Madrid, El Rastello Flea Market. Spain's largest flea market had a history of more than half a century.
Li Ang was holding an old book and reading it with relish.
This was a book published in the 12th year of the Republic of China, which was 1923, by the Shanghai Commercial Press. Li Ang was surprised when he found this old traditional Chinese medicine book on the stall. This was in Madrid. As far as he knew, the Commercial Press had a large number of copies of this edition of "Tang Tou Song". There were tens of thousands of copies. However, most of them were later destroyed in the war between the warlords and the Anti-Japanese War. Even the original copies stored in the Commercial Press were destroyed in the war. It was difficult to find an authentic copy even in China. He didn't expect to see it in a flea market in Spain.
It was hard to imagine how such a book had traveled across the sea from China to the distant Spain and experienced more than eighty years of vicissitudes.
Li Ang was excited to see it and decided to buy it. He had a hobby of collecting ancient books and old medical books.
"How much is it?" Li Ang asked.
The bearded stall owner raised five fingers.
Li Ang thought it was fifty euros. When he finally paid and saw the change, he realized it was five euros. This made the Sporting de Gijón manager secretly happy that he had picked up a bargain. Even if it was fifty euros, Li Ang wouldn't think it was expensive. Of course, such a book was naturally precious in front of people who knew its value. However, in the eyes of people who didn't know, five euros was very expensive.
After putting away the book, Li Ang turned his head to look at the women who were bargaining with the stall owner. The three girls, Alice, Shakira, and Miss Betty, looked very excited and chattered.
*****
"Looks like you got a good harvest," Li Ang asked with a smile.
"Of course." Shakira snorted.
Li Ang glanced at a piece of amber that Shakira was happily playing with. "It's not worth it if it's more than thirty euros."
Shakira was immediately unhappy. "Did you overhear that I bought it for 40 euros, so you said that on purpose?"
Li Ang shrugged, meaning that it was up to him to believe it or not.
Alice quietly tugged at Li Ang's sleeve, implying that he should let Xia Qi tug a little.
"Who asked her to make trouble last night?" Li Ang said angrily. Li Ang arrived in Madrid last night. When he arrived at the hotel, he found that Alice had been 'taken' by Shakira. The Latin singer shamelessly pretended to be asleep and even hugged Alice, refusing to leave. This made Li Ang, who came to meet Alice in high spirits. Originally, he wanted to be intimate with her after a short absence, but he suffered. Therefore, he did not give Shakira a good look today and always stabbed this woman a few times from time to time.
"You know about Amber too?" Miss Betty asked in surprise.
"He doesn't know shit!" Shakira gritted her teeth and said.
"Is this your quality?" Li Ang sneered. "I really feel sorry for your fans."
Alice pursed her lips and smiled, meaning that Li Ang should hurry up and say it. She knew that her boyfriend would not talk nonsense even if he deliberately angered Shakira.
"Amber is also a kind of medicine in Chinese medicine. Of course, I know about this. " Li Ang explained, "The one in Shakira's hand has bad ingredients and is not worth much."
"But this one looks good. It's the best among those amber pieces. "Shakira rolled her eyes at Li Ang.
Miss Betty also nodded, and even Alice nodded, meaning that Shakira was right.
Li Ang touched his forehead, but he was helpless. He was a doctor, so he naturally analyzed and judged the value from a medical point of view. However, when a girl looked at this thing, she naturally looked at its beauty.
*****
Perhaps in order to retaliate against Li Ang, after returning to the hotel, Shakira continued to cause trouble. This made Li Ang, who had planned to take advantage of the lunch break to have a good time with Alice, jump in anger.
In this way, until Li Ang set off for the airport in the afternoon, he and Alice did not have a chance to enjoy the pleasure of having intimate relations.
After saying goodbye to Li Ang at the airport, Alice, who had returned to the hotel, was also a little unhappy. She felt that her 'best friend' Shakira had gone too far today. With Alice's quiet temperament, she would not take the initiative to say that she was unhappy, but her expression showed that she was unhappy.
Shakira also felt that she had gone too far at this time. The woman rolled her eyes and defended herself. "Alice, you should thank me. I'm doing this for your own good."
Alice cutely rolled her eyes.
"I did it on purpose." Shakira continued to bluff. "That guy didn't get what he wanted. He must be bored. This way, he will come back earlier."
Alice was stunned at first, then pondered for a moment. It seemed to make sense.
"That's not necessarily the case." Miss Betty suddenly said, "What if he can't hold it in, and Alice is not around …"
"Shut up!" Shakira glared at her best friend and best friend, while Alice blushed. "Li Ang is not that kind of person."
