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In the photo, Li Qingqing was waving the five-star red flag, sitting on Hu Lai's shoulders, and Hu Lai was holding her up under her, bearing the full weight of her and the national flag.

Both of them had happy smiles on their faces.

In the second photo, Hu Lai and Li Qingqing have already walked to the designated area, and they stand together with the flag bearers of other delegations.

But in this photo, the faces of Hu Lai and Li Qingqing are not visible, only their bodies are standing opposite each other.

The upper body was blocked by a corner of the torn national flag.

Because of the cover of the national flag, everyone couldn't see what the two people behind were doing. But there are speculations on the Internet that they are kissing...just fully considering the mood of the audience, so they chose to use the national flag to cover it.

The third photo is Hu Lai and Li Qingqing among the cheering crowd after the cultural performances of the closing ceremony have started.

The two of them snuggled together, with the background of the performing stage behind them, Hu Lai rested his head on Li Qingqing's shoulder, Li Qingqing straightened his arms, and held up the camera. The smiles on the faces of the two were extraordinarily bright.

Obviously, they were taking selfies.

The fourth photo, the fifth photo...many and many photos of the two of them at the closing ceremony.

Xie Lan downloaded all the photos she saw on the Internet to her mobile phone, and then moved them to a folder called "sons and daughters-in-law".

It was full of photos she had collected over the years, and even if she changed her phone, it would still be synced to the new phone.

She doesn't take many photos herself, but there are thousands of photos in her album, all of which she collected through various means.

Looking at the photos in the file, she smiled happily.

The Olympics are over, and she is very satisfied with this summer.

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Li Qingqing looked at the selfie photo of herself and Hu Lai at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games.

Because of the complex lighting at the scene, she took more than one photo.

Now she wants to choose the best one among so many.

At least there should be no green, purple, blue, red... and other messy lights on the face, making the whole person look weird.

In the end she chose the best one, both of their faces were very clean without any strange spots.

The smile is also great, and the expression is perfect.

No one blinked, nor did they look left and right. Both of them stared at the phone screen with all four eyes wide open and their eyebrows raised.

Li Qingqing was very satisfied and lit up the red heart representing "collection" under this photo.

After doing this, she put the phone into her pocket after turning off the screen, lay down again, and closed her eyes.

The roar of the aircraft engine was next to her ear, and she put the noise-canceling headphones back on her head, ready to sleep.

In the seat next to her, Hu Lai had already fallen asleep.

At this moment, they are currently on a plane flying from Los Angeles, USA to Madrid, Spain.

The Olympics are over, and this summer is coming to an end. She and Hu Lai will return to their respective clubs to start the preparations for the new season.

In fact, it stands to reason that after participating in this kind of international competition, the players should have a rest time.

After all, players are not machines and need rest.

If they are not given rest, the accumulated fatigue from successive games can overwhelm the player's body and eventually lead to injury.

Therefore, whether it is the King of Madrid or the Pirates of Madrid, they have left about ten days of vacation for their respective players who participated in the Olympics.

Hu Lai and Li Qingqing didn't have to rush back to Madrid immediately after participating in the Olympics.

But Hu Lai gave up the opportunity to take a vacation and wanted to rush back to Madrid to train with the team. Li Qingqing naturally went back with Hu Lai.

Hu Lai is so anxious because the new season of La Liga has already started-just the day before they participated in the Olympic finals, the first round of the 2028-2029 La Liga season has already started.

The defending champion Madrid Pirates was tied 0:0 by Valero in the away game. After the first round of the league, they only ranked twelfth.

Of course, a league cannot determine the ultimate fate of the team. But without Hou Lai's Madrid Pirates, the away game is not strong, Valero, who only ranked 13th last season. However, he was unable to attack for a long time and was unable to score, which indeed highlighted the importance of Hu Lai to this team.

Because he was going to participate in the Olympic Games, Hu Lai did not train with the club for even one day during the entire summer training period.

If you rest for another ten days, after the holiday, the top 12 matches of the national team will start again. When he can really practice together with the team, it will be the third round of the league.

In view of this situation, Hu Lai took the initiative to apply for no leave. After playing the Olympics, I immediately flew back to Madrid to join the team for training.

Although the head coach Parotti was a little worried about his physical fitness, Hou Lai patted his chest and promised that when he returned to Madrid, he asked the team to do a detailed physical fitness test for him, and he knew that there was no problem with his physical fitness at all.

Parotti thought that Hu Lai had no problem with his physical fitness when he played double matches for a week in a row last season, so he agreed to Hu Lai's request to return to the team without taking a vacation.

To be honest, he really needs Hu Lai very much.

His team is the defending champion of the league this season, and the pressure they are under is already greater than last season. In addition, the opponents have been reinforced to varying degrees.

Especially the Catalan United, who introduced Kabanka Kendor from Manchester Athletic this summer for free. The reason why Kabangka did not participate in the Olympic Games as an overage player is said to be because he did not want to miss the first training camp of the new team, so as not to fall into a long adaptation period.

The Madrid Pirates also signed in this summer, but the problem is that during the entire summer training period, Hu Lai, as the absolute main force of the team, has not even practiced together for a day, and he does not have a tacit understanding with his new teammates. He cooperates.

