After bowing deeply, Mrs. Kawai smiled gently at Gu Ran and said:

"I've read the March of Saints this morning. There's a huge photo of you, Gu Ranjun, holding up the trophy after winning the championship. Gu Ranjun is so handsome. As an Oriental, you were able to reverse the situation in the birthplace of modern football in the UK and win the championship of the high school national competition. It's really amazing!"

"Gu Ranjun, you are not only the pride of China, but also the pride of the entire East Asia."

"Gu Ranjun's success proves that we Orientals can also play good football!"

"Oh, I mentioned to Yuichi this morning that you won the British National Championship! Although Yuichi is also a national champion in Japan, he is really far behind you. I asked him to learn from you, and Yuichi also said that he would definitely take you as an example."

Oh……

Do you think I will be overjoyed if you praise me like this?

No I won't!

Gu Ran felt happy in his heart, but his face looked calm.

As for Kawai Yuichi saying that he wanted to take him as a role model... this was just Mrs. Kawai's wishful thinking, and Gu Ran didn't believe it at all.

Gu Ran knew very well what the quality of their daily life was like!

Seeing that Gu Ran was unmoved, Mrs. Kawai quickly added, "Oh, and I also saw what you said in the interview. Your words were so heroic. I only found out now that you were a full-back, but your goal is to become the top scorer in English Football League One - that's amazing, really amazing!"

Mrs. Kawai's tone was full of sincere admiration, and there was indeed not a trace of sarcasm in her tone.

Gu Ran secretly smiled bitterly in his heart: Evelin, Evelin, look at you, you have forced me to pretend to be cool to the end.

So, Gu Ran raised his chin slightly and said proudly in a deep voice: "Yes, those words are what I said. I want to be the man who becomes the Shooter King."

...Fuck, why am I also a middle school student?

I must have been influenced by my stupid teammates! After saying this, Gu Ran also felt a little embarrassed.

However, Gu Ran obviously underestimated his own aura and his status as the national champion.

If an unknown person says such words, it would be arrogant, but if a national champion says such words, it would be inspiring.

——Your performance and status determine how others see you.

After winning the national championship, Gu Ran has unconsciously acquired the aura of a star.

"すごい!" Mrs. Kawai applauded Gu Ran sincerely.

According to Gu Ran's vocabulary from Japanese teaching videos, this sentence means "so awesome" in Japanese.

You know what, when I hear Japanese women say "すごい", I feel secretly happy.

Then Mrs. Kawai continued, "Mr. Gu Ran, can I make a request to you..."

What the hell?

Mrs. Kawai, you don't want my jersey, do you? It's too late. I can't even give you a pair of pants...

Gu Ran said calmly, "What's your request?"

Mrs. Kawai smiled gently and said in her extremely gentle and sweet voice: "This request may be a bit abrupt, I hope Mr. Gu Ran will not be offended - I just want to invite you to have a simple meal."

Gu Ran: ??? Is the progress bar a bit too fast?

We've only met twice!

Gu Ran asked, "Invite me to dinner? For the two of us?"

Mrs. Kawai covered her mouth and smiled, "No, no, that's not it, Gu Ranjun, it's three people, you, me, and Xiongyi."

Damn, that's disgusting.

Gu Ran shook his head and said coldly: "I don't think this is necessary?"

Mrs. Kawai continued to invite him warmly, "Gu Ran, Xiongyi has never had any friends. This is the case in Japan, and even more so in the UK. If Gu Ran can become friends with Xiongyi, I think it will be of great benefit to Xiongyi. Maybe Xiongyi's personality and temper will definitely change a lot. I know that Gu Ran's time is precious, but... please give me this opportunity. We rent a room in the hotel, so we can't invite Gu Ran to be our guest in the hotel, but you can choose any hotel in Southampton."

After saying this, Mrs. Kawai began to bow again.

Gu Ran smiled coldly in his heart: You want me to make friends with Xiao Rizi? Don’t dream!

Gu Ran said bluntly: "His inability to make friends is not other people's problem, but his own problem. Why should I pretend to be a good person and coax him when I know he has problems? I'm sorry, Mrs. Kawai, you found the wrong person."

