Fame with a ball

Turin, Caselle Airport.

From Barcelona to Turin, there are many round-trip flights, and it only takes an hour one way.Even counting the waiting time for Messi to go to the airport and buy a ticket, it was only two or three hours. Lin Zhigao felt that it would be too late for him to return to his home in Turin to pack his luggage, and then rush back to the airport, so he simply bought a ticket. Sitting in the waiting hall with a cup of coffee, waiting for Messi's flight to arrive.

More than two hours later, the big screen at the airport showed that the flight from Barcelona had arrived at the airport. Lin Zhigao glanced at the passenger aisle, stood up and waited there with his luggage.

It was fine if he didn't stand up. As soon as Lin Zhigao stood in the middle of the hall, his typical yellow appearance immediately attracted a lot of attention.

"It's Lin from Juventus!" Someone shouted right away.

More than half of the citizens of Turin City are Juventus fans, and Lin Zhigao is playing for Juventus, and he can often occupy the end of the newspaper, so he was quickly recognized by the people passing through the airport.

Lin Zhigao smiled at those who were staring at him curiously, and then waved his hands.Most people smiled back and walked away, but some people ran up excitedly and asked him for an autograph or a group photo.

When Lin Zhigao was lowering his head to sign a small book, the brown-haired boy standing next to him, who looked only fifteen or sixteen years old, asked him excitedly: "If the league starts , I'm taking your jersey to the game, can you sign me again?"

"Of course." Lin Zhigao smiled and handed the notebook back to him: "We can also take a photo together."

"That's really, really great!" The brown-haired boy was even more excited: "Our whole family is a Juventus fan. My dad likes Del Piero and Pepe. I used to like De Qie Lie, but since you came After Turin, I found that I liked the way you played more and more! I even have a collection of the football shirts you used to wear in England!"

Lin Zhigao was surprised this time: "My Queen's Park Rangers jersey? Is it still for sale now?"

"No, I didn't buy it from a store. I got it from other collectors on eBay." The brown-haired boy shyly scratched his head: "Although the price is a bit high, it's worth it! Your kick It’s so good, I believe it can continue to appreciate in value in the future!”

Although Lin Zhigao thought he was not thin-skinned, he still blushed a little when his fans praised him face to face.In order to hide his shyness, he coughed and casually promised: "In the future, if you come to New Alp to watch my game, if I can meet you, I will give you the jersey I'm wearing and sign it! "

The brown-haired boy covered his chest excitedly, and said loudly, "I will definitely go! Definitely!"

At this time, the boy's parents suddenly called him from a distance, and the brown-haired boy responded and was about to leave, but he greeted Lin Zhigao as he walked: "I forgot to tell you, my name is Ba Teng!"

The boy named Ba Teng obviously didn't want to be separated from his idol so soon. He had introduced himself, and turned around while walking, and finally accidentally tripped over a trash can. When he fell to the ground, But he desperately held up the notebook in his hand, where Lin Zhigao had just written his signature.

Lin Zhigao looked at his stupid look, both moved and amused, and suddenly a slightly hesitant question came from behind: "Lin?"

Turning back following the voice, I saw Messi standing not far away in a simple light blue shirt + jeans and sneakers, staring at me in disbelief: "Why are you here?"

"Nonsense, who said that they would fly from Barcelona to Turin immediately to find me?" Lin Zhigao rolled his eyes, walked over to Messi with his suitcase, and said, "I also just arrived today. The plane just called you, who would have thought that you would come over in such a hurry? No, I haven't had time to go home to put my luggage, so I'll just wait for you here."

Messi blushed a little: "Uh, I, I came here in a bit of a hurry."

"It's in a hurry." Lin Zhigao looked him up and down: "Didn't you bring anything except your phone and wallet?"

Messi nodded.

"Then let's go home first." Lin Zhigao turned around and was about to leave, when the scene caught in his sight made his eyelids twitch violently.

Ruined!

Lin Zhigao and the dozens of people standing around Messi originally came and went in a hurry, but now they all froze in place as if they had seen some incredible scene. This kind of scene made Lin Zhigao feel bad——Mei West must have been recognized!

