Lin Hai Ting Tao

Chapter 405 Successful Operation

Chapter 197 Soliloquy

Later, Zhou Yi chatted with Mark about some interesting things. He seemed very good at this, always able to make ordinary things sound interesting. He could often say things that made Mark laugh heartily.

Thanks to Zhou Yi, Mark felt tired after thoroughly relaxing. He was finally able to get a good night's sleep after his injury.

When he woke up tomorrow, a long surgery would be waiting for him. He needed to rest well to ensure his body was in the best possible condition.

After Mark fell asleep, Zhou Yi, Wagner's parents, and Cortana walked out of the ward.

"I really want to thank you, Zhou Yi! You are a kind and lovely child!" Mrs. Wagner hugged Zhou Yi.

"Mark is my friend. Helping a friend is what I should do, Mrs. Wagner," Zhou Yi said.

"No matter what, we must thank you properly. Do you know? The injury alone made me sad enough, but seeing Mark's expression, I was heartbroken... my son, he was as if he were dead..." Mrs. Wagner sobbed, starting to cry again as she spoke.

Zhou Yi could only gently pat her back, comforting her, "Don't cry, ma'am. You are so optimistic and strong. At this time, you are Mark's spiritual pillar. If you are always crying, it will affect his mood."

Hearing this, Mrs. Wagner released Zhou Yi, wiped away the tears from her face, sniffed, and tried to force a smile.

The silent old Wagner didn't say much, but looked at Zhou Yi's eyes and said sincerely, "Thank you, Zhou Yi."

"You've worked hard, Uncle Wagner," Zhou Yi said to him. "You have to work tomorrow, right? Go to rest early."

"We will, you should also go back to rest early. You just came back from China, right?" Mrs. Wagner noticed the suitcase in Schulze's hand.

"I flew from Jordan, which is a few hours closer than flying from China," Zhou Yi said.

"Thank you for coming, Zhou Yi. But please go back and rest now," Mrs. Wagner thanked Zhou Yi again.

"Okay, please remember to notify me in time if anything happens. Including the results of Mark's surgery." Zhou Yi made a phone call gesture.

"We will." After saying that, the Wagner couple turned and entered the ward, they still had to stay by their son's side.

After they went in, Cortana, who had been standing beside them without saying a word, said to Zhou Yi, "How did you manage to blurt out all those injury examples?"

Seeing that Zhou Yi and Cortana seemed to have something to say, Schulze very considerately stood up and said to Zhou Yi, "I'll take your things to the car first, you can go directly to the underground parking lot later."

Zhou Yi nodded.

Then Schulze said goodbye to Cortana and walked away, pulling the suitcase.

After he entered the elevator, Zhou Yi turned his head to look at Cortana and said, "You know, I used to be a football fan. As a football fan, you have to know all the details of the stars' past."

He wouldn't tell Cortana that he had crammed at the last minute on the way here, searching the Internet for the injury history of football stars...

Cortana curled her lips, not believing that Zhou Yi was so knowledgeable and had such a good memory.

"Think about the last time you strained your muscle just a little bit, and you were so scared. How could you stand in front of my brother today and say those nice and beautiful heroic words without changing your expression?" Cortana asked.

"At this time, if I don't say nice things, do you want me to cry with him?" Zhou Yi smiled, then he sighed, "Now I can only say some nice things..."

Cortana fell silent upon hearing this.

Zhou Yi said to Cortana, "If there's nothing else, I'll go back first. You should also pay attention to rest. If you're in a bad mood, cry when you want to cry, don't always pretend to be strong, it's tiring."

"Mind your own business!" Cortana glared at Zhou Yi fiercely.

"Just treat it as me meddling." Facing the unappreciative Cortana, Zhou Yi smiled. "You always say I'm childish, but sometimes you are more childish than me, ha!"

After speaking, he waved his hand and turned to leave.

He was afraid that Cortana would hit him...

But Cortana didn't, and instead said behind Zhou Yi, "Thank you."

Zhou Yi was a little surprised. He stopped, turned his head, and looked at her with astonishment, "If I remember correctly, is this the first time you've said thank you to me in this book?"

"Then you must be mistaken," Cortana said expressionlessly.

"Okay..." Shrugging his shoulders, Zhou Yi turned around again and left for real this time.

Cortana looked at his back, thinking about what he had just said, and bit her lower lip.

