[Football] My bamboo horse is very girly

The author has something to say: The [-]-[-] season was a very dark season for Cristiano. When the new season of the Premier League was about to start, he lost his father.

After the end of the World Cup journey, Cristiano finally knew how unpopular he was in England, but he still had to go back to England, because Dinis’s condition was very serious at that time, and the doctor had issued a critical illness notice .

Mendes also knows how harsh the British media is on Cristiano because England was eliminated. In addition to picking out players from the team who need to take responsibility and bear the anger of the fans, the media in England also Also looking for other scapegoats.You must know how the national team, the birthplace of modern football, could lose so easily?This must be a conspiracy, a trick!

And Cristiano is the unlucky chosen scapegoat. He has been playing football under the searchlight of the British media for the past two years. Such a black history of cheating, so this time the British media did not hesitate to throw the blame on him.

Under the instigation of the media, the anger of England fans is conceivable. In this context, Mendes has reconsidered the feasibility of Cristiano's transfer.As an agent, with Cristiano's field length in recent years, Mendes has received a lot of transfer inquiries about him, such as Ligue [-], which has been chasing Cristiano every year for the past two years. Marseille, like some giants in Spain and Italy.

Originally in Mendes' plan, Cristiano should thrive under Ferguson's training-teaching, and go to other teams after completing the transition from ordinary crafts to artworks under Ferguson.However, in view of the current trend of public opinion, Mendes is not optimistic about Cristiano's future at Manchester United.

But now Cristiano wants to throw himself into the trap and go back to the UK to see Dinis. Mendes has no way to stop him. After much deliberation, he has no choice but to place an order with a bodyguard company to protect his body by adding protection power to Cristiano. Personal safety.The bodyguard company he ordered has been very famous in the past two years, and every year they shoot an advertisement to promote their company.That's right, it was the company of Uncle Sandy's family, and because of the relationship between Cristiano and Sandy, Uncle Sandy simply asked his niece to be the personal bodyguard of his future niece and son-in-law, and of course the money still had to be paid.

Mendes was a little helpless. He thought he could save some money, so he might as well encourage Miss Sandy to take a long vacation and use his public possessions to protect her boyfriend.

Considering that taking a civil aviation flight would expose Cristiano's whereabouts, Mendes also spent money to rent a private jet to send Cristiano, Sandy, and Cristiano's brothers and sisters to the UK.

When they arrived in the UK and got off the plane, Cristiano and the others rushed to the hospital where Dinis was located.In the hospital, they were greeted by Dolores with red and swollen eyes.After watching Portugal's last game in the World Cup, Dinis finally couldn't hold on and passed out. He just recovered after being rescued by a doctor. At this moment, he is still in a coma.

"Go and see him." Dolores looked at her children and told them to go and see their father.

Cristiano and Hugo rushed into the ward at once.

Sandy stayed outside to accompany Dolores intimately. She sat outside with Dolores for a long time before Cristiano and the others came out of the ward.She looked up, and sure enough, Cristiano's eyes had swelled up in a short time.

Next, after the World Cup, instead of flying to some beautiful place for a vacation like other players participating in the World Cup, Cristiano was stationed directly in the hospital.

Dinisi's condition has been repeated, sometimes sober, sometimes coma, and rescued twice.And Cristiano has been by his side all the time. He has taken over the work of taking care of Dinis, cleaning his body and giving him massages every day.Dinis talked with him when he was sober, and told him interesting things he encountered during the World Cup.And once Dinis fell asleep, he sat silently on a chair beside him and stared at Dinis.Once again, Sandy inadvertently saw him trying to test Dinis's breathing while no one else was paying attention, and he let out a long breath until he could confirm that he was still breathing.

Cristiano looks very optimistic and smiles happily in front of his parents every day, so that his parents don't feel the strangeness caused by him leaving home when he was young.But Sandy knew how much fear and anxiety was hidden under Cristiano's smile.He is afraid, afraid that he will lose his father at some point, and he is also anxious, anxious about how the fans who have regarded him as the public enemy of England will treat him.

Although he was accompanied by his beloved young son, Diniz's condition continued to deteriorate. When Manchester United was preparing for the new season, he finally fell into a coma for a long time.

At times like this, Cristiano chose to stay with his father without hesitation.He called Ferguson and expressed his intentions.

