Just wanted to play soccer, I become Hollywood Bigshot

  The spring breeze in May blows south along the port of Southampton, along the route where the Titanic set sail, and towards the wide and deep English Sea.

  The quaint and tidy Lingang Street is bustling with people. Although it is not summer yet, the street is already full of young and beautiful girls in miniskirts.

  Gu Ran stood outside the Costa coffee shop on the corner of Lingang Street, his eyes wide open like light bulbs, staring blankly at the reflective glass of the coffee shop——

  He wasn't really looking at the miniskirt fluttering in the wind, nor was he looking at the blond couple exchanging oral skills in the cafe.

  He was just looking at himself in the reflective glass.

  The young, handsome, and confused self.

  I took out my iPhone 4 and checked the time. It was 11:38 AM on May 20, 2010…

  Did I get reborn?

  And was I reborn back to the high school days in the UK in 2010?

  Just a few minutes ago, Gu Ran's last memory was the scene on November 17, 2022 when he witnessed the hometown county-level team joined by two of his usual football friends unexpectedly eliminated the Guoan team.

He and other teammates drank all night until they lost their memory.

  When I woke up, I was standing outside a cafe called Costa in Southampton?!

  Everything happened so suddenly...

  I haven't even had time to watch the Qatar World Cup!

  Feeling the familiar sea breeze of Southampton and looking at the face in the reflective glass, Gu Ran tried hard to control his emotions.

  But finally I couldn't hold it anymore...

  He grinned foolishly.

  I made money...I made money ah!

  After reading so many online novels, it's finally my turn to be reborn!

  The first half of my life was filled with regrets and frustrations, and so many wrong choices...

  Finally I can...

  Wait, hold on! Don't set a flag yet!

  No matter what, at least 12 years of youth have been earned!

  "Ding ding ding—"

  At this moment, the iPhone 4 phone ringtone suddenly rang.

  Caller: Sophie Turner.

  Gu Ran's brows twitched slightly, and a memory from the past came to his mind.

  Sophie Turner was Gu Ran's classmate when he was studying in the UK and the daughter of his landlord.

  Sophie is the school beauty of Southampton Private High School. Not only is she excellent in both character and study, but she also shows a good talent for acting at a young age. She is the popular heroine of the school drama club.

  And no one would have known that in another six months, Sophie Turner would get the role of "Sansa" in the classic American TV series "Game of Thrones". She would become a world-class hot star with her superb acting skills.

  Before his rebirth, Gu Ran naturally had no idea that Sophie would become a world star in the future.

  At that time, he was a typical nerd, who was only thinking about studying hard and trying to get into the University of Southampton.

  He didn't pay much attention to what happened to the landlord's beautiful daughter after she went to film. It was not until he saw "A Song of Ice and Fire" on the screen a few years later that he realized that he had missed the chance to become a future star...

  Ahem…

  After complaining about himself for a while, Gu Ran quickly adjusted his mood and answered the phone.

  "good afternoon..."

  Before Gu Ran could finish greeting, Sophie's angry voice came from the other side: "Shit! You stood outside the cafe and smiled foolishly for a full five minutes, and then greeted me with a good afternoon? Gu, you don't want the whole school to laugh at me, Sophie, for finding an idiot as a boyfriend, do you? "

  "Well..."

  Gu Ran then remembered that he had indeed had a "relationship" with Sophie for a month.

  Of course, it was a fake relationship.

  In order to get rid of the persistent pursuit of her senior students, Sophie asked her tenant Gu Ran to pretend to be her boyfriend and go out on dates with her from time to time, in order to discourage the endless stream of suitors.

  In Sophie's opinion, these boys whose hair has not even grown out are just little brats who know nothing and are not worth wasting time on as a goddess.

  In return, Sophie promised Gu Ran that she could help him with English poetry recitation and correct his accent when she was free.

  And today, this cafe is the place for their first "public date".

  Of course, in her previous life, this fake date only lasted four weeks before Sophie got the opportunity to audition for Game of Thrones, and then she never returned to school until Gu Ran graduated from high school.

  As a result, the two people went to two different worlds and never met again.

