After losing the crucial battle with Manchester United, the morale of the players in the dressing room was very low after the game, and on the day of Christmas, everyone was not happy, Aldridge walked into the dressing room after the game but clapped his hands and said: "Guys, forget about the game, take a shower and change clothes, and then we will fly home and have a happy New Year with our families, don't let this defeat and your family will be affected, only today, we can completely treat football as work, go home, forget about work, spend time with our families, children, Be a competent father, husband, or child. ”

Hearing Aldridge's words, the players' spirits recovered a little.

Life still has to go on, especially in the cheerful atmosphere of the New Year, they should put their family first, which is understandable, Aldridge is not an unkind manager, there is no need to criticize the players too much today, the away loss to Manchester United, they are not the absolute winning party, there are many factors for losing, but they can't all put the blame on the players, let them increase the pressure.

While Aldridge was chatting with Ferguson, the Millwall players also showered and changed in the dressing room, and then the whole team got on the bus to the airport, because today is a special day, so they came to play on a charter flight, and they can save time when they go back.

After a flight of less than an hour, the plane landed at London Airport, where Aldridge disbanded the team and gave them the Christmas present prepared by the club.

Aldridge returned to his parents' house for the holiday, and the house was more lively today, except for his second brother Andrew. Big brother Barnett came here with a family of three. and Rowling's mother and daughter, who are orphaned and widowed in London.

A sumptuous dinner was prepared at home. Waiting for Aldrich.

"How's the mood?"

Rowling asked with a gentle smile as she sat on the couch.

Aldrich was surprised and asked, "Of course it's very good, why do you ask that?" ”

Rowling pointed to the TV, which was still showing commentary on Premier League matches.

Aldridge smiled bitterly and sighed, and then said, "Well, I don't really care, I think if I had lost today's game a month ago or a month later, no one would have asked me how I would feel." Football has wins and losses, it's a normal rule, sometimes it's just bad luck, there's no need to dwell on it. But today, I tried to forget about the game, but when I thought about the devastated look on the players, it was like I had given them a terrible Christmas. ”

"Your work is really hard, Ling Zun said that there will be a game in three days, and you don't even have a vacation. I think if you feel bad, you should stop and relax. But you don't seem to have that space. ”

Aldridge smiled and nodded: "I don't have time, the job of football head coach, the pressure is indeed beyond ordinary people's imagination, my plan is to retire at the age of 50, otherwise my heart may not be able to stand it." By the way, what about Jessica? ”

Rowling glanced in the direction of the back garden and said, "He and your nephew are playing in the back, the two little ones are about the same age, Bowen is a very polite child, it is easy to become friends with children of the same age, Jessica is rare to meet such a child, I am very happy." ”

Aldrich shook his head and said in a low voice: "In fact, I have always thought that my eldest brother and sister-in-law's education method is wrong, they are too repressive of children's nature, Bowen is only four years old, but he feels independent and steady, he never says the wrong thing, and he will not be coquettish, I really don't know what they want to educate their children into." ”

Rowling put her right hand over the blonde hair in her ear and said with a smile: "When you have children, you may understand them." ”

"It's time to eat!"

Mother Amelia shouted in the dining room, a typical civilian housewife, even if she has been pampered for so many years, she still can't learn the style of a noblewoman, definitely not like Aldrich's sister-in-law, and now Aldrich and sister-in-law almost don't say a word more than formulaic greetings.

Because he felt that his sister-in-law had become a little contrived, and seemed to be deliberately creating the image of a noble lady and celebrity, but this kind of temperament was difficult to develop the day after tomorrow, so Barnett could never take off the hat of "nouveau riche".

"Son, come here, sit down."

Arthur, who didn't look very good, beckoned Aldrich to sit next to him, and the Hall family didn't have that kind of table order, so Aldrich sat next to his father.

Arthur began a tirade to review the match between Millwall and Manchester United.

This made Aldridge laugh and cry, especially since Arthur came up with a lot of bizarre theories.

For example, David Beckham's boots and match ball are not Manchester United's secret weapons!

Beckham has been the focus of English football since he became famous, and the news about him has also been talked about, one of which is that he wears a different pair of shoes every game.

And Zambrotta slipped and injured on the pitch, Arthur firmly believed that Manchester United did it on purpose!

In order to make Beckham perform better on that side, he poured water on that side of the pitch!

Aldrich and the others laughed.

This is a theory of God!

According to this, Erwin also slipped in the second half, is it also a conspiracy of Manchester United? Is it to abolish their own main force?

After a pleasant dinner, Arthur ran upstairs, and then came down with a large number of gift boxes, and gave Christmas gifts to the younger ones as an elder, even Rowling, who was only two or three years older than Barnett, and Arthur was not wrong with treating her as a junior.

Rowling came to Bowen today to prepare a copy of the Harry Potter novel, and then gave the others some more ordinary gifts, Aldrich's share was a tie.

