"So you're part-time playing on this team?" A few casual conversations, James. Merry has already figured out the basics. Seemingly casual chats are actually targeted. Although Chu Zhongtian was cautious and didn't say anything that shouldn't be said, some information was still inadvertently revealed, and compared with experienced reporters, he was too tender...... "Do you usually have any other jobs?" ”

"I work in a bar, and I also give orders to a Chinese restaurant."

"Looks like you don't have as much time as you said you did."

Chu Zhongtian really wants to say the famous saying "Time is like a woman's cleavage, there is always a squeeze", but in the face of this strange reporter, it is better not to make some jokes casually. He just shrugged: "There's always some time crowding. ”

"It seems that you really enjoy playing. Do you have a favorite team or player? ”

"My favourite national team is Brazil, there is no fixed favourite for club teams, I like a lot of club teams. So are the stars. ”

"What do you think of Wimbledon?"

Chu Zhongtian asked with some hesitation: "Mr. Merry, do you mean the one who has already moved or the ......?"

"Now this one." James. Merry pointed to the team behind him, and he knew that many of them didn't have a good opinion of the team that had moved to Milton Keynes, so he said dryly.

"Great! I like the feeling of playing here, it's free, my team-mates and coaches are good. We're just a team in the ninth division, but I'm happy to play here. A smile appeared on Chu Zhongtian's face.

James. Merry nodded. Years of interviewing experience allowed him to tell that the smile on the face of the boy in front of him was definitely not fake, and it seemed that he was really happy here.

"As a foreigner, do you feel uncomfortable here? After all, your language, culture, and living environment are all different from theirs. Merry pointed to the players.

Chu Zhongtian shook his head: "No." "He automatically omitted the conflict with Russell and Borger when he first came to the team." We respect each other and become like brothers when we get acquainted. ”

"Since you're a student, do you leave the team after you graduate from college?" James. Merry didn't hear Chu Zhongtian's answer after asking this question, and he tilted his head a little strangely.

When Chu Zhongtian heard this question, he felt a little in a trance. After more than a season, so many games that he will remember in his heart, and now that he thinks about leaving the team and leaving so many teammates in the future, he feels that he is really a little reluctant...... "Uh, sorry, I was distracted. Chu Zhongtian came back to his senses and found that the other party was still waiting for his answer, so he quickly apologized. Yes, I should go back to China after graduation, after all, my home is there. ”

"It's a shame." James. Merry said this out of courtesy, but he didn't really think there was anything to be sorry for.

Just as he was about to continue asking, both he and Chu Zhongtian heard Eames' whistle.

"Looks like you're about to start training, sorry to bother you for so long." James. Merry got up from the ground and patted the grass clippings and dirt on her butt.

Chu Zhongtian also stood up. "Is this an interview?" He asked.

Merry was amused by his question, and although the boy had always maintained an old-fashioned poise during the conversation, he was still a student after all.

"Well, I'd rather call it 'chat.'" Merry laughed.

"So do I have a chance to see those things we said in the newspapers?" Chu Zhongtian asked again. He doesn't refuse to be famous, and if he can really be famous, it's not a bad thing for him. Celebrities always complain that fame makes them unbearable, while ordinary people are eager to be famous, which is really like a besieged city...... Merry hesitated for a moment before he smiled and said, "I don't know, I'm not the one who decides what manuscript is on and what is not." ”

After Chu Zhongtian heard him say this, he let out a somewhat disappointed "oh", but he didn't forget to say goodbye to this reporter: "Goodbye, Mr. Merry, I have to go to training." ”

"Go ahead, nice to meet you, Chu."

"I'm glad to meet you, too, Mr. Merry."

After Chu Zhongtian ran away, Humpty Dumpty moved to Meili's side: "You guys seem to have a good chat, have you dug up something valuable?" ”

"It's not common for children to be so polite these days." Merry's exclamation made Humpty Dumpty's second monk puzzled.

"What?"

"Nothing." Merry glanced at Humpty Dumpty next to him, "Nothing of value, he's not Asian, just an international student at Wimbledon who came here to play football in his spare time." ”

"International students?" Humpty Dumpty frowned, his little eyes flickering a few times, "If you appear on a professional team, it's really big news." ”

"Is it possible? Where do labor certifications come from? "James. Merry asked.

"That's why I said it was big news -- an international student who couldn't qualify for a labor certification became part of a professional team. What sensational news this is! Or I said James, you can only work in a local tabloid like Wimbledon Evening News for the rest of your life, and you don't have the keen sense of a news reporter at all! Humpty Dumpty shook his head again, revealing his superiority.

"Well, I'm just staying there because I don't like to use all sorts of tricks to attract attention. The Sun doesn't suit me, but it does match you, so you're better off than I am, Abel. ”

Hearing James's sarcasm, Humpty Dumpty Abel was not annoyed, just touched his bald head and smiled.

"Let's go, there's no good show." James. Merry was the first to turn and walk towards the gates of the King's Ranch.