Mrs. Kawai was slightly startled.

Maybe it was because she was rarely rejected so directly.

Mrs. Kawai lowered her head and bit her lips sadly.

Looking at Mrs. Kawai's weak appearance, Gu Ran felt a little soft in his heart.

Gu Ran said in a deep voice: "Mrs. Kawai, I know you want to change your son, but there are many ways to change his character and temper. It is not necessary to find him a friend to coax him."

Mrs. Kawai raised her head, and looked at Gu Ran longingly with her clear eyes through her big sunglasses.

Gu Ran continued, "If you don't feel bad, let me give him a good beating, and he will change for the better."

As for our daily life, we understand - we fear power but not virtue, and we have small courtesy but no great righteousness.

Mrs. Kawai opened her mouth and said, "But, but, he often fights with others. Beating him up won't make him change for the better, it will only make him worse."

Gu Ran sneered: "That's because he hasn't met me."

"What if beating him up doesn't work?"

"Then beat him twice, three times, four times... and keep beating him until he changes."

Gu Ran said coldly: "We Chinese have an old saying, which goes, 'He who knows the current situation will act... No, it's not this one, it's: A filial son is born under the stick.'"

Mrs. Kawai was so shocked that she couldn't utter a word.

She originally wanted Gu Ran to make friends with Kawai Yuichi, but unexpectedly, Gu Ran suggested her...

Mrs. Kawai was even more shocked that she felt as if she was about to be convinced by Gu Ran...

At this moment, a fierce conflict suddenly broke out in the U18 training ground!

A youth player touched Kawai Yuichi's elbow when overtaking him.

Yuichi Kawai immediately got furious, grabbed the youth player's throat and started punching him!

The other youth training players interrupted their physical training, rushed up to surround Kawai Yuichi, pinned him to the ground, and beat him up! Kawai Yuichi lay on the ground, protecting his head, and yelled fiercely: "I'm going to kill you! I'm going to kill you!"

Mrs. Kawai saw this and quickly ran into the track, "Yuichi! Yuichi! Stop it, all of you! Yuichi! What are you doing! Can you please stop causing trouble!"

Gu Ran crossed his arms across his chest and stood not far away watching the fun.

This Yuichi Kawai is either suffering from manic disorder or he is deliberately embarrassing his mother, Mrs. Kawai.

This is the home ground of Southampton U18. You are an outsider here on trial and you dare to take action first. I will definitely beat you up!

If it were me, I would send you straight to get your teeth filled and implanted!

U18 coach Dodd blew the whistle and rushed over, scolding loudly: "What the hell are you doing! Damn it, go back to training! Whoever can't run 10 kilometers within 45 minutes today, don't come to my training tomorrow!"

When the other youth players heard this, they immediately started running again.

Mrs. Kawai quickly helped Kawai Yuichi up from the ground, "Yuichi! Yuichi, are you okay?"

Yuichi Kawai was beaten black and blue, but his eyes still showed unconvinced.

Before Mrs. Kawai could reach out to check his injuries, Kawai Yuichi pushed her away and said, "Get out! Don't get in my way!"

Mrs. Kawai screamed "Ah!" and was pushed to the ground on the track. A small cut was made on the elbow of her shirt and blood was oozing from her white jade-like skin.

Kawai Yuichi didn't even look back, he just ran away.

Gu Ran couldn't help but frown slightly——

Light~ A clear system prompt sound came from Gu Ran's mind: "Feeling 100 points of negative emotion from Suzuki Honami, the system bubble is generating..."

Oh shit!

Gu Ran was completely shocked! Who? ? ? Suzuki Honami? The person in front of me was, Suzuki Honami? The first generation idol goddess of Japanese dramas, Suzuki Honami, who was once famous throughout Southeast Asia for playing the leading role "Akaname Rika" in "Tokyo Love Story"? ? ?

The childhood goddess of the 80s and 90s! WTF! WTF! WTF!

