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After Lin Yi walked away from the court, all he wanted to do was to go back to the bathroom behind the church and take a hot bath. As for the considerations for the future that he had mentioned to Mendes, he had no time to think about it yet.

In recent days, too many people have come to ask this question. Lin Yi did not expect that a match between youth teams could bring such a big change. It seems that the match really hurt Sporting Lisbon and reminded many people that there is a little guy in Setúbal that they have not discovered yet. Perhaps no one will miss such an opportunity.

This was the first official game that Lin Yi played since he entered the Setúbal youth team, but it was such a game that made him the target of many scouts. Including the agent who was nagging on the sidelines just now, this is already the tenth person who came to the door.

While letting the water wash over his body, Lin Yi thought about what that guy said, do you really want to be a professional player?

I don't know if that's a good idea, but I have to think about the future. I'm about to turn 15, and I can't stay in this church forever. Although the people here are very kind, I'm growing up day by day, and I'll have to leave here sooner or later.

There are not many people older than me in the whole welfare house. Those families who often come here to adopt children have already excluded children of Lin Yi's age. Those children who can only cry are their favorites. Maybe the future waiting for Lin Yi now is that he must face this turbulent society alone after the age of 18, and whether he survives or dies depends entirely on his own luck.

From the moment Lin Yi entered this welfare institution, he knew that the future path must be completely up to him, and no one can lend a hand to help him.

From the day his mother passed away, he could no longer be treated like other children to be supported and moved forward. The road is under his feet. If he wants to live, he must bite the bullet and go on.

It's easy to be born, it's easy to survive, but life is really not easy.

So when Lin Yi found his first job in this small city, he started to support himself. Maybe this welfare institution can provide him with enough food, and a house that looks warm and can shelter him from the wind and rain, but there is no future here.

It is not difficult to survive in Portugal, but if you want to live well, those children who struggle at the bottom of society generally have only two ways to go.

Either choose to go to school, you just need to ensure that your grades are always excellent, and then get into a well-known university, maybe after graduation you can become a respected lawyer or an excellent doctor.

Or those boys will choose another way, that is, to fight once on the football field. If they can stand out from hundreds of thousands of people, then a well-paid professional contract will be placed in front of them. That is a temptation that is difficult for anyone to resist.

Lin Yi is no exception. The high cost of going to college makes him clearly feel that it will be very difficult for him to make money by working alone. The apprenticeship contract from the Serbatul youth team has become another choice for him.

An apprenticeship contract cannot bring Lin Yi too much salary, not to mention that Serbatul, a team that often ranks at the bottom of the Portuguese Super League, can give even less.

However, there is a relatively relaxed training time here, at least it can be regarded as a professional training level, which allows Lin Yi to play football here with peace of mind. A kid like Lin Yi, who is less than 15 years old, does not have to show up on the training ground on time every day, which gives Lin Yi too much freedom, after all, he still has to work to support himself.

The coach of the Serbatul youth team even saw this kid play a complete training match in his team for the first time three months after Lin Yi joined. It was such a training match that made him feel like he had discovered a gold mine.

It took only three months to be promoted directly to Serbatul's U17. Lin Yi completed his triple jump from U15 to U17 at an extraordinary speed. It's just that because of the World Cup, the postponement of the Portuguese Youth League has not allowed him to bloom on the field, but the game with Sporting Lisbon has made his brilliance no longer covered up.

The agents and scouts who have flocked in these two days have made Serbatul very vigilant and ready to offer Lin Yi a new contract. They were also afraid that their precious players would be snatched away overnight. The coach of the youth team even regretted letting Lin Yi play against Sporting Lisbon. Compared with those Portuguese giants, their competitiveness was simply too small.

But even after Lin Yi finished that exciting game, he never set his future goal on being a professional player. For him, football is just a job that can make money to support himself for the time being, not the whole of life.

Maybe even Lin Yi himself didn't know that the old man who watched him play in the Puma training academy had left Sporting Lisbon. Only when he recalled that game could he remember the old man's surprised look on the sidelines at that time. That expression was really funny.

50,000 euros, in fact, this was not the condition offered by Cebatul to Sporting Lisbon. This was Lin Yi's own choice. Only he knew the reason best. For the call from Sporting Lisbon, Lin Yi chose to give up.

Maybe many people would think he is crazy. You know how many football players in Portugal dream of entering the Puma training academy, which is a paradise for realizing football dreams. Some people would openly give up such an opportunity. Maybe no one can understand such behavior.

Too many people who are called great in the Portuguese football world have come out of here, but this kid who was favored by Sporting Lisbon has set up an obstacle for himself with money. I am afraid that only a madman can do such a thing.

Only Lin Yi himself understands why, because Sporting Lisbon owes him. He is just using this way to remind those guys that he will use other ways to get back what should have belonged to him. It’s a pity that those guys have long forgotten that there was such an orphan who was abandoned by them. Maybe even the old man can’t remember that he once taught this child in the youth training camp.

Lin Yi can hardly remember his life before the age of ten. The man who once gave him life has long become blurred in his mind.

The guy who has only dealt with wine bottles since Lin Yi can remember, he came out of the Puma training academy in Lisbon.

