Park Suntae was lying down in the first-class seat, trying to keep his body in a more relaxed position.
Then he set his sights on the soleus muscle of his right calf.
That's where he was injured, and he's been out for two full rounds of the league, nearly two weeks.
He has not fully recovered yet. He actually returned to participate in the game with an injury, although the injury was not serious.
Otherwise, the club will not let him come back to participate in the game.
Of course, he does not need to return to the national team to participate in the remaining top 12 matches, because the South Korean team has already obtained the right to participate in the World Cup in advance.
But he still took the initiative to apply to come back to compete.
The reason is that firstly he doesn't want the Korean team to lose to the Chinese team, and secondly he doesn't want to lose to the Chinese player Hu Lai.
He ended up scoring five goals in the Premier League last season, which was completely inadequate compared to Hulay's eleven goals.
He also felt pressure from this.
The majestic "Light of Asia" and "No. 1 Brother in Asia" was actually left far behind by a fledgling boy in the Premier League scorer list. It is absolutely impossible to say that Park Soon-tae has no idea about this matter in his heart.
Although they will meet sooner or later in the Premier League, he still hopes to face off with Hulay earlier - before Hulay moved to Leeds City last season, the two teams had already met twice in the league, so in the remaining schedule
, Leeds City and London Bridge never met again, and Park Soon Tae and Hu Lai naturally never played against each other.
He wanted to have a good meeting with this new rising star in Asian football.
Just as Park Soon-tai was thinking about the top 12 competition, he saw a figure walking from the door of the cabin. At the same time, there was a beautiful and sexy blond stewardess in front of him leading the way.
He stopped in front of the seat next to Park Suntai and pointed: "Mr. Hu, this is your seat."
Holding the boarding pass, Hu Lai followed the flight attendant's hand and looked over.
Park Soon Tai also turned to look at the empty seat next to him.
The first-class seating arrangement on this aircraft is that there is a seat on each side near the window, and two seats next to each other in the middle.
After the two people's eyes met on the empty seat, they both looked at each other at the same time.
Hu Lai raised the boarding pass in his hand to Pu Chuntai and said with a dry smile: "It's fate, brother."
He speaks English.
Park Soon Tae also replied in English: "Hello, Hu Lai."
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When the stewardess next to her saw the two people greeting each other, she smiled and said, "You two gentlemen know each other? That's great. I believe you won't be lonely during this journey!"
Hu Lai glanced at the stewardess who was obviously not watching the game.
The flight attendant thought he was asking her to help him put his luggage, so she hurriedly bent down to pick up the suitcase, but Hu Lai stopped her: "No, I can do it myself."
Taking the opportunity of placing the suitcase, he took a look and found that there were actually some empty seats in the first class cabin.
Why are you sitting with him?
It's not that I'm afraid of him or anything, it's just that... I'm a little disappointed.
Why have I flown so many times but never met a beautiful woman next to me?
Except Li Qingqing!
Hu Lai suddenly remembered that he had flown back to China from Paris with Li Qingqing, and had flown from China to the United States, with Li Qingqing around him.
I quickly added a restriction in my mind.
Then he subconsciously glanced at Park Soon-tae's right leg, which was Park Soon-tae's injured leg.
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Hu Lai didn't know that just when he felt sorry for Park Soon-tae sitting next to him, Park Soon-tae was also having a lot of inner drama.
Who can't sit next to me?
It just so happens that he is this guy... our opponent in the next game!
Although he still maintained his original reclining position without moving, the muscles all over his body had tightened unconsciously.
What Park Suntae is thinking now is that he must not let this kid see that his right calf injury has not fully recovered. This will boost the morale of the Chinese team. This is still their home court. If the morale rises, the game will be difficult to play.
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Park Soon-tae is different from the young players of the national team. He never thinks that the Chinese team is an easy opponent to deal with, especially when playing at home and being forced into a desperate situation. If he underestimates his opponent, he will suffer retribution.
He had just finished thinking this in his mind when he noticed Hu Lai suddenly looking at his...right leg.
Park Suntai was shocked - was discovered by this kid?
No!
wrong!
It's not a secret that I was injured. He must know where I was injured, but he didn't know the specific recovery status of my injury...
