Midnight Bookstore

“Hey, stop.”

Xu Qinglang pushed open the door of the bookstore and shouted at the tattooed man who had just finished coughing.

The Tattooed Man was stunned for a moment. He turned to the side, still holding the cigarette in his mouth. He looked at Xu Qinglang with a lecherous and playful look in his eyes and said,

“Brother, I wanted to say it just now. You look really good. Did you get it from Thailand?”

“…”Xu Qinglang.

“Bro, what"s the matter? You"re not here to take back the 100 Yuan, right? Let me tell you, your boss himself said that it was free of charge. Don"t even think about taking it from me. When you open a shop and do business, you have to pay attention to honesty, right?”

The Tattooed Man looked like he was very cool.

“It"s nothing. I just came out to say good night to you.”

Xu Qinglang naturally shook his head, turned around, and returned to the study room, leaving not a single cloud behind.

Good night?

The Tattooed Man was stunned for a moment. In his heart, he was still wondering if this man had taken a liking to him?

He was very upright..,

but this man was so beautiful..,

it seemed reasonable for him to bend once in a while, right?

Wasn"t a man supposed to be able to bend and stretch?

The tattooed man kept adding scenes for himself. Little did he know that because of his cheap mouth, he had lost a life-saving straw.

When Zhou Ze saw that Xu Qinglang had returned very soon after leaving, he was a little surprised:

“What"s Wrong?”

“Nothing.”Xu Qinglang walked behind the bar counter and made a c.o.c.ktail for himself. “I"m too lazy to save him.”

“OH.”

Zhou Ze responded but did not say anything.

He was not related. If he liked you, he would help you. It was a piece of cake.

If he did not like you, he would turn a blind eye. There was nothing wrong with that.

In fact, in the beginning, Old Xu was still a very positive person. Back then, he had advised Zhou Ze to help someone, but Zhou Ze had still been annoyed by him at that time.

Now, Xu Qinglang was not only brought into a salted fish state by Zhou Ze in his lifestyle, but he was also brought into a much more indifferent state in this aspect.

Perhaps it was because they had seen too many ghosts and their tragic stories. They had seen too much of anything, and they had become numb to it.

In the first half, the Tongcheng Zhiyun team had fallen behind by two goals. This caused the audience here to be reduced by more than half. Most people were actually just watching the show, relying on their instincts to support their home team, however, seeing that they were behind by two goals in the first half and that a low-level league team had hit a Super League team, everyone felt that there was no hope and did not want to watch.

However, two middle-aged men sat next to Zhou Ze and watched with great interest. One of them wore a red shirt and sat there watching. He did not say a word from beginning to end.

One of them leaned on his crutches and held a briefcase in his hand. He leaned against the side of the bar counter.

These two people were actually not very old, only in their forties.

“There"s no hope, there"s no hope.”

The middle-aged man with the cane sighed regretfully.

The two young men next to him glared at him. Clearly, they felt that you could choose not to look at them at this time, but it would be very annoying if you were to speak ill of them here.

The middle-aged man was not angry either. He continued to drink the c.o.c.ktail in his hand. This was a 98-serving c.o.c.ktail. After the middle-aged man came in, he specially asked about the price and felt that he would not be able to get back what he had paid for by ordering ice water. This was basically worth the lowest consumption, it was not a loss.

In fact, he was a person who lived his life meticulously. It was a surprise that such a person would be willing to walk into a black shop that had a minimum consumption of 100 yuan.

He did not know why. When he was doing business, he pa.s.sed by and happened to see a game playing inside. He walked in and sat down.

“Only two behind. It Can"t be that bad,”Zhou Ze said.

Boss Zhou was not a fan, but he had watched the first half of the game. The two teams had played back and forth, but the Tongcheng team was unlucky. They had been scored by the Chinese Super League team, so the chances were equal.

“It"s different, it"s different.”The middle-aged man took a sip of wine and explained like a commentator, “In fact, it"s inevitable that the Chinese Super League team won"t be used to playing against the Chinese Super League team in the beginning.

