Chapter 40: People chasing light

Hu Lai’s hat-trick completely destroyed Haizhou Fangda, and before the end of the game, they conceded another goal, this time an own goal.
Shanxing finally defeated Haizhou Fangda 5:0 at home, and Hu Lai was replaced before the end of the game.
But this time, he was replaced in advance and he was always replaced because of exhaustion before, although his physical strength was indeed low...
Zhao Kangming replaced him just to let him accept the cheers and applause of the fans at home.
This is Moment that he enjoys alone.
When he was replaced, the Star Flash fans all stood up and applauded and cheered him.
In the thunderous applause, Hu Lai walked all the way off the field, raising his hands to applaud the fans in the stands, his face was filled with brilliant smiles, like a little sun in the night game.
Wang Guangwei stood on the court with his hands on his hips, looking at Hu Lai's back.
It's amazing. I hated him to death at the beginning, but now I see this scene, but I am really happy for him...
This kid!
No, you must ask him to invite him to dinner!
And never ask him around the university town, let him go to the high-end restaurant on Sunway Road!
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While Chen Jianyu in the media table gave Hu Lai applause, the small open space overgrown with weeds appeared in front of him.
This imaginative reporter couldn’t help thinking: I don’t know if the teenager would raise his hands and imagine that he heard cheers coming from all directions after shooting a football to the goal in that clearing. Waving his hands in front of me...
If so, I don't know if he thought at that time that one day, he would really see ten times, hundreds of times more than a thousand pairs of hands waving in front of him, applauding him?
Why is a dream always sung by people's enthusiasm countless times, isn't it just because it is so beautiful?
It gives people hope and guides people to pursue it. In the process, those who chase their dreams become better and better...
They chased the light, and they became light.
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Peng Hao turned his head in surprise to look at the Haizhou Fangda fans next to him. They all stood up at this time and were applauding Hu Lai who had left the field.
It's the same as the Stars fans in the distance.
But are they not fans of Haizhou Fangda? Shouldn't they hate and loathe Hu Lai who scored their three goals?
Why did you applaud him instead?
Peng Hao, who was standing still and motionless, also caught the attention of the people around him. They turned to look at the sluggish Peng Hao, thinking that this was a companion who could not accept the team's fiasco in the flash star, so they persuaded: "Oh! , Young man, don’t take it too seriously. If your skills are not as good as others, if you lose, you will lose...Be open-minded. People played No.33 really well. I don’t have to say, don’t be too stingy when you should applaud. People say we can't afford to lose."
Hearing this, Peng Hao quickly slapped his face and shouted loudly, "Okay! Good kick!"
It can be regarded as a chance to cheer on my cousin with integrity.
Cousin is awesome!
Since his cousin dared to fight with three people alone when he was a child, he knew that his cousin was awesome...
The fans of Haizhou Fangda next to him looked at this guy whose hands were all red, and persuaded him: "It doesn't have to be like this..."
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"Wow, Haizhou Fangda fans are also applauding for Hu Lai!" When the match was broadcast to the visitors' stand, the Anton TV commentator made such an exclamation.
In the picture, the fans wearing Haizhou Fangda jerseys also applauded Hu Lai with serious expressions.
They were in a bad mood after losing, so they couldn't smile.
But even so, they still stood in front of their seats, applauding for Hu Lai who scored their three goals.
"This scene is unusual..." commentator Lu Guanlin said with emotion. "Hu Lai has already conquered the fans of Haizhou Fangda University with this hat trick. What an amazing young man!"
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In the constant cheers and applause, Hu Lai finally walked off the court. This process was a little longer because he walked slowly on purpose and wanted to enjoy this moment more.
But no matter whether it was the opponent player or the referee, no one came up to urge him.
Let this young man enjoy the glory brought to him by his first hat trick in his career.
Then he bowed to the head coach Zhao Kangming, who was waiting to hug him with open arms, before going up to hug him.
When Chen Mo saw this scene next to him, he happily stroked his palm and laughed again.
Of course he also waited for Hu Lai's hug and high-five.
Then Hu Lai went high-five with the coaching staff and the teammates on the bench, and finally sat in his own position.
Zhang Xiaolei and Han Xiangfei gave him thumbs up one by one.
"Awesome!"
Hu Lai sat paralyzed on the chair, laughing weakly, but still laughing.
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Hu Lixin glanced at the time on his phone. After nine o'clock and fifteen, he estimated that the game started at 7:30. Even if there was injury time, it should be over now.
In other words, he can go home.
In fact, he has been bitten by the mosquitoes downstairs, so he has to smoke and use cigarettes instead of mosquito coils to repel mosquitoes.
Just when he was about to bring back the phone, there was a ding-dong pop-up message on the phone.
