When he woke up, Qin Xiong was full of energy and went downstairs to have breakfast.
Sylvia would only stay here for two more days. Dekoiz's restaurant would also be closed in two days and then prepare for Christmas.
However, what Qin Xiong did not expect was that although Sylvia would still smile when she saw him today, it had changed back to the formulaic smile she had when they first met. It was warm, but the distance between them seemed to be very far.
She brought him breakfast and then left in a flutter.
There was no more conversation and no discussion about what was written in today's newspaper.
Yesterday, there was Ajax's game.
Moreover, Ajax had won the league title and would definitely make the headlines of the football newspaper.
This made him feel a little lost for a moment. He did not know why, but the distance between him and Sylvia seemed to be far away.
When Freddy came downstairs to sit with him and saw Qin Xiong's unhappy expression, Freddy asked. Qin Xiong said innocently, "I don't know what I did wrong."
Freddy sighed softly and got up to go to the restaurant to get a newspaper. He came back and put it in front of Qin Xiong and said, "I got up this morning and used the computer to look at the news and found out about it."
Qin Xiong's eyes widened as he looked at the headlines in disbelief.
Qin Xiong was in the headlines!
This was not surprising!
However, he was in the entertainment section!
There were reporters who took pictures of him and his teammates strolling in the red-light district last night. They also captured a close-up of Qin Xiong staring at the window girl.
Qin Xiong understood.
Sylvia must have also seen the news, which was why she seemed to be unwilling to pay attention to Qin Xiong today.
Qin Xiong lowered his head and put his forehead on the table. He muttered, "What should I do?"
Freddy tore off the lunch bag and stuffed it into his mouth. He elbowed Qin Xiong. When Qin Xiong looked up at him, he smiled and said, "It's a good thing."
"How can this be a good thing?"
"Because she cares about you."
"Hmm?"
"If she saw you as a normal friend, then she wouldn't care about your private life. You are you, and you can do whatever you want. But she cares about you, so she's unhappy. Oh my God, why can't you react to that? This is normal. If she doesn't mind you going to the red-light district, then you should be depressed. "
Qin Xiong was suddenly enlightened. What Freddy said made sense!
But he still put on a bitter face and said, "Then what should we do? It's over. My image in her heart must be ruined. "
Freddy chewed on his bread and said calmly, "I think the most important quality of a man is honesty, especially towards women. Don't try to hide yourself. Treat life as a show. Do what you want to do, what you're used to doing, then do it! Because if you mess up, the consequence is that you will bear the crime of cheating, and the woman will think that you have deceived her with a false image. "
Qin Xiong nodded in agreement.
Be yourself. Be yourself. Be yourself.
After he and Freddy had breakfast, Freddy got up and left. Sylvia came over to clean up the table.
She looked the same as usual. Qin Xiong said to her with a serious face, "I went to the red-light district yesterday with my teammates. I just saw the famous … scenic spots in this city. I didn't …"
Sylvia sighed and sat down. She interrupted him and said, "I can guess your mood and purpose for going there. After all, as a high-profile football player in the Netherlands, and still single, you have a lot of suitors. You don't have to go to that kind of place to seek pleasure. Sorry, I don't have the right to judge you or affect you. But I think it's better not to go to that kind of place. After all, there is a high crime rate in that kind of place."
Sylvia saw Qin Xiong on the entertainment headlines in the morning. Her feelings were complicated.
But she could imagine that a man like Qin Xiong, who was like a blank piece of paper, would definitely be curious about the red-light district. Which man wouldn't be curious? Who wouldn't want to see it with his own eyes? If he said that he didn't want to and wasn't interested at all, wouldn't that be disgusting hypocrisy?
She also firmly believed that Qin Xiong wouldn't go there to buy sex. It was too low-class, too low-class!
In the past month, Qin Xiong appeared more and more in the entertainment news.
