Hunter and Hussar

Chapter 96
Will history repeat itself?Although sometimes we know what happened in the past and try our best to avoid the same mistakes, sometimes it seems that we have stumbled into it by mistake and unintentionally fell into its trap again, as if it is an endless cycle, an unchangeable destiny.

But as long as we are alive, what doesn't kill us only makes us stronger!From May to December, for more than half a year, the bitterness brought by Pu Yun's absolute goal echoed in my heart from time to time.Maybe at a certain moment when I open the refrigerator door or lie on the bed, I will suddenly think of the unwillingness to be one step away.Probably everyone is too.

Perhaps from the last game to the present, Luca will also think of that handball misjudgment, think of his neglected goal, and that kind of unreasonable injustice once made me doubt my way of life.

It's all over, less than a minute ago.We once again blocked the attack of the foreign school. Brother Chuan pushed the clearance ball to Ahui's feet, and the latter passed a long pass to Luka on the left.The defensive player from the other school intercepted the ball, but it was intercepted cleanly by Luka from behind.Wearing the No. 1 jersey, he passed the ball to Yan Xi who rushed to the frontcourt to respond. The latter received the ball with his back to the defender. He neither turned nor passed back, but imaginatively used his right foot Hit the ball behind you.The ball slowly passed between the legs of the close defender, and Luka on the wing knowingly penetrated from the edge of the penalty area and received a pass from Yan Xi.From a very small angle, Luca took a step forward. The central defender who returned to the defense had already arrived, and the goalkeeper from the foreign school who had made many wonderful saves also held his breath. No. 10's shot seemed neither too fast nor too slow, and the speed of the ball was not too fast. It passed in front of the central defender who was rushing to block it, and almost brushed the goalkeeper's finger, sticking to the goalkeeper with a uniform and stable posture. The snow-covered turf rolled into the goal of the foreign school in the wind and fell into the side net.

The whole world seemed to stand still for a second, and everyone stayed in place to witness the process.Only Luka ran in the snow with open arms, pointing the index fingers of both hands at the snow-falling sky, piercing through the dark clouds.

After that second passed, we cheered like a tsunami.From the back line to the bench, everyone yelled or hugged. The breath that had been trapped in our chest for seven months seemed to be poured out in an instant, and it was soul-stirring.And Luka ran to the corner flag area of ​​the outer school, grabbed the corner flag waving in the wind with one hand, and raised the other hand high, the palm of which was still shriveled in the long sleeve of the lining, waiting for his teammates to come from the field. Or came to congratulate him from the bench.Soon, our No. 10 was hugged into a ball by everyone, and the little face flushed from the cold was especially cute amidst everyone's laughter.

But why does Luca point to the sky with both hands?Is the ball dedicated to the victims of more than 70 years ago?Or... is he hiding something from us?
For a split second, the darkness froze me in place, as if frozen in ice.

Please be safe and sound.Luca gets along very well with us in China, he is everyone's friend and we all know he can't live without you.Please, I must live on, and don't leave Luka alone.If he lost you in order to be here to help us, it wouldn't mean anything anymore.please.Be it God or fate, or the beating heart of man, please let Luca's sister wake up.This finger pointing to the sky is not dedicated to her, they still have a long, long time to spend together.I don't want to see my friends lose their most important relatives.

At least Luca was talking and laughing when he walked back to the middle circle with everyone.More than anything, these smiles can dispel the coldness and fear that the nothingness of death spreads throughout the body.

Miller ran over and jumped on me.

"This time we will definitely hold on."

"Yes. Certainly."

I still thought so when Ah Hua fouled Xu Mu in the frontcourt.The game entered stoppage time, and Pu Yun once again stood in front of the free kick.In the two years of primary school that I was absent, Pu Yun once saved the team with a wonderful free kick at the end of the game.I heard it was a rainy match, but today's stage is covered with snow, although it magically shrank a little after Luka's goal.No. 23 from another school raised his orange right arm high, as if signaling to his teammates that he would hit the goal directly with the ball.

