Chapter 219: Golden age

Yan Yan sat at his desk and yawned greatly.
I was seen by a colleague next to him, and asked in a low voice: "Xiao Yan, did you stay up late to watch football again?"
"Yeah, yeah..." Yan Yan replied in a depressed manner.
"Then why don't you ask for leave?"
"No more leave bonuses will be deducted..."
"Haha!" my colleague laughed, "but it's still very cool. I got up in the morning to watch the news and said that Hu Lai won the championship and completed a hat trick! I was very excited just watching the highlights of the game afterwards, and watching the live broadcast must be even more exciting! "
Yan Yan chuckled, "That is, didn't you hear my voice dumb? Yeah!"
"I really envy you young people. They are in good health. I stayed up late to watch the game and I can still come to work directly. Instead, I must take a long time off..." The middle-aged colleague reminded Yan Yan after such emotions:
"But you have to be careful. Next time you yawn, remember to cover it up and don't let the new boss see it. It is said that he is a very strict person, and yawning during working hours will be considered by him to affect work..."
Just as he was talking, a person walked into the door of the office. It was the new boss of the project who had just arrived for a week in the mouth of a colleague.
The colleague hurriedly retracted his body and returned to his seat, pretending to be working hard.
Yan Yan also looked down at his computer screen, and at the same time couldn't help taking a peek at the new boss.
Just as the boss walked past him, he saw the boss raised his head and yawned.
The boss who finished yawning noticed that someone was looking at him, and turned to look at Yan Yan: "What's the matter?"
"Ah...nothing, no...he—" Yan Yan yawned without saying a word.
He looked at the boss in embarrassment.
The boss also looked at him.
The colleague next to him shrank his neck and dared not say anything.
The air in this small area suddenly became a bit awkward.
"The early morning game was very exciting, right?" the boss suddenly asked.
Yan Yan reflexively replied, "Fortunately...ah, no."
Seeing his denial, the boss smiled slightly: "Okay. Drink more coffee if you are sleepy."
After speaking, he walked straight to his office.
As soon as the leader left, the colleague came up and asked with concern: "Is it seen through?"
Yan Yan waved his hand: "Passed."
Then he raised his head and looked at the boss's office, wondering in his heart whether he should call the boss together next time he watched the game...
He even thought about exactly how to say it:
"Boss, have you ever heard of'The Chosen Son'?"
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When Hu Lai and Morikawa Junpei went to the hotel restaurant for breakfast, they met their teammates.
Many of them yawned and apparently did not sleep well.
Charlie Potter was one of them. He raised his hand to greet Hu Lai, but he just opened his mouth and didn't speak, and yawned first.
While he was hitting, he said, "Morning-good, Hu..."
"Did you not sleep yesterday, Charlie?" Hu Lai asked curiously.
"I seem to go to bed at four or five o'clock..."
Seeing Charlie Potter's sluggish look, Hu Lai immediately believed his words.
"Why do you sleep so late?" he asked with a frown.
"Can you fall asleep smoothly? Hu? This is the Europa League champion, the European champion!" Charlie Porter asked in surprise.
"Take it all, what can't you sleep?"
Charlie Potter turned his gaze to Junpei Morikawa next to him. He knew that Morikawa was a very honest person, not full of bad water like Hu Lai, so he asked the Japanese for verification.
Morikawa Junpei nodded: "Not long after we returned to the room after celebrating, Hu Lai fell asleep."
Charlie Potter raised his hand and surrendered: "You are great. Don't you have time to be nervous?"
Unexpectedly, Hu Lai nodded: "Of course there is."
"Huh? When?"
"Before my first World Cup, I had a brief insomnia." Hu Lai remembered it seriously and told Charlie Porter the answer.
"World Cup?" Charlie Porter, who had never participated in the World Cup, felt that he had given Hu Lai a chance to pretend.
Hu Lai smiled slightly, patted Charlie Potter on the shoulder, and Junpei Morikawa turned around to pick up the meal.
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The phone alarm clock suddenly rang in the room, and one hand stretched out from the bed to grab it. After turning off the alarm clock, a carp jumped out of the bed.
He jumped out of the bed and rushed to the door, opened the door of the room, and yelled: "Get up, get up... eh?"
The yelling man looked at his well-dressed roommate in surprise, and was stunned.
"Hey, Pharaoh, you get up late!"
Two roommates Song Xinghe and Pei Yu clapped and laughed.
"Damn, why are you so active today?" Wang Haoxi said in annoyance. "wait for me!"
After speaking, he returned to his bedroom and closed the door.
The door was opened again a minute later, and he had dressed up and reappeared in front of his roommate.
"Let's go!" The roommate said when he saw him packing up.
"Don't panic." Wang Haoxi made a gesture, then stepped on the sofa, stepped on the armrest, and tore off the five-star red flag hanging on the wall.
"Be sure to bring this, otherwise how can Hu Lai see us in the crowd?"
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As soon as the finals ended yesterday, about two-thirds of Leeds City fans flew home directly, and another one-third also flew back to Leeds early this morning, just to not miss the then championship parade.
Those Leeds City fans, who drove the mighty bus when they came, did not drive again when they returned.
After all, the nine-hour journey is really torture.
After winning the championship, everyone felt like an arrow, and they didn't want to continue to waste time on the road.
They handed the bus to a special transportation company, and they sent a driver to drive the car back to Leeds.
The fans returned to Leeds by plane in the evening.
"Come on, come on! Hurry up!"
David Miller stood at the door of his small courtyard, shouting hello to the inside of the house, urging his family.
"Come here..." The wife came out of the house with three children, "Is it too early?"
"Where is it early? I can only watch it in the back row when I'm late."
