After Chu Zhongtian saw Mathilde in the evening, he found that her dress had returned to her previous appearance, and he was a little disappointed, and it was directly shown on his face.

Mathilde laughed when she saw him like this: "You are like a child waiting for a Christmas present, only to find that the socks are empty." ”

"I thought you'd change your style a little bit."

"So do you want me to wear that dress to lecture every time?"

"Clothes are only secondary, just hope you can ...... More like a normal girl. Chu Zhongtian explained.

"You wish I was dressed more revealingly?" Mathilde asked, tilting her head to stare at him.

Chu Zhongtian hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, I just think ......" I hope that Mathilde's dress is exposed, doesn't it mean that he has some kind of intentions for Mathilde? This problem must be explained clearly, otherwise it will be misunderstood by Teacher Mathilde, and he will not be able to wash himself by jumping into the Yellow River. “…… Hi, you put your braids down. He was so anxious that he reached out and undid Mathilde's braids.

Mathilde leaned back slightly, she wanted to take a step back and avoid Chu Zhongtian's hand, but at that moment she changed her mind. Let Chu Zhongtian untie her two braids.

Chu Zhongtian looked at it, and then said to her, "You wait." He went into the bathroom and came out with a water-soaked comb. He brushed Mathilde's bangs to the side and examined them for a while.

"That's good." He laughed, "Let's go look in the mirror." ”

Mathilde obediently walked to the bathroom and looked at herself in the mirror, but her hairstyle changed, it was indeed more eye-catching than before, and she seemed to have an intellectual beauty with glasses. She saw Chu Zhongtian appear behind her, holding a cardboard box wrapped with a red ribbon and a bow in her hand.

"A Christmas present for you, Teacher Marty. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. ”

Mathilde took it with some surprise, and then opened it in front of Chu Zhongtian: "What is it?" Wow......"

A dark red plaid scarf lay quietly on the box.

It's warm and soft to the touch.

"I don't know what color you like, but I thought this one was pretty good, so I bought it. Hope you like it. ”

Mathilde took the scarf out of the box and gently swayed it.

"Do you want me to tie it for you?" Chu Zhongtian asked from behind.

Mathilde nodded.

Chu Zhongtian took the scarf, and then gently pulled Mathilde's brown hair with one hand, her hair was not hanging straight down, but fluffy and a little messy. He ruffled his hair and put a scarf on Mathilde.

Then he lowered Mathilde's hair and placed his hands on her shoulders naturally, carefully studying the effect in the mirror.

The scarf is good, the people are good, it's the dress...... Not quite worthy.

Seeing that Mathilde was a little nondescript, he laughed, "Are you deliberately dressing yourself up like that to watch out for me, Teacher Martial?" ”

Mathilde was a little embarrassed: "Actually, no, it's just ...... I don't usually have time to spend time and energy on my appearance. ”

Chu Zhongtian knew Mathilde's situation, but he still had to persuade this girl: "Now that you are finally independent, you have to think about yourself." ”

"How?" Mathilde looked at herself in the mirror and asked Chu Zhongtian.

"Live like a normal girl." Chu Zhongtian raised his hand and pulled the corners of his mouth up, "First of all, start by laughing, and laugh more." ”

Mathilde in the mirror smiled slightly.

"That's all." Chu Zhongtian pointed to Mathilde in the mirror.

"Thank you, Chu." Her body suddenly leaned back and leaned on Chu Zhongtian's body.

Chu Zhongtian was a little surprised, but he didn't dodge, but stood in place, letting Mathilde lean on him.

Mathilde, who was leaning on Chu Zhongtian's body, closed her eyes and smiled faintly on her face, as if she was enjoying it.

Chu Zhongtian stood behind her, not daring to move, for fear of waking up Teacher Mathilde.

Mathilde turned her face to the side and leaned against Chu Zhongtian's chest, as if she was sleeping. She suddenly hummed, "Your heartbeat is a little fast, Chu." ”

Chu Zhongtian himself could feel his heartbeat, which was indeed a bit fast. But why is it fast?

