Chapter Thirty-Four: The Middle-Aged Woman Looking for Trouble

  Zidane was still proudly talking about his paid vacation when he gradually felt the atmosphere turn cold, with everyone staring at him expressionlessly. Suddenly Zidane also realized that maybe this topic shouldn't be discussed during meals...

  Mesi looked at the foie gras in his bowl, thinking about Zidane's paid vacation earlier, and felt nauseous no matter how he thought about it. But he couldn't say anything, so he could only silently endure... Thomas saw that the atmosphere was indeed very cold, so he raised his wine glass again and said: "Cheers, everyone..." Thomas didn't want to say any more toasts either...

  After drinking, Thomas looked at the wine and dishes, and directly turned the topic into the main subject.

  Thomas, holding a wine glass, looked at everyone and asked: "I wonder what you all think of the odds offered by William Hill this time?"

  Ronaldinho looked at Ronaldo and said to Thomas, "Some things are unspoken! But Mr. Thomas, why did you set the odds so strangely this time?"

  Thomas smiled and said, "Little Luo, if it's too easy to open, we'll lose out. Recently helping Beckham increase the transfer fee, I believe everyone has a number in mind. We William Hill also want to use this Spanish derby to slightly recover some costs!"

  Thomas looked at the Real Madrid players and asked: "My warriors, do you think this time is difficult?"

  Only Raúl laughed and said to Valdés: "As long as we have our 'Butter Hand' Valdés here, let him put some oil on his hands this time, no problem!" After finishing speaking, all Real Madrid players laughed.

  The scene was a bit strange, Barcelona's players were all looking at Real Madrid's players with cold faces. But Real Madrid's players were all laughing loudly!

  Thomas noticed the atmosphere wasn't quite right, so he gave Beckham a signal. Beckham quickly stood up and said: "I'd like to propose a toast to our friends from Barcelona!"

  Between the coming and going, several cups of wine were drunk. The awkwardness on everyone's body gradually relaxed. At this time, the dishes were still being served. But everyone started to care about their own contracts, sponsorships and other issues. Although these economic matters for players are handled by their agents, but many times, players also need to fight for themselves in the circle.

  At this time Thomas rushed to Eto'o and said to Ronaldo: "I'll toast you a glass. When the time comes, the goal will still depend on you two!"

  Several cups of 56-degree Maotai flew into the belly. Everyone gradually became more lively. What's more! Cassius and Carlos, with a slight drunkenness, began to toast each other across tables!

  Only Messi was drinking alone with a gloomy face. Originally, Messi thought the stadium was relatively pure. Of course, there were some things that had more or less entered Messi's ears. But through today's gathering, Messi thoroughly understood!

  The dazed and confused Messi suddenly saw a middle-aged man, dressed in a suit, rushing towards everyone and saying: "To show our appreciation for your support of our Huaxia private dishes! Today, we specially sent you two strings of firecrackers. This is from Huaxia, which has crossed several oceans to get here. It's also a way for our store to thank you for your support!"

  Balder chuckled and said, "I love playing with this thing, Cassius! Let's go set off some firecrackers!" He looked a bit embarrassed afterwards and glanced at Thomas. Thomas shrugged and said, "It's okay! As long as everyone is having fun!"

  What Thomas wanted to say has been made clear. Although everyone didn't say anything, they also knew what to do! As the top players on the green field, they naturally know how to handle it seamlessly!

  Mesi, who was drinking somewhat dazedly, looked at Thomas and suddenly felt a faint sense of nausea in her heart. Lowering her head, she also came out with Valdes to set off firecrackers!

  Drinking white wine is afraid of blowing wind! Originally, people who didn't drink much, if they blew wind outside, would easily get drunk. Now Messi's head is a bit heavy and his feet are light! He casually lit a cigarette, grabbed a handful of firecrackers that had been removed from the fireworks, and set them off.

  One explosion after another, Messi's ears were ringing. But as the wine took effect, Messi became more and more excited. However, just when he was getting into it, Messi, who had lit a firecracker and casually thrown it away, suddenly felt that something was off...

  It feels like the cigarette I threw out is just like the one in my hand. After taking a hard drag on the one in my mouth, I surprisingly couldn't take another puff.

  Messi knew he was in trouble...

  Thomas rushed out after hearing Casillas. He saw the waiter supporting Messi, who was lying on the ground. A mouthful of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. His face was as black as coal. Thomas shouted: "Has the ambulance not arrived yet? Call an ambulance quickly!" Then he sighed and thought: "Fortunately, only Messi is injured..."

  Thomas could never have imagined that someone would start their own transformation journey because of the carefully arranged game, and become a legend in the Chinese stock market.

  And this legend would never have thought that in the future, he would have something to do with a German devil... Perhaps this is what they call: invisible and intangible, accidental and inevitable gathering!

  The author actually wants to give a sneak peek, and later William Hill and Li Xiaoteng will have a direct relationship! Guess what the situation is? If you guess correctly, there's a prize! (There really is a prize! Book review redemption!)

