The closer they got to the bathroom, the faster Maria's heartbeat grew.

She felt her body had never been so excited as it was tonight.

"Are you ready?" Gu Ran gave Maria a mysterious smile.

Maria looked very ladylike, and said with a seductive look, "Do I need to prepare? I'm just afraid that you are not ready~"

Holy shit~ This is really unbearable!

Gu Ran took a deep breath, tried to control his heartbeat, and gently opened the bathroom door.

"Ding ding ding ding! Look! A brand new liquid nitrogen-frozen space capsule!"

Gu Ran turned around to admire Maria's expression——

Maria was petrified.

What's going on? How, how come there is really a brand new liquid nitrogen-frozen space capsule? Did I misunderstand him? Did Gu Ran really just want me to come and see his newly bought space capsule instead of coming with me...

Ahhhhh!

Oh my god! How can I be a human being! I actually thought he was flirting with me! I actually tried to flirt back with him and told him I wanted to eat his space capsule! How shameful! How shameful!

Maria now just wanted to dig a hole in the floor and bury herself in it! Gu Ran even deliberately asked mischievously: "How is it? Teacher Maria, is it what you expected?"

Maria's face turned red like a tomato, and her royal sister aura was crushed to pieces. She stood there and opened her mouth repeatedly several times, and finally said with difficulty: "It's different from what I imagined..."

hey-hey……

Gu Ran smiled secretly in his heart and said, "Teacher Maria, I will go in and feel it now. Please help me operate it outside."

"Oh... okay." Maria nodded, covering her face.

"Then I'll start."

Gu Ran took off his shirt, revealing his solid muscular body.

Maria's heart skipped a beat and her breathing became rapid involuntarily.

Gu Ran was only wearing a pair of sports shorts, and then put on the hat and gloves that came with the space capsule, and half-lay in the liquid nitrogen-frozen space capsule.

Opposite Gu Ran there was a split-screen panel that displayed the space capsule's temperature, timer, and various indicators of his body.

Once any index exceeds the limit, the liquid nitrogen freezing chamber will immediately activate the protection mode.

Maria came over with a red face and helped Gu Ran adjust the liquid nitrogen freezing temperature. "This is your first time using liquid nitrogen to freeze the space capsule, so don't use it too hard all at once. Try minus 150 degrees first. After you get used to it a few times, gradually lower it to minus 180 degrees."

"OK."

"Also, the lowest temperature of your space capsule can reach -200 degrees Celsius, but this is only a theoretical temperature. Using such a low temperature all the time will be detrimental to the life of the space capsule. I suggest that you only use -180 degrees Celsius at most."

"good."

"For the first time, I'll give you 3 minutes."

"Okay, let's get started."

Gu Ran took a deep breath and prepared himself completely.

Maria diligently helped Gu Ran adjust the parameters, and then clicked the start button on the control panel.

Squeak——

The liquid nitrogen-frozen space capsule immediately began to operate.

The hatch was completely closed and sealed, and liquid nitrogen at minus 150 degrees Celsius began to spray and vaporize inside the space capsule.

Direct contact of the body with liquid nitrogen is fatal, but after liquid nitrogen vaporizes, it will form a protective film on the surface of the human body to isolate the damage caused by low temperature. The low temperature environment in the space capsule is real. This low temperature environment can quickly eliminate the accumulation of fatty acids in the body and allow muscles and blood to reach a state of coagulation and repair.

The liquid nitrogen-frozen space capsule can not only quickly restore physical strength, but also delay aging and revitalize cells in the body.

It is expensive, and there is a reason for it.

In 2010, this liquid nitrogen freezing capsule was not popular, but around 2020, it became the most common body beauty equipment in high-end beauty salons.

Gu Ran felt as if his body had entered another space.

There was even a moment when Gu Ran seemed to feel that time and space were reversing and his body was growing backwards...

Maria asked, "Gu, how do you feel?"

Gu Ran said: "It feels great... It's a feeling I've never experienced before."

Maria said, "In theory, as long as you are not dehydrated and there is a temperature difference between your body temperature and the space capsule, your body can produce a protective film of water vapor. However, for safety reasons, this space capsule can only be set within 5 minutes. For example, we set it to 3 minutes this time. When the 3 minutes are up, the hatch will automatically decompress and open. Even if you forget to set the time, it will open automatically at the 5th minute."

High-end...

Gu Ran nodded slowly while enjoying the strange feeling of his muscles and blood being affected by the low temperature.