Maybe he thought my injury had healed, otherwise how could I come back to participate in the top 12 games?
Well, let him always think so, it would be nice to add some pressure to him...
While Park Soon Tai was analyzing in his mind, he heard Hu Lai next to him ask in English: "Hey, brother, how is your right leg recovery going?"
Hearing this, Pu Chuntai almost couldn't help but said: How could you ask directly like this! Do you think I will tell you! Bastard!
For a moment, he didn't know whether to call this guy upright or stupid.
He glanced at Hu Lai: "Why should I tell you? We are enemies."
Hu Lai scratched his head and smiled honestly: "Of course, we are enemies. But I think what if, brother, you are a magnanimous gentleman? Maybe you are extremely confident and feel that no matter what happens to us, you will be the victor in the end?"
Or do you want to defeat us openly and disdain those small tricks?"
Park Soon-tai glanced at Hu Lai, who was getting more and more outrageous with his talk, and thought to himself, do you believe these nonsense?
Then he said calmly: "Don't bother, Hu Lai. I know you need a victory, but I will go all out."
Hearing this answer, Hu Lai nodded: "That's a coincidence, I will do my best."
Then the two people stopped talking and each did his or her own thing.
Park Suntae was lying on the chair, closing his eyes and relaxing.
Hu Lai took out his mobile phone and turned to look at Park Suntai, who had his eyes closed next to him. After his eyes flickered for a while, he turned his body slightly to one side, turned on the front camera, and then stretched out his arm to raise the camera.
Hu Lai's face appeared in the viewfinder of the mobile phone screen, and... Park Soon Tae behind him.
Hu Lai made a V with his other hand and forced a smile on his face.
Just when he was about to press the shutter button, Park Suntae on the screen suddenly opened his eyes!
After a brief moment of astonishment, he frowned and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Uh, I'm taking a selfie."
"Why do you have me in your selfie?" Park Soon Tae on the screen continued to ask.
Normally, he wouldn't mind taking a photo with Hu Lai, but when the top 12 match against the Chinese team was about to begin, he didn't want the outside world to think that he had any close relationship with his enemy.
"I'm looking for an angle..." Hu Lai said with a face as usual, adjusting the angle of his arms from side to side, so that only he was left in the viewfinder.
Then he showed a professional smile and pressed the shutter button.
With a click, his selfie was left on the phone.
After taking the photo, he showed it to Park Soon Tai: "Look, I will post it on Weibo later. This is a fan benefit."
Seeing that Hu Lai was the only one in the photo, Park Soon Tae didn't say anything. He just raised the baffle between his and Hu Lai's seats to separate the two adjacent seats.
The baffle is opaque, so Hu Lai can't see what's going on on his side.
In fact, he was embarrassed to do this in front of Hu Lai because he was worried that if he did so, the other party would think that he was afraid of him.
As one of Asia’s top brothers, Park Soon-tae, how could he be looked down upon by younger generations?
So he looked magnanimous at that time.
But now he changed his mind. He realized that if he didn't isolate himself, he might not be able to get a good rest along the way... The bastard next to him was so capable of causing trouble!
Although Park Soon Tai had never had contact with Hu Lai before, he was keenly aware of this in just a few minutes of conversation.
After using the baffle to completely separate himself, Park Suntae leaned back on the chair again, closed his eyes and rested.
But not long after, he suddenly opened his eyes with a feeling, and saw Hu Lai standing behind the screen looking at him. Although he quickly looked away when he opened his eyes, Pu Chuntai had already caught him.
With.
"What are you going to do?" Park Soon Tai asked, holding back his anger.
"Me?" Hu Lai was stunned for a moment, "I'm going to use the restroom. The plane will take off soon and we won't be able to use the restroom. Aren't you going?"
"I'm not going." Park Soon Tai looked at him and said.
"Okay, I'll go first." After saying that, he left the table and walked towards the front of the plane.
Behind him, Pu Chuntai kept staring at his back with his eyes open. It wasn't until he actually walked into the toilet that he breathed a sigh of relief and closed his eyes again.
He didn't know how long he had been asleep, but Pu Chuntai suddenly opened his eyes, and sure enough, he saw Hu Lai standing behind the partition, still looking at him.
