Fox in the Penalty Area

When Li Ziqiang saw his daughter and Hu Lai walking out side by side at the airport, his eyes froze slightly. Although both of them were disguised, wearing masks and hats, he still recognized his daughter's figure at a glance, and at the same time found Hu Lai beside her.

When my daughter asked me to pick up the plane, she didn't say that someone else was there...

The two walked up to Li Ziqiang talking and laughing. Li Qingqing pointed at Hu Lai with a smile, and said to his father, "Dad, are you surprised? I came back with Hu Lai!"

Li Ziqiang glanced at Hu Lai, and Hu Lai quickly nodded and bowed when he saw this: "Hello coach, hehe..."

Resisting the urge to roll his eyes, Li Ziqiang, who tried hard to maintain the coaching personality, simply said "hmm" and turned to his daughter: "Why did it take so long to come back?"

"Didn't you say it? I want to stay in Paris to sign a contract with Song Jiajia." Li Qingqing explained.

"Hasn't the contract been signed? It's been mentioned in the news." Li Ziqiang is very concerned about his daughter, and he knows all the news related to her daughter immediately.

Before, there were news reports on the Internet that Li Qingqing had formally signed with Champion Legend Sports Agency, but there was no photo of her and Song Jiajia taking a group photo when signing the contract.

It's no secret either.

However, the date of this news report did not match the date Li Qingqing told Li Ziqiang to return, it was two days earlier.

"It just so happened that Hu Lai arrived, so we made an appointment to go to Disney together again..."

"Coach, Li Qingqing really wanted to play, so I went with her, heh..." Hu Lai added from the side.

Li Ziqiang cast his sharp eyes on him again, and he immediately fell silent.

After glaring at Hu Lai, Li Ziqiang turned his head to care about his daughter again: "Are you tired from the journey?"

Li Qingqing shook her head and said with a smile, "I have company on the road, so I'm not tired at all, Dad!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Hu Lai.

What else can Li Ziqiang say?

With a long sigh in his heart, he took his daughter's luggage cart: "Let's go, let's go home."

I just don't want to stay in front of this person for a second.

But Li Qingqing didn't move: "Dad, Hu Lai is going back to Dongchuan with us."

"I know, his family will come to pick him up, so let's not..."

"No, his family didn't come to pick him up. So I promised him to use our car to take him back to Dongchuan. Anyway, we're on the way, right?"

Li Ziqiang heard his daughter say this and looked back at Hu Lai.

Hu Lai smiled very sincerely: "Thank you coach, I will trouble you!"

Li Ziqiang wanted to say: Knowing that it is troublesome, you still go up?

But he didn't say this, but glanced at the luggage of the two of them, frowning slightly: "The trunk may not fit."

Before Hu Lai could speak this time, Li Qingqing helped him and said, "It's okay, Dad, isn't it an SUV? It can fit in the trunk. If it doesn't work, put some luggage in the co-pilot..."

"Qingqing..."

"What's the matter, Dad?"

"Now that you are grown up, you will arrange for your father..." Li Ziqiang couldn't hold back, and complained about his daughter.

Li Qingqing smiled: "Dad, I have lived in France by myself for more than two years!"

So proud and proud.

Seeing this, Li Ziqiang opened his mouth and couldn't say anything, so he could only push the luggage cart in front of him in a muffled voice. His daughter walked behind Hu Lai side by side.

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When he got to Li Ziqiang's car, he first put his daughter's luggage in the trunk, and then made room for Hu Lai's suitcase.

In the end, there was still a box and a backpack that couldn't fit.

"Let's put the co-pilot on..." Before Li Qingqing finished speaking, he saw his father open the door of the rear seat, put the box on the aisle of the rear seat, and throw the backpack on the seat.

Then he said to Hu Lai, "You take the co-pilot."

"Oh, good." Hu Lai had no objection.

Li Qingqing frowned slightly: "Dad, can't you put the box on the side of the co-pilot?"

