Chapter 1 A Big Win

A big win against Hull City wasn't much pressure for Liverpool players. It just required a little more seriousness than usual.

They thought Chen Hero was right, too. It wouldn't be right to dedicate a narrow victory to Old Hatson.

And so, Hull City was unlucky.

※※※

Before the match between Liverpool and Hull City, Old Hatson underwent heart bypass surgery to bypass blocked blood vessels and restore normal blood flow to the heart.

The surgery was successful. When Old Hatson woke up after a nap, he felt like a new man.

"I can feel my heart beating strongly."

He even joked with his family, who were there to keep him company.

His wife glared at him playfully, telling him to rest and not talk too much.

But Hatson didn't listen to his wife.

"Now that the surgery was successful, I think I can watch the game, right?"

The people in the room exchanged awkward glances.

They had all heard from Little Hatson that Old Hatson had been in such good spirits lately because Chen Hero had told him that he could watch Liverpool's games and that Liverpool would bring him many, many championships… So Old Hatson's good spirits were entirely due to the belief that he could watch Liverpool play.

If they didn't let him watch the game, he would probably lose his temper again. Heart patients absolutely cannot have emotional fluctuations, and behaviors like losing one's temper are strictly forbidden.

But if they let him watch the game, wouldn't he have heart problems if he got too excited or too nervous?

It was truly a dilemma.

"You just had surgery, so you should rest…" Little Hatson, his son, finally said.

Old Hatson's face immediately darkened.

Seeing that he was about to get angry, his family panicked, and Little Hatson quickly changed his tune: "Okay, okay! Okay! You can watch, you can watch… But, but! But if you encounter any dangerous situations while watching the game, then I will immediately turn off the TV and call the doctor—and then you can forget about watching live games ever again! If you agree to this condition, I will let you watch the game live."

Old Hatson nodded: "That's no problem, I will control my emotions."

His family saw that his face had returned to normal and breathed a sigh of relief.

They finally managed to appease him and promised to accompany him to watch the game when the time came, and he obediently continued to rest.

Then everyone left the ward.

Old Hatson's youngest daughter, Vivian, frowned and complained about Chen Hero. If he hadn't made such promises to Old Hatson, how would her father have become like this? Putting them in such a difficult position.

Old Hatson's youngest daughter was not a Liverpool fan, she wasn't even a soccer fan. She hated soccer. Because when she was young, weekends were supposed to be days for the family to play together, but her father had to go to the stadium to be a live DJ, and her young heart was traumatized, believing that soccer had stolen her father away.

When Old Hatson collapsed from a heart attack, she was the most nervous person, and as a result, her hatred for soccer deepened. Because this time, soccer really wanted to take her father away forever and didn't plan to return him…

Hearing Vivian constantly complaining and cursing Chen Hero, her brother Little Hatson couldn't listen anymore, he interrupted his sister: "If it weren't for Hero, our father might not have made it to the surgery. You know what he was like before, and what he's like now."

Vivian certainly knew, but she just couldn't forgive soccer, and she even hated Chen Hero along with it. She snorted and stopped talking.

Seeing that the atmosphere between the siblings was a bit awkward, their mother stepped in to smooth things over.

"With Steve like this now, I think making him happy is more important than anything else."

Vivian was unhappy that her mother was also helping her brother: "Mom…"

Her mother caressed her head: "Spend more time with your father in the future."

※※※

Chen Hero didn't know that Hatson's daughter had a big opinion of him. He was working hard to dedicate a resounding victory to Old Hatson.

Because this was Old Hatson's first home game after being hospitalized for a heart attack, Liverpool's players once again wore T-shirts to cheer for Hatson as they warmed up.

And in the stands, many fans held up banners and signs praying for Hatson.

This scene was transmitted to Old Hatson's eyes in the hospital ward through cameras and televisions.

At this moment, Old Hatson's children were sitting around him, watching the game together.

The youngest daughter, Vivian, looked very nervous. Her mind wasn't on the TV at all. While everyone else was watching TV, she was constantly watching her father.

Her father in her eyes was smiling happily, lying in bed watching TV, and next to him was a Liverpool jersey. This was just sent by Chen Hero's girlfriend, Cabrera. It was a jersey signed by all Liverpool players and coaches last night, and sent to Old Hatson to wish him a speedy recovery.

After Cabrera conveyed the care and blessings of all Liverpool players to Old Hatson, she left, leaving the family to watch the game undisturbed.