Other journalists are also leaving.

For the vast majority of them, perhaps for a long time they thought they would never set foot again on the small stadium on the side of the road in Kingston, just as they did not believe that this team could do wonders in the FA Cup. One attention for such a team is enough, and any further attention is like what Humpty Dumpty Abel said - a waste of space.

If they win the draw live, it will be one more time - "Wimbledon Athletic, an amateur team from the ninth tier mixed county league, were eliminated from the FA Cup main round after losing to ×××× in the first round of the FA Cup, and ×××× team managed to advance to the second round. ”

This "×××× team" can be filled in with the name of any professional team, and the result is not wrong.

During training, Eames asked the team not to be overconfident, despite his own arrogance in interviews...... And then what to practice and what to practice, it didn't change just because the reporter came.

After finishing the training, Chu Zhongtian took a shower in the locker room, changed his clothes and went back. Incidentally, this season, the Kings Ranch locker room is finally hot and everyone is able to take a simple hot shower after training. After a while, after the training session, the shower room used to be deserted was overcrowded, and even had to queue up to take a shower.

It didn't cost much to renovate and repair the old water system, but it was one of the signs that the club was gradually formalizing.

After finishing the training, Chu Zhongtian returned to the apartment he rented with his schoolbag on his back, and Yang Yang was already waiting for him to open the fire and cook. As an international student, if you don't learn to cook by yourself and go to the supermarket to find cheap things, the cost of eating this item alone is not a small amount of money every year, Yang Yang's family is in good condition, so he naturally doesn't care about this money, but eating with Chu Zhongtian can help Chu Zhongtian save money - the two of them have already said that Chu Zhongtian will make a skill, and Yang Yang will make materials. Taking what they needed, Yang Yang ate delicious Chinese food, while Chu Zhongtian saved a lot of expenses.

Chu Zhongtian has never been the kind of person who wants to save face and suffer crimes, since someone can help him share the cost and save money, why not accept it? He didn't think that Yang Yang was giving to himself, because although his family was not wealthy, he had not yet felt inferior to the point of thinking that other people's help and care for him were insults in disguise, and his little heart was not fragile and sensitive at all.

Speaking of eating, Yang Yang contributed money and contributed by himself, and he didn't take advantage of anything. Yang Yang eats out all day long, not to mention spending a lot of money, and he may not be able to eat well. Now that he has Chu Zhongtian, his whole person looks much better than before he met Chu Zhongtian, and his diet is reasonable, so he is naturally in good spirits.

Now he is basically begging Chu Zhongtian to cook for him. If Chu Zhongtian solved his three meals outside because of his part-time job or playing football, he would eat junk food like McDonald's and KFC all day long, and then "cry" to him after seeing Chu Zhongtian, how miserable he was, and he had to ask Chu Zhongtian to give him a whole supper. Even if it was just a bowl of noodles, he had a lot of fun.

After having dinner with Yang Yang in the apartment, Chu Zhongtian threw a table of pots and pans to Yang Yang to deal with, and he rushed to work at the Wimble Bar. It's a little late today, so if you go a little late, you can get a little less salary.

When Chu Zhongtian arrived at the Wimbles bar, he found that Emily was already there.

"You're late today." Emily held up her Guinness stout to him.

Chu Zhongtian threw the bag behind the bar, pulled the apron and put it around his neck, tied it again, and then stood in front of Emily and asked her across the bar: "Do you need any more services, Your Royal Highness the Princess?" His breath wasn't even breathing.

Emily grinned, she liked to hear Chu Zhongtian call her that, and she replied solemnly, "Go ahead, my knight." ”

"But why are you late today?"

"When I went to train in the afternoon, there was an interview with a reporter, which delayed some training time, and the boss made up for it. It was even later to come back. ”

"Reporters are coming......" Emily wasn't surprised. Wimbledon Athletic's entry into the FA Cup is no small matter anyway, and it is also a matter of showing its face in the media. If there are no reporters running to interview them, it is not normal. What interested her was something else.

"Hey, how do I remember it's Friday, not Saturday or Sunday?" After speaking, she looked at Chu Zhongtian with a smile. Those crooked eyes seemed to be able to speak, and said to Chu Zhongtian: I used to let you play in the middle of the week, and you said that you wanted to go to class, what happened to your kid skipping class and running to train today?

Chu Zhongtian understood her eyes, and scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "Actually, when I decided to skip class to participate in the rematch of the fourth round of the FA Cup qualifying round, I thought about this problem - the team has more ambitious goals, and the more time needs to be spent on football, and what I lack most now is time, and playing two jobs at the same time takes up too much of my time...... Did you know, I've decided to quit my job as a dispatch for McChina? ”

Emily was a little surprised when she heard Chu Zhongtian say this, she put away her smile and looked at the other party. "This will make you less earning, right?"

