Chapter 418: Thanks for Everything.*
Side Story 7
All-Star Weekend 2019
Chicago was loud.
Not just from the wind, or the fans crowding the United Center—but from the endless hum of cameras, interviews, and the nonstop buzz of All-Star Weekend.
Everywhere Han Sen went, people wanted a piece of him. Photographers calling his name, sponsors lining up, young players orbiting like satellites.
He smiled, posed, even cracked jokes with the media.
But inside?
He couldn’t stop hearing his mother’s voice.
"You don’t have to tell me everything. I don’t need answers."
That dinner back home during Lunar New Year had stirred something he hadn’t been ready to face. She said it so gently. No confrontation, no anger—just a quiet, undeniable truth.
And since then, Han had moved through his days like a man underwater. Functioning. Focused. But distant.