Three minutes later, the hatch of the space capsule opened automatically.

Without saying a word, Gu Ran went straight into the small sauna room next door.

Ice and fire relay, the recovery effect is doubled! As soon as he entered the sauna, Gu Ran felt that his muscles and blood were instantly restarted! He also recovered at least half of the physical energy he had consumed today! This is much faster than relying on his body's functions to recover! It 's much more refreshing than putting ice cubes in the bathtub!

Now that my physical strength has almost recovered, it's time to...

After steaming for five minutes, Gu Ran walked out of the sauna room with a slight wisp of hot steam, feeling refreshed.

Maria swallowed subconsciously and tried to look away, but she couldn't.

The humid bathroom was filled with the smell of hormones.

"Gu..." Maria said with difficulty: "We have finished looking at the space capsule, so...should I leave too?"

Although she said she was leaving, Maria had no intention of moving at all.

Gu Ran walked up to Maria, raised his hand to lift Maria's chin, and said with a sly smile: "Why are you in such a hurry? You have seen the newly installed space capsule, and I have another space capsule here that you haven't seen yet."

Maria was surprised. "You, you installed a space capsule? Isn't this... a waste? In the bathroom on the second floor?"

Gu Ran smiled and said, "No, in my bedroom."

Maria smiled helplessly, "Gu, you are such a fool. The space capsule is so expensive, you can just install one, why install two? Well, I'm here anyway, take me to your bedroom, I'll help you adjust it."

"Okay, I'll take you there."

Walking to the bedroom door, Gu Ran smiled mysteriously, "Are you ready?"

Maria smiled and said, "What's there to prepare for this?"

Gu Ran opened the door.

The big bed in the bedroom was covered with rose petals, and outside the floor-to-ceiling window, one could directly see the waves hitting the rocks.

The stars are reflected on the sea surface, and the stars and the waves together illuminate the romantic bedroom.

Maria was simply stunned.

Her heart began to beat wildly like a girl's first love!

It was not until this moment that she realized... Gu Ran was just teasing her! It was not that she was overthinking, but that was what Gu Ran had been thinking from the beginning!

This bad guy! So bad! Maria was both shy and happy! Gu Ran took the opportunity to hug Maria, "Do you like it? I prepared this especially for you."

Maria was so excited!

She was also an experienced person, and she thought she would not have any emotions, but at this moment... Maria felt that her heart was already filled.

He prepared it especially for me.

Especially for me...

Maria was drunk with just these words.

More drunk than if I had drunk a whole bottle of gin.

Maria said in a trembling voice, "Hateful! Gu Ran, I just realized how bad you are! You are the worst man in the world! You big liar, didn't you say you wanted to show me your space capsule? Where is the space capsule?"

Gu Ran grabbed Maria's hand, "Here."

Too direct!

Maria's whole body was hot!

…

Early the next morning - to be precise, it was 11:21 am the next day.

Gu Ran stretched his waist which had been tired all night and woke up.

Maria was still sleeping soundly, her messy hair half covering her beautiful face, making her as bright and charming as a delicate flower after wind and rain.

Gu Ran smiled wickedly, kissed Maria's flushed cheek gently, then got out of bed and walked out of the room.

I was so tired last night, I had to make a Chinese lunch for Maria.

I can cook some formal dishes at home, but it’s a waste of time.

So, Gu Ran took out two bags of instant noodles.

Wait... I was exhausted last night, so it seems a bit unreasonable to just give them instant noodles, right?

Gu Ran thought about it, and fried another portion of tomato and egg sauce. Then he cooked the instant noodles until they were 80% done, poured the tomato and egg sauce on top, and added two pieces of broccoli and two slices of cooked beef.

This cooking skill is already very impressive.

Maria walked into the restaurant smelling the fragrance. She was barefoot, wearing only Gu Ran's white T-shirt, exuding a boneless tired beauty.

Maria leaned against the door frame, tilted her head and looked at Gu Ran, her eyes looked like she had discovered a new world: "Gu!? You can actually cook???"

In a food desert country like the UK, being able to open a can and pour the food from the can into a plate means you are considered a qualified housewife, and a boy who can cook is simply a rare treasure found in a million.

Gu Ran turned around and smiled, "Maria, I was just about to wake you up. I made some noodles. Come and try them."

She really couldn't understand why Gu Ran was so young but had such great skills, so good that Maria felt as if she had lived in vain all these years.

