Chapter 308 Bold!
The night before Real Madrid prepared for the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Roma at home, Leandri asked Zidane for leave to return to the Sports City later. Usually, Real Madrid players are required to stay here before the game, but today is different, today is Florentino's 69th birthday.
Although the relationship between him and Kroos caused a gap between the father and son, the love would not diminish as the communication became less. Leandri never doubted that his father did not love him, and Florentino would not think that his son would really become alienated from him.
Karl Lagerfeld's birthday this year is not likely to turn into a Vanity Fair party like in the past. This year it will just be a simple meal for the family at home.
Leandri looked at his father who was cutting beef with a knife. It turned out that in the blink of an eye, he was almost 70 years old. Although the wrinkles on his face had existed since he could remember his father, it seemed that he only realized today that they had become so deep, as if time that could never be caught up had passed so long in an instant.
Except for Leandri and the children who have a game tomorrow, everyone else had wine glasses in their hands. The wine hung on the glass as it was shaken. Leandri thought of the day when he just came of age and the old man personally poured a little red wine into his glass to tell him that he had finally grown up.
He has grown up, but his parents have grown old.
The wrinkles on their faces became more and more obvious, and in those wrinkles they not only hid the gentle years, but also deeply buried their love for themselves. He never had so many feelings before, his parents were always by his side, doting on all his actions, and finally shaking their heads and ruffling his hair helplessly, with a voice full of reproach but extreme doting, “You…”, which became his warmest harbor.
Family members gave birthday gifts to the birthday boy one by one. Even Karl Lagerfeld's youngest granddaughter gave a hand-drawn picture. The simple crayons made Karl Lagerfeld look tall and mighty.
"Is this a picture of me?" After receiving the sweet answer from his granddaughter, the old man smiled like an ordinary old man. He continued to coax his granddaughter to ask, "Then what's behind me?"
The little girl blinked her bright grape-like eyes, "It's us, and Zidane, Ronaldo, Benzema, and many others, and the Bernabeu! But I don't know how to draw, so I can only use dots to express it. Grandpa is a superman in my heart, and he will always protect us!"
When it was Leandri's turn, the whole family saw Leandri just took out the gift, and before he finished saying his blessing, he hugged Karl Lagerfeld and kept saying "I love you, Dad".
What's going on?
It was the first time for the brothers, sisters and children to see Leandri express his emotions so openly.
As he was talking, everyone could only see that Leandri's body was shaking a little, and Mr. Buddha could clearly feel that his neck was a little wet.
Leandri was well raised by him and Maria. After coming to their home, he gradually accepted all the family members. Although he was an adopted child, Mr. Lafayette treated him no differently from his own son, and even gave him more love and care than his own son.
In such an environment, Leandri is confident and strong.
Florentino has almost never missed any important moments in his life, such as his first time in the youth team, the first time in the national team, the national youth team, the Olympic Games, and his graduation ceremony...
Outsiders always say that Florentino is a typical businessman, who is ruthless and cold-blooded, but in front of Leandri he is definitely the best father.
But in the blink of an eye, his father grew old. His hair didn't suddenly turn white one day, and his body didn't suddenly become hunched in an instant, but he seemed to realize at this moment that his superman father would also grow old.
He had been well-behaved for more than twenty years, but now he did something that he knew was against the world but he would not change it no matter what.
There is love on both sides, and choices on both sides. Leandri really doesn't know how to choose, but at this moment he only knows that he owes Karl Lagerfeld a lot.
Florentino raised his hand and patted Leandri's back rhythmically to comfort him. He had not expected his youngest son's sudden emotional outburst today. He knew that Leandri's recent mentality was very complicated and contradictory, and he also knew that he was trying to reconcile the two sides. "What's wrong, kid?"
Leandri's tears had not yet dried on the old man's expensive suit. He said in a sullen tone, unwilling to look up, "Dad, can you and Mom not grow old?"
Lafayette and Maria could only smile bitterly, but the two children laughed, "Grandpa, don't get old. Grandpa wants to wait for me to grow up together! And mom and dad too!"
Since he had already embarrassed himself in front of his children and older brothers and sisters, Leandri was now very relaxed, quickly transforming into an unreasonable seven or eight-year-old child who clung to his parents and refused to leave.
The eldest brother was a little disgusted. His younger brother had been able to make his parents happy since he was young. If he was so good at it, why couldn’t he make me happy? Am I not also the dear Perez you mentioned?
Leandri gave his father the latest watch. In fact, the wealthy Karl Lagerfeld had everything he needed, so as the spokesperson for IWC, Leandri had been trying to get the brand to agree to customize a watch for him since last year.
