So what if I'm just strolling around the field? My shots are guaranteed to go in.

The dust has settled from the derby, and the wheels of La Liga keep turning.

On November 20th, in the 14th round of La Liga, Real Madrid will host Sporting Gijón.

At the Bernabéu, 85,000 fans displayed a giant tifo—the silhouette of Lin Fan's number 10 jersey against the backdrop of a torn banner in the Calderón South Stand, accompanied by the message: "El que calló al Calderón, ahora es nuestro." (The one who silenced Calderón is now ours.)

Lin Fan scored in the 18th minute.

He received a pass back from Benzema at the edge of the penalty area and, without stopping the ball, shot directly into the far corner.

The ball skimmed along the grass and nestled into the bottom left corner of the goal, without the goalkeeper even making a save attempt.

This was his eighteenth league goal of the season.

In the 32nd minute, he took a corner kick, and Varane headed the ball into the goal.

In the 58th minute of the second half, he delivered a signature outside-of-the-foot cross from the right wing, which Ronaldo headed home in front of the goal.

Before the end of the match, he scored another goal himself – during a counter-attack, he sprinted 60 meters from his own half, beating three defenders, including the goalkeeper, and slotted the ball into the empty net.

With two goals and two assists, Real Madrid swept Sporting Gijón 6-0.

In Marca's post-match ratings, Lin Fan's name was followed by a rare three-digit score—9.9.

The 0.1 point was deducted because he had a shot that went high in the 72nd minute.

"We've run out of adjectives," the commentary read. "We suggest La Liga consider renaming the Player of the Month award the 'Lin Fan Award,' since everyone else can only compete for second place."

On November 26th, in the 15th round of La Liga, Real Madrid played against Real Betis away.

At the Benito Villamarín Stadium, Andalusian fans greeted Lin Fan with the loudest boos before the match—a special "gift" they had learned to give Lin Fan after the El Clásico and the Calderón.

But Lin Fan responded with the best performance of the match: in the 25th minute of the first half, he scored with a left-footed shot into the far corner from the right side of the penalty area, which was his 20th goal in the league this season;

In the 67th minute of the second half, he assisted Bale in scoring a one-on-one goal during a counter-attack;

In the 81st minute, he took the free kick himself—the ball went around the wall and dropped sharply, grazing the bottom edge of the crossbar and into the net.

This was his second free-kick goal of the season.

3-1. Real Madrid maintains their perfect league record.

After the match, Betis's head coach said something at the press conference that made all the reporters burst into laughter: "I studied Lin Fan's video for a whole week, and the conclusion I came to was - instead of studying him, we should study how to get the referee to give us an extra goalkeeper."

On December 3rd, in the 16th round of La Liga, Real Madrid will host Athletic Bilbao.

Lin Fan silenced the Bilbao players just eleven minutes into the game – he received a through pass from Modric in the penalty area, flicked the ball towards the goal with his right heel, and the ball went through the goalkeeper's legs and into the net.

This is his 22nd league goal of the season.

In the 53rd minute of the second half, he delivered a long pass from midfield that was over 50 meters long. The ball landed precisely on Ronaldo's running path, and the Portuguese player scored a one-on-one goal.

Two-nil. Real Madrid continues their winning streak.

On December 10th, in the 17th round of La Liga, Real Madrid will play away against Deportivo La Coruña.

The Riazor stadium was battered by wind and rain, and the grass was as slippery as a bar of soap.

The first half ended in a goalless draw.

In the 61st minute of the second half, Ancelotti made a crucial tactical adjustment – ​​he moved Lin Fan from the right wing to the center, making him a free-roaming attacking midfielder.

This adjustment paid off after the thirteenth minute: Lin Fan received a cross from Kroos in the middle, and facing the entire Deportivo La Coruña backline's tight defense, he did not choose to pass the ball, but instead suddenly took a long-range shot.

The ball traced a strange arc in the rain, flying into the top right corner of the goal, still wet with raindrops. 1-0.

This was the only goal of the match.

Seventeen consecutive wins. Real Madrid continues to sit atop the La Liga table with a perfect record, extending their lead over second-placed Barcelona to fourteen points.

On December 14th, La Liga officially announced the results of the November Player of the Month selection.

There was no suspense—Lin Fan was elected with a unanimous vote.

This marks his second consecutive month winning the La Liga Player of the Month award.

In October, he won the award with nine goals and six assists in seven games.

In November, his stats were: five games, six goals, and five assists.

In his award announcement, La Liga president Javier Tebas made a widely quoted statement: "In La Liga's 89-year history, we've had Di Stefano, Cruyff, Maradona, Ronaldo, Zidane, Messi, and Cristiano Ronaldo. But no player, in any month of their career, has consistently delivered the statistics that Lin Fan has over the past two months. He's not just playing football—he's redefining the limits of the word 'consistency.'"

When the second Player of the Month award was delivered to the Valdebebas training base, Lin Fan was doing his fifth set of core strength training in the gym.

He accepted the trophy, politely thanked the staff, then put it aside and continued with the sixth set.

Antonio, the strength and conditioning coach who accompanied him during the extra training, later told the media, "I've seen many players react after receiving a trophy. Some take photos and post them on social media, some call their families, and some put the trophy in the most conspicuous place. Lin put the trophy on the ground, next to the dumbbells. Then he did his sixth set of planks. Halfway through the sixth set, I asked him, 'Don't you want to take a picture?' He replied, 'Taking a picture won't make the trophy heavier. But missing a set of core training will slow my turn speed by 0.1 seconds in the next game.'"