"You don't need to look to know it!" Liu Chi's words have never been forgotten.Pu Yun started to run up, the speed was not fast, as if he had a plan in mind, and he was strolling in the courtyard.

You are all optimistic!
The ball over the wall flew to the goal, and before it hit the lower edge of the crossbar and bounced into the goal frame, I hit it out of the goal with one hand.This may be the most stretched save I have ever made. The person flew completely into the air, and the fine white particles on the face evenly sprinkled on the cheeks, as if covered by a layer of moonlight.When I hit the ground, I got up quickly, before anyone could help me.He clenched the fist of his left hand and raised it high. It was stronger than ever after being injured, as if it was holding a flag that would not fall down.

"Today is God of War!" This may be Lao Ye's highest evaluation of me, and he yelled so loudly.

"You can always trust Ke Ke, forever!" Mi Le also surrounded me, as if I scored the second goal for the team to seal the victory.

"I will always believe in you too!" I put my arms around my two best friends.

The corner kick from another school was taken, Ye Ruiyang calmly pushed the ball out at the first point of impact, Yan Xi, who returned to the top of the arc, got the ball, and slammed the ball to the front left in a smart way.It was Luca who rushed out of the crowd. After scoring the goal, he completely became the core No. 10, and he was still able to drag the ball with his exhausted body even though he was full of confidence.Through the wind and snow, and around the blocking opponent, Luca almost completed a dragon on the side, and single-handedly killed to the left side of the front field.Just when he was about to cut in and shoot outside the penalty area, Yin Rirong had no choice but to end his crazy performance with a foul.

There are still 2 minutes left in stoppage time, just pass the ball to the corner flag area to delay the time.

Standing in front of the ball were Mi Le and Yan Xi, and everyone else retreated to their own half.The referee whistled, Yan Xi consciously went to the corner flag area, and took away a defensive player.But Miller didn't mean to pass the ball.I only saw his resolute back from behind, with his small spine and snow-wet hair running towards the ball stuck in the snow.

At this time, it is better to be safe.If they don't score, the ball will go to the opponent's side, and they will have time to organize an attack.

But Miller did it!

The ball that pierced the sky fell into the net of the foreign school with a perfect arc. The excellent goalkeeper stayed in place without any reaction, and the opponents who lined up in the crowd also dispersed helplessly after looking back.From the beginning of Mi Le to the end of Mi Le, these are the goals we scored in all games this semester.On the far side, he made the "W" gesture again, like a free bird rising from the horizon.It seemed to be an illusion, but the heavy snow stopped abruptly at this moment.Under the vast sky, dark clouds were gathered by the strong wind. Between the dark clouds and the earth, the white jerseys were very dirty after fighting hard, but we were still like seagulls or pigeons, flying proudly with open arms.The soothsayer of victory is ready to cry: the game is over!Whether it is a storm or snow, let them come more violently!We have grasped the light of the lightning arrow, illuminating ourselves in the abyss, no matter how rough and rough the road is, we have climbed over mountains and ridges, and trampled it to the ground.

Regardless of whether I qualify today or not, I don't think I will go home crying.We kept our promises to each other.

After the final whistle, we shouted and celebrated as if we had advanced.Even if we beat an opponent with only half of the main force, it also ended their impressive three-year unbeaten record at home.As usual, the pressure they put on us today is not small at all, but we finally overcome it and did not fall at the last moment like before.After completing the handshake ceremony, we all ran to the bench, and those in the stands also came down.It has been won here, but it is still unknown what will happen to the other battlefield that will determine its fate.Know the destiny and do your best.We have done our best, and the rest will be left to unpredictable fate.

"Good kick."

"Eh?"

I can't believe my ears.I was about to squeeze into the crowd at the bench when someone suddenly patted me from behind.The voice was very unfamiliar, hoarse and dry.Looking back, it was Yoon Il Young who smiled at me.

