You can't call me your girlfriend or your new girl, you know that's not true. You're my player, I'm not going to date my players, don't forget that. 】

Lu Ling sent this message to Patrick and began to study the next schedule.

A week later it was the FA Cup quarter-to-four tie. The opponent is Millwall in League One, not strong, but not careless. This will be followed by a league home game against Liverpool, which will be the third time this season that they will meet the Germans. Then comes the international break. Now there are more and more players in the team who are going to play for the national team, which on the one hand proves that the quality of the players in the QPR is rising, but on the other hand, the last thing she wants is to see a player get injured during this period. The intensity of the national team is worrying.

That's what is left of the whole March, followed by April and May, the most crucial months.

Lu Ling tapped on the iPad screen, she needed a real teaching assistant. George is both a first-team coach and an assistant coach right now, he's busy, and there's so little he can do to help her. She thought of someone, though she hadn't been in touch for a long time. She picked up her phone, and oh, Pat hadn't replied yet.

But the phone rang suddenly. Why did you call, she thought about pressing the answer button.

The boy's voice came: "Tina, open the door, I'm at your door." ”

It's already past eleven o'clock, what is he doing here? Lu Ling got down from the sofa, barefoot. The heating in the house was on so hard that she was sweating.

She opened the door.

Patrick stood in the doorway, cell phone in hand.

"What's the matter? She asked, somewhat defensively.

Patrick looked at her like this and thought it was funny. She seemed to be sweating a little on her neck, her collarbone was protruding, and then his eyes fell on her chest. She only wore a loose light-colored short-sleeved T-shirt, no underwear, and vaguely ......

"What the hell is going on? do you want to come in?" she asked again.

Patrick quickly looked away. He looked up at her, "No, no, I don't want to leave if I go in......"

Lu Ling didn't speak.

He continued, "Tina, you should put on the necklace I gave you. ”

She glanced at his wrist, except when he was playing football, he had been carrying the bracelet she had given him lately.

"I will. She said vaguely.

Patrick nodded, paused, and said, "Good night, Tina." ”

Lu Ling frowned slightly, what the hell does this guy want to do, he came to knock on the door so late, it doesn't seem to be anything serious. Just let her wear the gift he gave?

"Pat, you're so weird. She said.

He had already turned around, and when he heard her voice, he looked back at her again, and his voice was extremely gentle, "I just want to see you before I go to bed." Then he crooked his mouth and asked, "Can I get a goodnight kiss?"

"How old are you, seven years old?" Lu Ling shook his head in disbelief with a slight smile.

He is very sweet, however, there will always be a but.

"It doesn't hurt to ask. Patrick shrugged, knowing that the answer was no.

"Good night, Pat. ”

Lu Ling closed the door, lowered his head and smiled. It's been a long day and a lot has happened. It's not easy. Thinking of the score of 1:4, it is still like a fish in the throat.

She sat back on the couch, ready to send a clockwork message to the TA she was thinking about, albeit late. She flipped through the address book, flipped through the n column, and lingered on a name for a moment. There is no need to delete the number, and I have already known it by heart. She jumps over and finds Tim Louis.

[Hi Tim, sorry to bother you so late.] Would you like to be my teaching assistant? Call me when you receive a message. 】

Lu Ling didn't receive any phone calls that night. She went to bed at almost one o'clock, and she could only sleep for a few hours, and there was a morning meeting with damn little Lawrence to-morrow.

****

It's still a cold winter day in London. In fact, the temperature is never too low, it is windy. After Lu Ling got up, he went outside for half an hour, came back, took a shower and ate some cereal, and was ready to go to Harrington.

During the season, her life is regular and must be regular. Only on a morning in London would Nick be lazy. But now, she didn't even have an excuse to be lazy.

When she arrived at Harrington's office, it was not long before club staff brought in the day's main newspaper. She glanced at it casually, and reacted unexpectedly.

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There was no love in her eyes......

- The Sunday Sun

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The end of romance and the QPR were completely overturned by Everton

- The Sunday Mirror

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Amber's goal failed to save QPR... Also take a look at this awkward hug

- The Sunday Mail

The accompanying pictures invariably use the moment when she pushes Nick away.

In fact, since last night, she and Nick have been discussing everything on social media. The heat on this topic may continue for some time. But one way or another, it will eventually subside. She didn't take it too seriously.

