Jagged Wings

Chapter 24 Family Gatherings
At the same time, the "madman" Mourinho faced the boos of tens of thousands of fans at Wembley Stadium and won his first title in the Premier League.

The madman started his journey of "harvesting the championship trophy" in the Premier League.

Arsenal here is still moving forward in the quagmire. March is a very critical month. The second round of the Champions League will be played, and the league will also enter the most critical period for winning the championship.

On March 3, the FA Cup extra match.Facing the weaker Sheffield United, Henry and Reyes and other main players all played. Ashley Cole relented before the game and returned to the starting lineup.

But Sheffield United exploded with amazing energy, and they wanted to achieve a counterattack on the "unpopular hotbed" of the FA Cup.The fierceness and hardness unique to their English football made Arsenal, who played technical football, very uncomfortable.The game was stubbornly dragged into a penalty shootout by Sheffield United.

At the critical moment, Arsenal showed amazing will in the penalty shootout. They eliminated Sheffield United 4:2 on penalties and broke into the quarterfinals of the FA Cup.

After getting a victory, Wenger routinely gave the team a day off.The players can take a good breath. There are not many games in March, but every game cannot be lost. They must show their best spirit.

And on this day, Reyes agreed to George's invitation to attend George's "family gathering."

It was said to be a family gathering, but it was actually the George family and Reyes. The George family moved from far away Glasgow, and most of their relatives stayed in Scotland.

"Do you need me to prepare a gift? George." Reyes asked on the phone the day before.It's the first time I go to someone's house as a guest. Although I'm a fan, it's always bad to be empty-handed.

"Mr. Reyes, I have a request," George stammered on the phone, "Actually, my invitation to you this time is for my sister."

"Ah?" Reyes was a little surprised. Could it be that George has a crazy fan sister who cried and threatened George to invite him?
Reyes couldn't help sweating a little on his back. He thought of the woman who sold her father's kidney to chase Andy Lau in Hong Kong...

I heard that British fans are crazy and persistent. When the time comes, should I accept it generously or push it halfway?Reyes is caught in infinite YY...

"My sister is your fan!"

really!

"I've been telling her that you know the existence of her fan," George said cautiously, "but in fact, I've been lying to her. You don't know her existence."

"Huh?" Reyes couldn't understand George's thoughts for a while.

"So I want you to lie tomorrow and tell my sister that you already knew about her existence, otherwise, she will be very sad."

"..." Reyes was a little disappointed. It turned out that it was not words, but a lie for a little boy.

"Did you agree?" George said.

"Of course!" Although Reyes was a little upset, he still agreed, and it was just a matter of little effort.

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George's home is not far, just near Highbury Stadium.Now the Arsenal club has announced that the new stadium will be opened next year.The club's old stadium "Highbury Stadium" will be converted into a mainly residential building.

The current Highbury Stadium is located in a residential area, with a small location and no room for expansion.Although the rated capacity reaches 8000 people, it can only carry more than 2 people at most.Such a small capacity is not suitable for a giant like Arsenal.

Therefore, the construction of a new stadium has been put on the agenda, and the capacity of the new stadium will reach 7 people.

Reyes drives a Lamborghini. If Reyes has one hobby, buying cars is his biggest hobby.

George's home is also a house with a small courtyard. The housing prices in foreign countries are far less outrageous than in China. A family like George's is not considered wealthy, and they can live in such a not-so-small house.

Reyes parked the car outside the door, and walked into the courtyard with things in his hand.The flowers and plants in the small yard are somewhat similar to the flowers and plants in Reyes' house. It seems that George also has experience in taking care of flowers and plants.Reyes walked to the door and was about to knock when a voice suddenly came from the door: "China, China, China..."

Reyes stopped his hands: that voice was in Chinese!
As a time traveler, Reyes has a living Chinese soul in his body, and he is very familiar with his mother tongue since he was a child.

The voice inside the door continued: "Xie... Xie... See you again..." It was still in Chinese.

The voice is a deep female voice, the articulation is not very clear, and it is stumbling, it seems that it is a beginner of Chinese.But the sound is crisp and sweet, and it sounds good.

