When Chu Zhongtian opened the door of the Duns Bar with the key, he was surprised to find that Boss John was busy placing tables and chairs. When he heard the sound of the door being opened with the key, Boss John was also surprised to see Chu Zhongtian appear in front of him at this time.

"Why are you here?" The boss was very surprised.

"Boss, why did you get up so early?" Chu Zhongtian was also surprised.

"I'm going to open a store, of course I'm going to get up early. What's wrong with you?"

"I'll go to work..." Chu Zhongtian was about to come forward to help, but the boss reached out to stop him.

"What kind of work are you going to do today? You're going to compete in the afternoon, Chu."

"This is not the same thing, it's not a problem..." Chu Zhongtian said and went to remove the chair. Fat John was not as flexible as the young Chu Zhongtian, so he could only watch Chu Zhongtian put all the chairs in the house in a very short time.

Then he went to change his clothes, stood behind the bar, and said to the already stunned boss: "You can start business, boss."

"Ah? Uh... it's not right!" The fat boss threw the rag in his hand, moved it to the bar, and stared at Chu Zhongtian. "You should have a good rest at home, and then go directly to the court after lunch, instead of coming to me to work for me!"

"I have nothing to do in the apartment, so why not come to help you, boss." Chu Zhongtian spread his hands and smiled at the boss.

"But I don't need your help." John frowned.

"I'm here." Chu Zhongtian looked like "You can't drive me away."

"Well, that's the case..." John walked over, walked around the bar, picked up the apron and tied it. "You rest, I'll do it."

In the end, Chu Zhongtian still didn't bother the boss and sat honestly on the chair at the door.

Every drinker who came to Duns Bar to drink would greet him when he saw him.

"Hey, Chu. Don't have to be busy today?"

"Oh? Boss John comes in person, that's OK!"

"You should have a good rest and prepare for the afternoon game."

"The afternoon game performed better, Chu!"

"Into them ten or eight!"

"Hey! Chu is a defensive midfielder... It's enough to get into three!"

As a result, although Chu Zhongtian did not act as a bartender, he became a mascot of the bar at the door. Everyone who came here to drink would pat his shoulder enthusiastically and greet him.

It was not until Emily came that he was liberated because no one dared to compete with Princess Duns.

"Yo. You look like Uncle KFC like this." Emily pointed at Chu Zhongtian, who was sitting at the door and smiling so hard that his face was muddy.

Chu Zhongtian pouted his mouth: "It's a pity that I don't have a beard and glasses." Then he asked, "Why are you here today?"

"I'll go with the uncle and the others." Emily pointed to the backpack on her back, and then she sat down next to Chu Zhongtian.

A faint fragrance spread to Chu Zhongtian's nose with her movements, causing him to take a hard breath.

"How are you sleeping at night?" asked Emily, who sat down.

"It's very fragrant." Chu Zhongtian replied.

"What?"

"Oh, very good..." It's really good. He didn't dream all night, it was deep sleep.

"Are you nervous?" Emily asked again.

Chu Zhongtian shook his head: "No. Why are you nervous?"

"This is the first league game..."

Chu Zhongtianxin said that I have played all the finals of the National Championships and have never been nervous. Although it is just a junior group... Why should I be nervous in an amateur league game?

But Emily seems to attach great importance to it. "This is the first official league game in the history of the AFC Wimbledon Club. In this game, those who score goals will be written into the history of the club! Unfortunately, you are not a striker, otherwise you will be famous in history, Chu."

Chu Zhongtian shrugged: "I'm not good at shooting... Actually, when I was a child, the coach wanted me to play as a forward."

When Emily heard him talk about his childhood, she became interested. "Tell me quickly. I haven't heard you talk about how you played football before?"

"Well..." Chu Zhongtian thought about it and decided to choose the best. He could not tell Emily that she was forced to give up football because she had broken the good things of the coach's betting on the football, right? No matter how dark Chinese football has, it is a family scandal. Do not make it public... "When I was a child, I grew up fast and had a strong body. I always take advantage of physical confrontation. At that time, the coach wanted me to play forward because I could squeeze out the opponent's defender in the penalty area and receive the ball. But my shooting skills were really bad, and I couldn't do it. Once I got to the opponent's penalty area, I didn't know how to run. I just stood stupidly, waiting for others to pass the ball to me, and then squeezed with my body. And most of the time I had to watch others running in front, and I couldn't touch the ball for a long time. I didn't like playing football like this, so I didn't play forward..."

"Where did you play later?"

"goalkeeper."

Emily stared at Chu Zhongtian with wide eyes.

Chu Zhongtian grinned and said, "Can't you tell me? But soon the coach and I realized that I was not a goalkeeper at all, and I prefer to use my feet compared to using my hands. So later I was replaced by the central defender. At that time, I was taller among my peers, so the coach asked me to play as a central defender. My defense and heading were practiced at that time."

