Chapter 1103: Manchester City in the Rainstorm
United Kingdom.
Manchester.
A rainstorm that began in the afternoon enveloped the city, with water levels on the roads gradually rising due to poor underground drains, frequent red lights at intersections on staggered streets, and numerous traffic jams causing traffic jams in Manchester City to be severely blocked.
Similarly, the travel time from Manchester train station to St Edinlon's Hospital, which was just over 10 minutes, has been more than doubled.
The yellow-skinned dilapidated taxi drove on the road and splashed a splash, which also startled the pedestrians on the street next to them to panic and retreat, but they were still splashed to the bone, so naturally there were angry complaints and even "Shit" scolding, followed by the exhaust of the car.
In the driver's seat of the taxi, a middle-aged Mexican-American driver with curly flaxen hair and a floral shirt pouted, not taking such a trivial matter to heart, but expressing his disdain in English with a strong Spanish accent - it's like this on a rainy day, no one should complain about anyone, who is easy to drive a cab or who walks?
The Chinese man sitting in the passenger seat held a briefcase and smiled politely, but he looked down at the time on his watch from time to time absentmindedly.
The driver's gaze glanced over, noticed the passenger's thoughts, and grinned:
"Sorry-sorry, we can't help the damn weather, it's like this hellish place in Manchester City, it's okay if it doesn't rain, it's sunny and you can find a small bar on the edge of the River Iver to sit down and have a drink or two drinks, enjoy the scenery and see the beautiful women passing by the roadside, but it ...... rain"
Saying that, the driver paused and sighed:
"It's raining, and the whole city is damn blocked."
"Hey, I said Amigo (friend), don't complain, you're in luck, no one wants to walk to St. Edinlen in this weather, it's on the Mersey River, and the whole street is muddy on a rainy day, and if it weren't for my aunt being sick and hospitalized there, I'm going to visit, I wouldn't be too lazy to pull your list."
It is full of the unique and bold style of Mexican drivers, and even seems to be boasting to the passengers in turn.
The man, who knew that the driver had no malicious intent, laughed and nodded:
"I understand, I understand, thank you for your generosity, Mr. Driver-"
"As long as I can get where I'm going, it's just ...... If you could, I hope you could press the throttle a little harder, you know, I've been delayed a lot. ”
While expressing his gratitude, the man did not forget to make his request tactfully and politely.
As he finished speaking, he couldn't help but glance at the time on his watch.
Truly.
According to the task entrusted to him by Vice President Chu, he has been delayed for a while, although it is only a personal matter, but it is rare to let the young and promising but calm and orderly Vice President Chu personally ask him for help, which is not light at all.
The driver, who was made to smile by the little praise and praise of this oriental passenger, nodded again and again:
"No problem, no problem, my friend!"
"We're lucky, there aren't many cars on the road at the end, believe me, in five minutes at most, we'll be there in no time!"
The man was a little relieved and expressed his sincere thanks again:
"Then please."
The bold Mexican driver grinned, "You're really the most polite Oriental I've ever met...... It's much more flattering than those British guys who look like people in suits and leather shoes, are you from Japan? ”
The man smiled and shook his head, and replied correctly: "No, I'm from China." ”
"Oh China!"
The driver's eyes lit up when he heard this, if it wasn't for the slippery road in the rain, he still needed to control the steering wheel, and at this moment he couldn't help but dance excitedly in the driver's seat:
"Chinese Kung Fu! Bruce lee! Oh, my friend, you come from a rather mysterious and wonderful country – and I've had quite a few guests from China, but they don't speak as good English as you. ”
These words actually came out of the mouth of a Mexican driver with a strong Spanish accent, and the man couldn't help but smile knowingly:
"Hmm."
"I've been in the UK for three years."
"Oh~" The driver suddenly realized when he heard this, and then he was curious: "What is the job you are doing here?" ”
The man did not hide it and replied with a smile:
“E-Sports。”
"The full name should be electronic-sports."
"Esports."
……
Yes.
The man's name is Zhou Wei, a resident employee of the China E-sports Association in the London office of the United Kingdom, and his main work on weekdays is to represent the information exchange and transmission between the Chinese E-sports Association and the World Electronics Association in Europe, and is also responsible for the reception of domestic professional teams in the UK on behalf of the domestic Electronics Association.
The S6 World Finals is just around the corner, especially since the first round of the group stage will be held in the UK, so his work has been extremely busy recently, running back and forth between London and Manchester City, and he has to finish all the preparations before the arrival of the three LPL teams in China.
So in such a hectic situation, nothing else should be an obstacle to his work.
Even his own beautiful girlfriend in London dated him several times, but he was helplessly apologetic, but resolutely postponed.
Compared to their own feelings and private affairs......
There is no doubt that in his mind, this S6 World Finals is more important.
And it is precisely because there are such examples -
This makes his deliberate trip out of his busy schedule to go to a hospital in Manchester City today seem a little special and unusual.
But it's also like the one mentioned earlier.
There are only a few people who can make him willing to take the initiative to come forward and worry about it at such a time.
Chu Fangnan, who is the vice president of the Shanghai E-sports Association, is one of them.
Window.
It's still pouring rain.
Zhou Wei in the passenger seat looked at the transparent water marks pulled out by the huge raindrops hitting the window with the speed of the car speeding forward, his brows furrowed slightly, and there was still a little puzzlement and confusion in his heart.
He still remembered the original words of asking him for help in the private phone call that Chu Fangnan had made a special trip to him a few hours ago:
"The address is St Edinlon's Hospital in Manchester City."
"Hope...... You can go for it. ”
"There's a girl in the inpatient unit there, I'll text you later...... Yes, for some reasons that are not easy to explain for the time being, someone needs to be there to help confirm the situation. ”
"Very important."
"Yes, the time is very urgent, hard work for you as soon as possible, as long as you confirm the news, give me a reply."
"Please!"
I got acquainted with Chu Fangnan as early as four years ago, and I know very well what kind of personality and temper this vice president of Chu, who is now the new rise of the Chinese E-sports Association and has more than enough future prospects, so the last three words "please" in that phone call are ...... will make Zhou Wei feel the heavy weight even more.
One...... A girl living at St. Edinlon's Hospital.
Thinking back to the basic information introduction in the text message sent by Chu Fangnan to him at that time, Zhou Wei subconsciously muttered a name, and the Mexican driver next to him with a sensitive ear suddenly looked at him curiously:
“AnXin?”
"What were you talking about just now, my friend, is it Chinese?"
However, without waiting for Zhou Wei to answer, as soon as the driver looked up at the window in front of him, the windshield wipers cleared the rain that obstructed his vision, and he immediately stepped on the brakes and braked to stop, and then announced with a smile on his face:
“OKOK!”
"My friend, lo and behold, St. Edinlun has arrived!"
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