Dynasty Overthrown, Group Stage Ends

Lu Yang had never understood why people in film and television dramas got so emotional when they found out they were going to be parents.

Why did their eyes turn red?

Why did tears fill their eyes?

Why did they become incoherent?

Why did they shout or jump around on the spot?

Even at the moment the child was born—so the child was born, so they held the child. What was there to cry about?

But as people grew older, accumulated more life experience, and encountered separation and death more often, they naturally became more prone to tears.

Because of love.

Because of family.

Because of hopes for a beautiful future.

Because of worries over unexpected complications during pregnancy.

Because of fears for the mother's and child's safety during childbirth.

At times like this, humanity had ten thousand reasons to cry.

If you didn't understand, you could search video platforms for compilations titled "My husband's, family's, and my reactions after finding out I was pregnant."

At the FIFA World Player of the Year awards ceremony.

"Really? Really? Is this real?" Lu Yang asked Sophia cautiously, afraid that she was joking with him, even though he knew she would never joke about something like this.

Sophia nodded again and again.

The next moment, Lu Yang pulled Sophia into his arms and held her tightly.

Tears streamed down his face as he grinned foolishly.

The audience instantly erupted into thunderous applause.

Every one of the football stars wore a warm, kindly smile.

Moric, Aveiro, Haaland, Enriquez, Mancini, and the other stars of the same generation were more envious of their love.

Zizo, Gerando, Plasedes, Redknapp, Ancarelli, Carlisle, Perotta, and the others celebrated for Lu Yang as people who had been through it themselves, while recalling the moment they had once experienced.

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