"Mr. Donn, what incense?"

"Tea ...... And ......" Feeling Sophia tilting her head to look at him, Don quietly choked his Adam's apple before muttering, "I mean, nothing ......"

The lights in the room were dim, and the beautiful woman was petite and jade, and Don lowered his head in disguise, trying his best to suppress some indescribable impulse. No wonder Collymore would go out of her way to make overtures to Sophia in public, her natural charm is indeed enough to turn people upside down...... "Mr. Donne?" ”

"Huh?"

"What are you looking at?" Sophia asked Don with a smile.

"I'm ...... Uh, I'm admiring an oil painting. ”

"Oil paintings?"

"Yes...... Mona Lisa's smile ......"

As soon as the words fell, Sophia suddenly blushed and lowered her head shyly.

Yes! Damn it! It's just too ambiguous...... Tang En scolded in his heart, he didn't mean to say this, but when he saw Sophia, he couldn't control his tongue a little. Wood, Wood, if you don't come back, I'll ...... I'll do it!

A door opened downstairs.

Tang En, who was in the battle between heaven and man, breathed a long sigh of relief and sat down in his chair. Oh, my God! It's all wet on my back!

With the sound of hurried footsteps, Wood appeared at the door of the room, and then he saw Don sitting at the dining table, and froze.

Sophia greeted her, took the bag from her son's hand, and asked with concern, "Where have you been, George?" How did it take more than an hour...... Oh! She frowned, and Wood smelled of alcohol. Have you drunk, George? Her tone hardened.

Hearing Sophia say this, Don turned his head to stare at Wood carefully. There were no bruises on his face, and his gaze shifted from top to bottom, and he finally saw a black mark on the crook of Wood's pants, and although it had been repeatedly slapped by the owner of the pants, Don was sure that it was a shoe print.

"No, Mom." Wood shook his head.

Sophia didn't mean to let Wood go, she fanned the wind with her hand: "Then what's the matter with the smell of alcohol on your body?" ”

"On the way back I passed the bar street and bumped into a couple of drunkards. They were a bit tricky, so it took some time. Wood struggled to make himself look like nothing was wrong.

"Open your mouth, George." Sophia motioned for Wood to open her mouth and exhale.

Wood did so, and Sophia leaned over to her son's mouth, cocking her little nose and sucking hard. Then she rubbed Wood's cheek lightly, "Go wash your face, see you're covered in sweat." Mr. Don has been waiting for you for a long time. ”

Wood glanced at Donn, then obediently went to the bathroom.

Sophia smiled apologetically at Donn. Don shrugged his shoulders in understanding, the question in his mind was already certain. It's time to say goodbye. So he got up and said to Sophia, "I'm sorry, ma'am. I think it's time for me to go back, it's not too early. ”

Hearing Don say this, Sophia made no secret of her disappointment, and the smile on her face disappeared. Of course, she knew that Donn's request was normal, and she had no reason to keep a man at home when it was nearly eleven o'clock.

"What a pity, Mr. Donn." Sophia sighed, pointing to the tea and biscuits on the table. "You haven't eaten yet."

In fact...... If it weren't for Wood's return, maybe Donn wouldn't be gone tonight. He saw Sophia's suddenly lonely and lusterless face, and comforted: "Madam, I want to ...... There will be more such opportunities in the future. ”

Hearing Don say this, Sophia looked up with joy and a radiant face.

Then Wood came out of the bathroom, frowned slightly, and then leaned against the door and looked at the two men standing in the middle of the room, saying nothing.

When Don saw him come out, he quickly looked away from Sophia's face and beckoned to him: "George, I'm leaving, aren't you coming to see me off?" ”

Standing outside the house, Don waited for Randy to pick him up in his car, chatting with Wood seemingly casually. He knew Sophia must be watching them from the upstairs window, and Wood didn't want his mother to worry too much, as did Donn.

"George, I have news for you." Don decided to test it out first to determine his inner conjecture. "That bastard who was doing something to your mother on the sidelines that day was just beaten, do you know who did it?" As he said this, Don stared intently at Wood, hoping to see any clues.

But he was disappointed, and Wood didn't even blink an eyelid.

"I don't know." There was also not the slightest emotional fluctuation in the voice.

This kid!

But you're so calm, so calm that it doesn't look like you're hearing the news for the first time. Play with me, you're still tender.

All the doubts in Tang En's heart were eliminated, but he didn't say anything, just smiled and nodded: "Very good, I'm still worried that you did it, isn't it." ”

The street in front of him was lit up by two lights, and Don knew that Randy's driver was coming. He was about to say goodbye to Wood, when something suddenly came to mind, "Oh, there's ...... Well, I thought, if there are no accidents, maybe from tomorrow onwards, I won't be able to train with you every day, and I won't be directing you anymore. ”

Hearing Donn say this, Wood turned to look at him. "Are you leaving?"

"Yes, let's go." Don suddenly wanted to tease the rigid child, and he nodded.

"Where?"

"Southside."

"Far away?"

"I think so......" Don was a little disappointed looking at the child who still didn't show the slightest reluctance...... Isn't there any teacher-student friendship at all?

Wood was silent for a moment, then turned his back to Don and said, "Oh, goodbye then." ”

This bastard!

