Korney Training Base.

The morning sun streamed through the windows, falling on the mottled desk.

Arsène Wenger put on his glasses, looking like a university professor.

He was currently sketching and drawing in a notebook... grading Li Kang's homework. This wasn't the job of a club manager, but more of a hobby.

The question of when the Arsenal manager wore his glasses and when he didn't could spark dozens of pages of debate in fan communities around the world.

Bould handed him the freshly brewed coffee, sighing, "Boss, this season feels like a dream... the magic of two hundred million!"

The increasingly intense Premier League battles made the Arsenal coaching staff wonder: if they hadn't made big signings in the summer transfer window last year, the club might not have been able to finish in the top four this season.

Wenger put down his pen and smiled. "It's not the magic of two hundred million, it's Li's magic."

If Arsenal had spent those two hundred million on Barcelona's new signings, would they have achieved the same results?

Impossible.

Major European powerhouses were undergoing financial revolutions.

The average transfer fee of players was also getting higher and higher.

Perhaps in the summer transfer window of 2017, just six months away, Li Kang's two hundred million price tag would be surpassed.

His thoughts drifted, and he closed the notebook, adding, "Yes, this season has been like a dream. I didn't expect it to go so smoothly."

How long had it been since Arsenal last won the Premier League title?

Thirteen years.

Bould suddenly asked, "Boss, your contract with the club expires this summer, right? Why haven't we heard anything about a renewal? Last year, you said in an interview that you weren't going to retire so soon."

Wenger didn't answer.

He took off his glasses and looked out the window at the branches that were gradually sprouting new buds.

...

Bould walked out of the manager's office.

He lowered his head and muttered to himself, "If the boss retires early, will Arsenal's stock price fall?"

How much had Wenger contributed to Arsenal?

Consider the most direct data:

Twenty-one years ago.

When Wenger first arrived at Highbury, Arsenal's stock price was 400 pounds. After twenty years of hard work, it had risen to 18,000 pounds... and they had a five-star international stadium.

And he himself held no shares in Arsenal.

He hadn't walked far.

The Arsenal assistant coach saw the revenue data chart on the wall.

He couldn't help but fall into deep thought:

The club's revenue was getting healthier and healthier. The stadium construction loan wouldn't put any pressure on the club. Arsenal's transfer funds would become more and more abundant. They would no longer have to sell their captains, and they would no longer miss out on excellent players in the transfer market because of a few million euros...

If they could win the Premier League title this year and have a triumphant run in the Champions League... the resulting commercial advertising revenue and broadcast revenue would be a terrifying number.

Xhaka, Mustafi, and the youth team's youngsters were enough to support Arsenal's backbone for the next five years.

Was the boss really going to retire early?

If he retired, would the new coaching team tolerate Li's freedom?

Reality was always more absurd than the movies.

Let alone Li.

Messi was also benched when Enrique first took over at Barcelona.

The more Bould thought about it, the more worried he became. "If the boss retires, I'll go back to coaching the youth team!"

Although this bald assistant coach usually looked flustered on the field, he had actually served Arsenal for a long time as a player and coach.

As a player, he had won three Premier League titles, one FA Cup, and one European Cup Winners' Cup.

As a youth team coach, he had led Wilshere, Ramsey, and other youngsters to win multiple U18 championships.

...

Li Kang wasn't thinking about these things.

He and Morata, Giroud, Čech, and others had come to Kent, in the southeast of England, to visit a six-year-old orphan suffering from a malignant spinal tumor.

Wenger was the first manager to take the lead in establishing the club's charity department.

"Charity is part of Arsenal's DNA."

In addition to charitable donation activities, Arsenal's charity department also liked to build stadiums in underdeveloped areas...

The business vehicle drove along the road.

Maguire enthusiastically explained the buildings outside the window to everyone: "That's Dover Castle! *Harry Potter*... no, it's *Hamlet* that was filmed there!"

"This is also the hometown of Darwin, the Darwin who said we evolved from monkeys."

"Dickens also lived here, the author of *A Tale of Two Cities*."

...

Half an hour later.

The Arsenal players arrived at the orphanage.

There were no children holding flowers, lined up to greet them.

The orphanage wasn't large, and you could see the children playing on the grass through the fence.

The soccer ball rolled around.

At the gate, there was only a hunchbacked old director with a cane.

"Children, look who's here?"

"Wow wow wow!"

"It's Li!"

The children dropped the soccer ball and ran up excitedly, their faces full of smiles.

The Arsenal players carried boxes of aid supplies from the trunk.

"Li, are you here to teach us how to play soccer?"

"I want to learn the Marseille turn!"

"The Cruyff turn!"

"Li, can you sign our teacher's name?"

Li Kang was surrounded.

Morata carried a stack of jerseys and signing pens.

Xhaka held several soccer balls.

Welbeck leaned over, transforming into a "black human tabletop."

Li Kang smiled, picked up a pen, and began signing autographs for the children.

Maguire couldn't help but sigh, "These little guys are much cuter than those fans in the Islington community."

...

Not far away.

A bald little boy wearing an Arsenal jersey walked over "slowly."

His walking posture was strange.

A short distance of ten meters... was a struggle.

Čech wanted to help him, but the director raised his hand to stop him.

"Let the child walk on his own."

"His name is Tom, he's eight years old, he has a malignant spinal tumor, and he's relearning how to walk after treatment."

"His intellectual development is also slower than children of the same age."

Čech tentatively asked, "I heard the situation is optimistic..."

The director smiled bitterly and shook his head.

...

Ten minutes later.

When Li Kang finished signing autographs for more than a dozen children, the bald little Tom finally reached everyone.

"Li!"

"Čech!"

"Xhaka!"

"..."

He excitedly shouted the names of every Arsenal star, and then very actively lifted the hem of his jersey.

Everyone laughed.

They immediately picked up signing pens and took turns signing the old, faded Arsenal jersey.

Li Kang subconsciously twitched his nose. He smelled a "unique hospital smell" on Tom.

The boy curiously sized up his features and suddenly asked:

"Li, will Arsenal win the Premier League title?"

Li Kang nodded without thinking.

"What about the Champions League title?"

Champions League title?

Li Kang hesitated for two seconds... then smiled and nodded.

The bald little Tom was stunned for a moment, then excitedly raised his fists:

"Come on you Gunners!!!"

...

Morata had a lot of experience participating in charity events.

He quickly became friends with the children and acted as their coach.

The pace of the game was very, very slow.

Everyone was cooperating with Tom's pace, as if a movie was being played in slow motion, until he broke through Čech's goal, and then the normal frame rate was restored.

Čech pretended to be frustrated and pounded the grass helplessly.

Tom raised his fists high again.

All the Arsenal stars were imitating his celebratory gesture.

Maguire touched his butt and sighed, "So happiness is such a simple thing."