Fox in the Penalty Area

Hu Lai has already planned everything. After the match against Wuzhou Dongshan, it happens to be the offseason of the league. If there is no game in the future, even if he asks for leave and returns to the team a day later, it's no big deal.

I believe it is not difficult to ask for a leave based on his friendship with Lao Zhao.

Then he followed the big army from Wuzhou to Shanhai. In Shanhai, he left the team to find Li Qingqing, gave them the things, and then invited him to have a meal. During the meal, he told Li Qingqing some jokes to make her happy, and don't remind her of being injured. Boring things.

After dinner, I probably won't be able to catch the plane, so I'll find a nearby hotel to stay for one night, and then fly to Jincheng the next day.

Perfect.

After making such a plan, Hu Lai went to Zhao Kangming to ask for leave the next day.

"Are you going to return to the team a day late?"

Zhao Kangming was somewhat surprised, not to say that this kind of leave should not be asked, it cannot be asked, but Hu Lai never asked for such leave before. First, he doesn't have a girlfriend, and second, he doesn't like going to nightclubs. He always goes away with the team and comes back with the team. Although he is already a professional player with an annual income of 1.8 million, his life is as simple as a child.

Playing a game with Zhang Qinghuan, Wang Guangwei and the others is considered entertainment.

Up to now, there are not many famous brands on his body. Others are carrying bags of Louis Vuitton, Gucci, and Hermes. When he goes out for training and away games, he still carries a bag of a sports brand...

Clothes and shoes are also brands of popular fast-moving consumer goods.

Just such a person proposed to him to return to the team one day late after the game. Zhao Kangming couldn't help being surprised and curious: "Why?"

"Uh, I have a friend in Shanhai, I'm going to visit..." Hu Lai explained.

Just to see friends... Zhao Kangming nodded: "Okay, you are allowed to return to the team one day later. Although there will be no games, the team will not be disbanded directly, so you still have to come back for training, do you hear me?"

Hu Lai nodded again and again: "I got it, I got it, thank you Director Zhao!"

Just as he planned, it was not difficult at all to ask Director Zhao for leave.

Just this is the most difficult part of his whole plan, and the rest are completely worthless.

He even bought a ticket in advance to return to Jincheng the next afternoon after the game.

Everything is ready, just the game!

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"Hey, Dad? Why are you here?" Li Qingqing, who was lying in the ward, widened her eyes and looked at Li Ziqiang who walked into the ward with Uncle Yang in surprise.

"Should I not come?" Li Ziqiang asked with a straight face.

"Uh... no, don't you still have a job? That school team..."

"The college entrance examination is coming soon. The football team's training has stopped. I'm the school team coach. The school team doesn't practice anymore. What should I do with it?" Li Ziqiang walked to his daughter and found that there was still a hair in the middle of her hair. grass clippings...

He raised his hand to the top of his daughter's head.

Li Qingqing thought that his father was going to touch his head, so he flinched a little, but his father didn't do that. When he retracted his hand again, there was already an extra grass clipping.

"Ah, I didn't take a shower after the match yesterday..." Li Qingqing blushed when she saw this.

Her right thigh hurt all night last night, and she didn't even sleep well, so how could she take a bath?

If it weren't for the presence of a nurse, it would be inconvenient for her to go to the toilet.

Li Ziqiang threw the grass clippings on the ground, then bent down to observe his daughter's injury, and found that the bandage had been wrapped there.

"Pressure bandage." Yang Mingwei next to him explained, "It's a little bruised, but it's okay, it's not serious."

After a muscle strain, because the muscle fibers are torn, there will be some bleeding, which penetrates into the skin and causes a bruise.

Hearing what his old friend said, Li Ziqiang's expression did not relax at all, and he even frowned.

If there are bruises, it means that the muscles are broken. Even after recovery, it will affect the explosive power of the thighs, because the broken parts will not grow back by themselves, at most it will not hurt.

Although Lao Yang said it was not serious, no matter how serious it was, it would still have an impact.

This means that even if her daughter recovers, her speed and explosive power may both decrease...

And if the recovery is not good, leading to the recurrence of old injuries, repeated strains in one place, the more muscle fibers are broken, the more serious it becomes, and it will become a chronic disease, and eventually Li Qingqing's speed and explosive power will be completely lost.

That was what Li Ziqiang was most worried about.

Speed ​​and explosive power have always been the key qualities for Li Qingqing to stand out. Li Qingqing, who has lost her explosive power and speed, no matter how delicate her feet are, she is at best an excellent female football player...

While Li Ziqiang was still worried about his daughter's injury, Li Qingqing was wondering whether to tell Hu Lai the news of his father's arrival, because according to the plan they discussed, Hu Lai would come to her the day after tomorrow.

It turned out that what she thought was that she was alone, and Hu Lai would come if she wanted to.

Now that Dad is here... When Hu Lai came to the house and found his school team coach in the room, would he suspect that he had gone to the wrong place?

And most importantly, if his father knew that Hu Lai was looking for his daughter, would he think too much?

After thinking about it, for a few moments, Li Qingqing wanted Hu Lai to stop coming.

But when the words came to her lips, she still didn't send the news.

She thought that Hu Lai and I were classmates in high school, and we participated in the East Asian Cup together, and we took a group photo in front of so many people, so I was injured, and he came to see me, isn't it normal?

Why should I have the idea of ​​"being a thief with a guilty conscience"?

Thinking of this, Li Qingqing decided to pretend nothing happened.

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Game day is fast approaching.

Anton Flash Star challenged Wuzhou Dongshan away.

