The period before the university exam is the busiest and most serious for the students, even Zhang Fan and Zhu Hui, who are not interested in studying, have begun to read books seriously, Zhang Jun naturally can't relax, not to mention that he also has Sophie's tutoring and supervision, and passing the exam should not be a problem.

On the night of the exam, Zhang Jun, Yang Pan, and Sophie took the late-night train north and embarked on the way home. From 10:30 p.m. to 9:30 a.m., the train stopped at the platform at Luoyang Station.

When they left Hefei, it was raining lightly, and when they returned to Luoyang, they were greeted by snow from heaven to earth.

When Zhang Jun walked out of the exit of the station, looking at the snowflakes in the sky, he remembered that Luoyang had not had such beautiful snow for a long time. I don't know if the snow has really changed, or if he is homesick that everything he sees has become cute.

"Let's go! What are you in a daze? Yang Pan carried a sports bag, wore headphones, and patted Zhang Jun on the shoulder coolly.

It's only been a month since I left, why do I feel like I've been away for a long time? A year ago, it was also in this square that Dawn embarked on its second journey to the national competition, and that was also the last performance of the five of them. The train station is still the same train station, but the people standing here are not those people anymore......

Zhang Jun looked at Yang Pan and Sophie who were walking down the steps, pulled up the box and chased after them.

This year's Spring Festival has been a bit bleak. Sophie went to her grandmother's house in the old city for the New Year, as is customary. Yang Pan also went to Xinxiang with his mother to reunite with his father and grandfather, grandma is gone, grandpa is extremely lonely, and the Spring Festival reunion is the only compensation. Zhang Jun's father went to participate in a photographer's Spring Festival sketching activity, leaving the two mothers and children to spend a simple Spring Festival, and even the dumplings he ate on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve were not wrapped by himself, but bought in the supermarket.

The night of the Spring Festival is getting more and more boring every year, but Zhang Jun still stays in front of the TV, and after nineteen years, he can't think of any other way to keep the New Year. The Spring Festival has to be celebrated every year, just like rice has to be eaten every day, it has become a fixed procedure, and the excitement of the hour has long been gone.

Two days after the Spring Festival, on the third day of the Lunar New Year, Yang Pan, Sophie, and Dad, none of them came back, Zhang Jun didn't want to watch TV anymore, said to his mother, and ran out.

It was meant to be hanging out, aimlessly. However, his legs still brought him to this place. He stopped and looked at a column of golden words on the pillar opposite: Luoyang Shuguang Middle School. The door was closed, but the side door was open, and the campus looked empty, Zhang Jun hesitated, but still stepped in.

Sure enough, it was deserted, except for the doorman who was huddled in the mailroom, and he was the only visitor on campus. The propaganda column on the right side is very familiar, and I used to always see some very interesting notices on it, such as: xxx drinks in class to keep warm, and goes head-to-head with the director of the political and educational office; xxx opened the door of a female teacher's single dormitory, which caused damage to the teacher's body and mind...... But now, the things on it are gone, only a piece of broken red paper remains, and Zhang Jun can only recognize the top line of words: "Warmly celebrate the selection of five members of our school's football team to participate in the national ...... of Luoyang High School"

Seeing this piece of paper "hulahula" in the cold wind, Zhang Jun remembered the banner hanging above the gate, which has become a part of his memory and will always float in his heart.

Moving on, around the small garden where the flag was raised on Monday, there is the football stadium of the dawn.

The pitch, which had been sweating for three years, was empty today, except for the worn nets hanging from the goals at both ends, as if people could still vaguely remember the games they had played.

As soon as the wind blew, the net lifted a corner.

……

Su Li directly made a long pass to the right front of the field, almost everyone thought he was making a mistake, but Yang Pan was as fast as lightning, and at the moment when the football was about to go out of bounds, he stretched out his foot and crossed!

Zhang Jun, who followed up in the middle, jumped up in the sprint, glided in the air, and then a powerful header, and the football went into the net!

…… The wind stopped, and the net hung down again.

Zhang Jun couldn't help but spread his arms and fly like a bird on the empty court. Just as he closed his eyes and indulged in his memories, a crisp impact startled him, he opened his eyes, only to see a football flying towards him from the direction of the goalpost, instinctively, he raised his foot to stop the ball, his left foot as the axis, his right leg raised to meet the incoming ball, his arms open to maintain balance, while his right foot received the ball on the inside of his foot, and then his foot led the ball down. A beautiful stop-high ball action, the ball stops exactly one meter in front of him, so that it is easy to move on to the next move. The whole process was done by instinct, and he hadn't even thought about why there was a football on the originally empty field.

Just as he was satisfied with his stoppage, a dark shadow rushed up from behind and stretched out his foot to stab his ball. It was instinctive again, and Zhang Jun chased after him without thinking about it. The two ran and tangled, from the left side of the court to the right side. No matter how Zhang Jun kicks, the opponent has a way to pull the ball away before his foot arrives, so that he always does useless work. Gradually, Zhang Jun felt that this feeling was a bit familiar, a nostalgic déjà vu, but he didn't stop, but accelerated the frequency of his kicks, and the other party also sped up the pace of action. The two were entangled, Zhang Jun couldn't grab the other party's ball, and the other party couldn't get rid of Zhang Jun. Suddenly, the soccer ball bounced off the pebble, and both of them kicked towards the ball, which was kicked at the same time and flew towards the edge of the penalty area.

"Ah......h

"The High School Affiliated to HKUST took the lead in scoring a goal!" The man shouted with open arms after scoring a goal.

