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Chapter 1 Two years later

The morning sunlight burst into the bedroom through the gaps in the curtains. Tang En gently stood up from the bed, looked back at his beautiful wife who was still sleeping on the bed. He put on his pajamas and left the bedroom gently.

In the bathroom, Tang En unscrewed the faucet, filled the toothbrush with toothpaste, then folded the wash towel and placed it aside. He was about to wash and start a day of sobering.

But when he looked up, he was stunned.

A man who was somewhat stranger to him appeared in the mirror.

The crisscrossing wrinkles seemed to be carved on the face with a knife, and their eyes were covered with blood, as if they hadn't slept for a long time. What made people feel even more dazzling was not the wrinkles and red eyes, but the messy white hair on the top of their heads.

Tang En tilted his head and stared at himself in the mirror for a long time, ignoring the water in the washbasin was still venting down from the faucet. He was still holding a toothbrush in his hand, but the toothpaste on the toothbrush had already slipped into the basin.

Just a month ago, he had just celebrated his 45th birthday, September 9, 2013. In a blink of an eye, he had been traveling here for more than ten years. If it weren't for this time-traveling, he would have been 32 years old now. He was still young and could still be able to live a life and die. He could also be qualified to pretend to be a young boy on the Internet, without considering such a complex philosophical issue.

But here, he is already forty-five years old. Although he is only fifty or fifty years old, how many people can live to one hundred years old? Even at the age of ninety, his life at the age of forty-five has passed more than half. Looking at the gradually aging self in the mirror, Tang En thought of a problem for the first time - even if I don’t have a heart disease, I am not far from death. The rest of this life must not be as long as the years I have spent.

Just thinking about this, a sense of sadness surged into my heart. When will I start to slowly become a person with a lack of mobility, speech impairment, and confusion in thinking. I cannot speak loudly, cannot run hundreds of meters in one breath and have a well-proportioned breath, and can only sit in a wheelchair and be supported by others to slowly push out to bask in the sun?

I used to think that such an image was too far away from me, so why do I feel that it is close to me now?

The rustling sound alarmed Shaniya, who was reluctant to get up while staying in bed.

In fact, when Tang En got up, she also woke up. Lying on the bed, watching her husband feel reluctant to disturb her, she also struggled to hold back her laughter. After Tony entered the bathroom, the sound of water started. It has been almost ten minutes since now, and the sound of water has not stopped.

The lazy smile on Shania's face disappeared. She stood up from the bed and called out, "Uncle Tony?"

No one answered him.

Shania suddenly felt her heart beating wildly, and a bad idea came to her mind - Could it be that Tony had a heart disease again?

Thinking of this, she hurriedly jumped off the bed, her clothes didn't bother to upload, and her shoes were thrown aside. She was wearing only a pair of underwear, naked, and ran from the bedroom to the bathroom next door with barefoot.

She didn't see Uncle Tony lying on the ground unconscious. When she saw Don En standing in front of the mirror with his toothbrush tilted his head and stood in a daze, she finally let out a long sigh. She laughed.

"You scared me to death, Uncle Tony."

No one answered her.

"Uncle Tony!" Shania had to raise her voice and shouted.

"Ah? What? Oh..." Tang En immediately understood what happened when he saw Xianya's appearance. "You are thinking about it again?"

Shania rolled her eyes: "You are like a dead person, telling you not to answer anything. Of course I am not relieved." She walked over, stood behind Tang En, and stretched out her hands to gently wrap him around.

"What are you looking at? You're so fascinated." She gently rubbed Tang En's ears.

"Look at my white hair." Tang En grinned and said with a wry smile.

"Just dye black." Xianya kissed Tang En gently on the back of her neck. "What's more, it's not all white, it's just a little white..."

The couple in the mirror are so intimate, but not very harmonious in terms of visual effects. The man looks old, while the woman's naked body exudes youthful vitality and enthusiasm. If they hadn't done such an intimate thing, it really makes people suspect that the two in the mirror are father-daughter.

"Dye hair?" Tang En thought for a while and nodded: "It's so important to pay attention. But I never thought about the day I needed to dye my hair."

Shania smiled: "Everyone will grow old. Look at me, are I young now? Isn't it the same as you in decades? Isn't it the same as you? Every morning when you wake up, you will grow old faster, my philosopher Uncle Tony."

Tang En felt the two plump balls of flesh pressing on his back, and he gradually reacted under the ground. But now it was obviously not the time to do that kind of thing. He turned around, grabbed Xianya's shoulder, and pushed her over. "Get dressed and don't catch a cold."

The sharp-eyed Shaniya saw the abnormality below him. Her face smiled very proudly: "Look. Uncle Tony. I just did it yesterday. I had such a desire in the morning and it proved that you are not old at all!"

After saying that, she ran out with laughter before Tang Enyang made a gesture to hit him.

When Donn drove to Wilford's training base, he saw Pierce Bruce outside again. The other party looked very old with a cigarette in his mouth.