"Thank you." I still remembered this sentence in a hurry.

"Good luck. If you are free, come from the north. Snow." The words seemed to come out of his throat, he was still a little reluctant, but his smile was very sincere, "Goodbye."

"Goodbye. Get well soon."

After a short pause, the snow began to fall again.Ah Rong gradually disappeared into the passage.For some reason, I guess he was homesick.

Luca must be homesick too.What happened to his sister?I slowly walked behind him. He was startled and shivered. He turned around and saw that it was me, and smiled very relaxedly. Those cute and childish green eyes made me swallow the words I wanted to ask.

Someone is making a call.Everyone stared at him with bated breath, listening to the sound of Didi who was dialing after turning on the loudspeaker, echoing like an echo, as if the balance of fate was tilting repeatedly in an invisible place.Even the coach with her hands on her chest was a little nervous. She lowered the brim of her hat, and I couldn't see her eyes clearly.

"Hello? Is your game over?" After the connection, the person on the other end of the phone spoke first, as well as the non-stop whistling wind.

"Win! 2:0!"

"Did you score a goal? Did you get an assist?" Yue Yin's voice was extremely excited, and everyone could vaguely hear the possibility of good news over there.

"No, don't worry about it! What's the result over there? Everyone is waiting."

"Oh, well. All I can say is that the game is not over yet." The excitement subsided somewhat.Our hearts seemed to sink again.

"What do you mean? How much is it?" asked anxiously.Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.The falling snow seemed even paler.

"Jie Qi equalized the score at the beginning of the second half. And..." The voice over there was much lower, at this moment, we heard the sound of whistle blowing in the distance, and there was a burst of carnival resounding through the sky, they interrupted After hearing Yue Yin's words, it was almost like drowning, pouring into our ears from the other end of the phone.

So the branch school still didn't hold the tie?it's all over.It can only be said that we tried our best, although we did not get the best results, but at least we worked hard...

Who are you trying to fool with such words?I still feel bad.I was so sad that Mi Le pulled me, I didn't dare to look at him.

The road is only half gone.

"You heard the cheers, it's too late, there's no time."

We also heard Yue Yin's sigh.I don't know if she is going to squat down and cry like last time.At least we were still together, but no one was there for her.

"Don't listen to Yue Yin's nonsense! She is lying to you! You have advanced!"

what?
An unfamiliar voice seemed to be an auditory hallucination, but everyone's eyes widened at each other when they heard it.Have we collectively hallucinated?
"Peng Jingbai! You're tearing down the stage! How could I have lied! Who did I say that I didn't have time? It's Jieqi, okay?"

"Be quiet, don't let people in our school hear." Another voice.

"Okay, okay." Yue Yin's voice dropped a lot, and now he has the feeling that underground workers are secretly communicating with each other, "Jie Qi played in a leisurely way after equalizing, probably because he thought we didn't I can't win at the home court of a foreign school, thinking that if I can run out of time, I will be able to advance smoothly. There must be someone from Jieqi who came to the foreign school to 'reconnaissance'. When the game was about to end, they worked like crazy. Guessed that we should have scored. However, time was running out, they pressed too far forward, and the defense line was wide open, and Jiang Xiaofei seized the opportunity to score another one. Before the call came, the counterattack was completed again, Made a penalty kick, Taotao made a penalty, and the game was completely suspenseful. The branch school played super well today and defended very steadily. The audience may have shot three shots on target, but scored three goals..."

"Yue Yin, liar, big liar!" Before she could finish speaking, Mi Le yelled at the phone with her hands in the shape of a trumpet.

"Jieqi's classmates, there are undercover agents in the stands!" Xu Mu didn't lose the opportunity.

