champion godfather

Chapter 44 Chinese Teachers

The old man, the president of the Evening Post, was very trustworthy. A day and a half after the phone call, he sent someone to send the framed photos, and even helped him hang them on the wall of the bedroom, facing the bed.In this way, after he gets up every morning, he can see this glorious moment at first sight.

Under a wave of red, he raised his arms and cheered.

This is an oil painting called "Victory", which is a work of art worthy of permanent collection.

Staring at this picture, Tang En thought of the best way to fight back.

He nodded.Lao Tzu has never been a soft persimmon who has been slapped on the right cheek and wants to get the left cheek.Now I can't refute your criticisms of me, but don't think I'm going to keep silent.Next...next game I'll let you keep crawling back and licking my toes!You bloody idiots!

Tang En raised his arms high, imitating the shape in the photo, closing his eyes and imagining that he was in the stadium where the mountains roared and the tsunami, enjoying the joy of victory and the thrill of revenge in advance.At this moment, he heard his mobile phone on the living room table ring.

Stepping on the newspaper all the way and running back to the living room, he found that the caller ID was a very unfamiliar phone number. After a little hesitation, he still connected the call.

The next second he jumped up in surprise.

"Yang Yan!"

"It's me, sir. After thinking about it for a long time, I decided to accept your offer and be your Chinese teacher." Yang Yan heard Tang En on the phone laughing excitedly like a child.

"You have really thought about it for a long time, Mr. Yang...but it's good to agree, you know..."

Tang En sat down, leaned on the back of the chair, put his feet on the table, and began to lie. "...Do you know, because I can't get your guidance, I'm like a lost ship in the dark without the guidance of a lighthouse, and I've been circling in circles for two months. I think if you don't come again, I'll give up on interest in Chinese civilization."

Since becoming possessed by this ghost, Tang En found that some changes have taken place in himself, for example, he is more cheerful than before.This is a matter of course. Tang En, who has been exposed to his favorite football all day long and has determined his life goals, is no longer the paranoid and arrogant Tang En he used to be.Of course, there is also a very important reason why he is so excited today because Yang Yan agreed to be his Chinese teacher.

What he said here was elated, but Yang Yan over there felt a little embarrassed when he heard it. "Sir, if you go on like this, I think I'm going to change my mind..."

"Ah no! Of course... I will be obedient. If you don't let me speak, I won't speak." Tang En also exaggeratedly covered his mouth and spoke.He made Yang Yan on the other end of the phone laugh in a muffled voice.

"Why are you so excited sir?"

"Because I'm in a good mood today." Tang En said nonsense.

Immediately, Yang Yan noticed something was wrong: "Huh? Mr. Coach, didn't your team lose yesterday?"

"Well... Of course, but losing is not necessarily a bad thing. We have to look at this from a positive perspective, don't we? Well, let's not talk about the disappointing game, we need to talk about you as my Chinese tutor in detail This kind of thing is usually difficult to explain on the phone, I think we need to meet... Where are you now?"

Yang Yan looked up and saw that there was a cafe across the street, so she reported the name to Tang En.

"Ok, I'll be there in ten minutes at the latest."

Yang Yan heard Tang En hastily hung up the phone, and then she crossed the road and opened the door to enter the cafe.Sitting by the window, ordering a glass of juice casually, she was still wondering if she made the right decision.Except from the media reports, she didn't know this person at all, didn't know his real character, and didn't know his background.Although the above two issues were mentioned in the interview, Yang Yan believes that in this era of information explosion, the credibility of the media and public opinion is not as good as before. Many times, she will habitually doubt the media's opinion of a matter. It also puts such doubts on a person reported by the media.

If you want to be his tutor, you must first have enough understanding.Otherwise... In a foreign country, with a strange man, no one can tell whether it will be dangerous.

Yang Yan was sitting in this small cafe, anxiously waiting for the person she wanted to meet. It really felt like a blind date...

The wind chime at the door rang, and someone pushed the door open.Yang Yan looked up and saw a man wearing sunglasses looking around at the door.She looked down at her watch, it was exactly half an hour before she hung up the phone.