Reyes suddenly felt a little touch, it has been half a year.He has long been familiar with England's bad weather and monotonous food, and even forgot the ancient country in the East.But the sound of "China" directly aroused his memory.

"Ni... How..." The voice inside the door continued, Reyes couldn't help but smile, and he said, "It should be, 'Hello'!"

The voices inside the door stopped, followed by the sound of something falling down, followed by footsteps.Then the door of the house opened, and a girl of eighteen or nineteen years old appeared at the door.

Reyes looked at her in surprise.

This girl is blind!
This is a thin British girl with long blonde hair.The girl's eyes were tightly closed, and she was still holding a wooden pole used as a wayfinding in her hand.

"Hi, what's the matter?" the girl asked.Listen to the voice, it is the voice that I just practiced Chinese.

Reyes suddenly understood the meaning of the phone call made by George last night. This girl should be the "sister" in George's mouth. George said a lot, but the only thing he didn't say and the most important thing was that his sister was blind.

"Is this George's house? I'm George's friend, and he wants to invite me to be a guest!" Reyes said.

"Oh, you must be Mr. Reyes, right? Please come in!" The girl quickly let Reyes into the room.

Reyes walked into the room and found a thick Chinese enlightenment book on the coffee table in front of the sofa.

"Aren't you afraid that I'm a bad guy?" After walking in, Reyes joked to George's sister.

"Speaking such fluent Chinese, it's impossible to be a bad person, right?" The girl showed a smile on her face: "I didn't expect Mr. Reyes to be so good at Chinese besides playing football."

"Don't call me Mr. Reyes, it sounds weird, call me Antonio!"

"Okay, Antonio, my name is Androni."

At this moment, George's voice came from outside: "Sister, we are back from shopping!"

When Reyes looked out, he saw George running in, followed by two middle-aged couples carrying various ingredients, who were George's parents.

Reyes met George's parents for the first time. George's father was a plumber and his mother was a children's comic writer.Although the siblings George and Androni had a normal family life since they were young, they wanted to give a good mother to them.

Because Androni is blind, in order not to depend on her parents, she taught herself to become a blind masseur.

She learned it from her mother and is very interested in Chinese and China.However, there are still very few Chinese teachers in this country, and Androni has never had a dedicated Chinese teacher to teach her.More often, she learns from tapes.

George was also curious that Reyes, who had never been to China, could speak Chinese fluently.

"I used to be very curious about Chinese culture. I learned Chinese specifically when I was in the youth team of the Spanish club." Reyes said the answer he had prepared a long time ago.

The George family can only lament that genius is really enviable.

The dinner that day went well. Reyes stayed until very late before returning home. Usually, it was nothing. However, after living alone for a long time, and feeling the warmth of the family again, there is indeed a touch of warmth.

After regrouping again, Reyes suddenly became very excited in training, frequently putting on stunning performances.

Although Wenger was a little strange, he was more happy.The battle is imminent, and the players are in good condition, and the chances of winning have increased a lot.

In the 3th round of the Premier League on March 5, Arsenal ushered in Portsmouth.Henry scored another hat-trick, and although Reyes did not score, he contributed two assists.In this case, Reyes' assists reached 29.

With 11 assists plus his 13 goals, the season is not over yet, and Reyes has quietly contributed a "double-double".

And the person closest to his performance is Lampard in the current league leader Chelsea. The "magic lamp" who is in charge of the midfielder is full-time this season, scoring 9 goals and assisting 13 times. double".

Of course, this game is just a warm-up match before the big battle.Five days later, on March 3, Arsenal will usher in the most important battle of the season: a home challenge to Bayern Munich.

The media before the game had overwhelmingly sentenced Arsenal to death.They believe that with Arsenal's unstable performance this season, it will be difficult to stage the "Miracle at Highbury" to regain the score.

"What they think the most is that they can score a face-saving goal at home."

Even Arsenal's chairman Hill Wood expressed his cautious attitude in an interview: "Maybe we should set our sights on next season, and we will increase investment..."

Of course, no one will believe the latter sentence, and everyone will treat it as fart.

"We will have an intra-team match today, and I will see how you are preparing." With three days before the second round, Coach Wenger arranged such an intra-team match.

Each side has 11 players, and they will have a game that is not open to the public in the practice field.

(End of this chapter)