Lin Hai Ting Tao
Chapter 949 One Expression Worth a Thousand Words (Third Update Explosion Warning!)
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Chen Hero has thrown himself into the team's pre-season training camp. Does that mean the movie has nothing to do with him anymore?
No, absolutely not!
The news about his hot romance with Taylor Swift has been spreading like wildfire.
Someone even posted a photo online of Chen Hero and Taylor Swift kissing passionately, claiming to have taken it by chance while strolling down the street, saying it was the best proof of Taylor and Chen Hero's hot romance.
For a while, many people were deceived into believing it.
Later, although some people refuted the rumor, saying it was a still from the movie, it was to no avail. Everyone seemed to enjoy it—Chen Hero and his current girlfriend, Christine Cabella, were just too low-key. They didn't feel like a celebrity couple at all. With a man as outstanding as Chen Hero, everyone felt a sense of "wasted talent" that he had found such a low-key, ordinary woman to be his girlfriend.
With Chen Hero's personality and achievements, if he found a female celebrity as his girlfriend, his popularity and worth would definitely climb even further. At that time, it might not be impossible to surpass Beckham...
But he just happened to be with an unknown female bodyguard... This made many people feel sorry for him. Some people were even upset, as if he hadn't found a girlfriend who satisfied them, which was disrespectful to them.
For a time, factions even formed on the internet. Some people supported Chen Hero dumping Cabella and pursuing Taylor Swift, a powerful alliance that would sweep the sports and entertainment circles. Others supported "the original partner" Cabella, believing that Cabella was the most suitable partner for Chen Hero, and that all the singers and actresses were just shared lipsticks, not worthy of Chen Hero at all.
The two factions fought fiercely online, which objectively fueled the rumors about Chen Hero and Taylor Swift.
Chen Hero was too lazy to refute the rumors. Anyway, even if he did, it probably wouldn't mean anything...
He just felt that after a while, when he and Taylor Swift stopped contacting each other and stopped filming together, the focus of the news would naturally decline.
Time is the greatest enemy of rumors... That's what he thought.
But he was wrong.
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Ten days have passed since the filming of the movie was completed, and not only has the rumor not subsided, but it has intensified. Some people even claimed that Chen Hero and Taylor Swift had slept together, and that they had been together for a long time...
These people used their delicate writing to describe the details of Chen Hero and Taylor Swift's life together in newspapers and magazines, even including dialogue. Chen Hero thought at first glance that this person was invisible by his side, observing him non-stop 24 hours a day.
If these details and dialogues weren't so absurd, he might have believed that he and Taylor Swift had an affair...
But the problem is that he's innocent!
I didn't cheat, but you insist on saying I did. Is there such a thing in the world?
But Chen Hero could only be depressed this time, because the rumors had spread too widely, and in the process of countless reproductions and transmissions, they had completed their self-evolution. Now, it can't be called a "rumor" anymore; it has to be called the "truth."
Chen Hero didn't know why, after so long, the news about himself and Taylor Swift was still so popular.
Of course, he didn't know, because he wasn't a fan of Taylor Swift. Otherwise, he would have known that after returning to the United States, Taylor had written a new song for her new album, called "With You All the Way."
Of course, even if he knew, he might not think it was a big deal. Because the movie production company invited Taylor to star in the movie and also invited Taylor Swift to create a theme song for the movie. This was all written in the previous contract.
This is a very normal move.
The problem is that this normal move, in the current context, has aroused everyone's infinite enthusiasm for gossip in the eyes of interested people and bored people—we've just calmed down a bit, and Taylor Swift has released a single called "Liverpool Love." Isn't this seducing us to continue discussing this topic?
Not to mention that Taylor vaguely revealed some of her own thoughts in the lyrics.
"...Meeting you is truly memorable, and every bit of time spent with you is worth remembering..."
"...In my heart, you are a true gentleman..."
"...The good times are too short, but thankfully, I have you along the way..."
If people who know the inside story will definitely think that this is Taylor euphemistically expressing her feelings for Chen Hero.
At least Lucy's eyes on Taylor are not quite right now.
In her opinion, this poor little girl might really be in love... But what can you get in this long run?
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Chen Hero doesn't know the meaning behind this song, because he doesn't care at all. His focus has now shifted from filming to football. Liverpool must perform better in the new season than in the last season; otherwise, the efforts of this summer will be meaningless.
So what counts as performing better?
Chen Hero has set his sights on the league title this time.
