At the pre-match press conference for the first leg of the Champions League's quarter-knockout ties, the two managers whose romances had just come to light were asked similar questions. Under the flash, the two men were similarly behaved, although, one in Turin and the other in Lisbon. They all looked directly at the reporter who asked the question, and they all had a shallow smile on their faces.

In fact, the reporters are very cautious, not because the two have always had a perverse temperament, but because they don't want their peers to feel unprofessional. After all, this is the pre-match press conference for the knockout rounds of the Champions League, and in any case, the focus should also be on the competitive level. Think about it, if you ask a gossip question after a professional football question, your peers will inevitably look down on you, and even though every reporter in the room is curious about it. Perhaps, only media reporters who are themselves famous for gossip don't care much about this.

So, the English journalist in Turin asked: "Nick, we all know that the QPR will play Sporting at the same time tonight, and the current points gap between the two teams in the league is two points, do you prefer the QPR to go further in the Champions League, both from a competitive point of view in the Premier League and from the perspective of your current personal relationship?"

In Lisbon, it was a Spanish journalist who asked the question: "Christine, will you follow Flores' game against Juventus tonight?"

Nicholas said: "What a long question...... You have a point, I'll think about it. But all I'm looking at at the moment is Everton vs Juventus. ”

Kristen said: "I'm going to be on the sidelines and directing our game, why don't you tell me how do I pay attention?"

On Wednesday night, at the Alvalad Stadium and Juventus Stadium, both matches were played at the same time.

The QPR's attack has been ferocious from the start, they have built up plenty of fitness over the past few weeks, the potential of David Silva's arrival has been demonstrated, and of course it would not have been possible to rely on the hard work of Alice's team and strength and conditioning coaches on the players' fitness.

Sporting have not been as strong as they used to be in recent years, holding up in a home atmosphere for a while before being unable to withstand the attack of a team who are currently second in the Premier League.

In the 23rd minute, Yu Zixiang's cross was met by Leon Ferreira, the first Champions League knockout goal in the history of QPR and the Uruguayan's sixth in the last five games. The two men hugged and then danced a strange dance in the corner flag area, and the manager of the QPR also raised his arms on the sidelines to celebrate.

Towards the end of the first half, Glenn Mitchell, who started the day today, scored with a header from inside the box after a corner from Sorin, and the Yorkshire boy who returned from injury celebrated his first goal since his return.

It was a very relaxed first half, with QPR not feeling the slightest pressure from the away side and the green and white Sporting players hanging their heads like their fans.

At half-time, Thiem told Lu Ling that the score of the Juventus match against Everton was still 0-0.

Lu Ling nodded, and then she turned her head and said to Phil: "You have more than thirty minutes of playing time in the second half, and you have to warm up at the beginning of the second half." ”

Phil yelled awesome, and Leon glanced at him and lowered his head.

Zixiang stabbed Leon: "That's how he is...... Actually, Leon, you two have been working well together lately. ”

Leon didn't speak, but smiled casually.

The second half began.

The QPR was a bit loose in the first fifteen minutes and Sporting went on the ball immediately, but Glenn, Mensah and Hans were solid enough to keep their opponents out of the net.

On 60 minutes, David Silva and Phil Warren came on together.

The QPR kept the pace of the game at a steady pace, and Sporting was powerless.

Lu Ling crossed his arms on the sidelines, very satisfied with the current situation.

Amid the boos of the home fans, Phil thought to himself: give me the ball, I'm going to shoot, I'm going to score my fifth of the season, I'm going to get my boss to give me money, I'm going to be a dad.

Finally, the ball came, and it was actually sent by the Uruguayan kid. Phil looked at the opposing goalkeeper and should be able to shoot. But it seems that the Dutch kid on the right has plugged in......

After entering the top professional league, Phil still learned something, and that is not to hesitate to make any decisions on the field.

He just thought about it for a moment – it was more important to score his own goals.

Phil straightened his thigh and fired a powerful shot into the bottom corner, but it was saved by the opposing goddamn goalkeeper!

However, a teammate rushed over to make up for it...... It was Leon!

QPR leads by three goals away from home.

León Ferreira's goal had in fact put the suspense out of the two-legged tie after 70 minutes.