That"s because according to the Football a.s.sociation"s rules, the second team in the Chinese Super League can not have foreign players. All of them are Chinese players, but the Chinese Super League has foreign players. In addition, over the years, more and more big shots have entered the Chinese Super League, and the foreign players they buy are getting stronger and stronger, they can even buy big-name star players in their prime.

Therefore, the Chinese Super League teams had a heavy reliance on foreign players, both in the game and during training. It was a little strange to get rid of foreign players to play in the game. Because the second team in the Chinese Super League did not have foreign players, they played as they usually did, they could coordinate better.

Therefore, the first half was the key to breaking the ice. Through the first half, the Chinese Premier League team could adapt to the rhythm of no foreign players. In addition, the Chinese players of the Chinese Premier League team were much stronger than the Chinese players of the Chinese Premier League team, they often played better in the second half than in the first half.

Now the problem came. The best chance for the Chinese Premier League team in the first half was actually behind by two. They had even less chance in the second half. Moreover, this Chinese Premier League team was the defending champion of the last FA Cup. They will not take it lightly.”

After the middle-aged man"s a.n.a.lysis, he only received a silent nod from Zhou Ze. He suddenly felt a little unsatisfied and continued, “Boss, trust me. This game can"t be overturned. Look at this group of young people. They"re just making a fuss.”

Zhou Ze did not comment. Coincidentally, Xu Qinglang had just made a cup of wine for him. Zhou ze pushed it to the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man accepted it with a smile and did not stand on ceremony.

It seemed that he had drunk too much wine. The middle-aged man occasionally used his hand to pound his crippled leg.

“Were you an athlete in the past?”Zhou ze asked.

“AH, yes.”The middle-aged man revealed a look of reminiscence. “In the past, I also played football, but I was not as famous as general fan hao dapao and the others. I was only a small subst.i.tute, and the team I was on was not big. Now, that team is gone.”

“What a pity.”

“There"s nothing to pity. My Luck isn"t good.”The middle-aged man pointed at the wine gla.s.s and said, “Boss, if you exempt me from this order, I"ll tell you a secret in the football circle.”

“Exempt.”

“Straightforward.”The middle-aged man sighed, “I didn"t catch the right time. Back then, in the"00s, the football circle was chaotic and dark. It wasn"t like now. Now, you know, this group of big bosses all came to play football. It"s good that they have more money and more stupid treatment. They can easily earn millions and tens of millions.”

Zhou ze nodded, indicating that he was listening.

At this time, the second half of the game had also begun. The few spectators in the bookstore were still watching. Most of them had already paid the bill and left during the halftime interval.

“We couldn"t do it back then. It wasn"t a matter of whether you wanted to or not, but from top to bottom. It was the same. Not to mention the big bosses, even the club manager and the head coach played like this. As a small player, what else could you do?

“Back then, I was actually not good enough to play league A, but the general manager kept me around and gave me a salary. I actually knew what his goal was.”

“Is that how a leg is crippled?”Zhou ze asked.

The middle-aged man nodded. “Haha, Boss, don"t misunderstand. I didn"t refuse to play fake football and get crippled. I was F * cking depressed too.

“I remember that game. We played a middle-lower level team. Actually, this kind of game is the easiest to play because everyone is in the middle-lower level. It"s normal for them to play. The outside world won"t be too surprised, “It"s not like those who are competing for the championship and the Asian Championship. How many pairs of eyes are watching.

“In that game, the Zhuang family sent me a notice, asking me to guarantee a loss.

Let me tell you, the dealer usually wouldn"t bribe too many people in the team. Maybe one on this side and one on that side, or at most two. Especially in the rear defensive line, it was easy to bribe. It was too easy to miss a ball or release a ball. It was impossible to be a dealer from top to bottom. Firstly, it would cost a lot, and secondly, if there were too many people, it would be easy to leak information and cause problems.

Coincidentally, the foreign aid in our team performed too well in that match. It was as if they were on steroids. Two of them scored in the first ten minutes of the match.

The Zhuang family usually did not dare to bribe the foreign aid. The foreign aid could be changed at any time. When they returned to China, they could leak the news to any media. What should they do then?

