Fox in the Penalty Area

After Hu Lixin finished his day's work at school, he returned to his home.

When he stood at the door to take out the keys, he heard the noise from the next door, which made him feel strange.

Although I know that the neighbors have moved in long ago, they have always been quiet and are not the kind of residents who would disturb the people. So Hu Lixin didn't pay much attention.

And today, this was the first time he heard such a loud commotion from the next door.

It sounds so lively, are there any guests?

Hu Lixin didn't like gossip, he just thought about it in his head, put aside this idea, took out the key to open the door of his house.

After opening the door, he saw his son's large suitcase in the living room at a glance.

So he knew that his son was back.

But when he was puzzled, why was the house so quiet after his son returned home?

There was no sound of his wife busy in the kitchen, no one running out to greet him. It was as if everyone else in the family had suddenly disappeared except him.

Hu Lixin stood at the entrance and looked in with his head. The lights were off, but there was really no one there.

He frowned and took out his mobile phone to call his wife. At this moment, the noise from the neighbor outside the door suddenly became louder - the door was opened, and a familiar laughter came from inside.

He turned back and saw his wife Xie Lan coming out from the next door with a smile on her face.

As soon as Xie Lan saw Hu Lixin, he waved to him happily: "Old Hu, you're back? That's great! Quick, put down your things, wash your hands, and come with me!"

Hu Lixin was full of question marks: "In the past? Where did you go? How did you come out from the next door? Where's Hu Lai?"

Xie Lan smiled until his eyes narrowed into a line: "Oh! Our son is also next door... Do you think it's a coincidence? Who knows, the neighbor who has lived next door to us and hasn't seen each other for half a year is actually... Li Qingqing's father!"

Hu Lixin has more question marks: ? ? ?

Xie Lan bypassed him and walked into the kitchen, and continued to say as he walked: "I was the same as you at first, I couldn't believe it. I never thought...it was such a coincidence! What a fate! Let me tell you, Mr. Hu. When I opened the door and saw our son and Li Qingqing standing at the door, I was taken aback, thinking that my son had brought the girl back to meet the parents... I later found out that they lived next door to us!"

Speaking of which, she came out of the kitchen with a steamer in her hand,

Seeing that Hu Lixin was still standing there in a daze, he touched him: "What are you doing? Hurry up, let's celebrate the New Year together today, and you go and have a drink with Lao Li! Hurry up!"

After finishing speaking, she hurriedly turned into the next door again.

Hu Lixin scratched his head, and finally heeded his wife's words and put down his things to wash his hands.

After washing my hands, I remembered it when I walked to the door. I turned back and took out a bottle of white wine from the cabinet, held it in my hand, and walked to the lively next door.

The house next door was different from his house, and when he opened the half-covered door, there was no room for entry, and Hu Lixin saw the living room directly.

The furnishing of the home is very simple, there is all the furniture that should be there, and there is nothing unnecessary.

There was no one in the living room.

People are in the next restaurant.

He turned his head again, and saw that the dishes had already been set on the dining table. His son was standing side by side with a tall, pretty girl. The girl next to him put a pair of chopsticks beside her.

When this scene caught Hu Lixin's eyes, he was in a daze.

Even though he was firmly opposed to his wife pairing his son with Li Qingqing, when he saw this scene, a strange thought came to his mind, as if his son really brought his girlfriend home to visit them...

After Hu Lai set the bowl, when he turned around, he saw his father standing at the door in a daze, so he greeted him, "Hey dad, are you here?"

Li Qingqing also turned around and smiled at him: "Hello, Uncle."

Hu Lixin raised his hand and pinched the Jingming acupoint on the base of his nose, just like what his wife said...it really felt like a déjà vu.

Hu Lai pointed to Li Qingqing, wanting to introduce: "This is Li Qingqing..."

It happened that Xie Lan came out of the kitchen with the dishes, and interrupted him with a smile: "What else do you want to introduce? Who doesn't know Li Qingqing?"

Hearing this, Li Qingqing bowed her head shyly and smiled.

This scene really made Xie Lan happier the more she watched. She put down the dishes, took the wine bottle from her husband, and pulled him into the kitchen: "Come and help!"

Then he shouted to the outside: "You two, don't come in to join in the fun, you won't be able to squeeze in!"

Hu Lai: "We need to help too..."

"What help! You two children, go play by yourself!" Xie Lan waved his hands.

Hu Lai and Li Qingqing looked at each other upon hearing this.

What are you playing...

"How about I visit your house again?" Hu Lai asked.

Li Qingqing was amused.

She had already taken Hu Lai around the house before, and even opened up her "boudoir" for Hu Lai to visit.

"Let's sit on the balcony. When I bought this house, I liked the viewing balcony, which is facing the atrium. When the weather is good, I feel comfortable looking at the green trees and sunshine outside." Li Qingqing said and walked towards the balcony .

"Coincidentally, our house also looked at the balcony at first glance." Hu Lai followed and walked out. "My father told my mother that when the weather is fine, you can eat on the balcony and bask in the sun..."

The two just sat on two chairs on the balcony, looking through the transparent glass window at the opposite building, the trees and lawn below, and the riverside park in the distance.

The rays of the setting sun came from the western sky, coating everything they saw with a layer of golden yellow—this is the time when the weather is good.

