Fox in the Penalty Area

"Fox in the Forbidden Zone"

Maxi Carey, who was driving home, saw a taxi parked outside his neighbor's yard when he was almost home, and a familiar figure got out of the car.

Hu Lai!

This surprised Kyrie. He didn't expect to meet his teammates here again.

He knew this villa.

It had been vacant before and no one had come to live there.

Although they are neighbors, the two houses are almost a hundred meters apart. Usually, if there is any movement here, I can't hear it, let alone care about it.

So he didn't expect that someone would live here now, and it was... Hu Lai, who was not very popular with him.

He did not stop to say hello to Hu Lai, but drove slowly and watched Hu Lai enter the courtyard gate.

After returning home and kissing his wife, he went straight to the third floor and looked at the next door through the bedroom window.

Just like when Hu Lai looked over here, he could only see the second and third floors of the house, and they were too far away. Even if it was night and the lights were on in the other room, he could actually see everything with the naked eye. Not sure.

Kaili looked in that direction and remained silent for a long time.

Until his wife came to find him and found him looking out the window, she asked curiously: "What are you looking at?"

"Look at the scenery."

Sophia followed and looked.

The sky is not completely dark, and the twilight is getting darker.

In the distance under the hills is the city of Madrid, where the stars shine and the rest blends into the dark night.

Behind them on the western horizon, there should still be some rays of the setting sun at this moment.

This scenery is actually very ordinary. The couple has lived in Madrid for seven years and has seen it countless times. It does not cause any emotion in their hearts.

So Sophia still didn't quite understand why her husband was looking out the window in a daze.

Until he said: "That house... Hu lives in."

"Hu? Hu... Lai?" Sophia and her husband looked in the same direction. There was a neighbor who had not lived there for a long time.

The lights are on now.

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"Going to the grassroots level? What you say is really interesting!"

At the dinner table, Li Qingqing laughed after hearing Hu Lai's introduction.

"Does your king engage in such activities?"

"We also have fan days, but we just let the fans come to visit the training base. Most clubs are like this. There is no one like you who still works in a factory... At most, it would be good to visit the community nursing home. And it is not bad with us. The women's team has nothing to do with it." Li Qingqing shook her head, with envy in her words - she wanted to go too.

Really, for professional players who train every day and have a monotonous and repetitive life, "going to the grassroots" is really like going out to have fun.

"How about you transfer to the Pirates!" Hu Lai joked.

Li Qingqing rolled her eyes at him: "How is that possible? My goal is to win the Champions League!"

Unlike the Madrid Kings women's and men's teams, which are both championship-level teams, the Pirates' women's team is much weaker.

The Pirates Club's investment in women's football is far less than that of the Madrid Kings.

Their men's team is still trying to catch up with the Madrid Kings, so how can they devote the energy and financial resources to the women's football team? Anyway, as long as there is a women's team, that's enough. There are no performance requirements.

Hu Lai naturally knew that this was impossible, he just wanted to tease Li Qingqing.

I don’t know why, but Hu Lai thinks it looks good even when he sees Li Qingqing rolling his eyes...

Seeing Li Qingqing's frown and smile, Hu Lai's heart began to beat wildly again.

Then he said with a shy face: "We don't have to train tomorrow, so tonight, can we...hehehe!"

After young men and women break through that boundary, they can taste the marrow and know the taste.

It's the time when things are like glue. However, both of them knew their identities and were both professional players, so they did not indulge too much. Otherwise, if their legs were weak even if they went to training every day, how could they still play football?

Before that, Hu Lai had been holding back for several days. When he thought about not having to train tomorrow, his mind became more active.

Li Qingqing pouted: "You don't have to train tomorrow, but I do!"

"Ah?" Hu Lai was stunned, then disappointed. "Oh well……"

"But...it's okay."

Hu Lai suddenly raised his head and looked at the shy Li Qingqing opposite.

"But I still have to practice my left foot first at night." Li Qingqing requested.

"No problem!" Hu Lai nodded hastily in agreement, and then started to devour it, wishing he could go practice ball now.

"Don't be so impatient..." Li Qingqing felt shy and helpless when she saw Hu Lai like this.

But there is still a little bit of...expectation.

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Spring nights are short.

When Hu Lai opened his eyes again on the bed, he skillfully turned over and hugged the person next to him.

His hands began to fumble again.

This time his claws were stopped by Li Qingqing:

"Get up."

Hu Lai buried his face in the majestic mountains and rivers and murmured: "This is my country..."

"What did you say?" Li Qingqing didn't hear clearly.

"I said we won't be training today anyway..."

Li Qingqing, who was pushed to the chest by Hu Lai, had no choice but to push him away: "If you don't train, I still have to train!"

Hu Lai, who was pushed away, had no choice but to collapse on the bed, watching with some regret that his sweetheart sat up and turned her back to him naked.

Then he discovered that it was wonderful to appreciate those graceful curves like this.

As an athlete, Li Qingqing manages her figure very well. There is really no extra fat on her body, making her look like a perfect statue of art.

Hu Lai simply half-propped his body, tilted his head and admired it quietly.

Until Li Qingqing put on her clothes and found no movement behind her, she thought Hu Lai was angry after being pushed away...

As a result, when I turned around, I saw him looking at me dreamily.

