Chapter 9: Forced to Sell Herself

  Ekin Cheng spoke first, without giving Taylor an opportunity.

  "I'll do any job for a monthly salary of 3,000 riyals, whether it's playing football, being a ball boy, or even a practice partner."

  Taylor was shocked, thinking he would be ripped off by Chen Haonan, but instead Chen offered a huge discount and had a 180-degree change in attitude?

  This doesn't make sense, Taylor's white beard floated up again, and I really can't figure it out.

  "Hmm... why did you change your mind so quickly?"

  "I like it, okay? Only, I have a small request..."

  Well, a small request, this can be satisfied. Tyler was very pleased with Chen Haonan's change in attitude and nodded at him.

  "Lend me some money first."

  Uh... What did Tyler think he was asking for, borrowing money?! He's really shameless, and familiar with himself? It's been many years, but this time Tyler found his eyes weren't wide open enough, and he was truly shocked by Chen Haonan.

  "You really don't regret doing anything?"

  "Hmm," Chen Haonan replied without any hesitation, thinking to himself that he had even done the job of a cowherd, so what was this small matter compared to that, unless they wanted him to give up his own life.

  Chen Haonan's initiative made Tyler uncomfortable, he turned his head to look at Ribero, hoping to get some advice from her, but saw Ribero walking towards him with a gentle smile.

  "How much you borrow, it's up to you."

  Huh? Even the chairman is so proactive? Tyler felt like he was struck by lightning again.

  A faint, almost imperceptible breath escaped from his nostrils.

  "Hmm, this chairman is quite good, very pleasant to talk to, much better than that old man. Chen Haonan smiled brightly and replied truthfully: 'Not much, just about 10,000 Real.'"

  Chen Haonan attaches great importance to money, but he is not greedy. He just leaves some room for himself, so as not to be too tight when the time comes, so he lied and reported more than his own budget by 6,000 riyals.

  If it weren't for the wine preserver on the phone saying that in another contract, the other party only needed to accompany him for two nights a week, he wouldn't have spoken so bluntly with Tyler about this contract.

  He didn't want to take on this task from the bottom of his heart, if not for those two goods behind him, he would rather mix some stable work and not lose face in football.

  Not even able to mix a football well in elementary school, he went to a Brazilian giant club to mix, thinking about it with his heel, you can imagine what the consequences will be.

  "Good."

  Ribero actually pulled out a check and pen from his bag...

  The pheasants were all frightened silly, and a few people whispered to each other in a low voice not far away.

  "When did Brother Nan get together with such a rich woman? It's really enviable to death!" Bao Pi whispered behind Shanji, his voice as soft as a mosquito, his two eyes shining with envy.

  "Get out! If Brother Nan hears you, he'll skin you alive. Can't you see that Brother Nan is doing us a favor? Later on, we'd better behave ourselves and not provoke him to anger again!"

  The mountain chicken scolded with a straight face and a strong tone, as if the ones who did something wrong were Bao Pi and his brothers, and had nothing to do with him.

  The words got stuck in his throat for a moment, and he always felt that Shanji's words were wrong somewhere, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was, so he could only swallow the words he wanted to say back into his mouth.

  Chen Haonan calmly took the check, held it in his hand, and after a moment of silence, he said: "I want to know when I should report for work. This time should be prepared, if it's within a week, I feel a bit rushed."

  "Report next month then, you contact me after you're ready." Taylor slowly handed a business card to Chen Haonan.

  "Next month is a bit late, by the end of the month, your house matter, the club can't provide for a young player temporarily, it will cause management confusion, but you can stay at my place temporarily, how about that?"

  Chen Haonan's eyes trembled, and Tyler's heart also skipped a beat. Although the two people didn't communicate with each other, they both had waves of ripples in their hearts.

  Hao Nan's heart was filled with gratitude and tears, thinking that there were still such good sisters in the world...

  Taylor's old heart is proud of Ribero's righteous move, thinking that the chairman of a big family should have this style, and it is worthy of being the successor of the old chairman...

  Ribeiro, in a show of sincerity, immediately wanted to find paper and pen to sign a contract with Chen Haonan.

  Corbero searched for a long time but couldn't find a single sheet of paper... She was somewhat embarrassed.

  Chan Ho-nam noticed their predicament and turned back to shout at the mountain bandits: "Hey, did you guys bring any toilet paper?"

  The pheasants were some distance away and he didn't know what Chen Haonan was talking about, but he did hear his loud shout.

  "Ah Nang, I've got it! Here you go!" The mountain chicken said as he pulled out a roll of paper from the back pocket of his pants and hurried over to Chen Haonan.

  "Brother Nang, it's just a bit rough, be gentle when you wipe..."

  The mountain chicken finally made an effort to be diligent, but Chen Haonan's face turned as black as pig liver, his tiger eyes staring fixedly at the mountain chicken's lewd and ugly face, as if they could speak.

  Did I tell you to get toilet paper?! Get a sheet of paper!

  But he couldn't scold him on the spot, so he could only force himself to calm down and reply: "I'm talking about ordinary paper, who told you to take this..."

  The mountain chicken only then discovered that its horse's buttocks had been stepped on by Chen Haonan's horse hoof, and couldn't help but break out in cold sweat. Then, with a humiliated expression, it smiled at everyone and said: "Hehe, I thought Brother Nan was feeling unwell and rushed to the toilet... my mistake, my mistake... Hey, Jiao Pi, quickly bring over the school bag!"

