Chapter 1 The Aftermath

Chen Hero's celebration, slapping his own fans, had a huge impact. A day later, he was still being cornered by reporters near the training ground, asking about the incident.

There had been a lot of media hype about it all day, but Chen Hero, one of the people involved, hadn't said a word.

Other than arrogantly declaring "I'll do what I want" after the game, he hadn't said anything else.

What was he thinking? Why did he do it? What good would it do him to antagonize his own fans?

No one knew, and all they could do was guess.

"Why did I do it? To express my gratitude for their boos over the past half-season. I thought I should do something to repay them." If the Naples fans heard Chen Hero's serious words, they would probably be even more furious.

"Will you do it again in future games?"

"I don't know, it depends on my mood." Chen Hero shrugged.

Then he stopped giving interviews and walked back to the locker room.

The reporters looked at each other.

This was big. From Chen Hero's answer, it seemed he was determined to fight his own fans to the end.

Being so hostile to his own fans... what was going on? It was true that the fans had booed him before, but the same thing had happened to many other players—those players were hated by their own fans for one reason or another, but either the two sides shook hands and made peace, or if they didn't, the players could only swallow their anger.

Who would do what Chen Hero was doing, constantly fighting his fans?

This guy... was really different from any player they had ever met!

These reporters were veterans in the industry. They had seen a lot of players with strong personalities. Not to mention the ones far away, but there were several in Italy alone.

Antonio Cassano at Sampdoria was the most famous one, but he wasn't as outrageous as Chen Hero...

Some older reporters shook their heads. "This kind of person will suffer because of his personality sooner or later, suffer a lot! There's absolutely no benefit to him going on like this! He'll be crushed by endless pressure!"

Many reporters agreed.

Some Chinese reporters were worried about Chen Hero—it was okay to do this for one or two games, but could he do it every game? If he spent all his energy fighting the fans, wouldn't that affect his performance on the field? And once his performance on the field wasn't good, he would give those fans who didn't like him an opportunity to take advantage of him. They would boo even louder and mock him even more unscrupulously, which would put even more pressure on him. He would only be able to force himself to stay in shape, and couldn't afford to be in a slump...

Was it worth it to make himself so tired?

But no matter how worried they were, Chen Hero just left everyone with an arrogant and incomprehensible figure, and walked away.

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What Chen Hero said during the interview after training clearly angered the Naples fans.

So when Chen Hero was sleeping in his bed, he suddenly heard a crashing sound that woke him up.

He hadn't even opened his eyes yet, but just from the sound, it sounded like... glass breaking.

Before he could figure out what was going on, he found himself pinned down.

A soft, warm body was lying on top of him, protecting his head tightly between two masses of flesh... Chen Hero keenly realized that if nothing unexpected happened, that should be... a woman's breasts!

Damn, what was going on?

So comfortable...

If his hands weren't firmly pinned down, he really couldn't help but want to pinch those two masses of flesh to see if he was dreaming...

He tried to raise his head, wanting to get closer to that gentle embrace, closer, and even closer...

Just then, he heard Kristin Cabella's voice, "Are you okay, Mr. Chen?"

Chen Hero said with some difficulty, "I'm... okay, it's just... a little, hard to... breathe..."

Cabella suddenly got up, and Chen Hero was still holding his neck up and taking deep breaths, his face flushed, which was indeed a sign of hypoxia. But judging from his expression, he wasn't in pain at all, but rather enjoying it.

She understood what had just happened...

Chen Hero took a deep breath and found that the sweet smell was gone. He frowned and smacked his lips while keeping his eyes closed.

"Mr. Chen, are you really okay?"

Chen Hero then opened his eyes. "Ah... I'm fine. I'm completely fine now. What happened just now?"

Cabella jumped out of bed, approached the window along the wall, and hid herself behind the curtains. She looked out through the gap in the curtains. In the shadow of the street lamp, she vaguely saw a figure running away.

"I think you must have offended the fans, and they... used this method to express their protest to you." Cabella bent down and picked up a stone from the floor.