In fact, this is nonsense at all!Standing in the airport hall, Lin Zhigao was surrounded by fans for a while, not to mention the most famous Messi in football!And this guy didn't even wear a sunglasses hat!It's like exposing yourself directly to everyone's noses!

He grabbed Messi's arm and ran forward with his long legs.

Messi was pulled by him and almost fell, and asked blankly while running: "What happened?"

"You've been recognized, bastard!" Lin Zhigao dragged the suitcase in one hand, and ran forward with Messi in the other: "If you don't want to be visited as a giant panda, hurry up!"

Only then did Messi belatedly let out an "ah", and immediately accelerated his speed.

Fortunately, the two of them flashed fast, because almost at the same time, shouts such as "Messi!" and "It's Messi!" came from all directions in the airport. Several people were running in his direction, which frightened him and immediately started to accelerate again.

Fleeing out of the airport hall as if fleeing for his life, Lin Zhigao quickly waved his hand and summoned a taxi. As soon as the car stopped, he opened the trunk and stuffed the luggage in, then opened the car door to squeeze Messi in, and finally stuffed himself After entering the rear seat, quickly close the door and report the address to the driver.

This series of actions took less than a minute to complete, and Lin Zhigao himself was quite amazed by the speed, but at the same time, he was exhausted to death.

He ran all the way with a heavy suitcase!

Lin Zhigao wailed, tilted his body and fell directly to the side - since Messi was sitting next to him, when he fell, he landed on Messi's thigh.

Messi's body froze immediately.However, Lin Zhigao, who was tired and out of breath, obviously didn't notice this. He twisted Messi's thigh like a rubber bug, stretched his arm, and then stood up, turned his head and said, "What are you doing today?" Are you not going back?"

Macy secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and pretended to be relaxed: "I catch two planes in one day, and I will be exhausted."

"Then..." Lin Zhigao thought for a while, and gave another address to the driver.The taxi then turned around and drove in the other direction.

Messi was puzzled: "Where are we going? Isn't it going to your house?"

"Go to the city center to buy clothes for you!" Lin Zhigao pointed to Messi's clothes: "How anxious are you to go out, and you even forgot your coat? It's winter, winter! And Turin is much colder than Barcelona Yes! A heavy coat is a must if you don't want to catch a cold when you get out of the car, and, uh, probably you'll need a new shirt and underwear."

Messi was a little embarrassed: "There is no need to buy new clothes, I can just wear your coat."

"What about the underwear?" Lin Zhigao blinked and asked Messi: "Don't you change your underwear after you take a shower when you go home?"

Perhaps Lin Zhigao thought that his words were not ambiguous, but Messi blushed, and he waved his hands in a panic: "No, I didn't say I would borrow your inner—"

But Lin Zhigao interrupted him talking to himself: "By the way, I have a dozen new underwear that I don't use yet, and they are still from Armani. They gave me the trial products. It's okay to lend you a few..."

"I don't borrow your underwear!!!" Messi shouted suddenly.

His roar not only frightened Lin Zhigao, but also caught him off guard by his own saliva before he finished speaking, and immediately coughed a series of times.What's more, even the taxi driver was so shocked that he turned the wrong steering wheel, and the car almost hit a post box on the side of the road.

After finally coughing, Lin Zhigao raised his head angrily and stared at Messi: "What are you yelling at! I want to lend you a new one! Brand new and unopened! It's not that I want to give you the worn one, why are you doing this? Is there a big movement?!"

Messi's face was flushed and his manner was stiff. He opened his mouth: "I..."

"All right, all right! I won't lend you any more!" Lin Zhigao also felt a little embarrassed at this moment, he waved his hand: "Let's go to the city center to buy, and then fill our stomachs by the way, I don't have any food in my house. "

Messi agreed with silence - God, his face is still red!Who knows if the voice will change when you speak!

……

In view of the fact that Lin Zhigao returned to Turin in advance to check his body, and it was several days before the restart of both Serie A and La Liga, when the two of them were shopping together to buy clothes, Lin Zhigao invited Messi After staying in Turin for two days to play, Messi thought about it and agreed.