"I didn't expect that we could even buy a house together, Hu Lai! This must be a special fate!" Li Qingqing said happily after stretching.

"You've said this three times..."

"Hehe. Because it's really incredible. You only told me that you bought a house, but you didn't say where you bought it. Although Dongchuan is not as big as Jincheng, it still has a permanent population of more than four million. In such a big city Here, when we bought a house, we not only bought a community, but also bought a building, a unit, a floor, and we are neighbors next door, how coincidental do you think this is?"

Hu Lai also sighed: "It's really a coincidence..."

Until now, he still hasn't recovered from the shock of discovering that Li Qingqing lives next door to his own. It always feels like a dream. Maybe he sleeps tonight and finds out that the next door actually lives in the next morning. is a family of strangers.

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This is the first time Li Ziqiang met the father that Hu Lai said was disheartened because his knee was broken by Wang Xianke, and he strongly opposed his son's playing football.

"You two are now walking together, ha!" Xie Lan enthusiastically introduced to the two men, "Our old Hu is now working as a football coach at the Fanglin Primary School near home, teaching children how to play football."

Hu Lixin waved his hand: "Not really, I'm not really a coach. I just help children cultivate their interest in playing football, which is far behind Coach Li."

Li Ziqiang heard the words and said quickly: "You can't say that, your job is actually more important. If there is no coach who is rooted in the elementary school, there will be no suitable seedlings in our middle school. You are laying the foundation for Chinese football... "

"Okay, okay, stop flattering each other, ha!" Xie Lan was really happy today, she patted her husband, and said to Li Ziqiang: "Our son is still thanks to your training, Lao Li... ..."

Li Ziqiang blushed when he heard this.

When he was interviewed on TV some time ago, he said that although he recruited Hu Lai into the school team, he actually didn't like him.

Now the family's parents are saying that their son is all dependent on his cultivation... No matter how thick-skinned he is, he can't accept it calmly.

"The main reason is that Hu Lai is really talented and willing to work hard. After all, his conditions were the worst in the team at that time..."

"Anyway, you are indeed my son's first coach! I didn't expect that we are neighbors, which is really great. We will often walk around in the future. Hu Lai will let him come to see you every time he comes back, ha! Xie Lan laughed. "You live so close, if you don't come to visit your teacher, you will be deceiving your teacher and destroying your ancestors!"

Li Ziqiang quickly waved his hands: "It's not necessary, it's not necessary, it's too serious..."

"Of course it is necessary. We have taught Hu Lai to be grateful since we were young. You gave him the opportunity to become a player. Of course, you are his mentor. Of course, he must respect it." Xie Lan said it is a matter of course.

"He's very respectful..." Li Ziqiang thought of Hu Lai's nodding and bowing.

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"Hu Lai, that my dad always treats you with a black face or something, it's because he is strict with you, don't take it to heart..." Li Qingqing thought of the conversation between her and her dad in the underground parking lot today, and quickly explained to him Hu Lai listened, as if he was afraid that Hu Lai would have a grudge against his father in his heart.

"No, where are you going? Am I such a small-hearted person?" Hu Lai reassured Li Qingqing with a smile.

"You really don't care?"

"What's the point of this? He's my coach. Since he's the coach, isn't it natural for him to say anything about me?"

"But my dad doesn't teach you anymore..."

"I don't play under Director Zhao anymore. Can I disrespect him when I see him?"

Li Qingqing thought about it, and it was indeed the truth. She believed that Hu Lai was telling the truth, so she smiled with some relief—in any case, she didn't have to worry about the relationship between her father and Hu Lai being too bad.

"That's great..." she murmured.

"What's the matter?" Hu Lai wondered.

"It's just that our house hasn't been this lively for a long time..." Li Qingqing sat on a chair, looking at the dusk outside the window, behind him was the non-stop kitchen, and the aroma of delicious food could be smelled from the balcony. Teasing their stomachs all the time.

It was only then that Hu Lai remembered that Li Qingqing's mother had passed away very early, and there had always been only her and her father in this family. Now that Li Qingqing is also going abroad to play football, Coach Li is the only one in this room.

He also plays football abroad, but at least his parents are still alive, and the two can support each other. And Coach Li... is really alone.

Hu Lai suddenly became curious: "Didn't your father want to find another one?"

Li Qingqing shook her head: "I also asked my dad, and he said he was determined not to look for it."

"why?"

"My father and my mother are each other's first love - they met when they were in Dongchuan Middle School. He couldn't accept other women to replace my mother, so..." Li Qingqing sighed, "My father He has a stubborn temper, and I can't persuade him. If he persuades him, he will get angry with me, so I won't persuade him later. "

Hu Lai really didn't expect that unsmiling devil coach to be such an affectionate coach, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

At this moment, Xie Lan yelled from behind them: "Two darlings, wash your hands and eat!"

Li Qingqing jumped down from the chair: "Come on!"

Take the lead in bouncing and running over.

Hu Lai dragged behind and looked at her deer-like back, seeing her so lively, it was really hard to imagine that she lost her mother when she was ten years old...

After running for two steps, Li Qingqing remembered and turned to greet Hu Lai who was still in a daze: "Let's eat, Hu Lai!"

"Oh, good." Hu Lai stood up and followed.

The two walked to the table with rich dishes.