Chapter 198: The First Half Ends - A Lifetime of Talking Nonsense...
After realizing he had been put on the spot to draw attention, Shang Hanyou looked back at the others and immediately received encouraging glances from Jiang Zhiwei and Lun Yongnan, who were closely observing the situation: "Seven, keep it up!"
On the field, the All-Star team members followed the style of the traditional Dragon Tiger Martial Arts Team, with each member having their own nickname. Apart from Lun Yongnan and Shang Hanyou, who are also known as "Principal" and "Seven" in daily life, most of the others are named after their playing style.
For example, there's Tian Jialuo, known as "Thirteen Boring Tackles" for his excessive use of tackles; Yao Shaowei, nicknamed "Rootless Tree" for his extremely poor physical strength and tendency to fall over with a single push; Luo Jiasheng, nicknamed "Good Ball Sheng" for his considerable skills due to his past as a professional player; Li Dewen, nicknamed "Scholar" for his conservative playing style and constant avoidance of physical contact; and Ren Zehua, nicknamed "Paper Screen" for his abysmal goalkeeping ability...
To be honest, the goalkeepers of the celebrity soccer team have never been very good. They are either "paper screens" who can't catch the ball, or "flip-throwing boxers" who are likely to fail when they try to catch the ball. It's a waste of their identities as martial arts actors or action actors, and their seemingly intimidating muscles.
It wasn't until Xiao Xie, who possessed exceptional goalkeeping skills, returned to Hong Kong and joined the team that the Celebrity Soccer Team finally had a goalkeeper who could truly "hold the line"...
Unfortunately, Xiao Xie is not yet sixteen years old and is studying music in Japan. He won't be back until at least the end of the year for Guanghua's charity event. As for how Li Sishi knew he would be back at the end of the year for Guanghua's charity event, it was because Xiao Xie had mentioned it in a letter to her before.
Xiao Xie currently has very few true friends. Li Sishi, who once ran in the same "youth group" with him, can barely be considered one. Therefore, he writes down his thoughts, which he doesn't want to tell his family, in the letters he sends back from time to time, communicating with Li Sishi about all sorts of things through black and white letters.
For example, he writes about his daily observations and studies, complains that the food in Japan doesn't suit his taste and that most Japanese people have rather eccentric personalities, and marvels at how difficult it is to learn Japanese, which is commonly used in Japan, once you delve deeper into it...
Of course, he didn't deny the good aspects of Japan either—Li Sishi had seen him mention in his letters that Japanese anime was really good, and then he would say that his recent studies had been praised by his teachers, so occasionally he would write a short melody at the end of his letters, and that little bit of pride of "praise me" was vividly revealed between the lines.
Anyway, he didn't send back many letters, so Li Sishi treated him like she had a younger brother studying abroad. Sometimes, when she had a little free time, she would...
Look at his letters as a pastime during busy work and for mutual exchange and learning—Li Sishi had studied Japanese with her master Le Yun, but her energy was limited and she didn't use it much in daily life, so she certainly couldn't have the same convenience as Xiao Xie in the local environment and thus her level could improve rapidly.
However, Li Sishi still tried her best to communicate with him in Japanese in her replies, with the mindset of a caring older sister: firstly, it would help her improve her Japanese skills, and secondly, it would be a two-way learning process.
Aside from a few terms that are simply impossible to translate, the two can now switch seamlessly between Chinese and Japanese, so the "encryption level" of each email is comparable to the gibberish that non-professionals would absolutely not understand in the internet age...
Xiao Xie really hoped that Li Sishi could find some time to go to Japan—after all, the modern Hong Kong music scene had been greatly influenced by the Japanese music scene to reach its current state, just as the development of the Japanese music scene itself followed the lead of mature pioneers in Europe and America, learning through gradual reference and self-improvement.
It has gradually developed its own unique style.
However, Li Sishi is currently very busy. Xiao Xie had been looking forward to her going to Japan for a long time but had not been able to. Instead, he waited for his own father to tell him to return to Hong Kong at the end of the year so that he could make an appearance at the charity event in Kwong Wah.
Xiao Yuan felt that since his son had chosen this path, he should take advantage of his father's influence and status in the Hong Kong entertainment industry to pave the way for him and build up his exposure and popularity.
Although stars like Siu Hsieh grew up in the eyes of the entire Hong Kong public, and he appeared on television and in newspapers and magazines every Lunar New Year when he was young, his popularity was guaranteed to a certain extent. However, during his rebellious phase these past two years, he refused to face the camera anymore, which inevitably led to him being forgotten by some forgetful people. This is a good opportunity for everyone to see the little kid they watched grow up and his new look as he gets older and becomes more mature.
Shaking her head to clear her mind of those scattered thoughts, Li Sishi turned her gaze back to the green field, where she saw Shang Hanyou with a look of bewilderment, as if he were both laughing and crying.
