Although Chu Zuosheng hardly slept all night, and didn't squint for a while until the sky was bright, but in front of his wife Zhou Xiaoxiang, he still pretended that he had a good rest last night, and he yawned in his stomach.

Chu Zuosheng, who tried his best not to let his wife see anything abnormal, didn't notice that something was wrong with his wife...... When he arrived at the unit, Chu Zuosheng became the focus of attention for the first time. From the moment he entered the gate of the unit, he was constantly greeted by people.

"Hi, Lao Chu!"

"Good morning, Lao Chu!"

"How did you sleep yesterday, Lao Chu?"

…… Greetings like this, Chu Zuosheng had never enjoyed them so intensively before. Until I arrived in the department, someone was very enthusiastic about holding a freshly baked "Chengdu Business Daily" and greeted Chu Zuosheng: "Old Chu, your son is hard (sound: eng) is going to get ha!" ”

The newspapers were fast, and photos of the game in the early hours of this morning had been published. At a glance, he saw a large photograph of his son, still in color.

"Hehe......" he laughed, a little unsure of how to answer.

"Win glory for the country, win glory for the country!" An old man in the department wearing glasses with thick bottles also stood up with a teacup. Chu Zuosheng knew this old man, he usually didn't care about football or anything, his hobby was playing chess...... Unexpectedly, he also paid attention to his son.

"Hey, Lao Chu! I watched the game last night! You also watched wow? "The youngest Xiao Chen in the department is in his thirties, and he and Chu Zuosheng are the only two football fans in this office. As soon as he came in and saw Chu Zuosheng, his loud voice shouted.

"Wonderful, very exciting!" After getting Chu Zuosheng's affirmative reply, he gave a thumbs up. "Those two balls are really a ticket in the air! Your son is amazing, Lao Chu! ”

In the next working hours, people from other departments came to visit the door from time to time, and as soon as they entered the door, they pulled Chu Zuosheng to talk about the game that ended in the early hours of this morning. Everyone chatted with spittle, and the interest was high.

This density was so frequent that Chu Zuosheng didn't finish reading the newspaper on the table until he got off work at noon, and the genuine pages on it were all reports about his son, from the perspective of reporters to fans, from documentary style to sensational style...... It's a pity that he didn't even finish the first documentary report, so he left work.

※※※ People like Chu Zuosheng still have Zhou Xiaoxiang.

When she arrives at school, she is greeted by many smiling people, which makes her feel very surprised and confused. In the past, everyone would say hello, but there weren't as many people as they do today...... There were even students in her class who took the initiative to say hello after seeing her: "Hello Teacher Zhou!" ”

She returned the salute in confusion, but she didn't understand why the students were so enthusiastic about her. Is it true that today's students respect their teachers so much? It's impossible, these sixteen or seventeen-year-old students don't usually take the teacher seriously...... She, the head teacher, still has some prestige in handling herself, and when she goes to other classes, many students do whatever they need to do below, and they completely treat her as air.

Even when she walked into the class to prepare for class, she could still feel the change in the students.

She is a very strict teacher and does not smile in front of her students. So the students in her class are usually a little afraid of her.

During class, as long as she stared at her, the group of students below didn't even dare to look at her, and no matter how ruffian the students were, they had to restrain themselves a little in front of her.

But today, the situation had changed, and she could feel that many students were looking at her curiously, and there was less fear in their eyes and more ...... How to say that? Glad? Cordial?

It doesn't seem right to use it kindly...... Well, anyway, her students weren't as scared of her as they used to be, or at least they seemed to behave like that.

She finished a lecture with doubts, and asked the students at the end of the class: "Which one still has questions, and if you don't understand, you can bring it up." ”

The big student walking in the last row raised his hand.

Zhou Xiaoxiang frowned, she knows this student, she usually doesn't study very hard, why is she so active today?

Suspicion is suspicion, she is a teacher, and the teacher has to solve the doubts of the student, no matter how the student usually behaves.

"Zhu Tai, what's your problem?" Zhou Xiaoxiang helped his glasses.

