After the training, Dortmund's players returned to the locker room and seized time to take a shower and change clothes. The temperature difference between inside and outside is large, so be careful of colds.

Mark said to Zhou Yi: "Hi, Zhou Yi, this year's Christmas Eve will be spent at our house, right?"

In previous years, whenever there was a chance, Zhou Yi would spend Christmas with Mark's family, because the Mark's family was the first place he stayed in Dortmund and had a deep relationship. In order to alleviate Zhou Yi's homesickness of being a stranger in a foreign land, the kind Mark's parents made such a decision.

But this time, Zhou Yi's answer surprised Mark: "It won't be this time, Mark."

"Huh?" Mark was very surprised. "What's wrong? Is there anything wrong?"

"Well, I made an appointment on Christmas Eve and wanted to have dinner together."

When he heard that Zhou Yi had an appointment for dinner on Christmas Eve, Mark became energetic and came up to ask, "Who is a man or a woman? Are he beautiful?"

Zhou Yi rolled his eyes: "Don't guess the female classmates when they were in middle school in China."

Mark laughed, "Okay, I won't bother you anymore, let you live in the world of two!"

"What! It's normal for classmates to have a meal." Zhou Yi said.

"I didn't say it wasn't normal?" Mark walked away with a smile.

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In the German Cup quarterfinals, Dortmund faced Hannover 96 at home. As the champion of the German Cup, how far Dortmund can go in the German Cup this season depends entirely on whether they value the championship.

With the fact that they have won once and the competition between the domestic league and the Champions League is fierce, it is hard to say that they will choose to win the German Cup all the way to the end.

However, it is still early to make a decision. Dortmund, who has used a rotation lineup, beat Hannover 96 5-1 at home, and they led by three goals in the first half. There is no suspense in the victory of this game.

Dortmund gave Dortmund fans the best gift for Christmas with such a hearty victory.

Zhou Yi also scored a goal and assisted in the game, and performed very well.

After the German Cup, the team did not take a holiday immediately. Klopp also arranged two days of recovery training for the team, spending two days to give the players some rest for their tired bodies, and then let them go out to play.

Before the holiday, he also warned all players that the competition in the second half of the season will be very fierce, so he hopes that everyone must maintain good physical fitness during the holiday, not overeating, and not have disordered work and rest. If he sees that his weight has increased significantly after the winter break, then these people will not only lose their position in the team, but also face punitive training with large amounts of exercise.

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The two days of restorative training ended soon, the team officially disbanded, and everyone went their separate ways.

Zhou Yi was not in a hurry to leave, he still had an appointment.

On the 24th, Zhou Yi slept in a lazy sleep, and it was past ten o'clock when he woke up. After washing up, he did not eat breakfast, but started packing his luggage directly.

Tomorrow, on the evening of the 25th, he will fly back to China with Yang Muge and pack up some of the luggage he will bring tomorrow in advance. The main thing is to bring things to his family. He doesn’t have much of his own, and he doesn’t even bring changes to his clothes. He is going home, not on vacation, and there are so many things like changing clothes at home, so of course he doesn’t have to bring them.

After packing up his things, he opened the door and walked out of his room and found that Cortana was preparing lunch. He looked at her in surprise.

"What kind of eyes are you looking at? It's like you're a ghost?" Cortana gave him a blank look after seeing Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi cooperated to rub his eyes: "I really thought it was a hell."

"You don't have lunch anymore," Cortana said coldly.

"No, no, no..." Zhou Yi begs for mercy quickly. "I'm just wondering, why don't you go home and celebrate the festival with your family? Today is a very important day in your West, right?"

"I'll go back tonight."

After lunch together, Zhou Yi helped Cortana put all the tableware into the dishwasher. Then the two of them went back to their rooms to rest.

Cortana wanted to take a nap, but Zhou Yi turned on the TV and game console and started playing electronic games.

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Sitting on the train from Heidelberg to Dortmund, Zheng Lulu leaned her head slightly against the car window. The window glass was cold, but Zheng Lulu didn't care.

