Li Qingqing squatted next to the piece of fried egg, laughing so hard that she couldn't raise her head, and her flower branches were trembling.
"Hey, that's too much!" Hu Lai stood next to her and protested helplessly. "How long are you going to laugh until the bones of the fried egg are cold?"
"'It's time to show real skills'? Haha! It's indeed real skills! Hahahaha!" Li Qingqing raised her head and glanced at Hu Lai, and couldn't help laughing.
"It's just a mistake once in a while..."
Li Qingqing stood up from the ground holding her stomach, and then imitated Hu Lai's tone and said: "'You're showing off your embarrassment!' Hahahaha! Hu Lai, you are so honest!"
Hu Lai rolled his eyes at her and gave up his defense.
Then he sniffed: "What does it smell like?"
Li Qingqing, who was smiling happily, was stunned for a moment, the smile on his face froze, and then he screamed: "Steak!"
She jumped to the stove, picked up the tongs and flipped the steak, and saw that the side next to the pot was burnt black...
Hu Lai looked at the piece of steak and laughed: "How mature is this?"
Li Qingqing glared at him: "It's all your fault!"
"It's the result of your gloating!"
Li Qingqing changed the subject: "Is there any more steak?"
"Yes, there is, but it's not defrosted..." Hu Lai spread his hands and said helplessly. "I took this piece to the upper level to defrost it before I went out for training today."
"Alas..." Li Qingqing sighed and tried to ask: "How about you make do with it? I'll peel off the paste layer?"
Hu Lai looked at her without speaking.
Li Qingqing herself felt it was outrageous, so she had no choice but to throw the steak, which was reminiscent of carcinogens, into the trash can.
Then she asked: "What shall we eat now?"
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Hu Lai and Li Qingqing sat opposite each other at the dining table.
On the table between them was a plate of fried potato cubes. In addition, there were two bowls with their plates turned upside down, emitting a familiar aroma.
Hu Lai glanced at the kitchen timer placed on the table: "Time's up!"
After saying that, he lifted up the plates on the two bowls and got a bit hot: "Wow, it's so hot..."
Li Qingqing looked into the bowl and asked, "Why do you have instant noodles here?"
Hu Lai blew on his burned fingers and replied: "Huh...the logistics support materials brought by the Asian Cup national team. They were originally intended to prepare for the semi-finals, but in the end we were eliminated in the quarter-finals.
, Huh... There are still some left. I just want to bring some back to lighten their burden. Huh... This stuff is not rare in China, but it is still a good thing here in Leeds. Huh..."
Li Qingqing stood up and put the two fried eggs in the pan into bowls, one for each person.
Make the instant noodles in the bowl look more attractive.
But it's still instant noodles.
"I really didn't expect... I came all the way to Leeds and you invited me to eat instant noodles." Li Qingqing was speechless.
"Instant noodles are also very good. Don't you think you are very happy to be able to taste the taste of your motherland in a foreign country?" Hu Lai picked up the noodles, blew on them, and breathed them into his mouth.
Then he closed his eyes, looking intoxicated: "The taste of the motherland is... the taste of Laotan pickled vegetables and beef!"
Li Qingqing was amused by his exaggerated performance and picked up some noodles to smell: "It's been a long time since I've eaten instant noodles. I used to eat them all the time when I was a kid. My dad said they were bad for your health, but I just love eating them..."
She took a bite and closed her eyes like Hu Lai, showing an expression of recollection.
Hu Lai asked: "How is it? Can you find the taste of childhood?"
Li Qingqing smiled with her eyes closed: "My favorite food when I was a kid was braised beef..."
"Ah, there was braised beef flavor at that time, but I didn't ask for it... Little Xingxing and the others shared a few."
Li Qingqing opened his eyes and looked at Hu Lai, who was a little regretful: "When you said that, I have a feeling that in the end of this Asian Cup, you all divided your luggage and dispersed. You got Laotan pickled cabbage beef noodles, and Chen Xingyi and the others got it."
Braised beef noodles……"
Hu Lai was amused by Li Qingqing's description: "I didn't have it originally, but it makes sense for you to say it like that... But in fact, everyone was quite sad at the time, so the scene was not happy. After all, we just lost... now
It’s much better, but we have to look forward. It will definitely not be like this again in the Asian Cup four years later.”
Four years later, the 2031 Asian Cup will be hosted by China.
By that time, Hu Lai is twenty-seven years old, Zhang Qinghuan is thirty-one years old, Wang Guangwei is twenty-nine years old, Chen Xingyi is twenty-eight years old, Luo Kai is twenty-seven years old, Xia Xiaoyu is twenty-six years old, and Zhou Zijing is twenty-six years old.
, Lin Zhiyuan is twenty-five years old... Everyone is in the mature stage of their respective careers. The age structure of the team is reasonable, and they are still young and have no lack of experience.
It's time to give results.
If such a team still cannot deliver satisfactory results, it will not be justified in any case.
"It's great that you think so." Li Qingqing's words were filled with relief.
Hu Lai heard it and asked, "What are you doing? Do you think I will become depressed?"
Li Qingqing smiled and said nothing.
"Hey... don't underestimate me!"
Li Qingqing smiled and shook his head: "Don't underestimate me, you are the one who wants to win the World Cup!"
Hu Lai pointed at Li Qingqing: "Irony?"
The girl quickly waved her hands, put away her smile, and looked at Hu Lai seriously: "To be honest, Hu Lai. In the circumstances at that time, you were able to express this goal. I admire you very much."
