Jiang Chen went to take a cold shower, trying to calm himself down.

But he found that it was useless, and even made himself more anxious.

As he paced back and forth in the hallway, the expectant phone finally rang.

"Hey, Angelina, how is Rhodes?"

"Can you get him to talk to me?"

After connecting the phone, Jiang Chen asked eagerly.

But Angelina on the other end of the phone did not speak for a long time.

After a few minutes, there was intermittent sobbing on the other end of the phone.

At this moment, Jiang Chen understood it all.

He felt his legs go limp, and he almost collapsed to the ground.

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Chen took the bus with the team and set off at speed.

Along the way, Jiang Chen couldn't wait for the bus to fly.

More than two hours later, the bus slowly stopped at the club base.

After getting out of the car, Jiang Chen went straight to Rhodes' room.

Angelina was already waiting at the door, tears clearly visible on her face.

After seeing Jiang Chen, Angelina threw herself into his arms and cried again.

Gently stroking Angelina's hair, Jiang Chen took a deep breath and plucked up the courage to enter the room.

Rhodes lay quietly on the bed like that, motionless, as if asleep.

His expression was very peaceful, and he even had a shallow smile.

It can be seen that at the last moment of his life, Rhodes finally got rid of the torment of illness.

The hospital uniform on Rhodes has been replaced by the same home jersey signed by Jiang Chen and David Beckham.

The wide jersey covered Rhodes' withered and thin body.

Jiang Chen slowly came to the bed, silent.

It wasn't until the evening that he slowly got up and walked out of the room.

Early the next morning, Sheffield United issued an official statement and held a funeral for Rhodes.

The story between Rhodes and Sheffield United has spread throughout Sheffield.

On this day, the city of Sheffield was empty, and tens of thousands of fans spontaneously gathered to attend Rhodes' funeral.

On the outskirts there is a cemetery, which is beautiful and quiet.

A newly erected grave was surrounded by countless people, and flowers were placed in front of the tombstones.

Everyone's hearts were heavy, and they had long regarded Rhodes as their family.

It was not until the end of the funeral that Jiang Chen returned to the base with Angelina.

Along the way, the two were silent, no one spoke, only the singer on the disc singing dull songs.

On the Internet, major stars in world football have tweeted silent mourning for Rhodes, which has swept almost all of Europe.

Perhaps, this is the warmth of football.

......

In the following period, Jiang Chen slowly walked out of his grief accompanied by Angelina.

The team is also preparing for the October 1 game, where they will host Charlton.

Charlton currently have nine wins and one draw in the last ten league matches, just two points behind Sheffield United and second in the league.

Before the start of this tournament, Charlton was considered the biggest favourite to win the League One title this season!

Charlton Athletic F.C. was founded in 1905 and plays its home stadium at Charlton Valley, Greenwich, southeast London.

This extremely resilient team once rushed into the Premier League, and Jiang Chen's old-timer Zheng Zhi once played for the team.

On 1 January 2007 , Zheng Zhi joined Charlton Athletic Athletic on loan in the English Premier League.

On 10 February, Charlton lost 2–00 away to Manchester United in the 27th round of the 2006–07 Premier League season, and Zheng Zhi made his Premier League debut as a substitute in the 40th minute.

On 18 March, Charlton made his debut in the 30th round of the 2006–07 Premier League season against Charlton United, scoring not only a goal in the Premier League but also his first goal for Charlton in the 52nd minute.

In addition, Zheng Zhi also created a penalty.

On 13 May, in the 38th round of the 2006–07 English Premier League season, Charlton drew 2–2 away to Liverpool.

Zheng Zhi started as a shadow striker, and in the opening 106 seconds, Zheng Zhi assisted his teammate to score.

In the 2006–07 season, Zheng Zhi made 12 appearances for Charlton in all competitions, contributing one goal and two assists, playing a total of 909 minutes.

Unfortunately, Charlton were relegated to the Championship at the end of the season.

On August 9, 2007, Shandong Luneng announced that it would sell Zheng Zhi to Championship side Charlton for £2 million.

Zheng Zhi signed a two-year contract with Charlton, breaking Sun Jihai's transfer fee record for Manchester City that year, becoming the most expensive Chinese player in history.

In the 2007–08 season, Zheng Zhi made 45 appearances for Charlton in all competitions, contributing 9 goals and 6 assists for a total of 3,760 minutes.

On August 31, 2009, Zheng Zhi joined Soviet Premier League giants Celtic and ended his football career at Charlton.

In the face of this powerful team with deep heritage, Sheffield United did not dare to slack off at all.

Under the leadership of head coach Heggin Bertom, the team carried out intensive training tasks in an orderly manner.

At night, Jiang Chen sat on the lawn after training, looking at the stars.

He remembered that Rhodes had told him that the brightest star in the sky was him.

After a while, a graceful figure sat next to him, leaning on his shoulder.

Smelling the faint fragrance, his mood was much more relaxed.

"Thank you."

"Angelina."

After a long while, Jiang Chen suddenly spoke, breaking the ambiguous atmosphere.

"Our relationship, do we still need to say thank you?"

Angelina smiled slyly, suddenly cute.

In this way, the two snuggled up to each other and enjoyed a comfortable night.

In the apartment, Jiang Chen lay on the sofa, thinking back to the time when he arrived in England.

All precious memories will become an important asset in his life!

Ding——

[Golden mission completed.] 【

Golden Mission: Hold the main force. 【Mission

requirements: 1. Start ten consecutive League One games; 2. The score after each game must not be less than 8.0 points; 3. Complete an average of one goal or assist per game. 【

Mission deadline: September 24, after the end of the tenth round of the league.】

A golden scroll slowly unfolded, and the content of the task appeared in front of his eyes.

[Get mission rewards: High-level skill full level card*1, High-level skill breakthrough card*1] [Get mission rewards

: rare skills: long pass transfer (proficiency level 10/10), rare talents: pass master.

As he focused on the skill of long pass shifting, a magnificent picture slowly unfolded before his eyes.

In the intense game, one player repeatedly used long passes to complete the dispatch in midfield, helping the team to create kills repeatedly.

For more free faloo novels: https://discord.com/invite/xe89Fj6QnY