Chapter 13 Are you really going to retire?

Mitcher and Bell never expected to see the boss in Wood's mother's ward. They were so excited that they surrounded Don En to ask about their well-being, so they both forgot what they were going to do here.

It was Tang En who took the initiative to introduce his mother to Wood to them about the current situation, and the two realized that they were a little out of character. Fortunately, Wood was not the kind of petty person and did not take their performance to heart.

Mitcher and Bell came to the hospital to visit Wood and his mother as friends with George Wood. Wood did not talk to them about their decision to retire, but they asked them out.

"George, I heard rumors outside that you are going to retire. Is this true?" Bell asked in Wood's eyes.

When Donn and Woox looked at each other when they heard Bell's question.

Bell didn't notice the little move between Donn and Woods, he was looking at Wood with Mitcher, hoping to get his answer.

Tang En suddenly felt a headache. With Wood's temper, he would not lie. If he told the truth, what would Bell and Mitcher react? Will they turn against each other on the spot? What should he do then? One Wood is enough for him to have a headache. Bell and Mitcher... This muddy water is really hard to go through.

With Donn’s understanding of Wood, Wood should nodded with a stern face next. But Wood shook his head: “How is it possible? I haven’t said this.”

This surprised Done. He quickly glanced at Woods and found that Wood was also looking at him with confusion. Could it be that Wood really changed his mind because of his mother's awakening? He decided not to retire?

If this is true, that would be great.

Tang En breathed a little relieved.

Hearing Wood say this, Bell immediately showed joy on his face, and turned to Mitcher and said, "Look, I'm right! It's just a rumor! The rumor is not credible!"

Mitcher also breathed a sigh of relief, and then he felt embarrassed that he had suspected the captain. He scratched his head and said, "That's fine, I really don't know what we should do if you retire..."

Tang En suddenly said from the side: "Idiot, George is older than you. He will always retire on the day, and you will definitely continue to play football at that time."

Unexpectedly, Mitcher shook his head and said, "I am twenty-eight years old this year, George is thirty-two years old this year, he can play until at least forty years old. I will be thirty-six by then.   I will retire long ago."

Unexpectedly, he had the idea of ​​making this, and Tang En couldn't laugh or cry. Everyone said that Wood could be played until he was forty years old. Did he really believe it?

Wood didn't explain, but he pulled Bale and Mitcher to ask about the team's situation in the past two days. Naturally, there was no good news. Bale told him that the current Forest team is in panic and that after losing the backbone, everyone was at a loss.

Mitcher asked Wood if he could participate in the away game against Liverpool the day after tomorrow.

Wood hesitated for a while.                                                           

Although Mitcher was a little regretful, he didn't force him. The mother was seriously ill and coma and hospitalized. She also forced her to participate in the competition. It was so inhumane, so he just asked casually.

They didn't talk for too long, George Wood was going to rest. So Wood sent the two out of the ward. When they left the hospital, they naturally caused a stir among the reporters, but with the help of many policemen, they left smoothly and were not harassed.

As soon as they left, Don Eun couldn't wait to ask his question: "You decided not to retire, George?"

Wood shook his head: "I lied to them."

Tang En did not continue to ask questions, nor did he intend to persuade him to take back the decision. After knowing that Wood was really planning in his heart, he didn't say anything. He just nodded slightly. This kid is indeed very stubborn, so how could he change his mind so easily? It seems that he is in a bad mood during this period, so it would be better not to mention this matter.

Wood went to rest by himself. Donn sat in the reception room for a while. After Wood came back, he greeted Wood and left. After all, Wood could live in the ward, but he couldn't. He had to go home to rest. Think about how to persuade Wood.

At 10:30 in the morning, the bar is not yet open, and there is a sign of "close" hanging outside the door. Remind those customers who want to come in: The store has not opened yet.

Kenny Burns was sitting behind the bar wiping the glass of wine when the door made a "squeak" sound and someone came in.

"I'm sorry, it's not yet open for business, please..." He raised his head as he spoke and found that the figure of the person standing at the door looked familiar. Because it was backlight, he couldn't see the appearance of the person coming, so he could only speculate from his figure.

John? He is too thin. Bill? He is a little fatter again...

So who is it?

The black shadow spoke, but the voice surprised Burns.

