After signing with AC Milan, I will be the king of football!

”Ah, ah, ah... Greece has won the championship!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Barbara’s high-pitched voice carried far, while Huang Kaiwen wore a pained expression, as if he feared she might break something with her enthusiasm.

On the TV, Ronaldo’s face was wet with tears, tasting defeat’s bitterness for the first time, but there’s no need to rush; he would soon have another chance to cry.

Huang Kaiwen wasn’t surprised by this outcome at all.

Barbara, clinging to him, was both crying and laughing, one might’ve thought she was a Greek princess.

”Alright, alright, it’s just a championship victory,” he said.

Huang Kaiwen patted her back, comforting the excited Barbara.

With her eyes red from crying, Barbara looked up at Huang Kaiwen, her gaze filled with affection, and said, ”Tomorrow I’ll buy this villa for you, and remember to collect the rent from the club every month.”

Huang Kaiwen just shrugged his shoulders. What else could he say?

The heiress was already stealing from her own family, and of course, he strongly supported it.

The club owner’s daughter buying him a house to live in, and then him collecting rent and utilities from his own property—if the Milan Sports Newspaper exposed this, Be would probably find it hard to accept, right?

Huang Kaiwen remembered that his heart wasn’t very good, and hoped he could hang in there.

Overwhelmed by Barbara’s passion, Huang Kaiwen didn’t get up until the afternoon of the following day.

He made a point to check: William Hill has an annual income of over 200 million British Pounds, they probably won’t default, but it’s definitely going to sting, and hopefully, they’ll learn their lesson. If they don’t take heed, Huang Kaiwen might choose to retire early and show them what happened with the Leicester City miracle by becoming a major shareholder through betting on football.

That afternoon, when he went with Barbara to collect the winnings, William Hill was already well-prepared, even inviting quite a few reporters for publicity. That’s capitalists for you—in the face of unavoidable losses, they opt for maximizing profits.

2.2 million Euros turning into 178.2 million, is there a better headline than that?

Barbara has become the living billboard of football riches overnight.

They’re looking to entice a bunch of gamblers to bet on the underdogs in the league and recuperate their losses.

Leagues are not like cup competitions that can easily spring surprises; that requires sustained stability. Even if a small team’s main lineup performs explosively and fights bravely, without strong backups during rotation and injuries, they won’t be able to win the championship. That’s why they talk about the ”Kaiser miracle”; miracles are not so common or they wouldn’t be called miracles. Usually, when a small team gets fired up, at most they might earn a place in the European competitions.

Moreover, leagues have a strong manipulative element. Italian football, before the Calciopoli scandal, wasn’t easy to topple the ”Sacred Alliance” formed by Juventus and Milan. Leagues like La Liga can even offer third-party bonuses to encourage teams to target the contenders.

In short, even with a big loss this time, they had ways to make it back.

So the staff did not give Barbara a hard time when collecting the winnings; they served her with smiles on their faces instead.

After receiving the check, the heiress was still in a daze.

She was never short of money, but she had never had so much at once—nearly 200 million Euros made it all feel unreal to her.

Fortunately, the presence of reporters energized her.

Having received similar training since childhood, the heiress was experienced in dealing with the press.

After showing off the check, she said with a smile, ”The reason I got 178.2 million Euros is all thanks to Kevin. He told me a lot about Otto Rehhagel. He believed Greece could win the championship, and I thought, why not give it a try? So I bet on Greece. I trust Kevin, and you all saw the result. Dating? I guess so. But it’s not for me to say, you’d have to ask him.”

Huang Kaiwen spoke like a seasoned smooth-talker and said with a smile, ”Barbara and I are good friends, don’t misunderstand our relationship. She’s a friendly and warm-hearted girl, she made me feel the warmth of the AC Milan family when I first arrived in Milan City.”

The reporters rolled their eyes in response.

The bed in the hotel room you guys stayed in before had been broken, and you still claim to be just friends? Do you think we’ll believe that?

But there wasn’t much they could do since Huang Kaiwen had put it that way.

On the way back, Barbara was unhappy with his response and sulked in silence.

Huang Kaiwen, having written romance and urban fiction for a while, was not some low EQ oddball. He didn’t go out much in his past life because he was busy working—after all, even as a writing fiend, producing 20-30k words a day took a lot of time.

But he had to set the tone correctly, to prevent Barbara from getting the wrong idea.

