Fox in the Penalty Area

Li Qingqing carefully forked off the clothes hanging on the balcony with a clothes rail, then hugged the clothes tightly to her chest, and only threw them on the bed when she walked into her room.

Yellow jersey, shorts, yellow socks, and the same style as the school uniform, except that the yellow and blue color blocks were swapped for the Dongchuan Middle School football team sports jacket.

She looked at the clothes with her hands on her hips, and a faint fragrance lingered in her nose.

She was very satisfied that the previously indescribable stench was gone.

Now all she has to do is to fold up these scattered clothes and pants, and then put them in plastic bags for Hu Lai to take to school.

It's a pity that Li Qingqing also washed his black sports bag, but it hasn't dried yet - she brushes it with a brush, unlike these clothes, which are thrown into the washing machine to be stirred, and then dried at low temperature , so one day is not enough to dry this gym bag.

Li Qingqing hopes that this sports bag can be dried tomorrow, because tomorrow is Tuesday, and the school team will practice.

What if it hasn't dried by then?

Then I can only lend my sports bag to Hu Lai.

She started to fold the clothes by hand, and she did it very skillfully. She folded these long-sleeved jackets, short-sleeved T-shirts, shorts and socks neatly, and put them into plastic bags.

"Qingqing, are you okay?"

Dad's voice came from downstairs.

"Okay, okay." Li Qingqing put her schoolbag on her back, picked up the plastic bag, and left the bedroom.

When she ran downstairs, Li Ziqiang was standing at the door, holding two bicycles in his hands.

Seeing his daughter running out, he pushed the bicycle with his left hand to her.

Li Qingqing took over the faucet, put the plastic bag into the basket in front of the faucet, took a step with her long legs, and sat lightly on the seat cushion of the bicycle, and finally turned to look at her father.

"Hey Dad, don't you wear a suit?"

"What are you doing in a suit?"

"Isn't the flag-raising ceremony going to be on stage today?"

"You don't need to wear a suit on stage." Li Ziqiang shook his head.

"But that would make it look more formal." Li Qingqing frowned and pouted.

"No need, Dad doesn't like wearing suits."

"I also saw it in the wedding photos of you and your mother. Dad is still very handsome in a suit. When can Dad wear a suit for me to see?"

"What's so good about wearing a suit? It's uncomfortable, and I feel uncomfortable when I put it on, and my hands and feet are tense." Li Ziqiang shook his head and refused, and then he changed the subject: "If you don't leave, you will be late."

Only then did Li Qingqing pedal the bicycle vigorously, and rode unsteadily towards the road outside the alley.

The wind blew the plastic bag in the basket, making a rattling sound. She glanced at it and saw Hu Lai's jersey inside, and the number could be seen through the transparent plastic bag.

She remembered that she and her father had talked a lot about Hu Lai on Saturday night. Dad listened carefully and asked many questions about Hu Lai.

Dad understands Hu Lai so seriously, it must be because he wants to entrust Hu Lai with important responsibilities in the subsequent training and competitions, right?

Thinking of that future brought a smile to her face.

Although the cold wind was blowing in the face in the early morning of winter, Li Qingqing's heart was full of fire.

Li Ziqiang started later, and saw his daughter's graceful back riding on a bicycle behind him, feeling a little dazed.

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When Hu Lai opened the plastic bag that Li Qingqing gave him before on his seat, he suddenly sniffled: "Huh, it smells so good?"

"Don't be so worthless, Hu Lai, that's just the smell of laundry detergent." The tablemate Song Jiajia sneered.

"Then why doesn't the jersey you washed for me before have this smell?" Hu Lai glanced at the same table.

"It's too much, Hu Lai. I worked so hard to wash your clothes..." Song Jiajia clutched her heart, with a sad and angry expression and a mournful tone.

"Isn't it washed in the washing machine, what's the trouble?"

"I don't want to throw the clothes into the washing machine before washing. I don't want to add laundry detergent! I don't dry them after washing!" Song Jiajia was protesting when Hu Lai handed the jersey to him. "what?"

"You smell, the jersey you gave me before really doesn't smell like that."

Song Jiajia didn't come up to him to ask, but slapped the jersey with his big fleshy palm, and then smelled the air he slapped.

He frowned: "It's really different..."

"If this is the smell of laundry detergent, then here comes the question—student Song Jiajia, did you leave out laundry detergent when you washed my clothes?" Hu Lai asked.

Song Jiajia was furious: "What nonsense! The laundry detergent smells different! Our laundry detergent smells like jasmine!"

Hu Lai frowned and said in a thoughtful tone: "No wonder I feel that someone is making jasmine tea next to me every time I wear it..."

Song Jiajia slapped Hu Lai's hand holding the jersey back: "If I don't like you, I'll ask Li Qingqing to do your laundry for you! Do you think I'm willing to do your laundry for you?"

Hu Lai quickly said with a smile: "Don't, fat man, don't you know that my favorite tea is jasmine tea..."

Song Jiajia rolled her eyes and didn't bother to talk to him.

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There is no morning reading class in Dongchuan Middle School on Monday morning, and the flag-raising ceremony is held during the morning reading class.

In addition to raising the national flag, generally speaking, the school will also use this opportunity to carry out some simple publicity activities. For example, if some students have participated in some competitions and achieved excellent results, they will be invited to the rostrum and accepted by the whole school. Congratulations to teachers and students. There are also students who have excellent grades in school exams and receive scholarships, and they will also be invited to the stage to receive awards in public.