"Teacher Zhou, that ......" Zhu Tai stood up about 1.85 meters, as a student in Sichuan, he is indeed not short. I want to ask Mr. Zhou, is that Chu Zhongtian in last night's game your son? ”

Someone in the class burst into laughter.

Zhou Xiaoxiang was stunned for a moment, but she didn't expect the student to stand up and ask this question.

According to her previous temper, it is estimated that she will be reprimanded directly, and then punished until the end of class.

But today, when Zhu Tai asked this question, what flashed in Zhou Xiaoxiang's mind was the scene of hiding behind the door and watching TV in the middle of the night last night.

Some people are laughing, and more people are worried that Zhu Tai will be scolded by the head teacher...... After all, they privately called Zhou Xiaoxiang the "witch old class".

Unexpectedly, today's "Witch Old Class" just said: "I haven't talked about this issue." Next time, remember to ask me what I said. ”

Then he waved his hand to sit down for Zhu Tai.

Next, Zhou Xiaoxiang didn't have the heart to continue answering students' questions, so he simply walked out of the classroom in a circle.

"Your baby is going to get it!" As soon as she walked on her front foot, the male classmates in the classroom extended their thumbs to Zhu Tai.

"Hey, hey!" Zhu Tai puffed out his chest proudly.

"But I heard that Chu Zhongtian is really the son of the witch Lao Banye......"

"I forgot who said it, it's true!"

"It's so fateful...... Our homeroom teacher turned out to be Chu Zhongtian's mother! ”

"You said we had hope to get Chu Zhongtian's signature, didn't you?"

"Who knows? Your baby can try it! ”

…… In fact, Zhou Xiaoxiang didn't go far, she stood outside the classroom, through a wall, and listened to all the buzzing discussions of the students inside.

When the students privately called her "Old Witch Class", she didn't feel offended at all, because she had known the nickname for a long time. At first, she was a little angry, but now that it's been so long, she can already see it - she can't order everyone not to call it that, can she? That can only be counterproductive.

She didn't care about the nicknames her students gave her, but what they talked about. It seems that his son is not very famous among these students...... Her son kicked and played on live TV and became the idol of the students in her class...... She had never cared about what her students liked before, and she thought that it was enough to teach the class well, and the promotion rate would be the first.

She has a generation gap with her students, and she seems to have a generation gap with her own son...... During recess exercises, the students are doing exercises in the playground, and the homeroom teachers of each class get together to chat, basically the owner Li Jiaxiao, or whose class has students making trouble, which teacher has an unusual relationship with the teaching director...... But today is different.

After Zhou Xiaoxiang supervised the exercises of the students in her class for a while, she walked to the place where her colleagues were gathered and prepared to chat with them.

Her appearance immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Xiaoxiang, Xiaoxiang......" Seeing her coming, a teacher greeted her warmly. Is your son really playing in the UK? ”

Zhou Xiaoxiang didn't expect that not only the students were discussing this issue, but even the teachers were talking about it. She didn't know how to answer for a moment.

"Why haven't I heard you talk about it before?"

"Uh...... Ha, I just found out about ......," Zhou Xiaoxiang replied embarrassedly.

"I heard those students in our class talking about Chu Zhongtian Chu Zhongtian today, I thought it was familiar at first, and then I reacted after class - isn't that your son?"

Zhou Xiaoxiang became the focus of the teachers, not only the female teachers surrounded her to ask about her son's situation, but the male teachers also came up.

Many of these people don't usually care about football at all, and their knowledge of football may be limited to seeing students chasing a ball on the field, and they don't know anything about the rules, history, and anecdotes. Now she is talking about football with great interest, talking about the game in the early hours of this morning, and talking about the outstanding performance of her son Chu Zhongtian.

"Your son has a good future!"

"Look at you, I said a long time ago that Xiaoxiang and their son are amazing, and he will definitely have a great future in the future!"

"On TV! I heard that it is still live broadcast to the whole of the United Kingdom......"

"What, it's a global live ......"

"My husband and son stayed up late yesterday to watch the game...... It's really strange that my husband didn't even mention his son, and he watched the game with him......"

