[Football] The Man of the First Half

[Novel Blurb] [Career Blurb] If you ask who the best player in football is, fans of different teams could argue about it for three days and nights, writing hundreds of pages of essays. But if you ask who the most "valuable" player in football is, there can only be one answer: Ignatz Gabriel! He has many titles: heir to a top European powerhouse, midfield commander with the greatest mind, wizard and elf of the pitch, lifelong best friend of the Ballon d'Or factory Lionel Messi, Manchester United fans' moonlight, and groundskeeper of the Camp Nou turf. But he still prefers a less frequently used nickname from his youth: "Mr. First Half." This is the story of a handsome, wealthy young gentleman who took a wrong turn away from the world of fame and fortune, plunged headfirst into football, and couldn't get back out. [Romance Blurb] When Lionel Messi was eleven, he was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency. His father then lost his job, Argentine clubs gave up on him, and the exorbitant cost of treatment became a sword of Damocles hanging over his football career. He thought his life would turn gray. It seemed that God had abandoned him. Until he met Ignatz Gabriel. Then he became a beam of light in his life. No matter how high the mountains or how far the road, walk alongside the light, and you will never fear the dark. Note: 1. Set in a parallel world, this is a Leo Messi friendship-more-than-friends story, an unconventional pairing built on mutual support and growth that transcends friendship and romance. The story is clean, with no fixed top or bottom. 2. Premier League-La Liga, Manchester United-Barcelona, national team: the Three Lions. The author is a clueless fan of the "I could do it better myself" variety. Please don't nitpick the details or read too much into real life. [Upcoming Novel Blurb] [Upcoming Novel Blurb] Shen Chongqiu was a wise ruler of his generation. He ascended the throne at twelve, led a campaign in person at fourteen, and had reclaimed most of the feudal states that had been divided for years before he turned twenty. He worked tirelessly to usher in a prosperous age. He just didn't have much staying power. After unifying the realm at twenty-seven, he blinked and became a ghost, summoned to some "Virtual Plane Logic and Emotion Management Bureau." His colleagues all thought that a young emperor whose great plans had just come to fruition would feel terribly dejected as he became a lowly clerk with nothing. But Shen Chongqiu was overjoyed. As the sole heir to the royal family, he had grown up under the gaze of the entire dynasty. Then, for no apparent reason, he had inherited his forebears' wish to unify the realm. All he wanted was to find a temple and become a monk, yet he had painfully ruled the empire for twenty years. Now that he was finally free, he wanted to buy firecrackers and set them off nonstop at his door for three days and nights. But then "Your identity for this mission is: a newly appointed corporate CEO, a young emperor backed by a regent, the young sect master of a cultivation sect, the king of a small country on the brink of destruction..." They say he carries an imperial aura and is destined to be an emperor wherever he goes. Shen Chongqiu can only grit his teeth and continue ascending the throne in plane after plane, leaving behind one legendary imperial tale after another through his tears. Beautiful, scheming, sickly crown prince's study companion and chancellor top x absurdly powerful, easygoing emperor bottom who doesn't want to be emperor Theme: