Chapter 25: Shame
It's not a Hongmen feast.
Leaving City's headquarters, Linson seemed to be relieved, but he knew it was far from the time he was naïve. Mubarak did not talk about the current situation of Manchester City from beginning to end, and Linsen may understand this as a kind of trust, but at the same time, the reality reminds Linsen all the time, and it is also a reminder that, as Mubarak said, a meeting is necessary.
On the way back to Carrington, Linson was not thinking about Mubarak's words, but was always thinking about the next Manchester City schedule.
Manchester City's next game is a tough one, at home to a five-game unbeaten Chelsea side, but the rest of the fixtures are generally light, with FC Twente facing last season's Champions League fixtures and two promoted sides who have just returned to the Premier League this season: Newcastle and Blackpool......
In order not to add to his own blockage, Lin Sen has not read the newspaper recently, but combined with his current situation, it is not difficult to guess the "weight" of the next game against Chelsea in the eyes of the media, what battle of life and death, what battle of fate...... Probably if Manchester City loses in this matchup, Linsen will probably have to roll up and leave.
Indeed, even leaving City in the right place, this game is an important game for both sides. Chelsea have already 'veniled' Manchester City in the Community Shield, but they would certainly prefer another league game to beat the Reservoir Dogs, so why not? As for Manchester City, losing this game would mean that the difference of ten points would become thirteen points, more than a four-game difference, which is unacceptable in any way.
The meeting with Mubarak only allowed Lin Sen to calm down for a while.
But only temporarily.
Instead of going straight back to the apartment, Linson went to the training base, greeted the old doorman Gardner at the door, joked with the jersey caretaker Chapman after entering, and chatted with the courtkeeper Cohen when he came to the training ground. He doesn't look like a precarious manager, but rather a jobless vagrant with nothing to do.
Of course, Lin Sen didn't come to the base to visit the club's employees, he was just trying to calm his mood.
Manchester City will eventually come out of the slump, that's for sure.
It's just that Lin Sen doesn't know if Manchester City has reached the lowest point, or whether he can wait for the day when Manchester City comes out of the trough, but in any case, people can be helpless, but they must not sit still, so you have to do something. How to get Manchester City out of the predicament. In the past few games, Lin Sen has quietly tried several ways, choosing trust is one way, changing the lineup is another, changing tactics is also another, and now, Lin Sen has thought of changing the formation.
In the summer warm-up game, Lin Sen tried to change the formation, but the effect was not good, so, after the start of the new season. Manchester City played a team of 4231 last season, and the transfer work in the summer basically revolved around this formation.
Four-two-three-one is the most flexible formation. Because it can easily change the formation, for example, let the two wingers stand a little back, it becomes a traditional four-five-one, and if you let the forward position slightly advance. It will become a more traditional four-four-two, or in other words, directly replace the front waist with the back waist. It will become four, three, three.
But changing formations also means huge risks.
It's like changing the coach, it's easy to change the coach, but no one knows what will happen after the change of coach. So, unless it's certain that a manager is no longer able to lead the team forward, or has lost control of the team, a change of manager is definitely not a wise choice, and the same applies to changing formations.
It wasn't until Lin Sen left the training base and returned to his apartment that he was still thinking about it in his head.
It's just that when he opened the door of his apartment, he was stunned.
In the past half a month, his residence is definitely the most chaotic stage since he moved in, almost every day he comes back from the training ground, he will throw himself into the world of game video, and then the room is full of drawings that he seems to others to be like ghost drawings, originally he didn't clean up, naturally someone helped him clean up, but he recently banned others from entering his room.
Now, however, he saw a room that had clearly been cleaned up.
Seeing another well-organized room, Lin Sen's heart was not happy, but frowned, and a trace of inexplicable impetuousness suddenly appeared in his heart, he didn't remember telling others to come up and clean up. However, when he walked into the room, he smelled the fragrance again.
The aroma of the meal.
Someone was cooking, Lin Sen was a little suspicious now, he wondered if he had gone to the wrong room, then he turned around and walked out of the door again, looking up at the door number.
That's right, and besides, even if you make a mistake, you shouldn't be able to open the door with your own key.
At this time, a slight smile came from the room, but it instantly made Lin Sen feel so warm.
"I didn't know you could be so cute."
She appeared in front of him so suddenly, just like before, looking at him who was stretching his neck to look at the door number, wearing an obviously loose apron, with a smile on his face.
