Chapter 38 Connectedness
My mother opened the door and walked into the kitchen carrying vegetables, fruits, beef and other ingredients in paper bags, only to find that her son was frying fish there.
When she first discovered someone in her kitchen, she was so frightened that she almost stopped holding the shopping bag in her arms - she thought a gangster had broken in to steal something and she had caught him.
At this time, what she needs to worry about is not the safety of her property, but her own life.
Fortunately, she quickly saw clearly that the man from behind was her son Sonny Dean.
But after seeing her identity clearly, she asked in surprise: "Sonny? Why are you here?"
Dean, who was concentrating on frying the fish, replied without looking back: "I got it this time. Key.”
“I’m not asking you how you came in, I’m asking you why you’re here again? What trouble did you get into this time and you wanted to hide here?”
"No, have I missed you?" Dean said, putting the fried fish steaks in the pan onto two plates that had been prepared. In addition to the fish steaks, there were also mashed potatoes, broccoli and Slippery egg.
Then he took the shopping bag from his mother's arms, put it aside, and handed the plate with fish steaks to his mother: "Dinner."
"You go ahead and eat. I've eaten..." Mom didn't answer.
“Serving drinks in a bar is not considered a serious meal.” Dean still forced the plate into his mother’s hands, then turned around and walked to the table with his own portion.
My mother was a little helpless, but she still followed her with the plate.
After the two of them sat down at the dining table, Dean didn't say anything and just immersed himself in eating dinner.
The mother did not move, but carefully observed her son from the opposite side. After watching for a while, she carefully asked: "Are you really... okay?"
Dean put down his knife and fork and said to his mother: "Mom, can't you check on the Internet to know if I am okay? Do you think anyone has scolded me from yesterday to now? No."
This The reason is very convincing, because when my son was unhappy and worried in the past, it basically coincided with the criticism of him on the Internet.
But...
"Didn't you waste a sure goal scoring opportunity yesterday?" Mom asked doubtfully.
Dean suddenly regretted coming to his mother's place...
But he was still very tough: "Where was the waste? If I hadn't created the opportunity, would Wang have the opportunity to score twice? Come on, eat, Mom, enjoy the time when your son is back with you, don't ruin the atmosphere by talking about it. The topic."
"Oh..." Mom then picked up the knife and fork and lowered her head to eat.
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“...I heard that my dear friend Lucas turns ten birthday today, so I came here to wish little Lucas a happy birthday! Hi Lucas, I hope you can be as happy as you are today. You have a good brother who loves you, and so many family members and friends who love you. It is really enviable... I hope you and your friends can have a good time today. Say hello to your friends too..."
Looking at the live image of Wang Lie played on the projection screen, the children at the scene screamed and made a fuss.
The protagonist Lucas, who was wearing a birthday hat on his head, looked at the picture dumbfounded, as if he couldn't believe that all this was true - just before the birthday party started, he had not received the video promised by his brother. He thought Either his brother let him go, or Wang Lie was unwilling to record the video.
But no matter which reason it was, he was very disappointed and painful.
For this reason, he seemed depressed even when his friends came to celebrate his birthday.
I didn’t expect that my brother hadn’t told me before. It turned out to be such a surprise for me!
"Wow, Lucas! How enviable! Wang actually recorded a video specifically for you!"
"That's right! It's unbelievable! I heard that he has a bad temper, but he can actually agree. Lucas, your brother is so awesome!"
"I envy Lucas so much! I want to have someone like this too. Brother! "
" Say hello to me again! Oh, hello to you! You are my favorite besides Ronil! "
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"Look, Clayton." The mother pointed her cell phone camera at the group of shouting children, "this gift of yours made them all crazy. Lucas was so surprised that he was speechless..."
Vitini laughed on the mobile phone screen: "Ha! It seems that this surprise has a good effect! In fact, Wang originally wanted to use my mobile phone to video call Lucas directly, just like we are doing now. But I considered Brazil There is a four-hour time difference with the UK. I was worried that Wang would be going to bed when the party started, so I only asked him to shoot this video..."