He was a little apprehensive. He should be delaying training due to personal matters, and the old man would probably scold him all over his face.

But after listening to Cristiano's request, Ferguson agreed to his request after a little thought.Although the old man is often unreasonable in the eyes of most people, he can still understand human nature. There is only one father, and if you lose it, you will never have it again.And he felt that even if he didn't agree with Cristiano's request for leave, if he returned to the team to train, he might still be thinking about staying in the hospital.Besides, it would be good if Cristiano returned to the team late, at least he could use this time to do his ideological work with Rooney. The little fat man is so angry with Cristiano now, it would be good for them to isolate first.

After getting permission from the boss to leave, Cristiano can stay in the hospital to take care of Dinis without any worries.He is now fully focused on Dinis, which also makes him unintentionally ignore the overwhelming public opinion from the outside world, at least he will not be affected by those bad public opinions.

"Is the new season about to start?" Diniz, who had fallen into a long-term coma that day, suddenly woke up, and then asked Cristiano who had been guarding the bed.

Cristiano looked at Dinis with some joy. His father seemed to be in good spirits today. Maybe the coma a while ago was just to accumulate energy? "Come on, just a day or two."

"Then you are going to play, right? Is the first game home or away? You should be able to score, right?" Dinis motioned to Cristiano to help him up.

Cristiano carefully lifted him up and put a pillow on his back: "I asked Sir Alex for leave. When will you recover from illness? When will I go back to the team."

"You silly boy." Dinis wanted to reach out to pat Cristiano's head, but his hand didn't have much strength.

Seeing this, Cristiano immediately put his head under Dinis' hands, obediently waiting to be beaten. Anyway, he was used to being beaten, not Dinis, but Sandy.

Seeing Cristiano like this, Dinis simply patted Cristiano's head in this posture.Because he has been staying in the hospital recently and has no intention of taking care of himself, Cristiano's hair today is very smooth and does not have hairspray, so there is no such thing as Dinis touching the hairspray with one hand.

Dinis touched slowly, while Cristiano honestly maintained a posture without moving.

The interaction between the two fathers and sons lasted for a long time, until Dinis suddenly said: "You are already a man, and you are no longer the naughty kid you were when you were young. I guess you may be the most promising kid in the family, so maybe the family The burden of everything will fall on you. Take care of your mother, your sisters will be more at ease, but remember to take care of your brother."

Cristiano heard some ominous meaning in Dinis' words, and he wanted to stop Dinis from continuing: "Dad, you should rest."

"No need, I have plenty of time to rest in the future." Dinis rejected Cristiano's plan to help him lie down, and he continued: "I'm at ease with you, you should listen to Hall more in your career. Hey, you should also listen to Mr. Sir. In terms of family affairs, you should listen to Sandy more. That girl will be with you for life. Alas, I didn't see your children. But yours It would be better for the child to be more like Sandy, if he is more like you, I'm afraid you will realize how painful it was for me to be a father..."

Dinis talked a lot that day, and finally Cristiano forced him to rest.

"Okay, I'll rest, and you're exhausted, lie on the bed and squint for a while." Dinis said to Cristiano.

Cristiano nodded, then laid his head on the side of the hospital bed, and Dinis could just reach out and stroke his head.

These days, Cristiano took care of Dinis in the hospital. It can be said that he was in a mess, so he was a little confused when he closed his eyes. He could only vaguely feel Dinis's hand gently stroking his head.Under Dennis's touch, he suddenly fell asleep, completely unaware that when he fell asleep, the hand that had been stroking his head slowly stopped moving.

Later that day became chaotic when Sandy and Dolores came to deliver food to Cristiano and found both father and son seemingly asleep.The two of them looked at each other and smiled, and then realized something was wrong...

When Cristiano was pushed awake, he was told that Dinis had passed away in a half-dream.He woke up all of a sudden, and then looked at Dinis who was already lying there peacefully.

Cristiano yelled like crazy, and asked the doctor to come for emergency treatment. When Dinis had problems with his condition a few times ago, he was rescued by the doctor.

"Chris, it's useless, Dinis already..." Sandy hugged Cristiano who was still holding on to the doctor's sleeve.

"No, Dad was still talking to me before. He said a lot of things, and his energy is full. I don't believe it. I want to transfer Dad. Let's go to France, Switzerland, and Spain. Here is The hospitals in England, they must have not treated Dad properly because of me..." Cristiano yelled at Sandy.