Before the game started, the camera kept panning across the stands, giving close-up shots of those banners and signs, and Old Hatson's colleague Harry Levy was introducing Old Hatson's current situation to the audience.

"His heart bypass surgery was very successful, but I'm sorry to say that he can no longer return to the commentary booth to commentate on the game for everyone. But that's not important. In the face of soccer, life comes first. Hey, Steve, I don't know if you're in front of the TV, maybe you can't watch Liverpool's games anymore, but I still have to say, you must take good care of your body, you must live a healthy life, you must see the future of such an excellent Liverpool team with your own eyes!"

Hearing his old colleague's words, Hatson's eyes were a little moist.

But he thought of what he had promised his family, he had to control his emotions, being too sad, too moved, too excited, too angry, too nervous… That wouldn't do.

So he quickly showed a smile and dispelled the sadness in his heart caused by leaving his beloved job.

※※※

In the locker room, Martin O'Neill had completed his final pre-match preparations. He walked out of the locker room. Now the remaining time belonged to the players themselves.

Chen Hero called everyone together and formed a circle in the locker room.

"Although we have decided to win big against our opponents, I think that if we can't score after the game starts, it will inevitably make people have other ideas, such as worries… So we must strive to score at the beginning of the game, the sooner the better! Let's all work together!"

"How fast is fast?" Suarez asked Chen Hero with a smile.

"Within five minutes!"

Chen Hero didn't dare to say too much, he was afraid of putting too much pressure on his teammates. It was already very difficult to say that they would score in five minutes. If he could decide this himself, he would definitely say that they would score on the first attack after the kickoff.

He turned to Gerrard, who was wearing the captain's armband, and said, "Captain, please ask for the kickoff."

Gerrard frowned: "It's not up to me to decide this. It depends on luck. What if I win the coin toss?"

"Then don't guess the coin, just tell the referee that we admit defeat and give us the kickoff!"

Gerrard rolled his eyes at Chen Hero: "You wish!"

Everyone laughed.

A feast of slaughtering Hull City kicked off in the laughter.

※※※

Liverpool was very lucky today, Gerrard really lost the coin toss, Hull City won the right to choose sides, and Liverpool got the kickoff as they wished.

They could use this opportunity to launch an attack first.

Chen Hero and the entire Liverpool team were really aiming for the goal of scoring within the first five minutes.

From the moment he kicked the soccer ball out, everyone started to move. Liverpool might not even enter the game so quickly even in the Champions League final.

In less than five minutes, just over three minutes, Chen Hero used a sliding tackle in front of the goal to send the soccer ball into Hull City's goal!

※※※

"Hero—Hero!!!"

Harry Levy's voice rang out in the hospital ward.

As a Liverpool fan who had been influenced by his father, Little Hatson couldn't help but stand up and applaud and cheer.

As a result, he heard his sister's reprimand.

At this time, he remembered that this was not the time to cheer, he had to see if there was anything wrong with his father?

He quickly turned his head to look.

Not only him, everyone in the ward turned to look at Old Hatson on the hospital bed.

Old Hatson looked at them all looking at him, with a puzzled expression: "What are you looking at? Watch TV!"

"Dad? Are you really okay?" His daughter Vivian asked.

"I'm fine." Old Hatson replied.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and turned to watch TV.

No one noticed that under the quilt, Old Hatson's left hand clenched tightly…

When Chen Hero shoveled the soccer ball into the goal, he really felt his heart tighten, but fortunately he immediately took a deep breath, controlled his emotions, and didn't let this situation continue.

Scoring in the first three minutes of the game is really fucking exciting!

The old man muttered in his heart.

※※※

After scoring the goal, Chen Hero got up in the midst of the huge cheers at Anfield Stadium, and then ran to the camera at the corner flag, raised his right hand to the camera lens, and bent his little finger.

He used this action again.

The commentators still didn't know what this meant.

"Is this a new celebration action invented by Chen Hero? But what does this mean?"

※※※

The commentators didn't know, but Old Hatson knew very well.

Seeing Chen Hero's celebration action on the hospital bed, he took his hand out of the quilt, then raised it slightly, and like Chen Hero, stretched out his little finger, then bent it, and made a pinky swear gesture.

The smile on the old man's face was very gratified and very bright.

This is our agreement, Hero, you promised, you must let me see the day I want to see!