"Are you crazy? Are you sick!" A certain person frantically clicked the hang-up button on his mobile phone, his head was sweating.At this time, everyone clenched their fists and jumped up and down as if they had just woken up from a dream. They even grabbed the snow on the ceiling of the bench and stuffed each other into their collars.After the dance, the first thing Xu Mu did was to settle accounts with Huang Minxue, and everyone was happy to help her. A few people couldn't help but drag Xuexue and threw it on the green field, and then greeted Huang Minxue fiercely with a bunch of snowballs he.In my lifetime, I finally saw the scene of Xu Mu blowing up Xuexue's head, although she didn't use fists, but a snowball as big as a football that everyone made for her, hitting Xuexue's entire head like a layer of shaved ice .

After escaping from birth, including Xuexue who was beaten into a mess, everyone was smiling - except for someone who was aggrieved.Mi Le hugged him and said that this is to create opportunities for you, why don't you rush to Jieqi Middle School to save people?He really ran to the locker room in a flash.Fortunately, they soon received a call from Yue Yin, saying that they had left Jieqi Middle School safely and went home by car.

"Brother, you have advanced."

On the way back to the locker room, I found Pu Yun and A Hua waiting for me in the dark passage.They must have been secretly watching us here just now.

"How? You still want Ke Ke to cry? There's no door!" Mi Le rushed out from behind me and snorted at him with a high air.

"Your free kick is good, although it's a little bit worse than mine." With a hint of childish dissatisfaction, his voice was still very soft.

"Put it down, forget how badly you got caught by me last season? Come back to me if you have the ability, and I will teach you to be a good man!" Mi Le also shook his finger at him in response.

"Then you also forget who scored that header in front of you last season?"

"It's as if you won the championship in the end! What's the arrogance? The champion is the winner, and the runner-up is nothing!"

The smell of gunpowder has been upgraded a bit.That's the worst thing I've ever seen, friends on both sides.

Maybe, I mean maybe, I should be on Mi Le's side, at least that's the first thought that crossed my mind.

"What's the fuss about. We all worked hard to get to the final, and we still have a chance to play against each other again." Sure enough, it was Ah Hua who came to act as a peacemaker.

"I don't care about anything else! Why do you say that! Is it okay to bully Ke Ke?" Mi Le still refused to let go.I put my hand on his waist, and he shook it shamelessly.

"It's because my elder brother has such a good temper that I want to say that to him." Pu Yun turned his eyes to the ground and smiled shyly.

"What do you mean?" It was me who asked.

"He wants to motivate you." A Hua rubbed Pu Yun's hair from behind. "As friends, we both hope that you will advance to the next level, but we must not let you lose when we are on the field, right? We will do our best , so I also want to see how you go all out."

"We are the semi-main force today, and I am only in a normal state, not the strongest state." Pu Yun snapped his fingers, "Next time we meet, even if you try your best, you will not have another chance."

"Forget it, this sentence should be returned to you. Wait for the second runner-up." Mi Le snatched up in front of me, and Pu Yun looked at each other seriously for a few seconds, but everyone endured it. I can't help laughing.

"Brother, your friend really protects you. Next time you should protect him more actively."

After leaving this sentence, we said goodbye to each other and walked back to the locker room.

Is it the aggressive method?Pu Yun's aggressive general is too gentle, and I don't like it very much.However, Mi Le was inspired by him, which is quite interesting.

In fact, learning is also.Entering the bright and warm locker room, the coach was not there, and Xuexue was the first to find me.Xu Mu went to change clothes.Xuexue begged me to say something nice to him after she came back, but I just wanted to arouse Xu Mu's fighting spirit.It turns out that Xuexue also had a day when she begged others pitifully.I readily agreed, but before that, there is one more important thing.

Luca cried.

There is no reason at all, just now I was staring at the phone screen, and cried while watching.Leben was the first to be discovered, and then Xiaoqi, and everyone immediately surrounded him.Pat on the back, pass papers, and ask him what happened in Chinese and English in turn.Luka didn't say anything, and let his tears hit the glowing screen drop by drop, and the crystal screen flashed with words we couldn't understand.

Has something more terrible than being out happened?Although I returned to the warm room, my body and shadow seemed to have fallen into a black ice cave.