Sandy frowned, she could understand the pain of losing his father in Cristiano's heart at this moment, but this was not the reason for him to lose his mind.Thinking of this, she simply took advantage of Cristiano's inattention and knocked him out.Afterwards, she said to Dolores and Hugo who rushed over after hearing the news: "Prepare the arrangements for Disney's funeral. Chris will accept this reality when he wakes up."

Just like what Sandy said, after waking up, Cristiano sat there silently listening to the report of Mendes who rushed over to assist with the follow-up arrangements.He had no expression at all, sitting there like a sculpture.

"I have already made an agreement with the airline company that there will be a private plane flying directly to Madeira later." Dinis died in the UK, and he also had the idea of ​​returning to his roots, so his funeral will be held in his hometown of Madeira. Now Mendez is going to arrange a special plane to transport his body back to Madeira.

"Do you all take that flight back?" Cristiano, who was like a sculpture, spoke slowly. His voice was a little hoarse, and it was hard to tell that it was his voice.

"Yeah, and the funeral arrangements..." Mendez was somewhat relieved to hear that he would ask questions, at least not have been immersed in the sad atmosphere and let his own unconsciousness.

Next, Cristiano always gives people the feeling of a dying old man, but he can do everything that needs him to deal with it.

Sandy looked at him worriedly, his state was very wrong.

But Cristiano looked at him, with a bitter smile on his face: "Dad told me that I will be the most reliable man in the family in the future, and I have to take care of the rest of the family. Sandy, I think I will grow up Already!"

Sandy was a little silent. She understood what Cristiano meant, but the price of this growth was too high.

Cristiano and his family flew back to Madeira, where he was preparing for his father's funeral when the first round of the Premier League kicked off.

Dinis’s funeral was held in a low-key manner in Funchal, his hometown of Madeira. If Ferguson hadn’t mentioned it in media interviews, many English people would have thought that the crook Ronaldo had already left and would not dare to return to the UK. coming.

Because the team is preparing for the league, Ferguson and Manchester United players did not attend the funeral in Portugal.However, the Portuguese national team in Portugal, as well as the teammates of Cristiano from Sporting Lisbon, all came. These well-known players in Portugal gathered together, which also added to the funeral held on the island. A bit star flavor.

Cristiano wore sunglasses to cover his red and swollen eyes. He silently greeted every friend who came to the funeral, and he just laughed off the words that everyone asked him to take care.

Although she was not officially married to Cristiano, Sandy was actually the same as the members of Cristiano's family, so she also stood in the family's position at the funeral, and she glanced at Cristiano from time to time with some worries.She knew that since Dinis passed away, except for being knocked out by her, Cristiano hadn't slept. She knew his sadness at the moment, but she was also worried about his body.She had already decided that if Cristiano was still in this state after the funeral, she would knock him out and tie him to the bed.

After seeing off the last guest, Cristiano unbuttoned the top button of his shirt. He had a feeling of suffocation and felt that he was going to be unable to breathe.

Sandy has also sent his uncle and aunt away, and took the time to discuss Cristiano's situation with Mendes. The two reached a consensus that he must recover from grief as soon as possible, even if it is for him It's cruel.

In the end, Mendez also left, leaving only the Cristiano family and some close relatives of their family.Because Cristiano became more and more famous, especially as he became more and more profitable, some relatives who were not so closely connected in the past would come and walk from time to time.This time is the best time to increase the favorability of Cristiano. Many people have this idea, so they are reluctant to leave.

Sandy frowned, she looked at Cristiano, then at Dolores.

Dolores beckoned her over: "You take Chris home to rest first, and I take Hugo and the others to send these people away." Naturally, Dolores felt sorry for her son, and what kind of calculations did these relatives have? She is also clear.If possible, she would naturally separate her son from them, otherwise, once they were given a chance, they would bite like leeches and would not let go.

Sandy nodded. These two women have faintly become the backbone of the family these days.After her husband's death, Dolores will support the family instead of her husband and become the support of the children.And Sandy established his position with his own tough means.