"I have been having a problem for more than ten years. Kenny, are the cups you have on your hands endlessly and can't be wiped? I think, except for the first time I see you, you almost always sit in that position to wipe the cup."

"Ha, Tony!" Burns put down the cup in his hand and walked out from behind the bar. Before he could walk to Tang En, he opened his arms to welcome him. "Why are you back?"

Don also opened his arms and gave Burns a warm hug.

"I received a call from George's agent and came back."

Burns was silent for a moment. The news that Wood's mother was critically ill and hospitalized was no longer news. They all knew it. Donn and Wood had such a good relationship, and it was not surprising that it was not a surprise to come back this time.

Done sat in front of the bar with a glass of water in front of him, while Burns sat behind the bar and continued to wipe his cup.

Because the business has not officially started, there are not many lights in the bar. Only a few wall lights on the wine cabinet were turned on at the bar. The roller blinds outside the window were half-closed, and the light came in from there. It brought some light to the dim interior. The dust in the interior rolled in under the light, as if the special water vapor was used on the stage.

Such an environment is really suitable for talking about some private topics.

After the two chatted for a while, the topic was brought to Wood. "Recently, there are rumors outside that George is going to retire?" As a fan of the Forests, Burns is very concerned about Wood.

Tang En nodded: "This is not a rumor."

Burns didn't show any surprise. He just looked at Donn and continued to wipe his cup. "Because of his mother's condition?"

"Um. "

"Did you come back because of this?"

Tang En nodded again.

"See Wood?"

"I saw it, but I didn't mention this matter... I don't know how to speak."

Burns nodded after hearing this: "George is in a state of unstable condition recently.  It should be fine if you persuade him to calm down after a short period of time..."

Unexpectedly, Don En shook his head and interrupted him: "No, Kenny. There is not enough time. Wood said to Wood that if he wants to retire, he must discuss with the club. In order to hold him back, Wood said that he would wait until Sophia wakes up before discussing this issue. Yesterday afternoon, Sophia woke up and could not continue to do so..."

Burns breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Wood’s mother woke up: “Since his mother woke up, isn’t it easy to do? Wood only listens to you and his mother’s words, you can ask his mother to persuade Wood.”

Tang En shook his head again: "Sophia is very weak and has bad spirits now. I don't want to tell her such a horrible news, if it stimulates her again..."

Tang En didn't say the following words. But Burns also understood what was going on. Now he had no choice. He knew how difficult it would be to persuade Wood to change his mind.

But it is not a solution to always waste here. After drinking a glass of water, Tang En said goodbye to Burns and was about to go to the hospital.

Wearing sunglasses. Tang En, wearing a baseball cap, bought a newspaper in a newsstand outside the hospital. He had not planned to buy it, but now he has no time to read the newspaper, but when he walked past the newsstand, he accidentally glanced at the colorful newspapers placed on it. The title on one of them immediately attracted his attention.

"George Wood retired!"

After the title is marked with bold and black font, it can be said to be "shocking", and he couldn't help but not pay attention. The media used "question marks" before. Today it was replaced with "exclamation marks". Contact what Bell and Burns said yesterday, it seems that the rumors are about to become a fact...

He walked over and put down the money, took away the last newspaper, rolled it in his hand, and hurriedly left.

In this case, it is necessary to persuade Wood to change his mind as soon as possible to come out to refute the rumors. Otherwise, he is afraid that the morale of the army will be unstable. Piaotianwenxue will care about the recent record of the Forest team. After all, he has worked in this team for eleven years. So far, there are still several players he brought out, so how could he have no feelings? Now he is watching the red whirlwind that was once powerful and degenerate to this point, which really makes him heartbroken.

The great rivers and mountains I built at the beginning were now defeated.

Entering the hospital through a special passage and avoiding the annoying reporters, Tang En flashed into the ward. He found Miss Vivian Miller waiting in the reception room outside, while Wood was talking to his mother in the ward.

Seeing Tang En come in, Vivian greeted him politely. “Mr. Tang En, good morning.”

"Good morning, Miss Miller." Tang En sat down on the sofa and began to read the newspaper in his hand.

Vivian noticed the title of the newspaper in Tang En's hand, so eye-catching, it was hard to pay attention. The media has really put a lot of effort into hyping this gimmick.

"Mr. Tang En..."

Tang En, who was reading the newspaper, heard someone calling him, put the newspaper down and raised his head. "Is there anything wrong, Miss Miller?"