"Anyway, they are all on the bus. It doesn't matter whether we are in the first row or the third row..." The eldest son followed his mother out of the house with his hands in his pockets.
"Okay, don't talk nonsense, hurry up!" David Miller didn't bother to say so much.
The neighbors around him all walked out of their homes, wearing Leeds City jerseys and holding Leeds City scarves or flags in their hands. Then walked in the same direction.
They and the David Miller family have the same purpose, they are going to participate in the Leeds City parade to win the championship.
In Leeds City today, all fans will gather next to several main roads, waiting for the open-top double-decker bus that welcomes Leeds City players to pass through their neighborhood.
To see the Leeds City players holding trophies and waving to them on the bus, for these fans, a whole summer...or this lifetime will leave very beautiful memories.
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"The plane door is open!"
Accompanied by the excited voice of the reporter ahead, there was a burst of cheers on the scene.
Amidst the cheers, Leeds captain Lorenzo Esposito and head coach Tony Clark appeared at the door.
"Lorenzo appeared in front of us holding the Europa League! They are the sixth English team to win the Europa League. Welcome to join the European Championship!"
Lorenzo and Clark showed the trophy to the media reporters and fans present.
Then they stepped down, and behind them, Leeds City players filed out.
Every player appeared, and there was a burst of cheers.
And these players are also happily like a group of children who have not grown up at this moment. Some people will twist their buttocks when they get off the gangway of the plane, and others will jump down in three steps and two steps.
"...The players will board a specially prepared open-top double-decker bus at the airport, and then start from the airport to downtown Leeds, and finally they will arrive at the Flanders Stadium, the end of the parade..."
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"One, two, three, we are the champions! Yes!"
With cheers and laughter, Wang Haoxi, Song Xinghe and Pei Yu took a group photo with the surrounding Leeds City fans.
These fans stepped aside and gave a thumbs up to the three of them, yelling: "China! Hu! China! Newbee!"
Listening to the weird pronunciation of "Niubi", the three Chinese students hurriedly responded in plain Mandarin: "Niubi! Niubi! Leeds is awesome!"
Everyone burst into laughter.
After the laugh, a few people came up, hoping to take photos with the three of them, to be precise, with the national flags in their hands.
The three naturally readily agreed.
The three of them were pulling the five-star red flag, Leeds City fans gathered around them, some squatted in front of the Chinese flag, some made a "v" gesture, some gave a thumbs up.
People onlookers pressed the camera button on their mobile phones and left this photo.
Three people with national flags came to participate in the championship float parade. They became the focus of attention as soon as they appeared on the scene. After all, the red was too dazzling.
Many Leeds City fans can still remember the appearance of Hu Lai running on the court wearing a five-star red flag after the Europa League final.
So they came to take photos with the three people one after another.
Wang Haoxi and the others knew, where did these people come to take photos with them? They came to take photos with this national flag.
This makes them very proud, and naturally they are always willing to ask for a group photo.
Think of yourself as a mascot.
Every Leeds city fan who took a photo with them will give them a thumbs up and shout "ewbee"-because Hu Lai, not only this five-star red flag has become the most popular presence on the scene, It also makes "Nice" the mantra of many Leeds City fans.
The Leeds City fans lined up and took photos with the Chinese flag until the bus arrived.
From the moment I saw the bus, the cheers on the scene gradually increased and became deafening.
Everyone's eyes were firmly attracted by the Europa League held by the front players.
Everyone couldn't help their eyes widening, their eyes were full of light, as if the light from the trophy cup was reflected in their eyes.
"Let's welcome-European champions!!!"
There are also enthusiastic djs using big speakers to create an atmosphere and let everyone cheer together.
"Champion! Champion! We are the champion!!"
"Leeds go forward! Go ahead, Leeds city!!"
The avid fans turned the street into the stands of the Flemish Stadium.
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"Eh, Hu, come on."
Charlie Porter touched Hu Lai, who was waving to the fans under the car, and motioned him to look at the other side.
Hu Lai turned around, and Potter pointed below: "Look."
In fact, without Potter's finger, Hu Lai saw three Chinese waving at him at a glance.
Why can he recognize these as his compatriots at a glance?
Because they are holding a bright five-star red flag in their hands!
So eye-catching in the crowd.
So Hu Lai also waved to them, giving them a thumbs up.
"Ahhhhh! Hu Lai has seen us!" Wang Haoxi, Song Xinghe and Pei Yu shouted excitedly, waving the national flag in their hands more vigorously.
"Hu Lai is awesome!"
"Hu Lai is good!"
"The pride of the Chinese!"
"The Light of Asia!"
The three people yelled.
They couldn't see this figure again until the bus drove away slowly.
Song Xinghe murmured: "Leeds has become a European champion, and we have graduated. It suddenly felt...like youth is over."
Pei Yu nodded in agreement.
Wang Haoxi retorted: "No, Lao Song. How can our youth end so easily? As long as Hu Lai is still playing football, our youth will not end!"
As the bus left, fans on both sides of the road gathered together ~EbookFREE.me~ chasing the bus away.
Wang Haoxi and the others noticed that there were also a few reds in the crowd in the distance.
Obviously, the Chinese fans who came to the scene to cheer for Hu Lai with the national flag are not the only three of them.
So they raised and waved the national flag in their hands.
Sure enough, the red flags in the distance also fluttered.
Like a battle flag among thousands of horses, leading the people behind him to the Flanders Stadium mighty.
Tens of thousands of people sang all the way, and the singing echoed over the city.
This is the golden age of Leeds.
(End of Volume 5 "Golden Age")
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ps, there will be a summary at the end of the volume later~
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