However, another piece of news from The Sun was a bit unexpected by Lu Ling.

That's when the matter of Pat and Chloe came to light.

They were still together, and Lu Ling took a sip of coffee and turned the page. No manager likes a player who has a lot of off-field incidents, but the irony is that she probably has more off-field incidents than players. Fortunately, Pat is very professional, and she doesn't need to worry too much. She put down her coffee cup and flipped back to the page. The types of girls that Pat likes are really broad. Abby, Chloe, and a few of the others she'd seen sporadically before, all had different styles.

Lu Ling put down the newspaper and looked at the time, it was almost over.

When she arrives in the conference room, Tony is there, but Lawrence and Rice Jr. are nowhere to be seen.

She frowned and said to the Malaysians with some displeasure, "I don't like people who are late. ”

Tony laughed, "Why is your tone so similar to Nick's." After he finished speaking, he found that Christine's face was a little embarrassed, and he also read today's newspaper, so he asked, "You broke up with Nick?"

Lu Ling didn't speak.

Tony already knew the answer, so he didn't ask any more and diverted the subject.

The door to the conference room was finally pushed open.

The tall and handsome American looked at his watch and showed an extremely standard smile: "I am punctual." ”

Behind him, football director Rice has just arrived.

"But we've been waiting ten minutes. Lu Ling said in a deep voice.

Nathan Neal continued to smile, "I'll wait for you for twenty minutes next time." Is that fair?"

Lu Ling didn't bother to pay attention to him, and looked directly at Tony, hoping to start this semi-formal meeting early.

During the period, the main discussion was about the manager's short-term and long-term plans for the team, the summer recruitment, and the question of whether to leave or leave the existing players in the team after the end of the season. and general ideas for improving the scouting system and the youth system.

This meeting is not too long. After some initial discussions, Nathan Neal asked one last question.

"Christine, I remember the first time we met, we talked about big4, and you didn't look surprised at all. I was like, maybe that's what you're aiming for this team in mind, and I'm talking about the immediate goal. Now, I want to ask, do you think this season is possible?"

Lu Ling looked at the American, he was very serious. In fact, throughout the meeting, he was very serious. This, let her be satisfied. She has always liked people with good professionalism.

"Very difficult. She said.

But.

That's really what she's aiming for this season.

Whimsical? That's right.

But she couldn't resist the temptation of this goal. And, she felt, with a bigger goal, her heart was more fulfilling. Of course, she can't sue the players yet. This will stress them. You know, they've been doing really well this season.

Nathan Neal looked inquiringly at the young and beautiful manager. And didn't go any further. He stood up and held out his hand to her.

Lu Ling also stretched out his hand.

"I'm very happy to be a shareholder of this club and even more happy to have such a great manager as you and I hope it's a pleasure to work with in the future. I know qualifying for the Champions League and even the Europa League will be difficult this season, but I hope you can at least keep the top half of the table. ”

"Of course. Congratulations, Nathan Neal, and welcome. "She kept her promise. Congratulations and welcome to him.

And this time, the Americans finally didn't make any inappropriate moves when they let go of their hands.

Lu Ling came out of the conference room and glanced at his phone. There are two missed calls and two voice messages.

One missed call is from Tim and the other is Pat.

The first voicemail was from Tim, who said, "Christine, I have to say, I was surprised, but honored. But I think we should meet first. Call me when you hear a message. ”

The second was Pat, who said, "Tina, Chloe and I have been out of touch for a long time, if you want to know. ”

Lu Ling replied to Patrick with a message as he walked:

[You don't have to sue me for this. 】

Then, she called Tim. She didn't know if it was a bad decision to ask her ex-boyfriend to help the church. But she couldn't have a better candidate than Tim in her mind.

The Tim man is still in Italy and they have agreed to meet the weekend after the FA Cup tie.

****

The home stadium of League One side Millwall can accommodate around 20,000 people. In the cold March wind, the crowd began to fill the stands.

This is a club that has a very bad reputation in English football. Over the past century, fans of the South East London club have been responsible for a variety of notorious football hooliganisms, with their home stadiums shut down by the FA on five occasions due to violent incidents and numerous fines. Most recently, against Barnsley at the end of May, Millwall fans angrily attacked the stands of rival fans after the team conceded a goal.