"Hi." This man was so conspicuous that Yang Yan could only stand up to say hello and pull him over.

"I'm sorry, there was a car accident on the road, which delayed a little time. I didn't keep you waiting?" Seeing the real person, Yang Yan found that the head coach who was crazy in the newspaper had returned to the gentleman he met for the first time. She shook her head: "No, time passed quickly."

Tang En sat down, took off his sunglasses, waved to call the waiter, and politely asked Yang Yan what drink he wanted.Yang Yan looked at the juice she hadn't taken yet, and shook her head.

"Give me a cup of coffee, thank you." After dismissing the waiter, Tang En turned his head and stared at the girl in front of him.The girl he had thought about day and night in high school, and whom he had watched silently in a corner, was sitting in front of him now, with a shy smile on her face.

Yang Yan finally couldn't help asking: "Sir, what are you looking at?"

"Ah, it's nothing. I'm sorry, I was distracted. Uh..." The waiter brought a piece of white paper and a pen along with the coffee.

"Mr. Tang En, please sign for me!" the freckled British boy said excitedly.

"Okay...but we just lost yesterday."

Yang Yan looked at Tang En with a smile on his face and lowered his head to write his name on the paper. After writing English, he thought about it, and then wrote his Chinese name crookedly: "Tang En".

"This is..." The boy didn't understand.

"Well, you know, I like Chinese culture very much. This is the Chinese name I gave myself. What do you think?"

"Although I can't read it, but it's very beautiful..." The boy walked away satisfied with his autograph. Tang En turned around and saw Yang Yan's surprised expression.

"Haha, be surprised! I have also taught myself, although I can only write two characters..." He was lying. In fact, he can speak Mandarin fluently and Sichuan dialect, and he can also write good characters.

Only when Yang Yan recovered from the shock, she nodded in confusion, "Yeah, I was very surprised... I didn't expect you to be able to write Chinese characters. But..." She wrote Tang En's English name "Tawin" on the napkin .

"I think it's more appropriate to pronounce it as 'Twain'."

"Twain? What kind of strange name is that?"

Yang Yan coughed. This man doesn't know Lawrence, doesn't he even know another famous writer? "Mark Twain's Twain..."

"Ah!" Dunn patted himself on the forehead, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer! But I prefer the name 'Twain' myself."

Yang Yan tilted her head to look at him and asked, "Why?"

"I don't know, I just think this sounds good, much better than 'Twain'."

Yang Yan looked at Tang En for a long time, then smiled and said: "I also think this sounds better, Mr. Tang En."

"It's too strange to call Mr. Tang, you can call me Tang En." Tang En's idea in his heart was——this is my name in the first place.

Unexpectedly, Yang Yan shook her head: "Sir, we are only meeting for the second time..."

hell!We've met a lot!We are classmates in high school! ... Tang En really wanted to tell the girl opposite, but he couldn't.

Tang En conceded defeat as Yang Yan insisted on her own opinion.

"Uh, whatever you want..." Tang En admitted defeat.This was the second time he was alone with Yang Yan, he was inexperienced and suddenly didn't know what to say.It was Yang Yan who reminded him: "Mr. Tang En, why did you call me here? Could it be the two of us sitting here in a daze?"

"Oh, of course, we need to talk carefully about your teaching me Chinese..."

Half an hour later, the two agreed on all the details.Considering the particularity of Tang En's work, the time for learning Chinese is limited, so he only has two classes a week.Definitely not on weekends, because Twain will lead the team to play games. The home game is fine, but if it is an away game, it will take two or three days to go out.It was finally decided that every Monday and Thursday night, Yang Yan would go to Tang En's home to give him lessons.The pay is ten pounds an hour.

If there is a temporary change, please notify the other party by phone.

After talking, Tang En planned to invite Yang Yan to lunch, but was rejected.

"Hehe, I'm so sorry. My friend made an appointment to have lunch with me at noon." Yang Yan smiled and left.Looking at her back, Tang En felt a little disappointed that he had let go of a light butterfly.

But... he quickly adjusted his mood.Anyway, I can see her two nights a week, there is still a lot of time...

(End of this chapter)