Chapter 51 Merry Christmas(1/2)
The game against Ajax was considered by many Dutch and domestic media to be the worst-performing game between two Chinese teenagers, among which Zhang Jun's performance was the worst. Some Dutch media even used the title "Zhang's bad performance ruined the team" and everyone's fingers were unanimous at Zhang Jun's too independent in the game and refused to cooperate with his teammates. Some domestic media once again played the fine tradition of Chinese people's rich imagination, and analysts believed that this was likely to be the manifestation of the internal contradictions of the dark horse Warren Dam, and Zhang Jun would be alienated by his teammates because of his performance in this game.
Li Yan once again acted as the "guardian of Zhang Jun" - this is the nickname he has given to some of his domestic colleagues, because he always insists on speaking good things for Zhang Jun. He pointed out in a commentary article, "It is because of Zhang Jun's performance towards Kifu that people can see that a star's future is unlimited... This shows that he has a strong desire to win and fighting spirit, and it is also a manifestation of his growing confidence... Looking at Kifu taking the initiative to ask Zhang Jun to change his jersey after the game, we can see that Zhang Jun's behavior has won the respect of his opponent... I can now boldly predict that when the next two meet, if Zhang Jun can defeat Kifu, then the Netherlands will not be able to keep him!"
On December 22, in the last round of the league before Christmas, Warren Dam easily defeated the visiting Rotterdam elite 3:0 at home, presenting a Christmas gift to their fans, and the team also got rid of the shadow of losing to Ajax in the last round 0:2. Zhang Jun scored two goals again, and the media immediately began to change their words and sang praises, cheering "Zhang Jun resurrected!" "Zhang Jun launched a steadily attack on the Golden Boot!" "Zhang Jun, the king of the penalty area!"... Looking at the ecstatic adjectives, it was hard to believe that half a week ago, they were still unanimously criticizing Zhang Jun who "started at the Golden Boot".
For Zhang Jun and Yang Pan, they don’t need to pay attention to these frequencies. Now they just want to enjoy Christmas and relax their tense nerves. Another good news is that An Ke is coming to the Netherlands to find them.
They received a call from Anke after the game against Ajax. Anke first righteously "screamed" that they had become stars and forgot friends. They didn't say that they came to see him when they were so close to each other. Even if they couldn't get away, they could just call him. The two argued that they didn't know that Dortmund was next to the Netherlands. Then Anke climbed down the pole and said that he came to them for Christmas, round-trip fares, boarding fees, and outings - everything was borne by two stars who earned their wages, and they had to take away a few of their signature jerseys when they left. He told his classmates that he and the two stars were high school classmates, and others looked at him with mental illness, which hurt him, and he insisted on bringing something back to make them open their eyes.
When An Ke appeared on the platform at the station, Zhang Jun and the others recognized him at a glance because his height was so eye-catching. Zhang Jun opened his arms and gave An Ke a bear hug.
"An Ke, have you grown taller again?" Yang Pan patted An Ke's shoulder.
"One 9.9 meters, haha!" An Ke raised his head and raised his chest.
Yang Pan punched him in the stomach, "Tighten your abdomen! Bend your waist! Lower your head! Don't be so conspicuous!"
An Ke glanced at the beautiful woman in sunglasses on the side: "Huh? This one is..."
"She is ours..." Zhang Jun introduced that he had just been patronizing the joy of reunion.
"Beauty!" Before Zhang Jun finished speaking, An Ke immediately revealed his true colors and rushed forward and asked shamelessly: "Miss Fang Ming? Are we going to have tea together? I know where is the best two-person hotel in Amsterdam, and we can...Oh!"
Zhang Jun came up on An Ke's head: "Damn! The country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change! You kid is a wolf who has not been caught in the fishy life in ten years! She is my agent and Sister Hua, who is thirty years old!"
When An Ke heard that there was a ten-year difference in age, he had a generation gap, so he curled his lips and shrugged: "Let's go eat, I don't even have lunch!"
"You still..."
"Haha! Someone is a sucker, so I naturally have to cooperate with you, otherwise I would be too sorry to readers!" An Ke laughed.
Four people casually found a restaurant to have dinner. Tomorrow is Christmas, and the Dutch sky is also very compatible. It is said that more than 1,600 years ago, there was an old man named Nicholas in Barrie, Netherlands. He was kind-hearted and loved to help the poor. In 1822, when the Dutch missionary arrived in the Americas, he brought the story of this great philanthropist. So the story of Santa gradually spread all over the world. Today, in Santa's hometown, Santa in festive dresses can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys, and the shining Christmas trees dressed up. The family hurried home with big bags of gifts.
"Tomorrow is the New Year in the West. The day when the family reunites and celebrates the festival is like the Spring Festival in China..." Yang Pan looked at the joyful people outside the window and said to himself.
"You miss home?" An Ke asked him.
"Something." To An Ke's surprise, Yang Pan did not go against him this time: "I will definitely not be able to go back to the Spring Festival this year, and I will not be able to go back to the New Year's Day. After the New Year, the team will go to Spain for training again, and the weather there is better."
