Patrick stood on the balcony and saw the car drive away, and he looked to the other side, where Tina was still looking at the car. He turned around and waited for him to get to the bedroom, where the phone on the bed vibrated and he picked it up.

[I won't leave for a while, at least in the Manchester City game, I will still be your manager. 】

The boy stared at his phone for a few moments before slowly typing a few words.

[This is not enough. 】

****

The atmosphere in the QPR locker room is complex and weird. It's been two days since the victory against Tottenham and both the players and coaches are already gearing up for the next league game.

And for Lu Ling, she faced a problem.

Will they continue with the odd line-up from the previous game, or will they return to the normal line-up? The veteran players are worried about the former, while the new players are worried about the latter.

Many managers like to continue to play after a real victory, and some managers like to continue to change lineups after a real game, regardless of whether they win or lose.

Lu Ling is almost certain that he will not continue to use the same line-up and tactics against Tottenham. Manchester City and Tottenham are two very different teams, with Pep Guardiola also very different from Mauricio Pochettino. She's not that rigid.

She could certainly feel the strange atmosphere in the dressing room, but she wasn't prepared to say anything until Friday. In fact, making a lot of players feel like their position is a threat is good for their hard work and seriousness in training.

It was a good training session today, she was just standing on the sidelines at first and then she got into the players.

Captain Nedham Onuoha also returned to training, and the atmosphere between him and Lu Ling was still a little awkward, and the two did not talk.

Nedham glanced at the female coach who was younger than him, and his eyes were gloomy. He didn't have a choice. Most of the players in the squad, especially the younger ones, are very supportive of her. In a sense, he is the one who can be discarded at any time. Although he is a veteran, he is nowhere near as high in status and voice as John Terry in the Chelsea dressing room. It would be nice if he couldn't be abandoned, but now it seems that there are young players who can replace him.

Nedham flattened his mouth, the laughter in his ears was a little harsh, and he gave the ball away feebly.

Landed at Patrick's feet.

Patrick paused after catching the ball, and he glanced up at Tina, who was talking to Ian. Suddenly gave the past.

His footwork, he knew best.

Probably worse than the League Two substitutes.

This is basically an amateur level.

As soon as Lu Ling received the ball, Patrick dodged over and snatched the ball from her feet.

The acting manager of the QPR was in a trance, as if it was Little Pieter's favourite game in a small park in East London ten years ago.

She snorted, and the next moment, remembered who she was.

Unbeknownst to Pat, he winked at her and raised an eyebrow, encouraging her to come over and grab the ball.

"Childish. Lu Ling forced himself to be serious and said, "Patrick, you should be more serious when you train." ”

Patrick saw through her thoughts at a glance, and didn't want to bother her, he just had a momentary playfulness. After that, he passed the ball to Ian.

He's always been serious about training.

After the training session, Lu Ling walked to his office, and the other players and coaches were walking to the locker room. Behind him, Patrick caught up.

"Tina, maybe when you should play football with me, I mean, just the two of us. ”

Lu Ling tilted her head, "Do you want to humiliate me?" She smiled, fortunately, there are more and more head coaches who don't play well in football now, and this has not become too much of an obstacle to her coaching, at least not for the time being.

Patrick shrugged, "Please, that's not what I'm for. ”

Both laughed.

It was overcast, the clouds were a little low, and thin lines of rain were falling in the air.

As he was about to walk to the office building, Lu Ling said goodbye to Patrick, "See you tomorrow." ”

Patrick nodded. Obviously live so close, but still so far away.

"You haven't been to my house yet. ”

Lu Ling's expression changed, "I went home late at night, so let's wait when I have time." She nudged his arm again, "The average player wouldn't invite a manager to his house so warmly. ”

"I know you're home late, I can see it. Tina, you should also take a break. Patrick looked up at her, her face was much better, but the dark circles were too noticeable.

"Don't worry. With that, she had already walked into the building.

Lu Ling thought about Nick's words as she walked, should the way she and Pat get along with her really change? However, they are not the same.

It's not an ordinary coach-player relationship, and it can't be.

****

When he was busy until the evening, Lu Ling finally had time to eat.

She took a bite of her sandwich, scrolled through Twitter, and was about to close the page when she saw a piece of news. Her cursor paused for a few seconds, then clicked on it.

