[Football] Bubble eyes and light and shadow

On Christmas Eve, December 12th, the dazzling "centenary" blister-shaped lights were lit up on Gran Via Avenue, the main road in the center of Madrid.Citizens sang and played happily in the cascading lights, while the bustling crowd occasionally drove a car, keeping a low profile in the cheerful atmosphere of the festival.

One of the most luxurious of these cars belongs to Madrid's well-known football star Mesut Ozil.He drove out alone on such a day that should be reunited, just to visit the Chinese girl who has always been in his heart, and to add a touch of color to her lonely Christmas Eve.For this reason, he not only canceled his plan to go home, but also rejected vacation invitations from some club and national team teammates, such as Marco and Thomas.The teammates of the national team also expressed their strong interest in the girl he likes, "I will bring it to the next game to see!"

He hoped so, but now, let's pray that we can have a pleasant meal and chat together tonight, and nothing will go wrong.I heard that the winter in Madrid is extremely cold this year. There was a lot of snow two days ago. Fortunately, the snow finally cleared up today, and it was less than 7 o'clock when we arrived in the residential area where Lin Na lived.He picked up the large square transparent cardboard box on the passenger seat, held it carefully, pushed open the glass door and entered the apartment building.He has long been familiar with the password to enter the building, and he no longer has to take out his mobile phone to look at the records like before, which also allows him to well protect the model that he has finally put together in his arms.

Because he wanted to give Lin Na a surprise, he didn't call in advance, but knocked on the door as soon as he reached the door, and tried his best to suppress his excitement and nervousness so that his expression didn't look so strange.After knocking for a minute, he realized that something was wrong. Not to mention opening the door, there was no sound of walking in the room. Could it be that Lin Na went out?

Thinking of this, Ozil's heart suddenly sank to the bottom.During the dinner, Lin Na said that she spent Christmas alone before Alfred came back. Now that her graduate student classmate came to Madrid, it is very likely that the two will spend Christmas Eve together.He didn't think about it so much when making the gift, his mind was full of Lin Na's surprised expression when he saw the model, and now he was suddenly hit by this kind of blow, of course he felt bad all over.

While reassuring himself that Lin Na probably felt bored and went out to eat alone, he picked up his mobile phone and dialed her number. Ozil looked down at the box on the ground, listening to the monotonous beep on the other end of the phone, his hands and feet Cool down inch by inch.

"Um... Huh, Mesut?"

The sudden phone call and the suspicious female voice made Ozil's nose sore inexplicably. He tried his best to control his voice and asked softly, "Lena, where are you?"

"Uh, what did you say? I'm sorry I can't hear you clearly. It's a bit windy here." Lin Na turned on the speakerphone, raised her phone to the highest point, and said loudly, "Sorry, I'm in Nepal now, if you have any questions, please go back and talk about it. "

Ozil almost thought he heard it wrong, how could Lin Na be in Nepal?But after recovering for a while, he felt that this was the Lin Na he knew, so he immediately grabbed his phone and asked, "Are you in Nepal? Where is Nepal?"

"I'm in Pokhara, the signal here is not good, and international long-distance calls are expensive, so we'll talk about it when I really come back!" After she finished speaking, she hung up the phone, not giving the Germans a chance to ask questions.At this moment, she is in Pokhara, 620 meters above sea level, in the Annapurcana district of Nepal, taking pictures of the hotel surroundings at night with a SLR camera.After the first day of the itinerary, she simply loved the hiking tour she chose. This place is different from China and Spain. Except for the capital, most places are full of primitive atmosphere.The mountains in the distance are a vast expanse of whiteness, but the lower altitudes are still green with green grass and blooming flowers.There are big bright red flowers blooming on the roadside of the hotel. Normally, Lin Na would feel that they are too tacky to be photographed, but in this vast and wild place, those lives blooming alone in the dark night It made her heart throb.Soon, the Chinese girl in the embrace of the mountains forgot about the German football star, completely ignoring why he called at this time.

In Madrid, Spain, Ozil returned home and quickly booked an evening flight from Madrid to Kathmandu. There were more flights than he expected. He chose to take the faster Turkish Airlines and transfer to Istanbul in the middle. In this way, he can go there tomorrow afternoon. to Kathmandu.After the initial fever passed, Ozil began to calmly think about the next itinerary. First, he sent a text message to Lin Na asking about her vacation itinerary, and reminded her to go to bed early. According to the time difference, Nepal It should have been past midnight, but Lin Na seemed to be still outside.