The two women split up, and Sandy dragged Cristiano away.And those relatives still want to have a relationship with the big star at home. Maybe they can follow him when he returns to England.According to domestic news, he has a mansion in England, so it shouldn't matter how many people live there, they are relatives.But when these relatives wanted to go forward, they were all stopped by Dolores and the other children in the family. She took the opportunity of being polite and let Sandy and the others go away.

Sandy directly drove Cristiano back to the Aveiro family's new home in Funchal. It was a big house built on the edge of the island with a view of the ocean. Dinis spent the last few years of his life here. passed.

Now when he saw the house, Cristiano thought of his father who would never appear here again, and tears were about to fall again.

Sandy heard the sniffling sound of the people around her, and she thought that this guy must be crying again, so she dragged Cristiano into his bedroom quickly.

Into the bedroom, Sandy pushed people directly into the bathroom.She first took off the sunglasses on Cristiano's face, and sure enough his eyes hiding behind the sunglasses were crying.

Sighing, Sandy quickly took off the black suit that Cristiano wore to attend the funeral, and reached out to untie the tie that had been loosened by Cristiano himself, but was blocked by Cristiano's hand.

"Sandy, I don't want to do it. I'm not interested."

Sandy laughed a little angrily. Could it be that she took people into the bathroom to strip clothes for some disharmonious thing? "I think you need to take a hot bath and then go to bed to sleep." She said the reason why she brought people into the bathroom.

Cristiano fell silent, but he shook his head: "I don't want to take a bath, and I don't want to sleep."

"Why?" Sandy was a little worried about Cristiano's current mental state.

"I want to see my father in my dream, but I'm afraid I won't see him in my dream. I... I feel uncomfortable..."

Sandy hugged Cristiano: "Chris, I am here, Dolores is here, and Hugo and the others, we are all by your side."

Cristiano hugged Sandy with his backhand: "But I'm afraid." He put his head on Sandy's shoulder, "I'm afraid that you will disappear when I fall asleep, and I will be the only one left in the end."

Sandy thought about it, straightened up and took Cristiano's hand and placed it on the place where his heart was beating on his chest: "Look at how hard my heart is beating. I am very healthy, so I will be with you for a long time."

Cristiano pressed his hand hard on Sandy's chest, and he could feel Sandy's heartbeat through the palm of his hand, once, twice... The sound of the heartbeat was very clear and close at hand.He looked up just in time to see Sandy smiling at him.

"It's great that you're still here." He said sincerely.

"Of course I'm here." Speaking of this, Sandy changed the subject, "Speaking of which, how long are you going to put your hand on my chest?" hand.

Cristiano withdrew his hand with some reluctance. Of course, he was not reluctant because of some pornographic reasons, but he was very eager to feel Sandy's strong heartbeat at this time. "The ups and downs are so small, I even forgot to put my hand there." He boldly muttered.

"I'm so sorry." Sandy snorted angrily, "Go take a shower now, right away!" She put one hand on her hip and pointed to the shower with one hand.

When Cristiano started to take a shower, Sandy sorted out all the clothes he had changed, and threw all the clothes that should be thrown into the washing machine.After finishing all this, she looked down at her chest.Brat, how dare you despise her for being small, hmph, you can play with my C cup for the rest of your life!

Cristiano came out of the shower, was fed another glass of milk by Sandy, and went to bed in time.

"I can't sleep." Cristiano's eyes were full of pleading, "Let me sleep on your lap, okay?"

Sandy looked into his swollen eyes and nodded.So Cristiano put his head on Sandy's lap, his face turned towards Sandy's belly, he could feel Sandy's breath and hear her heartbeat.This time he finally calmed down, and then his tense nerves relaxed, and he fell asleep immediately.

Sandy didn't do anything, just waited for Cristiano to fall asleep.As soon as he fell asleep, she slowly stroked Cristiano's hair and his forehead. In the past few days, there were slight wrinkles on his forehead.After that, he was no longer that carefree boy.

Cristiano stayed in Madeira for another two days before being driven back to the UK by Dolores. Originally, he wanted to bring Dolores to the UK, but Dolores had to deal with some aftermath. Joined Cristiano in England later.

As soon as he set foot on British soil, from the moment he walked out of the airport, Cristiano once again felt the country's malice towards him.

Because of the World Cup, he became the most unpopular Portuguese on English soil throughout the summer.Originally, the fans and the malicious media planned to give him some "gifts" when he returned to the UK to prepare for the new season of the league.However, he did not wait until his return, and later learned the news of his father's death from Ferguson.