In the small bathroom, lonely men and widows are in the same room, and their postures are ambiguous...... Of course my heart beats faster.

In fact, there were several times just now, Chu Zhongtian had the urge to reach out and directly reach out to the landlord Mathilde. But he forcibly pressed the thought, and he couldn't hold it down except for his heartbeat, as if he had pressed a big stone on his chest.

Mathilde suddenly left Chu Zhongtian's body, and the feeling in his chest as if a big stone had been pressed dissipated.

"Did I press you?" Mathilde asked.

Chu Zhongtian hurriedly shook his head: "No." ”

"I'm so sorry, Chu." Mathilde lifted her glasses, "Let's go to class, we're delaying your time." ”

"It's okay......" Watching Mathilde walk out, Chu Zhongtian felt a little sorry while breathing a sigh of relief...... He looked down at his hands, maybe he should have been a little bolder just now? But will Masal Mathilde be angry?

In foreign countries, especially in France, it should be quite normal for men and women to hug each other, right? Just because you've hugged doesn't mean you have to be okay, right? I just think that Mathilde, a girl's family, has to bear such heavy pressure in life, as a man, isn't it normal and logical to borrow her chest to let her lean on? Hugging her is just a way to show how much you care for her...... Just when Chu Zhongtian was thinking nonsense, he heard Mathilde's puzzled voice: "Chu? We're going to start classes. ”

"Ah...... Oh! I'll come. ”

Chu Zhongtian turned on the faucet, pretended to wash his hands, and then walked out of the bathroom.

Mathilde was already looking at him suspiciously: "What's wrong with you?" ”

"Nothing, hehe." Chu Zhongtian sat in his place and opened the book: "Let's start, Teacher Martie." ”

※※※After the class, Mathilde suddenly asked, "How long have we been in class, Chu?" ”

Chu Zhongtian thought about it and replied: "It started in July last year. ”

"Well......" Mathilde nodded, "you can communicate with me fluently now, and the first time I saw you, you were in English." ”

"Yes, thanks to the teacher, you taught well." Chu Zhongtian smiled.

"It's because you have a talent for learning. It was the first time I had met a foreigner who was able to communicate with a French person after three months of study, and French is very complicated. ”

was praised by the teacher, and the student Chu Zhongtian was straight, and he didn't know what to say except laughing.

"I've thought about it, you're just a player, playing football is your profession, and when it comes to language learning, you just need to be able to communicate with people. There's no need to go too deep...... So if you think about it in that sense......" She paused, as if making an important decision. "You don't need to learn French anymore."

The smile on Chu Zhongtian's face froze.

"I'm sorry, teacher. I didn't understand ......"

Mathilde changed to English and said, "You don't need to learn French anymore, Chu." After today, I won't be your teacher. ”

"No...... I'm not saying I don't understand French, I'm saying I don't understand what that means? Chu Zhongtian shook his head and asked. Why are you not my teacher from today onwards? I feel like there's a lot I don't know and I want to continue learning French. ”

"I think it's a waste of your time to continue learning French......"

"We only have one class a week, and I don't think it's a waste of my time, Ms. Marty." Chu Zhongtian spread out his hands and said seriously.

"You are not afraid to go all over France at your current level of French, you can even understand the accent of Ribery......"

"But I still don't understand a lot of things."

"If you don't understand it, you don't understand it. As long as you have enough for your daily life. ”

"But you didn't just teach me the language, you taught me the etiquette, the common sense of life here, and the arts...... Always, everything about France, everything I know about the country, except football, comes from you. ”

"You're a pro, Chu. These things are dispensable to you, just know it, and you don't need to study and learn it in depth. Mathilde shook her head.

Chu Zhongtian looked at Mathilde, who was so resolute, and stopped talking.

Seeing that he was silent, a trace of hesitation and uneasiness flashed on Mathilde's face, and finally she smiled, "I'm sorry, Chu." I don't really have much more to teach you. I just don't be honest with you, but we're still friends......"

"Are you a friend?" Chu Zhongtian asked.

"I want to ...... Yes. Mathilde nodded.