Four years ago, there was a nasty incident in the FA Cup, when 12 Millwall fans were arrested in the Wembley stands after they were knocked out by Wigan Athletic in the semi-finals.

With such infamy on its back, there has always been a terrifying force on this course.

They have a famous song called: "'Tcare!" which is exactly what the Lion supporters are saying to the world. They don't care about their bad reputation.

And this team, on the pitch, is also very fierce, they are made up of all English players, this season is the team with the most red and yellow cards in League One.

When Lu Ling stepped on the court, she was subjected to the strictest gender discrimination since she began her coaching career. All sorts of swear words are endless. Thankfully, she thought, she wasn't the Christine she was a year ago.

She stood on the sideline, her hands in her pockets, as if she hadn't heard of them.

The game actually went very smoothly, with Patrick starting the game and setting the stage for the team to win early, leading 2-0 in the first half. It was Patrick who opened the scoring, and he also set up a goal for Juniel Hoylet.

Heading into the second half, the home team's stands began to stir.

When Patrick takes a corner, they collectively throw coins into the corner flag area. One of them hit Patrick's head with such force that the pretty boy fell to the ground with blood coming out of his head.

At that time, Lu Linggang sat back in the coach's seat to drink saliva, and suddenly jumped up from his seat again. Fortunately, the team doctor had already rushed to the field before she could speak.

The police began to maintain order at the scene.

Although Patrick's injury was not serious and he could continue the game after the bleeding stopped, Lu Ling replaced him for safety reasons.

When he was gone, she hugged him. Ask him how he is.

Patrick looked a little upset, "Tina, it's not a big deal. I still want to score. ”

Lu Ling glanced at his head, patted him on the back, and smiled with relief: "Save some energy to play Liverpool." ”

Patrick nodded, and sat down on the bench in a down jacket.

And the Millwall fans started chanting all sorts of nasty and abusive songs, such as "H!" (No translation)

Patrick propped her chin and watched Tina's back, she was so much tougher than she was last year. Despite these words, he couldn't wait to rush to the stands and beat up those bastards.

In the latter matches, QPR scored two more goals in a row, with both goals netted by Connor Washington and Massimo Rwango.

But at the last moment of the game, Lu Ling's worst fear still happened.

In this game, Álvaro Cruz replaced the suspended Yu Zixiang as the starting left-back, and in a collision with the opponent's defender Baron Webster, the Spanish child fell to the ground in order to protect himself, and his actions were a bit exaggerated, which is also a characteristic of Latin players.

This stirred up the anger of the Millwall players. Two minutes later, substitute Vargas was tackled straight out of the touchline by Webster – who was sent off for a red card.

But Vargas couldn't get up.

A stretcher entered the field and carried the Chilean away. Lu Ling's face was pale, and the singing of Millwall fans was even more shocking.

And that's not all.

In the final moments of the game, Millwall striker Lee Grigore went down in the box and the referee did not award a penalty, so Grigore kicked Ian directly to the ankle in the latter tackle.

The Scottish boy's ankle immediately swollen, the players of both teams pushed each other in a mess, and Grigore was also sent off by the referee, but Lu Ling had to face the second injury of the game.

In the stands, the Millwall fans also caused some confusion, but thankfully they did not attack the away QPR fans. The blue-and-white fan zone has been singing songs in support of Christine and the players, and the atmosphere is tense.

In the end, QPR beat Millwall 4-0 to advance to the FA Cup semi-finals - but the victory could not make Lu Ling happy.

Vargas is a bit of a serious injury and may not be back until May, meaning he could be reimbursed for the season. Ian, on the other hand, looks set to miss the next league game against Liverpool.

Lu Ling frowned and shook hands with the coach of Millwall, and quickly walked into the players' tunnel.

When she returned from the press conference, Patrick was still in the locker room.

The pretty boy, topless, chatted with her about the situation in the locker room after she left, and said he was worried about Vargas's injury.

Lu Ling looked down at his phone and echoed casually.

Patrick walked over suddenly, wrapped his arms around her waist, lowered his head and asked, "What are you looking at?"

In the locker room, there were other players, and the team doctor was also there, Lu Ling was startled and hurriedly retreated.

Patrick smiled and didn't go any further.

"Tim sent a message saying he had just arrived in London. Lu Ling raised his eyes.

The smile on Tim Patrick's face froze.