Change on the Pitch

Lu Ang is a handsome amateur soccer player and a rising star: simple, quiet, never dated, and never even been to a nightclub. Just as he’s about to sign with a professional team, a psychological mishap causes problems with his eyesight. After spending a month in the hospital, he loses his chance and returns to Anxi City Sports University for rehabilitation training. Wearing sports glasses, he “becomes” another Lu Ang, one nobody knows. At his lowest point in recovery, he comes across the female lead’s résumé and meets Xia Mengyin and a group of teammates, changing the way he’s always thought. A girl who likes Vincent Kompany is a rare thing. Thank you for everything you say to me. You always make me feel like I’m not playing soccer just for myself anymore. I think I might like you? But why does it always feel like you’re the one protecting me? I’ll become a professional player like Kompany, and then you can be my Carla. There’s a poster of Lu Ang taking a shot on the field. He has a crew cut, a subtle wheat-colored complexion, and deep, intent eyes fixed on everyone. No one could look at him and not feel their heart skip a beat. Xia Mengyin always thought that at first glance, this boy seemed like a humanities student from the school next door. He didn’t feel like a soccer player, not just because he wore glasses, but because he lacked the energy and sunny disposition of a player, and, most importantly, that natural confidence and pride. There was something timid in his eyes. She never expected him to be called Lu Ang, too. He’s strange. I have a feeling about him that I can’t quite explain, but that doesn’t mean I like him, does it? So he was that Lu Ang.