Although he was speechless at the two very unkind seniors, Shang Hanyou couldn't care less about that now: unlike before when only Zhu Yu was watching him, now most of Qizhi's people were watching him...
Previously, some members of Qizhi who cared for the newbie brother would occasionally help Zhu Yu deal with him, which already made him quite tired. Now, most of Qizhi's firepower was focused on him. The look of wanting to tear him apart made even someone as experienced as him tremble with fear. He quickly found an opening to slip away.
Watching Shang Hanyou pull the fire
Cart-like, he was running around with a group of Qizhi members. Li Dewen couldn't help but wipe a bead of sweat: Thank goodness, thank goodness, even though his girlfriend was also a Miss Hong Kong winner, and the one before Li Sishi.
But his girlfriend was clearly not as "difficult" as Li Sishi...
With such a group of brothers-in-law, who are not blood brothers but are closer than brothers, watching over her like hawks, it would be really hard to be ruthless and determined to pursue Li Sishi, this treasure of a beauty, if it weren't for true love...
Being beautiful and having a sweet voice is certainly good, but having such crazy fans is indeed hard to handle.
Li Dewen thought to himself, and silently mourned for Shang Hanyou, who was thrown out as a target to draw enemy fire. Then he continued to maintain his usual civilized style of playing football and kept a certain distance from his teammates, led by Lun Yongnan and Jiang Zhiwei, who seemed to be going up to help Shang Hanyou but actually just wanted to get involved in the mess.
It wasn't that he wanted to slack off, but the situation on the other side was so chaotic that every second was filled with all sorts of physical contact that teetered on the edge of fouls, which was simply unacceptable to a "scholar" like him with a conservative playing style...
Meanwhile, Lu Bing, the goalkeeper for Qizhi who was always ready to defend his goal, seemed to have noticed something was wrong.
Don't fall for their trap!
The celebrity team deliberately used Li Sishi and the rumors between Li Sishi and Shang Hanyou to provoke the easily swayed young members of their team!
No wonder head coach Rema just reminded him to pay attention to the emotions of the others. He originally thought that head coach Rema was worried that these young people were too high-spirited and didn't know the importance of things. Unexpectedly, it turned out that they were being tricked by the veterans of the All-Star team!
Seeing that the left side ahead was in complete chaos, Lu Bing had no choice but to temporarily move away from his own goal and quickly run to the left side ahead to try to "mediate" the fight using body language.
No sooner said than done, just as Lu Bing had run a little over halfway, a new confrontation broke out in the chaotic crowd on the left, and another dazzling melee began.
Immediately following that, Lun Yongnan, in the ensuing scramble during a corner kick attack, lived up to his family's tradition of "copper head" skills by heading out a very threatening header.
Lu Bing's pupils contracted, and he hurriedly rushed back to defend the area, narrowly rescuing the enemy from the left blind spot.
However, although Lu Bing's quick recovery prevented Lun Yongnan's extremely dangerous header from going into his own goal, in such a dangerous and thrilling situation, he certainly couldn't hold the ball as steadily as he usually could before passing it.
It utilizes the reaction force of the ball to bounce off the perimeter of one's own goal despite one's defense.
Before Qi Zhi and his teammates could even feel relieved or react to the dramatic save, the ball flew right to the feet of Li Dewen, who had been leisurely strolling around on the periphery, trying his best to avoid getting involved in the chaotic battle ahead.
With such perfect timing, location, and support, Li Dewen, who thought he was just another player to be a substitute, was overjoyed. He aimed at the goal and the other side of Lu Bing who was lying on the ground, and with an extremely tricky angle and power, he kicked a "world-class goal" that might be the only one of his life!
The whistle blew the moment the goal was scored, and the score between the All-Star Soccer Team and Qizhi Soccer Club was updated to 2-1!
Meanwhile, at the end of the first half of the match, the stands erupted in thunderous applause and cheers for this spectacular and breathtaking "world-class" goal.
Later, Li Dewen gradually reduced his football playing and took time out from singing to host various football programs as a guest "football commentator". Every time he talked about football, he would mention his wonderful "world-class goal" when he was young.
Even when people around him rolled their eyes for comedic effect, saying things like, "Don't you remember when we played against you? All the Qizhi main players, except for goalkeeper Lu Bing, were seven or eight years younger than you," Li Dewen still ignored them and kept repeating, "Back then, Qizhi and the All-Stars were leading 2-1 in the first half, and that '2' was the goal I scored—"
Especially after Qi Zhi fought his way into the top division league and then won various championships in the following years, becoming the undisputed champion powerhouse among Hong Kong football clubs, his bragging rights rose even higher along with Qi Zhi's reputation in Hong Kong football circles...
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