Walking on the streets of a foreign land in the cold winter, Yun Sheng's thoughts flew back to many years ago.
I have many friends in Cottbus, but my relationship with the Zhou family and his daughter is the most special. It seems to have transcended the boundaries of friends and is even like family.
When I first came to Germany as a teenager, I didn’t have much money. Every time I went to a Chinese restaurant, I just ate fried rice and the like.
Zhou Hong often gave him extra meat and vegetables for his meals, and he didn't charge a penny.
If Yun Sheng hasn't been to a Chinese restaurant for a while, Zhou Hong will ask Zhou Xiaoyue to go to where Yun Sheng lives and give him some of his stewed meat and soup.
He knew that Yunsheng was in financial distress, so he did his best to help this compatriot child.
Zhou Hong knew very well how difficult it was for a teenage boy in a foreign country. He would help him as much as he could.
Yun Sheng often helped out at the Chinese restaurant when he had nothing to do during the holidays, and Zhou Hong also paid him a higher salary to help him live.
At that time, Zhou Xiaoyue was only a child of seven or eight years old. She followed Yun Sheng all day long. The relationship between the two was very good.
But now that the girl is older, she is not as clingy to Yun Sheng as she was when she was a child.
Almost every Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, Yun Sheng would spend time with the Zhou family and his daughter. They seemed to have become a family.
It is such a precious fate to have such a relationship in a foreign country.
Yun Sheng remembered what Zhou Hong said to him just now.
When the season ends, should I leave or stay?
This decision seems a bit difficult.
But it was still early, and I still had half a year to think about it.
Winning the Bundesliga half-season championship and sharing a family dinner with the Zhou family and his daughter, this Christmas Eve may be the most special Christmas Eve that Yunsheng has ever had.
That night, Yun Sheng slept soundly.
Because he drank some wine at night, Yun Sheng slept in late the next day and didn't get up until noon.
After cooking himself a bowl of noodles, Yun Sheng went out and prepared to go shopping in the mall and supermarket.
For half a year, Yun Sheng hardly went shopping.
Whenever he needed to buy something, he would buy it at a nearby store without stopping too much.
Now that the team is on vacation, he also has time to enjoy a leisurely pace.
Yun Sheng hadn't gone shopping for a long time, and when he went out, he immediately noticed something was different.
There are many more people looking for his autograph!
Although the word "difficult" is a bit exaggerated, it is indeed the case.
"Coach Yunsheng, please sign your name for me!"
"OK."
"Coach Yunsheng, we are fans of Cottbus. Thank you for leading Cottbus to create miracles!"
"This is what I should do."
"Coach Yun Sheng, come to our house for dinner tonight! My grandma likes you very much! She told me that if she were 60 years younger, she would definitely pursue you!"
"Well, how do I continue to answer this question..."
Three hours in one afternoon, it sounds like three hours of shopping, but actually three hours of signing.
As the sun set, Yun Sheng took the time to buy a few replacement clothes and some daily necessities in the supermarket. This was considered a slight gain.
After returning home carrying large and small bags, Yun Sheng was about to go out for dinner. At this moment, Yun Sheng's cell phone suddenly rang. When he saw it, it was Li Feixiang calling.
There is a time difference of about seven hours between Berlin and China, which means that it should be midnight in China now. It's so late, what does Li Feixiang want to do with him?
Yun Sheng answered the phone and said with a smile: "Brother Li, you called me so late. I guess you didn't just want to say Merry Christmas to me, right?"
Yun Sheng's voice was very relaxed, but Li Feixiang's voice on the other end of the phone was a little urgent.
"Brother Yunsheng, I'm sorry to disturb your Christmas. I have an urgent matter to trouble you."
Yun Sheng was stunned. He knew that Li Feixiang was definitely not the kind of person who would ask for help easily. Even when interviewing himself, he was always neither humble nor arrogant, and treated others equally. His tone is so anxious now, something big must have happened.
"Brother Li, don't worry. If you need my help with anything, please just ask."
"Brother, Xiao Liu is missing!"
"What!" Yun Sheng was stunned, "You mean Liu Surong? Missing?"
Li Feixiang anxiously told what happened.
"Xiao Liu booked a flight for yesterday afternoon. She should have arrived home long ago, but his father just called me and said that Xiao Liu has not returned home. I don't know what happened."
"I checked the flight information and found that Xiaoliu did not take the scheduled flight back. In other words, she is probably still in Cottbus and has not left."
"But when I called her cell phone, it kept turning off. Her father was extremely anxious. He was planning to send someone to Germany and even wanted to contact the embassy to help find someone. But I think we shouldn't make a fuss first, in case she has some problems. What about special circumstances, rather than encountering danger?”
"Now that the Bundesliga has entered the winter break, almost all my journalist colleagues in Germany have gone back to China for vacation. You are the only friend I have left in Cottbus, and I can only look for you. I know you must be very busy now, but please Please help me, find a way to go to the hotel to inquire about Xiaoliu's whereabouts, and then reply to me as soon as possible."
"Okay Brother Li, I will contact the hotel where Xiaoliu is staying now to see if I can find out some information."
After hanging up the phone, Yun Sheng didn't hesitate. He directly opened the mobile phone network and looked up the contact number of Liu Surong's hotel.
"Hello, I have a friend who checked into your hotel. I would like you to check for me. Did she check out and leave?"
"Okay, please quote your ID number, we will record it."
"no problem."
"..."
"Sir, we have found Ms. Liu Surong from China for you. She has not checked out yet and is still staying in our hotel, but..."
"Thank you, I'll go find her now!"
Before the receptionist could finish speaking, Yun Sheng hung up the phone and hurried out the door.
Twenty minutes later, the taxi stopped outside the hotel. Yun Sheng threw down a large denomination euro and hurriedly got out of the car without waiting for the driver to change and ran to the hotel front desk.
When Yun Sheng introduced himself, the female receptionist at the front desk greeted him very politely: "It turns out that it was coach Yun Sheng who made the call just now. It is our honor to serve a big man like you."
Yun Sheng ignored being polite to her and asked directly: "You just said that Liu Surong has not checked out and is still checking in. Is she in the room now? Can you lead me in to find her? I'll call her to tell her to turn off her phone." I’m worried something is wrong with her.”
"Coach Yun Sheng, Ms. Liu did not check out, but she is not in the room now. Something happened to her yesterday afternoon..."
