Anna sent Zoe back, and before leaving, she asked about him and Tina, and Patrick dealt with it casually, not wanting to talk about it.

Anna said, "Did Mom and Dad call you? They want to have dinner with you and Christine." ”

Patrick hugged Zoe, nodded, and thought, "Tina is busy, she doesn't necessarily have time, I'll go back and ask her." ”

"They're happy for you. If Tina marries you one day, she will surely become their favorite. Anna pretended to be angry, but with a slight smile on her face, "I know she's been on a bad relationship with her father lately......

Patrick put Zoe down and interrupted his sister, "I'm not comfortable talking about this, and I suggest you don't bring up Alex or marriage or anything like that in front of her. ”

"You're right. Anna turned around as she spoke, but added as she opened the door, "Or maybe you shouldn't mention it to her lately." Let her meet mom and dad as your girlfriend and she'll be scared for sure. ”

He shrugged his shoulders and called Zoe's name back into the house.

Patrick weighed himself and was basically the same as he had been a little over a month ago. During the holidays, he kept up the amount of exercise every day, and now it seems that this persistence has not been in vain.

Tina said she would be back a little earlier today, and he made a point of saying hello to Chef Paul to come early.

By the time Tina arrived at his house, dinner was ready.

She looked happy.

"Oh, a romantic dinner. She said.

From her facial expressions, it is not difficult to guess that her work today should be going well.

Lu Ling's mood is indeed very good.

Yesterday, the QPR club officially announced the signing of Mario Fernandez. The Brazilian defender said he couldn't wait to train with his new team-mates and said he wouldn't care about the weather in England because he had been in Russia for so long. And Lu Ling also praised the player who is not yet 27 years old on his official website, "I am surprised that Mario has only landed in the mainstream league now, in my eyes he definitely has the ability to play the main role in the Brazilian national team, and now it is time for the world to see this." ”

In addition, Mensah has returned to the UK after his holiday. He called her today.

The Dutch boy's voice on the phone was originally a little grumpy, and he said, "Boss, I really haven't made any decisions yet, but I always thought you would call me and persuade me to stay." But it doesn't look like you need me as much as the media says you do. ”

His remark is very interesting. It's just that she can't guess from his words whether Jose has called him or not.

Here's what she told him: "Timothy, I've been waiting for you to come back to England so we can talk face-to-face." You know the team needs you a lot and you're a player that I really admire and love, so of course I want you to stay. On the other hand, I can understand that you can't part with the Red Devils. I respect you for any decision you make. But I would like to make two points. One, next summer's World Cup, if you don't get a guaranteed playing time at Manchester United, you're probably not going to go to Russia, and of course you're still young, and second, as I said, you're still young, and you don't have to be afraid that you're going to make the wrong choice, because you're good enough, and even if you make the wrong choice, I'm sure you're going to end up being a top defender. ”

Mensah's words touched hers. At least that's how she feels.

Before she left work, the Dutch boy called her again and told her that he would submit a transfer request to Manchester United. This could not be better news. However, will Manchester United put obstacles in the way of his transfer, and will Jose be willing to let him go?

She can only hope that everything goes well, anyway, Simon knows that it is impossible for Ian to join the deal, and he, Pat and Zixiang are not for sale. Any offer from any team will be dismissed.

She told Pat about it. He kept smiling at her.

"I like Timothy a lot and I'm happy if he moves to QPR permanently. He listened.

"I know you have a good relationship with him. Lu Ling thought for a while, "In fact, in my impression, you, Ian, Zixiang, Mensa, Leon, John, and Eduardo all have a good relationship, which is great." Oh my God, I hope you'll like Hans too—"

She didn't finish her sentence when he gagged her mouth with a hot kiss.

"Boss, can we talk about this later?" he said, leaving her lips and her eyes drooping, "we haven't seen each other in days." I miss you so much. ”

"I'm sorry. Lu Ling looked at him, "Let's eat first, and then ......"

"And ......," he kissed her again, and pulled the chair open for her.

Halfway through this romantic dinner, Lu Ling suddenly remembered something and stood up from his seat. Patrick immediately put down his knife and fork and stood up.

She went to the living room and came out with a stack of papers from her bag.

Patrick gripped his pocket in one hand and asked with a smile, "What about us?"

She nodded, took two steps, and handed it to him.

He took it, watched, watched, frowned, turned the page, looked at ......

He didn't finish reading it, and handed it back—

"Since it's an agreement, every article should be the result of our negotiation, and it's not fair that you have all decided and only let me sign it. After he finished speaking, he emphasized: "Baby, this is not fair. ”

Lu Ling took the agreement and asked, "Which one are you not satisfied with?"

"All. He held out his hand to her again.

"Number one, at least four days a week without spending the night together?"

"What's wrong?"

"Change it to two days. ”

"That's not good, if you ...... two games a week" Lu Ling decisively refused.

"Three days. I wouldn't agree to four days. Patrick was insistent.

“…… All right. ”

"Number two, three times a week? You're definitely kidding me. Really? Tina, really? Even if I agree......" he crooked his mouth and laughed, "I don't think you only need three times. ”

Lu Ling pursed his lower lip, "If that's the case, I can solve it myself." ”

"Looks like I'm going to have to ask Calvinklein for a huge HD poster of mine to stick across from your bed. ”

"Then this article does not need to be modified, the third article ......"

"I didn't agree. Patrick interrupted her.

"You just agreed......

Patrick didn't speak, but walked around the living room with his papers, finally finding a pen. Then he crossed out the entire third clause and wrote it as many times a week as the situation depended.