In response to Alice, Shakira and Miss Betty rolled their eyes.
*****
After Li Ang boarded the plane, he found his seat, put on his eye mask, and prepared to rest. He felt deeply tired. The job of a manager was definitely the most mentally taxing and heart-testing job on the planet. The pressure was enormous. Since Li Ang took over the First Team, he had always been in a high-load and high-intensity state of work. Now that the season was over and the team had miraculously been promoted, he could finally relax a little.
"Hello, can you help me with my luggage?" A pleasant voice rang in Li Ang's ear.
Li Ang took off his eye mask and opened his eyes. Then, he saw a beautiful and delicate face. To his surprise, it was an acquaintance.
"Hello, Reporter Hua," Li Ang said with a smile. "What a coincidence."
"Ah, it's you, Li Ang." Hua Hua was also pleasantly surprised. Her eyebrows were wide open. "Yes, what a coincidence."
After Hua Hua boarded the plane, she felt a burst of heat. She took off her jacket, revealing the tempting shape wrapped in her pale yellow underwear. Li Ang sat in his seat and couldn't help but take a few more glances. Noticing Li Ang's expression, Hua Hua Hua glared at Li Ang. However, she was a little happy and proud of her figure.
Li Ang coughed and got up to help Hua Hua Hua put her slightly heavy backpack into the luggage rack.
The two of them were acquaintances. Hua Hua Hua was a sports reporter, and Li Ang was a football manager. Moreover, the interview with Li Ang could be said to be the proudest moment of Hua Hua Hua's career so far. Therefore, after the initial awkwardness, the man and woman chatted happily. Therefore, it was rare that this long flight was not too boring.
*****
Just as Li Ang was flying back home, in Gijón, the fans and media were discussing the two new players that Sporting de Gijón had just announced.
As for the guy, Franck Ribéry, the Gijón media could not find any information about the young French player. God knows where Manager Li Ang got such a nobody from.
The Gijón media began to tease. Now they could play a game together. The name of the game was: Who is Ribéry?
As for Pepe, although the young Brazilian center back was now a nobody, Pepe was transferred from FC Porto. With this clue, the media quickly got Pepe's information. The Brazilian center back performed well when he played for Maltimo in the Portuguese Super League and joined the Portuguese Super League powerhouse FC Porto for one million euros. However, this deal seemed to have been negotiated when Porto's former manager, José Mourinho, was in charge. Porto's new manager, Colo Adrianse, did not seem to be interested in the young center back. Then everyone knew that Sporting de Gijón had brought in the Brazilian center back.
Sporting de Gijón's announcement did not mention the specific amount of the transfer fee, but the media still found out that Sporting de Gijón and FC Porto exchanged players and cash. FC Porto exchanged Pepe and a certain amount of cash for the Dutch young player, Jeffrey.
As for the specific amount of money, the Voice of Gijón, which had the best relationship with Sporting de Gijón, gave the data that Pepe added 500,000 to 800,000 euros in exchange for Jeffrey. Due to the close relationship between this media outlet and Sporting de Gijón, this figure was accepted by many media outlets and fans as the closest to the truth.
Pepe was indeed a nobody, but to be valued by the new champion coach, José Mourinho, it also showed Pepe's potential and ability to a certain extent. Therefore, although they were not satisfied with Jeffrey's transfer, Sporting de Gijón's fans still gave a certain welcome to Pepe, a newcomer.
*****
Among them, the taxi driver, Mr. Bader Kulay, was the most surprised. When he saw the news of Pepe joining the team on TV and saw Pepe's photo on the news, Bader Kulay, who was drinking with other friends in the bar, was stunned.
He did not expect that the guests he had picked up the day before yesterday, that strange pair of guests, would actually be the team's new player.
"I know that man," Bader Kulay said.
"Of course, we know that guy now," the others said with a smile. "Pepe, it's said that he is a player personally selected by Coach Li Ang."
"No, no, I mean I've seen this man," Bader Kulay said. "I have the autograph of this player named Pepe."
Was this for real?
Everyone obviously did not believe it.
This Pepe had just joined the team and had not shown his face in the team. No one had seen him before. Bader Kulay actually said that he had the autograph of this player. How was that possible?
Bader Kulay saw that everyone did not believe him. He said, "Wait," and rushed out of the bar. He remembered where he had put the guy's autograph. Where did he put it? Yes, it was in the glove box!
