Returning from White Hart Lane, the Chelsea players were looking a little depressed.

When the FA Cup came up at the weekend, the Chelsea players, who were holding their stomachs, beat Peterborough United directly from afar.

As a result, he defeated his opponent 4-1 and successfully advanced to the next round.

After the FA Cup ties, Jose Mourinho announced a two-day break for the first team.

Two days later, just as the end of the year was approaching, Jose's parents gathered all the restaurant employees and held an annual meeting in advance.

Due to the good economic benefits, this year's bonus is twice as much as last year, which makes the motivation of the employees below several times higher.

After the year-end summary meeting, Jose's parents returned to China ahead of schedule, and Wen Miaomiao and her senior sister went back with them.

Wang Churan was also leaving, but was dragged by Jose to stay.

Wang Churan and Wen Miaomiao have already quit the small villa and moved to the place where Jose lives, Wen Miaomiao's eyes are quick, she took the lead in choosing the room where Leng Yu lived, Wang Churan could only choose to live on the second floor, only a wall away from Jose.

The biggest advantage of living here in Jose is naturally that he doesn't have to cook by himself, but now that the person who cooks has returned to China, Jose has to do it himself.

After dinner, the two of them lay on the sofa in the living room and watched TV.

"Stopper, when are we leaving?" Wang Churan suddenly asked.

"Leave after the weekend." José replied.

"And what kind of gift should I bring to grandma?" Wang Churan asked with a serious face.

"You are the best gift." José said with a wicked smile.

"What, I'm serious."

"I'm serious too." José looked serious.

"Ignore you." Wang Churan said coquettishly.

"No kidding, when my grandma sees a granddaughter-in-law like you, she definitely doesn't want any gifts." Jose said as he hugged Wang Churan into his arms.

"No, I'm just your girlfriend, and I haven't agreed to marry you yet." Wang Churan said.

"Isn't that a matter of time?" Jose said with a smile.

Wang Churan's face turned crimson, and he was speechless for a while.

"Ranran, or ...... tonight," Jose leaned close to Wang Churan's ear and whispered.

"Don't." Wang Churan struggled to break free from Jose's arms, but he couldn't push him.

José looked at the stunning face in his arms and felt his heart pounding.

He hugged Wang Churan tightly and kissed him on the lips.

"Hmm!" Wang Churan snorted lightly.

The two kissed passionately, and it wasn't until Jose felt his breathing getting shorter and shorter that he let go of Wang Churan.

Jose didn't make any further moves, and he wouldn't take half a step until Wang Churan nodded.

…

The next day, I woke up early.

When he walked downstairs, he found that Wang Churan had already prepared breakfast for him.

It's just been more than a year, under the guidance of her senior sister, Wang Churan has preliminarily mastered the cooking skills of breakfast, which is definitely a big improvement for her.

After breakfast, Jose first went to the pharmaceutical company to take a long vacation, even if it was an internship, it had to be completed in accordance with the company's work system.

Then return to the Cobham training base.

The manager is of course responsible for the players taking time off.

Although Mourinho did not want Jose to be absent, in order to tie the relationship between the player and the manager, Mourinho agreed to Jose's half-month long vacation for the first time.

There are rumors that Mourinho will buy the hearts of players in particular, and this is true.

At the weekend, the 21st round of the Premier League continued.

At 17:30 local time on the 14th, the King Power Stadium, where the match between Chelsea and Leicester City started.

With Diego Costa out injured, Eden Hazard playing as a central striker and Pedro and Willian on the wings.

After the opening, Leicester City took the initiative to attack.

Moussa forced his way into the left side of the box with the ball.

In the face of Cahill's interception, Moussa hit the goal with his left foot.

The ball went past Cahill but not Jose.

Jose was able to keep the ball out with ease.

Blocking Leicester's first wave of attack, Chelsea launched a counter-attack.

Azpilicueta's diagonal pass.

Pedro's scramble in front of the six-yard box is blocked.

The ball fell to Eden Hazard.

Eden Hazard crossed to the left side of the box for the first time.

Unmarked Alonso won the ball and fired straight away.

With an 8-yard shot on goal, Schmeichel is not as plug-in as Jose.

Unsurprisingly, the ball flew into the back of the net.

Chelsea are 1-0 up.

Leicester were behind and had to step up their attack, with a number of attempts to open gaps from the flanks, leaving Alonso and Moses to defend and counter-attack.

In the 36th minute, there was a thrilling scene on the field.

Jamie Vardy crosses low from the right into the middle of the box.

Luis blocked and cleared, which was originally very simple, but Luis kicked it short.

The ball continued to fly towards the goal.

With Cahill scoring an own goal with an upside-down hook, Jose did not forget to keep an eye on his team-mate's movements.

So when Luis kicked the ball into the air, Jose made the first save.

The ball was blocked by Jose.

Moses got the ball and cleared it with a big foot.

The danger in front of Chelsea's goal was over.

At the end of the first half, although Leicester City attacked vigorously, as long as his teammates did not make mistakes, it was basically difficult to threaten Jose.

In the second half, the two sides exchanged venues.

It was still Leicester who took the initiative to attack, and Chelsea waited for an opportunity to counterattack.

In the 51st minute, Chelsea had another chance.

Willian crosses from the right and the first drop is blocked.

Alonso snatched the ball.

From just outside the left-hand edge of the box, Alonso fired a powerful left-footed shot.

The ball hit Morgan's thigh and then deflected.

Schmeichel couldn't do anything about the deflected ball.

The ball went in again.

Chelsea have a two-goal lead and the big picture is decided.

In the 71st minute, Chelsea added another goal to kill the game completely.

Pedro passes.

On the right side of the penalty area, Willian quickly struck out and got the ball.

Willian's cross was blocked by Schmeichel.

The ball bounced high and then fell towards the middle of the six-yard box.

Pedro grabbed the penalty and headed straight into the empty net.

In the end, Chelsea beat Leicester City 3-0.

Afterwards, Leicester City fans learned that Jose would be on a long vacation, and they all looked up to the sky and sighed that the time was not good.

Jose's temporary departure has left Chelsea's next three opponents happy.

First up is Hull City, who will travel to Stamford Bridge on 22 January.

As a result, Costa and Cahill scored in quick succession to beat Hull City 2-0.

In this game, Courtois did not perform much, but people can still see that his level is definitely world-class.

January 28, the first day of the Chinese New Year.

The fourth round of the FA Cup begins.

In Jose's absence, Chelsea thrashed Brentford 4-0.

It was also Ivan's farewell game, as he scored a late goal to end his career with the Blues.

On 31 January, before Jose's return, Chelsea played Liverpool away.

Willian broke the deadlock first, but Wijnaldum equalised in the second half.

The two sides eventually shook hands and made peace.

Thibaut Courtois had a decent performance and Chelsea fans are starting to miss Jose's return.

(End of chapter)