"Aren't you coming next week?"

"Yes, not coming. Today is the last class. ”

"Hammel's 'last lesson'?"

Chu Zhongtian refers to the famous French writer Alphonse. One of Dude's short stories, called "The Last Lesson," was written by Dude (alphonse_daudet) when he was a child. Later, when I came to Metz, I learned that the story had taken place in the Lorraine area where Metz was located. But Mathilde had told her that what the novel described was not necessarily true, at least not necessarily the real life of the vast majority of people in Lorraine.

Because the vast majority of people in the Lorraine region at that time spoke German, it was close to Germany and had long belonged to Germany. It was not until 1648 that it became an "unofficial protectorate" of France. It was not until the reign of Louis XIV that the French occupied Strasbourg and established official rule over the region. So during the Franco-Prussian War, it was reassigned to Germany, and for many people, it was a return to the language they were more familiar with. The last lesson in French described in the novel does not correspond to the reality of 95 percent of the people at the time.

Until now, this has been the case in Lorraine. Many people speak both French and German, which is taught in schools and may be used at home. Delphin. Mathilde is an example of her mother's great-grandfather, who was German, spoke English, French and German in three Chinese, and her German was taught by her mother from an early age.

Hearing Chu Zhongtian ask, Mathilde laughed, and she kept shaking her head: "No, it's not that sad. It's just a goodbye, we're still in Metz, we can always meet, and you have my mobile phone number, if you want to contact me, you can definitely get in touch. ”

With all that said, what else can Chu Zhongtian say?

He nodded a little disappointed: "Okay, I hope we can meet again in the future." Marty-sensei, if you have free time, welcome to my competition. ”

Mathilde smiled: "Even if you don't go to the scene, I will always pay attention to you." ”

Before leaving, Mathilde turned to look at Chu Zhongtian, and then suddenly stepped forward and brought her face up.

Chu Zhongtian was shocked-does the teacher want to ...... with himself Kiss?

Just when he was surprised, Mathilde just rubbed his cheek, then changed to the other side, pursed her lips and rubbed it—it was a French kiss for a long time.

His heart fell, but he was a little stunned.

I had been in contact with Teacher Mathilde before, but I had never done this kind of salute, at most it was just a handshake. Although there are many kisses in France, in fact, teachers and students will not do it, and if there is no one to introduce them, they will not be so casual, let alone suspicious strangers. When he first met Mathilde, Chu Zhongtian thought he was going to kiss him, but he didn't expect Mathilde to stretch out his hand in advance and shake hands with him. After that, as a sign of politeness, they all shook hands and saluted. This is the first time to have a kiss with Mathilde.

Chu Zhongtian was a little dazed.

Mathilde had retreated.

"Thank you for the gift, Chu. Good bye. ”

She opened the door and walked out. Without waiting for Chu Zhongtian to say goodbye to her, he closed the door.

Mathilde, who closed the door, did not rush to leave, but leaned against the door, tilted her head and took a deep breath.

Before she came, she didn't expect that this would be the last lesson she gave Chu. But during the time when she was alone with Chu Zhongtian in the bathroom, she had this idea, and when she was teaching Chu, she was always thinking about this matter in her heart. It wasn't until the end that I made up my mind.

Maybe it's better to leave...... Chu Zhongtian was still standing in the door, and even though Mathilde had already left, he reached out and touched both cheeks that Mathilde had "kissed" - to be exact, he was rubbed.

Of course, he knew that this kind of "kiss" was different from the "kiss" between ordinary couples, but for him and Mathilde, even such a kiss seemed to have a special meaning...... He sighed suddenly.

Mathilde, who was outside, heard Chu Zhongtian sighing, and she sighed silently.

She wrapped the scarf given by Chu Zhongtian around her neck, and the skin on her face felt the soft and warm feeling. Then he left Chu Zhongtian's house and slowly walked towards the staircase.

When Chu Zhongtian heard the footsteps, he realized that Mathilde hadn't left before, but when he opened the door and leaned out to look, there was nothing in the corridor except for the dim light. Only the sound of footsteps echoed in the stairwell in front of him, from near to far, from clear to faint.