”I did it for your own good,” he said with a smile.

The heiress slammed on the brakes and then turned to glare at him, demanding indignantly, ”For my good? You just don’t want to take responsibility.”

Huang Kaiwen: ...

Excuse me, is there such a thing in Europe as being responsible just because one’s asleep?

Of course, he wouldn’t ask that, lest he anger Barbara.

Huang Kaiwen spoke earnestly, ”Your father is a personage with status, he wouldn’t allow you to date a player, let alone an Asian player. I don’t want to put you in a difficult position.”

The unpleasant part Huang Kaiwen left unsaid.

But Barbara knew clear well that her dad was a racist.

Thinking of this made her feel terribly uncomfortable.

However, in the face of love and freedom, father didn’t seem so important anymore, better to die than to live without love!

Many romantic poets’ works had already made this point clear, and Barbara suddenly felt like she was the modern Juliet.

She restarted the car, but Barbara fell into silence.

Huang Kaiwen wiped the sweat from his forehead.

He had managed to bluff his way through.

Even if he were living off a woman, he couldn’t afford to get too deeply involved himself.

Qian Zhongshu had said: Marriage is a besieged city; those outside want to get in, and those inside want to get out.

Huang Kaiwen was not planning to enter the city in his lifetime.

After returning home, Barbara actually chose to read a book.

Clearly, she was stimulated.

Recalling Barbara’s latest fate he had seen earlier, Huang Kaiwen took the initiative to recommend books like ”The Thirty-Six Stratagems” to her.

The next morning, he prepared to get up early to watch a movie and learn some plots for use after returning to the team and ”getting injured,” since his experience card had expired.

When he checked the system, he was surprised to find he had gained 10 fate points!

It was still Barbara.

[Drastically changed the fate of Barbara, the future chairperson of Milan.]

Click below to reveal her fate.

Immediately, an image appeared.

[After listening to your words, Barbara thought they made sense. She stopped reading fashion magazines and started reading military strategy instead.]

[Following your advice, Barbara made some investments, earning a lot of money, and even bought an annual headline space for the two of you in Italian newspapers. Even if you don’t play soccer, you are still the world’s number one soccer star in the Italian media.]

[Be saw the sparkle in her, feeling that Barbara is a suitable heir.]

[Barbara found a way to make her older siblings lose favor. She successfully gained complete control and took over the reigns of Milan.]

[After Shevchenko left the team, you switched to the number 7 jersey. Barbara decided that when you stopped playing, she would retire the number 7 jersey.]

[Barbara successfully made it onto Forbes’ top 100. Under her control, Milan had both money and people, and you became Milan’s most powerful connection. Barbara even arranged for Milan to sign your cousins, and Kaka found he had a lot in common with you in this regard.]

[Although Barbara was very dissatisfied with your flirtatiousness, she still loved you deeply. And since you were in such good shape, she couldn’t keep up with you at times and would even introduce you to friends willingly.]

[Because you spent someone else’s money on a plane, Barbara was very angry. She earnestly told you that a man should spend his own money, otherwise, he would be looked down upon. Milan offered you a contract worth 40 million Euros and, in addition, companies like Milan’s joint construction company and other Be family businesses offered you endorsements worth a fortune.]

[The opposition still teamed up, trying to resist your and Barbara’s rule over Milan, but Milan was fully under Barbara’s control. Their protests were ineffective, and at her hint, the Italian media furiously condemned the fans’ ”outrageous behavior”. To show defiance to the protesting fans, she announced your salary would increase by 10% every year. Although UEFA often fined Milan, Barbara, rich and powerful, didn’t care at all and even asked if there was a discount for a 10-year fine package.]

[You played for 15 years, felt it was pointless, and decided to retire. Yet, your son was still in the Milan Youth Team. A few years later, he signed his first professional contract worth 10 million Euros, inheriting your number 7 jersey. Milan fans were in an uproar, never expecting someone to inherit your VIP stand tickets after you had gone. The club always registered one less person.]

[Later on, your grandson also became a Milan star, your family, and the Maldini family were called the two legendary families of Milan.]

[In the year 2070, your descendants were still playing for Milan. Unfortunately, although he was very talented, he didn’t carry on the family tradition of earning money without playing ball. Barbara lived until she was 96 years old. On her deathbed, she requested to be buried with you in the future, and you agreed. She passed away with a smile.]