Thinking of the lawyer, Tang En took out his cell phone from his pocket. In order to play in Spain without being interrupted, Tang En had switched off his cell phone after setting off from Nottingham. He removed the battery and threw it into his bag. Now, for the convenience of communication, he installed it again.
As soon as he turned on his phone, he received a bunch of text messages. He looked at the sender's names. There was Des Walker, Kenny Burns, Ian Bowyer. They were basically all old acquaintances. Maybe they were just casually greeting him … Then he saw Pierce Bruce's name. This guy knew his phone number but had never contacted him. Scrolling down further, Walker had sent five consecutive text messages in one day.
The content was almost the same. She asked him where he was and that there was something urgent. She told him to call him back immediately when she saw the text.
Tang En knew that Walker was not one to joke around. If he was so anxious, then something very important must have happened.
So he made a call to Walker.
"Tony? Tony! Tony, where are you? "As soon as the call connected, Walker's anxious voice could be heard.
"I'm at the airport in Madrid …"
"Oh, shit! Did you go traveling? "
"Uh, yes. I'm going to Spain … "
"Are you used to traveling without using your phone?" Walker interrupted Tang En once again.
"Hey, Des. What happened? "
After a moment of silence, Walker sighed and said to him, "It's not convenient to talk over the phone. Come back quickly. Come back and meet us at the Forest Bar. I can only tell you, Tony, you're in big trouble this time! "
Shania did not notice the change in Tang En's expression. She was still playing with the Totoro doll. Tang En, on the other hand, was in a daze with his phone by his ear.
What kind of trouble? It was so serious that the usually calm Walker started to panic …
Tang En and Shania had just returned to 13 Garden Street, Branford, Nottingham, when they saw a group of people waiting there. A white Ford sedan was parked by the roadside. A middle-aged man and woman were in the car. Tang En could not tell their exact ages, but they were probably a little older than him. The woman had a perfect figure and was still attractive, while the man looked dignified and talented. There was also a fat old woman and a group of excited and expectant reporters. These people surrounded the little garden in front of his house.
Twain glanced at them. Had his cruel adoptive parents finally come knocking on his door? That's fine, we can talk about it face to face …
The young woman became excited when she saw Tang En and Shania, who he was holding.
"Judy! Judy! "She called Shania's name and came up to take her hand, but Shania avoided her.
Tang En shielded the girl behind him, intending to have a good talk with her. "Madam, I think …"
He was interrupted by a woman screaming, "Give me back my daughter!" The middle-aged man came up and pulled the overly agitated woman away. He then nodded politely at Twain and said, "I'm sorry, my wife really misses her daughter too much."
Tang En was a little angry because of that crazy woman. Fortunately, this man seemed to be reasonable. "I understand, but I think we need to …"
Before he could finish, the other party had already frowned and said to Shania behind him, "Judy Shania Jordana! Are you done playing? The holidays are over! "
Tang En could feel that Shania, who was behind him, was frightened. He said to the man with dissatisfaction, "Please watch your words. She's still a child..."
However, the man ignored him and continued to stare at Shania as he said sternly, "Jordana, do you want me to repeat myself? Do you know how worried your mother was about you? Ever since we found out you were in Nottingham, we came here every day to wait for you to come back with us! "
Tang En was confused by the situation in front of him. He turned his head to look at Shania, who was hiding behind him. The little girl hugged the Totoro doll in front of her, revealing only her eyes as she looked at the two men in front of her.
"Judy, what's going on?" Tang En also frowned.
The girl was silent for a while and finally lowered her head. She whispered to Tang En, "They're my parents …"
"Cruel adoptive parents?"
The middle-aged man glanced at Tang En. What was this guy talking about?
Shania shook her head. "Biological … I'm sorry, Uncle Tony. I lied to you. There are no cruel adoptive parents. Dad and Mom wanted me to practice modeling during the holidays, but I didn't like it at all. I hated the boring practice and that fierce coach! So … I lied to them and said I was coming to England to play at my aunt's house. Then I ran here by myself … "
Tang En closed his eyes and shook his head. He had actually been tricked by this little girl! When faced with an adorable child, would his judgment and vigilance drop? He opened his eyes and saw the fat old woman walking towards him. Could this woman be the legendary "Aunt Ryan"? God … He actually wanted to live under the same roof as her!
