Chapter 15 Protecting the Cub
Vardy took Eggsy to school to pretend to be Eggsy's father. The news had spread throughout the club in the afternoon. All the teammates were worried that Vardy would be exposed and Eggsy would be screwed.
In fact, it was just as they expected, especially Mahrez, who received a call from Vardy, asking him to pretend to be Eggsy's parent.
Then almost the whole team grabbed Mahrez's mobile phone, and everyone started to curse Vardy!
"It's fine if you're unreliable, but don't lead the little one astray!"
"I'm telling you, you'll be hurting him by doing this! Don't ruin the whole thing!"
"Pretending to be something like that, I already told you before that it won't work!"
"If you ask me, just tell the truth honestly and don't use those flowery tricks."
In particular, Captain Morgan specifically asked Vardy to be careful not to make the little guy cry, otherwise the whole team would put him in a sack!
But it was obvious that they all guessed the beginning of what happened this afternoon, but they didn't guess the plot behind the story.
No one expected that Mr. Ranieri would appear so strongly, leaving Eggsy completely confused about the direction of things.
Did the school inform the club? No way!
How did Mr. Ranieri come to the school? How did he know that I was going to be called to school?
Eggsy, filled with doubts, stood there, at a loss as to what to do.
Finally, it was only after Mr. Ranieri signaled him with his eyes to sit down, and only after he sat on the single sofa next to him, did Eggsy move.
After Eggsy finished nervously, the principal with a serious face took out some of Eggsy's files and some test papers from recent exams from the drawer.
But the principal didn't give it to Eggsy, he handed it directly to Mr. Ranieri.
"Eggsy's grades have been very stable recently, and all the teachers have noticed this. He works very hard."
The principal looked at Eggsy, who was staring at him with wide eyes and trying to take a look at his test paper, and decided to say this first, as a good start.
"But this time, we asked him to bring his parents or guardians because the school found that his family situation was not clearly written."
As soon as Eggsy was mentioned, he started to panic. He was about to speak when Mr. Ranieri interrupted him: "It's not that it's not written clearly, but that this kid can't write at all."
Mr. Ranieri directly handed the blank family status to the principal: "This child is an orphan. According to the current situation, since I recommended this child to sign a professional contract with the club, it is my responsibility to take care of this child."
This statement was flawless, and Mr. Ranieri successfully pushed the family situation letter, which did not include any information about family members, back to the school.
"He is 16 years old now, which means he is an adult according to the law here." Mr. Ranieri did not give the principal a chance to speak, but instead explained the club's situation very clearly: "And the contract signed with Eggsy is also legal and compliant, you can rest assured."
But it was obvious that the principal was not so easily fooled. He just nodded at what Mr. Ranieri said and turned to ask Eggsy.
"When you filled out this family status form, did you deliberately leave it blank?"
Before Eggsy could even open his mouth to ask such a question, Mr. Ranieri spoke directly: "Being an orphan is not something to be ashamed of. Eggsy clearly stated his previous orphanage and the orphanage's guardian in the club's files."
"I just don't understand why the school made such an oversight when processing the admission procedures." Mr. Ranieri just said that and didn't pursue any further questions.
How could Mr. Ranieri tolerate the fact that they dared to say in front of him that the kids in their team concealed the truth?
Those sharp words, like his tactics, hit the principal's soft spot accurately and made the principal shut up.
At this moment, Eggsy looked at Mr. Ranieri, then at the frustrated principal, and suddenly felt that it was not appropriate for him to speak in such an extreme situation.
The principal was speechless now. He could only clear his throat and look at Eggsy's report card again. He softened his tone and said, "Eggsy's performance this year is very good. Many of us have watched his performance in professional competitions and are very pleased.
But he is playing in a professional league now, so it is not realistic for him to attend classes every day. Our school has two options now.”
"1. Books and study materials will be distributed to Eggsy, and you may have to study on your own. In addition, you must come to school regularly to complete the exams until the graduation exam after Christmas this year."
"2. That means you will be suspended from school. I hope you will come to school during Christmas to make up for the lessons and complete the graduation exams."
Mr. Ranieri did not interrupt this, but looked at Eggsy instead.
Eggsy spoke without even thinking: "The first option is that I will read the study materials by myself. Of course, I will contact the teacher if I don't know how to do it. I think I will still take the school exams until graduation."
After Eggsy said this, Mr. Ranieri narrowed his eyes, and it was obvious that he was very satisfied with Eggsy's choice.
