“Zhou Yi, why are you out here sunbathing instead of sleeping at noon?”

Just as Zhou Yi was dreaming of making a fortune by selling He Ying's autograph, a sudden scolding from behind startled him so much that he dropped the bills in his hand.

Reacting, he didn't immediately look to see who was calling him, but instead quickly lunged at the ground, starting to pick up the money!

Luckily, there was no wind in the training base at this time, otherwise Zhou Yi would have cried…

After he finally picked up all the money from the ground, he finally had the mind to turn his head and see who had ambushed him.

To his surprise, the team's head coach, Hao Dong, was looking at him with a rather interested expression, as well as the pile of crumpled banknotes in his hand.

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Hao Dong saw Zhou Yi's back as he walked along the road with his head down. He didn't expect that during the prescribed lunch break, this kid would ignore discipline and run around aimlessly, so he couldn't help but yell at him. But what he didn't expect was that Zhou Yi's reaction was so intense - he dropped a pile of banknotes on the ground!

Then, he stood there and watched Zhou Yi pick up the money, his movements agile and quick, as if he was afraid someone would come and snatch it from him.

When Zhou Yi picked up the money and looked up to see him, he asked, "Why aren't you taking a nap?"

"Uh…"

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Zhou Yi never expected to run into the head coach, and he wasn't sure if the head coach knew about him selling He Ying's autograph. But he tried to remain calm, his brain working at full speed, looking for excuses and making up reasons.

After all, even without the autograph selling incident, the fact that he was wandering around instead of sleeping in the dormitory during his lunch break was a violation of discipline in itself.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the money still clenched in his hand, and suddenly he had an inspiration.

"Ah, I went to the ATM outside to withdraw some money..."

"Withdraw what money? You don't need to spend money here, everything is free." Hao Dong said, crossing his arms and tilting his head.

"That... I'm used to having some money in my pocket, it makes me feel secure. It's purely... a little... hobby of mine..." Zhou Yi continued to explain.

"What bank ATM can withdraw twenty yuan bills?" Hao Dong pointed to the bills Zhou Yi was holding.

Zhou Yi felt like he could hear the cooling fan of his brain's CPU running at high speed, buzzing loudly. He suddenly thought of Chu Ling, which must mean his brain was working at full capacity!

He had to come up with a reasonable explanation in a very short period of time, while also controlling his facial muscles to avoid making strange expressions.

"This... ah, it's too hot, I bought an ice cream at the convenience store outside... After I finished it, I broke the bill, and also bought some stationery, after all, I still have to do my summer homework..." Zhou Yi almost wanted to give himself a thumbs up for his quick wit, he was so clever!

This excuse was impeccable!

Hao Dong nodded, and didn't continue to dwell on the matter of the money, but changed the subject, except that this change of subject left Zhou Yi stunned.

"Zhou Yi, I have a suggestion that I hope you can seriously consider. In the future, don't play as a forward anymore, switch to midfield, an organizing midfielder, an attacking midfielder."

Zhou Yi froze there, without any reaction.

"Don't play as a forward anymore" "Switch to midfield" "Organizing midfielder" "Attacking midfielder."

Every sentence, every word that Hao Dong said was like a bolt from the blue, striking Zhou Yi's head one after another.

"Why... why, Coach?" Zhou Yi asked Hao Dong, stammering slightly.

He had been playing as a forward for more than a decade, and he was most prominent as a forward, the thrill of scoring goals was unparalleled.

He originally thought that the position he played in the selection finals was just a temporary cameo, and after the game he would return to his most familiar and favorite forward position.

"Because you are more suitable to be an organizer." Hao Dong said. "Your performance in the finals impressed me."

"That was just a temporary cameo... I was just messing around..." Zhou Yi quickly defended.

Hearing him say this, Hao Dong laughed: "You play so well even when you're messing around, wouldn't you be even better if you played seriously?"

Zhou Yi was speechless at this question, he was so busy defending himself that he seemed to have trapped himself.

At this time, even his quick wit was useless.

Seeing that Zhou Yi had nothing to say, Hao Dong spread his hands and smiled: "I know you like playing as a forward, because forwards are the most prominent, I was also a forward when I played football, and I was indeed more famous than my midfield teammates. But when we play football, we can't just choose a position based on which position is more prominent, otherwise all the players in the world might choose to play as forwards."

Zhou Yi was silent.

Hao Dong could see that Zhou Yi was still unwilling, and he chose to express his attitude with silence, so he asked: "I ask you, Zhou Yi, why do you play football? As a hobby? Or do you have higher aspirations? If you are just playing for fun, it is your freedom to play whatever position you want, and it is also good to be a prominent forward. But if you want to have higher aspirations, then you have to carefully choose the position you play, don't play what you like, but choose what you are good at."