What she didn't expect was that Gu Ran not only had good skills, but also could cook! Gu Ran shrugged, "It's nothing, just stir-frying tomatoes and eggs, and making instant noodles... basically every Chinese man can do it."

This is really not just pretending.

The Chinese have unrivaled racial expertise in planting, cooking, infrastructure, mental arithmetic, table tennis, and eating melon seeds.

Maria held up her almost broken waist, sat in front of the steaming bowl of tomato noodles, rolled up the noodles with a fork and took a bite.

"Oh my God..."

Maria didn't even have time to say a second word. She picked up the bowl and started eating with slurps.

It was obvious that she was really hungry and had completely forgotten how she ate.

Gu Ran smiled and said, "Eat slowly, no one is going to snatch it from you."

Maria wiped her tears excitedly while eating, "This is so delicious, isn't it? Gu! I thought you were just good at playing football, but I didn't expect you could cook, and your food is so delicious! Oh my God! You are such a perfect man! I have lived in vain for the past 30 years! Why didn't I meet you earlier!"

If you had met me earlier, I wouldn't have been reborn yet...

Gu Ran smiled but said nothing.

Maria finished a whole bowl of instant noodles with tomato sauce and drank up every drop of the soup.

"It's so delicious, so delicious..." Maria held her bulging belly and said faintly, "Gu, you made my belly bigger."

Holy shit…

Gu Ran quickly said: "Maria, don't say that!"

Maria said lovingly, "I suddenly feel that I will be very happy living with you. I even want to kneel down and propose to you."

Upon hearing this, Gu Ran was stunned!

Maria saw Gu Ran's expression and immediately burst out laughing, "Silly, I was just teasing you! Look how scared you are!"

Gu Ran wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "This is a joke. Haha. It really scared me to death."

In the UK, the legal age for marriage is 16.

To be honest, Gu Ran also likes Maria, but liking someone and marrying her are two different things.

If you like someone, you can just like one aspect of that person.

To get married, you need to understand everything about the other person and then like and tolerate most of them.

"It would be great if this moment could last forever." Maria's expression darkened slightly. "Gu, I want to say sorry to you. Actually... I lied to you. Today is our last day together. I have been taking the clinical physician qualification exam and I passed it not long ago. The day after tomorrow, I will leave Southampton Private School and go to a hospital in Edinburgh... I'm sorry."

Gu Ran was slightly stunned.

...No wonder Maria was so proactive this time.

If you don't take the initiative now, you will never have another chance.

I will leave the day after tomorrow, which also means that there will be no physical therapy from teacher Maria during the half-time break of the next game.

Actually, this is nothing. My physical attribute is already 65 points, so I will have enough to play the whole game. I am not as nervous as before.

However, Gu Ran still felt reluctant...

Seeing that Gu Ran didn't say anything, Maria quickly lay on Gu Ran's legs and said softly: "Gu, as long as you tell me to stay, I am willing to give up my years of hard work and stay with you like this."

Damn it! Stop it !

I also want to be a football star!

Gu Ran quickly held Maria's face and said sincerely: "Maria, life is not just about love and affection, you should also pursue your dreams. I was very happy last night, and you were very happy too, weren't you? We are both very happy, and that's enough."

Maria nodded with tears in her eyes. "Gu, you are right. We are both very happy, and that is enough. I have decided to go to Edinburgh. If there is a chance in the future, will you come to Edinburgh to see me?"

Gu Ran smiled and said, "Of course, I will definitely look for you if I have the chance."

Maria raised her head softly and offered her lips, "Gu, you are so nice."

"I think so too..."

Gu Ran picked up Maria and said, "So, let's hurry up."

The two of them stayed together until 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and Maria reluctantly left Gu Ran's dune villa.

This period with Maria has come to an end.

Gu Ran stood at the door of the villa, looking at Maria's receding figure and the vast sea, and couldn't help but sigh.

After rebirth, how come I became Aquaman?

No, I just don’t want to be in a relationship.

I really just want to play football quietly!

After Gu Ran sighed for a while, he turned back to the villa, opened his laptop and checked his emails.

The national high school top 16 elimination tournament is the real deal!

The first thing that popped up in the email was a pub bill - totalling £2,573.

This consumption...is not that high.

Gu Ran was a little surprised.

You know, those idiots on the Milwaukee Bucks will do anything crazy without regard for the cost.

Obviously, everyone was embarrassed to spend more of his money.

However, they had no idea that this amount of money was not even a drop in the bucket for the reborn Gu Ran.

