Before the college exam, the students were the busiest and most serious. Even people like Zhang Fan and Zhu Hui who were not interested in learning began to read books seriously. Zhang Jun naturally couldn't relax, not to mention that he also had Sophie's tutoring and supervision, passing the exam should not be a problem.

On the night after the exam, Zhang Jun, Yang Pan and Sophie took the train north to the east at night and set off on their way home. When the three of them were together, they never seemed bored. From 10:30 pm to 9:30 pm the next morning, one night passed and the train stopped by the platform of Luoyang Station.

It was drizzling when I left Hefei, and what I returned to Luoyang to greet them was snow from the sky to the earth.

When Zhang Jun walked out of the exit, he looked at the snowflakes in the sky. In my memory, I hadn't had such a beautiful snow in Luoyang for a long time. I don't know if the snow really changed, or if he missed home, so that everything he saw became cute.

"Let's go! Why are you stupid?" Yang Pan carried a sports bag and headphones, patting Zhang Jun on the shoulder coolly.

I have only been away for a month, why do I feel like I have been away for a long time? A year ago, in this square, Shuguang embarked on the second national competition journey, and that time was also the last performance of the five of them. The train station is still the same train station, but the people standing here are not those...

Zhang Jun looked at Yang Pan and Sophie who were walking down the steps, pulled up the box and chased after him.

This year's Spring Festival was a bit bleak. Sophie went to her grandmother's house in the old town for the New Year as usual. Yang Pan also went to Xinxiang with her mother and her grandfather reunited with her father. Her grandmother left. Her grandfather was particularly lonely. Reunion during the Spring Festival was the only compensation. Zhang Jun's father went to participate in a photographer's Spring Festival sketching activity, leaving behind the mother and son to celebrate a simple Spring Festival that could not be simpler. Even the dumplings eaten on New Year's Eve were not made by himself, but bought them in the supermarket.

The Spring Festival night is boring every year, but Zhang Jun is still standing in front of the TV. It has been nineteen years since he was not thinking of any other way to stay up to the New Year. The Spring Festival is over every year, just like eating every day, which has become a fixed procedure. The excitement of my childhood has long been gone.

Two days after the Spring Festival, on the third day of the Chinese New Year, Yang Pan, Sophie, and dad did not come back. Zhang Jun didn't want to watch TV anymore, so he said to his mother and ran out.

Originally, he was planning to stroll around, aimlessly. However, his legs still brought him to this place by inertia. He stopped and looked at the golden characters on the pillar opposite: Luoyang Shuguang Middle School. The gate was closed, but the side door was open, and the campus looked empty. Zhang Jun hesitated and walked in.

Sure enough, it was very deserted. Apart from the guard who was huddled in the mailroom, he was the only visitor on campus. The bulletin board on the right was very familiar. In the past, you could always see some interesting notices on it, such as: XXX drank to keep warm in class, and fought with the director of the Political and Education Department; XXX opened the single dormitory door of a female teacher, which had already hurt the teacher's body and mind... But now, there were no more things on it, only a piece of broken red paper left, and Zhang Jun could only recognize the top line: "Warmly celebrate the five members of our school's football team being selected for the Luoyang High School Team to participate in the country..."

Seeing the paper ringing in the cold wind, Zhang Jun remembered the banner hanging above the door. The banner has become a part of his memory and will always float in his heart.

Keep moving forward and bypass the small garden where the flag raising on Monday is the football field of Dawn.

The court where Zhang Jun had sweated for three years was empty today, with only worn ball nets hanging on the goal at both ends, making people feel as if they could still remember the games they had played.

When the wind blew, a corner of the ball net was raised.

...

Suri passed the ball directly with a long foot forward on the right front of the court. Almost everyone thought he was a mistake, but Yang Pan arrived quickly like lightning. At the moment when the football was about to go out of bounds, he reached out and made a cross!

Zhang Jun, who followed up in the middle, jumped up during the sprint, glided in the air, and then a powerful header, and the football came into the net!

...The wind stopped and the net dropped again.

Zhang Jun couldn't help but open his arms and flew leisurely like a bird on the empty court. Just as he closed his eyes and was intoxicated by memories, a crisp sound of impact scared him. He opened his eyes and saw a football flying towards him from the goal post. Instinctively, he raised his foot to stop the ball, raised his left foot as the axis, and raised his right leg to face the ball, spread his arms to maintain balance. At the same time, he received the ball inside the right foot, and then led the ball downward. A very beautiful stop-high ball action, the football stopped just one meter in front of him, so as to facilitate the next move. The whole process was completed by Zhang Jun. He had not even thought about why there was a football on the originally empty court.

Just when he was satisfied with his stop, a black shadow rushed up from behind and poked his ball off. It was instinctive again, and Zhang Jun chased after him without thinking. The two ran and entangled, from the left side of the court to the right side. No matter how Zhang Jun made his foot, the other party had a way to pull the ball away before he reached his foot, so that he always did useless work. Gradually, Zhang Jun felt that this feeling seemed familiar and familiar, but he did not stop, but instead accelerated the frequency of footing, and the other party also accelerated the rhythm of the movement. The two were entangled, and Zhang Jun could not grab the opponent's ball, and the other party could not get rid of Zhang Jun. Suddenly, the football hit a small stone and bounced up, and both kicked towards the football. The football was kicked at the same time, and flew towards the front of the penalty area.

"Ah..." Zhang Jun sighed sadly before he could finish his sight. The man shot hard at the top of the penalty area with a strong shot, and the football flew towards the goal, then bounced back on the goal area line, and then drilled into the net.

