Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 153 I Have a Date with Football (Part )

"Mom, why are you the only one here? Where's Wanling? Where's the others?"

After discussing the clothing store, Kang Qirui went to visit his teacher Huang Lao for the attention of Er Lao Tea Restaurant. Therefore, he had dinner outside in the evening. When he returned home, he found that only Ma Zi was at home, so he asked. Ma Zi ate melon seeds and watched TV, and complained: "Don't mention it, everyone ran to the tea restaurant. Your father ran away with Si Qi in his arms, and Wan Ling followed him. Just now, A Yao and A Zu also went there after they came back."

"What are you doing at the tea restaurant? Is business busy today?" Kang Qirui asked doubtfully. The mother shook her head and said, "They said a celebrity came to the tea restaurant. His name is Zhao Dayu. When A Zong called back, your dad was holding Siqi and ran over without even putting the child down."

Zhao Dayu? They just had dinner together, how come they went to the tea restaurant? Impossible. He thought about it and said to the mother, "I'm going to the tea restaurant to take a look. I'm leaving." Then he went out.

When he arrived at the tea restaurant, he heard A-Zu's excited voice: "Brother Da, do you recognize me? I was the one who watched you play football next to the TV when I was a child." Kang Qirui shook his head. Does A-Zu want to listen to what he is saying? He walked into the tea restaurant and saw the eldest brother Guang and the second brother drinking and chatting with a man who looked very much like Zhao Dayu.

Kang Qirui looked carefully and confirmed that this man was not Zhao Dayu who had dinner with him tonight, but just looked like him. Then Kang Qirui knew who this man was. He thought about it and went home to call Tianxiu who was doing his homework to go to the tea restaurant with him. When he brought Tianxiu back to the tea restaurant, Er Lao was already discussing cooperation with "Zhao Dayu".

"Brother Da, you have bid farewell to football for so many years, but you just saw that those fans treated you like a family member when they saw you, so what I mean is that if you have time in the future, please come to our Ruhao Tea Restaurant more often to have a few drinks with us fans, and when the World Cup opens, party with everyone and tell us about your professional explanation. What do you think?" Er Lao expressed his thoughts, and without waiting for the other party to agree, Kang Qirui patted Tianxiu to signal.

Tianxiu followed Kang Qirui's gaze and saw the man clearly. He pushed aside Ayao and Azu and squeezed in, saying, "Zhao Dayu? What are you doing here? Do you know my father?" Zhao Dayu stood up immediately after seeing Tianxiu, "I, I'm leaving first." Then he ran away. Erlao couldn't catch up with him, so he had to come back and ask Tianxiu, "Xiuzi, what did you call him? Do you know him?"

"Yes, he sells fish balls in our school. We all call him Zhao Dayu." Tianxiu was startled by the second brother's expression. He moved closer to Kang Qirui before answering the second brother's question. Then he asked doubtfully, "Dad, you know him too? Do you want to invite him to the tea restaurant? His fish balls are really delicious, much better than those made in the store now."

Tianxiu's words were like Garen's Q, silencing everyone. After a long while, Er Lao still couldn't believe it and said, "No? Isn't he Zhao Dayu? How come he is the fish ball seller?"

Kang Qirui patted the second brother and said, "Second brother, you are the one who is confused. Think about what Zhao Dayu is wearing. He is wearing a cheap T-shirt, big shorts, and a black waist bag on his waist. How does he look like a football star?" After hearing what Kang Qirui said, everyone looked at each other. It seemed that this was indeed the case. They were so excited to hear that Zhao Dayu was coming that they didn't notice his attire at all.

"What should I do? I've already said it. If others know that what we did tonight is fake, then our Ruhao Tea Restaurant's reputation will be ruined. What will happen to our business?" The second brother became more and more panicked. The boast has been made. If people come and don't see the cow, won't they kill him like a cow? It doesn't matter if he is killed, but the problem is that it will be impossible for Ruhao Tea Restaurant to improve in the future.

When Kang Qirui was about to tell Er Lao that he had contacted Zhao Dayu, Zhao Dayu came back. Er Lao spotted him immediately and rushed up to him, asking, "How dare you come back? Tell me, why did you lie to us?"

"Brother Zong, I came back just to explain this to you." While Zhao Dayu was talking, Kang Qirui brought him a chair. He nodded and thanked him, then sat down and continued, "I never said I was Zhao Dayu. It was you, Brother Zong, who kept saying I was. How can that be considered as me lying to you?"

It turned out that this afternoon, when Zhao Dayu was selling fish balls at the school gate, he encountered the urban management, so he had to run away. While avoiding the urban management, he hid in Ruhao Tea Restaurant. As soon as Er Lao saw Zhao Dayu, he identified him as Zhao Dayu, and dragged him to chat and drink with the customers in the store. He had always wanted to explain but had no chance at all. With more and more people behind him, he had even less chance to say anything. After being recognized by Tianxiu just now, he originally wanted to leave, but after going back to the rental house and lying down, he thought about it again and again and felt that he had to come back to explain clearly that he did not mean to lie.

