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The boy in front of him was wearing a simple shirt and jeans, with a few strands of jet-black hair sneaking out from the pure white baseball cap, which made his slightly shy face look even whiter.

Cristiano was nervous because of the word "Chinese friend", but soon after seeing the other party in person, he immediately relaxed.

Because the friend of Cyril in front of him is no older than 16 years old, and according to the man Cristiano saw in that photo, he is at least 25 years old.

Besides, 16 years old or something... only a child would treat a child as a threat!

Vigilance lifted.

Cristiano thought he could finally relax and face his fans with the attitude that a star should have, but this feeling did not last long, because Cristiano finally understood what Cyril said What does "He doesn't speak Portuguese, and English is not very good..." mean.

Then Cristiano could only watch helplessly, Cyril whispered something to his friend in Chinese (unintelligible!), then turned his head and introduced to Cristiano in Portuguese: "This is a friend of mine, Jike-Zhang. He is also your fan. He said he was very happy to meet you in person and asked if you could give him an autograph."

For the fans, Cristiano's attitude is still very good. Although he felt very depressed when he could only watch the two speak in another language he did not understand, the dedicated Cristiano still accepted the paper handed over by the other party. And on the pen, write your own name seriously.

Because Zhang Jike's English is really poor, and Cristiano certainly can't understand Chinese, so the communication between the two is carried out by Cyril as a translation intermediary.

So the ensuing conversation went something like this:

Zhang Jike expressed his love for Cristiano in Chinese, Cyril translated his original words to Cristiano in Portuguese, and after listening to the praise from fans, Cristiano expressed his gratitude for your love and so on. Routine...

It sounds like one person confesses and the other responds.

Cyril: ... I don't know why, but I suddenly feel that I am caught in the middle like a light bulb?

However, what Cyril didn't know was that he wasn't the only one who had this weird feeling——

Watching Cyril turn his head and speak to another person something he couldn't understand at all, the feeling as if the two of them had a secret in front of him made Cristiano feel quite uncomfortable.

Cristiano: "...Cyril."

Cyril: "Huh?" The young man whose name was called stopped talking and turned to look at him.

Cristiano secretly glared at the kid who was holding on to Cyril. He was obviously concerned but still pretended to be nonchalant and said, "How do you know each other? Haven't you never been back to China?"

Inexplicably, Zhang Jike was glared at by the male god:? ? ?

Cyril lowered his head and thought for a while: "It seems to be in Japan in 02. Not long after the Korea-Japan World Cup, Porto had an exchange match with a youth team from a Japanese club. After the game, the team went to a restaurant for dinner, and encountered some extreme Fans, the scene was quite chaotic at the time, we dispersed, and then happened to meet Jike who came out to buy water for his teammates."

Having said that, Xiril paused for a moment, then turned to look at Zhang Jike: "I remember Jike, you were having a table tennis match in Japan?"

Cristiano secretly calculated in his heart.

In 2002, the World Cup in Korea and Japan.

——One month earlier than he and Cyril met.

Gee.

On the other side, with his affirmation, Cyril turned his head and continued to introduce to Cristiano: "At that time, Jike happened to be in Japan because there were several U21 Japanese men's singles table tennis matches."

Cristiano, who was still struggling with the fact that the other party knew Cyril earlier than himself, paused, silently glanced at Zhang Jike, who was about 16 years old in front of him: "...then he was..."

"Champion." Cyril blinked: "Speaking of which, he taught me my table tennis... But I probably won't be able to become a teacher in this life..." It's not an opponent at all.

Cristiano was silent for a while.

14 years old, U21, champion.

...Are all the fat ball players in China really perverted?

I thought it was just an ordinary fan friend, but I never thought that Cristiano, whose opponent (?) is so strong, is a bit square.

Then in the following time, you can often see that when Cyril and Zhang Jike were chatting about some topic in Chinese, they were pulled back by Cristiano with other topics.

Zhang Jike: I don’t know why, but suddenly I feel like a bright light bulb...

The three people who didn't know that they had unlocked the achievement of "three people go shopping together, everyone feels like a light bulb", after a simple "one-day tour of Lisbon" led by Cristiano as a local, finally in The hotel Zhang Jike booked was disbanded in front of the hotel.

