After a day of training, Qin Lin asked Hu Lai: "Where are you staying these days?"
Hu Lai hugged Wang Guangwei next to him: "I will go back to live in the villa. I have agreed with Lao Wang and the others."
Qin Lin nodded: "That's good. Come to my house for dinner in the evening. Xiaoqi also wants to meet you."
“No problem, Brother Lin!”
After Qin Lin got the promise, he turned around and left with the other coaches.
Hu Lai, surrounded by his teammates, went to the locker room.
Everyone gathered around him and kept asking him various questions:
“Brother Hu, what is it like to play in the Premier League?”
“What’s the difference between the Premier League and us?”
“How to get along with foreigners?”
“Brother Hu, is it too late for me to start learning English now?”
“Have you ever had the best champagne in the room by Hulay? Is it delicious?”
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Hu Lai felt like he was not back at Flashing Star, but at Zhihu.
After finally dealing with everyone's problems in the locker room while changing clothes, he came to the parking lot with Wang Guangwei, Zhang Qinghuan, Xia Xiaoyu and Morikawa Junpei.
“You’re lucky, kid. If you were driving my tram today, you wouldn’t be able to fit so much luggage in the trunk.” Zhang Qinghuan said, standing next to Xia Xiaoyu’s Volvo.
“You will have to run back by yourself when the time comes. This is the price of death for Saprei!”
Hu Lai heard Zhang Qinghuan scolding him and said with a smile on his face: "That can't be done. I know you like me, brother Huan. You would rather run away than let me run away."
“I like you to death!”
The people nearby laughed when they saw the two men bickering.
Especially Wang Guangwei, suddenly felt a little emotional. This was such a common scene for them at the beginning, but now it is a rare gathering. Although Hu Lai is back today, Chen Xingyi is still in Dashun.
In the future, if they all go to Europe to play football and are far apart, it will be even harder to get together...
So he took a picture of the scene in front of him with his mobile phone, then posted it to the group and added it to Chen Xingyi.
"Damn!" Chen Xingyi jumped out quickly, "Hu Lai was kicked out by Leeds City? He can't survive in Europe and return to your star?! Why didn't I know about such a big news?!"
Wang Guangwei couldn't help laughing when he saw this sentence.
Zhang Qinghuan and Hu Lai asked him: "Old Wang, why are you laughing?"
Wang Guangwei motioned for them to look at the group.
Everyone took out their mobile phones and looked down.
“Sun!” Hu Lai cursed, and then said in the group: “Little Xingxing, can you change your words?”
“This is my first reaction as a normal person, okay? Otherwise, why would you go to Flash Star?”
Zhang Qinghuan: “He came here specifically to show off in front of us.”
Hu Lai: "How to speak? What I call is not forgetting the original intention! Go back to the place where the dream began!"
Wang Guangwei: “Well, let’s not forget the original intention of showing off and go back to where the show started.”
Xia Xiaoyu: Covering face, laughing and crying
Morikawa Junpei: Laughing until tears
Just like the emoticons they posted in the group, Xia Xiaoyu and Morikawa Junpei were laughing non-stop while holding their mobile phones.
After the setting sun has almost submerged into the mountains in the west, the golden sunlight sweeps across the land, plating everything it goes with a layer of gold, including the car in the parking lot of the Liucheng training base and the people beside it.
The sun shone on them, and then drew a long shadow behind them, extending far and far away.
The five people took the car back to the single-family villa. Hu Lai saw that the football field was still there and there was no sign of being abandoned.
It seems that even if he and Chen Xingyi are missing, the remaining four people will still use the football field occasionally.
“You still sleep in your room, and the housekeeper comes to clean it regularly, so you don’t have to worry about the hygiene. There are plenty of bedding in the guest room.” Wang Guangwei helped Hu Lai arrange it.
Hu Lai had no objection to Lao Wang’s arrangement.
Actually, he doesn’t mind if he sleeps directly in the guest room.
He went upstairs with the suitcase, opened the door, and found that the furnishings in the room were still the same as before, except for the mattress, which was empty. It was just as if he was still living here.
He stood at the door but did not go in. Seeing him like this, Zhang Qinghuan, who lived on the same floor as him, asked: "What's wrong?"
"I don't know why..." Hu Lai murmured, "It feels like visiting my own former residence..."
Zhang Qinghuan: "...Okay, after you leave, I will customize a sign with Hu Lai's former residence written on it and hang it on the wall next to it."
“Brother Huan, when you leave, you can also create a brand.” Hu Lai emphasized the words “waiting for you” very seriously. The fastest update on PC::/
Zhang Qinghuan waved his hand: "No, no, no, I don't engage in that kind of formalism, it's all just a false name!"
"hehe."
“Brother Lin asked us to go to dinner!” Xia Xiaoyu’s shout sounded from downstairs.
Hu Lai and Zhang Qinghuan stopped bickering with each other.
He pushed the suitcase into the house without packing it up, then turned around and went downstairs with Zhang Qinghuan.
Then he met up with three other people, locked the door, and walked to Qin Lin's house diagonally opposite.
At the door, they saw Qin Qi who could not wait to welcome him out.
“Brother Hu!” Qin Qi was so happy to see Hu Lai that he almost pounced on him.
“Oh, Xiao Qi has grown so tall...” Hu Lai reached out to pull her hair, but Qin Qi dodged it in time.
Wang Guangwei complained next to him: "Don't tell me that it's like you haven't seen Xiaoqi for many years. You've only been away for half a year, okay?"
After entering the door, they saw Qin Lin and his sister-in-law. The five of them quickly stood up and greeted them respectfully.