"That's the beauty of football, haha! Mr. Li, I didn't see that your man and son are also fans! ”

Listening to these enthusiastic and full of envy and jealousy, she was a little overwhelmed.

What's going on?

When my son came back to high school halfway through, what did the teachers at this school say in private?

"It took 10 years to come to high school and want to go to college? Dream on......"

"Going to college? It's good to be able to get a high school diploma......"

"The academic performance is not very outstanding......

"Look at Xiaoxiang and their son, so don't send him to play football if you have a child, it's a waste of ten years......"

Have I changed, or have they changed? Or rather...... Has the world changed?

※※※ After getting off work in the evening, the couple returned home one after another. Chu Zuosheng's face was bright, as if he had been notified of his promotion. And his wife Zhou Xiaoxiang is worried.

Chu Zuosheng was in the limelight in the unit, and even the leaders knew that his son played in the British game, scored two goals, and won glory for the country.

And Zhou Xiaoxiang is distressed, distressed by everything she has seen and heard today. To be honest, even if she watched yesterday's game, she couldn't understand why everyone was so enthusiastic.

Is playing football really that great?

So my son used to play for ten years, and I didn't see anyone around him say anything good.

Maybe I should ask my husband?

"That, Lao Chu......" When eating dinner, Zhou Xiaoxiang just picked up the bowl and put it down, looking at her husband who was drinking soup with a heavy heart.

"Huh? What's the matter? Hearing this title from his wife, Chu Zuosheng hurriedly put down the bowl in his hand and made a gesture of respect.

Their family names are very particular, and different titles often imply different meanings. For example, his wife calls him "Uncle Chu", which is a joking name for being in a good mood, and sometimes with a little helplessness, at this time, Chu Zuosheng can also make fun of his wife and call him a little fleshy "Xiang Xiang'er" or "Teacher Zhou". And if his wife calls him "Chu Zuosheng", he must be very angry, and at this time he will be a man with his tail between his legs and his head bowed, and he will serve carefully, and he must not further intensify the conflict. When his wife calls him "Lao Chu", he usually has to discuss something, and this matter is still very important, he must listen carefully, and he can't act impatient, or don't care, otherwise his wife's name for him will immediately escalate to "Chu Zuosheng".

"I heard a lot of talk about our son at school today......"

Chu Zuosheng immediately entered a nervous state, of course he knew what those discussions were, but if his wife was annoyed by others nagging outside, maybe she would be angry with herself when she went home...... "Is our son famous now?" Instead of lashing out, she asked a question.

Chu Zuosheng breathed a sigh of relief. He thought about the words and tone in his heart for a moment, and then he cautiously showed a little joy: "Yes, it's famous now." Don't you read the newspaper? Chengdu's large and small newspapers - Business Daily, Evening News, Metropolis Daily...... All reported. Today, that high reporter called me and said that our son was being reported all over the country! There are also fans on the Internet who have set up a personal website for him to follow his life, study and play in the UK. ”

He still couldn't help but feel proud.

Then he looked at his wife cautiously, and seeing that she did not show any impatience, he continued: "I also heard that CCTV is interested in my son......

"Huh?" This surprised Zhou Xiaoxiang. Then she reflexively asked, "Then can he still go to school well?" ”

This question suddenly knocked away Chu Zuosheng's previous pride, and he realized that he was not facing those fans and colleagues in the office, but his wife, who had always been firmly opposed to his son's football...... He was silent.

※※※ The manager of Eames has said before that the training for skipping school will be over after this FA Cup game.

But Chu Zhongtian struggled with his thoughts for a noon, just over whether to continue skipping class to play football.

His two personalities transformed into his mother and father, and they quarreled over the matter.

Mom said, "You've skipped so many classes!" Do you want to graduate if you run away any longer?! ”

Dad said: "Although I said that I didn't have to skip classes to train after this FA Cup, but now that the team has reached the next round of the FA Cup, it's just as important, shouldn't I go to training?" ”

Mom rebuked: "Nonsense! Then there is the next game after this game! When will this be finished? ”

"Oops...... Anyway, Yang Yang is here, can you make up for the homework you have missed......" Dad's smiling face appeared in front of him again.