Of course, there will be some extreme situations, that is, if you make a serious mistake, you may be called to the stage to conduct a self-criticism in front of the teachers and students of the whole school.

Today, the teaching director was summarizing the previous week on stage, while the students in the audience were clearly absent-minded.

Everyone, especially the girls, turned their attention to the stairs below the rostrum.

There stood a group of people wearing uniform sports jackets—all members of the Dongchuan Middle School football team.

They come from different grades and different classes, but because of the same identity, they are gathered here, waiting to be on stage.

Captain Chu Yifan stood in the middle of the crowd, surrounded by everyone, holding the heavy championship trophy in both hands, with a smile on his face that made many girls feel like a spring breeze.

Luo Kai was standing beside him, also with a faint smile.

The two handsome men stood side by side, and the girls on the court couldn't help casting their gazes over. They didn't care what the dean on stage said, and only cared about admiring this refreshing scene.

Standing next to the two big men Mao Xiao and Meng Xi, Hu Lai looked inconspicuous.

He was tilting his head to smell the smell on his sports jacket, and as he sniffed, a faint fragrance entered his nose.

It smells so much better than jasmine! I don't know what brand and flavor of laundry detergent Li Qingqing uses at home, so I went to ask Li Qingqing during class, and then I went home and told my mother to buy it for use...

Hu Lai thought happily in his heart.

"...there is a great news to tell the students!" The dean said impassionedly, "In the final of the Andong Cup Football Championship held last Saturday, our Dongchuan Middle School football team defeated Jincheng's football team. Jiaxiang High School has won the Anton Cup! And qualified to participate in the National High School Football Championship next year! They will represent all the high school football teams in our Dongchuan City and Anton Province in the national competition! Next, let We welcome them to the stage with a big round of applause to show off their trophies!"

As soon as the dean finished speaking, the classic Queen's song "We Are The" came from the campus radio, and there were cheers and screams from all the classes on the playground.

Under such momentum, Chu Yifan took the lead on the stage holding the trophy.

Yan Yan and Luo Kai followed closely behind.

Then came the other players of the football team. Hu Lai no longer smelled the good smell of his clothes, but held his head high and walked to the top.

At the end of the team was the coach Li Ziqiang. He didn't prepare any suits for today, but was still wearing his usual sportswear.

In the phalanx of the second class of the first year, Li Qingqing first looked at her father, and felt that his father's appearance in sportswear was too ordinary. In her fantasy, on this occasion, her father should be wearing a neat suit. I don't know why Dad is so against wearing a suit, is it because wearing a suit will make him think of his mother?

Li Qingqing frowned incomprehension, and it was only when her eyes turned to Hu Lai that her brows relaxed.

The football team's uniform sportswear fit him perfectly, and it seemed that Hu Lai was particularly energetic today...

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Hu Lai and 35 other teammates stood on the rostrum, surrounded by the trophy.

The golden Anton Cup shone brilliantly in the sunlight at 8:40 in the morning.

The director of teaching was still holding the microphone to make an impassioned speech: "...they overcame many difficulties and defeated a series of powerful enemies! Facing the mighty Jiaxiang High School football team, after tenacious struggle and hard work, they finally defeated their opponents! Breaking the record of five consecutive Anton Cup championships in Jiaxiang High School!... They represent the spirit of our Dongchuan Middle School! They stimulated their youth on the football field and showed the world the demeanor of our Dongchuan students..."

Song Jiajia looked around, and found that no matter which class they were in, everyone turned their attention to the people on the rostrum, and some people whispered: "You are so handsome..."

Thousands of people just looked up at Hu Lai and his teammates.

Song Jiajia also looked over, wondering if it was his illusion, he seemed to see Hu Lai's eyes shining in the sun, just like the golden cup.

He remembered that Hu Lai was still the same as himself before, and had never been on the podium at the flag-raising ceremony, whether as a positive figure or a negative example... They are unknown in this school, and no one cares about them.

At that time, Hu Lai asked himself how to become a man of the hour, but he didn't know how, so he could only give Hu Lai a bad idea, asking him to confess his love to the school girl Tang Xiuyuan.

Now, Senior Sister Tang Xiuyuan, like herself, is standing in the audience, looking up at the people on the stage.

Later, Hu Lai became a man of the day that everyone discussed in the school—albeit only temporarily—because he made a fool of himself during the exercises between classes, and attracted the attention of the whole school with his exaggerated and funny exercises.

Privately, Song Jiajia also heard that someone had nicknamed Hu Lai "Dongchuan Middle School Caodi".

They often talked about this nickname with a joking tone and an exaggerated sneer, obviously they didn't think Hu Lai was a well-known name.

Yes, Hu Lai has become a "man of the hour" known to everyone by making a fool of himself, but if there is a choice, who would like to be a clown?

Song Jiajia saw Li Zhiqun in the crowd diagonally ahead.

He just remembered that when Hu Lai "meeted" Li Zhiqun in the classroom this morning, Li Zhiqun's eyes flickered, and he actually gave in on his own initiative... That's true, what else could he say? Did you also say that Hu Lai scored the ball through dog shit? Human Hu Lai scored the goal with Wang Guangwei's personal marking in the final!

Song Jiajia turned back and stared at Hu Lai.

His deskmate was standing there right now, with a thin but proud face.

Seeing this scene, Song Jiajia laughed.

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PS, Note: The title of the chapter comes from the single "Living You Are Hot" by the New Pants band.

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