Then, when Bader Kulay came back again, he was holding a piece of paper stained with engine oil in his hand. There were two crooked sentences written on it.
It was written in Portuguese. Among these people, there were some who understood Portuguese. They picked up the piece of paper and read, "Thank you for teaching me this sentence. I love Sporting de Gijón. — I am Pepe. "
*****
Li Ang's flight arrived safely at the Capital International Airport.
When Li Ang and Hua Hua took their luggage out of the airport aisle, he saw someone holding up a sign with Hua Hua's name from afar.
"Someone is here to pick you up," Li Ang said to Hua Hua, pointing to the sign.
Hua Hua looked up and saw the sign. The girl's face became gloomy. "So annoying."
Li Ang was stunned for a moment. Then, he smiled and ignored him.
Afterwards, Hua 'er completely ignored the young man holding a sign to pick her up and walked straight out. Li Ang ignored her and walked straight ahead. He didn't think this matter had anything to do with him.
Li Ang was wearing sunglasses and a golf cap. His return to China was a last-minute decision. Therefore, the situation that Li Ang was worried about, where a large number of reporters would appear at the airport, did not happen.
Through the communication with Hua Hua, Li Ang had a certain understanding of his fame and popularity in China. He was now famous in China, at least among the football fans.
The young man who was holding the signboard saw Hua Hua walk past him without paying any attention to him. He became anxious and immediately chased after her with the signboard. As he chased after her, he shouted, "Xiao Hua, Xiao Hua!"
When Li Ang heard it, he almost laughed out loud. He could see that this young man should be Hua Hua Hua's pursuer. However, this person actually called Hua Hua Hua Hua "Xiao Hua" in public. Li Ang could not help but shake his head. With this IQ, he actually wanted to chase a girl …
Sure enough, Li Ang looked at Hua Hua Hua who was walking beside him. The latter's face was red. This was not shyness, but anger.
"Shut up." Hua Hua stopped, gritted her teeth, and growled, "Who is Xiao Hua? Who is Xiao Hua?"
"You are Xiao Hua." The young man was stunned. "What's wrong with you, Xiao Hua? I am Liu Yunlong. Don't you recognize me? Did you lose your memory? "
Pfft!
Li Ang could not hold it in this time. When he met such a strange young man, he thought of a word: funny!
*****
"What are you laughing at?" The funny brother, uh, the young man immediately glared at Li Ang.
Li Ang waved his hand, meaning that you do your thing and don't pay attention to me. Haha, let me laugh for a while. At the same time, he looked at the pursuer of Hua Hua Hua. The one in front of him was not bad. He was relatively handsome, but he was a little thin. His expression reminded Li Ang of a word: self-pity. En, this person seemed to be very confident in his appearance. He had a very handsome and charming expression.
"I am asking you. What are you laughing at?" This person did not let it go and continued to ask.
Li Ang was speechless. What is this funny guy doing? Do you still remember what you are here for? You are here to chase a girl. You are leaving the girl beside you and not doing your business. Why are you competing with me?
"What kind of attitude is this? What right do you have to yell at him? Also, how did you know I was coming back today? "Hua Hua Hua was like an angry little pepper as she questioned.
"Who is he? What right do you have to protect him? "The funny brother immediately asked angrily.
"Why do you care?" Hua Hua Hua snorted coldly.
"We —" Li Ang opened his mouth. Although he did not have a good impression of this funny brother, he was tired from the journey. It was better to avoid trouble. He did not want to be misunderstood.
Just as Li Ang was about to introduce and explain himself, Hua Hua Hua rushed forward and held Li Ang's arm directly, "This is my boyfriend!"
Li Ang was held by Hua Hua Hua Hua Hua Hua's arm. He felt the woman's warmth and he was caught off guard. His body stiffened. Then, he heard Hua Hua Hua Hua's words. He turned his head and looked at Hua Hua Hua, who was looking at him too.
"Hey, hey, hey. How can you do this?" Li Ang's eyes said.
In response, Hua Hua Hua Hua Hua Hua's shy expression. In the eyes of outsiders, they were a pair of lovers.
PS: My physical condition is terrible. I endured the heartache and went to apply for a health card. Today is my first day of training. When I came back, I felt half dead. My whole body was sore and my hands were weak. So today, I wrote extremely slowly. It was not even one-third of my usual speed …
The coach kept persuading me to buy his private training. The reason is that Xiao Qi, I am the second person with the stiffest muscles and the worst physical condition he has ever met …
It was a huge blow.
Tomorrow's update will be in the day. I will stay up late to write it.
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