  Jiao Pi and the others didn't hear what Chen Haonan and the others were saying, Jiao Pi was the most obedient of the three, he had just arrived and hadn't even stabilized yet, when his backpack was snatched away by Shan Ji, and with a few quick movements, everything inside the backpack was shaken out.

  As a result, all sorts of magazines such as "Public Princes", "***", "Japanese Uniform Temptation" and so on fell to the ground.

  Apart from Mountain Chicken, everyone else was stunned... What the heck is this?! The entire backpack is full of yellow magazines?!

  Ugh... these kids, looks like they're all problem youths. It seems that the kids from Haonan are also deeply affected, Taylor's impression of Chen Haonan has dropped another notch.

  Chen Haonan wondered where he got so many ideas, and quickly squatted down to clean up the broken magazines on the ground and stuffed them back into his backpack.

  Alas... This is even more embarrassing than being discovered by others as a gigolo! Although he was a professional, in front of the two elders, he couldn't help but blush.

  What's the point of being a small fry like this, doing these things all day?! Chen Haonan completely forgot his original identity and clearly drew a temporary line between himself and these pigs and dogs in his heart.

  With great difficulty, he finally fished out a crumpled piece of white paper from his side pocket and handed it to Ribero with some embarrassment.

  "Sorry, poor people are like this, messing around, messing around, haha."

  Ribeiro wasn't as unnatural as he had imagined, after all at this age, nothing has been experienced, no one has been met, Chen Haonan was just being overly surprised.

  Ribeiro took the paper and wrote a few words on it. Chen Haonan took it over, looked at the elegant handwriting, and finally signed his name with a flourish, although the characters were like chicken claws scratching the ground compared to the previous ones, but it was already the best he could write.

  The contract was simple, just a brief explanation that the club and Chen Haonan had signed a professional contract. The contract included his role as a player-coach, as well as his treatment, but there was one sentence that left Chen Haonan puzzled - he would have to live in Ribeiro's home.

  The more I think about it, the fishier it sounds, but at that time, who could have thought so much, getting the money to save those good-for-nothings was the most important thing...

  After seeing Taylor and others off like sending gods away, Chen Haonan finally sat on the lawn, with a look of desolation on his face.

  At this time, the mountain chickens swarmed over, just like dung beetles seeing dung, surrounding Chen Haonan all around.

  "Nan Ge, when did you manage to find yourself such a rich patron?" Mountain Chicken's mouth was the most foul-mouthed and also the most straightforward, he had been holding back for so long, now that he could speak without restraint, he couldn't hold back anymore.

  "Got a cigarette? Give me one." Chen Haonan didn't have the heart to respond to Shanji's unreasonable demands, and instead felt somewhat melancholic.

  He swiftly stuffed a cigarette into his mouth and then lit it up with a match, the action was quick and neat.

  Pfft——

  "You've been flattering others like this recently! Your hands and feet are indeed quick." Chen Haonan was about to get angry, but seeing these people being so eager to please, he couldn't help but laugh, and his expression quickly turned calm.

  These people are afraid of his serious expression, once he becomes serious, they don't even dare to breathe loudly.

  Chen Haonan is two years older than them and has always been the big brother in their eyes. When Big Brother is serious, they naturally don't dare to fart randomly.

  "I'm telling you, brothers, this can't go on like this. You all know why I left my old place, and another reason is that I just wanted to say goodbye to my past life and start anew. Don't think that just because you're young, you can do whatever you want. Those Oscars in the west district may seem carefree now, but one day they'll end up in prison. So don't follow their path. Today I helped you guys out of this situation, but what about tomorrow? I won't always be here to help you, what will you do when I'm gone?"

  Chan Ho-nam took a deep drag on his cigarette, exhaled an elegant smoke ring into the air, and continued: "Who doesn't want to wear gold and silver, be surrounded by beauties? The problem is we have to rely on our own abilities, work hard and earn it with our feet on the ground. If one of us brothers makes a name for himself someday, that's what I call having prospects. Don't all rush to prison..."

  When Chen Haonan spoke, everyone listened quietly. This time, surprisingly, no one jumped out to refute him, not even Shanji, who was usually not serious, remained silent.

  "Mountain chicken, you are the second largest outside of me. You have to take care of these kids and don't let them all go astray. At the end of the month, I will be leaving Rio de Janeiro. I still count on you to help me take care of my parents and children. Of course, it's just helping out when there's something going on, not asking you to do anything..."

  Chen Haonan went on and on, saying a bunch of things that were beyond his age group's thinking range. Finally, he let out a heavy sigh, stood up, and casually stepped on the cigarette butt that had fallen to the ground.

  "Tell those little soldiers of yours to go back first, Mountain Chicken. Come with me to get the money. Tonight, I'll settle this matter with you all..."

  At 16 years old, Chan Ho Nam is indeed a character.

  Of course, it refers to Chinatown.

  The Chinatown has its own rules, the East district still retains the traditional Oriental style, while the West district is somewhat Brazilianized.

  And Ekin Cheng originally came from Eastern District.

  When Chan Ho-nam was still a football star, he was very popular in the East district. He and his friends spent their days playing football, fighting and chasing girls. When his fortunes fell, he decided to leave the East district and move to the West district.

  Of course, the main reason is still because of his adoptive parents, who are Brazilians with oriental blood, living in the western district will not be bullied by people.

  While Chen Haonan changed his appearance and became a bartender on the surface...

  The Oscar in his mouth was actually related to him all along.

  Not to mention Chen Haonan in the Western District, even if he were in the Eastern District, Oscar would often think of running over to give Chen Haonan a few punches. If it weren't for a certain person existing in the Western District, Chen Haonan would probably have been taken down by Tong Shanji and his gang.