That man was once the football pride of the city of Lisbon. Even in the peak of his career, he and Futre were cheered by those crazy people.

He won the league championship there, won the cup championship, and even entered the European Champions Cup. He was once admired by too many people.

However, a serious injury completely ruined him. No team would take in a useless person. He was ruthlessly abandoned. The world of football is sometimes so cruel. He will not kindly accommodate any passerby.

From the pride of the football world to a sloppy truck driver, I am afraid that no one can accept this blow, and that man is the same.

That guy began to learn to drink and gamble, and Lin Yi was just a side product when he was drunk, because that man could not be responsible at all. He didn't even have the money to let his girlfriend go to the hospital to give birth.

Durex bankruptcy is not a tragedy, but Durex breaking is a tragedy. Lin Yi once cursed God, why his birth was linked to a broken condom, but the fact is that he came to this world at the most inappropriate time.

Don't expect a drunkard to take care of others. Except for this guy who was still sober, he would find a little happiness with Lin Yi on the football field. Lin Yi's memory may only be his drunken appearance.

Mother may be the only person Lin Yi can rely on in this world. She is a gentle and beautiful oriental woman. Maybe if she hadn't fallen in love with that man, she would have a warm home here.

But the love that was once envied by others has changed. Since the man was injured, all the good things in the past have changed.

If it weren't for Lin Yi, the little guy who came unexpectedly, maybe this beautiful woman would have chosen to leave, but the birth of this little guy disrupted everything. Mother's love may surpass everything in many cases.

The unique tenacious character of Orientals made her raise Lin Yi alone. Everything about this little guy has nothing to do with that man. Lin Yi can have an oriental name that looks very rare, and it is also because of her that Lin took her surname.

That man rarely appeared in front of the mother and son after Lin Yi was seven years old. He had completely immersed himself in bars and prostitutes' beds until Lin Yi and his mother heard one day that the man had lost the ability to take care of himself due to alcohol poisoning.

Lin Yi didn't know why his mother chose to pick him up. Maybe she still loved the man in her heart.

If it weren't for taking care of the man, maybe Lin Yi would still be living with his mother. But on the way to pick up the man and return to their residence, an accident made Lin Yi an orphan. A heavy fog and a car accident changed everything.

Lin Yi never resented God, the old bastard. That guy just liked to play tricks on others like this, just like that very weird broken Durex. The old bastard seemed to have gotten used to making life full of variables, and then watching those poor people struggle in front of him.

This is why although Lin Yi lives in the church, he never prays to the man on the cross. He knows that it's useless.

Since that foggy day, Lin Yi has understood how to live. The guy nailed to the shelf can never really stand by your side to help you. You can only rely on yourself for everything.

After the death of the guy who should be regarded as Lin Yi's father, Sporting Lisbon defaulted on the insurance money that could have been paid to Lin Yi. In fact, it was not much, only 10,000 euros in total, but they chose to ignore it so stingily.

In order to avoid some unnecessary troubles, they even suspended Lin Yi's membership registration in Sporting Lisbon and the right to participate in the youth football training camp that he should have enjoyed. Lin Yi can no longer remember who made the decision, but he knows that the damn club owes him a lot.

God is sometimes fair. Five years later, when Sporting Lisbon needed help the most, Lin Yi slapped them in the face with four sharp assists on their territory. If you come out to mix, you will always have to pay back some things.

Lin Yi learned to fight back with his own feet, and even made the godfather of the youth army of Sporting Lisbon leave this great club with a little regret. This loss may make Lisbon people suffer for a lifetime, all because of the damn 10,000 euros. Some debts must be repaid, but the price is not something that everyone can bear.

If he knew that the old man left the Puma Training Academy because of him, Lin Yi might feel a little guilty, but for Sporting Lisbon, he only felt happy after revenge, even if this revenge looked a little ridiculous in the eyes of others.

Lying on his own bed, Lin Yi recalled these past events. He didn't know if his mother could see his current appearance and whether she would approve of the choice he was going to make now.

"Mom, I don't know how you and that guy are doing in another world. If he still bullies you, remember to tell him to be careful. I will go up and beat him up in a few decades." Lin Yi looked at the necklace pendant hanging on his chest, which contained the only family photo.

The photo looked a little old, and the three people on it also had their own expressions, but Lin Yi's eyes were always on his mother's smile. There was also the five-year-old self, including a brand new football at his feet, which was the only gift that man had given him in his life.

"You once said that I was too much like him. I don't know if it was because of this that I might have to follow his old path again. Being a professional player might be the only time I make the same choice as him."

"But don't worry, at least I won't indulge myself like him. I know what I should do. Wish me good luck, mom."

Lin Yi didn't know if this was a reincarnation. At least at the moment he made the decision, he remembered the joy of playing football with that man on the lawn one afternoon. The same choice does not necessarily have the same ending. Lin Yi knew that he would strangle the throat of those bad luck.

Go to sleep, maybe this is not a bad decision. . . A professional agent? That might be someone who seems trustworthy. At least he seems very sincere at times.

With uncertainty about the future, Lin Yi fell asleep.

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