"But you are the back midfielder now..."

"After playing for a few years, we were missing a defensive player in the midfield during the game. It turned out that the person who played in this position was injured, so I temporarily pushed up. As a result, I played well after one game, so the coach asked me to play in this position in the second game, and the performance was still very good... Later, I was fixed in this position, hehe." Chu Zhongtian laughed. In fact, his football career in the past ten years may not be full of sad memories and darkness.

Dark side. For example, when he played the midfielder for the first time, he actually performed well in this position. He was more active and bold in defense than when he played the central defender, which made the opponent's offensive players suffer a lot. So much so that after the game, the opponent's head coach was surprised where Chu Zhongtian came out. The national youth football circle is so big. If he was a very good player, he would have been famous for a long time. How could he have never heard of a player like Chu Zhongtian before?

After listening to Chu Zhongtian’s story, Emily calculated with her fingers. Forward, goalkeeper, central defender, and midfielder. “Another kick to the front midfielder, the central axis of the court, you will all play, haha!”

"That's impossible." Chu Zhongtian shook his head.

"Why?"

"I'm not a midfielder, my pass is not very good, and once I get the ball under my feet, when I'm on the offense, I don't know where to pass the ball... that feeling... Oh, I don't know how to tell you, anyway, I'm just at a loss and can't even take the ball."

Emily pouted: "What a pity..."

"Nothing is a pity." Chu Zhongtian shrugged, "I don't want to be a panacea."

Emily stopped talking, she looked up at the distance in a daze.

Chu Zhongtian asked curiously: "What are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking... how will someone like you celebrate after scoring the goal..." Emily glanced at Chu Zhongtian.

She remembered the crazy emotions Chu Zhongtian showed on the court. He could punch Russell without hesitation, and could stubbornly snatch Russell and Borger to tease his pass between Russell and Borger. It was like a mad dog who was desperate. How would such a person celebrate if he scored the goal?

Speaking of goal celebrations, there are not many such things in Chu Zhongtian's memory, but the most impressive thing happened three and a half years ago, and that was also the last goal in his football career. At that time, looking at the head coach's gloomy face, he celebrated it very crazy, even like a show-off. He was particularly motivated to do other people's good things, just like defense. Defence is also a good thing for bad offensives in essence...

"I don't know... I have too little experience in this regard." Chu Zhongtian replied.

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After having lunch at noon, Boss John said that he would let Chu Zhongtian have a nap in noon, and then he called Chu Zhongtian again.

Chu Zhongtian was helpless and enjoyed the boss's special rest room - the bedroom for the first time. He only slept for half an hour and couldn't fall asleep because he had a dream.

Perhaps because he was chatting with Emily at noon, he actually dreamed of playing football when he was a child.

When I was young, I didn’t know anything and I was so happy to play football.

When I grow up, I know everything, but I don’t know how to play football happily.

He stood up from the bed and sat up, and the nap ended.

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Emily was chatting with her former neighbors and heard the creaking sound of the wooden stairs, and she cast her sights on it.

I happened to see Chu Zhongtian walking down from the building.

"Will you wake up so soon?" Boss John looked at his watch, and he thought that he would call Chu Zhongtian in another twenty minutes.

Chu Zhongtian nodded. "I'm leaving."

Suddenly, all the eyes in the bar focused on him.

Old Bente stood up first and patted Chu Zhongtian on the shoulder: "Come on, Chu!"

Then it was Jackson. "We will cheer you up, you must play."

Everyone came up one by one to pat Chu Zhongtian on the shoulder. When Boss John came up, Chu Zhongtian reached out to stop him, then pointed to his other shoulder, and said sadly: "Boss, change the other side... I'm almost swollen..."

Emily laughed.

Finally it was Emily's turn, she was still laughing.

"Although the possibility is not great, I still hope to see you celebrate after scoring the goal in the game." Emily shrugged at him, then raised her hands and slapped Chu Zhongtian on the shoulders.

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Chu Zhongtian put on his backpack, bid farewell to the crowd at the Duns Bar, and ran to the King's Ranch alone. Yes, run. Although it was a race in the afternoon, he still chose to run instead of taking a bus. He felt that he was full of strength now and did not have to worry about his physical fitness exhaustion in advance. These few kilometers were just warm-ups for him.

The sun was very strong at noon and the weather was very hot in August. Sweat quickly soaked his T-shirt and wet his backpack on his back. But Chu Zhongtian didn't care at all. He was enjoying the pleasure of sweat flowing, which made him feel like he was running away little by little with sweat.

Walking through the tree-lined avenue, the light and shadows continued to change, and Chu Zhongtian headed westward.

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