Li Qingqing's face turned red instantly.

But my heart is very sweet.

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When Hulay came to the Casa training base, the atmosphere in the locker room was more relaxed than usual.

Everyone did not change clothes, but wore casual clothes.

Waiting for the draw.

After everyone was gathered, the three captains organized the drawing of lots in the locker room.

What lot will be drawn?

Let’s get everyone involved in grassroots projects.

This year there are three projects: factories, nursing homes, and cafes.

Going to a nursing home is the easiest, going to a factory is the most tiring, and going to a cafe is the most trivial.

Who goes to which project depends entirely on luck.

You can go wherever you draw, you can't be picky.

Absolutely fair and impartial.

In the end, Hu Lai got the chance to work as a waiter in a cafe.

In addition to him, Maxi Carey is also among them.

They were both chosen to be waiters in a café.

This made Hu Lai very curious - he wanted to see how this proud guy could serve as a waiter.

result……

Unexpectedly, Maxi Carey is very comfortable in the cafe and very popular.

When facing the fans, the Dutch superstar always smiles, like the spring breeze blowing on his face.

His appearance is not bad. He is tall and slender. His height of 1.9 meters and fiery red hair make him stand out in the crowd.

Now he is carrying a dinner plate filled with various drinks and shuttles through the fan cafe, delivering the coffee ordered by the fans to every table.

And it's not just as simple as bringing coffee to others. After bringing it, he will always hold an empty plate and chat with the other person, always with a smile on his face.

This kind of smile is not the kind of professional fake smile that is perfunctory and agreeable, but a genuine smile.

It can be seen that he is at ease here and is in a very good mood.

Hu Lai was stunned. He didn't expect that this superstar with a special personality would be able to mingle with the fans...

Joaquin Vela, the third captain of the team, saw Hu Lai behind the bar always glancing at Carey, and asked: "What's the matter, Hu?"

"Kyrie...seems to be very popular among fans."

"Ah, of course. He is our number one star, and it is normal for him to be popular. He has been the number one contributor to the recent championships we have won..." At this point, Bella suddenly reacted - Hu Lai Are you envious of Kyrie's popularity among Pirates fans?

So Bella comforted him with a smile: "With your ability, you will be popular with the fans as long as you play a few games. Moreover, you are already popular, ha!"

He was talking about Hulay's two rejections of the King of Madrid.

In the minds of Madrid Pirates fans, whoever doesn't give face to the King is their Pirates' friend.

This kind of thinking is extreme and sometimes wrong.

But the majority of Madrid Pirates fans recognize this.

It can even be said that this is the "legal principle" where they and the King of Madrid are fighting to the death.

Those who do not rebel against the king are not worthy of being pirates!

Therefore, fans of the Madrid Kings can accept the transfer of Pirates players to their Kings. After all, this is considered a "recruitment" in a sense. Of course, they will also object and be unhappy when the Kings' players go to the Pirates, but the level of dissatisfaction is far less than that of the Madrid Pirates fans when their players transfer to the Madrid Kings.

Madrid Pirates fans are very, very disgusted with their players switching to the Madrid Kings. It can even be said to be hateful - it is not possible to directly transfer from the Pirates to the Kings. Even players who have been Pirates cannot transfer to other clubs to the Kings.

To Pirates fans, this amounts to betrayal of class.

How can workers surrender to the king?

During the First and Second Republics, did the workers suffer from such evil consequences?

"Kyrie seems to like to be in contact with fans?" Hu Lai asked his question.

“Every Heritage Day, he’s the most positive,” Bella said. "Maxi is actually a good person. He is just a bit extreme sometimes, but if you have more contact with him, you will find that he is actually not a bad person..."

Bella still hopes to ease the relationship between the two.

Although it seems that Hu Lai doesn't have any resentment or dissatisfaction with Kaili.

But who knows what he is thinking?

As the captain of the team, even if he is the third captain, Joaquin Vela still has to shoulder his responsibility and try his best to deal with the instability within the team.

He didn't tell any lies.

Maxi Carey really isn't a bad person.

Otherwise, with such an outstanding personality, how could he have played for the Pirates for seven years and still have such a high reputation and status among the fans?

But for Hu Lai, it doesn't matter whether Maxi Carey is a bad guy or a good guy, because the two of them are competitors.

The competition may not be for position on the field, but who is the top star of this team...

Hu Lai was observing Kaili when a customer came up to him to take an order: "Please give me a cappuccino, Hu!"

After Hu Lai ordered for him, the other party took out his mobile phone, but not to pay the bill, but to take a selfie with Hu Lai.

Hu Lai naturally satisfied the other party's request with a smile.

The other party gave up his seat with satisfaction, and immediately another person came from behind to order Hu Lai's food and take a photo with him.

When ordering food with Hu Lai, he gave him a thumbs up: "I'm glad you didn't go to the Kings, Hu! Although you haven't played for the Pirates yet, I believe you can succeed here!"

"Thank you, I will try my best." Hulay replied in Spanish.

As Joaquin said, I am also very popular among Madrid fans...

He laughed.

The other party laughed and said: "Haha! I learned your Chinese cheering slogan..."

After saying that, he waved his fist and shouted in a very bad voice: "Hu Lai! Lin Biao!!"

The smile on Hu Lai's face solidified.