The style of the watch is very simple, with eight gemstones hidden under the dial.
"Dad, I will always remember that you took me in when I was eight years old. From then on, I had a family and your support." Ryandley stepped forward and hugged his father again.
Looking at his tall little son, Florentino felt more proud. His son was good enough, good enough to support him to make any choice and succeed. Now, the father and son are fighting for honor together in their favorite club.
After dinner, the two old people saw the children off and finally called Leandri.
"Lian, are you in a hurry to go back?"
Leandri followed his father obediently into the study.
"How are you going to get back later?"
Leandri hesitated, not knowing how to answer.
"Cross is waiting for you outside?"
Karl Lagerfeld's most well-behaved son nodded awkwardly. He didn't know whether mentioning his boyfriend on his father's birthday would anger his father.
"Don't be nervous kid, I won't blame you no matter what happens."
Leandri bit his lip with his teeth, "Dad, I don't know what to do. I love you very much, and I love Tony too. I can't live without either of you, but...but..."
"Ryan, love is a very complicated thing. It is not just the attraction of hormones, it is full of many problems. You should know that from the initial feeling, everything you have experienced is actually the resistance to love. Some people break up hastily after a little thing, and some people have to go through a long time before suddenly realizing that this is not the life they want. You are a good child and a loyal person, but Ryan, you must know that the road you want to take is difficult, and the hardships you have to go through are multiplied compared to ordinary people. If many, many years later Cross suddenly finds out that you are not the person he really wants to spend his life with, what will you do?"
Leandri shook his head, "Tony won't dad..."
The old man immediately interrupted his youngest son, "Lian, never test human nature. Love is inherently anti-human."
"But Dad, I'm happy when I see him, and I'm happy when I think of him. I feel so bad if I can't see him for a few days. We were in a long-distance relationship for the last two years in Germany. Sometimes we had arguments when we couldn't see him or couldn't contact him because of a game. I even wondered why my lover couldn't be with me forever. When I miss him, I just turn around and he's there."
"But gradually I found that it was not like that. I fell in love with him not because he was always by my side, but because he was a shining figure in my eyes."
"When I first fell in love with him, he was bright in my heart. As time went by, I could see many shortcomings in Tony. He was ruthless in his words and followed me wherever I went, occupying all my time. He didn't even understand what I was saying in class but insisted on following me, and finally fell asleep in class. He has many shortcomings, and so do I. But after so many years, we found that we still can't live without each other."
"Dad, I understand your concerns. Just like you said, love itself is against human nature. But six years have passed, and we still want to be together without hesitation."
Florentino stopped talking. He lit a cigar and stood by the window. The car outside stood there quietly, as if it was about to merge into the darkness, or as if it would turn into a ray of cold light from the darkness at any time.
"Go back early, Ryan, and play well in tomorrow's game."
Florentino clearly saw a player he signed walk out of the driver's seat. The man ran over to take the things from Leandri's hand. The two of them opened the door and got into the car very naturally, and then the shadow of the car disappeared from sight.
Florentino stood in front of the window for a long time, thinking about what Leandri looked like when he was a child, thinking about how he held the medal to him and asked for praise so proudly, thinking about his painful expression when he was injured and lying in the ambulance, and thinking about how he had lost control of his emotions and hugged him just now.
Florentino called his assistant who had been with him for many years and said, "Manu, confirm whether Pogba really intends to transfer to Real Madrid."
The next day, the entire Real Madrid team was waiting for Roma's arrival at the Bernabeu. In the first leg, they won 2-0 and got two valuable away goals. Even if they lost by one goal today, they could still advance safely.
Leandri, who was expected by his father to play well today, turned into a wall in front of the goal. Dzeko, Salah and Totti, the wolf king who came on as a substitute, were unable to break through his goal. Leandri even seized the opportunity to kick the ball from the backcourt to assist Rogo to add to his Champions League goal.
After winning the game, Leandri didn't want to think about such a complicated relationship for the time being. He opened the door and hugged Turtle and two happy beagles and continued to be the dog emperor.
"How dare you! Why don't you bow to me when you see me?"
The two dogs weren't quite sure what they were supposed to do, but when they saw Pearl's raised turtle paw they immediately dropped to their knees and lowered their heads.
Leandri was very satisfied and said, "My dear ministers, please stand up."
Kroos, Nacho and others next to him were a little speechless, and Vazquez posted the scene of the dog emperor taking advantage of the tiger's power on Instagram.
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