At this dinner, the beautiful man opposite Lu Ling did not choose alcoholic beverages, he declared that he would return to the team for training tomorrow, and any alcoholic drinks would not be good for him, she laughed it off, as a professional football coach, would she force a professional player to drink?

"Look, Tina, I don't see this as a date, because if it were, I might be reluctant to have a drink even if there was a game tomorrow. Patrick said, taking a sip of his white water.

Naturally, white water doesn't go well with all kinds of meat, but Patrick seems to enjoy it. Lu Ling symbolically raised a glass to him, and she asked for a glass of red wine as usual, and it was only a glass, after all, no one shared a bottle with her. "I'm skeptical of what you're saying. The fans may not know, at least your teammates know that you're a good boy, and I'm guessing they'll even make fun of you for being too yourself during the holidays. She teased along with his words.

Patrick smiled and frowned, "I've had pizza for three days in a row......"

"Oh my god you're bringing this, please tell me I'm not the only ex-girlfriend who can't stand your passion for pizza. You should marry pizza. ”

"hmmm" Patrick squinted at the woman across from him, she was in good spirits, enjoying her food while waiting for his answer, and he said helplessly, "Well, Tina, you're the only one who always complains about it. ”

"Okay, I see, I'm a complaining ex-girlfriend. She shrugged her shoulders and looked at him sarcastically, "Good to know that." Maybe it's a bit self-deprecating.

Patrick laughed. When they're together, she'll mumble on trivial things like "Pat, toilet seat!", "Pat, you should go to bed", "Mr. Amber, I don't want to eat pizza anymore, I really don't!", "Patrick-Amber, you can't spend the night here tonight!...... And so on, in fact, it is not a complaint. That kind of Tina is very different from the commanding and calm head coach on the court and in the dressing room, and it is also very different from Christine, who is only a close friend. He knew it was what she was like as his lover. After they broke up, he always missed such small things, and the scene of her shouting his name downstairs in the bathroom occasionally appeared in his dreams.

Patrick took another sip of white water and said quickly, "yes, no wonder Nicholas Flores can't stand you. ”

"What?"

"You hear me. ”

"Yes, I heard you. Lu Ling couldn't cry or laugh, and teased after the man's words, "No wonder Patrick-Amber can't stand me." ”

Patrick was still pouring black pepper on the mashed potatoes, and he suddenly stopped when he heard her words, and he slowly raised his eyes, she was cutting her own food with her head down, she should have known that he was looking at her, but she didn't look up. After a while, Patrick whispered, "That was my best torture." （best torture i’ve ever had）”

"I hear you. She suddenly looked up and smiled at him, "You confess, it's torture." ”

Patrick nodded earnestly.

She still looked at him with a smile, and the smile was innocent, and she said to him very seriously, "Pat, we had a great time. ”

Patrick stared at her, and he knew what that meant behind the words.

We had a great time, it's true.

We had a good time and I don't know what the future holds.

We had a good time, but I'm not ready for anything right now.

Her eyes told him that she believed he understood what she meant.

Patrick smiled slightly and said, "fuck ye."

The dinner went smoothly and they were barely disturbed. It was true that some of the guests recognized them, but they just smiled and greeted them, except for a young newlywed couple who came over and asked for a group photo.

The newlyweds took a photo with Patrick and Lu Ling respectively, and then the beautiful wife asked if the four of them could take a selfie together, Patrick and Lu Ling exchanged glances, and both of them felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so the four of them took another selfie. After the filming, Patrick quipped the gentleman, "Good thing you have long arms." The gentleman, who was about Patrick's age, said, "yes, it's hard for me to bring a selfie stick with my wife on a date, but if we knew we'd be meeting you guys beforehand, I'm guessing my sweetheart would have brought all the camera gear in the house." His wife pushed him, and he quickly kissed his wife's face, and the two of them were very sweet.

The wife asked Lu Ling again: "Will you go back to qpr? Oh please tell me yes, my husband and I have been QPR fans since you coached QPR, and we are planning to turn our children into qpr fans." She said to Patrick, "My first jersey was the number seven Amber. I also have a commemorative jersey for the QPR Premier League victory and I also participated in your championship parade/parade ......"

"I proved that she wasn't lying, and she even carved the documentary that Sky Sports made for you into a DVD and gave it to everyone we knew. For God's sake, she had no interest in football until then, and knew nothing. The husband hurriedly answered, and also asked Lu Ling, "Will you go back to QPR?"