Perhaps because of the geographical reasons this morning, Tang En now sees everyone who wants to observe the other person from the changes in appearance. Time has changed many people, so he wants to see what these changes are like.

"Hey, Mr. Bond. What did you do so melancholy early in the morning?" Tang En poked his head out in the car and took the initiative to say hello to the other party.

"Ah, Tony...you promised my interview..."

"Add to make arrangements another day."

"Don't stop another day, Tony. The boss said that if you can't show your interview, let me look good, please help..." Bruce frowned and looked melancholy. It turned out that he was worried about this.

"Okay OK, just at noon today, at the restaurant in Wilford. We ate and chatted."

After dealing with Bruce, Tang En was surrounded by more reporters. He rushed to ask him questions.

"Mr. Done! Can you talk about Lennon's transfer again..."

The reporter touched Tang Endi's rebellious scales, and he stared at the other party viciously: "What else can I say about the matter almost two months ago? If you really can't find the problem, I suggest you ask what I ate this morning, what I planned to eat at noon, and what I want to eat at night!"

Yes, it was two months ago...

Due to his outstanding performance in the Forests, England's wings are almost the world of Forests. Lennon on the left. Bentley on the right, "Little Tiger" Walcott was squeezed to the bench. Fortunately for Capello, it is a blessing to have multiple high-level players to choose from in the same position.

In the club, Lennon can play on the left or right is very helpful to him, because he can get more opportunities to play than others. Therefore, as he performs better and more maturely, he also attracts more club attention.

This summer, many clubs have quoted the Forest team. I hope to buy Lennon, a competent wing assaulter who can be used by both sides. But Tang En insists not to sell. The people he trained himself, from the youth team to the first team, have good popularity within the team. Now it is the year of playing, how can he sell it?

But in the end he left the Forest. The reason is very simple. Inter Milan offered a offer that Nottingham Forest Club could not refuse - 30 million pounds!

Alan Adams, despite Tang En's opposition, firmly intervened in the transfer and forcibly sold Lennon to Inter Milan. The two had a very unhappy fight at that time. It was almost a real fight in front of Evan. So much so that there were rumors that the two giants of Nottingham Forest were not in harmony, Tang En didn't say a clarification - I just didn't have the same relationship with that money-loving person. What about the clarification egg white?

Later Chris Lack comforted Don Ng and said that Lennon wanted to leave, in fact, too. After all, Inter Milan could give higher salary and other bonuses. Of course, Don Ng knew this, but he felt that if Alan did not intervene, he could at least leave Lennon for two more seasons with his personal charm. If Lennon still wants to leave, he would have nothing to say. Because Adriano Mok also grew up completely.

He was not unacceptable to selling Lennon. What he couldn't accept was that Allen actually broke the original agreement. Forced interfering in his work. For Tony Donn, who likes to take everything in his hands and believes in authority, this can even be said to be a shame. He did not resign at that time and gave up the offer, which was considered to be the face of Evan Dogette and the team. After all, it was easy to leave, and it was easy to find a higher-paid job with his achievements. But spending ten years cultivating a team that can come and fight and win is not something that can be done by saying it. Today, Nottingham Forest is all his efforts. He has not yet had the crystallization of love between him and Shania, and Nottingham Forest is like his son. With deep feelings, he really can't let go of this ten-year-old fat boy.

In the past two months, Bruce, who is familiar with Tang En's temper, dared not mention Lennon's name in front of Tang En. This young reporter was a novice at first glance...

Tang En asked such a question to disturb his interest, and he took his anger on all the reporters. He didn't answer any questions. He looked gloomy and rolled up the window and drove the car into the gate of the training base.

The reporters began to complain, of course they were not complaining about Tang En. After so many years of interviewing Tang En, a group of old reporters had already figured out what kind of temper he was.

They complained that the young reporter:

"Are you new here? Do you understand the rules, you!" a middle-aged man shouted to the reporter who asked the question in a bad tone.

"Who asked you to ask such an idiot question? Which media outlet do you belong to?" Another man with glasses and usually looks absolutely gentle and gritty, staring at the other party with gritted teeth.

"What else did you do if you have already made a fry two months ago?" The tone of this angry crowd was quite polite.

"Do you know who you are interviewing? It's not the 'good guy' Kevin Keegan, it's Tony Donne! Tony Donne! Intern reporter... I hate newcomers who don't know anything the most..."

The group of people dispersed cursingly. Bruce looked at the young reporter who was confused by the scolding and walked up and patted him on the shoulder, without saying anything, leaving.

He thought of his experience when he was an intern reporter. Needless to say, this kid would always understand.

Speaking of which, the reporters gathered near Wilford are probably the most special group in England. The best and most experienced reporters from all media will be sent here to perform interview tasks. Very few media will send newbies here because they will only humiliate themselves - not to mention whether they can gain the upper hand in a group of old-fashioned "news war". Just say that the interview target is Tony Donn, who is known as "the most difficult thing in English football", which is not a task that novices can do.