In the end, it was no longer heard.

He rushed back to the windowsill, pushed it open, and watched as the red scarf walked down the sidewalk into the distance, slowly disappearing from view.

He didn't call, he didn't stay, he just watched the slender figure leave.

※※※ Four days later, Chu Zhongtian made his first start for Mace, away against the third-division team Rodez. Ribery really didn't travel with the team in this game, and he wasn't even in the squad.

Since knowing that Ribery will not leave the team this winter, Fernandes has relied on Ribery even more, and the team's relegation task in the second half of the season is still very heavy, and it is not worth letting Ribery waste his energy in a game like the cup, let alone what if he is injured?

Chu Zhongtian's situation is different, because in the first half of the season, he didn't play a lot of games, and he didn't even play a full game, so in order to make his physical and mental fitness meet the requirements for playing the whole game, he had to play more games. This French Cup match was just the right time to warm him up and get a feeling.

Chu Zhongtian replaced the injured Gregory. Leka, the position is a back midfielder, but in the game, you need to be able to take both offense and defense, you have to be able to go up at critical moments, and you have to be able to get back if you lose the ball. For Chu Zhongtian, who has good physical fitness, this is not an excessive request.

Perhaps because the opponent was a third-division team, the players of Metz felt that this game could be easily won no matter what, and the suspense was only to win by a few goals, so everyone did not take their opponent seriously. As a result, just one minute into the game, Metz was given a blow by his opponent.

The opponent's No. 11 player, Nikola. Boyd (nicolas_bayod) opened the scoring in the first minute of the game, before the Metz players had even run yet.

Throughout the first half, the dream-like Metz bombarded the Rodez gate, but their opponents had the advantage of being at home, and with the cheers of the home fans, they defended their goal and did not let the Metz team equalize.

At half-time, Fernandes told his players that the bombardment should also be methodical. Long-range shots and wide crosses don't always get the job done. When attacking, there must be a level, don't shoot from a distance or break through the side as soon as you get the ball, the opponent is used to it, and naturally knows how to defend. Be varied.

For this reason, he asked Chu Zhongtian to participate more actively in the attack, and dare to ask for teammates and get the ball. In order to cooperate with him, Coach Fernandez asked the team to pass the ball to Chu Zhongtian as much as possible and hand it over to him to organize the attack.

After thoroughly clarifying Chu Zhongtian's identity, position and role, Mace in the second half quickly changed.

As soon as the second half started, Rodez hoped to take advantage of Metz's lack of concentration at the beginning of the game and score another goal to extend the score.

But they didn't expect that this time Mace was not distracted, in the fifty-fifth minute, his teammates broke the ball and handed it to Chu Zhongtian, Chu Zhongtian took advantage of the opportunity of the opponent's pressure to pass the football to his teammate Roy on the side with a 40-meter-long direct pass. At the foot of Contu (roy_contout). After cutting inside with the ball to attract the attention of the opposing two defenders, Contu passed the ball to another midfielder, Gregory, who was inserted in the back. Promans, Promans received the ball and adjusted his feet to shoot, and the ball went past the opponent's goalkeeper and rolled into the goal. Metz gets a city back!

Fernández rose from his seat and applauded. However, he did not applaud Promans's goal, but for Chu Zhongtian's fifty-meter-long pass drum, which had not slowed down against the turf. This pass is the reason why he insisted on a loan move for Chu Zhongtian to come to Metz.

In the next game, the morale of the Metz team who equalized was boosted, and in the 62nd minute, captain Bobiconi scored again, and finally Metz won the game 2-1 and went one step further in the French Cup.

Chu Zhongtian did not have a direct assist and did not score, but his performance in the second half was obviously better than the first half, and the midfield of Metz was sorted out in an orderly manner.

More importantly, he played the full 90 minutes of the first team for the first time, and he felt the feeling of the game slowly coming back to him.

He is looking forward to 12 January, as Metz hosts Ajaccio in a league game and if nothing else, he will make his first league start.

(To be continued)