"Block the line of sight." Li Ziqiang succinctly rejected his daughter's suggestion.

Everyone got in the car, Hu Lai sat in the co-pilot, Li Qingqing sat behind him, and Li Ziqiang got in the car last, put on his seat belt, started the car, and drove slowly towards the exit toll booth.

When the car turned from the airport expressway to the Ring Expressway, heading towards Dongchuan, north of Jincheng, Li Ziqiang glanced at the rearview mirror and found that his daughter had fallen asleep in the back seat.

On the contrary, Hu Lai, who was sitting in the co-pilot, looked quite energetic, staring at the front of the windshield with piercing eyes.

"You didn't sleep on the plane?" Li Ziqiang asked Hu Lai upon seeing this.

"We slept together. Li Qingqing seemed to wake up earlier than me. Anyway, she had been up for a long time when I woke up." Hu Lai replied honestly.

Li Ziqiang is a little allergic to the words "we slept together", but he also knows that what Hu Lai said is definitely not what he imagined, so it is not easy to get angry, so he can only change the subject: "I played in the Premier League for half a season. How do you feel?"

"The rhythm is faster, the confrontation is stronger, and the attention must be kept concentrated at all times. Sometimes the thinking is a little slower, and the chance of scoring is gone. It becomes more difficult to score..."

Li Ziqiang glanced at him: "Are you praising yourself in disguise?"

"No, no..." Hu Lai quickly waved his hands, "I'm telling the truth, coach."

"Scoring eleven goals in half a season, is that even more difficult?" Li Ziqiang snorted.

Hu Lai smiled and said nothing.

"But don't be complacent. The opponents don't know you well for half the season. When the next season starts, those opponents will focus on studying you and defending you. At that time, the defensive pressure you will encounter will be even greater..." After humming, Li Ziqiang still reminded.

"Coach, you are right, so I have been training in long-range shooting since last season, and the training in physical strength has not fallen behind."

After hearing Hu Lai's words, Li Ziqiang nodded slightly: "Anyway, don't think that scoring eleven goals in half a season is a good performance, and you can relax..."

"No, no, coach, how could I be such a complacent person..."

In the back seat that neither of them saw, the corners of Li Qingqing's mouth curled up slightly while sleeping with his eyes closed.

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Li Ziqiang saw the car outside the gate of his own community, Li Qingqing was a little surprised by this: "Hey, Dad, don't we send Hu Lai home?"

Li Ziqiang turned to look at Hu Lai.

Hu Lai quickly said, "It's okay, I'll take a taxi from here and go back."

Li Ziqiang was very satisfied with Hu Lai's sensibleness, and he said, "That's fine, you can carry the luggage down by yourself."

Hu Laima got out of the car to carry the luggage, and Li Qingqing wanted to come down to help, but he persuaded him.

"Go back and rest early!" Li Qingqing had no choice but to open the car window, poked her head out of the car and waved to Hu Lai.

"goodbye!"

Hu Lai stood on the side of the road and waved goodbye.

Before he finished speaking, Li Ziqiang kicked the accelerator and drove the car into the community.

Hu Lai took out his mobile phone and called a car online.

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Dragging her own small suitcase, carrying a backpack, and following her father out of the cramped elevator, Li Qingqing looked up at the ceiling that was missing several pieces of suspended ceiling, and then at the small advertisements plastered on the surrounding walls. Even on the door of the house that Dad was opening.

Dad opened the door and dragged the biggest suitcase in first, followed by Li Qingqing.

After closing the door, her father was changing shoes beside her. She stood at the door, but she was not in a hurry to change her shoes, but looked at the somewhat small house.

This isn't the first time she's been back at the dad's rented house.

Although it is also a high-rise elevator apartment, sometimes she feels that it is not as good as the old house that has been demolished.

At least the old house has a large area.

This is a small house with one bedroom and one living room, which is just right for her father to live alone. But as soon as she came back, Dad was going to sleep in the living room.

