Football: I can see player entries.

Chapter 35 Disappearance Case

The day after the competition ended, Li Yanqing received an unexpected phone call.

Chen Yi, the owner of a youth training base in China, was the culprit who forced the end of his playing career.

He had just taken two promising young talents, Sun Yan and Li Yichuan, from the other party.

It seems the other party finally saw the news and realized that he was the one who took those two boys away.

Actually, there isn't much information about Li Yanqing in China, but the news of Sun Yan's appearance in the English Championship is quite popular.

As a result, he also became quite famous in China, and the fact that he poached people could no longer be kept secret.

"To be honest, I'm quite surprised that you were able to become a coach in the Championship."

"A relegation miracle, huh? It looks good, but Burton Albion seems to be in a tough spot right now."

"After all, you never follow the rules of the game."

Chen Yi's words instinctively disgusted Li Yanqing, as if the club's financial crisis was entirely his fault.

Not only do they wear random hats, but they also like to use the tactic of making a preemptive statement.

"I follow the rules, I just don't accept shady dealings."

"Also, Burton are doing quite well right now."

"If you're going to keep using this stupid rhetoric, I'm busy and don't have time to waste on your nonsense."

"It was one thing when you were a player, but it's not a good thing to be this tough as a coach." Chen Yi was clearly dissatisfied with Li Yanqing's attitude, and his tone became a bit harsh.

"Let's get down to business. Burton Albion is quite popular in the country right now."

"We have an aid program to send ten outstanding young players abroad for training."

"As for the terms, I'll refund the transfer fees for those two kids to you; consider it a free gift from me."

"I'll forgive and forget about what happened before. If you want to go back to China in the future..."

"Beep." Li Yanqing was too lazy to listen any longer and hung up the phone.

He didn't know how the other person could say such a thing, so he might as well just say, "Kneel down, I have a favor to ask of you."

Bringing up past events—is that a form of threat?

He's never backed down before, and he's even less likely to back down now.

On the other side, Chen Yi, whose phone call had been disconnected, looked very unwell, while Coach Wang stood in front of him with his head down, meekly and submissively.

"Didn't you say you and he had reached an agreement? Is this his attitude?"

You owe me an explanation.

"I..." Coach Wang hesitated, but ultimately kept his true feelings to himself.

He did mention this to Li Yanqing, but how many people could stand the way you're talking about it?

Not to mention that the other party already had a grudge against you!

"Xiao Wang, it seems your abilities are still lacking."

"My place is too small, you should resign tomorrow."

Chen Yi had no good ideas about Li Yanqing, who was far away in England, so he could only vent his anger on Coach Wang.

Coach Wang, standing to the side, looked utterly incredulous.

Resignation?

Was this his fault?

Besides, I've been working here for over twenty years. Even if I haven't made any great contributions, I must have put in a lot of hard work, right?

Was he kicked out because of something like this?

"You can't... I'm here..."

Coach Wang was already somewhat incoherent; he couldn't accept this sudden blow at all.

He couldn't find a better place to live. If he left, he'd have his mortgage, car loan, his family...

Just thinking about it sends chills down my spine.

"I can, because I'm the owner here." Chen Yi suddenly looked coldly at Coach Wang, making the latter feel a chill in his heart.

"Don't think I don't know, you're the one who took those two kids there, aren't you?"

“I said no one would use them, but someone messed things up.”

"You're just the first one. As for that brat Li Yanqing, I won't let him get away with it either!"

"No, that's not right, this was your fault to begin with!" Coach Wang suddenly retorted, perhaps emboldened by some unknown source of courage or perhaps due to the intense shock he had received.

"From Li Yanqing to Sun Yan and the others, it has always been your problem!"

"Firing me, huh? Fine, I have evidence of many of the things you've done over the years..."

The more Coach Wang spoke, the more determined he became.

Resign? Impossible.

In this situation, what's the difference between quitting and letting someone die?

What he didn't notice was that Chen Yi's expression was also growing increasingly gloomy...

Three days later, Riverside Stadium.

Burton Albion will host Cardiff City.

They continued their good form, easily defeating their opponent 1-0, winning four consecutive games and moving up to tenth place in the league.

After the competition ended, Cheng Mengmeng found him immediately, her expression somewhat serious.

"I have some important news, and I think you'd better reply."

"What's wrong?" Li Yanqing asked, puzzled. What news could be more important than winning the game?

"Coach Wang has gone missing. The last phone call he made before he disappeared was to you."

“Some people from back home came to ask about the situation, but you were in the middle of a match, so I didn’t want to bother you.”

Cheng Mengmeng knew that Coach Wang had taken her to meet those two boys, so she was quite concerned about it.

After all, without him, those two kids would still be wasting their talents.

"Missing?"

Li Yanqing was somewhat surprised, but he wasn't surprised about the phone call.

Because Chen Yi used Coach Wang's phone to call him.

"I'll go right away."

"Coach Li Yanqing?"

"I am a member of the investigation team in charge of Coach Wang's disappearance case. I know you left the country a long time ago and are not a suspect, but please cooperate with our investigation."

"We need to know the specific content of the call that day..."

Li Yanqing was telling the truth, of course; he had nothing to hide.

He also learned about the events from the other party.

Coach Wang has been missing since he went to work the day before yesterday. He has been out of contact for more than 72 hours.

His family officially reported the case to the police yesterday.

After searching the training base, the investigation team only found his cell phone.

These are all the clues we've found so far.

No way?

Could it be...

The more Li Yanqing thought about it, the more she felt that Chen Yi was definitely involved in this matter.

What exactly did that heartless guy do to Coach Wang?

If it concerns him, he would feel very guilty if anything happened to the other person.

"We should investigate Chen Yi more thoroughly, since he's the one who disappeared," Li Yanqing suggested.

But to his surprise, there was a slight silence on the other end of the phone before the call continued.

"Chen Yi... he has also disappeared."

"All of the other party's assets were transferred away in a very short period of time, and the youth training base is now at a standstill."

"Moreover, before that, he had embezzled a large amount of public funds and cashed them out, using very professional methods."

"To be honest, we suspect that he himself has already illegally crossed the border."

"As for where this money went, if my analysis is correct, it went to England..."