It's just that when almost all of his QPR teammates rushed up to hug Leon, Phil was still annoyed by the kick he had just made - what a bad luck!

After Lu Ling celebrated with the members of the coaching staff, she returned to the coach's seat, she was a little thirsty and drank some water.

When she turned the cap, Tim said to her: "Juventus just scored a goal. ”

Lu Ling's brows furrowed slightly. She couldn't sort out her thoughts at this moment. At the pre-game press conference, reporters wanted nothing more than what she would say about Nick, and the answer she gave must have disappointed reporters and fans alike. However, going back to that question itself, it is impossible for her not to follow Everton's game. Even when they weren't reconciled, she did. Moreover, does she exactly want Nick to go further?

It's a complicated issue, and she believes it's the same for Nick.

Lu Ling sat in the coach's seat and quietly observed the situation on the field, but part of her thoughts had already turned to the opponents she might encounter in the league and quarterfinals......

A few minutes later, Tim patted her again and said: "Everton equalised, Ross Barkley." ”

Lu Ling snorted, "Oh, there's still a good chance that they'll advance." 'It was a valuable away goal after all.

Perhaps, she still hopes that he can go further. In that case, Everton would also have to juggle the league and the Champions League, and that would be more interesting with her, wouldn't it?

She wondered what he wanted her to do, if she really lost. And if she wins, she doesn't know what she's going to ask for?

Both sides of the game ended at the same time.

QPR beat Sporting 3-0 away and Everton drew 1-1 away at Juventus.

****

In Barcelona, it was a quiet and peaceful rainy night, with a damp wind pouring into the room from the balcony.

Patrick turned off the TV and watched the curtains blow up in the wind.

He recovered from his foot injury well, but he still didn't walk as well. When Amber was around, she wasn't very happy to help him too much. "I'm not your maid," she said, "and if you want that kind of service, I can't afford to pay for it in Barcelona." Besides, it's not that you can't move, your physiotherapist said that you should try to be more active without exertion. ”

Amber's tone of voice sometimes resembled that of another girl, but more often than not.

Patrick thinks that beautiful girls are all similar, narcissistic or not, always proud. For them, the handsome man in front of them will never be their only choice, and there will always be the next sexy man waiting for them. Actually, the same is true for good-looking men. Unless, unless you're in love with that person.

Zoe slept soundly in his bed, she had been a fan of jumping into his bed lately, but something was mysterious, and sometimes, Patrick woke up and she wasn't there.

Patrick touched the pit bull's head, she wasn't awake either, but her eyes were moving, probably dreaming.

He thought, he should have slept too.

In fact, he should tweet or update an Instagram photo to let the fans who care about him know how he's doing, he wants to call the buddies, he wants to send a message to the girl who just won Sporting de Portugal, and maybe he should also say hello to Amber......

But he just threw away his phone and got under the covers. He was sleepy. Even forgot to close the balcony door.

There was a faint light outside, flickering through the wind-blown curtains, and he closed his eyes and opened them again, thinking that three months was a long time to suffer, and that there was still half of it left.

After a few more moments, he stood up with his arms propped up, turned on the wall lamp, and pulled another cell phone out of the drawer.

He turned on the front camera, and the guy on the screen looked a little haggard, and he tried to open his eyes to look refreshed, but he didn't think it made sense, and she wouldn't see it anyway. He gave up, drooped his eyelids, and began to record:

"Tina, it's been a long time...... Zoe sleeps on my lap but I can't sleep......"

****

That night, on the phone, Nicholas asked Lu Ling a strange question.

"Did Patrick give you a horse?"

In addition to feeling strange, Lu Ling also felt strange, "How do you know?"

"I think I've seen the news that you have a horse and Patrick has a dog...... So, I thought, maybe you gave each other a pet. ”

She replied yes.

He laughed on the phone and said, "He's smart...... Even if you send a turtle to you, you don't have time to feed it, and it saves you a lot of trouble to send a horse. ”

"Why do you suddenly ask this?"

"Nothing. What's his or her name?"