"Enough, enough, good enough. ." Mom smiled from ear to ear.
"There is also Wang's signed jersey and signed football. When dad goes back, I will bring them to Lucas. I'm afraid they will be lost..."
Vitini continued Mom, holding the phone, kept smiling and listened quietly.
She didn't cut the camera, so what Vitini saw now was the party scene captured by the rear camera.
The video has finished playing. Lucas recovered from the shock and was surrounded by his envious friends, who were making a fuss.
The mother looked at the eldest son and the youngest son who appeared on the screen at the same time. The smile on her face became more and more obvious, and by the end she was smiling from ear to ear.
After talking to his mother, Vitini said he was going to bed.
Mom was still a little surprised: "So early? What time is it?"
"It's almost ten o'clock here." Vitini said.
"Going to bed after nine o'clock? Have you ever gone to bed so early before?" Mom still feels strange. For Brazilians, the colorful nightlife has just begun at this time...
Wei Tiny explained: "I have started to adjust my schedule a long time ago, mom. Now I follow Wang's advice and try to fall asleep before 10:30 every day. It is indeed a bit difficult at first, but after getting used to it, my biological clock will adjust at this time every day. Remind me to go to bed! I'm already a little sleepy..."
Just as he was speaking, Vitini yawned, making what he just said seemed particularly convincing.
"Oh, is it the king's suggestion? Then you have to do as he says. I won't disturb your rest. Good night, 'Vitinio'..."
After the video call ended, the mother turned her eyes to her little son, who was still playing with his friends, and let out a contented sigh.
She could feel that her eldest son was very happy in Tyne during this time.
This has never happened in the past two years or so.
Before, he always made noises about leaving and wanted to leave this team. When he had a video call with her, the topics they talked about were all the injustices he had suffered on the court, which clubs were interested in him, and what his future career plans were...
He also said bluntly He frankly said that he didn't like the current team and he must leave Tyne before his contract expires.
Although he plays very hard in every game, Tyne actually has many fans who like him, but his mother knows that his son is not happy at all about his life in Tyne.
It was as if he was bound by something invisible.
This situation has only improved recently.
From the first time she made a video to herself and talked about Wang Lie coming to the team to train with him, every time the mother and son chatted, she could see her son dancing happily.
It was as if sunshine shone into his life.
It’s no longer like the gloomy weather in Newcastle all day long.
During this period of time, his son has not mentioned leaving Tyne again. He has even adjusted his schedule with his idol now...
It can be seen that he is really starting to enjoy his life in Tyne.
Actually, the mother doesn’t really care where her son plays football. She just wants her son to be happy.
Now she is very satisfied and does not care whether her son will leave Tyne this summer, nor does she care much about what will happen after the contract expires next year.
Happiness doesn’t come often. To be so happy right now, what else could she ask for?
Thank God for bringing Wang to his son's team...
Mom crossed herself on her chest.
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“This is the gym...”
Wang Lie took his mobile phone and used the rear camera to take pictures of his wife who was making a video call.
The gym he mentioned was not like the cryotherapy room, which was converted from a suite, but a real gym, which was the purpose that the original landlord had determined when he designed and built this villa.
On the underground floor, the spacious space is filled with training equipment that Clement moved from Wang Lie’s home in Manchester. In addition, there is a sauna room, a table tennis table, and a belt with Heated indoor swimming pool.
This underground space is so big that when Wang Lie spoke, there was even an echo.
Tang Xingmei asked on the other end of the phone: "The conditions are good, have you already used it?"
"Well, I practiced for a while in the afternoon, and it is indeed much easier to use than the hotel gym."< br>
"I saw the table tennis table. Did you really hire a coach to practice table tennis?" Tang Xingmei discovered the "blind spot". Wang Lie nodded: "Yes, but I haven't had time to attend classes in this room yet. From now on, the coach will come twice a week to help me train table tennis."
Tang Xingmei covered her mouth and smiled. : "You are really... planning to get Dean. Does he know that you secretly find a coach to train?"
