Fox in the Penalty Area

"Director Wang, in an interview after the game, Hu Lai accused you of deliberately kicking and hurting his father Hu Lixin when he was playing in Baishan Tianchi. Is this really the case?"

Wang Xianke was stunned when he heard the question from the reporter who was randomly selected.

And the reporters who observed him off the stage also saw his reaction in their eyes and kept it in their hearts.

He was dazed, not puzzled.

It shows that there is such a thing!

big news! big news! Definitely big news!

The hearts of many reporters climaxed instantly.

At the same time as the reporters' hearts were climaxing, Wang Xianke's brain also sounded the alarm.

I expected it!

Hu Lai, that little bastard!

Oh shit!

He actually... How dare he say this in an interview after the game!

The madman!

At this time, Wang Xianke had forgotten that Hu Lai had done this once before...

But that's not the point. The point is that now that the reporter came to him with this question, what should he do?

Continue to be so dazed?

What impression will that leave in the minds of the reporters?

Shake your head in denial?

Of course not.

At this time, Wang Xianke was very fortunate that he had made a plan for this possible situation.

So he quickly came back to his senses, looked at the reporter who asked the question, frowned, and his expression became a little bit painful, as if recalling the unbearable past.

He noticed that some reporters had already pressed the shutter, which meant that his expression would be frozen into a photo.

After finishing all this, he replied in a low tone: "I am ashamed... Yes, Hu Lixin and I are indeed teammates of Baishan Tianchi. We were both players in the reserve team at that time... During a training session, I was a little anxious , accidentally injured him with a shovel...I have never talked about this matter. Although it was an accident, I have always felt guilty and felt that I was the culprit for his early retirement. I don't know what to do How to face all this, so... I'm sorry, and I also understand how angry Hu Lai, as Hu Lixin's son, was after knowing this. No matter what he thinks of me, I can understand, and I won't expect myself I was forgiven, but I still want to say to him: I'm sorry!"

Speaking of this, Wang Xianke simply stood up from his seat and bowed to the crowd of cameras!

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"Fuck, what's going on!" Flash star player Han Xiangfei who had just boarded the bus exclaimed, staring at the picture of Wang Xianke bowing to the camera on his mobile phone, and then read the text aloud: "Golden Arrow coach Wang Xianke admits that he once I accidentally kicked Hu Lai's father during training..."

He turned his head and stared at Hu Lai who was sitting three rows behind him.

This sound also alarmed all the flashing star players in the car.

They just patronized to celebrate winning the championship, and no one knew what Hu Lai said to the media camera during the interview.

So now when they suddenly heard Han Xiangfei say that, everyone was stunned.

"What? What's the situation?"

"What the hell?!"

"Wang Xianke kicked Hu Lai's father?!"

Everyone turned their attention to Hu Lai, and even Wan Guangwei, who was sitting next to Hu Lai, turned his head and looked at his roommate—he had never heard of such a thing.

Qin Lin got up from his seat, looked in Hu Lai's direction and asked loudly, "What's going on, Hu Lai?"

Even Zhao Kangming and Chen Mo, who were sitting at the front of the coaching staff, got up from their seats and looked back.

Under the collective gaze of everyone, Hu Lai raised his hand and got up from his seat and said, "It's nothing, it's just that my dad and Wang Xianke used to be teammates in the Baishan Tianchi reserve team, and then in order to compete for a place in the first team, Wang Xianke was training. play tricks,

Deliberately kicked my dad's knee..."

Hu Lai briefly told his teammates what he heard about the matter when he quarreled with his father when he decided to play professional football.

What he said was very simple, but everyone who heard it was shocked.

Zhao Kangming even walked up to him directly, and asked him very seriously: "Is there any evidence for what you say, Hu Lai?"

Hu Lai spread his hands together: "It happened almost thirty years ago, what evidence can there be? People have said that it was careless, it was a training accident - Wang Xianke used this excuse once before."

"Yeah, all kinds of accidents will happen in training...not to mention in training, even in games, it is normal to have serious injuries. So you accuse someone with a high status in Chinese football like that Your champion coach, aren't you afraid of getting yourself into trouble?" Zhao Kangming's expression was solemn.

"Director Zhao, that's my dad." Hu Lai looked at Zhao Kangming and said with a smile, "My dad has been wronged, and my son collects debts for him. Would I still consider such a thing?"

"Well said!" Wang Guangwei stood up beside Hu Lai, standing side by side with Hu Lai, to show that he and Hu Lai were definitely on the same front.

"I said, why is your father so opposed to your playing football? It turns out that he suffered such a serious injury in football..." Zhang Qinghuan naturally heard Hu Lai's stories about him, and knew that Hu Lai's father once strongly opposed him playing football. , so he finally borrowed money to understand and leave, and went to the Poseidon Club to receive professional football training.