Don decided not to play anymore, he beckoned and shouted, "Wait! Never mind...... I'm lying to you, I'm actually going to the south, but it's only five meters away from your youth team's training base - the width of an alley! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Wood turned around sharply and glared at Donne, and the look in his eyes was definitely not joy, but ...... Anger after being deceived.

Facing the child's eyes, Don En also didn't know how to explain his whim. He had to continue, slightly embarrassed: "Well, if all goes well, I'll be the manager of the Forest first team from tomorrow." I'll have to leave the youth team then, but you'll have to continue training and playing in the youth team. ”

Not far away, Randy honked his horn and urged Donn.

"I have to go, George. I hope you will continue to listen to Mr Chris Lak and the other coaches, train and play hard, and now you are doing a great job and we all think that if you can keep going like this, then making 120,000 pounds a week will not be a problem! Don knew that if he wanted to arouse this kid's fighting spirit, honor, love and anything would not work, just one key word - money!

"Well done, boy! I'll keep an eye on the youth team and if you do well there, I'll put you in the first team and sign a completely different contract when the time comes...... Do you know how much you'll be paid at the very least? ”

Wood shook his head.

Don thought about it in his heart, the club's financial situation improved, and the players' wages would increase accordingly. If Wood really continues his excellent performance in the youth team, then signing into the senior team will not be less than 1,500 pounds at least. So he said to Wood: "At least fifteen hundred pounds, every week!" And that's not including other bonuses! ”

The expression on Wood's face finally changed again, and he looked satisfied. Don was also pleased with Wood's performance, so he smiled and waved at him: "Do your best!" Remember, George, the better you behave, the more money you can get! ”

He turned back to the car, closed the door, and the taxi quickly drove away. Wood stood outside the door for a while before returning.

Sophia saw Wood coming back and asked, "George, what are you talking about?" ”

Wood opened his mouth slightly, revealing a rare smile: "Money." Mom, we'll have money soon. ”

Sophia lovingly reached out and stroked her son's hair, "Little fool." George, you have to listen to Mr. Donn, he is a very good man. As she said this, Sophia looked out the window at the dark street, where Donn's car had already left.

Wood came out of his mother's caresses, looked at her and suddenly asked, "Mom, do you like him?" ”

Hearing her son say this, Sophia panicked, and she jerked her eyes back from the window, looked at Wood, and looked away again. "Ah, no, no, impossible! How...... How is that possible? She desperately dodged the gaze from her son.

Hearing his mother's answer, and looking at his mother's reaction, Wood didn't say anything. He just continued to look at his mother, silent as if he could see through everything.

Sophia coughed, straightened her face and said to him, "All right, George, it's time for you to go to bed." ”

"Good night, Mom." Wood kissed Sophia on the cheek.

"Good night, George." Sophia kissed back on the forehead.

Wood went back to his room, closed the door, and the light turned on and off.

Sophia sat back at the table, propped herself on the table with one hand, her chin propped up, and stared at the cup of black tea that had cooled down and the biscuits that had been left untouched. Thinking of the moment when she was alone with Don En just now, time no longer had meaning, everything seemed to be frozen around her, and then it was put into a picture frame and stored in the bottom of her heart.

She sighed softly and put away the cups and plates on the table.

When she turned around, the door to Wood's room was gently shut.

※※※“…… There were six of them! Six strong rugby players! I don't know where they came from, I didn't know them before, and just as I was about to leave, they attacked me in an alley! It's a sneak attack, a sneak attack! Otherwise I wouldn't have lost to them at all, who do you think I am? I'm Stan. Collymore! ”

"Hahahaha!" Don and Evan, who were watching the TV, couldn't hold back any longer and burst out laughing.

Collymore, who was lying on the hospital bed and was interviewed by the TV station, said that the spit was splashing everywhere, and he said that he was "one against six" bravery. Donn, who knew the inside story, smiled and bent over, as for why Evan was laughing so happily, it was because of another thing.

Now the programs they see on TV are just news, and the videos shown in the news are generally not live. So the one at this moment shouting "I'm Stan. The unlucky guy of Collymore couldn't have been so excited in an interview.

The reason is simple, he has been announced from his contract by Nottingham Forest in the morning.

No one expressed surprise and confusion and protested about this, and when the team's results were so bad, Collymore also made a scandal about being beaten in a bar, who would he fire if he was not fired? Despite the fact that Evan. Dogetty will inevitably be infamous for "poor decision-making", but ...... Does anyone think that the chairman, who owns 75 percent of the club's shares, will transfer his shares and resign because he found the wrong coach?

Stan. Collymore ended a half-season of coaching that would remain in his heart forever, regardless of whether he returns to the helm in the future.

As for Collymore's successor, there is hardly any suspense.

Is there anyone more suitable for him at this moment?

"It's about the same time, Tony. Let's go. "Evan. Dogetty looked at the watch on his wrist.

"Hmm." Don nodded.

The two stood up and pushed open the door to the chairman's office. Miss Lucy was already waiting for them outside the door.

Downstairs, the dark red Audi A6 was quietly parked by the gate, and the driver was seated and waiting, the door already open.

The car's destination was the City Stadium, where dozens of media reporters were waiting for a press conference.

Outside the stadium, a small group of fans gathered, led by a fat man, wearing a red Forest jersey, dressed himself as if he was going to watch a game, singing songs in front of long guns and short cannons. The fans, who caught the attention of reporters, held up a large cartoon portrait with the words written underneath the head:

Welcome back, Tony!

(To be continued)