"It's him. Lu Ling smiled, "His name is Loca." ”

She hadn't been to see Luca in a while, but according to what Amy told her, Luca was fine and would be playing his first game in a while. So Amy also asked her what Luca's competition was called. She called Pat to discuss. Pat gives Luca a nickname that makes her laugh and cry - Dark Tornado (RNADO). She said on the phone, "That sounds like the name of a thriller movie, or like the Call of Duty scene you play." Pat lazily said on the phone, "Isn't that great? Of course, if you don't like it, we can talk about it, like Darkking, but that sounds too ordinary. She was studying the footage of the Sporting Portugal match at the time and didn't have much time to spend on Luca's title, "Dark Tornado is better than Dark King, there's no doubt about it." Pat whispered on the other end, "Actually, I'd rather call him the King of Spades,...... and after a second of silence, she said, "So it's a dark tornado, and hopefully the name will bring Lukka good luck." You go and call Amy and tell her Luca is called Dark Tornado. He didn't say anything more, and readily agreed.

Nick's voice rang out with a smile, "Good name, with you in the same series." ”

"haaat..."Lu Ling laughed here and hummed a long note.

He immediately said, "Lunatic." (Both words carry the meaning of madness.) ）

He remembered the interview, she thought.

"What are your plans for this weekend?" he asked again.

This weekend is the fifth round of the FA Cup, with both QPR and Everton already knocked out of the Cup, so there are no games this week. Some clubs that don't play in the FA Cup will even choose to go abroad for training holidays, and Dubai and Spain are good choices.

Lu Ling is not ready to take the players out of England, although England is still cold and wet, windy, and light rain from time to time, but she thinks that because she is going to play in the Champions League, the time is tight and not suitable for flying around, and there will be jet lag problems.

And listening to Nick, Everton doesn't seem ready to leave England either.

"I feel like I'm stuck in London. She laughs.

He laughed and said, "You can come to Liverpool." ”

"Let me think about ......"

"Don't think about it, it's your birthday, I think I should go to London. ”

Only then did Lu Ling realize that he would be thirty years old in a few days. Lying on the soft bed of the hotel, she looked at the delicate ceiling and meandered, "I wanted to pretend to be melancholy, but I found that I was not melancholy at all. I'm really young, I mean really fucking young. "She's so young in the industry. But after a few years, she also felt tired, she may be getting old, but she didn't care. As she once told Nick, she didn't miss her twenty years, when she had nothing, and her taste for football, for men, for everything, was terrible.

"Damn, you're right, my little girl. His words were still sweet.

They all burst out laughing.

On this night, both of them were in a good mood. QPR almost sealed a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, while Everton got a valuable away goal against a strong opponent and had the advantage of qualifying......

It's just that, more often than not, they don't rejoice at the same moment.

In fact, in competitive sports, the eternal reality is that not only my success is a must, but your failure should also be a must.

In the end, Lu Ling was sleepy, but she suddenly remembered something, "Damn, Steve said I had to go to a show, the show for the spring and summer show of my brand sponsor." ”

“burberry？”

"Yes. Lu Ling rolled over on the bed, "The day before my birthday." "It's Pat's birthday.

"I went to London that night. ”

"Great, I was thinking if you don't come...... I can't promise I won't bring a male model home that night. ”

"Okay...... You can try ......"

"Are you threatening me?"

"Am I there?"

……

****

Nathan Neal Lawrence feels he has a unique taste for fashion. But his assistant Cindy tells him that you have terrible taste, that you are just relying on yourself to have a beautiful face and model-like body, and that you are a billionaire.

Nathan Neal naturally doesn't like such an assessment. But the words were said by Cindy, the only woman he ever loved, and he didn't bother to care.

He wasn't going to see the Burberry Spring/Summer show, but he heard Steve say Christine would go, so he became intrigued. He was in London anyway, and he needed to "hunt" anyway.

He said to Christine on the phone, "Would you like to be my female companion? I can let you play the role of a queen." I'm sure this news will make headlines in all the media. It's also a boost to our club's global reach. ”

She yelled at him, "Are you crazy? I'm with Nick, and you're one of the first people to know...... The news hasn't gone down yet, and now you want everyone to think that I slept with my boss, do you?"

