"Ah? Really... I forgot."
"The birthday gift you gave me! It's pretty nice! Take my punch!"
Gan Wenshan punches Gan Guoyang's leg, but Gan Guoyang doesn't react at all.
He asks, "Don't you care about your sister and mom? Aren't you going to ask if they've come?"
"Mom's coming too?" A trace of fear flashes in Gan Wenshan's eyes.
"She's coming tomorrow to watch Dad's game in the evening."
"Oh~ Tomorrow, then it's fine... Stop the growth ray! Haha, the little crab in your belly can't grow anymore!"
Gan Guoyang squats down and gently pats Gan Wenshan's head, speaking in Chinese, "Don't make me lift you up in front of all these people, it's embarrassing. Be a good boy and stay quiet, OK?"
Gan Wenshan recognizes the situation and sensibly makes an OK gesture, obediently stepping aside.
The theme of Parent's Day activities is sports-related, allowing children and parents to experience rugby clashes, basketball 3vs5, and three-legged races.
Gan Guoyang seizes the opportunity in the rugby project, instantly knocking his son into the air onto the cushion.
In the 3vs5 basketball game, he continuously dunks, blocks Little Thompson, Curry, and his son.
But in the final three-legged race, Gan Guoyang feels Gan Wenshan's resilience, intelligence, and strong competitive spirit.
The father and son duo take first place, and Gan Guoyang lifts Gan Wenshan high up, while Gan Wenshan yells "Swallow Kick!"
The next day, on the stands of the Rose Garden Arena, Gan Wenshan is much more obedient in front of his mom and sister, looking quiet and composed, sitting by the court waiting for the game to start.
Before the game, Wang Fuxi warns him that tonight will be Dad's most important game. If he dares to mess around, after the game, he'll have to follow and go back to Las Vegas, find some school, transfer, and then come home every day to do homework.
Gan Wenshan knows his mom always means what she says, and whenever she says something, she's ready to execute.
After more than a year, Gan Guoyang returns to the Rose Garden Arena, but no longer wearing the Trail Blazers' red, white, and black jersey.
With the backdrop set from early morning, Gan Guoyang's emotions are much calmer, but when he appeared for warm-up, a massive commotion erupted in the arena.
Gan Guoyang smiles and waves to the fans, and soon, chants of "Sunny Gan" start reverberating throughout the venue.
Many things in the arena have changed, but many remain the same.
After Nike took over the team, the Rose Garden was modernized and renovated, making it more digital.
At the same time, the Trail Blazers' logo finally changed, from the vertical stripes used for 30 years since the team was founded, to a typhoon-eye style slanted stripes.
From a design perspective, it's indeed more dynamic and modern, but it also disrupts old traditions.
Those past traditions carried 11 championships, making Portland fans very dissatisfied, protesting.
However, Nike Group is determined to make the change and hopes to make a break from the past, and from Gan Guoyang.
Phil Knight obviously underestimated Gan Guoyang's influence in Portland.
As the game is about to start and players are being introduced, the first four from the Glory Team pass without much reaction.
When it was Gan Guoyang's turn to come out, the arena lights went out, music began playing, with the introduction of "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" and the sunrise, flaring up like a red sun, Gan Guoyang appears in the spotlight at the music's peak, just like when playing at home in the past.
As the lights come back on, uninterrupted applause and cheers roar through the stadium, lasting for five minutes.
After five minutes, Gan Guoyang realizes if he doesn't say a few words, the applause won't end, and the game won't start.
He has no choice but to go to the tech table, pick up a microphone, and say "Thank you." The applause becomes even more enthusiastic.
After more than a minute, following Gan Guoyang's reassurances, fans finally quiet down, allowing the home team to make their entrance.
This little incident delays the game's start by several minutes. Gan Guoyang spots Bird sitting in the stands, Bill Schonely in the commentary box, waves to Porter on the bench, and plans to shake hands and hug Kobe.
Unexpectedly, Kobe dodges, glances at Gan Guoyang, and says, "Win the game before shaking hands; I don't like shaking hands with Luther."
Gan Guoyang never expected this guy Kobe to have quite a temper, no wonder after returning to Portland, he hasn't sent a text, made a call, clearly holding onto some grudge.
Alright then, tonight I'll clear the air for you, let's see who's really Portland's sun.