At the end of the second training session, it was getting dark, there was no sunlight, and it was cold. From November to March, there was no good weather in the UK. The British love to complain about the weather, but in fact they have long been used to it.

Ian hasn't been in a good mood lately, and after starting Blackburn, Nicholas gave him another start, which didn't work out very well. For most of the game, he was still a substitute. He always wanted to talk to Christine, but every time the words came to his lips, he didn't know what to say.

Patrick was already the absolute main force, and Nicholas would occasionally replace him in sixty or seventy minutes, fearing that he would be too tired. And Zixiang is basically the main force, and he can start most games. Only he was left behind them.

Yu Zixiang is tired of heartlessness, it's not that he doesn't care about him, it's just that he thinks it's not a big deal. Zixiang often says, "Sooner or later, you have to become the best back." "It seems like how easy it is.

Patrick didn't talk much, and Ian had a hard time imagining how he would react if he told him what he thought.

At this time, the two of them were chatting shoulder to shoulder in front of them, and Ian didn't bother to keep up.

Patrick suddenly turned his head, "Ian, Abby will bring a friend in the evening, you clean up." ”

Ian's eyes lit up, and he smiled a little innocently and a little shyly. He hurriedly chased after him, "Hey, Pat, why didn't you say it earlier." ”

Today is Patrick's birthday, his nineteenth birthday. Tomorrow off, they made an appointment to go to a nightclub together in the evening.

****

Lu Ling felt that buying gifts was the most worrying thing in the world. She was worried about what gift to buy for Pat, that guy was so rich, what should he buy him so that he would be happy? Or would he be satisfied with a random jersey and a pair of sneakers when he was a child?

Nicholas took a sip of his coffee and realized that his assistant was in a daze. He frowned, put down his coffee cup, and asked, "Christine, what the hell are you thinking? Did you hear what I just said?"

Lu Ling came back to his senses. The Spaniard is wearing a black shirt with an open neckline today, and he has recently grown a very short beard, which is a sexy manager.

"You say the midfield is still a big problem. ”

Nicholas nodded, but the expression on his face was not satisfied.

"Mr. Flores, what do you say nineteen-year-old boys like?"

"Woman. Nicholas answered her question without hesitation. He already knew what she was thinking, she was thinking about what gift to give to the boy.

Lu Ling felt that this answer was meaningless, Pat already had Abby, did he want her to send him a dozen callgirls? Besides, she didn't have the money to do this. When she realized that she was seriously considering this possibility, she was taken aback by her own logic.

"Christine, I don't like to talk about this kind of personal topic at work. Do you understand?" he said, turning the tactical board over.

Lu Ling looked at the court on the tactical board, thinking that he could send a FIFA2016, this must be no problem. After thinking about it, in order to match the boss's temper, she said solemnly, "Okay, I promise there will be no next time." ”

Nicholas looked at the time, he made an appointment with Mensa to talk to him, it was almost time.

Lu Ling probably knew his schedule, so he also stood up and prepared to go out. But she remembered something, took a marker from the table, and walked over to the tactical board.

'Mr. Flores, you see, Ian is not up to the post of a single midfielder at the moment, so I think you have to have two players to protect the area and if you have an impact team, you have to have two full-backs inside. Of course, if we play a back three, it's better to stack five. Mensah is a really good signing, and I have to say it's a good deal. She said as she drew the formation.

Nicholas glanced at his assistant seriously, "It turns out that you brought your brain to work." ”

What an ugly sentence.

The look on his face was satisfied, though.

Lu Ling hesitated for a moment, then looked at him and said casually, "Mr. Flores, this Christmas, I will prepare a gift for you." ”

After she finished speaking, she saw that the corners of the Spaniard's mouth curled a little from this angle.

There was a knock on the door, and they both turned back at the same time.

Mensa stood in the doorway and shouted, "Yo, boss. He said hello to the teaching assistant again and smiled brightly.

Lu Ling smiled at him and nodded, and walked out.

Mensah leaned over and looked behind the assistant coach, who had been here for more than a month and finally got used to the female assistant coach. She looks good behind her, Mensa thought.

The manager's cough interrupted his gaze.

****

The music was deafening, and the lights flickered on and off.

The dance floor was packed with people, and as far as the eye could see, it was full of heads and arms. This environment is indeed suitable for decompression, Lu Ling pondered.

They booked a relatively large table, and at this time there were four girls and three boys around the table, including herself. She's the superfluous one.

The girl Abby brought was called Kate Morgan, her classmate of Lunyi, and she also studied fashion. Black and white, wild and passionate. Lu Ling was originally very skeptical that Ian would be able to control such a girl. But after half an hour together, Ian seemed to be fascinated by Kate. It seems that with or without it, nine times out of 10 Scottish redhead boys have fallen in love. And Kate also seems to have an interest in Ian.

As for the other girl, it is Yu Zixiang's girlfriend. They should have only been together recently. The girl's name was Jesse Leung. Chinese-English mixed-race, cute and smart, slender figure, although not a plump type, but you can't say no**. He's a graphic model. The girl Yu Zixiang teased was very happy.

After Lu Ling finished the third round, he said hello to the three couples and walked onto the dance floor.

She has never been a very good dancer, and the strength lies in the fact that she dares to try. She twisted her waist and shook her head to the music, and every cell in her body seemed to relax. Strangely, she didn't feel tight before.

There were some on the dance floor as big as Pat, and some as big as her. It's not that there are so many people on weekends, it seems to be a famous nightclub, but that's not what she knows.

Patrick got up from his seat and said to go to the bathroom. As he walked through the crowd, he walked over to Lu Ling and chatted with her.

She looked very happy, he hadn't seen Christine so open in a long time.

