Lu Ling put the smoked raw salmon fillet on top of the grilled toast, put another slice of cheese, then squeezed some salad dressing and mayonnaise, and then topped with another slice of grilled toast. Before she could finish it, she cut off the sides with a knife, she had always disliked the hard sides of the toast, especially after it had been baked.

She took a bite, and it was great, she thought, and the sandwich she made wasn't that bad.

Her phone rested against the juice box on the dining table, and a voice came from inside: "Look at how delicious you eat, I'm hungry too." I'm going to go to dinner later, too. ”

She nodded and asked, "When are you going back to London?"

Lu Yungui thought for a few seconds and said, "I want to stay for a while, and then I'm going to go to New York......

"Are you crazy?" Lu Ling bit her tongue directly, and the pain in her heart came, and she stomped her foot and cursed several times.

"Biting your tongue?" Lu Yungui asked.

Lu Ling covered his mouth and snorted sullenly. The physical damage came and went as quickly as she could, and asked with a wide tongue, "Why?"

Lu Yungui pondered for a moment, "I want to take advantage of the energy I still have to see the place where Lily has lived for many years." In two months, I may not be able to do anything but lie in bed. He said it was intermittent, with a violent cough.

She looked at him from here, and she felt that she could relate to his pain, but she felt that she couldn't. Her heart trembled and trembled, and she called "Dad" a few times in succession.

Lu Yungui smiled at her, "I'm fine." I know you've been busy lately, you lost again yesterday and you're definitely not in a good mood. I promise you'll send you a message every few days to tell you about me. ”

Lu Ling opened her mouth, she wanted to ask him, if she was afraid of death, but she didn't ask, she only told him to enjoy a hearty dinner.

Finally, Lu Yungui muttered again, "If you're not so busy after a while, shouldn't you go to Barcelona to see Patrick?"

'He's not a little boy who doesn't have anyone to take care of, he's a grown man, he's a professional footballer, you've been a player yourself, you know it's almost inevitable. He'll be fine. What can I do when I go?" she shook her head, "and I'm always busy during the season. ”

Lu Yungui smiled and didn't say anything more, and took the initiative to end the video call.

Lu Ling stared at the phone for a moment, only to realize that the sandwich was only half eaten, and she quickly ate the half.

****

After arriving in Harrington, Lu Ling first talked to Monchi and Simon on the phone to learn about David Silva's transfer movements. The situation is that the director of football and the CEO are still talking to his agent, and there is no obvious progress on the matter. After that, she went to talk to Alice about the recent physical condition of the first-team players, and asked a few more questions about the cracked metatarsals.

The English media have been following up on Patrick Amber's injury situation in the past few days, and Alice is naturally aware of it. Alice analyzed the injury with Lu Ling from a professional perspective.

The result was similar to what Lu Ling thought, she had studied sports medicine in college and read a lot of books on this subject, indeed, theoretically speaking, Pate's injury this time would not affect his abilities after he healed.

She leaned on Alice's desk, looked out the window at the gloomy sky and asked, "Alice, if you were a player and caused another player to be seriously injured because of one of your actions on the court, I was talking about a major injury that lasted more than half a year, or even buried your entire career, would you feel guilty?"

Alice lowered her head and looked at a player's information, half of her mind was on this information, so although she heard Lu Ling's question clearly, she answered more casually, "Maybe." ”

Lu Linggan laughed twice.

Alice looked up and thought about it seriously, and then said, "It depends." If I'm malicious...... But if I had all the bad intentions, would I still be someone who would reflect on it? I think everybody is a player, we all know that careers are not easy to come by, injuries are pain, and it's not just physical pain. In the vast majority of cases, no one would do such a thing in bad faith. Speaking of this, she smiled bitterly, "I have met a lot of strong men, that is, the kind of men who bleed on the court, and even the bones are drilled out of the flesh and need to breathe oxygen and hold back without snorting, but as soon as they heard that they were going to be injured for half a year, tears immediately flowed down." ”

Lu Ling was still looking out the window, it would rain in a while, she thought.

At that time, how did Lu Yungui say goodbye to the green field? How did Nick say goodbye to the top professional league? Did they cry? In the dead of night, did they ever cry because of their ambitions?

Lu Yungui and Nick chose very different lives after retiring early due to injury, but the regrets of being players must be similar.

"Still thinking about Trick's injury?" Alice asked.

Lu Ling shook her head and straightened up from the edge of her desk, "Actually, this question is of great significance on a certain level, it's like a car hitting and killing a person, whether it's an accident or a murder is just a legal meaning, but dead is dead." If I were that man's wife, yes, murder would not be forgiven, and accidents might eventually be forgiven, but my pain would not be diminished in any way by the proclamation of justice or moral guilt and reflection. ”

"That's just what you think. Alice said, and as she spoke, she suddenly realized that her best friend was not talking in general, but thinking of her father. She wanted to remedy it, but she didn't know how.

