Chu Zhongtian stood behind the bar and looked at the door. Every drinker who came in from outside first opened the door a crack, then crawled in sideways. They shook their shoulders, shrank their necks, sucked their breath, and complained to the acquaintances around them about the damn rainy and cold weather.

The continuous rain has been falling for a whole week. As soon as winter comes, London has entered the rainy season and has not seen the sun for a long time. There are puddles on the ground, and Chu Zhongtian cannot continue to carry the ball and practice ball control skills. He can only change it to simply run and maintain physical fitness. However, if he does not touch the ball for a long time, he feels that his body is almost rusted in such a cold environment... Now he can only use the ball to keep his feelings about the ball after returning to the apartment.

Boss John hid alone in a corner of the house, decorating the Christmas tree to be used for Christmas. Although Christmas is still more than half a month away, the Christmas tree opposite him is just a naked tree. After he has decorated it, it will be almost Christmas.

"Ah, although I am a native British man, I still have to say-I fucking hate rain!" The person who flashed in this time was a Chu Zhongtian's acquaintance.

"Hey, look at who this is? Qiao Xilin!" The person close to the door recognized the visitor who flashed in.

Qiao Xilin lifted the hat of the pullover, revealing his hair that was slightly wet by the rain. He didn't bring an umbrella. Although the rain was not heavy, his clothes were completely wet along the way.

"Hi, hello everyone!" Xilin greeted everyone present and walked to the bar. "Give me a pint of light beer, man!" He put three coins on the bar.

"Why are you the only one today? Where is Andy?" Chu Zhongtian took the coin and asked while pouring wine for him.

"He? He recently found a girl and won't be with me!" Xilin shouted angrily. "I am the only one bachelor who comes here to drink."

"Boy, you have only been here for more than 20 years. I am an old guy who has lived here for more than 60 years. I think when you reach my age, you won't complain about the weather." Old Bente came up and asked Chu Zhongtian to give him another cup, and then started talking to Xilin. "I have done a good job recently, and I have scored goals in almost every game."

Xilin smiled and said, "The whole team is in good shape, of course I am in very good shape."

Since losing to AFC Wallingford at home 0:3 on November 23, Wimbledon has started winning streak again. As of yesterday's game, Wimbledon has won four consecutive games, and most of them have won big scores, scoring a lot of goals. In two games, four goals, and two goals in the other two games. As the team's main striker, Joe Hillin naturally has many goals. However, in terms of goals, he, the person who "scored almost every game" is still not as good as the captain Kevin Cooper who "scored every game" who "really scored every game".

Chu Zhongtian handed the beer to Xilin and started pouring wine to Mr. Bente again.

"Hey, Chu. Can't you really participate in the mid-week competition? Russell and the others all skipped class and went to play..." Xilin first sipped beer beautifully. In such weather, only by drinking a glass of beer could he feel comfortable.

Chu Zhongtian shook his head: "They are them, I am me." He was still thinking about the scholarship... Xilin shrugged. This person is good at everything, but he is a little stubborn.

Chu Zhongtian handed the wine to Old Bente. Bente took the wine and thanked him, sat back and left. Only Chu Zhongtian and Xilin were left in front of the bar.

"Your life is really simple..." Xilin murmured. "Apart from going to school, I just come here to work, and the rest of my time is football. I don't seem to have any other ideas."

"What other ideas do you have?"

"Find a woman, hehe!" Xilin smiled very much... Anyone who is a single man should be able to understand the meaning of his smile. "Does there be no woman who likes you, or do you like a woman? Let me tell you, I was not a virgin when I was fifteen years old! Are you still a virgin yet?"

This question embarrassed Chu Zhongtian. Westerners are really open to sex... "What's your business?" Chu Zhongtian changed his place to serve another drinker.

Xilin immediately came over and said, "I'm concerned about it. We are friends, right, Chu?"

"Okay, that's my privacy." Chu Zhongtian didn't want to answer that question.

Xilin laughed constantly, and he had already learned the answer from Chu Zhongtian's reaction. "You young man, hurry up and find a woman to satisfy yourself, boy."

"Aren't you?" Chu Zhongtian responded viciously. "Don't you don't have a girlfriend, either?"