Kate looked at Abby looking at the dance floor in a daze, and said, "There's nothing to worry about, didn't you say they were friends who grew up together?"

The Patrick was gone. Abby turned her head and laughed, "I don't think there's anything between them. ”

Zixiang thought it was a little funny when he heard the conversation between the two girls, Pat and Christine, please! He never thought that Kristen would be the type that Pat liked, and vice versa. In addition, those two people are like family, where is there a spark.

"Abby, what are you worried about?" Zixiang said disapprerovingly.

“…… I do not know. I have a feeling that if I had dinner with Pat at the same time as Christine, he would have no hesitation in choosing her over me. It makes me uncomfortable. What makes me even more uncomfortable is that with their friendship, it makes sense, and I care about that. It's as if I've fallen in love with him. For God's sake, don't tell Pat. It's not a big deal. The girl's voice became quieter, and the more she spoke, the more she felt that she had drunk too much.

Zixiang and his female companion looked at each other and smiled, but they didn't think Abby was a sensitive girl before.

Ian's eyes never took off Kate's eyes, and he didn't pay attention to their conversation at all. At this time, he raised his head blankly, "What are you talking about?"

"It's nothing, let's go dance too. Abby said as she finished a glass of bombs.

Lu Ling saw that they had all come over from their seats, and his interest was even higher.

At that moment, a strange man emerged from behind her. She was startled and stumbled. The man hurriedly held her up. Lu Ling retracted his arm and raised his eyes to look at the person who was holding him.

The strange man was probably about her age, and the lights on the dance floor were flickering, and she couldn't see clearly.

"Hi sweetheart, I'm Edward, you're so sexy. "100% accosting tone.

Lu Ling smiled and said thank you, and there was no other reaction.

"Don't you tell me your name?" said the man named Edward with an ambiguous smile.

"I'm sorry, I don't think it's necessary. With that, Lu Ling turned around and prepared to go back to their table.

Edward grabbed her, and she shook her arm without throwing it off.

In the next second, a figure rushed over and shoved Edward away.

"Get away, didn't you see that she had rejected you?!"

It was Patrick, who had just come out of the bathroom and walked through the crowd to see this.

Everyone on the dance floor looked over, Edward was a little embarrassed, he didn't mean anything else, he just wanted to say a few more words, but because he drank too much, his behavior was a little inappropriate. But it was so embarrassing and angry to be pushed like this, and he was about to go up when his friend immediately came and grabbed him.

Here, Lu Ling had already grabbed the boy, "Pat, it's okay, he didn't do anything." Let's go back. "It's not good news that players are making trouble in nightclubs. Since Pat has been exposed lately, it will be troublesome if he is recognized. Not to mention what happens if security guards are recruited.

Abby and Zixiang also gathered around, already guessing what was going on.

Patrick glared at the man, still feeling the urge to go up and punch him.

Edward had already been pulled away, and Patrick's feelings had eased.

Abby went up to reassure her, she had never seen such an angry boyfriend, what would happen if they didn't stop him?

Because of this incident, everyone lost their interest in dancing. They turned back to the table.

Someone next to him quietly held up his phone.

****

Coming out of the nightclub, it was already past twelve o'clock, Patrick's birthday had passed, and it was Lu Ling's birthday.

The streets are deserted, and there are few pedestrians in total. The doors are closed, but the lights are bright.

In the middle of the night, the wind in London was as strong as ever, and Lu Ling was glad that he had brought a thick coat.

The boys didn't drink much, but a few of the girls were drunk.

Kate drank the most, and at this time the whole person hung on Ian, and the ten-centimeter high heels must have been a huge burden for her. Yu Zixiang hugged his girlfriend and said something intimately. Lu Ling glanced back at Pat again, Abby had drunk a lot, and she was also able to barely stand firm with her boyfriend's support.

Lu Ling felt that he was definitely the most sober one. What had just happened had a bit of an emotional impact, but she wasn't going to worry about that little thing on her birthday.

They chatted behind her and found another nightclub to continue, but Lu Ling lost interest and was a little worried about the training of the three boys.

Then Kate started throwing up and stopped talking.

The booked taxi arrived quickly, and Ian and Yu Zixiang took their female companions and got into one each. Zixiang teased Ian for a long time, and Lu Ling listened to the meaning that tonight might be the lucky night of the red-haired boy. But seeing Kate drink like that, I'm afraid it's difficult to do anything.

It was left with her, Pat, and Abby.

Lu Ling shrunk her neck, and she was a little dizzy from the cold wind.

"Pate, you go back with Abby, I'll walk home. Anyway, it's not far away, sober up. ”

Patrick frowned, then looked at his girlfriend in his arms, "We'll send you home first." His tone was firm, and his girlfriend in his arms chimed in, "Christine, it's not safe. ”

Lu Ling looked at Abby as if he couldn't move a step, and shook his head, "I'm fine." Her tone was equally undeniable.

Patrick hesitated, he knew Christine too well, presumably because he didn't want to bother himself and his girlfriend. London's West End is relatively safe, so there shouldn't be any problems. So he said, "Send me a message when you get home." Happy birthday, Tina. ”

Lu Ling smiled helplessly, he had really fallen in love with this title recently.

"Thank you. Good night, Pat. Good night, Abby. ”

Behind him, the boy suddenly shouted, "Hey, I've got a bad FIFA2016, Tina, what a shame on you!" his voice echoed through the streets of London at midnight.

A cold wind blew, and Abby seemed to wake up suddenly. She looked up at her boyfriend's handsome face, and he looked at Christine's back with such tenderness, the kind of look she had never seen even when they were happy. Did he realize this himself?

"I'd like to see what you give me. Lu Ling replied to him loudly with a smile and did not look back.