[Jincheng Headline]: In the just-concluded round of the 24th China League One, Shining Star Football Club defeated Haizhou Fangda 5:0 at home. The young player Hu Lai scored three yuan in the game and finished the hat. ...
The text that can be displayed in the notification pop-up window is limited, but it happens to display all the key information-with Hu Lixin's knowledge of football, how could he not know that the word "complete the hat" is followed by "juggling"?
and so……
Hu Lixin's eyes widened.
My son even completed a hat trick in a professional game! ?
He immediately understood what the scream of his wife he heard downstairs was all about...
After figuring out the reasons, Hu Lixin immediately dispelled the idea of ​​going home now. Because he can almost imagine that as soon as he opens the door, he will face his wife's saturated show off...
Can't let that woman succeed!
So he turned and walked back to the edge of the flower bed, sat down on the edge of the concrete platform, raised his legs, lit another cigarette, took a puff and held it by his feet, letting the smoke disappear.
At the same time, he did not turn on the phone again—he could think of it with his knees. Now that he turned on the phone, he might be bombarded by several other news apps—but he chose to look at the lights in the residential building ahead. .
There were voices coming out of those windows. It was the sound of mothers helping their children to do their homework and tantrums, the sound of drinking and punching at home, the costume drama on the TV in the living room, and the whispers of someone standing on the balcony calling.
This old residential area after nine o'clock in the evening is still very lively.
It is the most tender moment in this city.
It would be better if there were not so many mosquitoes...
Hu Lixin raised his hand and took a deep breath, then turned his head and spit out the smoke around him.
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Li Ziqiang waited for the post-match press conference to be over, then turned off the TV, got up and walked to the bedroom.
At the just-concluded press conference, Hu Lai became the name that media reporters rushed to mention.
As the coach who personally took Hu Lai from the Dongchuan Middle School football team to the Poseidon Youth Team, and then took him from the Poseidon Youth Team to the Flash Star first team, Zhao Kangming wanted to answer reporters’ questions about Hu Lai.
"I have been paying attention to him since the first national competition he participated in, and until the second national competition, he led Dongchuan Middle School to the championship, and I also won the honors of best scorer and best player... Knowing that he has a very high talent, and his performance today proves this, I am happy for him, all this is what he deserves... He is always the hardest person in training, so he He just came to the team and won the trust and support of his teammates. I think this is inseparable from his own efforts. After all, although luck must be taken into account in the destiny, it is also inseparable from self-struggle. of……"
At that time, watching Zhao Kangming talking to Hu Lai in front of the camera and making no secret of his appreciation of this young man, Li Ziqiang thought of what he said when facing the lens of Anton TV's "People" film crew.
"...Actually, I didn't want to recruit him into the team at the beginning. I was not very optimistic about his future... Why did I recruit him later? I just wanted to give him a chance. It was not a big deal for me. It's a matter, but for him he may need this opportunity very much... I really didn't expect him to work so hard, no, it should be said to be'hard work'. He is really training hard, because this opportunity is not easy for him..."
In an interview with Chen Jianyu, Li Ziqiang did not brag about his contribution to cultivating Hu Lai, but rather straightforwardly told the other party that he did not like this person at first.
Only when Chen Jianyu asked him why he wanted to recruit him into the school team when he hated Hu Lai, he didn't tell the truth.
Instead, I found a reason that sounds good.
He doesn't want the media to know what the relationship between Hu Lai and his daughter is...
Back to the bedroom, Li Ziqiang cast a gentle look at the family photo on the desk.
Just then, his phone rang.
It turned out that it was his daughter, which surprised Li Ziqiang.
I just saw the picture of my daughter, thinking of her in my heart, and her call came. Is this the telepathy between father and daughter?
A smile appeared on Li Ziqiang's face, and then he answered the phone.
"Dad, dad...dad, did you watch the game that just starred?"
As soon as the phone was connected, the daughter's eager voice came through the receiver.
That's what I said... the smile on Li Ziqiang's face solidified.
"I didn't watch it." He replied in a calm tone.
"Eh?! Why didn't you look at it?!" Hearing his father's answer, the daughter's voice went up eight degrees higher on the phone.
"Why should I watch a match in China League One?" Li Ziqiang asked back.
"No... Dad, that's your proud disciple's game! As his coach, shouldn't you always pay attention to your disciple's situation?"
"Who told you that he belongs to my proud disciple?"
"Isn't it? Since he entered the school team, Dad, you paid special attention to him, made targeted plans for him, and imposed strict requirements on him... Dad, if you don’t like him, why do you care about him so much? Isn't it over if he throws aside and fends for himself? At that time, he had no foundation, no ability, no talent, what's the use of having talent?"