"That's what I don't want to find now. Actually, the woman I want to sleep with can line up from Kings Ranch to Wimbledon!"

Chu Zhongtian made an expression of "The genius believed in you". But he found that he actually didn't know his friend at all. Xilin signed a part-time contract, and he didn't even know what position this friend had.

"Apart from football, I don't see how rich and colorful your life is," he said sarcastically.

"I work as a physical education teacher in an elementary school and coach a primary school team." Xilin didn't care about Chu Zhongtian's brisk wind, he shook his head. "Actually that's not the life I want. At first I wanted to be a professional player."

Qiao Xilin took the initiative to talk about the past, and Chu Zhongtian suddenly became interested. In fact, everyone has a gossipy heart, and he is no exception.

"Hehe, do you know?" Seeing that Chu Zhongtian was interested, Xilin became proud. He smiled mysteriously and leaned forward.

"What?"

"I used to be a player of Chelsea youth team!"

Looking at Chu Zhongtian's surprised look, Xilin was very proud, and his vanity was greatly satisfied.

"Today is not April Fool's Day, dead Jeep."

Skip is Xilin's nickname in the team. Skip means jumping and jumping, which is very consistent with Xilin's lively personality. This nickname also comes from this. Many people in the team have nicknames, such as Keith Ward's nickname "Woddy", Gavin Borger's nickname is "Blog", and Andy Sullivan's nickname is "Sully" (sully, meaning stain). Chu Zhongtian also has a nickname, "chu", because his full name is "chu_zhongtian", this name is too difficult for the British tongue, so everyone directly called his surname, and over time it became his nickname. However, this nickname is mainly used in the team, and except for the team, people rarely use it.

Chu Zhongtian obviously didn't believe him, and Xilin was anxious: "What am I lying to you?"

Chu Zhongtian also felt that the other party had no motivation to deceive him, and his skills and consciousness were indeed more outstanding in the team. If he had not received high-level training, it would be impossible to perform like this now. "Okay, sorry, Qiao. You continue."

Xilin snorted before continuing: "Actually, with my talent, it was not a problem to enter the Chelsea reserve team, but I..." At this point, he suddenly stopped.

Chu Zhongtian was originally obsessed with hearing, but when he saw him suddenly stopping and not talking, he looked over strangely. Only then did he realize that Xilin's face was very rare to show a hint of shame.

"But what?" Chu Zhongtian asked afterwards.

"Uh..." Xilin hesitated a little, but in the end he still gave in. "But I was not a good person at that time... I, uh, I fought, beat my teammates, and then was swept out of the house."

Chu Zhongtian's mouth widened and his eyes widened. He really couldn't think of it. Xilin, who was smiling and always liked to joke, had a good relationship with everyone, would be a violent person... "Can't you tell?" Xilin became proud again. "I'm a good gentleman now."

"The changes are so big..." Chu Zhongtian sighed.

"When playing football at Chelsea, my dream was to be a professional star like Zola. Do you know Zola?"

Chu Zhongtian nodded: "Of course I know. Italian star, when I watched football, he played at Chelsea. He is very short, but his skills are excellent."

Zora is still at Chelsea now, but as he grows older, he is no longer as good as he used to be.

"Later, I was kicked out by Chelsea and looked for football everywhere, and no one wanted me. Do you know why?"

Chu Zhongtian thought for a while: "Because you hit your teammate?"

Shilin nodded. "The reputation of hitting my teammates is not very good, so I went to several clubs and was rejected. I haven't played football, and no matter how good the talent is, I'm wasted. Later, I went to a team, which was a team in the eighth level league. After playing there for a season, I heard the news that Wimbledon was going to form a team by himself, and I came back." It's really not very popular to beat my own people. Former Chelsea captain Dennis Wise, who once played for Wimbledon, was fired by the team for beating his teammates. He himself became one of the most unwelcome figures among Leicester fans.

Chu Zhongtian never thought that Xilin had such a story. Russell and Borger also played in the youth team of Wimbledon Professional Club. If their goal is nothing unexpected, it must be professional football. Later, they were eliminated by the team for various reasons and came to the current Wimbledon team. Think about it again. I used to play in football schools for ten years and worked hard to strive for the goal of professional football, but I didn't expect to extend my strength to a foreign country now.