"Don't panic. Don't panic." I squatted down in front of him and said a sentence that came naturally to my mind.I know it's not going to work, and I know there's a lot I can't really share, but I'm going to try to do it, even if it's just being there by his side and gently shaking his knee.

"team leader."

"I'm here."

"Sister is awake."

This unlucky boy.If he didn't hold Le Ben's arm and cry after he finished speaking, everyone would probably want to drag him to the playground to perform the "snow torture" like a student.

Very good.Perhaps it was the moment when Luca scored a goal, people thousands of miles away felt the thriving life in the body of her relatives on the edge of blurred consciousness. With love and longing, she finally defeated the gray of death.I did read some interviews with resurrected people, and they mentioned visions of chaos, the hollow world of death, where there were countless alternative paths leading to a distant afterlife.But none of them made a choice, they just wanted to go back to their bodies, to their relatives and friends.They are more sure than ever that they want to come back, and they are lucky to come back.Doctors always say that this is an illusion caused by a strong desire to survive.But, but, maybe it is such a strong attachment to life that is enough for people to bring themselves back to the world.Life, it always has an absolute advantage over death.

But it also takes a little luck.Luca is really the luckiest kid in the world.Not jealous, but I really envy him.

"Luka, thank you very much." Yan Xi squeezed beside him, "Thank you for your goal and your fingers. My grandfather's family are all from Nanjing."

"It should be. My relatives stayed in Nanjing, more than 70 years ago. I know and remember all of them."

"It's amazing." Yan Xi said with emotion.

"I'm sorry. I've been misunderstood you in the past. No, I maliciously speculated on you." Xiao Qi bowed his head apologetically next to him, and Luka wiped away the few remaining tears and smiled at him.

"No. Aren't we friends? From the first day we met, I regarded everyone as best friends."

"Not only a friend! You are our hero!" Le Ben squeezed Luka's shoulder hard, "Really, I didn't see you scored a goal. If I knew it, I wouldn't lie in the locker room to rest!"

"The captain is the hero. Without him, I would have caused the team to lose the ball again." Luca tilted his head back, and mischievously pressed his forehead against Leben's chin.

"You are all heroes, everyone is." Unknowingly, the coach has brought Xu Mu back and is standing behind us, "Teacher is proud of you. We have played so many games, there is no game like today Just as perfect."

As she spoke, she walked up to Luka and rubbed his still damp chestnut hair.Little guy, you haven't dried your hair yet, so don't catch a cold.Hurry up and go home after drying off, your loved ones are waiting.

Luka nodded meticulously.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, the mouth grows on him, let him talk!" Seeing me coming to plead, Xu Mu unceremoniously shut me down.

"That...respected, respected, great Xu Mu..." Xuexue pouted her mouth with a frightened and nervous expression, and rubbed her hands together uneasily.

"Stop being glib! I don't know you yet!" Xu Mu grabbed him in front of him.The height difference between the two is a full head. I don't know if Luka and his sister also have this height difference.However, Xu Mu knew Xuexue thoroughly, and after controlling him, he whispered something in his ear. Although Xuexue looked embarrassed, he finally nodded in agreement.

Probably to punish him.The content of the punishment was soon announced: Xu Mu asked him to whistle for everyone.It is said that this is a unique skill of Xuexue, and it is never easy to do it.He solemnly cleared his throat, and in that lovely beige sweater, he hopped into the crowd.

"Listen to the episode from the movie The Sound of Music, Edelweiss, Edelweiss."

Luca's eyes twinkled.

Xuexue started his performance again, the whistle was melodious and lyrical, like the wind floating in the room and the snowflakes falling quietly outside the window, lifting up the heavy fragments of stars and clouds lightly and gracefully, throwing them on the boundless land, In the long valley, white and beautiful flowers grow, in anticipation of the low sound of the ice edge hanging from the roof turning into a frozen stream.On the second whistle, Xu Mu smiled and sang, as did Luka, and then everyone, even though they didn't speak the same language.The music lingers, lingers in the streets and alleys of small European towns, travels across a long continent, and floats in a Chinese hut.No matter where it resounds in the world, singing will always be singing, just like children will always be children.