Hu Lai suddenly felt a little embarrassed by Li Qingqing's serious gaze, and it was rare that he didn't get along: "Hey, I ended up being scolded for saying it..."
Li Qingqing shook her head gently: "Don't care about their reasons. Say what you want to say and do what you want to do. I will always support you."
After speaking, she held her chin with one hand and stared at the person in front of her.
Hu Lai became wary: "How many meals will I owe this time?"
Li Qingqing's posture and emotions just now were not tense at all: "What!"
"Ah? Didn't you just say that just so that I could treat you to dinner?"
Li Qingqing was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "If you say that, it's true, then even if you owe me... ten more meals!"
As she said that, she took out her phone in front of Hu Lai, opened the memo, and started revising it.
Upon seeing this, Hu Lai called out: "Good guy, don't you need to ask for my consent now?"
Li Qingqing glanced at him: "Don't you want to invite me?"
"Think about it, please, please!" Hu Lai said nothing and nodded. "Isn't it just about eating? Can eating make me poor?"
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After a simple dinner, Hu Lai took Li Qingqing to briefly visit the villa he rented.
When entering Hu Lai's room, Li Qingqing saw the football on the table at a glance.
Her eyes widened with an expression of surprise: "Ah! You actually brought me to Leeds?"
She stepped forward, picked up the football, turned it around, and saw the phone number she had written down.
The writing is slightly faded, but still clear.
Holding the football in hand, Li Qingqing looked back at Hu Lai.
Hu Lai pointed to the football in her hand and said: "This is my first football."
Li Qingqing lowered his head and looked at the football in his hand again, and then remembered the first time he met this boy.
At that time, how could she have imagined that she would be closely bound to him in the future and be closely related to each other?
"What are you doing?" Hu Lai asked strangely when he saw that Li Qingqing suddenly became silent and stopped talking.
"Nothing, I suddenly thought of how we met..." Li Qingqing put down the football with a smile. "It feels like not long ago, but in fact it has been almost ten years."
"Is it that exaggerated?"
"2019 to 2027, what do you think?"
Hu Lai took a breath and realized that it had been almost eight years since he came to this time and space.
He was suddenly in a trance. If I had not traveled through time, would I still have met Li Qingqing in that secret base in the original time and space?
Is there Li Qingqing in that time and space?
What would I have done if I hadn't met her?
It's just an extremely ordinary person who knows other people and lives an ordinary life.
But no matter which time and space he is in, Li Qingqing will probably become the dazzling one in the end...
"What are you doing?" Li Qingqing asked, tilting her head.
"When you say that, it reminds me of high school."
"At that time, did you ever think about becoming a professional player and playing football in the UK one day?" Li Qingqing asked.
"Then who can think of it?" Hu Lai shook his head, "Can you think of today?"
"I didn't expect it. At that time, I thought it would be great if you could join the school team... Who would have thought that you would now play in the Premier League! I think all your classmates at the time can brag: We refused the Premier League gold medal.
Boots and World Cup Golden Boots!" Li Qingqing laughed.
Hu Lai was speechless: "Do you still remember this nonsense?"
"I remember, how could I not remember? Even though so many years have passed, I still remember it." Li Qingqing leaned on the edge of the table.
"Have I ever told you that my dad actually didn't think highly of you at the beginning?"
Hu Lai nodded: "I heard you say it."
"Then do you know what I was thinking at that time?"
"have no idea."
"What I think is, if he doesn't recruit you to join the school team, then I will train you for a year, and then you can sign up for the school team when you are a sophomore in high school. After you are admitted to the school team, I will go to my father and tell him that you are mine."
I brought it out, haha!" Li Qingqing laughed so hard that her branches trembled.
"It turns out that I haven't even waited for a year, and you ran away first!"
"Oh, at that time you were already on the school team anyway, so why should I stay in school?"
"But what if I wasn't on the varsity team?"
Hu Lai asked a question that was difficult for Li Qingqing to answer. She frowned and was silent for a while, then shook her head and said, "I don't know..."
"Idiot, of course you have to leave! That's an opportunity to play professional football!" Hu Lai said anxiously.
Seeing him like this, Li Qingqing high-fived him and said, "I remembered!"
"What do you remember?" Hu Lai asked, stunned for a moment.
"I remember you said the same thing back then, and you even scolded me!"
Hu Lai showed a puzzled expression: "Scold you? What should I scold you for?"
"You called me a 'stupid woman'!" Li Qingqing gestured with a gun, pointing at Hu Lai who was sitting on the edge of the bed, squinting one eye and tilting his head slightly to take aim.
"Is this the case?" Hu Lai asked with a frown.
"Of course. You said you wanted to wake me up as a 'stupid woman'... I hold a grudge! But if you can treat me to ten more meals, I will forget a lot of things!" Li Qingqing's "Pistol"
Still aiming at Hu Lai.
Hu Lai raised his hands and surrendered: "I thought Charlie was the best person I have ever seen, but it turns out that every mountain is higher than the next. You are better than him..."
Seeing that Hu Lai had given up, Li Qingqing put away his "weapons" with a smile and made a "V" sign.
Then she took out her phone and added the ten meals:
"Hu Lai, you owe more and more, so you have to work harder to pay it back!"
"hehe."
"What does 'hehe' mean?"
"literal meaning."
"If you don't have a good attitude, you'll get ten more meals!"