Chu Zhongtian chose to continue the class, but in the first session, he found that he couldn't listen to it anyway, and he sat in the classroom thinking about the team's training and the king's ranch. At first, he thought it was because he had skipped too much class and was not used to it, but the more he went on, the more he felt that it was not the case - he didn't have the heart to listen to the lectures anymore.

So he continued to fight in his heart in this class, and in the end his father won the battle, and Chu Zhongtian decided to go to training - as for homework, I will talk about it later, and now he really can't take care of it.

After the first class, after Chu Zhongtian greeted Philip and Kenny, he put on his schoolbag and ran out of the door with a football. First of all, he had to run back to his apartment to change his clothes, which was not suitable for the six-kilometre trek and then the most important boots. Then I rushed to the afternoon team training.

When he ran to the King's Ranch, he saw that there were many people outside, and there were still many people standing in the stands.

The people in the stands were fans, and the number of fans who usually came to see the team train skyrocketed because of the team's win over Chelsea.

And those who gather around the outside of the stadium are...... Scouts and journalists.

Seeing Chu Zhongtian running over sweating profusely, the crowd was in a commotion.

The players who had already arrived at the stadium and changed their clothes and were ready to warm up laughed when they saw this: "I bet, it must be the big star Chu who is here, aha!" ”

Eames looked over and saw Chu Zhongtian being surrounded by a large group of people and walking towards this side with difficulty...... "Hey, Chu, do you remember me?" Yesterday in the bar, I was that Tony......"

"Wow, boy, you're more famous! I don't know if you still need an agent right now......" A black man squeezed Tony aside.

"Chu Zhongtian, Chu Zhongtian! I'm a reporter for Sports Weekly, can I ask you a few questions......"

"Scored two goals alone to beat Chelsea and was voted Man of the Match, what do you think, Chu!"

"It is said that some professional teams have expressed interest in you, but you are still an international student, do you have any plans for the future, Chu?"

Seeing that those scouts and reporters were so excited, the fans in the stands also rushed over, and they sang and applauded the team's heroes, while coming up to get Chu Zhongtian to sign autographs.

"Look over here, look over here, Chu!"

Chu Zhongtian turned around when he heard this, and saw a flower in front of him - a fan opposite him gave him a thumbs up with a digital camera: "Thank you!" ”

"Can I sign it? Chu, I'm a big fan of yours! ”

Chu Zhongtian stopped to meet the fans' demands, but it turned out that he was surrounded by scouts and reporters, and those fans couldn't squeeze in at all.

It was then that he heard Eames yelling, "What are you doing? We're going to train now! If there's anything to do, wait until it's over! ”

Chu Zhongtian took the opportunity to drill out and ran to the court.

Looking at his sturdy figure, those reporters and scouts were anxious...... But they can't run up to the pitch to chase and intercept, right?

Eames smiled at the group: "Okay, when we're done, you can find Chu alone." ”

After the game against Chelsea, he doesn't want to go out and shoot people anymore, and these journalists can shoot as much as they want, and they can also make the team more visible - even though they are famous enough now...... Turning back, Eames saw Chu Zhongtian greeting his teammates, and he stepped forward: "I remember I said that you don't have to skip class training after the game against Chelsea. ”

"That's what I thought, boss. But I sat in the classroom for a lesson and found out...... I couldn't concentrate on the lectures, my mind was full of the team, all the football. So here I go again. ”

"Wouldn't that be nice?" Eames asked.

"I can't do that much now...... I just want to train, you're not going to kick me away, are you, boss? ”

"Nope." Eames laughed. "How could I drive you away? Go change your clothes and get ready for training, you won't have to warm up with them. ”

After Chu Zhongtian got the head coach's reply, he happily ran to the locker room.

Little did he realize that he was getting farther and farther away from the principle of "academics first, football second" that he had adhered to at the beginning......

(To be continued)