Gu Ran yelled three times in his heart! The system's notification couldn't be wrong! No wonder Mrs. Kawai couldn't hide her elegant temperament even with big sunglasses!

No wonder Mrs. Kawai is already in her 40s, but her temperament still looks like she is in her early 30s! Gu Ran understood instantly! He recalled that after Suzuki Honami became famous, she did have a love affair and a flash marriage experience, and her first husband was a sports commentator named Kawai!

Yuichi Kawai should have been born at that time.

Now, Suzuki Honami deliberately uses her ex-husband's surname to conceal her identity as a big star!

After knowing the true identity of "Mrs. Kawai", Gu Ran couldn't help but his heart beating faster.

You can ignore other people, but you can't ignore the matter of your childhood goddess! Gu Ran immediately launched himself, and before Coach Dodd could reach out to help "Mrs. Kawai", he got in the way of Coach Dodd.

Gu Ran said sincerely, "Coach, go and do your thing. Leave this little thing to me."

Coach Dodd nodded with satisfaction. "Gu, it would be great if all my youth training players could help the coach solve problems like you do."

Gu Ran urged: "Go quickly."

"Okay!" Coach Dodd turned around and ran angrily to chase and scold the youth players who participated in the fight.

Gu Ran reached out to Suzuki Honami's armpit and helped up the childhood goddess who was lying on the ground.

In this situation, Gu Ran couldn't help but want to recite a poem: Beyond the mountains are green mountains, and beyond the buildings are buildings; women are gentle only when they have flesh.

Holding Honami's mature and delicate body, Gu Ran deeply felt that this wave... was a big profit!

If the talent point bubble hadn't been so bright that it almost blinded him, Gu Ran would have almost forgotten to pick it up! ——Gu Ran focused his mind and quickly collected the talent point bubble under Honami's feet.

Let’s put the addition aside for now.

"Are you okay... Ma'am?"

Gu Ran no longer calls Honami "Mrs. Kawai".

"No, nothing."

As she spoke, two lines of hot tears flowed down Honami's cheeks.

The tears were like transparent pearls, carrying with them a sense of helpless pain, a sense of humiliating shame, and a sense of indelible sadness.

It was also the first time that Gu Ran saw with his own eyes that a woman could cry so gracefully.

Although he knew that Honami must be very sad at this moment, Gu Ran really wanted to keep admiring her like this.

Looking closely at Honami, the beauty mole on her nose makes her look even more charming and particularly attractive.

This is a real star, a real beauty, not one of those traffic stars who artificially gained popularity.

Honami's temperament is so unique no matter what the circumstances.

Perhaps Honami sensed Gu Ran's fiery gaze, or perhaps she felt that it was inappropriate for her to cry in front of the younger generation, so she tried to control her sadness and said softly to Gu Ran: "Thank you, Gu Ran-kun! You helped me up again. I am so ashamed to have caused you trouble again."

No trouble, no trouble.

If I help you pick up one talent point at a time, I can help you from here to Mount Everest...

Seeing that Honami was about to bow again, Gu Ran quickly supported her, "It's okay, Madam. I see that your arm is scratched, how about... I help you sit over there and treat the wound for a while."

Honami smiled sadly, "No, I really can't trouble you anymore. I've already lost my temper today. I think it's not appropriate for me to stay here any longer. I'd better go back and deal with it myself... Sorry for the rudeness."

After saying that, Honami bowed to Gu Ran and prepared to leave.

"Hello, ma'am."

Gu Ran said from behind Honami: "Think about what I told you before."

——What Gu Ran said before was to beat Kawai Yuichi, and if that was not enough, then beat him again.

Honami's expression was dull for a moment, she gave a bitter smile, bowed again, and then walked out of the training ground in a daze.

Gu Ran looked at Honami's lost yet charming figure and couldn't help smacking his lips.

How nice... to have some magical tools.

I don’t know if I can get it again tomorrow…

As Gu Ran thought this, he added the talent point he had just picked up directly to the "Strong" attribute.

The strength attribute immediately increased from 68 points to 69 points.

After Honami left, the training scenes of the U18 youth team became boring.