Although the first option will be a bit harder for the little one, fortunately the learning progress is completed little by little. As long as he persists every day, it should not be difficult for him.
The second option sounds good as there will be make-up lessons, but Christmas is too short. If the little one has to go to make-up lessons right away and then take the graduation exam, I’m afraid his energy won’t be able to support the subsequent competitions.
From the perspective of career and rational planning, the first option is obviously the most reasonable arrangement.
However, this child's ability to take care of himself has never been very good. We should keep a closer eye on him. There shouldn't be any big problems.
"Okay, in that case, Eggsy, you can take all your study materials back today." The principal first briefly explained the situation, and then suddenly added, as if remembering something, "Since you are absent from school this year due to the competition, you may not be able to get your scholarship."
Eggsy felt a little painful at this moment, after all, the scholarships in previous years accounted for a large proportion of his living expenses.
But before he could say anything, Mr. Ranieri smiled and asked Eggsy: "Is there a higher bonus for scoring a goal?"
...No, I haven't. Besides, the honor of studying well and getting a scholarship is not as great as scoring a goal and having tens of thousands of people cheering for you.
Eggsy was instantly happy.
At this time, Mr. Ranieri looked at his happy children and couldn't help but start to worry.
How can this child be so naive and speak so directly? What if he gets cheated in the future?
Sure enough, I still need to keep an eye on him. Mr. Ranieri silently gave himself a thumbs up at this moment. If he hadn't overheard his conversation with Vardy today, who knows how much trouble this kid would cause!
When he thought of Vardy, the smile on Mr. Ranieri's face deepened.
So after saying goodbye to the principal, Mr. Ranieri returned to the club with Eggsy and Vardy, who was shaking at the door and didn't dare to say a word.
As soon as they arrived at the club, Vardy and Eggsy received their punishment: 10 laps of bunny hop around the large training ground, and Vardy had to do 5 more laps.
The two of them went to the Rabbit Jump in such a miserable way, not daring to complain at all, and were very well behaved.
Then the two of them danced while being scolded by Mr. Ranieri.
From Eggsy actually wanting to call his teammates to pretend to be a parent, to Vardy almost causing a car accident by betraying his teammates, all of them were scolded.
But after scolding, Mr. Ranieri notified the team doctor and gave the two men muscle relaxation treatment.
The team doctor was speechless.
It's you who needs to be punished, and it's you who needs to be treated. Oh, you really know how to make trouble.
On the one hand, Mr. Ranieri was angry that Vardy actually taught Eggsy to be bad and lie, but on the other hand, he felt sorry for Eggsy. This kid must have been really desperate, so he believed in Vardy, this unreliable guy.
It turns out that I need to keep a closer eye on him, to prevent Eggsy from being led astray by Vardy!
Today was not a peaceful day at all. When Eggsy finished his meal and shower and returned to his dormitory exhausted, he saw the desk in his room was piled high with books.
In addition to his cultural courses, Mr. Ranieri also asked him to look at various tactics and lineup materials, which immediately made his head explode.
Eggsy was puzzled by the questions in his book. After thinking for a while, he turned around and knocked on the door of Kant and Morgan's room. In his opinion, one was an honest man and the other was a captain, so they would definitely not cheat him.
But when Captain Morgan saw that what Eggsy brought was a high school math problem, which was a problem about the zero points of a function, and a long symbolic formula that required the range of parameter values, Morgan directly stuffed the book back to Eggsy and immediately closed the door in front of Eggsy!
"Captain?" Eggsy knocked on the door in confusion, and immediately heard Kant shouting from inside!
"We fell asleep!"
Eggsy: ...Are you talking in your sleep?
Little did they know that Morgan and Kanter were now gathering all the teammates except Eggsy together and sending a group message.
Morgan: Listen to me, everyone! Don't open the door from now on! Especially if Eggsy comes knocking, don't open the door!
Mahrez: What happened? It's so scary!
Shinji Okazaki: What happened to Eggsy? Are you knocking on the door? Do you need help?
Vardy: What help does the little guy need?
Mahrez: Keep bunny hopping!
KANT: You keep bunny hopping!
Shinji Okazaki: Keep bunny hopping!
Captain Morgan immediately turned off the lights in the room, hid in the bed and took the time to type out a sentence!
Morgan: He brought a high school algebra problem to ask for the solution! You guys are on your own!
Shinji Okazaki: I'm going to sleep, good night.
Mahrez: I'm very tired today, I'm going to sleep first.
Kante: zzzz…
Vardy: Oops! I still have a lot of bunny hops to complete~
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