It seems that everyone has stories... There was a brief silence between the two of them. The others in the bar were chatting, and the sound of wine glasses colliding mixed in it. The sound of the drizzle outside the window could be vaguely heard.

After a moment of silence, Xilin suddenly asked again: "Chu, have you considered playing professional football in the past?"

Chu Zhongtian felt strange, why is everyone destined to ask such a question when they see him? Can his own strength really be competent for professional football?

In his mind, when it comes to professional football, the first thing he thinks is the "top league", and the others have never considered it. So Chu Zhongtian felt that his level was not qualified to play in the professional league at all. Being able to play in Wimbledon for three years and still have money to get, which has already satisfied him. He has never considered the others at all.

"No. I didn't consider playing professional football in the past." Chu Zhongtian shook his head and answered firmly.

Xilin shrugged: "What a pity. Actually, you are quite capable..."

Chu Zhongtian took this as a polite compliment, "Thank you. You are also very capable."

"I really did it three years ago, haha!" Xilin suddenly burst into laughter, attracting the eyes of several people. After seeing that it was Xilin and Chu, they both turned their heads back.

After laughing, Xilin stared at the wine in the glass and said, "Now... that's it. I'll play in Wimbledon for a few years. If the team doesn't want me anymore, I will continue to be a physical education teacher."

"Don't you want to play professional football anymore?" Chu Zhongtian asked suddenly.

Xilin shook her head: "I don't want to."

"I really don't want to?" Chu Zhongtian stared at Xilin.

Xilin did not answer his question, drank all the remaining wine in the glass in one gulp, and then smashed the heavy wine glass hard on the bar. He suddenly stood up: "You won't go to the 18th game, right? Then see you on the 21st."

He waved his hand, said goodbye to Chu Zhongtian, and said goodbye to the others in the bar: "Goodbye, guys. The match between the 18th and 21st, remember to come and cheer on the scene! I will definitely score a goal! Ha!"

He smiled and opened the door, a cold wind poured in, carrying him out of the bar.

When the people near the door opened the door, they all shrunk their necks until the door was closed again, and then they lowered their hunched shoulders and complained about the damn weather.

Chu Zhongtian passed through the glass on the door and saw Xilin turning the cap back on, putting his head around, then shrugging his neck, and running into the rain, and then disappeared into the rain and fog.

He was wondering if Xilin really doesn't want to play professional football anymore?

Look at his tightly clenched hands when he finally put down his glass, aren't he willing to give up?

※※※After Xilin left, the door was pushed open again. Just as the drinkers sitting at the door were about to complain about the person pushing the door, they turned their heads and stopped.

Because this time the people who appeared at the door were not something they could offend.

Emily wore a pink girl coat, closed the door, then put away the umbrella and leaned against the door.

Seeing that everyone was looking at her, she raised her hand and greeted everyone.

"Good afternoon everyone."

"Emily is so good!"

Everyone returned the gifts, and they raised the wine glasses in their hands.

"I'll invite you to drink, Emily!"

Emily pointed to Boss John who stood up from the corner of the house: "No, someone invites me, hehe."

Uncle John waved his arm to Emily, holding a ribbon in his hand. "Is Emily coming? Chu, give her a pint of Guinness and count it on my account!"

In fact, it was not necessary for him to say that Chu Zhongtian had already taken out his glass and started to make wine for Emily.

Every time Emily comes, she will definitely order a pint of Guinness stout, and he already knows this habit.

After Emily greeted everyone, she walked straight to the bar counter and jumped onto the bar.

"I'm here to inform you, Chu."

"What did you notify me?" Chu Zhongtian was a little surprised.

"Are you free on the night of the 24th?"

Chu Zhongtian did not answer, but looked up at the boss in a corner.

Colin John waved his hand: "You won't have to do this for the three days on the 24th and 25th, and the 26th, and you won't have to spend your Christmas. I'll have Christmas too. Everyone has to celebrate the holidays. My bar will be closed for a few days."

Some people in the bar laughed, with a hint of ambiguity in the laughter.
To be continued...