The person on the other end of the line was clearly stunned by Chen Anno's words. It wasn't until three seconds later that a slightly trembling voice came through: "Child, did something happen? Are... are you injured?
Anno, listen to me. Medicine is very advanced nowadays. Even if you're seriously injured, you'll be cured. Um... I have some acquaintances in Europe; I'll help you find the best doctor. Anno, tell me..."
Hearing Vizzoli's anxious voice, Chen Anno sniffled and wiped his eyes with his left hand. "Uncle Vizzoli, I'm not injured..."
He then gave a brief account of what had happened since his return from Brazil, including the incident where he had hit the team manager today.
Clang...!
Chen Anno heard the sound of things being thrown on the other end, followed by Vizzoli's roar: "Bullshit! This is all fucking bullshit! How can there be people with such short-sighted vision in this world!?
Anno, listen to me, child. Come back. Come back to Brazil. This is your home, okay? Tomorrow... no, I'll book your flight ticket right now. Come back, child."
...[As expected of a child raised in a savage country. He's only just been recruited into the national team and he's already started hitting the team manager.]
[And they call him a 'são paulo state twin stars'? I wonder if the Brazilian media has eye problems. He can't even get a game in our Chinese Super League, yet he's actually being compared to Neymar?]
[Exactly. Look at Neymar—low-profile and humble, moving to Barça for a transfer fee of nearly ninety million. Chen Anno not only can't play, but he also gets into fights. The gap is just too huge.]
[Right. The national team can't make it to the World Cup because it's being corrupted by these people who are bad at football and have even worse character.]
In the airport departure lounge, Chen Anno was scrolling through the news online.
"Brother..." Chen Xiaolong sat beside Chen Anno and spoke cautiously. "Let's stop looking at this kind of news. Even I'm so angry I can't eat..."
Surprisingly, Chen Anno's face was calm. Hearing his brother's words, he put away his 'iPhone 4S'.
This was a gift from his second uncle last month to celebrate his selection for the U17 National Youth Team.
"Don't worry, Xiaolong. Your brother has seen it all. I, Chen Anno, won't lower myself to the level of these online keyboard warriors." Despite saying this, a stubborn spark of defiance ignited in the youth's eyes. "One day, I will make them swallow every single word they said today!"
Chen Anno put his arm around his brother's shoulder and said with a smile, "Xiaolong, believe it or not, in less than two years, you'll see me on TV. By then, your brother will already be playing in the five major leagues."
"Yeah!! I believe you!" Chen Xiaolong usually listened to Chen Anno most. He naturally believed what his brother said. Although he didn't know which countries the five major leagues belonged to, if his brother said it, it was right.
"I said before leaving that we should take an extra suitcase, but you insisted on stuffing everything in..."
"Now you're blaming me? Our little Anno is going on a long journey. What's wrong with me packing a few more things for him?"
"What do you mean 'your' little Anno? He's my biological nephew..."
Smack... "Well, Chen Shouqing, is your nephew not my nephew? You're being so calculative. Do you want to split the household with me..."
Two voices approached from a distance. The Chen brothers couldn't help but look at each other, both showing a hint of helplessness.
Chen Anno stood up and looked at his Second Uncle and Second Aunt. Both were sweating from the exertion and were bickering incessantly.
"Mission accomplished! Anno, your Second Aunt and I have checked in all your luggage. I've packed those local specialties and your favorite Lao Gan Ma. When you get there, remember to give them to that... Dazuo..."
"Second Uncle, it's Vizzoli." Chen Anno didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Right, right... that Mr. Vizzoli. Give him some local specialties. You'll have to rely on him to look after you over there," Chen Shouqing said hurriedly.
"Anno, are you really not letting your Second Uncle go with you? It's so far..." Second Aunt Zhang Mei's eyes began to redden as she spoke. "I heard it's over eighteen thousand li away. That's almost as far as one of Monkey King's somersault clouds... How can we be at ease?"
"Mom... Monkey King's somersault cloud is a hundred and eight thousand li..."
Smack... A 'Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms' strike landed directly, and Chen Xiaolong immediately shut his mouth.
Chen Anno held the hands of both elders. "Second Uncle, Second Aunt, please don't worry. I grew up there. If Second Uncle went, who knows who would be looking after whom?"
By now, half a month had passed since Chen Anno had been expelled from the National Youth Team and his club.
It was only because Chen Anno had grown up in Brazil that the procedures were handled so quickly; otherwise, it would have likely taken months to sort out.
"Anno, this is the bank card your parents left behind. I didn't know how to exchange the currency, so I never touched it. Now that you're going back, take it with you." Chen Shouqing took a card from his wallet and handed it to Chen Anno.
It was actually a Banco do Brasil bank card.
"Second Uncle..." Chen Anno was somewhat surprised. He knew very well that a lot of money had been spent from the time he returned to China to join the club and the National Youth Team. His Second Uncle hadn't even touched the inheritance left by his father... Had all those previous expenses been covered by his Second Uncle himself?
One must realize that his Second Uncle's entire family relied solely on a small community supermarket to sustain their lives, yet he had spent so much money over the years... Thinking of this, Chen Anno's nose felt a bit stingy. His hands trembled as he reached out to take the bank card. "Second Uncle, don't worry. I will definitely work hard to make it big and let you, Second Aunt, and Xiaolong live a good life."
"Haha..." Chen Shouqing patted Chen Anno's shoulder. "Alright, then Second Uncle will wait to enjoy the good life thanks to our Anno."
...Chen Anno left, departing from the land his father had always missed before his passing.
Chen Xiaolong kept his brother's instructions in mind. The first thing he did upon returning home was to log into an anonymous Tieba account and post a 10-minute audio recording in the 'Football Bar'.
It was like a stone causing a thousand ripples!
In less than three hours, this recording caused a massive uproar on the internet, being reposted and commented on across all major forums.
It had been less than three years since the last anti-corruption crackdown in the football world. Fans who loved the sport could never have imagined that such things were still happening.
It turned out that Chen Anno's situation was not at all what they had imagined; it was all fabricated by those parasites.
Instantly, petition threads were organized online to clear Chen Anno's name and call for his recall to the team.
But Chen Anno himself seemed to have vanished from the face of the earth, offering no response whatsoever.
A reporter was the first to find Chen Anno's home and interview Chen Shouqing, only then learning that Chen Anno had already returned to Brazil.
However, it was precisely because of the Chen Anno incident that a new anti-corruption storm swept through the domestic football scene.
But none of this had anything to do with Chen Anno anymore... On April 16, 2013, a Boeing 797-9 large passenger plane flying from China to São Paulo, Brazil, landed at São Paulo International Airport.
Vizzoli personally went to the airport to meet Chen Anno, bringing him and two oversized suitcases back to the place where he had lived for fifteen years.
São Paulo is not only the largest city in Brazil but also in all of South America. It has a permanent population of over twelve million and covers an area of approximately fifteen hundred square kilometers.
Although Chen Fuqing's house in São Paulo had not been sold, Chen Anno still followed Vizzoli to the club. In the future, he would live in the club's dormitory.
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