Then he patted Hu Lai on the shoulder: "I believe what you said, Hu Lai."

"I..." Chen Xingyi had just recovered from the shock. He never thought that the head coach of his future team would be the culprit who caused Hu Lai's father to be so miserable. He also belonged to the Flash Star team. The most embarrassing situation is now. But he still got up from his seat, "I don't know if it's true, but I also believe in Hu Lai. Although he is usually very unreliable, he never lies about such big matters."

"I also believe in Hu Lai!" Han Xiangfei raised his hand.

"Me too!" Some teammates raised their hands.

More and more people raised their arms.

"I believe in Hu Lai!" "Me too!" Such voices echoed in the carriage.

Chen Mo couldn't bear it anymore, he shouted: "What are you doing?! What are you doing?"

The team members didn't speak, just looked at him and Zhao Kangming beside him.

Chen Mo stared at them: "What are you doing? Afraid that we will blame Hu Lai? Let me tell you..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhao Kangming who was next to him patting his shoulder: "Okay, old Chen."

Then Zhao Kangming looked into Hu Lai's eyes, and Hu Lai looked at him too.

"I don't know if this is true, Hu Lai. You have said that there is no evidence. If someone asks you to produce evidence, I think you will be very passive. After all, Wang Xianke is the leader in domestic football. Influence and connections ... the odds are going to swing against you."

"I don't care, Director Zhao." Hu Lai smiled. "I thought about it before I did this. Compared with Wang Xianke, I am a soft-spoken person. But I can't stop talking because of this. My father has buried this matter in his heart for almost 30 years, and even my mother has never said anything about it." I know... He may have also considered the huge gap between the two people's status, so he chose to keep his mouth shut. But I don't care about that. Now that I know, I will expose this matter. As for the others Say me, whatever they want. Anyway, if I keep holding back my heart, I won’t be able to breathe well here.”

He patted his heart.

Zhao Kangming shook his head, then sighed: "You boy... I will communicate with the club, but now I don't know what attitude the club will take on this matter. If there is any pressure, whether the club can withstand it It's hard to say..."

Hu Lai nodded quickly: "I know, I know, I understand, Director Zhao..."

"Listen to me!" Zhao Kangming interrupted him in turn, "The club is the club, and the team is the team. I make a promise to you, Hu Lai. As the head coach of the Shining Star football team, I protect myself No matter what the outside world says, I will help you bear the pressure. He, Wang Xianke, has some status in the circle. Doesn’t it mean that I, Zhao Kangming, don’t?”

"Zhao guides you..." Hu Lai was stunned.

"It just so happens that I have something to do with it." Qin Lin, the last big man in Chinese football who had been standing by the side, said with a smile.

"Brother Lin..." Hu Lai looked at Qin Lin again.

"No matter what happens, Hu Lai. The team will be your backing, we are a collective." Captain Li Tielin also expressed his support for Hu Lai. "You helped us win this trophy. There is no reason for us to ignore you when you are in trouble."

He patted the FA Cup on the seat next to him.

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After the game, Hu Lai accused Wang Xianke of being the culprit for his father's early retirement, and even said that Wang Xianke had abolished his father on purpose.

This matter quickly became the focus of everyone's attention after the FA Cup final.

The attention has even surpassed the issue of the ownership of the FA Cup champion.

There are also various WeChat groups and QQ groups on Weibo, Zhihu, Internet forums, and discussions on this matter are everywhere.

Everyone was shocked by this news at first, and couldn't recover for a long time.

Wang Xianke is famous and known to everyone in Chinese football. He is considered to be a leader among the coaches of the Mesozoic generation. He has risen rapidly and is considered to be the best successor to the head coach of the Chinese national team in the future.

He successively led Shanhai Sailor and Dashun Golden Arrow to win the Chinese Super League championship, and also led Chuannan Hongshui to win the FA Cup. He is currently the one who has won the most championships among local coaches.

He runs the army with an iron fist, has a brilliant record, is in the rising period of his career, and has a bright future in the future. It is considered by some media that he is likely to become the godfather of Chinese football in the future.

As a result, such a person was suddenly accused by the young player Hu Lai of having sportsmanship problems.

Everyone knows that Hu Lai, who was originally unknown, rose to fame in the East Asian Cup and became an "anti-Korean hero" who helped Chinese football break the 41-year-old fear of Korea. He also broke the single-season scoring record in the Chinese League One this season, became the player with the most goals scored in a single season in the history of the FA Cup, and the first player to complete a hat-trick in the FA Cup final .