In addition to going to the nightclubs with Ajax's teammates, there were also some Dutch models, female hosts, and even some small-time actors. Many of them would take the initiative to talk about Qin Xiong, saying that they would like to be friends with this determined and strong Chinese boy. As for what kind of friends they would make, everyone had a tacit understanding.
After all, it wasn't just football players who went to nightclubs. Some models would of course go there too. If they were seen by reporters chatting up Qin Xiong, it would give rise to a topic of discussion.
But there was no woman by Qin Xiong's side.
According to Sylvia's thinking, if Qin Xiong was willing, there should be a higher class woman by his side than those girls in the red-light district.
So, Qin Xiong didn't need to go to the red-light district to buy sex.
As Qin Xiong's fame grew, Sylvia found that her feelings toward Qin Xiong became more and more complicated. She herself didn't realize why she felt inexplicably uneasy.
Qin Xiong took the initiative to explain to her. In that instant, Sylvia's heart became unusually soft, as if touched. She could feel that Qin Xiong cared about her reaction, so she immediately sat down and chatted with him.
In the end, she asked, "Do you have any plans for Christmas?"
Qin Xiong still shook his head and replied, "I haven't thought about it yet. In my eyes, Christmas is a very ordinary day. There's no other way. I've never had Christmas before. I have to go to the club this afternoon. The club informed me yesterday. I'll make a decision later. Maybe it's a very ordinary day."
Sylvia nodded and didn't ask anything else.
After lunch, Qin Xiong and Freddy took a taxi to Ajax Club.
The club was already on holiday, and the players and coaches at all levels of the echelon were on Christmas break.
But this afternoon, in the club's meeting room, Louis Van Gaal and Van Oss, who was also the football director, formally and solemnly welcomed the arrival of Qin Xiong and Freddy.
The four of them sat around a long table. Freddy had already greeted Qin Xiong on the way.
The club's meeting in the afternoon was to formally discuss the renewal of his contract with him.
Although the team had advanced to the top 16 of the Champions League, advanced to the top eight of the Dutch Cup, and had such a huge lead in the league, it couldn't be attributed to Qin Xiong alone. But at the crucial moment, Qin Xiong's contribution was very obvious, especially in the Champions League.
Being able to enter the Champions League knockout stage, the club's income had significantly increased. This benefit was real.
So, what about Qin Xiong's personal value?
It had also been greatly improved with his excellent performance in the first half of the season.
Ajax wanted to lock in Qin Xiong's future. At the very least, he didn't want Qin Xiong's contract status to be so lacking.
At the same time, Freddy also informed Qin Xiong.
During the winter transfer window, there were already several clubs that wanted to take Qin Xiong away.
There were no Premier League teams among them, because Qin Xiong couldn't get a work permit.
There were also no Serie A teams. Most teams only had one overseas signing quota each season. They either used it last summer, or they were still observing Qin Xiong and didn't dare to rashly make a conclusion. After all, he was only 18 years old. Would his condition fluctuate greatly? As for the financially strong teams that wanted to make a small gamble on Qin Xiong, they definitely wouldn't make a move during the winter transfer window because Qin Xiong represented Ajax in this season's Champions League. He couldn't play for another team in the Champions League knockout stage.
There were many teams that were interested in Qin Xiong, but if teams that weren't in the five major leagues were excluded, there were three in France Ligue 1: Lille, Marseille, and Lens.
Spain had two, Atlético Madrid and Villarreal.
Germany had three, Schalke 04, Wolfsburg, and Hamburg.
Although their offers weren't high, they must have understood that Qin Xiong only had one and a half years left on his contract with Ajax, so they lowered their offers. The highest was only five million euros.
But they were sincere.
Among them, the highest contract benefits that could be given to Qin Xiong reached 25000 euros a week!
It didn't include the one million euros signing fee.
As long as Qin Xiong was willing to sacrifice the second half of the season and not participate in the Champions League, Qin Xiong could cooperate with the transfer and put pressure on Ajax. He could leave Ajax in the winter and immediately become a multimillionaire in the eyes of Chinese people.
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