So in Lin Zhigao's shopping list, there are two more hats - he didn't buy them specially for himself. Although Lin Zhigao is considered a celebrity now, the fans in Turin City are more polite when they see him. Be polite and don't bother him with being overly enthusiastic.But if the object is replaced by Messi, then maybe.Messi's reputation is much higher than that of Lin Zhigao, who knows if there will be crazy fans of Messi in Turin?

Appropriate camouflage is still necessary.

After shopping for clothes, eating to fill his stomach, and taking a shower at home, Lin Zhigao was ready to go to bed to make up for the jet lag.At this time, there was a sudden knock on the bedroom door.

Lin Zhigao looked up, and Messi, who was wearing a newly bought pajamas, was standing by the door, with a constipated expression on his face that wanted to speak but held back.

He shrugged helplessly and asked, "Do you have to talk now?"

Messi nodded.

"Okay." Lin Zhigao patted the bed beside him, motioning for Messi to sit down, then he reached for his notebook, took it, opened it on his lap, and turned it on.

Messi frowned, with a disapproving expression on his face: "Lin, are you avoiding my question? I'm here to talk to you, not to watch you go online."

Lin Zhigao looked up innocently, "I'm just answering your question, look—"

He pushed the side of the laptop screen towards Macy, "John, full name John Augusta Elchin, this is the Wikipedia entry about him. You don't suspect that he is for my fame, my Did you get the money? In fact, it was really a misunderstanding, but unfortunately you hung up the phone before I could explain it to you. "

Messi looked as if he had been struck by a thunderbolt. He was stunned for a long time before turning his eyes to the computer screen. After reading the entire entry one by one, he glanced at Lin Zhigao and said hesitantly: "So , this Mr. Elchin, isn't plotting against you?"

Lin Zhigao thought for a while: "To be precise, I should have taken advantage of him a lot."

Messi stared at the computer screen, thoughtful: "President of Fiat Group, Juventus shareholder, Agnelli family, Bank of France..."

His eyes suddenly widened slightly, he searched, then looked at Lin Zhigao tangled up, and asked, "Lin."

"Ok?"

Macy said hesitantly: "Tell me, are you...sugar daddy?"

For the first time in his life, Lin Zhigao choked on his own saliva.He clutched his chest and coughed painfully for a long time, tears were coughed out of his eyes, and he finally recovered.

Seeing that he reacted so strongly, Messi said nervously, "Forget what I just said! I just asked casually on the spur of the moment, don't worry about it!"

"If I hadn't held it back, your words would have made me cough again." Lin Zhigao squeezed his eyes with his hands, wiped away the tears he coughed up, and then looked at Messi dumbfounded: "You are also a rich man. You have a bright future, and your age is just right, let me be with you!"

Messi was very nervous: "You, are you kidding or—"

"Nonsense!" Lin Zhigao patted Messi on the shoulder suddenly, and said with a smile: "Of course I'm joking! You have Anthony pulling you over, why should I join in the fun?"

Now it's Messi who can't laugh or cry: "You're kidding, I almost—forget it." He sighed: "I'm still in a cold war with Antonella."

"Aren't you going to make peace first?"

"It's not that I can solve all the problems by flying to Argentina once." Messi said helplessly: "It's been delayed this time, and there will be a next time, and next time, as long as she or I don't change the way we get along, this will be a problem." That sort of thing happens all the time.”

Lin Zhigao's expression changed, he sat on the bed with his legs crossed, and said seriously: "Come on, sit next to me, and tell me about your troubles in love, and let me find a solution for you." He has already done it. Get ready to have a long talk with Messi!

Messi originally wanted to say, "You have never been in a relationship before, and you still give me advice, who are you bluffing?", but then he thought that all emotional matters will only cause pressure on himself, although Lin Zhigao may You can't give him any good advice, but talking about what's on your mind can also help relieve stress.

Moreover, he felt that Lin Zhigao himself was a person who was good at releasing pressure and making himself happy, talking to him, maybe it would really help him?

So Messi also imitated Lin Zhigao, sat cross-legged on the bed, and slowly started his own narrative: "The first time I saw Antonina, I just..."

