Fox in the Penalty Area

Hu Lai sat in front of his desk, the door behind him was closed tightly, and no sound from outside could be heard - at this time, Mom and Dad must have closed the door of their bedroom to watch TV inside.

He looked down at his right wrist, which was bare and clean without any decorations.

The red bracelet disappeared after the game, and he didn't even know when it disappeared or how.

At that time, he didn't have time to think about it, but now he wondered why Luo Kai's shot hit the goal post, it didn't fly outside the baseline, and it didn't fly to other places, but it happened to land on him.

It's not that it shouldn't fall here, it's just that there is a probability that the football will fall anywhere, and the probability of it falling right at his feet should be very low.

But the football flew to his feet.

So this should be a sign of good luck.

The reason why Hu Lai can think so is of course because he wore a bracelet called "Lover's Red String" for himself when he played. The function of this bracelet is to improve his luck in the game.

Of course, Hu Lai will definitely not publicly admit that he scored the goal by luck.

Besides, even if the ball bounced in front of him due to luck, he ran into the empty space first. If someone else is in the center circle, even if they are lucky, can Luo Kai's shot make the football hit the post and bounce back into the center circle?

So in the final analysis, it is strength, and luck is also part of strength!

Hu Lai confirmed this idea in his heart.

Then I remembered that after he scored a goal, the system also reminded him that the task was completed, and at the same time told him that the system was being upgraded and could not be accessed.

The upgrade should be done by now, right?

Thinking of this, Hu Lai entered the system, intending to see what the upgraded system would look like.

As a result, as soon as he entered the system, he received a notification: "The system upgrade has been completed. Congratulations to star Hu Lai. From now on, all your goals in official games will be automatically converted into points. One goal can be converted into one hundred points." .”

Hu Lai was stunned, what about this operation?

He always thought that points could only be obtained by completing tasks, but he didn't expect that goals can also be converted into points now.

Although a goal is worth 100 points, the accumulation of a little makes a lot.

Besides, Hu Lai firmly believes that he will score many goals in the future, and these goals will be converted into points.

Then he took a look at his points, and found that it had changed from the previous six thousand to seven thousand one hundred. In addition to the one thousand points rewarded by the mission, there was an additional hundred points.

And the [Lover's Red String] in his storage space disappeared completely because it had been used up.

But in the official mall, Hu Lai saw this [Lover's Red String] quietly placed next to the [World Wave Experience Card], priced at 10,000 points.

Sure enough, only after using the item, the item will appear in the official mall and can be purchased with points.

But another question quickly popped up in Hu Lai's mind: Then why didn't they appear in the official shopping mall after he had already used the two things [Marrow Cleansing Potion] and [Smart Potion]?

Could it be that... these two things cannot be bought with points? Can only rely on lottery or mission rewards?

Hu Lai's face collapsed at the thought of the lottery draw. Numerous previous facts have proved that his luck in the lottery is not very good, even if he has spent all the points on hand, he will not be able to draw a bottle of [Marrow Cleansing Potion] or [Smart Potion].

He just didn't know whether the two primary training scrolls of different items that he hadn't used yet could be bought in the mall after using them. If points can be exchanged, then his current points cannot be randomly used for lottery draws.

A primary training scroll can only take effect in ten training sessions,

But his training sessions are more than ten lessons. If he wanted to obtain a steady stream of training bonuses, he would naturally need to use his points to buy those training scrolls.

But that's all for the future. Now for Hu Lai, the most important thing is whether there are two more charming bunny girls next to the big turntable for the lottery after the system upgrade.

He entered the lottery interface.

The big turntable with a marquee was alone in the interface, and Hu Lai looked at each other in blank dismay.

No bunny girls, no sexy dealers, nothing, exactly the same as before the upgrade.

Simple, shabby.

It was only then that Hu Lai realized that the so-called system upgrade was just an upgrade of the function of automatically exchanging points for goals?

So you have the nerve to say that you are an upgrade?

There is just one more small function, that is called patching, okay?

Also "system upgrade", what's the point of putting it here!

Because there is no bunny girl, Holly is very angry.

After exiting the system, he sighed heavily unwillingly.

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Li Qingqing took a shower in the bathroom and came out wiping her hair.

Then she saw her father sitting on the sofa in the living room, as if waiting for her.

"What's the matter, Dad?" she offered.

"Oh, it's like this, Qingqing. We've been here for three months, and you haven't had systematic training for almost half a year, right?"

Li Qingqing froze for a moment, not understanding why her father suddenly mentioned this matter.

In fact, when she decided to go back to Dongchuan with her father, she was mentally prepared to abandon women's football.

Because Dad offended someone at the original football school and couldn't stay any longer. So you have to resign and leave.

Although dad is dad and she is her, if dad loses his job, it doesn't mean she will be expelled from the football school. Not to mention that she is still the main core of the women's football team of the same age in that football school.

But Li Qingqing resolutely decided to drop out of school and chose to leave with her father.

Of course she knows that this decision means that she is likely to lose the opportunity to continue her studies in professional football. After all, it is the best football school in China, with the most professional coaching team and top-notch teaching facilities. It sends more than 100 outstanding youngsters of all ages to professional clubs every year, regardless of gender.

If there is no accident, she will continue to study in this school, and maybe in another year or two, she will join a professional women's football club and become a professional women's football player.

But an accident happened. She transferred to such an ordinary middle school with her father. Even the men's football team was facing reconstruction, and the women's football team was completely absent. She couldn't kick the ball all of a sudden.

Regarding this point, Li Qingqing had been mentally prepared for a long time.

She even thought about whether she should simply give up the path of becoming a women's football player.

