Arknights is too real, right?

"Little Gu is missing."

Ifrit pouted and had been muttering this sentence all morning.

Lang Da comforted her while making preparations to return to Yandong in the yard.

"Don't worry, now that the weather is getting warmer, Little Goo might just go out for a walk."

Ifrit doesn't think so.

"Xiaogu usually goes out to fly, but he comes back every night."

"Hai, don't worry, I'm a pigeon and my ability to survive in the wild is much better than yours."

At this time, seeing Xia Feng coming out after getting up, Ifrit immediately approached him.

"YoYo, Xiaogu is missing."

Xia Feng was stunned.

"Ah? Didn't you fly back last night?"

"No, the cage was never closed and it didn't come back."

Xia Feng touched her head nonchalantly.

"It's okay, it won't die."

"But what if Xiaogu gets hungry, what if it rains, what if he encounters a bad guy?"

This time, Xia Feng did not comfort Ifrit perfunctorily, but answered her realistically.

"No one drives Little Gu away. This is his own choice. Perhaps freedom is more important to him than comfort."

Ifrit frowned in understanding and said nothing more.

Seeing her pitiful look, Xia Feng smiled.

"Okay, don't worry about Little Gu anymore. The barbecue restaurant will always exist. Maybe he will come back one day when he is tired from playing outside."

"oh."

Facing the rising sun, Xia Feng stretched greatly.

"Today is a nice day. We are going to cheer for Ergou's football game in the afternoon."

Dr. Kane and other companions will go to Yandong in the next two days, and the eldest wolves have been helping pack their luggage since the morning.

In order to ease the disappointment of Xiaogu not coming back, Xia Feng took Guigui and Ifrit and rushed to the Royal Academy in a relaxed and happy mood.

Knowing that he would be leaving tomorrow, Nancy and Tang Hua also put aside their work and prepared to accompany him to watch Ergou's football game.

The five people got into the car, with Tang Hua still acting as the driver, and headed to the Royal Academy under the bright sun.

In the afternoon, the car stopped at the gate of the Royal Academy before the game started.

Ergou was wearing a football uniform. When he saw that they had finally arrived, he immediately took Xia Feng's hand and pulled him inside.

"Oh, Lao Xia, why did you come here? I've been waiting at the gate for half an hour."

"Don't worry, it hasn't started yet."

Ergou's name was Li Tianye. After the staff in charge of watching the game confirmed his student ID, he registered Xia Feng and other off-campus personnel.

However, there are only three places in Ergou’s family and friends group, and there are five of them.

In desperation, Nancy could only take out her wallet again and spent several hundred yuan to buy two front row audience seats.

After everything was settled, Ergou led everyone towards the stadium while swearing.

"Sister Nancy, I asked you to cheer for me this time. Don't worry, I will pay you back the ticket money after I win the game and get the bonus."

Nancy held Tang Hua's arm and said happily.

"Okay, then you have to work hard."

"Hehe, that's necessary."

After saying that, Ergou looked at Xia Feng again.

"Lao Xia, don't forget what you promised me before. As long as I win, you will give me the most expensive football in Victoria."

Xia Feng gave a thumbs up.

"We are not scumbags. We will do what we say. As long as your team wins today, I will give it to you right away."

At 2 p.m., the game started on time.

After a brief understanding, Xia Feng knew that this was the finals of the first grade of the Royal Academy.

Ergou represents the first-year architecture discipline, and their opponent is the favorite to win the championship, Guards College.

"Game start!"

Following the referee's whistle, Ergou, the forward, rushed forward and rushed out with the ball like a wild dog.

Ergou is not good at studies, kung fu, and has no talent for art, but he is very good at football, which he has loved since childhood.

Before, he always played blindly on Baigui Street. There was no comparison, so he couldn't tell the difference at all.

Now when he came to the big stage, Xia Feng immediately discovered that Ergou was not just kicking around, and he didn't brag about it. In his opinion, he had reached a professional level.

Seeing Ergou dribbling the ball quickly, Guigui shouted towards the field.

"Ergou, come on!"

Ifrit stood up directly from her seat, gritting her teeth and roaring.

"Don't be soft, you two dogs, crush all these bugs!"

Inspired by the atmosphere, Nancy also put her hands to her mouth and cheered Ergou.

"Li Tianye, come on!"

Before the competition started, the architectural discipline represented by Ergou was not favored at all.

But what was surprising was that Ergou single-handedly led the team to a 50-50 fight with the muscular man from the Guard Academy.

Coupled with Guigui and Ifrit taking the lead in cheering, the audience's emotions were immediately aroused.

"Come on, architecture boys!"

"Li Tianye, come on!"

On the football field, as Ergou fired a volley, the spiraling football passed the opponent's goalkeeper and accurately hit the goal.

The whistle blew and the referee shouted.

"Architecture scored a goal, 1-0."

