Chapter 159: Love is Selfishness
readx;
After the contract was signed, Mathilde flew back to France, this time to pack her things, and for the next two years, Germany was where she lived for a long time, and France only went back occasionally. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
She originally wanted to take over her family, but now she has the ability to easily support a family of four, after signing the contract, Chu Zhongtian gave Mathilde a salary of 50,000 euros in advance in order to solve the difficulties of Mathilde's family.
After having a personal assistant, Merry also left Germany, and he still had a lot of things to do, including spending time with his wife and children, and his wife's birthday was approaching, and he had to prepare a birthday present.
And Chu Zhongtian also turned around and threw himself into the game.
The next day, on February 6, Hoffenheim defeated Hannover 96 3-1 at home, finally ending an embarrassing record of nine consecutive games without a win. In this game, Ruud van Nistelrooy scored twice, Eduardo, who returned from injury, added the icing on the cake, and Chu Zhongtian contributed an assist.
Not only did they win, but they also looked good on the field. Hoffenheim's mental outlook was very different than before, and that was the main reason for the win.
Although the decline was stopped, Hoffenheim also paid a huge price. The main defender Baker and striker Obasi were both injured in the game. On the second day of the game, the two went for an MRI, and Baker was diagnosed with a torn medial ligament in his right knee and was out for four to five weeks. Obasi suffered a ligamentous and joint capsule injury to his right ankle and had to rest for two to three weeks.
Won a game, but injured two generals, this gain and loss is really difficult to calculate.
The league was followed by the German Cup.
Considering that Hoffenheim was about to enter a two-front battle, Rangnick decided not to waste energy in a game like the German Cup, so in the quarter-final of the German Cup with Bremen, Rangnick sent most of the substitutes, and even Chu Zhongtian did not start this game, but was given time to rest. Bremen will have to use the same starting XI from the previous league game. Use substitutes to beat the main force of others, and the result can be imagined.
In the end, Hoffenheim, who were almost second-tier teams, lost 1-2 away to Werder Bremen.
Although Hoffenheim's substitutes worked just as hard, the huge gap in quality made them have to accept the fate of being eliminated.
After the match against Bremen, Mathilde has also returned from France, and she will officially start taking over from Merry's previous work. Many media reporters who often interview Chu Zhongtian received text messages from her, explaining her identity, and at the same time telling them that if there is anything, please contact her first, and then she will tell Chu Zhongtian.
She rented an apartment in downtown Sinsheim, not far from Chu Zhongtian's home, and there was something she could easily rush over.
Mathilde is now working hard and putting her feelings for Chu Zhongtian deep in her heart, and she is not like some celebrity assistants who like to go to celebrities for a spin or something when they have nothing to do, except for work contacts, she basically does not bother Chu Zhongtian. So much so that sometimes Chu Zhongtian took the initiative to call her and ask her if she had anything to help with in her life, or if she wanted to have a meal together, and that kind of thing.
Mathilde is actually in hiding, and she still needs time to think about how to deal with her relationship with him. In fact, if you only be Chu Zhongtian's personal assistant, the work is not too busy, after all, Chu Zhongtian is not Beckham. So a lot of the time she spends a lot of time thinking quietly alone in her apartment.
I have to stay with Chu Zhongtian for at least two years, how to get along during this time. Chu Zhongtian often called her to eat together, and it was not good not to accept it, and it didn't seem good to accept it all the time. She didn't want to get too close to Chu Zhongtian, mainly because she didn't want to be impulsive again, and then come back after deliberately estrangement, she really didn't know if she could control herself.
Chu Zhongtian and Emily are very affectionate now, and some media even commented that Chu and his Hollywood star girlfriend are already in love, which makes people feel tired of being in love - they are both public figures, but no one has ever had a scandal, and there is only each other in their eyes and hearts. Such a situation is too rare for their age. So much so that everyone thinks that it is an illusion, and who knows what disputes and contradictions they have in private?
Mathilde didn't want to be the culprit who broke this affection. Of course, this is the hope of the intellect, but man is an impulsive animal, and who knows that at a certain point in time, he will not be able to control his impulse?
In order to reduce such a meeting, Mathilde simply reduced her contact with Chu Zhongtian. Except for the necessary work contact, I try to hide from her at other times, and make excuses when I ask her out.
It's just that this is not a long-term solution, she can't ask her a hundred times in Chu Zhongtian, she will find a hundred excuses, right? Besides, when I decided to accept this job, didn't I just think that it was better to avoid it than to face it bravely?
Mathilde could only hope that her work would be busier and more trivial, so that she would rotate every day, so that she would not have the opportunity to face an empty room alone and miss someone she shouldn't miss.