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When Hu Lai returns to the club, it will take time to recoordinate with his new teammates.

The team needs to get back together.

If the kneading is not good, maybe the performance of the Madrid Pirates in the new season will be deeply affected, which may affect almost half of the season.

This is why some fans in China originally did not want Hu Lai to participate in the Olympics-they were afraid of delaying Hu Lai's performance in the second season of La Liga.

Of course, no one in the country would think that there is a problem with Hu Lai's participation in the Olympics...

Li Qingqing did not return to the team directly like Hu Lai. Although she returned to Madrid with Hu Lai, she had to rest at home for ten days before going to practice with the team.

On the one hand, it is because the Women's Western Super League started relatively late, and it will not start until September. On the other hand, of course, it was because she was really tired and needed to rest for ten days.

After all, she didn't hang up...

Li Qingqing also doesn't know why Hu Lai always recovers quickly after every game. Like this Olympic Games, there is basically only two days between each game, and the longest is only three days. It's not the intensity of "double matches a week", but "three matches a week".

Such an intensive schedule is very demanding on physical fitness.

But Hu Lai's physical fitness is the best in the team, and he is not tired at all.

Li Qingqing can only attribute it to the fact that Hu Lai's physical talent is different...

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The signings of the Madrid Pirates this summer started with an accident.

Because of his outstanding performance after his comeback last season, the club is preparing to renew the contract with Maxi Carey. They realized that Carey and Hu Lai could make sparks together.

Originally they thought it would be easy to renew the contract with Carey—we have worked together for so many years, we trust and understand each other, and there are emotional factors. As long as the club pays enough sincere (yearly) salary, there is no reason for Carey not to sign.

But when the club was about to discuss contract extension with Kyrie's agent, Jim Castian, Castian told them that his players were not ready to renew the contract now, and that he wanted to focus on the game and focus on the game. Play the rest of the season well.

Well, when the season was not over, this reason was impeccable and reasonable.

After all, the team was still competing with the King of Madrid for tickets to the Champions League final, as well as the league championship with the King and Catalan United.

Carey may want to help the team win the Champions League or the league championship in order to enhance his bargaining power in contract renewal negotiations.

But when the season ended, the club found Castien again, and the other party told them a shocking news:

Maxi Carey is not prepared to renew his contract with the club. He will finish his last season with the Madrid Pirates and leave the team after the contract expires!

Everyone in the Pirate Club is dumbfounded——what kind of magic is this?

You all cooperated so well, why are you leaving all of a sudden?

They knew that Maxi Carey had long decided to retire from his hometown team, but a year later, the 35-year-old Carey planned to return to the Netherlands? The Hague Hercules is still in the Dutch second league! Is Kyrie going to play Dutch second? With his pride... how is it possible? !

Even Samuel Lerey, the general manager of the club, went to talk to Carey specifically, on the one hand to find out what he thought, and on the other hand to persuade him to give up the idea.

They thought that Carey acted willfully after being threatened by Hu Lai after his second serious injury.

The final result is that Kyrie is determined to leave the team after the contract expires.

He didn't say the real reason, he just told everyone who came to persuade him: he has no problem with the club, and he has no problem with Hu Lai. He didn't renew his contract just because he thought he needed a new challenge, but he also told the club not to worry. Although he didn't renew his contract, he would do his best for the club in the last season of his contract, just like he did last season.

In short, the attitude of not renewing the contract is very firm.

Since Carey is determined not to renew his contract with the club, in line with the principle of good gathering and good separation, the Madrid Pirates Club will not force it.

But this means that the team has to step up the introduction of Carey's successor...

In the end, the Madrid Pirates spent 35 million euros to bring in their midfield playmaker Milos Vukovic from the Bundesliga side Wieseldorf.

The 26-year-old Serbia international is the core of Weissedov's playmaker, and helped Weissedov reach the semi-finals of the Europa League last season, and was elected the best player of the season in the Weissedov team, and 2027 Serbian Footballer of the Year.

As a Serbian player, he inherited the characteristics of the former Yugoslav football geniuses, with delicate footwork, tough style and comprehensive abilities. It's actually not the same style as Maxi Carey, but the offensive organization ability is not bad.

Last season he played a total of 41 games in all competitions in Weissdorf, scoring four goals and sending out 14 assists.

It is reasonable to say that it is difficult to get such an excellent player for only 35 million euros, but on the one hand, the contracts of Vukovic and Wisedov only have the last year left. On the other hand, he himself wants to leave the Bundesliga and go to a bigger stage to realize his personal value.

La Liga giants Madrid Pirates is a good next home.

But it's not the only place to go.

When Vukovic wanted to leave the team, he attracted the pursuit of many European powerhouses.

Premier League giants Athletic Manchester also want Vukovic after losing Kabanka.

One of the key reasons why Vukovic finally chose the Madrid Pirates was Hu Lai.

After the Serbia international moved to the Madrid Pirates, he expressed in an interview that he was eager to cooperate with such an excellent striker as Hou Lai. Thank you for your support of monthly tickets and subscriptions

He believes that being with Hu Lai will allow him to quickly grow into a top midfield organizer.

Hu Lai, who was still preparing for the Olympic Games at the time, never expected that he would become the key figure in deciding an important signing without doing anything...