Nathan Nill looked at the slowly rising Tower Bridge and flattened his mouth, "If you refuse, you will refuse, where did you come from such a big temper, I am your boss anyway, you are very beautiful, but that doesn't mean I won't be angry." ”

She didn't seem to understand the meaning of his words, and hung up the phone.

Nathan Neal was a little angry. But only a little.

It's not fair that pretty girls have privileges, but it's true.

On that day, Nathan Neill appeared alone at Burberry's spring/summer show. When he saw Amber, he called Patrick. But Patrick didn't answer. That's interesting, he thought.

Kristen Lue is also there today.

****

Lu Ling looked at Amber from afar.

What kind of girl is that?

Lu Ling felt that if he was bisexual, he would definitely be attracted to her. The truth is that she is not bisexual, and she is also attracted to her.

Amber is beautiful, as beautiful as in movies and commercials. She's a little shorter than the models who will be on stage for a while, but she's tall enough to have perfect proportions, both in terms of legs and hips.

Among so many beauties, she still stands out.

Lu Ling remembered that Pat had told him that Amber wanted to know him.

So she walked over.

****

Amber was bored. If Pyrrek had come, it might not have been so boring. After the show, she was going to Patrick's house, and she had already told him, but she wouldn't necessarily meet his friends, and she thought, she wouldn't see the famous Kristen Lu.

But when she turned her head, she saw the famous Kristen Lu.

"Hey. ”

"Hey. ”

At that moment, Amber had the illusion that the beautiful Asian girl opposite her seemed to be another self in this world. Of course, that's just an illusion.

They talked. Amber knew that many people around her were taking pictures, but she was attracted to the girl in front of her. She thought she should have known her earlier.

****

Roads in Britain are always winding, turning and turning, with one intersection followed by the next.

It was raining lightly. If you open the window a little, you can hear the howling of the wind.

Lu Ling sat in Amber's limo and drank some champagne, feeling slightly dizzy.

They were talking about Shakespeare's plays, and now they're talking about a Broadway opera that's touring London. Lu Ling was a little pity, "I've always wanted to watch that play, but unfortunately I don't have time." ”

Amber was about to speak, when Lu Ling's phone vibrate.

Lu Ling put down the champagne glass and answered the phone.

It's Nathan Neal.

On the other end, the American almost angrily said, "I thought you were already the craziest Asian girl I've ever met, I fucking ran into a crazier than you, please tell me YPE is a fucking mistake." ”

Lu Ling rolled his eyes, "I don't know what you want to express at all, please tell me you're drunk." ”

Nathan Neal sighed on the phone, "Nothing. I'll probably be back in New York tomorrow, but I won't miss the home game against Sporting de Portugal. ”

Lu Ling took a sip of champagne, he naturally didn't miss it, it was the moment when she led the club to make history.

****

Ian tells Patrick that Kate is pregnant and that he is about to become a father.

Patrick was stunned for a moment, and then he was extremely excited, but he felt in a trance. Ian will not only be the first of the three fools to get married, but he will also become the first father. After that, the topic was still on some trivial things, such as the contradiction between Phil and Leon in the QPR team that Zixiang talked about. Patrick couldn't answer, it wasn't his club anyway.

Ian and Zixiang left early.

Patrick looked at the empty living room and thought, twenty-one, and that's it.

He doesn't need a lively birthday party, he just wants his foot injury to recover faster.

After a while, Amber called him and told him that she would be at his house soon.

He just didn't expect that there was another person coming down from Amber's limo.

****

"As you wish. She said.

Nicholas kissed her cheek, "Babe, are you mad at me?"

The cold wind blew on Lu Ling's cheeks, and the temperature of Nick's lips still lingered on the left side of her face, and she lowered her eyelids and whispered, "I just don't think it's a good suggestion." ”

The Spaniard smiled softly and whispered in her ear, "But they don't mind." ”

Lu Ling turned his head, and Pat lowered his eyes and hugged Amber, she couldn't see Pat's expression, and it was impossible to know what he was thinking. She just didn't think it should have happened.

"I'm hungry and wish Mr. Flores a good dinner. "That's Amber talking.

Lu Ling also lowered his eyes: "Nick may make steak, and I only have beef in the refrigerator at home." Perhaps because of the drinking, Lu Ling felt that he was extremely hungry. 166 Reading Network