"Why are you standing there? Change your shoes and wash your hands."

Li Ziqiang went to the kitchen to wash his hands first, but soon his complaints came from the kitchen.

After changing the shoes, Li Qingqing rushed over and saw her father frowning tightly, with a dark face: "The water is cut off..."

"Dad, do you owe the water bill?" Li Qingqing asked.

Li Ziqiang shook his head: "How is that possible? I paid the water bill on time. The underground water pipe in the community must have burst again. Let's fix it..."

"Dad, why are you so clear?"

"Because this is the second time this month!" Li Ziqiang was in a bad mood. After driving for a long time, I wanted to rest when I went home, but I couldn't even wash my hands. The most important thing is that it should be a very warm time to bring my daughter home, but the lack of water made it impossible to stay at home.

The cozy atmosphere is gone.

According to his experience last time, the maintenance was completed at ten o'clock in the evening, and the water supply was restored at half past ten.

Last time, he was just a rough old man, but it's actually not bad, it didn't have a big impact on life.

But now that he has his daughter, the impact is even greater.

It stands to reason that after a tiring journey, what is needed is to rest, and he should let his daughter come back and take a hot bath to relax, and then he will cook a delicious meal for his daughter to reward her.

Unexpectedly, his plan was stillborn right now.

"Forget it, sit for a while, and go out to eat later." Li Ziqiang decided to invite his daughter to the restaurant.

Li Qingqing didn't care whether to eat at home or out, she just felt that there seemed to be a lot of problems in this neighborhood, and it wasn't very comfortable to live in.

She has played professional leagues abroad for two seasons. Although the income level of women's football is very different from that of men's football, these two seasons have allowed her to save more than two million yuan in savings. The annual salary when he played football last month had more than three million yuan in his bank account.

Since they returned to Dongchuan, they have been renting a house.

Now may be the time to buy a home.

Thinking of this, Li Qingqing expressed his thoughts: "Dad, while I'm back this time, let's go and buy the house?"

When Li Ziqiang heard this, he widened his eyes: "What are you thinking? Why buy a house? I live in a very good house now..."

"There is no water at both ends for three days, and you still live happily?" Li Qingqing looked at her father and asked with a smile.

Li Ziqiang knew that he was wrong, and changed his direction: "It's not easy for you to earn some money. The income gap between women's football and men's football is so big. Don't waste money if you have nothing to do! In the future, there will be places where money will be used..."

"How can buying a house be a waste of money? Dad, you will definitely stay in Dongchuan in the future. We don't even have a house of our own. Isn't that unreasonable? Besides, you won't let me spend money To buy a house, I don’t know what to do with the money. When I need the money in the future, it doesn’t conflict with our buying a house now. I can’t just stop buying the house just to use the money in the future, right?” After Li Qingqing had an idea in her heart , the attitude is very firm.

Li Ziqiang shook his head slightly when he saw his daughter's serious look.

Seeing her father shaking her head, Li Qingqing frowned and said, "Dad, don't you agree?"

"no."

"Then why are you shaking your head?"

"I just think my daughter has grown up..." Li Ziqiang was still shaking his head, "I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing."

"Of course it's a good thing!" Li Qingqing walked up and took Li Ziqiang's arm: "You used to take care of me, and now it's my turn to take care of you, Dad! Tonight, I'm going to invite you to a big dinner! By the way, let's see where the house is." , taking advantage of my return to China this time, I will take care of this matter..."

She once heard that Hu Lai bought a new house for his parents after making money. Although she didn't know where it was, she planned to follow Hu Lai's example and buy the house during the holiday. Professional players actually don't have much free time. During the winter break, only the summer vacation is slightly longer.

Hu Lai has already bought a house, and she also wants to buy a house for her father.

Since her mother passed away, it was her father who raised her alone, provided her with opportunities for training and education, and sent her to a professional team through personal connections, paving the way for her career.

Now that the daughter is promising, of course she has to think about her father.

Buy a house to honor him!