Wuzhou Dongshan was lucky enough to avoid relegation at the last moment of last season and was able to stay in the Chinese Premier League.

And there is also a story between them and Shining Star - in the game last season, Wuzhou Dongshan's midfielder Yuan Yue made a rough foul, which caused Zhang Qinghuan to be injured.

It also led to a series of things that happened next, and finally brought Zhang Qinghuan's prodigal son back.

Of course, few people will think that these things are due to Wuzhou Dongshan...

Yuan Yue was not able to enter the starting list in this game, because he strained his inner thigh muscle in a training two weeks ago, and he is still recovering from the injury.

On the one hand, Zhang Qinghuan's fans were happy about this, thinking that this was Yuan Yue's retribution, but on the other hand, they were very sorry, because their family Qinghuan couldn't blow Yuan Yue's head off on the court.

Wuzhou Dongshan, who was lucky enough to avoid relegation last season, changed the head coach and introduced new players after some operations during the transfer period. His performance so far this season is not bad, and he is temporarily ranked 12th in the league. If he can maintain this performance, then fans of Wuzhou Dongshan this season should not have to worry that the team will get away with relegation at the last moment.

Although Wuzhou Dongshan's performance this season is much better than last season, it is still not enough in front of the more powerful Shining Stars. After all, they are not the only team that has become stronger.

Zhang Qinghuan wondered if when he saw this opponent, he recalled the unbearable years of last season...

Anyway, he became the protagonist in this game.

One goal, two assists, and the three goals of Flash Star are all related to him.

Hou Lai received his assist and scored his ninth league goal of the season.

In the end, Shining Star defeated Wuzhou Dongshan 3:1 in the away game. When the offseason came, they had six wins, three draws and one loss in the league, temporarily ranking third.

With this result and performance, it is hoped that they will compete for the top spot at the end of the season.

After the game, the commentator of Anton Satellite TV happily talked with the guest Lu Guanlin about the team's prospects for the Super League, and many Anton Star fans in front of the TV were yearning for it.

How many years has Anton Football been without a top league team?

When Xingcheng was disbanded, it had not played in the top league for two years.

After doing the math, Anton has not had a football team that has participated in China's top professional leagues for twenty years. So many people think that Anton people don’t need football as a recreational activity. When the old sports center was demolished, people in Jincheng sang and danced, and mahjong was rubbing loudly. No one wanted to remember it. Take a look at the past years of Anton football.

The once famous gold medal market of Chinese football was vigorous when it was born, but it was silent when it died.

Anton's football did not keep up with the growing spiritual and cultural needs of the people of Anton and Jincheng, and was abandoned by the times...

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At the high-speed railway hub in Shanhai, Hu Lai bid farewell to his teammates. He was the only one in the team who did not return to Jincheng with the team, so he naturally became the focus of everyone's attention.

"What? Hu Lai won't go back with us?"

"What? Hu Lai stayed in Shanhai alone?"

"He said he was looking for a friend..."

"Huh? Hu Lai is actually going to Shanhai to find a girlfriend?"

"Shocked! Hu Lai left the team and stayed in the mountains and seas to have a private meeting with a beautiful woman!"

"Hu Lai, you can do it, you quietly found a girlfriend in Shanhai..."

"You sister! I'm going to meet my friends! Don't use your greasy thoughts to guess the young me!" Hu Lai was furious.

Everyone laughed.

Zhang Qinghuan put her arms around Hu Lai: "Don't be shy, little Huhu. It's not shameful to find a girlfriend, but is it a shame to pursue love? There are so many human writers who have created so many stories that eulogize love. What's there to be ashamed of? Tell me, big brother Tell us squarely who your girlfriend is?"

"It's your sister!" Hu Lai shook off Zhang Qinghuan's arm, then turned around and left. If he stayed a little longer, the rumors would have turned into him going to the mountains and seas to meet his illegitimate son... This group of people who have no bottom line shameless!

"You have a good idea! If I have a younger sister, I must keep her away from you!" Zhang Qinghuan shouted to him from behind.

It made everyone in the team laugh again.

Amidst the roar of laughter, Hu Lai fled in despair.

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According to the address given by Li Qingqing, Hu Lai found the house she was renting.

For him who came here for the first time, it was not easy. He was navigating with a map, and asked for directions... In the end, he also met an old Shanhai person, who was very enthusiastic, that is, he spoke a Shanhai dialect. He couldn't understand it at all. But seeing the old man's legs and feet being inconvenient, Hu Lai could only nod his head to show that he understands, understands, understands...

In this way, he walked around the area where Li Qingqing rented three times, and finally found a gate that he could enter.

Fortunately, the management of this community is not strict, and visitors are not required to register, otherwise it will be more troublesome.

To be honest, looking at this community full of life in the city, Hu Lai immediately thought of the community he rented in Liucheng and Wang Guangwei, which had the same effect.

After groping in the community for a while, I found the specific building and unit door.

Now Hu Lai, who has overcome all difficulties, is standing outside the security door, ready to knock on the door.

The reason why it was so difficult to find was also because he didn't tell Li Qingqing in WeChat that he was here. Naturally, this was intended to surprise her...

After knocking on the door, there were footsteps inside, and then the door opened.

When the door was opened, Hu Lai jumped out from the side: "Sappuriai... eh?"

He saw Li Ziqiang standing in the door.

He also saw that the surprised expression on Coach Li's face gradually subsided, and that face gradually returned to the state he was familiar with - staring at him with a straight face.

Looking at Coach Li's black face with no waves, Hu Lai thought of this sentence:

When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes into you.