Hearing what his daughter said, Li Ziqiang was stunned with his cell phone.
Li Qingqing was still muttering on the phone: "...If it weren't for your daddy's careful training, what future could Hu Lai have? You don't have high hopes for him like this, and you can't bear him wasting his talents? Since dad you spent it With so much effort on him, he has finally successfully entered the professional arena. How can you not pay attention to him and watch his game? I read the news that he performed a hat-trick in this game, and said to dad You call to inquire about the details of the game... I’m on the mountain and sea, and I can’t see the live game at all. But Dad, you are within the signal coverage of Anton TV’s sports channel, so you don’t catch such a good opportunity. Live, it's just..."
Li Ziqiang finally recovered. He coughed and interrupted his daughter's criticism of him: "Even as you said, Hu Lai is my proud disciple, so what is it that you care about him so much?"
Li Qingqing smiled over there: "Dad, Hu Lai is my classmate. I went to Dongchuan Middle School for a semester. When I left, I only made two friends, Hu Lai was one of them. As a friend , And a friend who is on the same career path as me, of course I have to pay attention to him."
"Since you are a friend, don't you have his contact information?" Li Ziqiang asked casually.
Li Qingqing on the other end of the phone almost blurted out: "He didn't tell me exactly how he scored! I have to exchange three meals for me!"
But at this moment, a sense of crisis suddenly came to her mind, and her answer changed to: "No, I was walking in a hurry... and I wanted his contact information, so I asked him directly. Well……"
"You don't even have contact information, you still say you are friends?" Li Ziqiang snorted coldly.
"The friendship between gentlemen is as pale as water, Dad..." Li Qingqing said with a flattering smile, and then immediately said: "Anyway, Dad, you should pay more attention to your proud disciple. You don't want to see how you cultivated yourself. Can the players who come out have any results in professional football?"
Li Ziqiang sighed slightly: "Well, well, that stinky guy I'll pay attention to..."
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Li Qingqing hung up the phone, switched to WeChat again, and looked at the last sentence of Hu Lai's chat with himself:
"Want to know? I want to know if you have invited me three meals, just tell you!"
She originally wanted to inquire about this game from her father, so that she would not have to bow her head in front of Hu Lai and admit defeat.
In the end, I didn't think my father cared about Hu Lai at all and didn't watch his game!
I'm so angry!
Li Qingqing stared at the screen of the phone and frowned for a while, then reluctantly typed in: "Okay, okay, three meals are three meals, anyway, you owe me so much, it's worth it!"
Finally, I took it all alone...
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Whether it is the China League Forum of "Goal", or the campus football forum, or the news pop-up window of "Goal", there has been news about Hu Lai's hat-trick in the game that just ended.
When Chen Xingyi saw these news, he was very fortunate that he had blacked Hu Laila long ago, otherwise he might suffer from Hu Lai's show off attack again...
Wasn't it that when he was selected for the first time on the big list, he came to pretend to be forced to be beaten by himself?
How could this man hold such grudges!
But it doesn’t matter how you hold grudges, anyway, it’s all blacked out...
Thinking of this, Chen Xingyi relaxed and entered WeChat, and then found that someone in Moments posted a new Moments, and the profile picture of the person who posted Moments surprised him-it was Wang Guangwei!
Based on his knowledge of Wang Guangwei, he knew that although this person had WeChat, he never posted to Moments.
If you just look at the circle of friends, people will never remember that they added him. But you can see his name in the address book, and if you contact him on WeChat, you can find someone. He seems to use WeChat as a contact tool and use it as an advanced version of SMS...
Is the sun coming out from the north?
Severe patients with social media phobia will send friends circle?
Hey, I want to see what he posted in his first circle of friends...
Thinking of this, Chen Xingyi reached out and clicked in.
Wang Guangwei’s circle of friends is the first one, just posted.
Wang Guangwei: "Chen Xingyi, Huletuo, I will bring you a word..."
Then here is a photo:
Hu Lai is standing next to the tactical board in the locker room after the game~EbookFREE.me~ The original content on the white tactical board has been erased, and a few big characters are written:
Hat trick, yeah!
"Fuck, fuck, fuck!!"
Chen Xingyi couldn't wait to insert his eyes.
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Wang Guangwei put away his mobile phone and said to Hu Lai, "Now, I posted to Moments as you said. Now you are going to treat me to two meals."
Hu Lai curled his lips: "Pharaoh, you send a circle of friends, you can earn a meal with your fingers, you are really awesome..."
"This is my first circle of friends! Isn't it worth a meal?" Wang Guangwei said angrily.
Hu Lai was shocked: "Fuck me? Pharaoh, you gave it to me the first time?!"
"You climb for Lao Tzu!"