Who can often appear here? Who is not an old reporter who has been interviewed for more than three years in Nottingham Forest? In the long-term "battle" with Tang En, these people have summarized multiple strategies to deal with this uncertain forest king. They are familiar with Tang En, better than familiar with their wives and children. What is "old fried dough stick"? "old fried dough stick" means knowing how to read the words and colors, knowing what questions to ask under what circumstances. Knowing which questions is absolutely impossible to ask, knowing which questions may cause Tang En's fierce reaction, but at the same time it can also cause more news-effective results, and knowing how to ask those fierce questions may receive the best reaction...

These are all experiences. Just like a professional player, if you don’t play more games, you will never know what it feels like…

Novice players will one day become veterans on the battlefield who have experienced many battles. Rookie reporters will always become senior journalists who stand alone.

Just like a clumsy coach who was hit by his own person on the sidelines, he has now become the coach of the European Championships and two Premier League trophys. One English League Cup, one World Club Cup, two Premier League Community Shields, and two European Super Cup champions.

City courts without games are usually quiet, but sometimes this tranquility can be broken by some guests thousands of miles away.

A luxury bus was parked in the parking lot outside the city stadium. A pair of orientals with red baseball caps and yellow-skinned and dark-haired followed a tall fair-looking beauty into the team's honor room in the city stadium.

"Please look, this is the Nottingham Forest Honor Room. It displays all the honors and trophys that the Forest team has won since its founding. "The beautiful tour guide is a British man. Her Chinese pronunciation is not too standard, but being a tour guide and translator is enough.

"And after the current head coach of this team, Tony Donn, has won an English League Cup. "The tour guide pointed to a small trophy in the cabinet and said. "There are two more community shields. " She pointed to two silver medal plates with a shield-shaped shape. "Two European Super Cups, one World Club Cup..." The beautiful tour guide introduced the tourists behind him to the different sizes, unique shapes and silvery trophies.

"There are two English top league Premier League championship trophys. The one on the right is the 2007-08 season, and Nottingham Forest won the double championship that season. The one on the left is very new, coach Tony Donn led his players to capture the land last season."

She walked to a large glass cabinet in the center of the room, then stopped. She pointed to the four trophys inside. She introduced proudly.

"These four big ear trophys are the supreme honor among European football clubs - the European Champions League!"

Some of the people in the crowd were amazed, while others were expressionless, just staring at the silver trophy curiously, guessing in their hearts whether this would be really made of silver...

Tourists are surrounding the glass cabinet. Although there are regulations that no photography is allowed, fans in the crowd will still take out digital cameras or mobile phones to take pictures secretly. It is not easy to see four European Champions Leagues listed at the same time.

The tour guide did not notice the tourists' actions. She continued to introduce to everyone how much the trophy was.

"All Europe! Teams that can win four Champions Leagues can count with one hand. They are nine-time European Champions League winners Real Madrid, six-time AC Milan. Five times Liverpool, four times Ajax, four times Bayern Munich, and four times Nottingham Forest! And under the leadership of coach Tony Donn, the fifth Champions League is not too far away!"

Someone in the crowd raised his hand and asked, "Miss Cuixi, are you a big fan of Tony Done?"

The beautiful tour guide laughed when he heard this question: "In Nottingham, at least half of them are his hardcore fans."

The four Champions Leagues are quietly placed in the glass cabinet, silently accepting the people outside, either surprised or envious. Each of them has a legendary story. The thieves who participated in the European Champions League for the first time in Munich were unscathed and shocked Europe. In Madrid, they defended their title successfully against powerful opponents with European footballers. In Athens, they returned to the top European league and overshadowed the king AC Milan. Tony Donn shouted arrogantly that "If you can't win, you'll jump into the sea." Unfortunately, no one could let him fulfill this promise. In the heavy rain in Moscow, Eastwood defeated Chelsea and helped Forest defend the Champions League for the second time. They also made an amazing double championship that season!

If you calm down and listen, you can still hear cheers echoing in every trophy, coming from the distant time and space, a little blurred.

"…hiss… The match is over! 1:0! The English team Nottingham Forest, who participated in the European Champions League for the first time, won the championship!"

"...Robson's goal!...The game ended! Brian Clauve led his team to successfully defend this supreme honor at the Bernabeu! They are the kings of Europe..."

"Freddy Eastwood! The final kill!... Tony Don finally led the team to hold the Big Ear Cup! They defeated the powerful AC Milan!"

"It rained heavily in Moscow, but no matter how heavy the rain was, it could not extinguish the enthusiasm of Nottingham Forest fans! It was Freddy Eastwood again! It was the final final victory again! This time, the Blues Chelsea fell under the arrow of Robin Hood... This is the fourth Champions League trophy in Nottingham Forest's history! Long live! Double crown!!"
Chapter completed!
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