……

The long talk between Messi and Lin Zhigao lasted from after dinner until early in the morning. In the early morning, the two of them couldn't resist the drowsiness, so they lay on the bed and continued talking. They didn't stop talking until the sky turned pale, and both of them fell into a deep sleep. .

The next day, the two of them were woken up by Lin Zhigao's cell phone ringing. Lin Zhigao answered the phone in a daze, and the team's assistant coach, Mr. Ferrari, yelled at him in the microphone: "Lin, today you all We are going to have a medical examination, the whole team is here, where did you go?"

Lin Zhigao woke up instantly, and he hurriedly said: "I overslept with jet lag! Mr. Ferrari, you go to the hospital first, I will drive there in my own car in a while!"

Although Mr. Ferrari was a little dissatisfied, he still agreed to Lin Zhigao's request.

Lin Zhigao hung up the phone, rushed into the bathroom to wash up, and after taking a five-minute shower, he came out again wrapped in a towel, and stood outside the closet to pick up his clothes.

Messi straightened up from the bed in a daze, and asked, "Are you going out?" When his eyes directly touched Lin Zhigao's naked body, for some reason, he suddenly felt blushing, and then Turned his head away.

"I forgot that today is the day for the team's physical examination. The assistant coach just called to inform me that I have to rush there now." Lin Zhigao was flustered and didn't notice that he was naked in front of Messi and directly changed clothes. For one thing, he said while putting on his shirt and jeans, "You can continue to sleep for a while until I come back-or you can go around Turin by yourself, but you must keep it secret. Wait until the evening Let me invite you to eat authentic Italian food."

Macy nodded casually and threw himself into the sheets again.He's groggy now, and suspects he may have gotten less than three hours of sleep yesterday.

Lin Zhigao solved all his personal problems within 10 minutes, picked up the car keys and rushed out in a hurry.

After Lin Zhigao left, Messi suddenly remembered—he was almost the one talking last night, saying how he met Antonella, how he grew up with her as a childhood sweetheart, how he went to the Barcelona youth training camp, but he kept following him. Antonella kept in touch with the person who eventually fell in love with her, and the emotional journey of his love with Antonella in the past few years.

As for Lin Zhigao, apart from listening carefully to his own words and giving himself a few seemingly unreliable suggestions, he hardly said anything else.He didn't even say how he met John Elchin himself, and how the other party developed a good impression of him!

This is the purpose of his own flight from Barcelona to Turin!Meet the one named John and expose him!Messi scratched his head angrily, being fooled by Lin Zhigao, he was so focused on talking about his own affairs that he actually forgot about serious matters!

Yes, that so-called Elchin is rich and powerful, but that doesn't mean he isn't an emotional liar.What if he's just the kind of guy who enjoys playing with celebrity sensibilities for a sense of vanity?Female celebrities, male actors, or world-famous professional players, for some perverts, they are all tools to satisfy their vanity, and there is not much difference.

Messi has never met Elchin, and usually does not pay much attention to the news of political and business celebrities, so he has no idea what kind of person Elchin is.And now, Lin Zhigao actually forgot to describe this person to him, and just let him read a Wikipedia, which did not eliminate Messi's worried mood.

Although he knew that Lin Zhigao might not need to worry about him, Messi felt that as a friend, it was really okay to spend a little more time for a friend.

Just as he was about to open Lin Zhigao's notebook and look up this person on Wikipedia, his phone rang suddenly.

When Messi saw the caller ID, it was his teammate Harvey.

"Hi, Harvey," he answered with a yawn.

"Leo, where are you now?"

"I'm in Turin."

"...You, you really went to Turin?" Harvey's voice was very shocked, and he asked with some hesitation: "May I take the liberty to ask, what did you go to do?"

"I'm here to find a friend, and I'll go back after two days." Messi felt that Harvey's words were wrong, and he asked with some doubts: "What's wrong?"

"You don't know?! Don't you read the newspaper?"

"To be honest, I haven't woken up yet. If it weren't for your call, I wouldn't be able to get up until the afternoon. Of course, I wouldn't have time to go out and buy newspapers."

"Then you'd better search the Internet for news." Harvey's tone sounded very heavy.

Messi was even more confused: "What happened, don't hesitate. Could it be that the club is about to break out some transfer news?"