  We are back in Huaxia...

  Li Xiaoteng watched Zhao Xun's back as she left, and smiled meaningfully. Everyone is not a fool, Li Xiaoteng has been doing customer marketing development work for so many years, and he can still grasp the emotions in people's eyes.

  Li Xiaoteng thought to himself: If I wasn't in a hurry to open an account, if this beauty didn't think I wanted to open an account... would she even bother with me? Ha! A loser is still a loser after all. Just wait till Brother Teng makes his comeback, humph! As Li Xiaoteng was lost in thought, he saw two middle-aged women who were buying vegetables walking towards him, chatting and laughing. Li Xiaoteng glanced at them but didn't say anything, instead lowering his head to fiddle with the ingredients he would sell at his stall tonight.

  The two walked up to Li Xiaoteng and looked at his spicy hot pot stall. One of the middle-aged women said, "Old sister, this seems to be the Dongxing Restaurant's spicy hot pot." After speaking, she pointed to the signboard of Dongxing Restaurant with her hand.

  Second sister nodded and said: "My old man and dead son must eat this, oh... Guo Si'er's mother, you say that the windy and sunny street stalls on the dusty road are delicious!"

  "Guo Sier's mother said, 'You still say that, my Guo Sier also says it's true. He insists on eating spicy hot pot after school and specifically wants to eat at this place. I don't want him to eat it either, but how can I argue with our little ancestor? No choice, so I came downstairs to buy it for him."

  Two people were talking and pointing at Li Xiaoteng with their hands.

  Li Xiaoteng glanced at the two women with his eyes, didn't say a word, and was about to add some seasonings to the spicy hot pot. He turned around and walked towards the back...

  "Hey! Hey! You, the one who sells spicy and numbing skewers! How do you sell your skewers?"

  Li Xiaoteng felt a bit nauseous, thinking to himself: "What kind of people are these! Quality! What quality...!" Zhao Baozi was arranging the tables and chairs. Although the setting sun didn't shine on people, Zhao Baozi's chubby face had a thin layer of sweat beads.

  Zhao Pangzi saw everything that just happened. Seeing Li Xiaoteng was very angry, Zhao Pangzi hastily sighed. Following the principle of doing dirty and tiring work himself, he resolutely rushed up.

  On the chubby round face, with a smile that could be scooped up, he asked: "Two aunts, what are you buying today? Want to eat something, you can choose whatever you want!" Guo Sier's mother said: "What attitude is this? Every day we have so many people supporting your store! You still dare to turn your face against us?"

  My second sister also followed and shouted: "We won't buy your malatang! Why don't you go home and drink the northwest wind? What kind of cow are you? Is your malatang on fire?"

  Zhaobaozi listened to the two old women's nagging and shouting, he really wanted to pick up the pot and splash it on their faces! Zhaobaozi endured his discomfort and still managed a smiling face.

  "Hey, auntie, don't be mad... calm down. You don't know, my buddy here just got dumped today, they just broke up! Didn't you see the girl in red walking out as you were coming in?"

  Zhao Pangzi looked around and whispered: "Let's break up...! Otherwise, how can it be so unfulfilling? I don't even dare to talk to him now. Our boss Li is having a tantrum!"

  Guo Sier's mother heard that Li Xiaoteng had a breakup! She immediately became spirited and said loudly: "I said why the nose is not a nose, the mouth is not a mouth. It turns out that he was heartbroken..." Before she finished speaking, Er Jie continued to say: "Hey, the girl saw it clearly! Following a spicy hot pot seller can't have any prospects. No house, no one to rely on! Breaking up is a wise choice!"

  Zhao Pangzi felt a chill run down his back, and just as he turned his head, he saw Li Xiaoteng glance over at him with eyes full of murderous intent. He hastily wiped the sweat from his forehead and said in a low voice: "Aunties, aunties... let's keep it down, I'm begging you! If Boss Li hears us, I'll be done for!"

  Two women lowered their voices. The second sister said, "Serves you right! Little fatty, how do you sell your spicy hot pot? You always had others buy it for you before... never bought it yourself..."

  "Quickly, Zhao said: 'Vegetable skewers are 50 cents each, meat skewers are one yuan. The mushrooms will be calculated as vegetable skewers...'"

  At this time, Guo Sier's mother spoke up: "What five cents, one yuan? How can you raise the price like that? My son told me, plain ones are 40 cents, meat-filled ones are 50 cents a piece! Why are you cheating?"

  "Hey auntie, the prices of dishes have gone up recently and we can't do anything about it. Look at this vegetarian dish, there's a lot more than before! The meat dish hasn't increased in price, as you said, 50 cents per piece." After finishing speaking, he casually picked up a string of sausages and asked, "Auntie, how many pieces is this?"

  "Isn't this two pieces?" Guo Sier's mother said casually. Second sister looked at Guo Sier's mother, feeling extremely speechless!

  "Right! Look at the meat skewer in your hand, isn't it just one piece?"