December 19th was an unusual day for Girls' Generation, as they held their first solo concert at the Olympic Park Fencing Arena in Seoul.

On December 20, the final match of the Club World Cup came to an end, and Seoul FC led by Lee Wook Yan won the third place, tying the best result of an Asian team in the Club World Cup, and Lee Wook Yan also broke the record of an Asian player who has never won the top scorer in the Club World Cup.

On December 21, since the success of the concert, the members of Girls' Generation have been surging with various variety show invitations, advertising appointments, and interview notices, plus they have to prepare a new album, so it can be said that everyone is busy day and night. And Li Xuyan received a call from Che Zhenman on this day and learned that Atletico Madrid wanted to invite him to join.

On December 22, Li Xuyan returned to South Korea and reached a consensus with the general manager of Seoul FC Club, which eliminated the transfer obstacles and basically determined the initial intention of transfer.

The busyness lasted until the night of Christmas Eve on the 24th, which was extremely hard for Girls' Generation because of the many Christmas announcements, and everyone finally ended the last announcement and returned to the dormitory apartment in the early hours of the morning.

As soon as Lin Yun'er entered the door, she threw off her shoes like a lady, and then lay down on the sofa upside down, and Li Shungui also sat down directly, as if her whole body was paralyzed, and the others either went to the bathroom to wash and prepare to rest, or simply went back to their rooms and fell asleep.

Lin Yun'er reclined on the sofa in a very indecent posture, glanced at the door out of the corner of her eyes, and then looked at Li Shungui next to her and said, "Why can't Sister Taeyeon come up after a long time?" Isn't she tired? I feel like I'm going to fall apart. ”

Lee Soon-gyu seems to be only now realizing that Kim Taeyeon is not there: "Hasn't Taeyeon come back yet?" Speaking of which, she always seems to like to disappear suddenly, and the last time we played the song and rehearsal, she also suddenly ran away by herself, and she disappeared for a long time before there was an announcement on the day after the concert, and she was late......"

"That's it, weird ......" Lin Yun'er's eyes flashed with inspiration, "Wait a minute, speaking of which...... It just happened to be ...... for the past two days."

"What is it exactly?" Lee Soon-gyu was puzzled.

"It was the day of the Seoul FC game."

"Huh? I see! Lee Soon-gyu rubbed up suddenly, and stopped talking, "It seems that Taeyeon ...... her"

"Hey......" Lin Yun'er shook her head and said, "Eighty percent is ......"

……

In the large garden downstairs of the apartment, the sky has begun to drift with sporadic snow, and Kim Tae-yeon, whose face is a little too fair, sits on the bench in a thick down jacket, looking at the crystal clear snowflakes falling from the sky, and fighting like heaven and man are fighting.

Today she saw the news that Li Xuyan has confirmed his transfer to Atletico Madrid, Spain, and the official announcement on Atletico Madrid's official website was reprinted on the Internet, saying that Li Xuyan's transfer is a Christmas gift brought to fans by Atletico Madrid, and he is leaving.

He succeeded, he achieved his goal and was about to leave. What should I do?

Kim Tae-yeon's frozen red fingers twisted the corners of her clothes, watching the white mist breathed from her mouth melt into the deep winter night like a painting.

……

It's Christmas just after 0:00. A whole year has passed, Li Xuyan is lying on the sofa looking at the snowflakes falling outside the window, and he can't help but recall the bits and pieces that have happened to him for more than a year, and he can't sleep for a long time.

Last year, when he first joined the Seoul team, he didn't even know his teammates at that time, he never imagined that he would grow into the core of the whole team, and he was just a newcomer who was training hard alone and waiting for the unknown fate of the new season.

But on that day, he saw the contempt of Quan Zhiyuan and Miss Quan for the first time, met his lost sister An Zhaoxi for the first time in the wilderness, met Li Qinglong and Ji Chengyong for the first time, and was later called the "Four Youths of Beijing" for the first time, was followed by Xu Zhuxian for the first time, ate with Lin Yuna and Li Shungui for the first time, and met the old Chinese medicine doctor who later brought him great help in the restaurant...... Speaking of which, there were a lot of interesting things about Christmas last year. And now?

It seems that everything is different, An Zhaoxi went to the United States first, Li Qinglong also left for the Premier League, and he and Ji Chengyong are about to go to different places to find their dreams......

Time flies so fast, when he received a call from Che Zhenman today to confirm that the transfer has been finalized, he is easy to fall into memories from time to time, there are friendship, love, tears, sweat, joy, sadness, these things pull him, let his chest accumulate different emotions, insomnia until now.