Harvey took a deep breath: "It's not about the club, it's about yourself——Leo, Antonella unilaterally announced the news of breaking up with you to the media."

……

When Lin Zhigao walked out of the hospital after the physical examination, he turned on the cell phone that had been shut down, and suddenly a text message popped in.

I'm back in Barcelona, ​​please wait for the meal you owe me next time. —— Messi Lin Zhigao frowned and glanced at the text message, and dialed the phone, but the other party had already turned off the phone.

Why did Messi suddenly want to return to Barcelona?Could it be that something happened?

When Lin Zhigao was puzzled, he was suddenly patted on the back. He turned his head and saw Iaquinta with a sad face.

Lin Zhigao sighed inwardly, not knowing how to comfort his friend and teammate—Iaquinta accidentally tore his cruciate ligament at the end of the first half of the season, forcing him to stay in bed for a period of time.After recuperating during the winter break, he thought he would be able to play in good health after the restart of the league, but the doctor told him after the physical examination that his cruciate ligament injury was not recovering very well, and he still needed at least Another two months off, just take good care of your body.

Originally, the cruciate ligament strain Iaquinta suffered was a relatively mild injury, and he could resume playing after two or three months of recuperation.But he is not young anymore. He is 34 years old this year. Iaquinta has always been an excellent bomber and powerful center. In his more than ten years of professional career, he has caused troubles for opponents and created injuries for himself. .The ligament strain this time indirectly caused some of his old injuries. The doctor said that if the injury just recovered and he played the game, then the minor injury is likely to become a serious injury. If the cruciate ligament is torn, it is God. There is no other way, Iaquinta will not be able to retire if he does not want to.

"After the league restarts, the boss will definitely reuse you. I originally wanted to cooperate with you in the game and let you score more goals. But now it seems that I don't even know whether I can play before the end of this season. Definitely." Iaquinta said with a sigh while walking side by side with Lin Zhigao.

"Didn't the doctor say that you'll be fine after two more months of training?" Lin Zhigao comforted him, "It's only January, and even if you return to the team in March, you still have two months to play!"

"At that time, it is not certain whether there will be a place for me on the court!"

Lin Zhigao looked at him in surprise: "What do you mean by that?"

"You don't know?" Iaquinta was also surprised.

Lin Zhigao shook his head: "I went back to China during the winter break, have you forgotten?"

"That's why you haven't heard the news." Iaquinta said succinctly: "The club is going to buy someone."

"Who to buy?"

"A striker, or a midfielder, or both. Now the media is buzzing, and every day new news breaks out, saying that Mr. Marotta is waving a check to which club to ask for a price or something. .”

"The club wants to buy players during the winter transfer period? If something happens, you have to rush, can't you wait until the summer?" Generally speaking, the summer break is the peak transfer period, and almost all heavyweight deals are completed in the summer , The winter break is mainly used to test and buy some insignificant players.

Iaquinta shrugged: "In any case, the more reliable news is that our leader, Mr. Capello, submitted a proposal to the board of directors. It said that after the restart of the league, the team will face a third-line battle—the Champions League , the league, and the Coppa Italia. He said that the team is seriously understaffed, not to mention fighting on three fronts, and fighting on two fronts is difficult, and then asked the board of directors if they want Juventus to appear in the European arena next season If not, you must first buy him one or two people to use."

"Then the board agreed?"

"There is nothing they can do if they don't agree. The current state of the team is not very good." Iaquinta pointed to himself: "Since Bonucci broke his nasal bone last year, he still often wears a mask on his face, and his state is not as good as before. And I won't be able to play in the next few months, and our team's strikers are notoriously bad-except for you, Lin. Fortunately, you are still able to withstand critical moments, otherwise It will probably be even more troublesome for the boss, because it is probably impossible for the club to buy him three players during the winter break in one go."

"It's not easy being a professional player." Lin Zhigao sighed and gave Iaquinta a hug: "Recover from your injuries, buddy. When you come back to the game, I'm still waiting for our two swords to match each other!"

"Even if I can only play the main player in the rotation, I will pass the ball to you well!" Iaquinta promised very confidently.

But for some reason, Lin Zhigao always felt a little bitter when he said this.