"Honey, we seem to have bothered them for too long, Christine won't tell us the answer...... Would you? I'm sorry. ”

"We can promise that we won't give it to journalists, and we won't put photos on Facebook unless you think it's ......."

Lu Ling felt that she couldn't interject at all, she looked at Patrick, obviously he was holding back a smile, it was really embarrassing for him.

"Do you mind?" asked the wife cautiously.

Lu Ling and Patrick said together: "No, it's okay......" The two looked at each other and smiled, and Lu Ling added, "That's your photo, you can do anything, delete or put it on social media, that's your right." Don't worry. ”

"Will you go back to QPR?" the husband asked again, his expression a little nervous, as did the wife next to him.

What a cute couple. Lu Ling thought. She smiled and shrugged her shoulders apologetically, her expression and body movements had already told the newlyweds that either she didn't know the answer to the question or didn't want to answer it, whichever it was, the smart would understand not to ask anymore.

****

"Will you go back to QPR?" Patrick said, holding the steering wheel, turning his face toward the co-pilot, asking the question that fans and sports media around the world are concerned about.

The night was dark, it was past nine o'clock, and there was no one on the street. Lu Ling drank some wine, and although this amount did not violate the driving regulations, she lazily didn't want to drive, so it was Patrick who was driving now.

"I often miss my mini cooper. Lu Ling didn't answer Patrick's question, and popped up such a sentence for no reason, she continued, "When the weather is good and there are few people, I will turn on the sport mode, no matter how fast I drive, she is really stable." ”

"Oh Tina, you should try the real sport car. ”

"Just to say, I'm not like you, I'm not a car enthusiast. ”

"You really aren't. Since you miss it, why don't you drive it once in a while, isn't she always parked in your garage?"

Lu Ling glanced at Patrick, who had a smile on his face and glanced at her.

"That's different," she said. ”

"It's not the car that you miss, it's who you were at that time. ”

"Not exactly. Lu Ling took a deep breath, "You're right, maybe I should let her go once in a while." ”

Patrick turned his face again and smiled at her. He turned around the neighborhood and could already see their house. After he drove into her house, he parked the car, pulled out the key and handed it to her.

Lu Ling grabbed the key, and the whole person was still a little distracted.

Seeing that she wasn't moving, and that he wasn't moving, Patrick asked, "Would you like me to go in for a coffee?"

She looked blankly, as if she had no idea what he was talking about.

"Forget it, I'm a little sleepy, I still have a plane to catch tomorrow morning. Patrick yawned, "See you in the summer." ”

She nodded, still unmoved.

Finally, she looked at him, and the light was dim, but Patrick saw clearly, her eyes were steadfast, and she said to him, "Pat, I think I'll go back." There, I still had unfinished dreams, and I didn't want to leave any regrets, even if it would be a bad decision. ”

Patrick smiled, stretched out her arms, and leaned over, she stunned for a moment and hugged him.

“go tina!” He whispered in her ear.

"It's not going to be that simple, I'll have to talk to Tim, and there's a lot of detail to be agreed with Nate and Simon. By the way, do you know what Steve has been up to lately?" Lu Ling asked as he let go of the man.

Patrick said mysteriously, "All I know is that he's been busy signing a new client lately." ”

"New customer......" Lu Ling muttered, and suddenly, her eyes lit up, "Hamilton!"

"Yes, Benjamin Hamilton. ”

"Did they know each other before? I mean their family. ”

"I don't know. What's wrong?" Patrick narrowed, "Tina, you're not interested in Hamilton, are you?"

"Very. She raised an eyebrow, "Hopefully it's not too late." ”

"Interesting. ”

"Don't you like that rich boy too?"

"I don't even know him, what I like or dislike. Patrick laughed as he looked at his watch, "I have to go." He leaned over again and kissed her on the cheek, "Good night." "Her face was soft and slippery, like mousse. He didn't leave immediately after kissing, and her mind had already turned to something else, and she was looking down at the phone in her bag. He looked at her and couldn't help but move slightly in the direction of her lips, and before he had half a second, he changed his mind and she was looking up.

Patrick coughed dryly and quickly said again, "Good night, Tina." ”

She took her phone out of her bag, looked up, and said to him, "Good night, Pat." Good luck, don't get hurt again. ”

Patrick pushed the door open and looked back, "I hope we're doing well." ”

"We will. ”

Patrick had already gotten out of the car, and it looked like she was going to make a phone call in the car and go back, so he finally nodded to her and left. 166 Reading Network