Unlike our local team, whose roots and circles were all in China, the Zhuang family was also easy to control. They were not worried that anything would happen to us.

In that match, I kept missing people and sent a penalty kick. Finally, in the 80th minute, I let the opponent score three goals and let them overtake me. It really tired me to death.

Before the end of the match, as a defensive midfielder, I simply ran to the front and played as a striker. I didn"t want to defend anyway.

Who knew that coincidentally, we had a big kick in the backfield. Qiu actually pa.s.sed through the opponent"s defensive line and landed in front of me.

I was completely stunned, but the ball is in front of you you can not not play, that is too fake, and then I kicked a symbolic kick, deliberately kicked, the ball is very slow, belongs to the goalkeeper can stop with the foot shot.

But d.a.m.n, the other goalkeeper seems too nervous, actually fell, and then I that my grandmother can also save the shot actually went into the goal.

When I saw the ball slowly roll into the goal line, I was completely hopeless.

After the game, the dealer found me and crippled my leg. Heh, I"m not a star player. Of course, star players at that time also played fake football. Didn"t several of them also go in? But if I had some fame.., they wouldn"t dare to do this to me. Who asked me to be just a small subst.i.tute in a small team at that time? This leg is the price. Because of my goal, the dealer lost tens of millions. Tens of millions at that time were worth money.”

At this moment, a burst of cheers came from the young men in front.

Zhou Ze looked at the screen. It was the Tongcheng team who had scored a goal. They were now 1-2 behind.

“Yo, you can score another goal?”The middle-aged man was a little surprised.

After less than three minutes,

there was another burst of cheers,

they had equalized!

The score was equalized!

The middle-aged man suddenly stood up, his face full of disbelief.

“Is it a match?”Zhou ze asked.

“No, it shouldn"t be, and it can"t be. That Chinese Super League team wouldn"t want to lose. They have a big group behind them, and they don"t care about gambling money.”

At this time, a few young people in the bookstore kept cheering, cheering, one more goal, and so on.

Then..,

just before the game was about to end..,

the Tongcheng team actually scored another goal and overtook the score. In the end, they eliminated this Chinese Super League team that was two levels higher than them, creating a miracle and breaking a big upset.

The middle-aged man pursed his lips and smiled at Zhou Ze. Then, he limped out of the bookstore with his crutches.

Zhou Ze forbade him from paying, so he did not pay.

The game was over, and the other people in the bookstore had also left. However, the man in the Red Shirt had been sitting there the whole time. Throughout the game, he did not cheer or say anything. He just sat there and watched seriously.

“Hey, it"s time to go.”Zhou ze reached out and patted the man"s shoulder. “I showed you a game before I went to the netherworld. I treated you well, didn"t I?”

The Man in the Red Shirt was stunned for a moment. He nodded and then looked at Zhou Ze. His Lips quivered a few times as he said, “The goalkeeper that cripple mentioned before was me.”

Zhou Ze was a little surprised when he heard that.

“That year, I went against the Zhuang family with another small Zhuang family. I played black and ate black. At the start, I sent the other side"s foreign aid in to score two goals. Who knew that that guy was even better at sending goals than me? He forcefully sent the ball in and overtook me.”.

Hehe..,

“In the end, his shot was really too slow and too soft. I had no choice but to pretend to fall and send the ball in.”

“Are you guys playing a match or playing infernal affairs?”Zhou Ze was a little speechless. Then, he asked, “How did you die?”

“I died in a car accident.”The Man in the red shirt shook his head helplessly, “I"ve been retired for more than ten years. A while ago, when I was driving, there was a primary school student playing soccer at the roadside vase. A ball just happened to fly over to my side and hit my car window. It gave me a fright. I turned the steering wheel the wrong way and went into the reverse lane.”

Then, there was a car accident.

Actually, it was a small car accident. The minibus across the road was clearly driving very slowly. It was really very slow. It wasn"t fast at all

I just got knocked on the head and was sent to the hospital. At first, I was fine,

then, the day before I was going to be discharged, I died in the hospital for no reason. I died of a concussion.

Tell me,

isn"t it funny?”