"Why are you here?" Lin Sen walked into the room a little embarrassed, and then glanced into the room again, "You cleaned it up?" ”
"Everything is there." Boya nodded, her expression still calm, she pointed to the stack of papers in the corner, and said, "I have divided you into categories, living room, room, kitchen...... There are also toilets. ”
"I'm sorry."
Lin Sen was even more embarrassed.
"By the way, how do you have the key?" Lin Sen hurriedly changed the subject.
"Ask Ariel."
"Ariel?"
"Yes, I sued her about our relationship."
……
This is the first meeting after the "qualitative change" in the relationship between Lin Sen and Boya, but in name is "qualitative change", but in fact, many times, there is almost no difference between the two and before, except that the number of exchanges is a little more than before.
If this is also a boyfriend and girlfriend relationship, then the realm must be very high, at least platonic, but Lin Sen is not a saint, he has the desires that a man should have, but he knows more about self-discipline, or rather, the nature of his work, coupled with the identity of Boya, is destined to pass between him and Boya, at least for the time being, it can only be like this.
Therefore, the arrival of Boya is definitely a surprise for Lin Sen, and Lin Sen is not hypocritical about this, what unexpected and poor privacy can be thrown into the Atlantic.
Boya cooked, a very simple Chinese meal, two dishes and one soup.
Boya took off her apron, Lin Sen found that she was actually wearing one of her own T-shirts, which seemed to be a little loose, but her figure could not be hidden, looking at the whiteness of Boya's cuffs when she was helping herself to add food, Lin Sen, who had been a saint for a long time, suddenly felt a little dry, and immediately looked at the nose and nose, but soon the two eyes did not obey the command of the brain and began to act privately.
As if noticing Lin Sen's gaze, Boya's hand holding the rice spoon tightened, and his face was slightly red.
It's just a small episode.
To be honest, Boya's cooking skills are really not good, such as the rice is harder, the vegetable oil is a little more, and the soup is salty...... But this meal, Lin Sen still ate very well. During the meal, the two were like an ordinary couple who had been dating for a long time, and the topic was whimsical, talking about Tang Hua and Cinderella, the "hard-working" mandarin ducks, and talking about Ariel's reaction after knowing their relationship......
A simple meal, which lasted a full hour. After the meal, Lin Sen took the initiative to clean up the dishes, and Boya did not reject it, just sat quietly in the living room with a smile and turned on the TV, and then, after washing the dishes, Lin Sen quickly returned to the living room and naturally sat next to Boya, not far away.
A moment later, Boyano moved closer to him.
Lin Sen, who is already a forty-year-old "old man", is a little stiff, he clearly knows what he should do at this time, such as intentionally or unintentionally raising his arm to put it on her shoulder, and pretending to inadvertently increase the physical contact between the two...... But he's just so stiff, not even as he was ten years ago.
Boya was a little amused in her heart.
It was the first time she had been so close to a "strange" man, but she was far more natural than him, who usually seemed much more mature and stable. A naughty thought suddenly occurred in Boya's heart, and she tilted her head and leaned on the other party's shoulder.
She came to England alone, she opened up her relationship with him to her best friend, she helped him tidy up his room, she cooked his first meal for him, and she put on a man's clothes for the first time...... A lot of firsts are something to cherish, especially for women. Inadvertently, Boya did a lot of his first time, so naturally.
So, how can you be so "ashamed"?
Only, a moment later, the roles switched.
Just when Boya leaned on his shoulder, Lin Sen, who had done a lot of psychological struggle, decided not to continue to "embarrass people", so he put his hand on Boya's shoulder, which was not weak, and then quickly felt the sudden tightness of the other party's body.
The reason why Lin Sen is so "embarrassed" is more than half of the reason because of the identity of the other party, otherwise, the natural advantage of a man, coupled with the fact that he is not rich but has more experience than Boya, how can he be passive everywhere? Therefore, when Lin Sen decided to temporarily "forget" the other party's identity, the goddess became a woman.
Aren't you afraid?
Lin Sen turned his head, looked at Boya, who was obviously tense up but still trying to disguise himself, and asked softly with a wicked smile.
Boya also turned his head, pursed his thin lips, and looked back at the face that was close at hand, his already soft gaze suddenly became softer, and at the same time, his tense body seemed to thaw suddenly.
She suddenly smiled, and her style bloomed.
Why? (To be continued......)