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Chapter 318 - 5 Lan Ying_2

Chapter 318: Chapter 5 Lan Ying_2

Could it be that they might offer to fulfill some other wish of hers? And the price to be paid... might correspond to that wish?

If the temptation was significant enough...

And the price not so unacceptable...

"However, if someone talks to you like this, you have to be careful. There are a lot of scammers out there these days," Peipei warned her, "Why are you asking? Didn’t you receive some call offering an unsecured loan? You must not believe it! That could very well be usury!"

"Nothing like that! I don’t need money!"

"If you’re short on cash, I can lend you some," Peipei said directly, "My parents usually give me quite a lot of money, so I’m relatively flush."

"Mmm... I’m not short on money."

Yueyin knew that Peipei’s family was much wealthier. Even if she failed her postgraduate exams, her parents planned to send her abroad.

"Xishi, when are you going to start your thesis?"

"I’ve already started picking a topic, and plan to begin writing in a while."

Yueyin hadn’t even begun to consider the topic for her thesis, as her recent internship had left her exhausted.

"About the football match this afternoon... if they win, Lan Ying and his team will go celebrate tonight. Shall we join them?"

Even in front of her close friend, Yueyin dared not admit her affection for that person.

"If you want to go, then go," Peipei said, seemingly sure that Yueyin hadn’t encountered any scams, and continued to focus on her phone.

Yueyin stood up and said, "Well, I’ll, I’ll go check out the soccer club, they might have already arrived."

"Okay, go ahead."

Then, as Yueyin was about to step out of the dorm room, she heard a chilling voice.

"Don’t forget, after five o’clock this afternoon, you’ll only have two days left."

Upon hearing this, Yueyin turned pale with shock!

She quickly turned back to look at Peipei and asked, "Xi, Xishi, what did you just say?"

Peipei, holding her phone, said, "I didn’t say anything to you, I was just sending a voice message to my cousin, reminding him to pay me back."

Five o’clock in the afternoon?

Two days later?

Is it just a coincidence again?

Yueyin bit her lip tightly, feeling that the situation was growing increasingly absurd.

Once could be a coincidence, but twice, three times... If it keeps going like this, is it still a coincidence?

But Peipei couldn’t possibly be with the show’s crew! If it’s not a coincidence, then what is it?

"Well, I’ll get going," she said.

After leaving the girls’ dorm, walking on the university path, Yueyin for some reason felt as if everything around her had darkened quite a bit.

Then, she slowly made her way to the football field, and there she saw...

Lots of kids, playing football on the green field!

And indeed, they all seemed to be about six or seven years old!

"How is this possible?"

Yueyin immediately grabbed a student passing by and said, "These, these kids are?"

"They’re probably kids from outside the school coming here to play football. What’s the matter?"

"This... I’ve never seen kids come here to play football before."

Yueyin watched the children.

It couldn’t possibly be yet another setup by the show, could it?

She chose a spot and sat down on the grass, then watched the children play.

The children’s skills were quite immature, but given their age, they were doing pretty well.

"If more parents in our country let their children play football from a young age, our national team wouldn’t be criticized as harshly as it is now."

Upon hearing this familiar voice, Yueyin immediately turned around delightedly, only to see him!

"Lan... Lan Ying!"

In front of him, Lan Ying was staring at the children playing soccer and said, "These kids are the future hope of Chinese football."

Yueyin quickly stood up and asked, "You, how long have you been watching here?"

"Just arrived. After lunch, I went to the soccer club, and by this time, you need to conserve your energy and prepare for the game."

Yueyin looked at Lan Ying, but noticed that his gaze was always fixed on the soccer.

"Lan... Lan Ying..."

"Hmm?"

"You love soccer so much, why not consider becoming a professional player?"

"My parents are strongly against it. Especially my dad, who says the chances of making it in sports are slim, let alone in soccer. If I really wanted to go down the professional soccer path, I would have chosen it in high school."

"Just because your parents oppose it?"

"In real life, unlike TV dramas where the protagonists can always defy their parents and win, most of the time children can’t go against their parents." Lan Ying’s gaze remained on the football on the pitch, following the ball wherever it rolled.

Yueyin could tell that he truly loved soccer. He must have really hoped to one day gallop as a professional player on the field.

She also remembered, even knowing the national team’s strength, how he would still cheer for them until his voice was hoarse every time he watched their games.

"If..."

"If what?"

"If there was someone..." Yueyin bit her lip and said, "If someone told you they could grant you any wish, what would you wish for?"

After a thought, Lan Ying said, "Don’t know, I haven’t thought about it."

"Eh? I thought you would say you want to be a professional player, or wish for the national team to make it to the World Cup or something."

"Such things can’t be achieved by making wishes; that kind of opportunistic thinking is disrespectful to football. All over the world, so many countries, teams, and players fight to death for one trophy!"

Seeing the man’s passionate eyes, Yueyin felt a surge of emotion and said, "Why don’t you think about it, find a way to become a professional player? I saw there were players over thirty years old in the World Cup, and you are still only in your twenties."

"I know my level," Lan Ying slightly shook his head: "I’m okay in the amateur league, but to be a professional player, there is still a long way to go."

"I think the national team doesn’t necessarily play better than amateurs. That recent viral interview, didn’t it say something like they can’t even beat Thailand’s youth team, and they conceded five goals, claiming the national team has no face left?"

Upon hearing this, Lan Ying gave a bitter smile.

"I do not wish to see such scenes either."

Yueyin thought about the red balloon...

If she made a wish for Lan Ying to become a professional player, with his ability, could the show crew recommend him to a professional soccer club? Could that be possible?

"By the way, did you watch yesterday’s game?" Lan Ying’s voice interrupted her thoughts at that moment.

"Yes, watched, watched! But it’s a pity..."

"There’s nothing to regret; both sides played very tough."

Yueyin didn’t know how to continue the conversation. After all this time, she still hadn’t figured out the rules of soccer, so she couldn’t discuss it with him.

Just then, the soccer ball rolled to Lan Ying’s feet.

"Big brother, kick the ball to us!" the distant children shouted.

Lan Ying skillfully kicked up the ball; it traced an arc and flew towards the children.

The kids played for a while longer, until suddenly one of them fell to the ground and immediately started crying.

"Why are you crying? If you cry so easily, how will you play professional matches in the future?"

Yueyin watched the crying child and suddenly realized that making a child cry seemed to be such an easy thing to do.

Yueyin immediately shook her head, casting aside the thought, and said to Lan Ying, "Actually, I really hope to see you play professional matches one day... even if you can’t make it to the national team, playing in the domestic league would be good..."

Yueyin mustered up the courage to say this to Lan Ying.

Lan Ying smiled and said, "Mhm. Thank you for saying that to me, Yueyin."

Afternoon.

The soccer match against another school began.

Yueyin shouted at the top of her lungs, cheering for Lan Ying on the field.

Right then, her most firm wish was for Lan Ying to become a soccer player!

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