Gu Ran smiled and paid the bill casually.

The following email is an internal message from the school team:

In the national round of 16 elimination match on June 9, the opponent of Southampton Stags Steelhorns, the first place in Group E, is St. Paul's Boys' Triangle Basin, the second place in Group D.

According to the results of the English Football Association's draw, the Bucks Steelhorns will travel to St. Paul's Boys' School on the south bank of the Thames in London, England for the knockout match - another away game.

According to the competition system, the two sides will play one game to determine the winner.

The loser will be eliminated and the winner will advance to the national top 8! If the two sides are tied in the regular 90 minutes, they will play overtime.

The overtime lasts 30 minutes in total and is divided into two halves, each lasting 15 minutes.

If there is still no winner after extra time, the two sides will go to a penalty shootout.

——This competition system is exactly the same as the Professional Cup.

St Paul's School for Boys is one of the top ten independent schools in the UK.

The St. Paul Group also has a dedicated girls' school, which is ranked higher than the boys' school.

More than half of the students at St. Paul's Boys' School will be admitted to Oxford University. They attach great importance to sports education, especially canoeing and rugby.

Their school is located in the triangular basin of the Thames. The straight-line distance from the campus to the south bank of the Thames is no more than ten meters, so their canoeing training base is also on the Thames. Their canoeing project is also of Olympic standard.

As for football, it is not the strong point of St. Paul's Boys' School.

But they have a solid foundation after all. Even though St. Paul's Boys' School doesn't take it too seriously, they can basically qualify from the group stage every year.

In terms of overall strength, the Sao Paulo Delta River team is not very strong, at least not as strong as the Golden Fleece team. The Sao Paulo Delta River team can only be considered a second-tier team at best.

Of course, for the fourth-tier Bucks Steelhorns, any of the top 16 teams in the country is not a weak team.

It is particularly noteworthy that St. Paul's Boys' School is very close to the famous Chelsea Football Club, so the school often invites Chelsea celebrities to give lectures and training.

There are at least three players in the St. Paul's Boys' School Delta River team who were trained in Chelsea's youth team.

Many famous schools actually use this method to form school teams - either recruiting players from the youth training teams of major clubs, or recruiting players from other middle schools.

According to information from the school team email, on the match day, June 9, St. Paul's Boys' School will invite a heavyweight star from Chelsea FC to the Triangle Basin Stadium to kick off the round of 16 match.

Seeing this, Gu Ran's eyes suddenly lit up! Chelsea's heavyweight star came to attend the opening ceremony? Who could this heavyweight star be?

Didier Drogba? John Terry? Cech? Nicolas Anelka? Ivanovic? Essien? Or Lampard?

Chelsea around 2010 had a luxurious lineup and an absolutely amazing record, winning the Community Shield and FA Cup in 2009, and the FA Cup and League titles in 2010 - it was truly the pinnacle. The team's substitute and youth training lists were also full, and even many talented players did not get a chance to play and had to be loaned out for training.

For example, later players like Matic, Pantic, Traore, Loftus-Cheek, as well as the famous Belgian brothers Courtois and De Bruyne, who had a very good relationship at the time, were all young players loaned out by Chelsea to level up.

So in addition to the nicknames of the Blues and Car, Chelsea is also called Taxi.

Of course, since it is said that he is a heavyweight legend of Chelsea, he will definitely not be a substitute player or a young player from the youth training system.

Considering that the 2010 World Cup in South Africa is about to begin, the only ones who can stay in London at this time are definitely the players of the British national team. Players from other countries should have returned to their respective countries to prepare for training.

So, the only two stars who can attend the opening ceremony of the national high school top 16 are probably Terry and Lampard.

In terms of strength, John Terry is definitely one of the strongest defenders of this era, and the name "Iron Blood" is well earned.

Terry is a typical English central defender with extremely high physical attributes, fierce defense, tough style, and a strong captain temperament. He is the soul of Chelsea.

——Even though he slept with the girlfriend of his good friend and teammate Bridge.

Terry was originally the captain of the England team, but because of the friend's wife scandal, he was stripped of his captaincy and had a bad public reputation.

In addition, in recent days, his brother Paul Terry was also exposed to have slept with his teammate's fiancée, so the reputation of his family is not very good. A school like St. Paul's Boys' School, which pays more attention to male morality, should not invite Terry to kick off the game.

Then, the biggest possibility is Lampard!

One of the top box-to-box midfielders of this era! Frank Lampard! …

(End of this chapter)