Edelweiss, edelweiss
Every morning you greet me
Small and white
clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever
Edelweiss, edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever[1]
For the third time, we left the solo to Luca.When I heard the German version of "Edelweiss" for the first time, I couldn't understand a word, and maybe I didn't need to understand it. I just watched Luca and the snow falling behind him silently.

"Have a safe trip."

We sent Luka into a taxi at the gate of the foreign school, and we waved to him.Through the swaying glass, he turned his head and waved goodbye with the same force.Through the flying snow, he will return to his relatives with the memory and warmth he found in China.

Will definitely see you again.He promised us.

"What did you think of?" I asked Mi Le, who was beside me, looking at the yellow taxi gradually going away in the vast snow.

"Probably it's that poem. 'It's snowing down the gate in the evening, and the red flag is frozen by the wind. The east gate of Luntai sends you there, and the Tianshan road is covered with snow when you go. You can't see you when you turn around the mountain circuit, and you stay in the snow above the horse.' "

"Luca is home. Let's go home today too."

"Okay. My parents are at home tomorrow."

"Goodbye then."

"Well, see you tomorrow."

In the twilight snow, it seems that parting is not so sad.Probably knowing that we will see each other again.The heavy snow smeared the world into a new look, we have no amnesia, we will wake up eventually, and reunite through the criss-crossing roads.There is still a long, long way to go in the future, and it will extend to bigger and farther worlds, taking us to find the flocks, the wind, the Milky Way, and bigger lakes or gardens mentioned in each other's dreams.

(End of the third volume)
[1] "Edelweiss" (Edelweiss) is a famous song in the American film and musical "The Sound of Music", which came out in 1959.Richard Rogers composed the music, Oscar Hammerstein II wrote the lyrics.Edelweiss is alpine edelweiss, the national flower of Switzerland and Austria.

edelweiss, edelweiss

greet me open in the morning

small and white
clean and bright
shake me happily

Snow-like flowers may you be fragrant
bloom forever

edelweiss, edelweiss

bless my hometown forever

Group A sixth round
Jiangyuan Foreign School 0:2 Jiangyuan No. [-] Middle School

Jieqi Middle School 1:3 No.[-] Middle School

Quarterfinals
Upper half

Taodu Middle School VS Jiangyuan Foreign School
Xiling Middle School VS54 Middle School
Lower half

Jiangyuan No.[-] Middle School VS Beichuan Middle School
Jiangyuan No. [-] Middle School VS Science and Technology Attached Middle School
Jiangyuan City Mayor Cup Football League (Junior High School Group) Group Stage Standings (Group A)
Jiangyuan foreign school has 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, scored 13 goals, conceded 9 goals, won by 4 goals, and accumulated 11 points

Jiangyuan Yizhong has 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, scored 14 goals, conceded 11 goals, scored 3 goal, and accumulated 10 points

Jieqi Middle School has 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, scored 11 goals, conceded 13 goals, scored -2 ​​goals, and accumulated 8 points

No. 1 Middle School has 1 wins, 4 draw and 7 losses, scored 12 goals, conceded 5 goals, scored -4 goals, and accumulated [-] point

(Jiangyuan Foreign School and Jiangyuan No. [-] Middle School qualify)
Data in Jiangyuan No. [-] Squadron

Sagittarius

player goals

Yan Xi 3
Miller 3
Huang Minxue 3 (1)

Mu Zheng 2
Ye Ruiyang 2 (1)

luca 1
Assists list

player assists

Yan Xi 4
Miller 2
Huang Minxue 1
Xiao Qi 1
　The third volume is finished!Probably the ten chapters in the middle of the third volume are the most abusive part of the whole book.Through the darkness, the light may be in sight!See you at the end!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)