Zhou Yi raised his head and wanted to answer this question, but his mouth opened, but no sound came out.

Yes, why do you play football?

He thought it was a simple question, but he didn't know how to answer it.

Seeing Zhou Yi stammering, but unable to speak, Hao Dong waved his hand: "You don't have to answer me now, and I didn't ask you to decide what position to play right away. Anyway, you will still be doing physical training during this period, you can take your time to consider it, it's not too late to talk about it after you've thought it through. Now, go back to sleep, if you don't sleep at noon, you won't have any energy in the afternoon, and the training in the afternoon is harder than in the morning."

Zhou Yi said goodbye to Hao Dong, turned around and walked towards the dormitory building. He put the money in his pocket, and also put the question in his heart.

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After finishing a day of training, Zhou Yi, Sun Pan, and Yang Muge went to eat together. After the meal, Zhou Yi took the initiative to suggest that he would like to take a walk with the two of them.

Sun Pan, the chatterbox, couldn't wait for someone to chat with him.

He and Yang Muge were roommates. Yang Muge was good in every way, but he was a little too quiet. Most of the time, he talked, and Yang Muge listened quietly, but there was little interaction. This was not enough for Sun Pan.

And Zhou Yi was the only one who could keep up with his speed of speech, so he was very happy that Zhou Yi was willing to take a walk with him.

"Then let's go!" Sun Pan immediately stood up and pulled Zhou Yi to leave.

While he couldn't wait, Yang Muge silently stacked the plates he left on the table on top of his own, then picked them up and followed Sun Pan and Zhou Yi outside. At the door, he put the plates on the counter, and then quickly caught up with the two people in front.

"I'll lead the way, this training base is huge! The area we usually operate in is the football field. Let's go to the golf course today." As the first batch of players to enter this training base, Sun Pan was relatively familiar with the training base, so he volunteered to lead the way.

So the three of them walked side by side towards the depths of the training base.

"Hey, why did you two choose to play football?" Zhou Yi asked Sun Pan and Yang Muge as they walked.

"Why play football?" Sun Pan didn't expect Zhou Yi to ask this question.

"I like football." Yang Muge replied.

"But if you like football... you don't necessarily have to choose to go professional, do you?"

"If you have the ability, it's definitely better to go professional, right?" Yang Muge replied. "At first, it was definitely because I liked it, and then I found that I could go professional, so I worked hard in that direction."

Zhou Yi was thoughtful about Yang Muge's words.

Sun Pan put his hands behind his head and walked with his feet spread: "Why is it so complicated? I'm just in it for the money! Although the football environment in our country is not as good as it used to be, the money you can earn from playing football is still more than what you can earn from working, right? Besides, I'm going to become the main goalkeeper of the national team, won't I be able to earn less then?"

Zhou Yi didn't expect Sun Pan to be so confident in his own strength.

"Don't you like football?" Zhou Yi asked.

"I wouldn't say I like it, but I don't hate it either. Actually, I used to play basketball." Sun Pan said, jumping up and grabbing a branch above his head.

Zhou Yi looked up at the bottom, he could never reach this height, but Sun Pan could reach it very easily, although he was the tallest of the three, it could also be seen that he had a good bounce.

"Then why did you switch to football?" Zhou Yi was very curious.

"It's not really a big deal, I just beat up a smart-mouthed idiot, and unfortunately that idiot was the son of our team's coach... and then I got kicked out. But I also made a profit, I beat that idiot into the hospital for two months! Haha, awesome!" Sun Pan didn't seem to feel "embarrassed" when talking about this, on the contrary, he was splashing saliva and gesticulating, as if he was publicizing his glorious achievements.

Zhou Yi didn't expect that Sun Pan had this story behind him, and he finally understood why Sun Pan wasn't afraid of Guo Nu, who was as violent as a mad dog, it turned out that he was a veteran who had been through many battles...

"What about you?" In Sun Pan's incessant self-boasting, Yang Muge turned to look at Zhou Yi and asked.

"Yeah, Zhou Yi, what about you?" Sun Pan also looked at Zhou Yi.

"Me... at first, of course, it was because I liked football, my dad is a football fan, a very hardcore one, and he cultivated me to like football." Zhou Yi replied.

"What about after that?" Yang Muge asked. "Now that you're on our team, you've gone to Europe, what happens after the reality show ends? Do you go back to school to continue studying?"

"What's the point of studying!" Sun Pan shouted from the side. "My brain hurts just thinking about studying!"

Yang Muge ignored his roommate and looked at Zhou Yi, waiting for his answer.