After this story was reported by the media, a new hashtag appeared on social media: #LinMentality.

In just 48 hours, the label was used more than 20 million times.

Professional players, coaches, athletes, entrepreneurs, students—people from all walks of life use this label to share their stories of "focusing on the process rather than the result."

An NBA star tweeted: "I read Lin Fan's story. He put the trophy on the ground and kept training. From today onwards, I will also put every victory behind me and keep training. That's the mindset of a winner."

Madrid started to get cold in December.

Every morning, a thin layer of frost hangs on the grass at the Valdebebas training ground, and the white breath exhaled by the players during training condenses into wisps of mist in the air.

However, Lin Fan's extra training time was not shortened at all.

Sometimes Ancelotti would stand by the office window, holding a cup of coffee that had gone cold, watching the figure training alone on the training field.

Zidane would sometimes walk to the sidelines, not say a word, just watch.

There is something complex in the eyes of the French—not scrutiny, not guidance, but a quiet witnessing.

It was as if he knew he was witnessing some kind of unrepeatable history.

The boy on the training field, however, paid no attention to these stares.

He was just taking free kicks, one after another.

His shooting percentage has improved to 68%, nearly 20 percentage points higher than his debut of 50%.

But he was still not satisfied; his goal was no less than 80%.

December 17th, the 18th round of La Liga, also the last round of the league before the winter break.

Real Madrid will host Valencia.

Before the match, the Bernabéu held a brief tribute ceremony for Lin Fan – recognizing him as La Liga's Player of the Month for two consecutive months.

A carefully edited video was played on the big screen: Lin Fan's free kick at Camp Nou, Lin Fan's hat-trick at Calderon, Lin Fan's backheel goal at the Bernabéu, and Lin Fan's long pass assist in midfield. The video ended with footage of Lin Fan making a "shh" gesture twice at Camp Nou and Calderon—once to the 98,000 red and blue fans, and once to the 54,000 red and white fans.

The two images were placed side by side, with the text displayed in the middle: "El hombre que silenció dos templos." (The man who silenced the two temples.)

Eighty-five thousand people stood up and applauded.

The applause lasted for a full three minutes.

Lin Fan stood in the center circle and raised his hands to greet the surrounding stands.

His face remained calm to the point of being indifferent, but if you looked closely, you could see the corner of his mouth twitch—that was his way of expressing gratitude.

After the match started, Lin Fan repaid the fans' love with a goal and an assist.

In the 23rd minute of the first half, he received a pass from Modric on the edge of the penalty area, dribbled past two defenders with his right foot, and scored with a left-footed shot into the far corner.

This was his 24th league goal of the season. In the 71st minute of the second half, he assisted Ronaldo's header. Real Madrid defeated Valencia 3-1, entering the winter break with an 18-0 record.

With this, the La Liga season is officially halfway through.

Real Madrid have a perfect record of 18 wins and 54 points, topping the table and leading second-placed Barcelona by a full 16 points.

This points gap is the second largest in La Liga history at this stage – second only to Barcelona's 18-point lead over Real Madrid in the 2012-13 season.

But that season's Barcelona had Messi, Xavi, and Iniesta at their peak, while the current Real Madrid's core is a 19-year-old Chinese boy.

Lin Fan's statistics in 18 league matches are: 24 goals and 28 assists.

He averaged 1.33 goals and 1.55 assists per game. He was directly involved in 52 goals.

In the history of the top five European leagues, no player has ever been directly involved in more than forty goals in half a season.

He didn't just break the record—he shattered it to pieces.

Major betting companies have adjusted the odds of Lin Fan winning the Ballon d'Or to 3 to 1, meaning that betting three dollars will only result in winning one dollar.

In the history of the Ballon d'Or, no player has ever had such a significant odds advantage a month before the voting deadline.

On social media, the war between the three fan groups has entered its final stage.

Cristiano Ronaldo's fans have stopped posting photos of his bicycle kick goals because they've realized that bicycle kicks are just icing on the cake for Ronaldo, and that for Real Madrid, the most dazzling core player isn't Ronaldo.

Messi's fans have stopped posting videos of him dribbling past five players, because they find that it pales in comparison to his overwhelming statistics.

Lin Fan's supporters stopped posting data comparison charts—because the data no longer needed comparison.

They simply posted a silhouette of the Golden Globe trophy with Lin Fan's name on it.

France Football published a cover story that caused a huge uproar in the final week before the Ballon d'Or voting deadline.

The cover features silhouettes of three people—Messi, Ronaldo, and Lin Fan—placed side by side.

But Messi and Ronaldo's silhouettes are gray, while only Lin Fan's silhouette is gold.

The article, titled "La Fin d'une ère?" (The End of an Era?), states: "Since 2008, the Ballon d'Or competition has been a private duel between Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi. The two players alternated in dominating the honor for seven years, an incredible record in itself. But in December 2015, an irreversible trend emerged—this格局 (pattern/structure) was being broken by a 12-year-old Chinese teenager. Lin Fan's emergence is not merely a statistical surpassing—he is fundamentally changing people's perception of 'what is the best player in the world.' Voting closes next week. History is being written. And this time, the one holding the pen is from China."