The man pulled Shania away from Tang En's side and then nodded slightly at him. "Thank you for taking care of Jordana during this time. We're just as sorry about this as you are. Thank you. "He casually thanked Tang En and then pulled Shania back to the Ford.
As the car door closed, Tang En saw Shania turn back to look at him. Then, she was hugged by the crying and emotional mother.
The old woman walked in front of Tang En and said fiercely, "You better have a lawyer's phone number. I think you'll receive a court summons soon!" With that, the old woman also got into the car. The chassis of the Ford visibly sank because of her entry.
As she said that, the cameras in the hands of the reporters flashed brightly. They had finally obtained the most valuable information. But Tang En did not have the time to care about the old woman's threats and the harassment of the reporters. He stared blankly at the car that drove away. In it, Shania sat with her head lowered between her parents. She did not turn back to look at him.
The large Totoro doll was abandoned by the side of the road, lying quietly on the ground. Its white fur was stained with a lot of dust and became dirty.
Tang En went forward and bent down to pick it up. He gently patted away the dust on it and then looked at the pitiful girl whose eyes were wide open and mouth slightly agape but could not speak. He sighed.
He then turned back to look at the excited group of reporters. Unexpectedly, he did not curse. Instead, he turned around and dragged his luggage back to his house.
The holidays were over, weren't they?
Even though Tang En was no longer in the mood, he still went to Burns' Forest Bar to meet Walker that night. For him, losing Shania and the possibility of being sued in court was the biggest trouble. What trouble could be more troublesome than this?
But Walker's words still jolted Tang En out of his muddle-headed state of mind.
"Tony, we know about Shania's situation. But I advise you to forget about her first. You have a bigger problem … "He spread out a few copies of Nottingham's local newspapers in front of Tang En, letting him look at the news.
— Nottingham Forest receives an injection of American funds!
— Nigel Doughty officially retires. His son, Evan Doughty, takes over as Nottingham Forest's new chairman!
— New chairman, new manager.
Below the news was a photo of the two of them. The person on the left was very familiar: Evan Doughty. Standing on the right and shaking hands with Evan, the man with a crew cut was very unfamiliar to Tang En.
"Who is he?" Tang En asked, pointing to the man's photo.
"Stan Collymore," Walker replied. Forest's new manager. "
Tang En looked at Walker in disbelief. His eyes contained anger and surprise. Walker turned his head away from Tony Twain's stare and said in a low voice,
He said in a low voice, "Evan said he wanted to contact you, but your phone was switched off. The Premier League starts on August 9th. It's already the end of June. He said the team needs to appoint a new manager as soon as possible … "
"Is this manager just a f * cking decoration?!" Tang En roared. There were too many things that made him unhappy today. He could no longer suppress the anger in his heart.
Burns pressed his hand on Tang En's shoulder. "Calm down, Tony."
"How do you expect me to calm down, Kenny? What was the situation when I took over the team? At the end of the season, we made it to the play-offs. Now he's fired me! You want to … "
"Tony!" Burns tightened his grip and shouted, "Have you forgotten? There's an 'Acting' in front of your manager title! "
Hearing this, Tang En was stunned. That's right … He's the Acting Manager. Even though Tang En's results were good, and Nigel had repeatedly said that he would fully support him, he had never proposed a contract with the word 'Acting' removed. What gave him the illusion that he was the real 'Manager'?
Beside him, Walker explained, "Tony, even though Evan's decision is unacceptable from an emotional point of view, he didn't actually do anything wrong. The contract you signed with the club as the Acting Manager was meant to last until the end of the season … Back then, Nigel said that he would decide on whether to sign an official contract with you based on your performance in the next half of the season. But who would have thought that the old man would announce his retirement at the end of this season? "
Tang En slumped in his chair and muttered, "So … I've become that useless Youth Team manager again? Am I right? "
No one answered his question. He stared fixedly at Evan Doughty and Stan Collymore in the newspaper, as if he was trying to see through them.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