"Where are you?" An Ke turned his head and asked Zhang Jun.
"I miss you very much." Zhang Jun said, "I miss home, school, Lao Liang, Ren Yudi, Li Yongle, and Sophie."
"Where is An Ke, don't you want to?" Zhang Jun saw that An Ke was just asking a few questions, but he really didn't have lunch...
"I think, but I can go back during the Spring Festival, haha! The school holiday is on sale until the end of February." An Ke said with a slight mouth.
"Ah! I envy you so much!" Zhang Jun tied his hand around An Ke's neck.
"Ahem! Let go, let go, I'm having a meal... Yang Pan, scratch me again, go back tonight and clean up you well! Ah! You're still scratching... Haha! Ahha! OK... Ha, I'll give up! Give up!"
Yang Pan took his hand back and put it in front of his nose and smelled it: "Damn! There is also body odor!"
"Puff!" Hua Fang, who had been drinking coffee silently, sprayed all the coffee she had just drunk on the table, attracting guests around her to look over.
While smiling apologetically at the people, Huafang quickly wiped the coffee on the table with a napkin. "Hey, please be careful. You are so arrogant. If you are discovered by the fans, you don't even want to run away." Huafang warned Zhang Jun and Yang Pan.
Only then did Zhang Jun remember that he was already a well-known star. He just wanted to have sex with An Ke, and at that moment he seemed to have really returned to his high school years.
After being reminded by Huafang, the three of them became much more honest and all lowered their heads to eat. After a long time, Zhang Juncai whispered to An Ke: "When will you go back?"
"After New Year's Day."
"Yang Pan and I wrote a lot of greeting cards, which we originally planned to send back. Since you are going back, it's just right. We will entertain you, and you should do something for us and be a reply postman. Help us bring those greeting cards back."
"Okay, who's all?"
"Yang Pan's parents and I, Lao Liang, your family, Ren Yudi's family, Li Yongle, and Sophie's family."
"Sophie!" An Ke was excited when he heard this name. "Hehe, great opportunity! Go back and spend the festival with Sophie!" He was already in his dream.
But Yang Pan ruthlessly destroyed the beautiful dream in his heart: "Tsk! Don't think about it." Yang Pan waved his hand, "The others Zhang Jun has officially proposed to Sophie, and Sophie agreed..."
"What? Please... propose?" An Ke put down his knife and fork and looked at Yang Pan in surprise.
Yang Pan pointed at Zhang Jun, and Zhang Jun nodded to An Ke.
"ah--"
This time, Huafang put the meal money and tips on the table, and the three of them set up An Kefei and escaped from the restaurant.
"Is this where you live?" An Ke stood in the yard, looking up at the red roof.
"Yes, we pay a little rent every month for the apartment provided by the club." Zhang Jun took out the key and opened the door.
After entering the door, turning on the light, Yang Pan turned on the air conditioner, and then hung his coat on the hook. "Click it casually and treat it as your own home."
"But, this is a very different place from where I live. How can I treat it as my home?" An Ke stood in the living room, looking around the room, unable to stop talking about his eyes enviously.
"No way? We only have two bedrooms and one living room. You are not that miserable, right?" Zhang Jun also hung up his coat.
"Just talk, our area is not large. Thank you Sister Hua." An Ke took the hot water handed over by Hua Fang, "It's really not easy to be outside!"
"I heard you are working in a tavern now?" The three of them sat on the sofa.
"Well, I want to exercise myself, and I can come into contact with many people there and make some friends. The boss treats me well."
"It's mainly because you are a silly guy and have strength." Yang Pan said.
"Damn! Yang Pan, I'm familiar with each other, and I'll just sue you for slandering me if you say the wrong thing!"
Seeing the two of them quarrel, Zhang Jun seemed to have returned to high school. Unfortunately, there were only three people this time, and the other two were not here.
"Okay, okay, stop making trouble." Zhang Jun saw that the two of them had taken off their shoes and were about to put on their feet, so he quickly persuaded. "Tomorrow, Christmas, we will go to Wang Bo's house together, and then take An Ke around the day after tomorrow. What do you think, An Ke?"
"Anyway, you pay for it, you can go anywhere." An Ke was really straightforward.
“…”
"Look, look, what am I saying? He won't appreciate it." Yang Pan did not miss any opportunity to attack An Ke.
While the two were making a fuss, Zhang Jun and Huafang cleaned up the room and made a place to sleep for An Ke, a 1.9-meter-old man. Then he walked out with a football in his arms.
An Ke was still having sex with Yang Pan, Zhang Jun smiled and rubbed his right foot lightly. "An Ke!"
An Ke heard Zhang Jun call him, but turned his head but saw a football flying towards him. In shock, he instinctively stretched out his hands to catch it, but the football hit his fingertips and bounced out. Yang Pan, on the side, was lying on the sofa, hooked the football upside down, hooked the football past An Ke, and the football hit the wall and fell down. "YEAH! Successfully shot!" Yang Pan shouted.
Zhang Jun looked at An Ke: "How long has it been since you touched a football?"
