Hu Lixin returned to his home after finishing his day's work at school.
While he was standing at the door taking out his keys, he heard the noise coming from next door, which made him feel strange.
Although he knew that people had moved in next door, they had always been quiet and were not the kind of residents who would disturb others. So Hu Lixin didn't pay much attention.
Today, this was the first time he heard such a loud noise coming from next door.
It sounds so lively. Are there guests?
Hu Lixin didn't like gossip, so he just thought about it for a moment, put aside the idea, took out the key and opened the door to his house.
After opening the door, he immediately saw his son's large suitcase placed in the living room.
Then he knew that his son was back.
But when he was puzzled, why was the house so quiet when his son returned home?
There was no sound of his wife busy in the kitchen, and no one came out to greet him. It was as if everyone else in the house except him had suddenly disappeared.
Hu Lixin stood at the entrance and looked inside. The lights were turned off, but there was really no one there.
He frowned and took out his cell phone to call his wife. At this moment, the noise from the next door suddenly became louder. The door was opened, and a familiar laughter came from inside.
He turned back and saw his wife Xie Lan walking from next door with a smile on her face.
As soon as Xie Lan saw Hu Lixin, she waved to him happily: "Lao Hu, are you back? Great! Come on, put down your things, wash your hands, and come with me!"
Hu Lixin's mind was filled with questions: "Go there? Where are you going? How did you get out from next door? Where is Hu Lai?"
Xie Lan smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed: "Oh! Our son is also next door... What do you think is 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 walked around him and walked into the kitchen. As he walked, he continued: "I was the same as you at first. I couldn't believe it. I didn't expect...it was such a coincidence! What a fate! Let me tell you, old man
Hu. When I opened the door and saw our son and Li Qingqing standing at the door, I was shocked. I thought my son had brought the girl back to meet his parents... Later I found out that he lived next door to us!"
As she said that, she walked out of the kitchen carrying a steamer. When she saw Hu Lixin was still there, she touched him and said, "What are you doing? Come on, let's celebrate the New Year together today. You go over and stay with me."
Li, drink two drinks! Hurry!"
After saying that, she turned into the next door in a hurry.
Hu Lixin scratched his head, and finally listened to his wife and put down his things and washed his hands.
After washing my hands, I only remembered when I walked to the door. I went 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 layout of the apartment next door was different from his. When he pushed open the door, there was no room for entry. Hu Lixin saw the living room directly.
The furnishings in the home are very simple, with all the necessary furniture and none of the unnecessary ones.
There is no one in the living room.
People are in the restaurant next to it.
He turned around again and saw that the dishes had been placed on the dining table. His son was standing side by side with a tall girl with a good face. The two of them were placing bowls and chopsticks on the table. Hu Lai put down a bowl and stood beside him.
The girl placed a pair of chopsticks next to her.
When this scene broke into Hu Lixin's eyes, he was stunned for a moment.
Even though he usually firmly opposed his wife pairing up his son with Li Qingqing, when he saw this scene, a strange thought came to his mind, as if his son had really brought his girlfriend home to visit them...
Hu Lai put the bowls on the table and turned around to see his father standing at the door in a daze, so he greeted, "Dad, are you here?"
Li Qingqing also turned around and smiled at him: "Hello, uncle."
Hu Lixin raised his hand and pinched the Jingming point at the base of his nose. Just as his wife said... he really had that sense of déjà vu.
Hu Lai pointed at Li Qingqing and wanted to introduce him: "This is Li Qingqing..."
Xie Lan happened to come out of the kitchen with the dishes and interrupted him with a smile: "What else are you introducing? Who doesn't know Li Qingqing?"
Hearing this, Li Qingqing lowered her head and smiled shyly.
This scene really made Xie Lan more and more happy as she watched it. She put down the dishes, took the wine bottle from her husband, and pulled him into the kitchen: "Come and help!"
Then he shouted outside: "You two, please don't come in and join in the fun, we can't squeeze in!"
Hu Lai: "We also need to help..."
"How can I help you? You two kids, go and play by yourself!" Xie Lan waved his hand.
Hu Lai and Li Qingqing looked at each other after hearing this.
What are you playing with...
"How about I visit your home again?" Hu Lai asked.
Li Qingqing was amused.
She had taken Hu Lai around the house before, and even opened her "boudoir" for Hu Lai to visit.
"Let's go sit on the balcony. When I bought this house, I liked the viewing balcony. It faces the atrium. When the weather is good, I feel comfortable when I look at the green trees and sunshine outside." Li Qingqing said and walked towards the balcony.
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"It's a coincidence that our family also had a balcony at first glance." Hu Lai followed and walked out. "My dad told my mom that when the weather is nice, you can come to the balcony to eat and bask in the sun..."
The two of them just sat on the two chairs on the balcony, looking through the transparent glass windows at the building opposite, the trees and lawns below, and the riverside park in the distance.