Wang Lie shook his head: "Of course you can't let him know."
Tang Xingmei Smiling so hard that his eyes rolled: "How bad you are!"
"Ha!" Wang Lie also knew that he was bad, so he laughed out loud when he was praised.
With laughter, he turned and went upstairs: "I will take you to see the room where Zi Qi and Zi Lin sleep. There are so many rooms in this house, enough to share..."
"Is it bigger than our house in Manchester?" my wife asked.
“Big! I feel like it’s as big as two houses in Manchester.”
“In such a big house, are you afraid of sleeping alone at night?”
"Afraid? What are you afraid of? Ha!" Wang Lie laughed, "Your husband is full of yang energy, what is there to be afraid of? Even if there are ghosts, they are just afraid of me!"
Hearing what my husband said like this Confident, Tang Xingmei smiled slightly: "Haha."
Seeing his wife smiling but not smiling, alarm bells suddenly sounded in Wang Lie's mind, and he realized what mistake he had just made...
< br>So he quickly made amends and coaxed his wife with a smile: "Although I'm not afraid of ghosts, I still feel empty, lonely and cold when I sleep alone at night... I'm just waiting for you to come over, otherwise you would see me rushing Fernando in such a hurry. Why are you cleaning up this house? It's just a vacant place! And...and I have already thought about it. When my mother's legs and feet are almost recovered and she can walk on her own, I will let you come back to accompany me...haven't you noticed? ? Since you returned to China, my performance has not been as good as before?”
At first, Tang Xingmei just watched her husband’s performance quietly, but when he said the last sentence, “Since you returned to China, I My performance is not as good as before." Her expression still relaxed.
Because this sentence is not an excuse for her husband to coax her.
Based on her understanding of her husband, this guy who always presented himself as tough to the outside world actually needed comfort and comfort.
After all, it is easy to break just after passing.
Always staying tough and going against the world is very exhausting. If relief is never available, no matter how tough a person is, he or she will develop emotional and mental problems.
In other words, Wang Lie actually needs a psychomaseur.
But with Wang Lie's character and temper, it would be impractical or impossible for him to seek out an outside psychiatrist to solve his inner problems.
So I had to let her, the wife, play the role of a psychiatrist.
Her husband had to be strong all his life, but he could only show his weakness in front of her and let her comb his hair.
If it were anyone else...even if it were his own mother, it wouldn't work.
And for the past six months, I have been in China, and I can only communicate with my husband through video, so how can I compare with being by my side every day?
Precisely in the past six months, my husband has been under the most pressure and in the most difficult situation. Both the competitive situation and the public opinion environment have been far worse than before. When she needed her support and comfort the most, she could only comfort him through videos in China, and the effect was very limited.
At least when her husband woke up alone in bed late at night, she couldn't even give him a hug.
So she believed that her husband's last words were definitely not lies to coax her, but a sincere grievance.
However, even though her expression softened, Tang Xingmei still did not spare her straight husband's incomprehensible charm: "Didn't you score twice? Isn't this a good performance?"
Wang Lie, who learned a lot from the experience and gained wisdom, knew what he should say this time: "Hey, didn't I feel better when I thought that you were coming soon? You see, I just wanted to I think you can score two goals if you come here, so if you stay with me all the time, why don’t I score a hat trick?”
Tang Xingmei still didn't hold back, and was amused by her husband's deceitful words: "You have a beautiful idea!"
Seeing his wife smile, the stone in Wang Lie's heart fell to the ground. He knew that he was like this today. The test is over...
Oh, coaxing my wife is harder than facing two defenders on the court!
However, he did not get carried away because of this and let down his guard. Instead, he followed up and asked: "Why don't you just stay here when the winter vacation is over? I'll have the kid sent back..."
Tang Xingmei glared at him: "What are you thinking about? My mother's legs and feet are not healed yet, so I must go back. As for coming here... I'll talk about it then. I guess I'll stay here permanently. It’s very difficult. It would be nice to be able to fly here every now and then and stay for a few days.”
Wang Lie was really disappointed when he heard his wife say this...