"There is always a trade-off, and it is not possible for me to get all the benefits. If I want to play and go far in the FA Cup, I have to give something. It's good to just give up the job there, not to give up the job here. ”

Emily suddenly smiled and asked, "Reluctantly?" ”

"Just because there's more income here." Chu Zhongtian shrugged.

Emily snorted with a wrinkled nose.

Chu Zhongtian found that Emily not only looked good when she smiled, but also looked good when she wrinkled her nose when she was angry. is worthy of being an actor, and any expression is impeccable, as if he is in front of the camera. Even if she is angry, she has to show the most perfect side, and maybe even her sad and lonely appearance must be very good-looking.

For such a girl, the vanity fair in Hollywood is her final destination...... Although there are some regrets, I and her are really people in two completely different worlds.

To be a friend and alumnus of such a future movie star, perhaps a world-class movie star, for three years is already a very honorable thing for an ordinary person.

Later, he said: "I know that actress Emily. Stan! "What a face!

"Hey, Chu!" Emily raised her voice, and finally hooked the distracted Chu Zhongtian's soul back. "Why are you wandering again?"

"Uh, sorry." Chu Zhongtian was embarrassed to say that the beauty was chatting with him in front of him, and he was so distracted, it was really embarrassing...... "What are you thinking?" Emily leaned over and approached to look at Chu Zhongtian carefully.

Chu Zhongtian leaned back a little and re-distanced: "Think about the FA Cup." He lied, apparently unable to tell Emily what he really thought.

"Coincidentally, I was asking you what you think of the FA Cup." Emily was very happy to hear him say this, but she didn't care about Chu Zhongtian's small action of deliberately distancing the two of them.

"What do you think? The opponents will come out soon, right? I'll talk about it when it comes out. Chu Zhongtian spread out his hands, in fact, he didn't have any specific ideas about the FA Cup, it was just a pretext to deal with Emily's problem just now. He just had some vague visions.

The FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, is watched every year, not just in England but in other parts of the world – albeit from the third round. Don't look at it as a cup competition, but the level is much higher than China's domestic A-League. I really didn't expect that he didn't become a member of the system in the first place, but played a more advanced game in a foreign country, I really don't know what the feelings of those teammates who have played with him would be if they knew...... Even he thought it was really amazing. Thanks to the FA's rules, amateur teams are also eligible to compete in such a high-level competition.

He thought again—what if...... I mean, if, if, in case, maybe, probably...... Wimbledon went through a very strong shit fortune to win the FA Cup, so will he still be able to represent this amateur team in the UEFA Cup this time next year?

It's a crazy idea!

Emily's voice came again: "...... It would be better if the game was broadcast live on TV in the future, and you are now on the road to stardom, Chu! ”

Chu Zhongtian knew that Emily was here again, and he smiled bitterly: "If you can become a star, the star is too worthless." ”

Emily didn't argue with him either, just shrugged, "I'm looking forward to seeing what you're like on TV anyway." ”

"Aren't you going to go live to watch the game?" Chu Zhongtian felt strange when he heard Emily say that he wanted to watch TV.

"Actually, I'm here to say goodbye to you today."

"Leaving again?" Chu Zhongtian sighed in his heart, regretful.

"Hmm." Emily pouted helplessly, "Go to the United States to film." It's not an important role, just a small supporting role, but my mom wants me to get to know more people and learn more. ”

"I didn't even see your last movie."

"It's going to be released on Christmas time. But you'll have to look very hard and very carefully to find me, and my image in that play is very different from what I am now, and I only have three lines in total. ”

"Oh? What is it? Let's hear it. Chu Zhongtian became curious.

"Don't! I don't want spoilers! Emily looked at the disappointed Chu Zhongtian with a grin, feeling proud that she had succeeded in playing tricks on him.

"Well, you win, Your Highness." Chu Zhongtian raised his hands and said helplessly.

"Don't worry, I'll give you a movie ticket, my knight." Emily put her right hand on Chu Zhongtian's left shoulder, as if she had placed a sword on a knight's shoulder.

However, she didn't have a sword in her hand now, and the two of them were very close, so this posture looked a little ambiguous...... Emily leaned forward, Chu Zhongtian did not lean back, and the faces of the two people were close to each other. They suddenly fell silent as if they had tacitly agreed, staring at each other intently, as if they had been released by magic. There is a special emotion growing in the silence.

At this delicate moment, a hoarse voice sounded on the side: "Chu! Another pint of stout!! ”

A drunkard with a red nose bumped into him drunkenly and slammed his glass on the bar, and then he looked up to see Emily and Chu Zhongtian who were a little embarrassed.

"Ah, I'm sorry! I seem to ...... Hit、Disturb you、You? Drunk, he grinned, showing a mouthful of big yellow teeth, and stammered. Of course, he didn't forget to burp: "Hiccup! ”

Chu Zhongtian took the cup and poured the wine, Emily smiled at the drunkard and bowed her head to drink.

Faintly, there seemed to be a soft sigh in the bar.

(To be continued)