This pure competition made Xia Feng temporarily forget his worries. Seeing this exciting goal, he stood up from his seat excitedly and cheered along with the audience.

"Yeah, Ergou, good job!"

The sun was shining brightly in the afternoon, and the students on the court were sweating youthfully.

Turtle and Ifrit were very excited to see it and cheered hard throughout the whole process.

Xia Feng and Nancy were also very engrossed in watching it. During the halftime break, they went to deliver drinks to Ergou and his team members.

After a stalemate and fierce battle, Ergou finally led the architecture discipline to an upset.

They won the Royal Academy Football Competition 3-2 in the final and won the championship!

After the game, the award ceremony also began.

In addition to the trophy, each participating team member received a bonus of 5,000 yuan, and this honor will also be included in the personal resume of the college career.

The bonus of 5,000 yuan is not a lot, it can only be regarded as a formality. After all, the students of the Royal Academy are not short of money.

But for Ergou, this is a huge sum of money.

Not only can he fulfill his promise to invite everyone to watch the game, but he may also be able to make his mother change her inappropriate comment about "can football be enough to make a living?"

At dusk, the fiery red sunset dyed half of the sky red. It seemed that the weather would still be good tomorrow.

At the end of the game, the audience and staff left the football field one after another, and the bustling atmosphere returned to calm under the setting sun.

Ergou's teammates said goodbye to him one by one.

"Li Tianye, you are so handsome today, hehe, see you tomorrow."

"Li Tianye, let's go, goodbye."

"Brother, see you later."

After saying goodbye to his teammates, Ergou did not leave the field, but still reluctantly played football and practiced on the open grass.

Xia Feng came towards him from a distance.

"What are you still doing? Let's go and let your sister Nancy take us to dinner."

"I'm not hungry."

Ergou stepped on the football and showed a hearty smile to Xia Feng under the setting sun.

"Lao Xia, it seems that you have never played football with me. How about giving it a try?"

This kid performed well today, and Xia Feng was naturally doting on him.

He took off his coat and stretched his muscles.

"Just come."

15 minutes later.

Xia Feng panted and sat beside the goal, waving his hands.

"No, I can't kick you, I give up."

"Hey, Lao Xia, you can't do it."

After just a few confrontations, Xia Feng was knocked down several times by Ergou. It seems that playing football requires talent.

Sitting on the grass beside the goal, Xia Feng picked up a bottle of water.

"Two dogs, continue."

Ergou's uniform was completely soaked with sweat, and his face was covered with traces of sweat.

He unscrewed the cap and poured half the bottle of water down his hair.

"Haha, cool!"

Different from the previous crew cut, Ergou, who has now grown up, has short and medium-length hair. When he touches it from the front of his forehead, he looks chic and handsome.

Xia Feng opened his own water and warned Ergou while drinking.

"Be careful, don't catch a cold."

"It's okay, I'm used to it."

Water traces flowed down Ergou's wet hair, facing the setting sun, making him look much taller.

Silently watching Ergou's figure, Xia Feng suddenly noticed a detail that he had always ignored.

Of course, it can't be regarded as ignored, but selectively ignored by him, because it is not very important at all.

"By the way, Ergou, what race are you?"

Shaking his head, which had no racial characteristics except black hair, Ergou looked back at Xia Feng.

"Race?"

"Yeah, I never knew what race you were."

"Well, I don't know, no one told me."

Xia Feng paused to drink water.

"Didn't your mother tell you what race you were?"

"No."

"Isn't it the same Pitram clan as Turtle?"

"Probably not, I don't know."

Ergou's answer was nonchalant. It seemed that he really didn't know and didn't care about his own race.

For this boy, as long as he has food, drink, play and fun, it is enough.

However, as if he suddenly realized something, Xia Feng's expression became more solemn at this moment.

"Er Gou, if I remember correctly, you seemed to have said before that one of your sisters ran away from home?"

Ergou stepped on the football and nodded.

"kindness."

"Where has she gone?"

"have no idea."

"How long have you been away from home?"

"A long time ago, it disappeared before our family moved to Victoria."

Having said this, something distant seemed to stir up Xia Feng's mind.

Looking at Ergou's black hair and eyes that were extremely inconsistent with those of a Victorian, he continued to ask.

"Ergou, where did your family move to Victoria?"

"I was very young at that time and have no memory, but my mother said that I moved here from Yan Kingdom."

This was an expected answer, but one that made him very sensitive.

At this moment, an indescribable "conclusion" seemed to be very close to him, but at the same time, it seemed that it would completely run counter to him after he asked the next question.

"Er Gou, what's the name of your sister who ran away from home? Does it have the same surname as yours?"

Under the setting sun, Ergou stood on tiptoe with the football under his feet.

He didn't shy away from the topic about his sister and replied with a smile.

"Lao Xia, why do you have so many questions today? Of course my sister has the same last name as me. Her name is Risa."