For other teams, the league title may not be as important as the Champions League title, but for Liverpool, the league title may outweigh the weight of the Champions League.
Because the Premier League has been established for twenty-one years, and Liverpool has not won a single title. For a wealthy team, for Liverpool, the most successful team in England before, this is an unacceptable embarrassing reality.
Especially watching their arch-rivals Manchester United use the Premier League to dominate and surpass them in the total number of titles, that feeling makes people feel deeply resentful towards the championship of this event.
In order to lead the team to win the league title in the new season, Chen Hero trained very seriously and hard in the pre-season.
So naturally, he didn't bother to care about Taylor's affairs.
But some things won't come to him just because he doesn't want to pay attention to them.
There are always many accidents in life...
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After Chen Hero finished the team's training, he returned home and found an extra person in the house—Cabella, whom he hadn't seen for many days, was waiting for him at home.
"Christine?" Chen Hero was a little surprised.
Cabella didn't come up to give him a hug, but nodded, "Your expression doesn't seem to be acting."
Chen Hero rolled his eyes, "What are you talking about?"
"I thought you went to film a movie for more than a month and had already successfully become an acting star," Cabella said with a smile when she saw him like this.
Chen Hero's mind reacted, why Cabella suddenly appeared in the Liverpool home without saying hello, and why she would say these words.
"It seems that the rumors in the newspapers are getting more and more outrageous..." He was also very helpless about these rumors.
Cabella nodded: "Yes, I have been sentenced to death. So I'm wondering if I should come back to pack my things."
Chen Hero was a little nervous: "You're not really coming back to pack your things, are you? I'm telling you, these are all rumors! Taylor and I really don't have anything, I treat her like a younger sister..."
Cabella interrupted his self-defense: "Actually, I'm back to cook for you."
Chen Hero then noticed that a rich meal had been placed on the table—it turned out that Christine had never doubted him from the beginning.
But he still asked cautiously: "This is not a farewell dinner, is it?"
Christine smiled.
In fact, Christine is definitely not as relaxed as she appears to be.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have suddenly appeared in Liverpool.
Chen Hero may not care about the rumors from the outside world, because he knows that he is innocent.
But Christine can't help but care, because she also knows Chen Hero's nature...
What's more, her name appears frequently in the media—those media have begun to seriously discuss her future and destiny. They believe that she is not worthy to stay with Chen Hero, and they analyze from various aspects why Taylor Swift is more suitable for Chen Hero than herself.
These things made Cabella herself have such doubts—maybe Taylor Swift is indeed more suitable for Hero than herself? And does Hero think so too?
She thought about it and felt that the media was right.
Her meeting and acquaintance with Chen Hero and finally falling in love can't be considered earth-shattering, and there aren't even any twists and turns. As time goes by, many things just happen like that... Now, if she recalls when she started to have feelings for Chen Hero that were different from those between an employer and a bodyguard, she can't even remember it herself.
Not romantic or touching at all.
So simple, it just happened.
Her reputation is indeed very small, completely incomparable to a big star like Taylor Swift.
On the other hand, Taylor Swift has received attention from the media and the world since she met Chen Hero on the set. Even when they went out to play, many media followed them, and they also had such big news as fan harassment and confronting the media outside the police station...
Obviously, such a love story is in line with the public's aesthetic—the public believes that the love of stars is something for them to entertain, so if it is not sensational, lacks gimmicks, and is boring, who would want to watch it?
Like Chen Hero, who is quietly with herself, in everyone's eyes, it must be very boring, right?
Even she herself is not confident, let alone Chen Hero.
No matter how Cabella looks at it, she feels that Taylor Swift is better than herself. At least she is more like a pure woman than herself. And her personality is too masculine... Hero also wants a little bird-like girlfriend, right?
Because of this idea, she rushed back to Liverpool, just to test it out. She had even decided that as long as Chen Hero showed the slightest hesitation, she would take the initiative to withdraw. Because she felt that she still liked a plain life, and she couldn't accept the life of putting herself under the spotlight as the protagonist at any time.
So when she saw the surprised expression on Chen Hero's face when he first saw her, her heart settled down.
This expression was from the heart, not pretended. She and Chen Hero had lived under the same roof for so many years, and she could still tell the difference between truth and falsehood.
If Chen Hero had any hesitation in his heart, he would definitely not show a surprised expression when he saw her. He should be surprised, but there would be no joy...
So Christine Cabella's heart suddenly fell back steadily.
Because she knew that at least for now, when she had no confidence in herself, this man still had confidence in her...