The faces of both the man and the woman in the picture are familiar. They were photographed outside the villa late at night. The two are so close that probably no one will think that they are just friends.

Lu Ling closed the page, a little upset. She read the report and had difficulty concentrating. So he leaned back in his swivel chair and closed his eyes. The office was extremely quiet, and the vibrating sound of the mobile phone on the desk was very abrupt, which also startled Lu Ling.

She leaned forward and glanced at the screen.

He called.

She kept pinching the index finger of her left hand with the two fingers of her right hand, still hesitating.

Then the shaking stopped.

Soon, the phone vibrated again.

Lu Ling picked up the mobile phone, answered it, and said something?

She clicked the answer button.

"Babe, do you see?" Nicholas's voice sounded helpless on the phone.

"Yes. It doesn't look like you're in Liverpool, you're flying to Spain?" she asked bluntly.

"I went in the middle of the night last night and came back this morning. ”

"Just to see her?" Lu Ling raised his voice. So free, not to come to London, to go to Madrid, it's really interesting.

“…… No, something. ”

"What's important to fly to Spain when you're so busy?"

"I'll sue you later. Babe just have to believe in me. ”

Lu Ling took a deep breath while reopening the page just now, and asked, "How can you believe it?"

"I promise, nothing happened between me and her. ”

The screen reads Everton boss having a late-night tryst with Spanish sexy model Sofia López.

"I really can't imagine that you flew to Spain in the middle of the night, and then you were photographed in front of her house, what other possibilities would there be?"

The other end was silent for a long time, "Christine, I told you, I am just friends with her now, you should believe me." ”

"She's a friend who has slept with you. You asked me to distance myself from Pat, maybe you should keep your distance from her, I don't have a ...... with Pat."

"Not yet. He quickly interrupted her.

"What did you just say?"

"Anyway, it's not what it seems, trust me. ”

Lu Ling heard Nicholas's words clearly, but she was more concerned about another issue at the moment.

"At least you have to tell me what happened when you flew to Spain in the middle of the night to find her. ”

"I'll sue you later. The male voice was also raised.

"Then I don't believe you. ”

"Don't you feel anything? do you really feel ......," he roared, almost under his breath.

"What do you think?"

"Forget it. Nicholas also took a deep breath, "I'll say it one last time, I didn't sleep with Sophie last night. ”

"And what are you doing in the middle of the night?"

"Why do you have to know now?"

Lu Ling thought it was ridiculous, Nick's question was ridiculous.

"You're ridiculous. With that, she hung up.

Nicholas didn't call again.

This was the first time they had quarreled since they were together. Whether there will be a second time, Lu Ling doesn't know yet.

Did he really cheat? Obviously, when he left the day before yesterday, they were still inseparable, could it be that he was acting?

She didn't want to think about it anymore, she still had a big battle to prepare for.

She prescribed herself a bottle of red wine, maybe alcohol could help her concentrate and forget her worries, she was in a terrible mood.

Midnight.

Lu Ling drank more than half a bottle of red wine. There's no way to drive home, she thought, maybe just sleep here for the night. She has done a lot of preparation for the game against Manchester City, but she has to admit that the last few hours have been extremely inefficient.

There was a very light footstep in the corridor, and Lu Ling stood up from his chair, slightly dizzy.

Pat's appearance didn't surprise her at all. She didn't even ask him why he came to Harrington so late.

But the boy said it himself, "I saw the news, I haven't seen you come home, I'm a little worried." ”

"Let's go home. She said and walked out.

She needs a good night's sleep, forget about the unpleasant thing and put all her energy back into preparing for Manchester City. But sitting in Pat's car, her mind is full of images of Nick and Sophia together. Every time she thought about it, she would remind herself not to think about it, but she couldn't stop it.

The cycle made her already churning stomach even more disgusting.

Still, she was just nauseous and didn't want to vomit.

Along the way, Lu Ling didn't say a word, and Patrick was silent.

Finally got home.

Patrick parked the car and went to help her on the other side.

In fact, Lu Ling is already sober, and half a bottle of red wine is really nothing to her.

She got out of the car and smiled, "Thank you, Pat, good night." ”

As soon as he finished saying good night, Lu Ling found that he didn't have the key with him. Oh, actually, she didn't bring anything, no keys, no phone.

"Go to my house. Patrick whispered.