The rays of the setting sun came from the western horizon, coating everything they saw with a golden layer. At this moment, the weather was
Good times.
"I never thought we could even buy a house together, Hu Lai! This must be a special fate!" Li Qingqing, who was relaxed and happy, said happily after stretching.
"You've said this three times..."
"Hehe. Because it's really unbelievable. 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 a building, a unit, and a floor. We are our next-door neighbors. How lucky do you think this is?"
Hu Lai also sighed: "It's really a coincidence..."
Until now, he has not recovered from the shock of discovering that Li Qingqing actually lives next door to his house. It always feels like a dream. Maybe if he sleeps tonight, he will find out the next morning that Li Qingqing actually lives next door.
It's a family of strangers.
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This was the first time Li Ziqiang met the father Hu Lai said was frustrated because his knee was kicked to pieces by Wang Xianke, and he strongly opposed his son's contact with football.
"You two are now together, ha!" Xie Lan introduced the two men enthusiastically, "Our old Hu is now a football coach at Fanglin Primary School near our home, specializing in teaching children to play football."
Hu Lixin waved his hand: "Not really, I'm not a coach yet. I just help children develop their interest in playing football. I'm far behind Coach Li."
Li Ziqiang heard this and said quickly: "You can't say that, your job is actually more important. If there are no coaches who have taken root in primary schools, our middle schools will have no suitable seedlings at all. You are laying the foundation for Chinese football...
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"Okay, okay, stop complimenting 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's face turned red when he heard this.
In a TV interview not long ago, he said that although he recruited Hu Lai to join the school team, he actually didn't like him.
Now his parents are saying in front of him that their son is entirely dependent on his cultivation... No matter how thick-skinned he is, he can't accept it calmly.
"The main thing 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. This is really great. From now on, we will often move around, and Hu Lai will let him come to see you every time he comes back, ha!
"Xie Lan said with a smile. "We live so close, and if we don't come to visit our mentor, it would be like bullying our master and destroying our ancestors!"
Li Ziqiang waved his hand quickly: "It's not necessary, it's not necessary, I'm being too harsh..."
"Of course it is necessary. We have taught Hu Lai to be grateful since he was a child. You gave him the opportunity to become a player. Of course you are his mentor. Of course he has to respect it." Xie Lan said it matter of course.
"He's quite respectful..." Li Ziqiang thought of Hu Lai's nodding and bowing look.
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"Hu Lai, my dad always treats you with a stern face. That'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 her.
Hu Lai seemed to be afraid that Hu Lai would have a grudge against his father in his heart.
"No way, where are you thinking, am I such a chicken-hearted person?" Hu Lai reassured Li Qingqing with a smile.
"You really don't care?"
"What is there to care about? He is my coach. Since he is the coach, isn't what he said about me justified?"
"But my dad has stopped teaching you now..."
"I no longer play football under Coach Zhao. Am I allowed to disrespect him when I see him?"
Li Qingqing thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case. 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 bad relationship between her father and Hu Lai.
"That's great..." she murmured.
"What's good?" Hu Lai wondered.
"It's been a long time since our family has been so lively..." Li Qingqing sat on a chair, looking out the window at dusk. Behind him was the kitchen that was making constant noise. The aroma of delicious food could be smelled from the balcony.
It tickles their stomachs all the time.
Hu Lai then remembered that Li Qingqing's mother passed away a long time ago, and she and her father have always been the only ones in the family. Now that Li Qingqing has also gone abroad to play football, Coach Li is the only one in the house.
He also plays football abroad, but at least his parents are still alive and the two of them can support each other. As for Coach Li... he is really alone.
Hu Lai was suddenly curious: "Didn't your father want to find another one?"
Li Qingqing shook his head: "I also asked my dad, and he said he would definitely not look for it."
"Why?"
"My dad and my mom were each other's first loves. They met when they were in Dongchuan Middle School. He couldn't accept other women to replace my mom, so..." At this point, Li Qingqing sighed, "My dad has a stubborn temper.
, I couldn’t persuade him. He would get angry with me if he tried to persuade him, so I stopped trying to persuade him later.”
Hu Lai really didn't expect that the unsmiling devil's head coach could be such an affectionate leader. He didn't know what to say for a moment.
At this moment, Xie Lan's voice came from behind them: "You two, darlings, wash your hands and eat!"
Li Qingqing jumped down from the chair: "Here we come!"
Be the first to jump and run over.
Hu Lai trailed behind and looked at her deer-like back. Seeing her lively appearance, it was hard to imagine that she lost her mother when she was ten years old...
After running for two steps, Li Qingqing finally remembered and turned around to greet Hu Lai, who was still stunned: "It's time to eat, Hu Lai!"
"Oh, okay." Hu Lai stood up and followed.
The two of them walked to the table with sumptuous dishes.