"What are you doing?" Pu Chuntai's tone was not very good.
Hu Lai spread his hands and looked innocent: "I came back from going to the toilet. I was about to sit down."
After saying that, he really sat down.
Park Suntae felt relieved and closed her eyes again.
But soon he opened his eyes again and glanced above the partition.
I didn't see that mean face this time.
He then felt relieved and prepared to fall asleep completely.
It was already ten o'clock in the evening in London, and he should go to bed.
When he closed his eyes, he always felt that there was a pair of eyes peeking at him from behind the partition, or that there was a mobile phone rising up from behind the partition, with the lens facing him...
This made him couldn't help but open his eyes again. Whether it was peeping eyes or a mobile phone camera, where else could it be?
So was it just my hallucination?
He closed his eyes again, and the feeling of being spied on came over him again, making him nervous.
He thought since this is an illusion, then I don't care about it...
Pu Chuntai turned around, facing away from Hu Lai's seat, trying to be out of sight and out of mind.
But he also thought, what if? What if Hu Lai took out his cell phone while he was letting his guard down...
no!
Park Soon-tae turned back so that he could see what was happening behind the partition as soon as he opened his eyes.
But when he turned around, the calf of his right foot hit the edge of the chair, and a slight pain seemed to come from him, which made him frown again.
This body...has not recovered 100% yet!
When he thought of sitting next to Hu Lai, who was very interested in his injuries, Park Soon-tai's nervous heart could not let go.
Then when he thought about having to stay in this dangerous environment for a full eleven hours, Park Soon Tai felt so tired...
He simply stood up again. As soon as he stood up, Hu Lai next door looked up at him: "Brother, do you want to go to the toilet?"
This guy is really concerned about my situation!
Park Suntai's mouth twitched: "No."
After saying that, he turned around and looked around, and found that there were actually a few seats in the first-class cabin this time that seemed to be empty.
Maybe he could ask the flight attendant to change seats?
As soon as this idea popped up in Pu Chuntai's mind, he rejected it himself:
No! What would happen to me? Am I a deserter? What would Hu Lai think? He must think that I am a coward who was run away by him!
Then if this kid adds fuel to the fire in front of the media in their country, how will the media publicize it?
Park Soon Tae seems to have been able to imagine the shocking headlines in the media at that time.
"Hu Lai joked that Park Soon Tae ran away on the plane!"
"Shocking, Park Soon-tae and Hu Lai met on the plane, and they actually took the initiative to retreat!"
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So how can you change seats?
Thinking of this, Park Suntae lay back on the chair and looked at the entertainment screen in front of him with wide eyes.
As he watched, his eyelids slowly drooped, and his head drooped little by little.
"Ladies and gentlemen, our plane has launched..."
Along with the stewardess's gentle announcement on the cabin PA, the fuselage vibrated slightly and started to move.
At the same time, Park Soon-tae, who had fallen asleep, was woken up. His body trembled, and he raised his head and looked at the partition almost like a conditioned reflex.
It was quiet there, nothing happened.
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PS, the paragraph about the purchasing power of the British pound in the previous chapter caused some controversy.
It's my fault that I didn't explain it at the end of the chapter.
I have never been to the UK, and I can only find information about the purchasing power of the pound in the UK through online searches. The so-called explanation of two pounds for a week's breakfast is also from an international student sharing how she saves money, one hundred pounds a month.
Found it in the post.
My understanding at the time was that one bag of bread was one pound and two bags of bread were two pounds. The solution should be the cost of breakfast staple food. After all, some people only eat a piece of bread for breakfast.
The author of that post seems to be a girl. If she has a smaller appetite, it might be possible.
Of course, I don’t know how much a regular breakfast costs in the UK.
Different people's consumption levels should be different.
The requirements and appetite for breakfast are also different.
If there are more samples, maybe I can guess a price close to normal living standards?
Dear readers who have experience living in the UK, please feel free to give me some advice.
But in the final analysis, as I said at the end of the chapter on Disneyland Paris, if there is anything that is not completely consistent with reality, don’t worry about it, just think of it as a difference between two parallel times and spaces.
After all, the world in our book doesn’t even have COVID-19, nor does it have sweater wars or world peace.
