Chapter 288: An Unexpected Invitation
Christmas has just ended, and there are still traces of Christmas in Wu Lei's home, such as the Christmas tree with colorful lights.
But among the many baby toys, this Christmas tree is not the main character.
The protagonist is a little baby lying on a thick mat under the Christmas tree, and Wu Lei and his wife surround her, teasing her with various toys.
The baby's eyes widened and he looked at the two people in front of him curiously.
Then she held out her hands.
Seeing this, Wu Lei next to him hurriedly stretched out his hand and wanted to hug the child.
When he saw his hands, the baby suddenly opened his mouth and began to cry.
"Husband, she wants me to hug it!" The wife complained beside her.
Wu Lei, who was complained, was a little unconvinced: "How do you know that you don't want me to hug me?" ”
"Don't make a fuss, baby is hungry!" The wife squeezed her husband away, reached out and picked up the baby, and walked to the bedroom while comforting her.
Wu Lei also wanted to get up, but at this time his phone rang.
When he picked up his mobile phone and saw that it was a call from Director Xu, he was a little surprised.
"Hey, Coach Xu? I'm at home, what's the matter? ”
The voice of Director Xu rang on the phone: "Boy, I have to inform you of something." There's a La Liga club interested in you......"
Wu Lei, who heard this, seemed to have been struck by lightning, and stood in place, forgetting to answer his mentor for a while.
"Hey, hey, hey? Is there a bad signal over there? ”
"Ah, no, I'm sorry, Coach Xu. I...... A bit of a surprise. ”
"Surprise, your performance this season is in everyone's eyes. The La Liga club that interests you, as you must know, is Espanyol that was acquired by a Chinese company some time ago. It's not a strong team, but I think it's a good place for you to choose the first stop in Liuyang, it's much less stressful, and it can also help you integrate into the local environment......"
Director Xu also said some words, but Wu Lei didn't listen to them, he was just puzzled.
He had agreed with Coach Xu to win the Super League Golden Boot this season.
But he was not able to fulfill this promise. In the end, although his single-season goal tally exceeded the 20 mark, he was still two goals short of the final league Golden Boot Aloisio.
Brazilian goalscorer Aloisio won the Chinese Super League Golden Boot with 22 goals, while Wu Lei ranked second with 20 goals.
Since he didn't get the top scorer in the Chinese Super League, according to the agreement between him and Director Xu, he naturally can't consider playing abroad.
In addition, after the end of the league, the first child in his life was just born, and his mind shifted to his daughter for a while, and he had no time to regret that he could not play abroad.
Who would have thought that now his mentor would call him and tell him that there was a chance to play abroad!
"Xu, Xu guide...... It's not that I didn't get the top scorer ......"
"Hey! Who cares about that! When the opportunity comes, can you give up for such an unwarranted reason? ”
The words of Xu Gui on the phone made Wu Lei a little confused - why is there no reason? Didn't you say yes?
"No, Director Xu, we ...... at the beginning"
"I'm here to inform you, and as for whether you want to play abroad or not, it's up to you. If you don't want to go out, I promise I won't kick you out. Think about it yourself and give me an answer for the next two days! ”
After speaking, Director Xu hung up the phone very unceremoniously.
Wu Lei held his mobile phone and did not reflect anything else.
When the wife came out after feeding the child, she saw her husband's depressed appearance, and remembered that her husband had just answered a phone call before, and she sighed in her heart, nothing would happen, right?
So she asked a little nervously, "What's wrong?" ”
Wu Lei looked at his wife, his eyes gradually regained focus, and he smiled bitterly: "I just received a call from Director Xu, saying that there is a La Liga team interested in me......
Before he could speak, he heard his wife say "ah" in surprise: "Isn't this a good thing?" Why don't I see you being so happy? ”
Wu Lei shook his head and said, "I don't know if it's a good thing......
"How can you say that? Haven't you always wanted to play abroad? ”
"I'm a little hesitant right now."
"What's wrong?" His wife looked at Wu Lei's eyes and asked seriously.
"I didn't fulfill my agreement with Coach Xu, I didn't get the real Super League Golden Boot."
His wife denied him: "No, I think you are the top scorer in the Super League." You don't have a penalty in 20 goals, but Aloisio has 5 penalties out of 22 goals, and aside from those five penalties, how many goals did he score? And you don't have a penalty, you can score twenty goals, you are much better than him! ”
Wu Lei knew that this was his wife's words to comfort him, any league statistics scorer list will not say that it does not count penalty kicks, the scorer list only looks at the number of goals, no matter how you score, as long as you can score, in the end, it will be compared to the total number of goals.
He is indeed not the top scorer in the Super League.
Not enough is not the main reason for his hesitation, the more important reason lies in the child.
"The child has just been born, if I go abroad to play football, what will you two do?"
Hearing Wu Lei say this, his wife smiled: "Hey, what else did I say...... Aren't my parents still there? And your parents can help too. What are you worried about? If you miss us, I can also take my child to Spain to find you after 100 days. I think if you really want to play, it's not a difficulty, unless you don't want to play, then anything can be an excuse. ”
Wu Lei looked at his wife, both of them are very low-key people, so much so that after they got married last year, not many people knew. His wife is also rarely exposed to the media public.
But Wu Lei knows very well how much support and help his wife has given him.
It can be said that he is able to concentrate on training and competition, and the support of his wife is inseparable from the support behind him.
Now the woman he loves the most has just brought him the crystallization of their love, and now she persuades him to leave and pursue his dreams.
But Wu Lei knows that in fact, she is the one who is most reluctant to herself.
What woman would want to have just given birth and her husband not be around?
Thinking of this, Wu Lei shook his head: "I'd better not go, wait a few more years, maybe there will be a chance......"
His wife's voice suddenly became stern: "How do you know that there is still a chance in the future?" You're twenty-four years old, how long will you have to wait? A year or two? Or four or five years? Four or five years later, when you're twenty years old, what's the point of playing abroad again? Or do you really want to play abroad, and the dream you told me before was to make me happy and lie to me......"
"I didn't lie to you!" Seeing his wife say this, Wu Lei hurriedly defended.
"Then you go! You said that playing in Europe was your dream for a long time, and now this dream is in front of you, but you don't want it? ”
Wu Lei was silent.
At this moment, the sound of the child crying sounded in the bedroom, and the wife glanced at Wu Lei, got up and went inside to comfort the child. Wu Lei was the only one left in the living room.
Like a sculpture, he fell silent.