It can even be said that the flashing star was able to reverse the Golden Arrow at home, and Hu Lai contributed the most and is the number one contributor.

Without Hu Lai, Flash Star might not have won the FA Cup at all.

Based on his performance this season, everyone is very optimistic that he will be selected for the national team in the future. Naturally, the future is boundless.

Would such a person bite like a mad dog in order to frame a champion coach in Chinese football?

If it wasn't true, wouldn't he have ruined his reputation?

There was an immediate debate online about this.

In fact, both Hu Lixin and Zhao Kangming underestimated Hu Lai's current influence.

Especially just after the FA Cup final, Hu Lai's hat-trick and the upside-down golden hook in the final, it is not a problem to say that his personal influence is at the second climax after the East Asian Cup.

So at least on the Internet, it's not one-sided.

It is normal for some people to support Wang Xianke. After all, Wang Xianke has been famous for many years and has always been a respected figure in Chinese football. Those who support Wang Xianke are mostly media reporters and sports big V.

However, in the disputes that Hu Lai provoked on his own initiative, many people chose to support Hu Lai.

Most of them are ordinary fans. In terms of influence, they are not as influential as those media reporters and sports big V, but they are more successful.

Weibo, Net, Zhihu... There are battlefields everywhere.

During the quarrel, those who supported Hu Lai raised a very powerful rhetorical question: "If Hu Lai is really lying, why should he lie? If he loses the FA Cup final, he will pour dirty water on Wang Xianke for the purpose of venting his anger." , then we can more or less understand it. But the winner of the FA Cup is clearly him. Isn’t it annoying to say that after winning all the wins? Then why would he do this? You keep saying that Hu Lai is lying, who can tell Explain to us why he lied?"

This question caught many Wang Xianke's supporters.

Yeah, why would he lie? What is he trying to do by telling this lie and pushing himself to the forefront? Does it do him any good?

If this question cannot be answered, there is no way to accuse Hu Lai of framing Wang Xianke.

But there are always people who are more flexible and good at associating. For example, a sports reporter named Qin Bo put forward such an explanation: "Hu Lai didn't lie, doesn't it mean that his father can't lie? I believe his father is indeed training Zhong was kicked and injured by Wang Xianke, and he retired because of this. We all know that after Hu Lixin retired, he achieved nothing and could only work as a security guard. It is conceivable that the life of a security guard must not be much better. Compared with Wang Xianke, who is now successful and famous, it is naturally The difference between cloud and mud. Then Hu Lixin resented this, and always believed that Wang Xianke caused him to be injured and retired, which made him fall to where he is today. Under the long-term resentment, Hu Lixin, who was unwilling to accept failure, treated his son They made up a story about Wang Xianke intentionally hurting him, hoping that his son could defeat Wang Xianke in the FA Cup final and avenge him... Think about it, everyone, Hu Lai is Hu Lixin's son, of course he believed in his father, so he Just take a loser's story as the truth..."

Needless to say, this set of words is logical and has no loopholes. It really puts forward a very possible idea from a very tricky angle.

If Hu Lai hadn't gotten the truth from the system, he might have been taken aback for a while.

After all, what this sports reporter named Qin Bo said is really possible. He explained this possibility as reasonable. A person who is not willing to accept his own failure and is unwilling to accept the fact that his luck is not good can only point out the hatred Aimed at Wang Xianke, a winner in life, the pink-eye Loser image was established by him.

Many supporters of Wang Xianke were immediately motivated and asked Hu Lai to present evidence.

"In today's society ruled by law, everything must be based on evidence!"

"You just believe what Hu Lai says, what if Hu Lai tells you to eat shit? A bunch of stupid fans!"

"Hu Lai is drifting away. He got carried away after winning the FA Cup. He doesn't know what his last name is. Hehe."

"I think Hu Lai is also a victim... The most abominable thing in this matter is actually Hu Lai's father, an insidious and cunning villain. In order to satisfy his dark desire for revenge, he did not hesitate to use his own son. Use him as a gunman! Will this kind of father keep the New Year if he doesn't cut off the relationship!"

On this basis, an article introducing those accidental injuries during training appeared on major media platforms the next day.

It seems to be rubbing the heat, but in fact it is secretly instilling such a concept in everyone-injuries in training are very common, even if the injury is more serious and bizarre, it is not unbelievable. These injuries were accidents, part of football.

So Hu Lai's father, Hu Lixin, was injured in training and retired. Although it was a very unfortunate thing, it has nothing to do with Wang Xianke intentionally hurting him...

Once many people agree with this point of view, they will naturally feel that Hu Lai's accusation is nonsense.

This is a very clever plan to save the country with curves, instead of directly telling the audience that Wang Xianke is innocent, because that may arouse people's rebellious psychology.