Barnett was generous, and when he returned home, he prepared a lot of expensive gifts, from which he picked a Cartier necklace for Rowling, and as for the other two brothers, it was a big spend, two mansions in the suburbs of London.

Andrew and Aldridge did not refuse, and happily accepted it, the mansion worth more than a million pounds, Aldridge was not interested in enjoying it, feeling that it was too troublesome, and it was a little far from the training base. He still likes to live in his own little apartment.

When night falls. Aldridge drove Rowling's mother and daughter home. Jessica and Bowen were too tired to fall asleep in the back seat, and Aldrich deliberately drove the car very slowly, so that the inertia of the fast car would wake her up.

"I'm sorry to invite you here today, in fact, I don't know if this will make you feel embarrassed, after all, my family, you are not familiar with it."

"It feels good. At least I know you, and Andrew, I also fantasized about what the Hall family, known as the upstart of London, would be like, and I was afraid that I would meet some domineering guys, but Arthur and Amelia made me feel very warm, the Hall family turned out to be just an ordinary big family, more money than ordinary people, you just have more money, but money has not changed you. ”

In previous years, Rowling spent Christmas at her sister's house. Although she is with her family, she is under the fence. This year was different, as a guest at Hall's house, which made her happy, especially when her daughter Jessica made a new friend.

Rowling's working hours are relatively free, so she invited Aldrich to participate in her book club when she is free, and she has also established a social circle in London, which can be regarded as some literati, regularly exchanging some reading feelings, sharing experiences, and recommending each other, Aldrich readily agreed, he usually uses reading to play time when he has time, and there are professionals who can recommend some reading materials, which is better than nothing.

On the way back to her apartment, Melanie called in from the United States, she and the Spice Girls group entered North America with great success, and have begun to plan a global tour after the New Year, it is estimated that in the new year, the little couple will still get together less and leave more, the concert schedule of the Spice Girls group is extremely terrifying, and it is estimated that there will be at least dozens of concerts in various places throughout the year.

Back at home to take a shower and go to bed, Aldridge couldn't help but start thinking about the Premier League three days later before going to bed.

Millwall will travel to Highbury to take on Arsenal.

Thinking about falling asleep, in a daze, he was woken up by a burst of telephone, rubbing his sleepy eyes to see the time, it was less than 5 o'clock in the morning.

When he picked up the phone, he heard Evan's voice, and his tone was very solemn.

"I'm at your door, open the door, something happened."

Aldridge sat up excitedly, he didn't care about his appearance in his pajamas, went downstairs and opened the door, and Evan, who was wearing a warm coat, was indeed standing in front of his house.

It's not dawn yet, what can happen?

After Evan entered the door, he said expressionlessly and bluntly: "Within three hours, the headline of the major newspapers on Fleet Street on the first day of the new year will be: Millwall Christmas Sex - Party!" ”

Aldrich held the sofa in his hands, his expression was wonderful, surprised, shocked, angry, and then suspicious.

"Where did you hear that?"

"I'm in charge of the club's publicity, I've met a lot of friends, and someone told me about it half an hour ago, but it's just a story, and it's impossible to cover it up."

Aldrich turned around, put his hands on the sofa and lowered his head, and asked in a deep voice, "What happened?" ”

"At about 11 o'clock last night, a reporter followed a number of Millwall players into a nightclub, and then disguised themselves to find out the news up close, and took a lot of photos, the general content is that in addition to Millwall's players, other men should be their friends, and then the women who arrived were basically all call girls, more than 30 people!"

Aldrich squeezed the sofa with both hands, but his voice was soft and steady: "Who are they?" ”

"I looked at some of the photos and the ones that were photographed to be able to identify are: Leo Ferdinand, Frank Lampard, Daniel Mills, Richard Wright, Ashley Cole, Paul Robinson, Joe Cole, David Dunn. I didn't see all the photos, though, and it was said that there were still Vassell and Jeffers, but I don't know exactly how many of them participated or left early. ”

Aldrich repeated the names that Evan said one by one.

The most embarrassed lowered his head and laughed angrily.

"So, all the English players? That is to say, except for Parker, Carrick, and King, as long as the other adult English players, all the - run to have fun, okay, really good, Lao Tzu is afraid of ruining who all day long, you are good, nothing is nothing, but can't wait to be merry, hehehe. More than 30 women, they are so rich? ”

Evan took a step closer and said softly, "It is said that these call girls are paid a few hundred pounds each, and it is estimated that the cost of one night is about two hundred thousand pounds, don't you know?" ”

Aldrich grinned and said, "Why do I know this? Lao Tzu really wants to have sex-party, and he looks down on a woman who spreads her thighs for a few hundred pounds, and she wants to play and play superlatively! ”

Hearing this, Yiwen twisted his face to the side and snorted coldly.

Aldrich took a deep breath, straightened up and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I was angry just now." ”

"They don't fight for themselves, you don't have to."

"It's because they don't fight themselves that I'm even more angry!" (To be continued......)