Lu Lingwaner, "It's really just my idea, I didn't say that my logic must be right." Alice, you work, I'll go find Tim. ”

Alice stopped her as she was about to walk out of the office, and she looked back, and Alice said, "Actually, there is a difference...... I'm saying that when something bad happens, people tend to have a reasonable explanation, so that there is understanding......"

And where there is understanding, there is forgiveness, and there is the so-called letting go...... What about those changed lives?" Lu felt that she was too mean on this issue, and she squeezed out a smile at Alice, "I'm just talking casually, and I'll see you later." ”

She walks out of Alice's office, glad that Pate's injury doesn't repeat the story of the other two people she loves.

****

Tim was in his office watching footage of yesterday's game.

Everton v Manchester United.

Goodison Park was buzzing with crowds as Nicholas strode towards United acting manager Ryan Giggs.

Since Ryan Giggs took over, the Red Devils are unbeaten in the league – four wins and three draws are not particularly impressive, but at least the team has improved. Although Manchester United have already exited the Champions League group stage, they have eliminated QPR in the FA Cup.

In fact, Jose's staffing for this veteran powerhouse was not bad before, Tim thought.

Sometimes, the manager doesn't know exactly what went wrong.

Ryan Giggs has a lot of good cards in his hand, the Red Devils are physically strong and technical, and Everton is calm to deal with it.

Ryan Giggs seems to have been influenced by the thinking of the Ferguson era, with a strong emphasis on speed on the wings, but the idea of overall control of the game has not yet taken shape.

Everton pressed the tempo slowly until late in the first half, when they launched a powerful offensive run and Ousmane Dembele broke through to score.

After taking the lead at half-time, Everton continued to control the tempo according to the established strategy.

In the 66th minute of the second half, Everton scored another goal in the form of centre-forward Felipe Delgado. United then struggled to pull one back through Paul Pogba in the 88th minute, but the final victory still belonged to Nicolas.

In the blue of Goodison Park, Nicholas smiled and beckoned.

Tim looked at the Spaniard on screen and he didn't think he was excited, probably because United, despite their strength, were far from the toughest opponents he had faced this season.

As Tim pressed the pause button, the head coach walked into his office.

She glanced at the TV screen and said, "I guess that's not a good game?"

Tim found it difficult to answer the question for a moment, and he shrugged, "Not bad. You know Everton's attack and defence are always good-looking. Nick is a man with a lot of ideas. ”

Of course she does.

She remembered Nick's languid expression and tone of voice when they were last night:

"Babe, I understand you're definitely not in a good mood right now, and if we weren't a competitor, I'd definitely scold the Everton manager to make you laugh. ”

Everton remain top of the table with 54 points after 21 rounds to extend their lead to four. Despite this, the following QPR (50 points), Arsenal (49 points) and Manchester City (48 points) are still threatening.

Perhaps, as the media said, this is an unprecedented era in the history of the Premier League, with the strength of the top four and even the top eight reaching an unprecedented height.

The man's smile and the upturned corners of his mouth last night were telling Lu Ling that he thought it was just his own prosperity.

She wasn't mad at that, believing that she and his professionalism could split what seemed like a complicated relationship in two.

Tim turned off the TV, stood up, and asked, "So, you're here to talk to me about David Silva?"

"That's right. Lu Ling looked at his watch, "Before the training session started, we had about half an hour to talk about this player and what it would bring us if this player joined. ”

Tim is full of interest, he likes David Silva, but unfortunately Silva is thirty-three years old.

****

After the day's training session, Lu Ling chatted with Leon and Phil respectively. She doesn't have magic, and she can't make two players who don't like each other like each other like each other through a conversation. She could only tell these two people one truth:

You don't need to like him, but you can't forget your professionalism, when you're partnered with him, you need to work with him, you need to trust him, because you have the same goal – to win the game.

She still had no way of knowing if they understood it, or whether they would do what she asked, but she believed that everything was still under her control. It's a little weird, but three years on, she can already feel the sense of control in the locker room that Nick emphasized.

Lu Ling received a call from Patrick before going home, he had finished the operation and everything was going well. There was also a female voice with an American accent on the other end of the phone, as well as Anna's voice, and for a moment, Lu Ling felt that they were actually getting farther and farther away from each other's lives.

And the familiar male voice on the phone was softly calling her name: "Tina Tina ......"

It's like trying to keep something.

That moment passed. This is a bit ridiculous, they can never disappear into each other's lives, Lu Ling thought, if one day, it would be good to be the godmother of Pat Child. 166 Reading Network