After knowing the news, some media calmed down, and some rational fans also stopped their actions.And some crazy fans, as well as the media with ulterior motives are still preparing, they are waiting for Cristiano to return to the UK.

After learning the exact time of his return to the UK, the media and fans immediately got excited and started their own actions.The fans are plotting something, and the media is bringing all the best filming gear to the airport.

As soon as Cristiano stepped out of the airport, he immediately heard abuse with his name on it.He followed the sound and saw some fans booing him with banners, and some fans made obscene gestures.

Sandy is also by Cristiano's side, and her security contract with Cristiano has not yet ended, so she is not only Cristiano's girlfriend, but also her bodyguard.Now that her boyfriend and employer encountered such a situation, she immediately became vigilant.

Sure enough, Sandy's vigilance was very necessary. Before the airport security arrived, some fans had already thrown tomatoes and eggs over.That's not the most important thing, a few crazy strong male fans rushed over and tried to attack Cristiano.

Naturally, Sandy would not see Cristiano being hurt in front of her. She immediately put on an attacking posture, first kicking a fan away, and then repelling several fans one after another. With the help of his help, the remaining fans were subdued.

"Listen, no one in front of me can hurt him yet!" Sandy whispered in the ear of a subdued fan, and she meant it very seriously.

"Sandy, do you think I shouldn't come back?" Cristiano, who was silent all the way back home, was the first thing he said.

"What do you think?" Sandy didn't answer directly, but asked rhetorically.

"I think I should come back, I'm so unwelcome here." Cristiano bowed his head.

"So what do you think if you could turn back time, what would you do at that time? Would you turn a blind eye to Rooney's foul?"

Cristiano raised his head suddenly: "Of course not, I don't think I did something wrong. No matter how many times I go back in time, I will do that at that time. Rooney was an England player at the time, and I was representing my homeland, Portugal. In the game, we are opponents!"

"Then it's over," Sandy patted him on the shoulder. "Since you don't feel that you have done anything wrong, why are you afraid to face the English? There is an old saying in China that you have a clear conscience. I miss you You should be able to understand the meaning of this sentence."

Cristiano thought for a while and nodded. He didn't think he had done anything wrong, and he had nothing to feel guilty about.And-"How many boos they gave me now, I will let them turn these into applause in the future! I will win their applause sooner or later!" Cristiano set himself a goal.When he really realized it, after a certain game, he heard singing singing for him over the Old Trafford stadium-there is only one Ronaldo in this world!At that time, he had mixed feelings.

Cristiano set himself a goal of conquering England, and with this goal he returned to Manchester United.

There are many English players in the Manchester United team, and there are even members of the England national team who have experienced that game.Although after a summer of precipitation, some people still have a grudge against Cristiano, at least for the time being, they cannot return to the way they used to get along with each other.For this, Cristiano was a little sad, but there was nothing he could do.

Although he didn't train well because of Diniz's affairs all summer, after returning to the team, Cristiano didn't enter the squad for a while, or just sat on the bench to get a short playing time.But after Cristiano returned to the team, he worked hard to adjust his state through family training and other means, and soon he was placed in the starting lineup by Ferguson.For the old man, Cristiano's professional status is what he likes very much, which is why he prefers him.In order to support Cristiano, the old man also took the initiative to accept several interviews, in which he said a lot of good things for Cristiano.

But there is one thing that Ferguson can't solve for the time being, and that is how to make Rooney and Cristiano really reconcile.

After Wayne Rooney returned from the World Cup leave, Ferguson once approached him to talk about Cristiano.But at that time, Fatty was also being criticized by the fans for the red card, and he was also angry. He was really reluctant to make peace with Ferguson, and he agreed well. In fact, he didn't take it seriously in his heart.

As for Cristiano, Ferguson only had a few phone calls with him after the World Cup.At that time, Cristiano put all his mind on taking care of the critically ill Dinis, and he was in no mood to consider the relationship with Rooney.He also promised well on the phone, but he didn't care much about what he promised.

Now that Cristiano has dealt with Diniz's affairs and returned to the Manchester United team, looking down and not looking up, the relationship between him and Rooney seems to be much rustier than before.In the past, because of the similar age, the two people often played together shoulder to shoulder.But now they go their separate ways, nodding when they meet each other, and nodding when they leave.