“Hello, Brother Lin!”
“Hello, sister-in-law!”
“Okay, okay, everything is fine, come and sit down quickly!” Wang Yuan waved to them, and some dishes were already placed on the long dining table. “There are still some things being cooked, you guys eat first...”
“It’s okay, sister-in-law, we’ll wait for you to eat together.” Wang Guangwei said.
"No need to wait, wait until the dishes cooked earlier are cold. You guys eat first..." Wang Yuan waved her hand, turned around and walked into the kitchen again.
Qin Lin wanted to help, but was kicked out: "Send someone to go!"
Qin Lin returned to the restaurant with a helpless smile, then looked at the five people, and finally his eyes naturally fell on Hu Lai.
“The training effect of the Premier League is so good? It’s only been half a year. I thought you had been out for several years.” Qin Lin said with emotion.
Hu Lai quickly expressed: "I didn't dare to relax when I first started, so I was very serious and worked very hard..."
Although saying this feels like he is showing off again, it is better than saying directly, "That's because I cheated"? No one would believe him, so I really don't blame him for showing off...
Qin Lin did not go into details and nodded: "Don't relax in the future. Playing football is actually like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. If you don't work hard, you will be overtaken by newcomers."
"I know, Brother Lin. Not to mention being surpassed by newcomers, I am still catching up with others. The Premier League is really full of strong players."
“Well, as long as you have this idea.”
Wang Yuan walked out of the kitchen carrying a plate of steaming dishes. When she put it on the table, she touched her husband: "Don't just chat, invite them to eat!"
Then she looked at Hu Lai: "Don't worry, Hu Lai. I know that Chinese food is not healthy for athletes like you, but it doesn't matter if you eat it once in a while, and what your sister-in-law cooks is light..."
Hu Lai said quickly: "It's okay, sister-in-law. I can just practice more after eating. When I was at Leeds City, the last season was over, and the head coach invited our whole team to have Chinese food!"
"Really? So good? Ha!" Wang Yuan laughed, turned around and went into the kitchen: "You guys eat and chat while you eat!"
Behind her, Qin Lin picked up chopsticks: "Eat!"
“Brother Hu, did Sean really say that?” Qin Qi stared at Hu Lai, not even bothering to eat the glutinous pork ribs on his chopsticks.
“Of course. He thought I didn’t understand English, so he just talked nonsense there.” Hu Lai curled his lips, “Actually, I heard it clearly, and I retorted him on the spot!”
“I also know about Sean. The media said that he is the hero of Leeds City. I didn’t expect that the true face of the hero is like this...” Wang Guangwei pays close attention to international football trends.
“Hey, isn’t it like this everywhere? Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Don’t think that foreigners are superior to us. Some of their players are not good...” Zhang Qinghuan pouted.
“Speaking of which, North London Wanderers only finished fifth at the end of this season. They fell from third place, which was like an avalanche. They also lost their qualification for the Champions League. I don’t know how Sean feels..."
"It is said that many Rangers fans called him a dog..." Hulay said. "Just because he didn't score against us Leeds City, the Rangers fans blamed the team for losing the Champions League qualification.
With it on his back, he became a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle."
“Hahaha! I won’t be happy with the retribution!”
“Here comes the last dish.” Amid laughter, Wang Yuan came in with a steamed fish dish.
Others quickly stopped chatting and called to Wang Yuan: "Sister-in-law, come and eat!"
"You guys talk about your business." Wang Yuan sat down next to Qin Lin. She was not in a hurry to eat, but propped up her chin with her hands and stared at the group of young people.
Hu Lai continued to tell her son the interesting stories about playing in the Premier League. Naturally, the son listened very seriously, with his mouth slightly open as cutely as when he was a child, and his eyes shining with hope.
She raised her hand and wiped the sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand, then noticed someone looking at her, so she turned her head and looked up, and saw her husband sitting next to her, looking at her.
Wang Yuan smiled.
Qin Lin also laughed.
The meal was actually finished long ago, but everyone sat around the dining table and chatted for almost two hours.
It wasn’t until half past nine that the five young people said goodbye to Qin Lin’s family and returned to the villa they rented.
Zhang Qinghuan turned on the projection: "How about it, Hu Lai? Let's come and compare notes?"
Unexpectedly, Hu Lai shook his head and turned to the gym on the basement floor: "No, I ate so much today, I want to convert it into muscles quickly."
Behind him, the four people looked at each other.
They had never seen Hu Lai like this before going to Europe...
They thought again of what Director Zhao said on the training ground today.
So is this why Hulay was able to advance so quickly in Europe?
“I’ll go too.” Wang Guangwei said first.
Morikawa Junpei didn't say anything, but he had already moved first.
Xia Xiaoyu followed closely.
“Damn!” Zhang Qinghuan cursed when he saw this and followed him.
Five people quickly filled up the small gym. Some people got on the treadmill, some on the elliptical machine, and some chose to exercise thigh muscle strength...
The sound of heavy breathing and the sound of clanging equipment sounded in the gym.
The cell phone that someone placed on the coffee table in the living room kept vibrating and buzzing.
Chen Xingyi: "Take more photos!" Fastest update Mobile version::
Chen Xingyi: "How was your gathering?"
Chen Xingyi: "Reply! Hey, are everyone dead?!"
Chen Xingyi: "Moxi Moxi, is anyone here?"
Chen Xingyi: "This group has been banned? Which of you posted a pornographic picture?"
Chen Xingyi: “Every day!”
Chen Xingyi: “Fuck, fuck, fuck!”
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The voices in the gym on the basement floor floated up, as if they were an answer to him.