"Ah..." Vivian, who spoke rashly, felt that she was rash at this time, but she couldn't say "It's nothing, I'll just shout". She had to bite the bullet and ask the question in her heart: "Is Mr. Wood really going to retire?"

Tang En did not answer this question immediately, but tilted his head and looked at the young nurse for a while. She was blonde and blue-eyed, and she had pretty good looks. She had some freckles on her face, but the skin in Western women was not very good, so these freckles were really not flawed. She was very concerned about Wood...

After looking at it, Tang En shook his head: "No."

"In that newspaper..." Vivian pointed to the newspaper that was put aside.

"It's all rumor."

The two were chatting, and Billy Woox pushed the door and looked at each other. Vivian was very well-behaved and knew that these two people must have something to say, so she stopped talking to Tang En. Instead, she found an excuse to leave the ward.

After Vivian left, facing Donn's inquiring gaze, Wood said: "The club also knew that Wood could not be retired. The club's senior management ran away on the excuse of going to watch the game with Liverpool.

When Tang En heard this, he burst into laughter. It seemed that Evan was not confused at this point, knowing that Wood was his last life-saving straw now, and if Wood retired, he would be finished. So he simply dragged him out and refused to meet.

"Then it depends on you, Mr. Tangen." Wux said to look at Tangen.

A bitter look suddenly appeared on Tang En's face: "It's much harder to persuade him not to retire than to persuade him to go for a rest."

"The truth is the same, use his mother to suppress him." Wux said.

Tang En glanced at the ward behind the glass window. The relationship between mother and son was so good.

Sophia suddenly remembered something, and yesterday she felt something was vaguely wrong.   It was just that she had just woken up and her mind was still quite confused and she didn't think about it carefully.                                                                                                     

"By the way. George. What is the week today?"

Wood didn't know why his mother suddenly asked about the date and answered honestly: "Saturday."

Sophia turned her eyes away from Wood's face, stared at the ceiling for a while before saying: "I remember, aren't you going to Liverpool this Sunday?"

When Wood saw his mother mentioning this, he immediately felt a little sneered.

"Uh... the club has a vacation for me, mom. I don't have to participate in tomorrow's competition..."

Sophia frowned. The bird cherished her own feathers, but she cherished her son's reputation. In professional football, when talking about George Wood, that is synonymous with dedication. People who are dissatisfied with Wood can attack him on the court with cold-blooded, rude movements, and hurt countless people, but no one dared to say that Wood was disciplined and had no professional ethics. Seeing the praise of Wood in the media, Sophia was also very happy - who would like to make her son a person who was scolded all day long?

But now she heard that Wood didn't go to the competition, and in Sophia's simple thinking, what does professional players do? They are professions. Participating in competitions and training is work, and they don't do work anymore. How can they be considered "professional players"?

"George, mom is fine. Miss Miller is taking care of here, no problem. You should go to Liverpool to participate in the game."

Wood was embarrassed and didn't know how to say to his mother for a moment.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      �

It turned out that when Donn and Wux were chatting, they suddenly found that the atmosphere in the ward was different. Something seemed to be happening between Wood and Sophia, so he came in and took a look and happened to hear Sophia's words.

From this sentence, Tang En could guess Sophia's attitude. He felt that there was a way to persuade Wood. But now he would help Wood lock up his mother before talking about it. Wood was grateful that he helped him again. Next time he talked about retirement, he would not show him his face.

Sophia thought about it carefully and felt that Tang En was right. She was too anxious just now. But when she thought that her son gave up on the competition because she even gave up on the competition, she lost the interest to continue chatting. Tang En saw the change in Sophia's expression on her face next to her. Knowing that she had no intention of talking at this time, she said to Wood: "Let your mother rest for a while, George."

After saying that, he left the door first and waited outside.

After Wood said goodbye to his mother, he also walked out of the ward. He found that Tang En was not sitting on the sofa, but was standing at the door, as if waiting for him.

"How long has it been since you left this hospital?" Tang En looked at Wood and invited him, "Go out for a walk, always being dull and feeling bad."

Wood did not reject Tang En's proposal, and he nodded. Obviously, Tang En's way of helping him save the situation just now has worked.

So Tang En rang the bell and exchanged for Vivian, asking her to stay here to take care of Sophia. He walked out with Wood.
Chapter completed!