"The High School of Science and Technology was the first to score!" The man shouted after scoring the goal with his arms wide open.

"Even if you are an idiot like An Ke, you can't even get in with your shot!" The person next to Zhang Jun spitted on the ground and said disdainfully.

Someone sneezes loudly somewhere.

Only Zhang Jun looked at the two of them and smiled foolishly: "Haha! I haven't seen each other for a long time, Ren Yudi and Li Yongle!"

Li Yongle - the shot shot smiled at Zhang Jun: "It turns out that he is a striker, and he can be entangled with Ren Yudi for so long. If it were mine... by the way, would we fight one by one?" He turned to Ren Yudi beside Zhang Jun.

Ren Yu grinned: "Forget it, your style of flying shovels as soon as you come up... But Zhang Jun, you have made great progress and have followed me for so long!"

"Haha, I haven't seen you for half a year, and you haven't abandoned your skills!" Zhang Jun scratched his head.

"I came to the school to play football when I was fine. Lao Liang asked me to teach those newcomers' skills. If I performed poorly, I would be looked down upon by those little kids." The joy of reunion made Ren Yudi say more.

"You did not give up on football..."

"I said it, it's not that easy to leave."

"Then come back to the court, right?" Zhang Jun said excitedly.

But the light in Ren Yudi's eyes immediately dimmed, and he slowly shook his head: "Impossible, I've tried it. I can't even hold on to a ninety-minute game now..."

"But didn't you perform very well just now? Your series of actions are nothing like before..."

"Forget it, Zhang Jun. Can't you tell me?" Li Yongle walked into the goal and picked up the football and reached out to catch it. "Three years of high school have exhausted almost his life in football."

"You mean..."

"He is fighting today with tomorrow. Actually, you didn't plan to leave a way out for yourself at the beginning, right?" Li Yongle looked at Ren Yudi on the side.

"You saw it?" Ren Yu smiled, but his smile showed endless helplessness and a hint of unwillingness.

"We have the same past, and our personalities seem to be similar. However, you are more stubborn and crazier than me..." Li Yongle looked towards the blue sky.

For a moment, the three of them had no sound, and let the wind pass through the three of them, lifting their clothes and hair. In the end, Ren Yudi broke the embarrassing silence: "By the way, I remembered that in this year's high school championship, Luoyang changed its qualifications. The disadvantages of participating in the competition in a single school representing Luoyang are getting bigger and bigger. Now it has been changed to select the best players from all participating teams to form the Luoyang team..."

Zhang Jun remembered the red paper on the bulletin board.

"... Maybe it was stimulated by Fan Cunjie. Lao Liang said that Fan Cunjie almost stopped touching football after being admitted to university and focused on studying. Luoyang does not lack good players, but they lack the opportunity to prove themselves to the whole country. Many people are buried like this..."

Li Yongle nodded: "It's indeed a bit cruel, but why not change it in advance? In that case, it would be nice to play together!"

Zhang Jun thought about it: The four of them, Dawn, charged in front, Li Yongle was in the midfield, able to attack or defend, Liu Peng led the defense, and An Ke's save... He laughed: "Forget it, I have to give others some way to survive!"

The other two understood what he meant and laughed.

After laughing, Zhang Jun said, "Kaka called me. He is already a professional player and is in the limelight."

The two showed a look of surprise.

"I plan to be a professional player, too." Zhang Jun told the two of them that his goal was.

Li Yongle's eyes lit up: "Okay! I'm just thinking about what to do after college, I'm also a professional player!"

"But Kaka is leading 1:0 now!" Ren Yu sighed, and the longing was stretched longer and longer in his sigh, until infinite.

"Don't worry, we will get a point after the halftime break!" Li Yongle pinched his fists.

"By the way, which school are you in? Our school has reached the East District final in Xiamen in March this year." Zhang Jun looked at Li Yongle.

"Hehe! We are the same, the North District final. Beijing L University, I'm waiting for you in Dalian!"

"You're so confident?"

Li Yongle did not answer this question, but smiled: "Speaking of it, Zhang Jun, I have never played football with you on this field!" He looked at the empty stadium.

Zhang Jun thought about it and found that the only time the two sides were either fighting at the Xigong Stadium or in the first year of high school. At that time, he didn't get involved due to a foot injury. He nodded.

Li Yongle turned to Ren Yudi again: "Since you can't enjoy the regular competition, why not have fun here?"

Ren Yudi answered with a smile.

Li Yongle threw the football in his hand towards the other side's goal and rushed out first, but he saw that Zhang Jun had rushed in front of him. "The amazing explosive power has not changed at all..." He smiled in his heart and also accelerated to follow. Ren Yu's speed was not his strength, but he also followed closely behind.

The game has begun, enjoy it!

Ten days later, Zhang Jun, Yang Pan and Sophie boarded the train heading south again. The train slowly drove out of the station, and Zhang Jun could still vaguely see Ren Yudi standing on the platform and looking at him. He remembered Li Yongle's words: "He is fighting today with tomorrow." He used to think that he loved football the most, but now he realized that he was not as good as Ren Yudi. He knew that doing this might be dangerous and he would never be able to play the ball in the future, but he still devoted all his enthusiasm to today and to three years of high school... It was really a gamble!

But in the end, he didn't win, but he didn't lose. Compared with Ren Yudi and Li Yongle's determination, he was far behind him. It seemed that he had to work harder!
Chapter completed!