Lu Ling glanced at it and said loudly: "Hey, in this way, this one is equal to nothing." ”

Patrick pouted, and began to calculate how many times it would be appropriate. They discussed this figure for a long time, and in the end no one was satisfied with the results, but they still wrote it.

This was followed by Article 3, Article 4, and Article 27.

It only took Lu Lingli more than ten minutes to list these twenty-seven points, and it took more than an hour to negotiate these twenty-seven points with Patrick.

When he signed at the end, Patrick wrote two sentences—

auseiloveyou.

Lu Ling stared at this sentence and was stunned for a while. Until he called her. She hurriedly signed her name.

Then she hugged him and didn't move.

Patrick patted her on the back and smiled and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Thank you. She said. Then she let go of her hand, picked up the agreement on the table and handed it to him, "You keep this." Be compliant. ”

Patrick took it and breathed a sigh of relief. He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Have you signed with your previous boyfriends?"

"Nope. She looked at him, and she knew that he was really the only one person he wanted to ask, and she continued, "We live so close to each other, and it's the relationship between the players and the coach, I think it's better to have an agreement to bind each other." ”

"There's another reason you didn't say. ”

"Yes. I need a little bit of personal space. ”

“…… Do you do the same when you're with him?"

"I've always been in two cities with Nick and I don't have that problem. ”

Patrick pondered, looked at her and said, "Tina, hopefully one day you'll feel that personal space and absolute intimacy aren't at odds with that. Then he kissed her, "Let's eat." And then. ”

****

Four days later, on July 7.

Most of the QPR players have already returned to the squad, including two new signings, Hans Bachmeier (who won the Under-20 World Junior Championship on 11 June, and the tournament ended early and did not affect the training camp) and Mario Fernandez. There are three players who have not returned, including Eduardo Vargas (who finished runners-up in the Confederations Cup with Chile on 2 July and is on leave until the end of the month), Glenn Mitchell (who played the UEFA Youth League with England Under-21s on 27 June and is on leave until the end of the month) and Marco van Ginkel (recovering from injury and undergoing treatment in the United States). In addition, Timothy Fosu-Mensah is still a Manchester United player, so he will be in Manchester for Manchester United's pre-season training.

Before the first training session of pre-season training began, Patrick met Hans Bachmeier for the first time in the dressing room in Harrington.

Everyone is talking about Ian's wedding and their respective vacations. The tall German boy pushed the door open and walked in.

Patrick looked up at Hans, who was looking at him. The German, who was a year younger than him, was very burly, wearing black jeans and a gray hoodie, but the sneakers were bright red. After looking at each other for half a second, both nodded at each other. Hans speaks good English and says hello to his new team-mates.

With his chin slightly raised, he looked a little arrogant, but polite. He offered to say hello, but was not enthusiastic. Patrick glanced at him, and Hans was walking towards him, and Patrick smiled faintly. Hans smiled at him.

"Hi Amber, I'm glad to play with you on a team. He said. There was indeed some respect in the dark green eyes.

"Welcome, Hans. Patrick looked up at him, "I hope you're used to the ghost weather in London." Oh, and also, Premier League teams like to shoot from distance. It rained a lot. So......" he shrugged.

"You're shooting from a distance. ”

"Oh, thank you. Truly. ”

"I also appreciate your advice. Also, I love the weather. ”

Then, the two men shook hands heavily.

Lu Ling happened to see the two of them talking when she came in, and later on the sidelines of the training ground, she asked Pat how she felt about Hans.

"The first impression is not bad. He said.

Lu Ling looked at the German boy in front of the goal, then at Pater next to him, and on the other hand, Mario Fernandez seemed to be getting along well with his new teammates.

That would be a good start, she thought.

****

On Wednesday, July 13, QPR ushered in its first pre-season warm-up match. They travel to the MK Stadium not far from London to take on League One side Milton Keynes Dons. The QPR scored three goals in the first half alone, with Patrick scoring two and León one.

In the second half, Lu Ling changed eight players in one go, including some young players from the academy. One of them, 18-year-old Surrey boy Joey Tomlin, was pleased with his performance at the back – a player that Tom Sr. highly recommends.

In the 70th minute, Lu Ling gave another young man another chance to play, another Joey in the reserve team, who was also Tom Sr.'s favorite player, only 17-year-old London boy (Jamaican) Joey Freeman. He came on and immediately swept past Milton Keynes Dons down the right and scored a brilliant long-range shot.

The final score was fixed at 4:0. After a week of training camp, everyone is still finding their form, but this score has made Lu Ling and Tim very satisfied.

Three days later, on 16 July, QPR travelled to Griffin Park in west London against Championship side Brentford, a match that ended 2-1 with Patrick and Joey Freeman continuing to score.

The QPR team then set off on a plane to Austria, where they will train on the scenic outskirts of Vienna. The whole team was in a good mood. Except perhaps, Patrick. Actually, he wasn't unhappy, but he went to knock on the manager's door in the middle of the night and was turned away.

On 20 and 23 July, QPR played two games in a row at the Franz Hall Stadium in Vienna, beating Austrian Vienna 2-0 in one and Serie A side Torino 3-1 in the other. Patrick and Ian each scored a goal as León scored a hat-trick against Torino.

After that, they went to Germany and played Bayer Leverkusen (0:0) after two days of training. After the match against Bayer Leverkusen, the QPR returned to London.

Although the schedule was relatively tight, Lu Ling was very glad that he did not listen to Nate's arrangement - to go to the United States to play a warm-up game. It's closer to home, the players don't have to suffer from jet lag, and in Austria and Germany they enjoy an uninterrupted training environment.

Coming up is the opening game at the new Queen's Park on 30 July.

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