Chapter 70: Christmas Eve
How to spend Christmas.
This is the question that Lin Sen has asked himself once a year for the past ten years, he can not care about Christmas, but the atmosphere of Christmas is there, and he can't help but not care. It's just that this year, he finally doesn't have to ask himself this question, because this year is destined to be a lively Christmas.
The Premier League without the winter break simply ignored the call of the white-bearded old man, the league is still going on as usual, the time of the nineteenth round of the league is two days after Christmas, so originally according to the normal training plan, Manchester City team will be the same as other Premier League teams, training as usual during Christmas, but Lin Sen made a proposition, the 25th has a day off, although for non-local players, especially South American players, this day of vacation may not be enough time for them to spend on the plane, but on this day, They can choose to spend a special Christmas with their friends or with their families via guò online video, which is better than spending the holidays on a cold training ground.
Dina didn't go back to Spain, not because she was so dedicated that she hadn't taken a vacation off for her baby daughter before she could talk about engagement, but because the Dias had decided to take little Nora to Manchester to spend Christmas with her. Like Dina, Ariel, who had to travel to Malaga to spend Christmas with the Cruz Sr., decided to stay behind after a phone call with her grandparents, but of course, she would not be alone, Boya was in England, and Cinderella was planning to fly from Madrid.
One of the two women has a family and one has friends, leaving one big and one young, Lin Sen and Tang Hua originally planned to "depend on each other", although Lin Sen's parents are also in Spain, but as the head coach, it is obviously impossible for him to get out, not to mention Tang Hua, Christmas or something, for him, it is a foreign festival. Don't say you don't have time, even if you have time, let him go back to China to find someone to spend Christmas?
Fortunately, the two women finally did not forget the two singles, and they had already decided to spend Christmas Eve together, so they directly arrested the two singles.
On December 24th, Lin Sen ended training half an hour early, and also said Merry Christmas to the players in advance, although the Premier League schedule is not close to people, but the club still spent a lot of thought on holiday celebrations, even if it is a cold training base on weekdays. At this time, it was arranged with a little more festive atmosphere, and the most conspicuous thing was the huge Christmas tree, of course, there was a Christmas tree, and naturally there were no gifts.
The gifts given by the club are not written by name, that is, they are chosen at random, of course, there is only one for each person. It's not just the players, it's every staff member at the training base. For players with an annual salary of millions of pounds, it doesn't matter how big or small the gift is, it's just the festive atmosphere that matters. There are also people who open the gift on the spot, but not everyone is so lucky, Bellamy, who deliberately picked a "big" gift, hugged a huge Manchester City mascot doll and couldn't laugh or cry......
Lin Sen also picked a small gift, but he didn't open it on the spot. Instead, he took it in his hand, and then Shi Shiran walked back to his residence, and along the way, people kept saying Merry Christmas to Lin Sen. Lin Sen also smiled and responded one by one, coming here for nearly half a year, the club is basically familiar with Lin Sen for a long time, plus Lin Sen does not have the posture of some big-name coaches, he is easy-going, so his popularity is not bad.
Returned to his apartment, opened the door, Lin Sen's eyes suddenly lit up, the apartment that used to be deserted, under Dina's arrangement, turned out to be extraordinarily warm, a Christmas tree surrounded by small lanterns was placed in the left corner, hanging all kinds of brightly colored small things, the walls were also hung with snowflake-shaped trinkets, and the other furniture in the house, without exception, were decorated with Christmas-related. Before Lin Sen entered the house, he heard a familiar voice coming out: Uncle Lin is back.
Then, Lin Sen saw little Nora, dressed like a little princess, jumping out of the house, Lin Sen's face suddenly showed a smile, leaned over and picked up little Nora, and handed her the gift in his hand.
Lin Sen's apartment is not big, but the apartment of Dina and Ariel and others is even smaller, so this party can only be chosen at Lin Sen's residence, before she needed to pick up the Dias couple, Dina took a half-day off, Lin Sen also gave her the key to the apartment, obviously, she had already received her parents.
At this time, Mr. Dias stood up from the sofa, smiled and nodded to Lin Sen, Lin Sen also smiled and nodded in response, and when he saw Dina coming out of the kitchen, he asked: What about Ariel? Didn't she come back early, too?
She went to pick up Cinderella.