"Two years." An Ke looked back at the football still jumping on the floor.
"Are you still planning to play football?" Zhang Jun asked again.
"I don't know." An Ke shook his head, and he got up and grabbed the ball behind the sofa with one palm, and then swung it a few times, but the football was not taken off. "My parents sent me to Germany not to learn football, but to find a little easier for the future work... I may have to return to China. I can't make a living by football. Unlike you, you have almost decided to take the professional football path since high school."
"Top the ball to me." Zhang Jun signaled An Ke to throw a high ball. An Ke threw it out as he said. Zhang Jun jumped up high and pushed it back. This time An Ke took it very steadily and did not let it go.
"This football is given to you. Even if you don't make a living by football, you will touch it more often. So when we play football together in the future, you will pick up the ball from the goal every time."
"Yes, do you want my autograph?" Yang Pan put his face up.
An Ke directly pressed the football on his face.
On Christmas Day, Zhang Jun and the other two went to Wang Bo’s house in the city to have a pretty lively Christmas. Roasted turkey and traditional Chinese food took turns to eat, and several people were so excited that they could only indulge this time in a year. Zhang Jun and the others also brought Christmas gifts to Wang Bo’s family - three sets of jerseys with their names and a signed football, and took photos with Wang Bo’s family.
Wang Bo's son was very interested in Zhang Jun and the others. He went to the scene to watch the Ajax and Warrendam game. He took a lot of photos with the two players alone, took a newly bought notebook for the two to sign, which were all things he went back to show off after school started.
Before Wang Bo’s house was waiting for the Christmas dinner, Zhang Jun called Sophie. Today was Christmas. Although the domestic schools did not have a holiday, he also wanted to call back and greet him. Now the two are unmarried couples, of course their relationship has not been recognized by both parents. Zhang Jun solemnly came to the door to explain the matter clearly when he returned to China.
Sophie was waiting for her roommates to dress up. They made an appointment with the boys in the 701 dormitory to go out to sing karaoke together. Today is Christmas, and the school still holds classes as usual, so we naturally have to make good use of this time in the evening. In the past few days, Sophie has received many Christmas gifts from people who know or don’t know. Of course, there are greeting cards from the 701 dormitory and small gifts sent by Li Yongle from Beijing. Only these two things she kept, and the others were all put in a large garbage bag and threw them into the trash can when people were not careful. Now that she has established a relationship with Zhang Jun, she should also pay attention to it. It is best not to have more contact with the opposite sex who don’t know and are unfamiliar.
"Okay! It will take so long for you to change clothes. If you are late, there will be no place!" Sophie looked at her watch. It was already half past six. Her roommates have been cleaning up since she came back from class at 4:30 in the afternoon. She has been cleaning up now, shampooing her hair, changing her hairstyle, changing clothes, wearing accessories, and putting on makeup... She just changed a coat herself and wore a long white scarf and it was OK.
"Haha, Sophie, we can't compare with you. You already have a heart, so naturally you don't have to work hard on it. We all rely on these preparations for happiness!" A sister teased Sophie. They all knew that Sophie was Zhang Jun's girlfriend, but they didn't know that her girlfriend had been upgraded to her fiancée.
Sophie smiled, and she remembered Zhang Jun. Today is Christmas, she knew that the West must be very lively, and hoped that he would have fun too. After being tired for several months, she finally could relax.
The phone rang. "It must be those anxious boys who came to urge me. Sophie, please answer and say we will do it right away and let them wait a little longer." The roommate took the time to say to Sophie while applying lipstick to his lips.
"Oh." Sophie put down the book and went to answer the phone, "Hey, hello, may I ask... Zhang Jun!"
"Crash!" The roommate's little mirror fell on the table. "I was scared, Sophie didn't have to be so excited, right?"
Sophie was embarrassed to stick out her tongue at her roommate.
Zhang Jun smiled and pushed away the two light bulbs, he said to the phone: "Today is Christmas, haha! I'll call back and greet you, Christmas..."
"Merry Christmas, Zhang Jun!" Sophie smiled and said, "Hehe, I'll tell you first!"
Zhang Jun scratched his head, "Merry Christmas, Sophie! Are you okay at school?"
"It's great. The people in our dormitory are preparing to go out to sing with the people in your dormitory! Today is the festival, so I'll have some fun!"
"Is it Lele and the others? You asked them on my behalf. It's quite lively here. An Ke came from Germany, and the three of us and Sister Hua were having Christmas at Wang Bo's house."
"I heard it. Your place is so lively, haha! I heard An Ke's voice, and his voice is still so loud!"
"Sophie, they called us downstairs." The roommate touched Sophie and whispered to remind her.
"Ah? Oh, Zhang Jun, they are here, I have to leave. I was just saying that they were procrastinating..."
"Wait." Zhang Jun turned his head: "Yang Pan, An Ke, do you want to say a few words to Sophie?"
The two were playing the PS2 game console brought back by Wang Bo's son. Each team was fighting fiercely and they were not willing to move. They looked at the TV screen and shouted loudly: "Merry Christmas, Sophie!"
To be continued...