  "…"

  After a long silence, Sophie on the other end of the phone said angrily, "I said so much, and you only replied with one interjection? Although we are just acting, you have to respect the signed contract, right? Humph, you Chinese people only know how to study and do exercises all day long, and in real life you can't even pretend to be on a date? Can I ask you to come in quickly? Don't dawdle outside!"

  After saying that, he hung up the phone.

  Haha, this little girl has quite a temper.

  Gu Ran smiled helplessly, put his phone in his pocket, pushed the door and entered the cafe.

  The lights in the cafe were dim and the aroma of coffee beans was fragrant.

  The melodious theme song from "Titanic" plays in a loop with a romantic melody.

  When Gu Ran looked around for his "girlfriend", he didn't notice a waitress coming hurriedly towards him with a tray.

  Coincidentally, the waiter was so focused on the stability of the coffee cup on the tray that he didn't notice Gu Ran standing in the aisle.

  Bang!

  The two of them bumped into each other.

  Gu Ran was quick to help the waitress hold the tray.

  Fortunately, the tray was held.

  However, the cups on the tray fell to the ground and the coffee spilled all over the floor.

  "I'm sorry, sir!" the waiter quickly apologized.

  "Fine."

  Gu Ran answered subconsciously, and a system prompt sound suddenly rang in Gu Ran's mind.

  "Light~"

  "Feeling 38 points of negative emotions from Tina Simpson, bubbles are being generated..."

  Is Tina Simpson the waitress in front of me?

  38 points of negative emotions?

  I didn't expect that this politely apologizing guy actually had quite a lot of resentment in his heart...

  That's right. After all, if the coffee is spilled, not only do you have to clean the floor, you also have to make a new cup.

  If you don't handle it well, you will be urged by customers and scolded by your boss.

  etc!

  bubble?

  ???

  Could it be that I was not only reborn, but also had an extra gold...

  Gu Ran's heart started beating violently at that moment, and then he noticed that a bubble with a dim light appeared under the other person's feet!

The bubble was about 20 centimeters in diameter...

Gu Ran looked around and found that neither the waiter who squatted down to clean up the debris on the ground, nor the other customers who looked over here, had any surprised expressions on their faces.

  Am I really the only one who can see it?

  Gu Ran calmly walked closer to the bubble and moved his foot to touch it.

  As soon as he touched the gray bubble, it shattered immediately, turning into a ray of light and flowing into Gu Ran's body.

  "The host has picked up a skill from the ruined bubble: Hand Punch +1, today's progress is 1/10."

  …

  Hand brewing?

  Gu Ran felt a strange message flooding into his mind, and immediately understood the situation of this skill: he could hand brew coffee, milk tea and other mixed drinks for an hour without feeling sore in his hands.

  Gu Ran: "…"

  Why would I need the skill of "hand-making coffee and milk tea for an hour"?

  I'm not going to work in a coffee shop!

  Besides, what's the big deal if my hands are sore or not?

  Can this be considered a skill? This is a rip-off!

  Gu Ran couldn't help but complain in his heart.

  "Gu, over here! What are you still standing there for?"

  In the corner of the cafe, a tall and beautiful girl poked her head out and shouted at him.

  It was 16-year-old Sophie Turner.

  Although Sophie is only 16 years old, she is already 175cm tall, has blonde hair, blue eyes, standard facial features, long legs and a thin waist. The only flaw on her body is probably the pair of A's on her chest.

  Because she was pretending to be on a date, Sophie Turner put on beautiful makeup.

When she stood up, her pink A-line skirt and her two long legs like ivory chopsticks were particularly eye-catching next to the coffee table.

  At this moment, Sophie was elegantly holding her long arms in front of A, and her pretty face with a little baby fat showed obvious dissatisfaction.

  "Light~"

  "Feeling 17 points of negative emotions from Sophie Turner, system bubbles are being generated..."

  "Is this possible???"

  Gu Ran, who felt like he had done nothing, was stunned for a moment, then reacted instantly. With a strange expression on his face, he walked straight towards Sophie Turner, who was five meters away...

  Walk towards the bubble in front of you.

  (End of this chapter)