Without waiting for Dina to answer, a warm voice had already come out of the kitchen, answering Lin Sen's question, and then, Boya dressed casually appeared in front of Lin Sen: light blue jeans, orange knitted sweater, cuffs rolled up high, revealing white arms, looking refreshing, and holding a plate in his hand, Boya who came out glanced at Lin Sen with ulterior motives.
As soon as the eyes of the two people made contact, Lin Sen immediately understood Boya's intentions, she didn't want her identity to ruin today's atmosphere. Thinking about it this way, it is likely that she has already said hello to Ariel before.
Lin Sen thought for a while, and felt that it was better to respect Boya's opinion, so he nodded seemingly casually, which was regarded as responding to Boya's words before, of course, the actual meaning was only known to Boya, and then, Lin Sen saw Boya smile.
A woman's instincts are terrifying. Lin Sen and Boya just said a sentence so lightly, but Dina next to her seemed to smell a different smell, especially when she saw Boya for the first time, she always felt as if she had seen Boya somewhere, although Boya smiled and shook her head, but Dina always had an almost blind trust in her own intuition, just like when she suddenly decided to join Lin Sen's team.
"By the way, you just said that you and Lin met in Malaga?" Back in the kitchen, Dina casually continued the conversation between the two of them.
"Yes, Picasso Memorial, to be exact." It seemed that he didn't expect Dina to be tempted, but Boya still looked indifferent and quiet, neither admitting nor denying it, but just smiled.
"Alone?" Dina asked again.
"No, Cinderella, well, that's the one Ariel is going to pick up right now. The three of us went to Malaga on that trip, and we happened to meet, as if Lin was going to attend an interview in Malaga that time. ”
"That's fate." Dina laughed.
"It's fate." Boya graciously admitted.
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Lin Sen didn't expect that there would be a topic about himself in the kitchen at this time, and after he came back, he stayed in the living room to chat with the Dias couple, and the Dias couple no longer forced Dina to get married, but focused on little Nora, and when chatting, the Dias couple talked about the most interesting things about little Nora.
At this time, the doorbell rang, Lin Sen got up and walked over to open the door, and sure enough, Ariel and Cinderella arrived together, and to his surprise, Tang Hua also followed. It turned out that Ariel was on her way back to pick up Cinderella when she happened to run into Tang Hua.
The people are here.
The dinner is not good yet, so the hall can only be a little more lively, Ariel and Cinderella, who have not seen each other for a few months, seem to have endless words, and Lin Sen, who talks to the Dias couple from time to time, quickly noticed an interesting thing, he found that Tang Hua has become extraordinarily quiet since he walked into the room, at first Lin Sen thought that it was just Tang Hua's personality, but he soon noticed that it was not the case at all, because Tang Hua's eyes always seemed to be drifting in one direction unconsciously.
Direction of Cinderella.
I have to say that today's Cinderella is indeed exceptionally beautiful, although the figure is covered by a slightly bloated cotton coat, but the delicate little face under the blue knitted hat cannot be concealed, especially next to the more mature Ariel, Cinderella's unique little girl playfulness is inadvertently set off more vividly.
Well, our sullen genius actually has a spring? Lin Sen was originally a little strange about the strange feeling on Tang Hua's head when he just entered the door, but he didn't think much about it at the time, but he didn't expect it...... What's even more interesting is that when talking to Ariel, Cinderella always seems to be subconsciously paying attention to the direction in which Tang Hua is sitting.
Is there really such a thing as love at first sight in this world? Lin Sen, who was surprised, was suddenly very amused.
Tang Hua and Cinderella, from the perspective of a friend, the two of them are of the right age and personality, although there are many people who meet such conditions, but if the two can meet each other's eyes, Lin Sen doesn't mind adding fuel to the fire, but he didn't expect Santa Claus, when will he change his career and get old?
The Christmas Eve dinner in the evening was not sumptuous compared to what was eaten at the old Cruz house on Christmas Eve last year, after all, it was all "out of the house", and some of the food was even brought back from outside, but even so, this lively dinner was still extraordinarily warm, and Ariel even played a small game that she played at the old Cruz house last year.
When he saw Ariel bringing out the almond pudding like a trick, thinking of the clever play of Ariel last year, the corners of Lin Sen's mouth unconsciously showed a smile, and before he knew it, another year had passed. Last year, luck was given to Ariel, but this year, it was destined to belong to little Nora, not why, but because she was the only child in the house.
Everyone smiled as they watched Little Nora cheer as she ate the almonds from the pudding. (To be continued......)
PS: Sorry, I fell into the pit, the update was late.