"Ding-dong...... Dingdong ......"

Suddenly, the doorbell rang.

In the dead of night, someone suddenly pulled Li Xuyan back to reality from his long memories.

Who would come to him so late?

Li Xuyan stood up with doubts and dragged his slippers towards the door.

One step, two steps, three steps...... As he got closer and closer to the gate, he seemed to feel something aura, and his steps slowed down......

Just as he walked to the door and put his hand on the doorknob to open it, he stopped. Because he had vaguely seen through the door who the person outside the door was, his suppressed heart instantly seemed to be filled with churning steam, and he froze in place for a while.

……

Kim Taeyeon, who was wrapped in a down jacket like a cotton ball, finally came to the door of Li Xuyan's room after a violent mental struggle, and rang the doorbell, I don't know if it was because the wind had just blown outside in the snow, or because of the panic in her heart, her little face was red, curled up in a coat, and her eyes flashed.

The waiting time is long, one second, two seconds...... It seemed like a day or two had passed.

Finally, it seemed that the door lock had a slight sound, and in an instant Kim Taeyeon felt that her heart had reached her throat, but only moved slightly, and everything seemed to be still.

The door didn't open, as if the sound was her delusion.

Kim Tae-yeon's heart sank suddenly, and she seemed to feel that someone had stopped behind a door, and two people who were so close seemed to be far away.

……

After countless struggles in Li Xuyan's heart, he finally figured it out, he couldn't let go of her in his heart, he wanted to be with her, so he pushed his wrist down, and a bright light changed from weak to strong from the crack in the door, and the door opened, but there was no shadow of anyone in front of the door......

……

Just two days after Christmas, it was time for Li Xuyan to leave. Atletico gave him a deadline to arrive before the New Year, and on the last day before leaving South Korea, Li Xuyan sent invitations to his friends in South Korea one by one, inviting everyone to have a meal together.

Most of his teammates such as Ji Chengyong and Lee Seungyeol came.

Acquaintances from the club such as Quan Zhiyuan, Günesh, and reserve coach Kim Sung-nam also came.

and his classmates Sun Wei, Yao Yue, and even Yan Mengqi also came.

But Kim Taeyeon didn't come, Jung so-yeon didn't come, Girls' Generation didn't come alone, and even Jung so-jung didn't reply to Lee Wook-yan's message......

Only Lin Yun'er finally sent a text message and replied: "Busy, no time!" ”

Maybe they're busy......

Li Xuyan didn't regret it too much, he believed that he would come back, and when he gained a firm foothold in Europe, and when everything stabilized, he was determined to come back and regain everything he cherished here.

That night, Li Xuyan was drunk, and he had always been very self-disciplined in drinking, and he finally let go of himself and all his friends for a whole night, playing games, karaoke, blowing bottles, and dancing...... It was as if all the troubles, all the pain, all the entanglements, had disappeared in that glass of wine, in the noise, in the hysteria.

The next day, Li Xuyan stepped on a flight to Spain, he waited at the airport for a long time before leaving, except for Uncle Che, the agent who planned to go to Madrid with him to deal with the work, and the reporters who came to catch the news, he could not wait for the person he was waiting for, until the last time the broadcast urged passengers to board, he finally turned around and left.

……

Winters in Spain are not as harsh as in South Korea, while Madrid is still sunny, has a pleasant climate, and in many places is a lush countryside.

The old year is behind and the new is coming, and for most people, it's time to enjoy the New Year's holiday, but for football clubs, there is no such thing as a New Year's holiday.

On the first day of the new year, a new face appeared on the home ground of Atletico Madrid. Atletico Madrid's home stadium is old and old, the sky is blue and clear, and here, Li Xuyan met the new team coach Flores for the first time, as well as new teammates Uruguay international Forlan, Argentine rookie Aguero, Portugal international Simao, Spain international Reyes and other European stars of Atletico Madrid.

Maybe Li Xuyan didn't expect that he would stay here for a long time at that time, until the coach was replaced by Simeone, who became famous later, and his forward teammates were replaced by Tiger striker Falcao, Shengshi Meiyan Costa, and T9 golden boy Torres, and he has always stayed here and grown into the team's new leader and new banner......

He may not have thought that he would step on the heads of top European giants such as Barcelona and Real Madrid with a group of great players and outstanding coaches, win all the honors in Europe, and create a European myth of non-top giants counterattacking and a legendary story about the "Lightning Lightning King".

Of course, he would not have thought about what would happen and who he would meet when he returned to the place where his dream had been, after he had achieved fame......

(End of book)