed his composure, slowly raised five fingers, and said indifferently and calmly: "How about we have a bullfight, just five balls."

"..."

Leonard was stunned for a moment, completely unaware that Kobe would make such a request. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Alice, who was eager and excited beside Kobe, and Leonard reacted.

Looking at Kobe, Leonard's ordinary eyes showed a strong fighting spirit for the first time, and an unknown flame of war was slowly rising in his chest, and then he smiled and cracked open. mouth, revealing a row of white teeth.

"Okay!"

(End of this chapter)