Chen Hero sat up, looked at the mess by the window, broken glass covered the area, and there was a big hole in the window. The night wind blew in from that hole, blowing the curtains high.

Even though Naples had a Mediterranean climate, the wind was still very cold in the middle of the night in January...

Looking at the scene in front of him, Chen Hero knew that he couldn't sleep in this room tonight.

But the apartment he rented had many rooms, with four bedrooms, so he could just change places.

Chen Hero quickly turned his attention to Cabella, who was vigilantly monitoring the window.

She was still sleeping fully clothed today, but being fully clothed didn't mean that she was wearing a full winter outfit, but rather that she had taken off her coat, revealing the tight sweater inside, which showed off her perfect figure curves.

Chen Hero thought that it was those towering breasts that had been pressed against his face just now...

He had never felt this way before, because he usually didn't dare to do anything when he faced this powerful woman.

So it was really soft... He thought that the structure of this woman's place was different from other women's, full of muscles, as hard as an iron plate.

She must have heard the sound of glass breaking and came to protect him as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Chen Hero didn't care at all that the fans had disturbed his good dream.

He even thought that this trick was very good—the fans threw a stone, he lost a piece of glass, and he had the opportunity to have close contact with a beautiful woman...

It seemed that he had to fight the fans to the end!

He had tried so hard before but had never been able to have such close contact with Cabella, but he had achieved it because of the actions of a fan who hated him.

Thank you! Bastard!

Chen Hero was in tears.

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Lavezzi was dissatisfied with being substituted early in the last game against Roma and went straight home. He was punished with an internal suspension by Mazzarri.

He could only stay at home and watch the live broadcast of the away game against Fiorentina on the 28th.

Mazzarri fully considered Lavezzi's fondness for home and thoughtfully arranged for him not to travel far to the away game, but only to stay at home with his wife.

No one dared to express dissatisfaction with this punishment. Because Lavezzi's act of going home early was really too... impulsive.

Speaking of which, he had to thank Chen Hero. If Chen Hero hadn't become the focus of media attention, this matter would have been seized by the media and hyped up. Since the beginning of last season, rumors that he might leave the team had never stopped. But those were just rumors, and now... they might become a reality.

If Reja's internal punishment of Hamsik for eating a red card could only intensify his conflict with the players, then Mazzarri's punishment could only intensify the conflict between him and Lavezzi. Even Gargano and Navarro couldn't stand on Lavezzi's side.

They even thought Lavezzi was too impulsive...

Look, this was the difference in the level of the two coaches.

Both were demonstrating their authority as head coaches, but Reja could only mess things up, while Mazzarri's punishment made everyone silent, and they all deeply felt the pressure. No one dared to disobey except Lavezzi.

Facing such an internal punishment, although Lavezzi accepted it, the displeasure in his heart was imaginable.

This would make his situation in the team even worse.

It seemed that this "Second Maradona" who had once been placed high hopes on had started the countdown to leaving Naples.

If it weren't for the fact that January was coming to an end and the winter transfer window was about to close, and the club didn't have time to find a suitable replacement in the transfer market, he might have left Naples now...

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The away game between Napoli and Fiorentina was receiving a lot of attention because of Chen Hero.

Whether they supported Chen Hero or opposed him, everyone wanted to see what kind of performance Chen Hero could put on in this game.

Was Mount Vesuvius erupting intermittently, or continuously?

Countless eyes were fixed on this game, fixed on Chen Hero.

As long as he performed a little worse in this game, it was conceivable how many criticisms would fly towards him like a storm.

Chinese fans and Chinese reporters were sweating for Chen Hero.

It wasn't that they didn't have confidence now, because Chen Hero had had many such situations in the first half of the season—every time he scored a goal, everyone shouted "The fearless giant bear is back!" As a result, Chen Hero fell into a goal drought, which was really inexplicable and embarrassing.

This time, could he avoid disappointing and embarrassing those who supported him and liked him again?

Fiorentina wasn't a weak team that anyone could bully.

This away trip might not be easy.

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So I was very motivated when I was coding in the morning, and my fingers were flying.

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