This job is really difficult for Mathilde...... ※※※ Chu Zhongtian remembered that Mathilde had been "on the job" for more than a week, and he didn't seem to have said a word to Emily. She also knew about the personal assistant at the beginning, and now that she has a result, she should also let her know.
So he decided to inform Emily about it on the phone.
"That's right, dear. I have one thing to say to you. ”
"Well, what is it?" Emily asked.
"Didn't I tell you some time ago that James was going to find me a personal assistant so that he could be a real agent?"
Emily nodded. "Yes, you told me. What, there's progress now? ”
"There is a final result, and just some time ago, I met with the personal assistant that Merry had found for me, and then signed a contract. Guess who my personal assistant is? ”
"I guess that?"
"It's Mathilde, my former French and German teacher, haha! Coincidentally, right? After Chu Zhongtian finished speaking, he didn't hear the reaction from there, and there was silence on the phone.
"Emily?" Thinking the signal was broken, he tried to summon the way.
"Ah, she's not...... Left? Emily's voice came again, but something didn't sound right.
"Mr. Merry commissioned a headhunter to find a personal assistant, and one of them happened to recommend the job to her, and then ......"
"What a coincidence—" Emily said in a long voice. "So does she live in your house now?"
Chu Zhongtian could hear the vinegar in his voice. He's not stupid, he can't even hear this and he can die. Thinking about the past again, he knew why Emily behaved like this.
"Are you jealous, Emily?" Chu Zhongtian asked directly.
"Nope."
He also said no, and the tone of the answer was hard, like a stone hitting a stone, and there was no response.
"I know what a celebrity's personal assistant looks like." Emily continued to say in a voice that didn't have any emotion, "They can go in and out of the celebrities' homes freely, they can stay together 24 hours a day, they even have to make breakfast for the celebrities, wake the celebrities up, and buy personal items for the celebrities...... I think it's pretty much the same as the boyfriends and girlfriends of celebrities...... Well, I'll admit I'm jealous, Chu. Emily finally said. I thought you had nothing to do with her anymore. ”
"Mathilde and I didn't have anything to do with it in the first place, okay, Emily?" Chu Zhongtian can understand Emily's jealousy, but he is still a little unhappy when someone says this. His feelings for Emily had never betrayed, but now Emily acted as if he had slept with Mathilde, and he hated being wronged, especially by those closest to him - we've known each other for so many years, and you still don't believe me? From Wimbledon to Hoffenheim, you watched me go from an ordinary international student amateur to a professional star, do you think anything has changed in me? Don't you know me well enough?
The more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt, and the more dissatisfied he became.
"Really?" Emily asked in a skeptical tone.
"Of course!" Chu Zhongtian raised his voice and replied.
"Then why did you bring her back to teach you German when she no longer taught you French? Don't tell me that at that point you knew you were going to play in Germany. ”
"Uh......" Chu Zhongtian was dumbfounded for a while.
Emily is turning over old accounts, in fact, it is not a good practice to turn over old accounts in love, especially this time it turned over Chu Zhongtian's sore spot.
To say that he has no other affection for Mathilde is false. Sometimes he didn't know what he felt about this girl who made people feel pity at a glance, he had the urge to take her into his arms and care, and he had a reluctant goodbye.
Mathilde's feelings for herself, he knew, very clear. And what about Mathilde? If Emily asked herself if she didn't like Mathilde at all, what would she say?
"Me, I just don't think it hurts to learn more than one language...... Instead of looking for an unfamiliar language teacher, it is better to find Mathilde, who has a foundation of cooperation and has already understood each other...... "In fact, even Chu Zhongtian didn't believe his words.
"Did you say the same thing to her back then, Chu?"
"No, I ...... Her family is in a bad situation, and I hope I can help her...... I also studied at Wimbledon and worked part-time, so I know how hard it is......"
"There are a lot of poor people in this world who need help, do you want to help them all? You've already helped her once, how many more times do you have to help, Chu? Can you help her for the rest of her life? ”
"I want to help as much as I can...... I'm friends with her, not the kind of care you think, really just better friends. Shouldn't my friend be helped when he's in trouble? Don't you be so ...... Is it good to be selfish, Emily! ”
"Very good, I'm just selfish, do you know now that I'm a selfish person, Chu?"
After speaking, Emily didn't give Chu Zhongtian a chance to defend herself, so she hung up the phone directly.
"Eh-" When Chu Zhongtian wanted to say something, he had already hung up over there.
"!" He couldn't help but curse at the phone that had been disconnected.
I wanted to share this interesting good news with Emily in the first place, but how did it come to be like this...... Of course, he knew that Emily had vaguely eaten Mathilde's vinegar, but he thought that after so many years had passed since Mathilde's farewell, Emily, as a winner, should not care about a loser anymore. How could he have thought that the woman's vinegar strength was so great, he was caught off guard.