"...I don't know." Zhou Yi shook his head.

His highest goal in participating in the audition was actually to be able to participate in the reality show, obtain the qualification to play football in Europe, and then compete with those European teams. As for what would happen in the future, he had never really thought about it.

"Aren't you considering going professional?" Yang Muge asked. "In this team, except for you, we are all from the youth teams of professional football clubs. You were able to get in, so you must be very strong."

"Yes, yes, you must be strong, although we haven't seen you play football..." Sun Pan added from the side.

Zhou Yi scratched his head, looking very distressed.

He had been thinking about this question for the past half a day, otherwise he wouldn't have taken the initiative to ask to take a walk, he wanted to seek some answers from Yang Muge and Sun Pan.

"You don't want to become a professional football player?" Yang Muge asked when he saw Zhou Yi's silence.

"Who doesn't want money and fame?" Sun Pan answered for Zhou Yi from the side.

This is what most people think, but at this moment, Zhou Yi's mind was filled with his mother's face.

His mother was firmly opposed to him playing football. Being able to allow him to participate in the school team and play football at school was the best result he and his father had been able to achieve after fighting for it for a long time.

"My mom wants me to go to college." Zhou Yi said, "She doesn't like me playing football, she's worried about me getting injured, and with the current football environment, playing professional football doesn't seem like a very good choice..."

Yang Muge interrupted Zhou Yi's rambling: "The key is, do you want to?"

Before Zhou Yi could answer, Yang Muge said again:

"Everyone has their own Atlantic Ocean to fly across. No matter what you want to do, against the opposition of tradition, public opinion, and so-called 'common sense'... that's an Atlantic Ocean. I flew across the Atlantic because I wanted to do it. Because the thing itself is that one wants to do a thing in one's heart, loves to do this thing; concentrates all one's energy on it... that is not only the most reliable guarantee of success, but also being true to oneself."

Zhou Yi and Sun Pan looked at Yang Muge in surprise.

Sun Pan stammered and said, "What are you talking about?"

"It means that if you want to do something, don't worry about what other people think, just do it. This is not only a guarantee of success, but also a way to be honest with yourself." Yang Muge said.

"That's really well said, I can't even understand it..." Sun Pan scratched his head, he definitely couldn't say such words.

"This is not what I said, it was said by Amelia Earhart. She was a famous American female pilot who set many flight records. She was the first female pilot to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone."

"Tch!" Sun Pan rolled his eyes, after all that, he was quoting a famous quote, he praised his roommate for nothing.

Yang Muge didn't care about Sun Pan's attitude, he continued to look at Zhou Yi and said, "If you want to, then do it, persuade your mother. I believe your mother is a reasonable person, otherwise you wouldn't even be able to play school football."

Zhou Yi nodded, in fact, his mother was quite tolerant, didn't she agree to let him participate in the audition for this reality show?

Seeing Zhou Yi nodding thoughtfully, Yang Muge finally said: "It's never too late to become the person you could have been, so keep going!"

After saying that, he paused, and then added: "This sentence was not said by me either, it was said by Mary Evans."

"Who is that again?" Sun Pan looked confused, he felt that this topic was about to enter a field he couldn't understand.

"An important writer of the British Victorian era." Yang Muge introduced simply.

"You know so much." Sun Pan rolled his eyes, this explanation was as good as no explanation, he still didn't know who this Mary was, he knew Super Mario, but he didn't think it was the same person.

"I just like to read books usually." Yang Muge smiled, while also looking at Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi suddenly made a decision in his heart, he said to Yang Muge very sincerely: "Thank you!"

It's not that he wasn't serious at all, but that might all come from a kind of playful pretense of seriousness, it was fake seriousness. But this time, when he said this sentence, Zhou Yi was from the bottom of his heart, from his sincerity.

"I'm also very happy to be able to help you. If you have a certain talent, don't waste it, otherwise it would be a pity." Yang Muge said.

"Who said that sentence again?" Sun Pan waited for a while, and found that Yang Muge didn't add any explanation, so he asked.

"Me." Yang Muge smiled.

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ps, this is the first bonus chapter for the alliance master of this book.

The novel has only just started to be uploaded, and there is already an alliance master, which is something to be proud of and celebrate, so I use a bonus chapter to express my gratitude for the alliance master's support.

But in fact, this alliance master is because our dear "Wandering Saber" his name ran a cameo in my book, playing the role of the protagonist Zhou Yi's father! That is to say, I gave Saber a big fat son in the virtual world!

So Saber was so happy to have a son that he rewarded an alliance master, and everyone can see the bonus chapter.

Win-win, win-win!

This tells us a life lesson - how important it is to have a good name!