The night is getting deeper.

There was no word all night, and it was even more deserted in the cold night.

The cigarette butt was still burning, and the bad mood above my head couldn't be calmed down for a long time.

Xu Hubing glanced at the smudged soccer ball in the corner, and the child's angry words echoed in his mind.

"So they're right, you're a wreck!"

He flicked his cigarette ash and listened to the sound of water dripping in the bathroom.

The tired and vicissitudes of his voice finally spoke: "Don't play football, there is no future in football, at least in this country, there is no hope!"

He mocked to himself: "This sentence was said to me by a retired senior of mine when I first joined the team. ”

"At that time, I didn't understand it yet. ”

He looked at his son, who was standing at the door of the bathroom, wiping his hair, and laughed self-deprecatingly: "My leg was not broken by kicking a ball, it was shoveled off during training." ”

"Later, I heard that the man had made a big bet. ”

When he said this, Xu Hubing said in a playful tone, "Later, the team was exposed to the scandal of the players betting on their own football!"

"At that time, I said goodbye to the field forever because of my feet. ”

Xu Hubing's eyes were slightly red, and he choked up with difficulty: "There are many times in this world when you can't help yourself, and the coach found me at that time, and he told me that I will definitely not be able to play football in the future." ”

"I can't make that money. ”

"Just let me take the blame, it's me who played match-fixing, and be a scapegoat. ”

"At that time, our family was short of money, your mother was sick, and I was about to lose my leg disease. ”

"The money they gave me was the so-called comfort money, and it was all used to treat your mother. ”

"But in the end, the man was not saved. ”

"So if you ask if I'm match-fixing, I can tell you in no uncertain terms no. ”

"But I did take the money. ”

The reason why he has been silent all the time is because he did collect the money, and he had no choice.

He has always hidden this matter in his heart, and he has never mentioned it to anyone, just because he actually has disgraceful things.

So he has been comforting himself, it doesn't matter, let others say it.

Just have a clear conscience, so there is no superfluous explanation.

However, he never expected that this incident would cause so much trouble to his child, that he didn't find out until today.

The child stood in the doorway, gritting his teeth and not speaking.

Long.

The teenage Xu Yanbin replied with difficulty: "I don't want to miss it." ”

"I couldn't understand what the teacher was saying, and I couldn't keep up with the progress at all. ”

"And now many people can't find a job when they come out of school, so I think it's better to come out of society as soon as possible to do other things. ”

Xu Hubing couldn't help frowning and criticized: "Nonsense, nonsense!"

"I'm not even eighteen years old, what are you doing here?"

"Who dares to recruit you. ”

"If you don't have a diploma, what kind of work can you do? ”

"If you can't read it, you have to read it, and put more thought into it. ”

The father and son had a dispute again, and this time, although it was not as fierce as the conflict just now, no one could convince anyone.

Xu Hubing was silent for a long time, and slowly spoke: "Transfer schools, change schools, change places." ”

"Go to a place where no one knows us. ”

He was tired in his heart, and sighed and said, "I have also saved some money in the past two years, and I originally wanted to pay your college tuition." ”

"Change schools, repeat the first year of high school, and start all over again. ”

"My life is bad enough, and Dad doesn't want you to be like me and end up not understanding anything. ”

……

A few days later.

The train sped along the tracks.

No one expected that for the father and son, there would be no souvenirs of leaving the place where they had lived for more than ten years.

It's just that what makes Xu Hubing feel complicated in his heart is that this child has been nurtured by himself since he was a child.

He has an inexplicable vision and love for football.

Even though he was abused and misunderstood, he still stayed with football.

Including leaving my hometown this time, wanting to go to a place that no one knows, but still going out with a football.

He tilted his head slightly, watched the mountains and forests on both sides of the road fall back, and asked in a soft voice, "Do you like to play football?"

Not sure why.

When he asked this sentence, Xu Hubing's heart trembled a little.

Xu Yanbin nodded very seriously: "They are all too vegetable, so I play by myself." ”

That's it.

The child hesitated a little and said with difficulty: "And they always say bad things about you!"

Xu Hubing suddenly laughed, shook his head and said, "If it's a hobby, it's still good." ”

He felt like a thorn in his heart, and he no longer wanted to look back on those unbearable past.

Xu Yanbin gritted his teeth, looked at his father slowly, and then said: "Dad, I checked it yesterday, it seems that there is a place to recruit football coaches, do you want to try." ”

"It is said that there is no threshold. ”

Xu Hubing shook his head without thinking about it, and said very resolutely: "No, it's not suitable." ”

"Besides, I don't have that qualification!"

Xu Yanbin didn't speak, he just lowered his head quietly, and then took out his mobile phone and was bored to watch short videos.

He didn't have many friends, and most of his classmates didn't have a good relationship with him.

So there was no reluctance to leave this place, but there was an indescribable ease, as if getting rid of something.

Probably the fourteen-hour train journey is too long.

Before I knew it, I was a little tired, and it was the irritability that came from that boredom.

He opened his phone again and searched Baidu for an answer that many people were trying to find as teenagers.

"Sixteen or seventeen-year-olds, what can they do if they don't study?"

There were all kinds of answers at the bottom, and more than 80% of them were all about persuading him to continue studying.

"Hello child, remember to continue studying, otherwise you will definitely regret it in the future, because if you don't study, all you can find are the worst jobs, this is the truth, there will be no regrets in the future......"

Of course, there are also a very small number of people who say that they can learn a craft.

In this society, sometimes a craft is more popular than having a degree.

"Hello, this can learn a craft, start a small business, of course, you can also see what you are interested in, and it is also a good way to develop your expertise. ”

However, he pulled down one by one, and suddenly he saw a familiar word.

"I heard that there was a boy who dropped out of school in his teens, who just started playing wild ball and later became a professional player, is that fortune teller on Changling West Street really so effective?"

Xu Yanbin paused for a moment, he always felt that this "Changling West Street" seemed to be a little familiar.

I didn't know I had seen it there.

Immediately, he directly searched for this place, [Changling West Street], and a lot of content that interested him popped up at once.

It's like a story with all kinds of mysteries......

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