Chu Zhongtian felt very depressed, and he was very unhappy.
※※※ "Chu this stupid! Idiot! Emily yelled and threw her phone on the bed before slamming the door.
Downstairs, the mother Miranda, heard heavy footsteps coming from upstairs, and her daughter didn't say hello, but walked straight out the door, and she asked, "Where are you going, dear?" ”
"Go for a walk!" Emily replied viciously, then pulled the door open and rushed out.
Miranda looked strangely at the unclosed door, wondering why her daughter was so angry. According to convention, this time should be the time when she and Chu Na Kid talked on the phone...... Did they quarrel with each other?
That's not very common!
Miranda thought for a moment, before Christmas, because the WHO announced a flu outbreak, when Chu Zhongtian did not come to Los Angeles, Emily also had a bad face for several days, but it was the first time that she was so impulsive.
If his daughter fell out with Chu Zhongtian...... Isn't this what you've always dreamed of? Do you want to add more fire to yourself?
Miranda began to think about it at home.
Emily started the car and drove straight onto the road, she was going to race the car. This is a habit she slowly developed in Hollywood, when she is in a bad mood and stressed, drag racing is one of the ways to vent.
In drag racing, her mind is so focused that she can forget about the unpleasant things for a while.
But when she parked the car on the side of the road to rest, those flowers with Chu Zhongtian came to mind again.
She certainly knows that as friends, it's normal to help each other. But helping a female friend, so often, what would anyone think about? She is an ordinary person, although she is a star, but she is not a god of fraternity. When it comes to love, women certainly have to be a little more selfish. How many women in this world can tolerate their boyfriends or husbands cheating? Even if it's just mental derailment. Similarly, how many men in this world can tolerate their girlfriends or wives cheating, even if only mentally.
If he and a male star in the circle frequently go in and out, holding hands and hugging in front of reporters, what will Chu think? Wouldn't he be jealous?
In that case, why can't he understand his feelings?
She had seen that Mathilde, who looked far worse than herself, but there was a temperament that would make many men feel "pity", not pretending, but naturally. This may have something to do with her life experience, Chu once said that her family conditions were not good, and she lived a very happy life.
But what does that have to do with yourself?
Emily. Stan is not kind and selfless, nor is he philanthropic great, she is just an ordinary woman with a bit of fame, she is jealous, jealous, cranky, guesses, and has a little temper and nerves, so she can't tolerate the fact that her boyfriend is in love with her and thinks about another woman, no matter what the reason, she can't accept this fact.
The more she thought about it, the more angry she became, and finally slapped the steering wheel violently, and the sound of the car's horn startled the birds in the trees on the side of the road.
※※※After the training, Chu Zhongtian's brain switched from the "football" channel to the "life" channel, and the unpleasant phone call last night began to affect his mood again.
In fact, before the training began, the aftermath of the phone call made me very unhappy. However, considering that he is a professional footballer and football is a professional, he still tries not to let things in life interfere with work, so he forces himself to forget about those unpleasant things and focus on training. In the eyes of outsiders, it seems that their captain is more desperate, serious and active than when he was training before.
Rangnick thought that this was the reason why the team continued to focus on discipline during this time, but he didn't know that Chu Zhongtian just wanted to use this way to forget those troubles.
Now that the training is over, the worries inevitably come back. In fact, he had been practicing for more than half an hour before, but he couldn't keep practicing. Rangnick wouldn't allow it, and the training base wouldn't be open for him all the time, and everyone here would have to go home from work.
His teammates had long since left, and only his and a few coaches' cars were left in the parking lot.
He drove the car out, but didn't know where to go. Suddenly I don't want to go home, and when I go back, I have to think about yesterday's phone call and the things that upset him.
He took out his mobile phone and looked at it, who is better to find at this time?
He saw Mathilde's phone.
Mathilde was cooking dinner for herself when she heard her phone ringing in the living room and hurriedly ran out to pick it up.
"How about dinner with me, Delphine?"
Although Chu Zhongtian often called Mathilde to have dinner with him in the past, he never used such a blunt and straightforward tone that could not be refused.
"Ah, I've eaten ......," she wanted to say.
"Don't make excuses, I just want to treat you to dinner today."
It turned out that he had known that those were just excuses...... Mathilde thought to herself.
"Are you where you live? I'll pick you up right now. ”
After speaking, without waiting for Mathilde to answer anything, he hung up the phone directly, started the car and drove towards Mathilde's rented apartment.
Mathilde looked down at her phone, and she could tell that Chu Zhongtian was not very happy. But why she didn't know. It stands to reason that the team is doing well at the moment, there is no negative press about him in the media, what could make him so unhappy?
Could it be...... Her heart pounded.
Could it be a fight with Emily?
(To be continued)