Later, because she met Hu Lai, she was all focused on how to help Hu Lai, and she didn't pay much attention to her own situation.

As a result, my father suddenly said something, reminding her that she hasn't trained systematically for a long time. What does this mean?

Li Qingqing looked at her father suspiciously.

Seeing this, Li Ziqiang explained: "I don't think you can continue to be so desolate. There is no women's football team in Dongchuan Middle School, and you can't train with the men's team. So I asked you to find a women's football team outside. They Every Tuesday, three, four and five afternoon training games, the time does not conflict, it happens to be after school, the conditions are very suitable..."

While Li Ziqiang was talking, he stared at his daughter's face carefully, trying to see the subtle changes in her expression.

Sure enough, he saw hesitation on his daughter's face.

"This...Dad, don't worry, I'm fine now..."

Li Ziqiang put on a straight face when he heard the words: "Are you planning to give up the women's football career?"

Li Qingqing didn't say anything, but lowered her head.

"You have been practicing hard for so many years, and now you tell me you want to give up?" Li Qingqing heard her father's voice turn cold. "Are you worthy of your efforts over the years?"

Li Qingqing knew that his father was really angry, because he rarely spoke to himself in such a tone.

But Dad's heavy words were only one sentence, and then his tone eased a lot: "There are four afternoons of training every week, so as not to delay your studies, let you maintain your state, and I will slowly figure out a way for the next thing ...you can't really be a normal high school kid, coaching the middle school football team is mine, not yours, and you don't have to be tied to me."

"Dad, I'm not tied to you...I just want to come back to see my mother and your alma mater..." Li Qingqing retorted.

Li Ziqiang smiled and said, "Then you have seen it now?"

Li Qingqing opened his mouth, but in the end he still didn't say anything.

She knew that she couldn't have any objections at this time. Although her father usually loved her very much, in football, he was as stubborn as a tyrant—this was exactly the same as his image in the Dongchuan Middle School football team.

She squeezed a smile towards her father: "Okay, I will listen to you, Dad."

She really couldn't find any reason to reject her father.

Seeing his daughter nodding in agreement, Li Ziqiang smiled: "You have a very good talent, Qingqing, I just don't want this talent to be wasted like this."

"Well, I know, Dad. I'll go up then."

Li Ziqiang nodded, then watched his daughter step up the stairs, and then walked up to the second floor step by step.

"Good night, Dad." She turned around and waved to Li Ziqiang.

"Good night."

It wasn't until he heard the sound of his daughter's bedroom door closing that Li Ziqiang got up from the sofa in the living room, turned off the lights, and walked to his room.

As he closed the door, the light in the bedroom shrank a little bit, and finally disappeared completely in the living room.

Li Ziqiang, who returned to his room, sat down at the desk and let out a sigh of relief.

Hu Lai's performance in the training made him realize that his method of trying to get this kid to retreat in the face of difficulties would not work. Now that he not only got the chance to play, but even scored a goal by mistake, it is even more impossible for him to quit the team voluntarily.

At the same time, Hu Lai's performance made it impossible for Li Ziqiang to come up with any excuse to fire him.

Otherwise, a striker who just scored a goal in the qualifiers was fired by the head coach... How can he face the doubts of other players? At that time, people's hearts will be scattered, how can this team lead? Is he going to find another job again?

Of course not.

Since he couldn't move Hu Lai, he could only find a breakthrough from his own daughter.

Now, he finally managed to get his daughter away from Hu Lai, at least when he went home and finished eating, he didn't have to think about how to deal with his daughter's euphemistic question about Hu Lai...

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Li Qingqing was sitting on the bed with her legs crossed, her hair had been dried with a hair dryer, but she was not in a hurry to lie down and fall asleep.

It's been a long time since she's played football seriously—the secret training session with Holly in the backyard isn't exactly serious football—but she doesn't think there's anything wrong with it either.

I go to Dongchuan Middle School every day, watch Hu Lai's training in the afternoon, and go to the stadium to watch the game on weekends, looking forward to Hu Lai's appearance...

She was almost getting used to this kind of life after coming to Dongchuan.

To this day, her father found a team for her to follow in training and games. Only then did she realize that she is actually a professional women's football player, and she is going to take the road of professional women's football in the future...

If it was the past, she would have agreed without hesitation. After all, she has been trained under her father since she was four years old, and playing football has almost become her instinct.

Just now, when her father brought up this matter, the first reaction in her mind was... "What about Hu Lai?"

Now that I think about it, it's a bit ridiculous. What does Hu Lai have to do with me?

At the beginning, I was worried that he would not be able to enter the school team. Now he not only entered the school team, but also played in the game, and also scored goals in the game.

At that time, I just wanted to help him join the school team, so now that he has joined the school team, I don't need to guard him by my side, right?

What reason and position does she have to do this? I and him are neither relatives nor relatives, if I have to say that there is any relationship, they are just classmates.

Yes, he and I are just classmates...

Sitting on the bed with her legs crossed, Li Qingqing rested her chin on her knees and sighed looking at the dark night sky outside the window.

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Song Jiajia stood in front of her washing machine, holding a plastic bag in her hand.

He held his breath first, then opened the plastic bag, took out Hu Lai's jersey, shorts and socks from the plastic bag with two fingers, and threw them into the washing machine.

Then select the program, pour the laundry detergent, and after a set of actions, the sound of water filling can be heard in the washing machine.

After finishing all this, Song Jiajia did not leave immediately, but stood on the living balcony, looking down at the yellow jersey tumbling in the drum washing machine in a daze.

After a few seconds like this, Song Jiajia raised her head, let out a long sigh, and uttered this soul torture deep in her heart:

Why should I wash clothes for Hu Lai! ?