Not only the teammates can see that the relationship between them is not good, even the coaches who usually don't enter the locker room can see it.This kind of relationship is rusty, which is directly reflected in their cooperation on the court. Many times the two have made mistakes in cooperation on the court.

Ferguson was so angry that he simply called both of them into the office and cursed them out.Both of them agreed on the face at that time, but it was still the same afterward.This made Ferguson angry, and when he returned home, he complained to his wife Casey: "It's just a red card. The two of them made it look like they were divorced. Is this a plan to never communicate with each other?"

Cathy listened to her husband's complaints, and she also wanted to complain: You are clearly looking like you want your son and daughter-in-law to reconcile.

But Kathy gave an idea of ​​her own: "Why don't you find foreign aid and ask their girlfriends to help." She still remembers the two girls. Both girls have their own characteristics, but there is one thing in common. The characteristic is that they can control their boyfriends.In the future, it is estimated that both Rooney and Cristiano can inherit the mantle of their head coach and enter the henpeck club.

"They?" Ferguson was a little suspicious of what the two women could do, and he walked into his study slowly with his hands behind his back.

But the next day, after thinking and thinking, he still called Sandy and Colin to the club.

Both Sandy and Colin were flattered.The old man was probably very irritated by Victoria. He was very wary of women of their gender who were players' wives or girlfriends. Unless it was a club event, they would not even think about getting close to the club.

But when the two met in the club, they probably knew that it must be for that childish ghost in her (their) family.

Sure enough, after being introduced into Ferguson's office by Queiroz, the two ladies who were summoned by Sir Alex unexpectedly accepted a difficult task to reconcile their boyfriends.

"It's really childish, let them fight." Leaving Ferguson's office, Colin complained.

Sandy paused, and then she actually thought that Colin's idea was very good: "I think this is a good proposal."

Colin stopped too, and she looked at Sandy, who nodded at her, and Colin nodded again.The two women immediately turned and walked back to Ferguson's office.

Although Ferguson was dubious about the proposal of the two women who seemed useless to him, he planned to give it a try, anyway, he had had enough of those two naive guys.

So when Cristiano and Rooney were called, they were surprised to see their girlfriends standing on both sides of the old man, and then the old man explained his intention to find them.

What?Let's play a game in a dark room?

Both were dumbfounded.

Rooney was the first to object: "I don't want to fight that guy. He's so stupid in a fight, I'm sure I could knock him over with one punch, and then he'd be crying for his girlfriend for revenge. I don't want to end up in a sexless boxing match!"

"I don't want to fight with a brainless guy!" Cristiano turned his head to the other side, yelling like a child.

His words drew Rooney's stare, and he gave Rooney a look without showing any weakness, and then the two childish guys snorted at each other and turned their heads away.

"If you don't want to hit, then I'll hit you." Sandy took advantage of the movement to unbutton his jacket.

"No!" The two men shouted loudly at the same time.

As someone else's boyfriend, Cristiano naturally knew how powerful Sandy's fists were. He had been beaten since he was a child.Although Rooney has never fought with Sandy, he has heard about her fight against Keane, and he has also heard Alan Smith say how he "negotiated friendly" with Sandy. Sandy's opponent.

"But I've decided to let you settle the matter through a fight." Ferguson's eyes were full of joy, and it seemed that the two women had indeed given a good suggestion.

"Get ready to do it." Sandy had already taken off his coat and was looking at the two of them.

Cristiano and Rooney glanced at each other, and then suddenly hugged each other: "Who said we have conflicts, we are each other's best friends." They also patted each other on the back deliberately, of course that The strength can completely kill the opponent.

"Really?" Sandy looked at them suspiciously.

"Really, really!" The two of them hooked their shoulders and nodded as if they were in trouble. It would be better to reconcile with that guy than to be beaten.

Sandy looked at Ferguson, and she and Ferguson exchanged a look of knowing each other. In this way, Rooney and Cristiano finally reconciled strangely.

Reconciled with Rooney, his performance on the court is getting better and better, and the boos are automatically ignored. Cristiano's life seems to have returned to peace.But obviously this is unlikely, one day the media was shocked: Manchester United player Cristiano Ronaldo was arrested by the police for rape!

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Although the time of Dennis' death was postponed by me