"Even if an idiot like Anke is there, your shot won't go in!" The people next to Zhang Jun spat at the ground and said disdainfully.

Somewhere someone sneezed very loudly.

Only Zhang Jun looked at the two people and smirked: "Hehe! I haven't seen you for a long time, Ren Yudi and Li Yongle! ”

Li Yongle - the person who shot the goal smiled at Zhang Jun: "Sure enough, he was born as a striker, and he can be entangled with Ren Yudi for so long." If it were mine...... By the way, do you want us to go head-to-head once? He turned to Ren Yudi beside Zhang Jun.

Ren Yu grinned: "Excuse me, your style of flying shovels as soon as you come up...... But Zhang Jun, you have made rapid progress, you have been with me for so long! ”

"Hehe, I haven't seen you for half a year, and your skills haven't been left behind!" Zhang Jun scratched his head.

"I still come to the school to play when I'm fine. Lao Liang asked me to teach those newcomers techniques by the way, and if the performance is poor, it will be looked down upon by those little children. The joy of the reunion made Ren Yudi's words more and more.

"You still haven't given up on football......"

"As I said, it's not that easy to leave."

"Shall we go back to the court?" Zhang Jun said with some excitement.

But the light in Ren Yudi's eyes immediately dimmed, and he slowly shook his head: "Impossible, I tried, I can't even hold on to a ninety-minute game now......"

"But didn't you just behave very well? Your series of actions is no different from before......"

"Forget it, Jun Zhang. Can't you see that? Li Yongle walked to the goal and picked up the football and reached out to catch it. Three years of high school had drained him almost a lifetime of football. ”

"You mean ......"

"He's fighting today with tomorrow. Actually, you didn't plan to leave a way out for yourself in the first place, did you? Li Yongle looked at Ren Yudi on the side.

"Did you see that?" Ren Yu smiled, but his smile revealed endless helplessness and a trace of unwillingness.

"We have the same past, and there seems to be some similarity in terms of surnames. However, you are more stubborn and crazy than me......" Li Yongle looked at the blue sky.

For a moment, the three of them were silent, and let the wind pass through the middle of them, ruffling their clothes and hair. In the end, Ren Yu broke the embarrassing silence: "By the way, I remember, in this year's high school championship, Luoyang has made changes to the qualifications, and the disadvantages of a single school representing Luoyang in the past are getting bigger and bigger, and now it has been changed to select the best players from all the participating teams to form the Luoyang team......"

Zhang Jun remembered the red paper on the billboard.

“…… may have been stimulated by Fan Cunjie, and heard Lao Liang say that Fan Cunjie almost didn't even touch football after being admitted to university, and concentrated on studying. Luoyang has no shortage of good players, but they lack the opportunity to prove themselves to the country. A lot of people are buried like this......"

Li Yongle nodded: "It's indeed a bit cruel, but why not change it in advance?" In that case, it would be nice for us to play together! ”

Zhang Jun thought about it: the four of them charged in front, Li Yongle sat in the back, which can be offensive and defensive, Liu Peng led the defense, plus Anke's save...... He smiled: "Forget it, you have to give someone a little way to live!" ”

The other two understood what he meant and burst out laughing.

After laughing, Zhang Jun said: "Kaka called me, he is already a professional player, and he is in the limelight." ”

The two men looked admiring.

"I'm going to be a professional footballer too." Zhang Jun told the two of them his goal.

Li Yongle's eyes lit up: "Okay! I'm thinking about what I'm going to do after college, I'm a professional footballer too! ”

"However, Kaka is now leading 1:0!" Ren Yu sighed, and that fascination was stretched longer and longer in his sigh, until infinite.

"Don't worry, we'll get a point back after half-time!" Li Yongle clenched his fists.

"By the way, what school are you in? Our school reached the Eastern District Finals in Xiamen in March this year. Zhang Jun looked at Li Yongle.

"Hey, hey! We are the same, the North Zone Finals. Yanjing L University, I'm waiting for you in Dalian! ”

"You're so confident?"

Li Yongle didn't answer this question, but smiled: "Speaking of which, Zhang Jun, I have never played with you on this field!" He looked at the empty pitch.

Zhang Jun thought about it, the only time the two sides didn't play each other at Xigong Stadium was a freshman in high school, and at that time he didn't play because of a foot injury. He nodded.

Li Yongle turned to Ren Yudi again: "Since you can't have fun in the regular competition, why don't you have a good time here?" ”

Ren Yu replied with a smile.

Li Yongle threw the football in his hand in the direction of the other side's goal, and then rushed out first, but he saw that Zhang Jun had already rushed in front of him. "Amazing explosiveness, it hasn't ......changed at all," he said with a chic smile in his heart, and sped up to follow. Ren's speed is not his strong point, but he follows closely behind.

The game has begun, enjoy!

Ten days later, in the evening, Zhang Jun, Yang Pan, and Sophie got on the southbound train again. The train slowly drove out of the station, and Zhang Jun could still vaguely see Ren Yu standing on the platform and looking over here. He remembered Li Yongle's words: "He is fighting today with tomorrow." "I used to think that I loved football the most, but now he realizes that he can't even compare to Ren Yudi. He knew that it might be dangerous to do so, and that he would probably never be able to play again, but he still put all his passion into today, into his three years of high school...... It's a gamble!

But in the end, he didn't win, but he didn't lose either. Compared with Ren Yudi and Li Yongle's determination, he is too far behind, and it seems that he has to work hard!

With the roar of the train, the new semester seems to be open, and a new competition is about to begin......

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