She is looking forward to this trip to Dortmund.

I have been in Germany for four years and finally I have the courage to contact Zhou Yi for the first time and meet him.

Zhou Yi agreed very readily. Although it was Christmas Eve today, there were not many people on the train. The radio reported that the car should arrive in Dortmund in time, so she still had time to clean up herself in the hotel room.

Everything went smoothly, and it made her feel like she was hallucinating. There must be something bad waiting for her next, right?

Thinking of her roommate Catherine having to give her a few condoms before going out, she said she would try to get the other person directly tonight, and some blush appeared on Zheng Lulu's face.

She didn't ask for those condoms in the end. Although she felt that she had changed a lot in the past four years, she still couldn't become so open and bold.

Speaking of changes... I wonder if Zhou Yi will recognize him when he sees him?

When Zheng Lulu thought of this, she wanted to laugh.

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While playing games at home, there was a knock on the door outside the locked door. Zhou Yi threw down the handle and ran to open the door. He found that it was Cortana standing in front of him.

"What are you doing?" he asked strangely.

"Are you still playing games?" Cortana tilted her head and saw the game controller that Zhou Yi threw on the bed.

"Yes. What's wrong?" Zhou Yi was confused.

"Aren't you ready?"

“What are you preparing for?”

"You are going to dress like this to meet a girl?" Cortana pointed to the down jacket that Zhou Yi threw on the bed. It was a very ordinary style and a bit bloated.

"What's the problem with this... Wait, how did you know I'm going to see a girl?" Zhou Yi was very surprised.

"That day Mark was very excited at home saying that your spring is coming." Cortana raised his eyebrows.

"Mark's big mouth!" Zhou Yi said angrily...

"Mark is just glad that his best friend has finally been nourished by love," Cortana said.

"Where are you going to go with me!" Zhou Yi rolled his eyes. "But my high school classmate hasn't seen her for several years. I didn't expect that she was also in Germany." He explained to Cortana. "Want to dress up when I see a classmate?"

"Of course." Cortana nodded. "Even if you see an ordinary girl, you can't be so casual. This is respect for people. Change the bloated down jacket... You'd better take a shower before going out and blow your hair..."

Zhou Yi was so angry that he heard this: "There is no need to be so troublesome, right? It's just a meal! I don't usually do hairstyles when I compete."

He is telling the truth. Some players are meticulous in their hair and must not be messy on the court, so they will apply a lot of hair spray. But Zhou Yi doesn't. His hair is a little longer and a little curly. He doesn't care about it and let them scatter on the top of his head.

He doesn't rely on his hairstyle to play football.

Cortana shrugged: "I'm just giving a suggestion, the right to listen or not is on you."

After saying that, she turned around and returned to her room.

Zhou Yi stood alone at the door of the room, turned his head and looked at the closed door next door, and felt a little confused - I met a female classmate, why did she worry so much?!

But in the end, Zhou Yi went to take a shower and changed his clothes. At least he didn't look too casual.

When he did all this, he left the restaurant address and contact number to Zheng Lulu on his mobile QQ, and then went out.

When he was out, Cortana was planning to go home as well.

Cortana looked Zhou Yi up and down, then waved her hand: "Goodbye, handsome little guy."

Zhou Yi curled his lips. He thought Cortana was weird today, but he couldn't tell why it was so weird.

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Zheng Lulu had just checked in the booked hotel and took a shower as soon as possible. The rest of the time was spent doing hairstyles and makeup.

Finally, she looked at the smiling girl in the mirror, grinned slightly, her white teeth exposed, and there was no trace of braces on it.

The ugly duckling who was once joked and ignored has now become a graceful and beautiful girl.

The best makeup, the best clothes, the best image, the best condition... the best to go to this date by yourself.

After looking at himself in the mirror, Zheng Lulu took out her cell phone and saw the restaurant message Zhou Yi sent him above.
Chapter completed!