There is a belief called football

Chapter 170 Wei Xiao's Family

"I'm back", Wei Xiao's first words after entering the door.

Wei Xiao's home is in North London, so after he was promoted to the Tottenham first team, Wei Xiao moved back home from the team's youth training dormitory. If he was a local, a young man at this age would have lived alone, but Wei Xiao still likes to live with his parents.

Wei Xiao's father, Wei Jie, came out first to meet Wei Xiao.

"Haha, God bless Tottenham, they won again",
Wei Jie knows that although his son doesn't like to laugh, Wei Xiao is always happy from the bottom of his heart every time he wins.

Wei Xiao is actually a very filial child. As a member of Tottenham, Wei Xiao can get 3 tickets for each home game. Every time Wei Xiao quietly puts 3 tickets on his father's desk and lets them deal with them.

The parents never went to watch the game. They were afraid that their appearance would put pressure on Wei Xiao. This has its roots. Wei Xiao played for the Tottenham youth academy when he was 14 years old, and his parents asked for leave to watch their son’s game. But the appearance of his parents put a lot of pressure on Wei Xiao. Wei Xiao, who is usually young and mature, made mistakes again and again. Even the head coach didn’t know what was wrong with Wei Xiao.

But Wei Jie knew his son very well, and he knew what the problem was, so from then on, the husband and wife never went to watch his son's game live.

But now that Wei Xiao has grown up, he hopes that his parents can watch his games, but Wei Jie always gives 3 tickets to his colleagues every time. Wei Xiao also knows that he didn't say anything, but he still keeps the tickets for his father every time.

Hearing his father's congratulations, Wei Xiao nodded, still expressionless. Wei Xiao usually has the same expression when he wins or loses. Outsiders can't see his emotions, but only Wei Jie can. He can see that his son is not happy today.

But Wei Xiao is a very personable person. Wei Jie didn't ask why, but patted his son and said, "Let's eat."

*****
When she came to the dining table, her mother "Feng Rui" just brought out the dishes. Wei Xiao went over to take the plate and put it on the table. Feng Rui reached out and clenched his fist towards Wei Xiao. In the past, when Wei Xiao won the ball, both of them would bump their fists to celebrate, but today Wei Xiao was stunned for a moment when facing his mother's gesture, and then reached out to touch his mother.

"What's the matter, aren't you happy to win?"Mom asked.

The couple watched the game in the afternoon. The process was wonderful. Their own Wei Xiao also started. They really couldn't figure out why their son was unhappy.

Facing his mother's question, Wei Xiao forced out a half-smile for the first time and said, "I'm tired."

It is true that other leagues are during the Christmas holidays at this time, even if the hateful FA does not have a holiday, it still arranges the most intensive game schedule during the Christmas holidays every year.

So when Wei Xiao said that he was tired, his mother Feng Rui nodded, expressing her understanding, but Wei Jie, who knew his son well, knew that Wei Xiao was not as simple as being tired.

Wei Xiao’s parents are both employees of a large Chinese company. In the 90s, due to business needs, they were transferred to London. At that time, Wei Xiao was left to his grandparents. They thought they would work in the UK for a short period of time, but later it became a long-term job. The couple had to take Wei Xiao over.

However, the couple has always allowed Wei Xiao to receive bilingual education. Apart from the compulsory Chinese education, Wei Xiao's family is very democratic, and his parents will support Wei Xiao's hobbies.

When he was in elementary school, Wei Xiao also fell in love with football like many London children, and Wei Jie also supported it.

At first I thought it was just for playing ball and keeping fit, but when he was 10 years old, the physical education teacher at the school discovered Wei Xiao's outstanding football talent and suggested that Wei Xiao's parents send him to receive professional football youth training.

This is a big event for the Wei family. Although they have lived in the UK for a long time, Wei Jie and Feng Rui are both authentic Chinese. Their expectations for Wei Xiao are to go to university, find a job, and get married, which is the broad road that most Chinese people think.

Play football all your life?To be honest, the couple never thought about it.

So Feng Rui asked Wei Xiao, "Do you want to go to college?"Wei Xiao nodded. The couple were very happy. It seemed that the problem was solved so happily, but Feng Rui added another sentence, "Then what do you want to do after finishing college?"Wei Xiao replied: "Play football".

After hearing Wei Xiao's answer, the couple fell into silence. In today's words, Wei Xiao really loves football.

In the end, after serious consideration, the parents still think it’s up to the children. They want to send Wei Xiao to the youth training, but the question arises again. There are two famous clubs in North London-Tottenham and Arsenal. Which one to choose?
In the end, this problem was easily solved, because Feng Rui didn't like the look of Arsenal's jersey, so she decided to send her son to Tottenham's youth training. Judging from Wei Xiao's achievements later, the couple are glad that they respected their son's choice back then.

