Xu Jingyu shoved the purple clay teapot right in front of himself. The Coke inside bubbled over and spilled all across his table, but Xu Jingyu acted as if he hadn't noticed.
He shook his head and said:
"What do you call that? That's called presence! When it comes to presence, Brother Yi has never lost! For Westerners, you've got to have a commanding presence. If you don't, they'll look down on you. But if your presence is strong enough, they'll have to get down on their knees and lick your boots!"
At Arena in Los Angeles, United States.
Nicole was amused by those words too. Wang Yi's remark had certainly been arrogant.
It reminded her of what Wang Yi had said back when he played for the Lakers: "I'm here to conquer the NBA."
The two statements had something in common.
The difference was that back then, he had been a Lakers player, and he'd said it after beating other teams;
now he was a Raptors player, and he'd said it after beating the Lakers.
In other words, Wang Yi was the constant, while the teams came and went.
It was that very statement that had first made Nicole pay real attention to Wang Yi.
After a few interviews and encounters, she had fallen completely in love with him.
Now, a full thirteen years had passed. She and Wang Yi had built a family and had two children.
Wang Yi was no longer in the prime of his youth, no longer as full of fiery energy as he had been back then.
But he was still just as arrogant.
That damn irresistible presence really was so appealing.
Nicole gazed at him with admiration, her face full of infatuation.
Smiling, she asked Wang Yi the third question.
She had spent