Just before leaving, he left behind a group photo that made countless fat fans exclaim, "Who is the male god next to the male god and who is the male god?"

Cyril and Cristiano returned directly to the Portuguese national team training base.

Because the two arrived one day earlier, there are not many players who have returned to the national team. At first glance, Cyril saw that many of them were old acquaintances.

Not to mention Ricardo Carvalho and Anderson Deco, who were originally Cyril’s teammates in Porto, Rui Costa, Luis Figo, basically they are usually in the league. Players who have communicated during the war and have a good relationship.

It's just... Cyril raised his head, and his eyes fell on Rui Costa who glanced indifferently in his direction and walked away.

"I hope we can cooperate happily in the national team." Deco, who was still chatting with Cyril, suddenly said this.

When Cyril heard this, he could only smile wryly.

To be honest, although Cyril was very excited about this European Cup, he actually didn't have much hope.

Yes, as far as the midfield position is concerned, Cyril and Deco are indeed compatible, but what about Rui Costa?Although in terms of club honors, Rui Costa, who belongs to the Benfica club, is completely inferior to Cyril, who won the Triple Crown this year, but the tacit understanding between Rui Costa and the team does not mean that Cyril will be able to match the current team overnight. The national team was established.

Why did Cyril go to the European Cup and take a few books?It's not that he loves learning so much, but that he knew early on that he is unlikely to have many opportunities to play.

Because Rui Costa is the core midfielder of Portugal's golden generation.

And strictly speaking, the position that overlaps most with Rui Costa is Deco. Although in Cyril's view, Deco's strength is better than Rui Costa, Portuguese fans prefer Rui Costa, Deco is Brazilian after all.

Presumably the head coach Scolari is still worrying about who to let.

It was also for this reason that Cyril felt that it would be great if he could get a chance to play in this European Cup, and he should come out to see the world and watch the performances of the top players in football.

And Cristiano's side...

In fact, until now, Cristiano has still not been able to get out of the trance of that photo. At this time, when he is in the national team, even if he meets Figo he likes, he is not in the mood to ask the captain to change his jersey. .

The whole day today, he was just worrying about not being able to understand Chinese, and he forgot about the photos for a while.Now that I returned to the training base, there was no other disturbance, and I immediately recalled it.

... so annoying.

And Cyril, who always felt that Cristiano seemed to be out of order all day today, frowned slightly.

It always seemed that something happened when he didn't notice.

After dinner is the break time.

The dormitories of the national team are arranged by older players leading young players. Cristiano, who is most favored by the head coach of the younger generation, is naturally in the same room as captain Luis Figo, while the one in the same dormitory as Cyril is...

"Cyrillic?"

"Anderson?"

When the two called out the other's name at the same time, both of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and immediately realized the reason for the other's relief - which made both of them couldn't help laughing.

Cyril is worried that Scolari will choose Rui Costa, who is also a senior midfielder, to take him. Deco is worried that he represents the Portuguese national team in the European Cup. After all, he is the main force of a Portuguese player. If you live in the same room as the former Portuguese national team team, there will be some embarrassment.

At this time, they found that the other party turned out to be a teammate they had worked with happily in the club, and both of them relaxed.

But this relaxed mood only lasted for an hour.

At nine o'clock in the evening, there was a knock on the door of their room. Cyril got up and opened the door. At the door, he saw the captain with a helpless expression.

Cyril was a little surprised, but vaguely understood why Luis Figo came over, he frowned, and asked tentatively: "Captain, are you here..."

Luis Figo was a bit tangled about his reason for coming: Cristiano looked very absent-minded. He was worried that it would affect the state of the next training and competition. He heard that Cyril had a better relationship with him and wanted to change the dormitory with Cyril. , hope Cyril helps to get Cristiano "back to normal".

For Luis Figo's request, Cyril naturally had no reason to refuse. He nodded and did not immediately agree. Instead, he communicated with Deco first. The Brazilian midfielder felt that it was not a bad idea to share the same dormitory with the captain at this time A good thing, so I readily agreed.

Then at [-]:[-], Cyril took the key given by the Portuguese captain and opened the door.

At a glance, he saw Cristiano who was in a daze.

Cyril lowered his eyes.

He remembered that Cristiano's anomaly... It seemed that it started after looking for a book in the study yesterday.