So facing Wei Xiao at the dinner table, although Wei Jie knew that something must have happened to his son, Wei Xiao didn't say anything, and he didn't ask, he still chose to believe in his son.

After the meal, Wei Xiao said that he was going to take a walk by the river, but Wei Jie only said, "Come back early".

After Wei Xiao left, Feng Rui turned around and said, "His father, am I overhearted? Why do I feel that my son is in a bad mood today?"

Wei Jie just smiled faintly, "It's okay, he will come back soon."

*****
About 10 minutes later, there was a knock on the door, "Look, I said he will come back early."

"But my son will open the door when he comes back," Feng Rui said.

"Occasionally forgetting to bring the key will happen. In this way, you sit and watch TV, and I will open the door",
When Wei Jie opened the door, what appeared in front of him was not his son, but a Caucasian man. With the faint light from the street lamps outside, Wei Jie could vaguely see the outline of the man, but even so, Wei Jie recognized the man in front of him at the first sight. He was the head coach of the rookie Chinese national team—Stan.

"Coach Stan",
Stan is surprised that the other party recognizes him.

"you know me"?
"Of course, I watch the domestic news every day. Almost every TV station in China reported it on the day you became the head coach of the Chinese national team."

Stan nodded with a smile, then looked in the door.

"Come in, come in," Weger said, taking Stan's hand.

"No, no, I actually came to find Wei Xiao",
"Sorry, Wei laughed out." After a pause, Wei Jie said: "I don't know what's wrong with that kid, he seems to have something on his mind today."

Of course this Stan knows why, but Stan can never say that I scolded your son for being unhappy.

"Can you tell me where he went?"Stan asked.

Wei Jie shook his head to express that he didn't know.

"Can you tell me the general direction?"
Wei Jie remembered and said: "When he left, he seemed to say that he was going to stroll by the river."

Finally got a score, Stan decided to try his luck, after thanking Wei Jie, he turned and left Wei's house.

*****
Stan's coaching philosophy is a "carrot and stick policy", that is, to fight first, and then rub it. Hitting is to prevent players from knowing that the sky is high and earth is strong, and rubbing is to prevent players from losing confidence.

So back at the hotel, Stan called the Football Association staff and asked them to find Wei Xiao's home in London. He was going to give Wei Xiao a "rub" at night.

Stan hurriedly walked on the streets of London. Looking for someone in London is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Stan reckons that a person like Wei Xiao must go to a secluded place with no people, and this is also very important, because in a densely populated place like London, it is easy to find a place with many people, but it is not easy to find a place with no people.

Stan wants to talk to someone.

When he saw a beautiful girl coming, he walked over and asked, "Is there any secluded place nearby, the quieter the better, and it's best to leave it for a long time."

The girl knew that she was not British from Stan's accent, and with Stan's weird questioning, the girl pulled her collar and walked past Stan quickly.

After being rejected, Stan realized that his questioning was indeed too abrupt, so he was going to change his strategy—to find the old man.

Stan walked up to an old woman and pretended to cry.

"What's wrong with the boy"?
"I'm from Serbia. I came to London to meet my girlfriend today, but she dumped me, me."

The old man sympathized with Stan and asked, "Then is there anything I can do for you?"
"Thank you for your kindness, I swear to God you are such a good person, in fact, I just want to cry a lot."

The old man chuckled, "Go home and cry."

"I don't want to go back, is there any empty place nearby, you see...".

The old man pointed to the distance and said, "There is an abandoned pier over there."

Stan looked in the direction the old man was pointing at, thanked him, and trotted away, leaving only one old man standing there sighing, "People nowadays, it won't take more than 3 minutes to break up sad."

*****
By the pier, Wei Xiao raised his head and drank the beer in his hand in one gulp, then threw the empty beer can into the river.

"You have the nerve to talk about the champions of the AFC Champions League. If you have the ability, give me the champions of the Champions League or the World Cup. I will pooh your AFC champions."

The reason why Wei Xiao came here was to express his depression by shouting. After shouting a few words, he immediately felt much better.

"If you tell me to go back, I'll go back? I won't go back, Stankovic, don't you know that if a player is injured, he can refuse the call-up to the national team? Don't I cheat?"
"Stankovic, you are an idiot just like Camacho." After scolding this sentence, Wei Xiao felt very refreshed.

But at this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind, making Wei Xiao tremble like an electric shock.

"Have you scolded enough?"
　ask for support
　　
　
(End of this chapter)