After the communication, he packed his light luggage according to the advice on the Internet and set off for the airport.When he got out of the taxi, small snowflakes suddenly floated in the dark sky, sporadically sprinkled on his black plush coat.In front of the Barajas Airport in the middle of the night, the tall and thin figure of the German looked very lonely. When he raised his head, the arc of his jaw was raised. In the eyes of passing pedestrians, he looked better than the disproportionate eyes on the front. many.He didn't know how long the road was, but his feelings over the past few days made this young man who had been in love several times by instinct suddenly realize that, in fact, true love should be like this.

I can't see the end, but I don't feel like I'm wasting my time. Thinking of all the sweet and bitter things, I can only sigh: Anyway, it's worth it!

At the same time, in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, Alfred returned to his upstairs room after kissing his parents and siblings good night, staring at the snowflakes outside the window in a daze.He had a brief phone call with Lin Na in the afternoon to confirm her safety.This girl always likes to do things alone that shouldn't be done by a girl. Her independence is not a kind of bravado, but a hobby, as if... If she is not so willful, she is not her.

It's not that Alfred didn't think of following her secretly, and then continued to use his deadpan skills to grind with her, but he had tried this countless times in the past three or four years, but it didn't work at all.The British guy felt that he couldn't understand Lin Na anymore. Did she really not have even the slightest need for the opposite sex?

Could it be, could it be that Lin Na is actually...

Oh no, impossible impossible!

This Christmas Eve, Alfred was destined to spend it in brainstorming and cranky thinking. He did not expect that at this moment, a man who was quiet on the surface but was actually more stubborn than him had already boarded the plane to Kathmandu and was taking one step at a time. approaching the girl in the mountains.

Ozil’s German passport needs a visa on arrival in Nepal. He is used to exempting visas in Europe. When he got off the plane the next day, he had to fill out forms and submit photos. He was interrogated by the immigration bureau for a long time and was eager to see Lin Na’s German. Be made very dejected.It’s hard to enter the country. To enter the Annapurna area, you have to go to the acpa issuing office in Kathmandu to purchase the Annapurna Reserve license, and then you can go to Pokhara by car.

Adam, a German translator and guide hired temporarily through a local travel agency, is very familiar with Annapurna's situation. When he heard that Ozil wanted to catch up with a hiker who set off the day before, he immediately suggested that he take a taxi directly to Nayapul. ——A station above Pokhara, "It's a bit extravagant to do this, but since you are going to meet up with friends, it will be faster to choose this way. There will be no roads further up, even if you are in a hurry, you can only go by yourself Walk and catch up."

Adam shrugged.When he was sent as a guide, he didn’t know that his employer was Mesut Ozil, the most watched football star in Germany at present. A star like him should appear on the beach during the winter break or participate in an event. How did another commercial activity come to Nepal, a desolate place on the border between China and India?

Looking at the rolling mountains outside the car window, Ozil's mood calmed down.Under his persistent questioning, Lin Na finally replied a text message telling him where he is now, birethanti at an altitude of 1000 meters.The experienced Adam quickly judged that Lin Na's hiking route was the Boone Mountain Small Ring Road. It would take 5 days at a normal pace, but 3 days at a faster pace, which meant that Ozil could catch up to she.

"Hey, why don't you ask your friend to wait, she just left a day early." Adam was puzzled, and secretly observed Ozil's expression while asking.A suspicious blush appeared on the German's face, he hesitated for a long time and couldn't speak, which made Adam more sure of what he was thinking.

"Dude." He patted Ozil on the shoulder, "You don't have a crush on your friend, do you?"

Now Ozil can't do without nodding, he is a little depressed, why everyone can see through it at a glance, but Lin Na can't see it at all, just look at the text message she replied——

[Hey, it turns out that you are so interested in Nepal. Next time you come, I will send you the travel information, so you don’t have to bother to research the route. I have collected the information of every route here! ]

Why!Ozil rested his hands on his hands and looked at the bushes passing by the roadside, silently thinking: Why don't you understand that the only route I want to go is always the one where you are.