Most of the U18 youth players passed the 45-minute physical training test - including Yuichi Kawai.

However, Kawai Yu only got seventh place.

This was also what Gu Ran expected.

Yuichi Kawai's performance was too arrogant, but he lacked stamina and it was impossible for him to stay ahead all the way.

Of course, this was also related to the fact that he was pinned to the ground and beaten by other youth players, which wasted a lot of time and physical strength.

But more importantly, it has to do with his own strength and mentality.

Gu Ran had no interest in watching any further, so he said a brief goodbye to Coach Dodd and left the U18 training ground early.

There is 1 pickup opportunity left today...

Maybe it's going to be wasted? Forget it, keep it for now. I'm going to the bar tonight. Maybe I can get some free air from my silly teammates at the bar.

For example... opening a wine bottle with your eyelids.

Oh shit.

Thinking of his teammates' unreliable skills, Gu Ran couldn't help but laugh.

After driving back to the Dune Villa, Gu Ran called the maintenance technician of the cryospace capsule and replaced the refrigerant in the cryospace capsule.

The cryospace capsule has been used frequently in recent times, and will be used even more frequently in the future. In addition, the low-temperature effect has been set to minus 180 degrees, which consumes more energy. Therefore, necessary maintenance must be done in advance before the start of the new season.

After the maintenance engineer left, Gu Ran tidied up the villa.

After all, we are about to enter a new stage of life, and the villa should also be brand new.

While eating dinner, Gu Ran was thinking about calling his parents who were far away in China.

Although Gu Ran called home several times during the period after his rebirth, he never mentioned that he had given up on taking the college entrance examination and became a professional player.

It is difficult for the older generation of family members to justify dropping out of school to pursue playing sports. One must actually achieve some results before they can justify it.

However, it's not too late to let them know.

Gu Ran thought about it and decided to wait until the labor permit issue was settled and his father personally inquired about the entrance exam.

After eating dinner alone, Gu Ran took a half-hour walk on the beach as usual.

When it was 8:30 in the evening, Gu Ran changed into casual clothes and drove to the Orange Rooms bar.

This bar is not far from the Dune Villa, at most a 15-minute drive away.

The Orange Rooms bar and the Dune Villa are both located in the tourist commercial district, which is basically filled with hotels, shopping malls, bars and other high-consumption places.

So it is much more convenient to go to the bar from the Dune Villa than to go to the training ground from the villa.

Gu Ran has been in the UK for so long, but he has hardly ever been to a bar.

First of all, he doesn't like drinking, and he also had social phobia before his rebirth. In addition, as a Chinese, it is difficult for him to integrate into the local community.

After his rebirth, he was able to integrate into the Bucks Steelhorns team, but because of his girlfriend, he never had the chance to come to the bar to have fun.

While driving, Gu Ran thought to himself: This time it should be okay, right? We're already at the bar street, the flag I set with my teammates yesterday shouldn't be a problem, right? I still have to be more cautious and don't let anything go wrong...

Gu Ran drove slowly into the bar street.

Under the cover of night, the whole street is full of lights and noise.

Bars are a deep-rooted entertainment culture in the UK. Especially when it gets dark, people of all ages and from all walks of life like to go to bars to relax.

The bars on Bar Street are of various shapes and sizes, each with its own characteristics and functions.

Some are purely workers' bars. Workers' bars are generally not very big and do not have loud music, but they do have slot machines, pool tables and other facilities and items.

There are also some bars that are specifically for young people to dance. There are professional DJs in the disco bars, and the dance floors are also large and professional. The consumption of the tables and booths is not too high, but the projects are fancy and mainly target the young market.

There are also some football fans bars, motorcycle party bars, gay bars, and a few pubs that are purely for drinking...

Basically, you can guess what the style of this bar is from the bar's sign and the crowd gathered outside.

The entire bar street is neither wide nor clean.

Behind the bar street are tall hotels.

The neon lights of bars and hotels shine brightly, making it a city that never sleeps.

However, the alleys between the bars and hotels seemed particularly dark under the neon lights and carnival.

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(End of this chapter)