He Was About to Leave

Yang Yang himself had never expected that France Football Magazine merely announcing the results would cause such a huge stir throughout the world. Even his colleagues in Liverpool's news department had been given quite a shock.

As they put it, media outlets from all over the world were clamoring to apply for the chance to interview him in Liverpool, while countless fans visiting Britain wanted to come to Liverpool to watch a match. Liverpool's tickets had already become impossible to buy.

Even the League Cup quarterfinal match between Watford and Liverpool, which was originally struggling to sell tickets, had suddenly become a hot seller and sold out because Yang Yang had won the award.

Without a doubt, everyone had the same thought: they wanted to watch a match played by the greatest football star of the past twenty years.

Raiola was busy making money. He said that major brands from around the world were all scrambling to offer Yang Yang money; Liverpool was busy dealing with the sudden boom in ticket sales and media interviews from across the globe; and Benitez was leading the team in intense preparations for the League Cup quarterfinal...

Only Yang Yang, on the morning France Football Magazine announced the results, was temporarily told by Benitez to take a day off and get some rest. The reason was rather bizarre: "There are simply too many fans gathered at Melwood."

Forced to take a holiday by overzealous fans, Yang Yang reckoned he was probably the first person in Liverpool's history—and perhaps even in the history of European football—to experience that.

Yang Yang did not stay at home either, because he knew his own house was not safe. So he and Su Ye left early in the morning, wearing masks and wool hats, wrapped in scarves and dressed