Later, some people followed Qin Bo's "hypothesis" and continued to make Hu Lixin a persona, leaning him in the direction of a "loser who is jealous of success", saying that he deceived his son, and some even said that Hu Lixin was just Treat your son as a money-making tool...

It seems to be sympathizing with Hu Lai between the lines, feeling that his native family has brought him great pain, but in fact it is just besieging Wei and saving Zhao.

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"Fucking...it's too much!" Xie Lan's hand holding the phone was shaking.

It's Monday, but neither she nor her husband is at work because they both know what's going on out there right now.

If they go to the unit, they will definitely become the focus of discussion.

"I told you everything, so you don't read those posts on the Internet..." Hu Lixin was speechless.

Why didn't the two of them ask for leave together today? Isn't it just to avoid contact with outside voices?

"It's so boring at home..." Xie Lan put down the phone, took a deep breath, and managed to calm down his emotions.

"Do you know why I didn't say it? Is it useful?" Hu Lixin spread his hands. "The most important thing is that we have no evidence. Before he came to me, he didn't tell anyone that he would abolish me. Even if his movements in training were a little bigger, which aroused suspicion, it would be useless without evidence... "

Xie Lan sat on the sofa and sulked.

Hu Lixin sat next to her without saying a word, just sitting quietly with her.

"Aren't you angry? Those people on the Internet say that about you?" Xie Lan gave her husband a blank look.

"Is it useful to be angry? Besides, talking about it online won't hurt me..."

"How can it not hurt you? Your image is ruined, what do others think of you? What about your work?"

"Didn't you always want me to quit being a security guard?"

Xie Lan was speechless for a moment when Hu Lixin asked her back.

"It's Hu Lai, he's caused a lot of trouble..." Hu Lixin sighed, expressing his concern for his son rarely in front of his wife.

"Big trouble? Will that Wang Xianke sue our son? Send our son to jail?" Xie Lan suddenly became nervous.

Hu Lixin thought for a while, then shook his head: "That's not the case. Didn't you read Wang Xianke's statement at the press conference? He put his attitude down very low, saying that he didn't care what Hu Lai thought of it, and He said that he did not expect to be forgiven. It is completely a posture that he will not fight back. I think it may be because of his behavior that many people in the public opinion support him. But if he wants to sue Hu Lai, then the image he has worked so hard to build will be over...I think Wang Xianke, who is good at calculating, will not make such a mistake."

Xie Lan used to listen to her husband calmly analyze the football situation for her. Most of the time, the results of her husband's calm analysis were always dissatisfied with her, and she felt that she was playing against her.

But this time, she especially hoped that the result of her husband's analysis was correct.

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The car shared by Hu Lai, Wang Guangwei, and Zhang Qinghuan was blocked by reporters swarming in just after they drove out of the training base.

At that time, the speed of the car was not fast, which happened to give the reporters a chance to surround them.

Wang Guangwei was afraid of bumping into someone, so he had to stop.

Wang Guangwei looked at the reporters surrounding the car and said nervously, "Hu Lai, ignore them, if not, let's call the police... Hey, what are you doing?"

As a result, before he could finish his sentence, he saw Hu Lai open the car window, exposing himself to the media cameras.

Seeing this, the reporters got excited and threw the microphones and questions together. There was actually only one question they were most concerned about, so there was only one question they asked in a hurry:

"Hu Lai, you accused Wang Xianke of kicking and injuring your father...do you have evidence?"

Hu Lai shook his head: "I have no evidence."

"This..." Seeing Hu Lai's straightforward answer, many reporters looked at each other in blank dismay.

Among the reporters, Chen Jianyu was even more anxious. He knew that what Hu Lai said would be bad for him...

"Since there is no evidence, then you are making groundless accusations..." Sure enough, a reporter's question smelled like gunpowder.

But Hu Lai smiled: "Yes, I have no evidence. But as I said yesterday, I know what's going on with this matter, and I believe Director Wang also knows what's going on in his heart. He won't admit it It doesn't matter."

He paused at this point, the reporters looked at him quietly, and the cameras, mobile phones and SLR cameras were all aimed at him. He knew that every word he said would be recorded, so he continued.

"My dad kept silent at the beginning because he knew that no one would believe what an ordinary person said. I don't care if you believe what I said, but I put it here..." He pointed down . "It's fair that others can't give it. It doesn't matter. I will give it. We are going to the Super League next season. Isn't Director Wang also in the Super League? Just right, once I meet Director Wang, I will play once, just like yesterday's game Same. Instructing Wang, you’d better never admit it, or I’ll be too embarrassed to do anything cruel!”

Facing countless cameras, Hu Lai smiled very sincerely.