"I admitted my mistake, so you can say it? You can deny it." The second brother said angrily. Zhao Dayu did not answer the second brother's question, but asked: "Do you remember the game in Beijing seventeen years ago?" When he asked this, the eldest brother got excited: "Of course I don't remember it! Seventeen years ago, May 19th. I get angry when I talk about that game. The national football team lost to the Hong Kong team 1-2, and we couldn't enter the World Cup finals. We waited for another seventeen years before finally realizing our dream."

"I was as angry as you during that game. I even wanted to go down and help play. I was playing for the county team at the time, and everyone said I looked like Zhao Dayu, so I just pretended to be Zhao Dayu. Over the years I've gotten used to being Zhao Dayu, so Brother Zong, I didn't mean to lie to you. I'm just used to being called Zhao Dayu." Zhao Dayu spoke sincerely, "From that day on I was determined to run a football school, starting with the kids. I pooled money with a few friends, but we were cheated out of it again, so I had no choice but to sell fish balls."

"You are running a football school? Is that true?" The second brother actually believed it.

"Brother Zong, although our village is poor, the children all like to play football. They all said that Zhao Dayu opened a football school in Guangfu, and everyone wanted to enter this school, but there was nothing they could do because the children were poor. So I thought about whether I could help them, but unfortunately all my money was cheated away, and now I only want to sell fish balls to support them to go to football school. That's why I dare not say that I am not a culprit today. If I were caught by them, I really don't know where to go to make money to help them." Zhao Dayu talked about his experience.

His logic was simple. He wanted to make money to support his children in attending football school. If he did not admit that he was Zhao Dayu at that time, he would probably be kicked out of the tea restaurant and caught by the urban management outside the tea restaurant, and he would have no way to make money in the future.

Everyone felt sad after hearing Zhao Dayu's story. Er Lao sighed, patted Zhao Dayu on the shoulder and said, "Oh, forget it. It's just me, Kang Qi Zong, who is unlucky. A Rui, the tea restaurant may..." He paused and continued, "But don't worry, I won't give up looking for Zhao Dayu. We still have hope. As long as we can find him before the World Cup and let him come to our tea restaurant, our reputation and fame can still be preserved."

"Brother Zong, I will help you look for him. I also want him to go to our countryside to see our children. They are really good at playing football." Zhao Dayu also patted the second brother's shoulder.

"I have found Zhao Dayu." Kang Qirui said lightly.

"Okay, don't worry, we will keep looking for Zhao Dayu." The second brother reacted after he finished speaking. He was stunned and asked, "What did you say? You found Zhao Dayu?" Zhao Dayu also looked at Kang Qirui with a puzzled look.

Kang Qirui nodded and said, "When I was looking up information these two days, I found that Su Yongshun, the coach of Zhao Dayu's national football team, is an alumnus of our school. He was admitted to the biology department of our school and was a classmate of my teacher's wife. I went to see my teacher and his wife today, and with their help, I found Coach Su Yongshun. Coach Su and Zhao Dayu are both running football schools now, and they have a close relationship. We made an appointment to have dinner together in the evening. He also invited me to visit his football school, which is in Shawan."

Kang Qirui approached Zhao Dayu today not only to ask him to show up at the tea restaurant, but also to help Guangzhou Metersbonwe sponsor his football team. Earlier this year, Yida Football School founded by Zhao Dayu cooperated with Guangzhou Sun Spring Company to form a professional football team Guangzhou Sun Spring Yida Football Team. The first team participates in the domestic professional second-tier league, and the second team participates in the Hong Kong City First-tier League. The advertisement on the chest is definitely from Sun Spring, and Kang Qirui wants the advertisement space on the back or sleeves. The price is that the poster of Metersbonwe's World Cup event "China wins a game, Metersbonwe refunds the full amount" must be printed with Zhao Dayu's photo.

"Really? Did you invite him to the tea restaurant?" The second brother asked eagerly. Kang Qirui nodded, "Mr. Zhao Dayu will come to all three games of the national football team. He will show up at the clothing store during the day to cheer for the activities there. After the game starts, he will watch the game with everyone at the tea restaurant." This is the condition they agreed on tonight. Running a football school and a football team is very short of money. Kang Qirui is willing to spend a lot of money to sponsor and promised to help them contact the school for cultural courses. So Zhao Dayu will naturally not refuse Kang Qirui's small favor.

The second brother was relieved. Now the boast of Ruhao Tea Restaurant has come true. No matter how the business is, at least its reputation is preserved. Zhao Dayu tried to probe, "Kang Sheng, can you bring the children from our village to visit?" He was afraid that Kang Qirui would refuse him, so he begged, "Not all of them have to go. I know their abilities. But one of them is called Yang Yihu. I think he is really good and has the potential to play in the A-League. Can you take him to try?"

Although Kang Qirui did not take what Zhao Dayu said seriously, he had never heard of the name Yang Yihu in later generations, but he did not care. It was no big deal to have one more child or a younger child go on the tour together, so he nodded and agreed.

(End of this chapter)