What, clearly just a kid in his early twenties, pretending to be a mature man in front of me, hmph!

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Zhou Yi, who had finished the national team game, had an extra day off, and he didn't have to return to the team for training immediately.

So Zhou Yi slept until almost noon the next day—not because he was tired from the previous travels, but because he had slept too much on the plane, his jet lag was a bit messed up, and he couldn't fall asleep after coming back. He tossed and turned until it was almost dawn before he fell asleep.

After waking up, he found that the house was empty and Cortana was not there.

She should obviously still be in the hospital, guarding her dear brother.

Zhou Yi didn't turn on the TV to pay attention to the news of Mark's injury. He didn't need to hear the news of Mark's injury again from other people's mouths.

He believed that Mark would overcome his injury and come back, as long as he received the correct treatment and actively cooperated with rehabilitation training, there would always be a day when he would return.

That's right, Deisler once retired due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament.

But such people are a very small minority, and Zhou Yi believed that Mark had himself and would not easily become depressed because of the injury.

He didn't go anywhere that day, just stayed at home, resting, without turning on the TV or browsing the news on the Internet.

He knew that the outside world must already be turned upside down.

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Mark's injury was definitely a big news in German football.

Because of Mark's outstanding performance in the past season, the German media had regarded him as the future hope of the German football forward line. After a nearly one-season inspection period, he was selected for the German national team after the end of last season, and participated in the European Cup qualifiers with the team. He scored a goal in the first game of his debut, and has scored three national team goals so far, and the momentum is just right.

As a result, he was seriously injured.

And the injury was to the anterior cruciate ligament, which most affects a player's career.

Whether he can come back, and even if he comes back, whether he will still be called "rising star" Mark Wagner by everyone?

No one knows.

The Dortmund media was even more saddened. Before, everyone put Mark together with Zhou Yi and Gotze, and called them the three rising stars cultivated by the youth team. They were indeed teammates in the youth team.

The Dortmund media and fans all hoped that Mark could shine in Dortmund like his predecessors, and become a superstar in Dortmund. His loyalty to Dortmund is beyond doubt.

For them, these two years have been like the beginning of a beautiful fairy tale.

First Zhou Yi, then Gotze, and then Mark, young talents emerged one after another. Under the leadership of Klopp, a coach who is good at using young people, these young talents helped Dortmund win the Bundesliga title last season, and performed well in the Champions League.

But now, Mark's serious injury has cast a shadow over the development of the plot of this fairy tale...

Will the fairy tale return to reality?

Are beautiful things just illusory bubbles?

Neither the fans nor the media can say for sure.

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It wasn't until almost ten o'clock in the evening that Zhou Yi received a call from Cortana.

"The surgery was successful." Cortana's voice on the phone was a little hoarse, revealing a strong sense of fatigue.

"That's great..." Zhou Yi breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked, "When will he be able to come back?"

"Optimistically, ten months," Cortana said.

Zhou Yi was silent.

Ten months is still an optimistic estimate, Mark's injury is more serious than he thought.

He will definitely be out for this season. He doesn't know if he will be able to meet the requirements to play when the next season starts...

"Thank you for your call." After a moment of silence, Zhou Yi thanked Cortana.

"You're welcome." Cortana said lightly and hung up the phone.

The phone had just hung up when the ringtone rang again. This time it was from his agent, Schulze.

"What's the situation?"

"The surgery was very successful!" Schulze's voice on the other end of the phone was slightly excited. "Now it's just recovery. He will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow, but he can't walk yet, he can only use a wheelchair..."

"I know, Tino. Mark's sister called me just now."

"I was wondering, you were on the phone when I called you just now, ha!" The success of the surgery made Schulze breathe a sigh of relief, and his mood improved a lot. He had also been frowning before. Mark is his agent, and if something goes wrong, it will also have a big impact on him.

"You've worked hard during this time, Tino." Zhou Yi thanked Schulze. As Mark's agent, he was also running around, very hard. It must be known that the media is very difficult to deal with, but they were all blocked by him, and no media could disturb Mark.

"You're too polite, Zhou Yi. I should thank you. Some things, only you can do, and you did them very well. You are the irreplaceable one."

Schulze praised Zhou Yi so much that he scratched his head and smiled.

Hearing that Mark's surgery went smoothly, the stone in his heart also fell to the ground, and he could truly smile.