Dominate the Super Bowl-Chapter 777 - : 776 stopped abruptly

Chapter 777: 776 stopped abruptly

“…It’s just the New England Patriots, so what?”

Casually, leisurely walking.

As expected, Li Wei is truly one-of-a-kind, a different kind of firework.

With just one sentence, suddenly everyone let out strange shouts, the atmosphere buzzingly lively, followed by one after another joining the ruckus.

“It’s just Brady, so what?”

“It’s just Belichick, so what?”

“It’s just the New England Patriots who won three championships in four years, so what?”

“Haha, that’s the courage and boldness we need, look at Li Wei, vision, that’s what vision is!”

“Ignorance is fearless, and that’s the spirit we need from a rookie.”

“Exactly, history has already become history, we need to focus on the present, the next game is a brand new start.”

A burst of giggles and laughter, the players bid each other farewell amidst light-hearted laughter, each preparing to head home.

Knock knock.

Someone knocked on the passenger-side window, Li Wei looked over from the driver’s seat and saw Kelsey there waving his hand; he pressed a button and rolled down the window.

Kelsey glanced at Li Wei, “Not looking for you.” His gaze immediately turned to Mahomes, who was fastening his seatbelt in the passenger seat, and leaned in to say, “Tomorrow night, we’re discussing the receiving plays handbook at your place, Brittany won’t mind, right? If she does, we can just go to the rookie’s place; after all, he’s a bachelor.”

Li Wei immediately protested, “Hey, did you guys ask how I feel about it?”

Kelsey completely ignored him.

Mahomes, however, reacted, “Wait, was it you who told them Brittany was coming over?”

Kelsey put on an innocently hurt expression, exaggeratedly displaying a wounded look, “Patrick, I can hardly believe it, you suspect me like this? Brittany isn’t some Rapunzel, locked in an ivory tower who never appears; she’s hardly a secret in Kansas City, okay?”

Buzz buzz buzz.

Li Wei’s phone vibrated, and he glanced at Kelsey with a smile full of deeper meaning; Kelsey immediately showed a naive smile.

In the end, Li Wei didn’t expose Kelsey and answered the call.

“Hello, this is Li Wei.”

Meanwhile, Mahomes noticed the exchange of glances between Li Wei and Kelsey, and suspiciously looked at Kelsey, “I think you’re talking nonsense.”

Kelsey was just about to argue.

But Mahomes stopped him, “Travis, you’d better think carefully before you talk nonsense, I’m watching you.” While saying this, he gestured with his index and middle fingers to his eyes.

Kelsey couldn’t believe his eyes and showed a sad expression, “Patrick, you’ve gone bad.”

Mahomes: ???

Chatter, giggles, and laughter.

The two were frolicking about when Mahomes was the first to notice Li Wei’s quietness.

It was more than just quiet; an aura slowly settled around him, the noise and the brightness quietly faded, as if the sun was slowly setting, disappearing, the world plunging into darkness.

The atmosphere, subtly cooled down.

Mahomes paused, stopped joking, and called out worriedly, “Rookie?”

Li Wei hung up the phone, calmly placed it down, turned to look at Kelsey, took a deep breath, and smiled slightly.

“Tomorrow night, let’s still have it at my place. All the equipment for the strategy meeting is there, I can set up the projector in advance.”

“Sherlock, Brittany is at home waiting for you, sorry, how about you let Travis give you a ride tonight, I need to make a trip to the hospital now.”

The air, froze solid.

Because it was so unexpected and sudden, the brain couldn’t even begin to ponder in detail.

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Mahomes, “Rookie, what happened?”

Li Wei was about to speak, but he paused and then found his voice, “Annie Galas has passed away.”

The world fell silent, utterly still, as if one could clearly hear the chaos and clamor continuously surging—

The roaring engines on the highway, the clanking of equipment being moved at the training base behind, the noise and laughter lingering in the air of the parking lot, birds chirping forlornly atop the trees, the whisper of the breeze caressing the arm with the afterglow of the setting sun…

Everything was so noisy, yet so quiet.

Mahomes was completely stunned, his mouth agape, “But… ”

He tried to say something but found his brain had stopped working, rigid like a puppet, the chaos in his mind continually resounding.

But why?

Wasn’t it said that Annie had been getting better? Wasn’t it said that the chemotherapy had been effective? The last time he saw Annie, wasn’t she all right?

This… How could it be? So sudden? With no mental preparation at all, no sense of reality, as if it were all a dream.

Who am I, where am I, what am I doing?

Kelsey stood rigid, suddenly straightening up and taking a deep breath, attempting to shout, but realizing there were more important things at hand, forced himself to calm down, bent back down, and looked at Li Wei through the passenger side.

“Rookie, this isn’t funny.”

A plea showed in Kelsey’s eyes:

This is a joke, right? This is just a poor prank, right?

Kelsey struggled to force a smile, but his slightly trembling voice betrayed him.

Li Wei tried to find more appropriate words, but unfortunately, he still failed. At this moment, there were no suitable words, nor a way to lessen the hurt.

Perhaps, being blunt is the only correct approach.

“Just now. Thirty minutes ago.”

“…Ms. Galas thought she still needed to let me know, and I think I might need to go to the hospital to see Annie for the last time.”

“So… ”

Kelsey didn’t speak again, he just opened the car door, sat in the back, “Li Wei, drive, I’m coming too.”

Mahomes nodded blankly, his nose tingling, he fumbled to rub his face, took a deep breath, “We’re going together.”

Li Wei didn’t respond, simply looking at Mahomes and Kelsey through the rearview mirror.

Kelsey, “Annie was a Chieftain, wasn’t she? We need to be there.”

Ultimately, Li Wei didn’t say anything more, he started the engine and pressed the gas pedal.

The vehicle, like a submarine, moved forward in the shadows blending sunset and nightfall, silent and quiet, the noise and clamor of the world gradually receding.

Kelsey couldn’t hold back—

Bang.

Kelsey fiercely punched the back of the front seat, “Damn!”

“It’s not fair.”

Kelsey muttered under his breath, only to realize how powerless he was, unable to do anything or change anything but seethe with impotent rage.

He couldn’t help muttering again, his body weakly leaning back into the seat, allowing himself to slowly sink into the embrace of the sponge, silently turning his head to look out the car window, slowly being pulled into the shadows.

Time seemed to lose its meaning as they moved directionlessly through the chaos, eventually completely lost.

The hospital, brightly lit, stood quietly in the night, like a silent monster, devouring all vitality and hope completely, towering over these tiny lives—

Their struggles, their anger, their sorrow and pain, all seemed so foolish, merely futile. Standing before birth, aging, sickness, and death, they were like ants, ultimately powerless.

No matter how many times he came to the hospital, Li Wei still couldn’t like this place.

And today, he disliked it particularly.