What he said just now was not just to get through with his wife, but he really wanted his wife to stay with him all the time. of.
They have known each other since they were young and have been able to support each other until now. To him, his wife is no longer just his wife, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is even a spiritual support.
Especially after the death of my father.
My mother didn’t understand football, and she was a career-oriented woman when she was young. She made money in China to support herself and her father to pursue their football dream in Europe.
But in her son, she is a typical loving mother - a loving mother who is always worried about this and that.
Wang Lie liked his mother when he was a child because she doted on him but his father was too strict. When I don’t want to train, when training is too hard, or after being scolded, beaten, or punished by my father, I can find a safe haven in my mother.
But after he later confirmed his dream and gained more subjective initiative, he began to gradually understand the father who he feared and hated when he was a child. From questioning his father, to understanding his father, and finally becoming a father, or even surpassing his father.
Of course Wang Lie loves his mother very much and is grateful that her mother made money to support the family alone in China, but he has to admit that in fact, her mother often does not understand him. Especially for him who is so obsessed with becoming the best player and with that almost impossible goal, I don't understand.
When Dad was still alive, Dad understood Wang Lie, or in other words, Wang Lie like that was exactly what Dad wanted to see. Father and son share the same aspirations and goals. Dad is not only his father, but also his spiritual partner.
Later, his father passed away. The only person in the world who understood Wang Lie best and could get close to his heart and resonate with his spirit was his wife, whom he had known since his days at the Oriental Football School.
Wang Lie won the Golden Globe Award twice. When he took the stage to receive the award, he specifically thanked his wife, saying that without his wife, he would not have been able to win this highest honor as a player.
Some people may think that he is just talking and showing off the love between husband and wife in front of outsiders.
But Wang Lie knows very well that he is telling the truth. His wife Tang Xingmei is one of the important contributors to his winning of the Golden Globe Award, and may even be the most important one.
Although they were thousands of miles apart and had a mobile phone screen, when Wang Lie was disappointed, Tang Xingmei immediately felt her husband's emotions.
So Tang Xingmei coaxed her husband like a child: "Okay, okay, I'll be here soon. This time I can stay with you until the end of the winter vacation."
She no longer cared about what had just happened. The husband said that he was no longer afraid of sleeping alone...
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Dean was lying on the same bed where he had been when he was a child, with his hands on the pillow and looking at the ceiling in trance. .
On the ceiling covered with posters of football stars, only the middle one is blank.
It seems that he will have to live in this small house for a few more days...
He used to come to his mother's house to avoid the paparazzi, but he didn't expect that now he would come to his mother's house to avoid his neighbors. ...
But why are you hiding by yourself?
He thought again of the scene when he hurriedly hid behind the wall of his house during the day.
I did nothing wrong!
After much deliberation, Dean found a reason to convince himself:
If you can't afford to offend, you can always hide, right?
The good news is that this time when he was lying on the bed, Wang Lie's endless "roll call" finally didn't ring in his ears.
He can have a good sleep...
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Wang Lie ended the video call with his wife and returned to his bedroom.
It was almost time and he was going to bed.
Then he suddenly remembered something, walked to the window, opened the curtains a crack, and looked at the neighbor's house next door.
It was pitch black over there at night, without any light.
If he remembered correctly, it had been like this in that house since it got dark, without any light.
Sonny Dean isn't home?
You went out and fooled around and haven’t come back yet?
If you do this, how can you ensure your physical condition for training tomorrow?
Wang Lie couldn't help but frown.
He knew that Dean had some ridiculous experiences, but he always felt that it was excusable before. After all, it was annoying things like poor performance and being scolded that made Dean resort to drinking to drown his sorrows.
Wang Lie disagreed with Dean's evasive approach, but he could also understand the reason behind it.
But now it was clear that the team had just won, and he had missed a chance and was not being bullied online. How could he give up on himself and go to a nightclub to have fun?
Tomorrow the team will resume normal training, and if you are still playing like this, do you really intend to lie down completely and not care about the last half of the season in Tyne?
(End of this chapter)