The crowd in the living room was dispersing, and the cars outside were decreasing one by one. Lu Ling leaned on the sofa and looked at the woman at the door saying goodbye to the people one by one, thanking them for coming, as if she was the mistress of the house, and she was just a guest leaning on the sofa. Lu Ling took a sip of red wine, feeling that this scene was very similar to a comedy. She opened her lips slightly, looked away, and looked to the other side. Nick is making small talk to Steve. He felt her gaze and looked at her, but his lips remained open and closed. Lu Ling couldn't hear what he was saying to Steve, and she wasn't interested in knowing, so she nodded at him and looked away again. In front of the floor-to-ceiling window, Pat was holding a mini lobster sandwich in his hand and talking to Zixiang and Leon. Oh, and he actually went to get the mini lobster sandwich. She thought.

In fact, there are a lot of players here today, which is somewhat unexpected by Lu Ling. However, nothing surprised her the most was that Nate also came. It's just that the American left after the cemetery ceremony, saying he was okay, and he said he came purely because of their personal connections, not because he had been her boss. Of course she knows that.

Lu Ling no longer paid attention to the situation around him. She stared down at the glass in her hand, the liquid in it rippling, and she gradually felt a sense of peace. She took another sip of wine, her mouth was astringent, but she suddenly felt that she could really laugh. She looked up and saw her mother half-sideways touching up her makeup, lipstick to be precise. She stared at the image motionless.

Liu Lili realized at a certain moment that someone was observing her. She caught a glimpse of her own daughter. She felt embarrassed, but only for a few seconds, she put away her lipstick, said a word to the man next to her, and then, she calmly turned around and walked over to her daughter.

The peace that Lu Lingcai felt had completely disappeared. She tried to step back, but found herself leaning on the couch and there was no way back. She propped up the sofa with one hand, raised her glass with the other, and took a long sip of red wine. Pretending to be calm is probably that, she thought.

"Christine ......"

Lu Ling lowered his head and did not make any response.

"I know you don't want to talk to me. ”

Her voice was so gentle, so gentle, like the drizzle of yesterday's championship parade/march, like the grass at the Harrington training base, like the eight o'clock sun in the evening in West London in early summer, like a chocolate chip cookie that melts in your mouth, like that wall of ivy......

“…… I should probably go too. ”

Lu Ling stared at the last bit of red wine left in the glass, thinking about whether to drink it.

"Go on vacation and everything will be fine. Well, see you later. You know where to find me. ”

After that, there are the sound of footsteps. She was wearing high heels, but she didn't make a sound when she stepped on the carpet.

When Lu Ling looked up again, he only saw his mother's back.

Goodbye, Mom. She raised her arm and drank the last drop of red wine from her glass.

****

Nicholas never thought of himself as a generous man, nor was he of much interest in making himself look decent at all times, although, in fact he looked like a gentleman and looked decent on many occasions.

When you don't advertise that, it lowers people's expectations of you, and things naturally become much easier. For example, at the post-match press conference, you shouldn't have said something, but you can still say it. And in your heart, at most, you will scream, fuck it.

But, however, Nicholas is really not fond of this scene now.

Only him and her, and her ex-lover were left in the room.

Patrick's delay in leaving irritated the Spaniards.

Nicholas poured himself a glass of wine and waited, listening, and anyway, they didn't seem to care at all about being heard.

"Tina, I've got something for you. ”

"Let me think, you were going to send me a ship last time, and this time you're going to send a private ......jet?

"I don't know whether to worry or worry about you talking like that, I'm going to the airport in a while. ”

"Okay, okay, you brought me something, what's it?"

"You wait, I'll be back soon. ”

Nicholas thought, finally, finally, going to go? Oh no, I'll be back. He let out a long puff, not minding being heard at all.

Sure enough, both men looked at him.

Nicholas put down his glass, raised his hand, and said innocently, "It's been a long day." ”

Patrick smiled slightly. He told her again, "Wait for me." She agreed.

Patrick left for a moment. Nicholas heard the door shut.

Lu Ling walked towards Nicholas.

"Someone is jealous. She teased.

"Someone doesn't deny it. When she came to him, he took her into his arms and asked softly, "Do you regret not saying goodbye to your mother?"

"Nope," she tapped her chin on his shoulder.

"Poke a hole. He exaggerated.

She chuckled and continued, "You haven't been working out lately......

"I may love new adventures, but my routine rarely changes, gym at least three times a week hasn't changed since I was fifteen, it's just as important as sex. Except, of course, when recuperating from injuries. ”

"Good to know. She poked twice more, stopped, and asked the weird question, "Did you notice the color of my mother's lipstick?"

"Really? You ask me that kind of question. Nicholas thought about it, but couldn't really remember, "Red?"

"There are a million reds in this world. ”

"So, what kind of did she use?"

"Like the color of salmon. ”

"It's specific. Why do you ask this?"

Lu Ling let go of the arm that was originally holding the man's waist, and grinned self-deprecatingly, "I don't know either." Maybe it's because I like that color too. ”

"Speaking of red, why don't we go see Scarlett later, oh, and your Luca. ”

"Just what I wanted. She laughs.

Nicholas knew that this was her plan. He thought of something, brushed her hair, and said, "By the way, you said ...... yesterday."

"Sorry......" Patrick's voice rang out.

Nicholas frowned, he remembered that Patrick had closed the door when he left.

"Ask me again in a moment. Lu Ling said, and then she walked over quickly.

Patrick has a pit bull in his arms.

It's the pit bull.

****

It was Christmas and it was snowing. She hands Zoe into his arms and tells him it's his Christmas present.

The best gift ever. At that time, Patrick thought.

Later, Zoe accompanied him through many, many mornings when he didn't want to wake up and nights when he couldn't sleep.

The cold morning light, the cold moonlight and the lonely sea breeze of Barcelona have never changed in the depths of his heart, and it is obviously a very warm city.

Now, he's putting Zoe in her arms again.

"Tina, help me take care of her, and when you don't need her anymore, you must give her back to me. Patrick whispered. He looked at Zoe and felt a slight pain in his chest. Damn, he thought, don't be like a little boy, he told himself. "I mean, Zoe likes Barcelona a lot, and she might need to get used to the always rainy weather in London. ”

"No problem, you can't regret it, Zoe has to stay with me for a while. Also, I might go on holiday, do you think Anna can take care of her when I'm not in London?" she hugged Zoe, teasing her, her hair hanging down, the tip of her nose almost reaching Zoe's ear.

Patrick looked at her and her, tempting to reach out and pull her hair behind her ears, but his arm couldn't move. He nodded, "You can call Anna yourself, if she also goes on vacation, let my parents take care of her, I know they won't be going anywhere this summer." As he had spoken, the Spaniards had already arrived.

Nicholas touched Zoe, who had always been close to people and immediately screamed.

"Zoe, Zoe, it's okay, it's Nick, he's a nice guy too. She soothed her.

Patrick knew it was almost time for him to go.

"Tina, I have to go. ”

Lu Ling raised her head, and those beautiful eyes were looking at her, blue and blue, like the sky outside the door.

"Are you going to Madrid?" asked Patrick nonchalantly. Then, she saw the hesitation on her face. "Champions League final. He added.

The Champions League final will be played at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid, the home of Atletico Madrid.

"I know. Lu Ling put down Zoe.

Zoe screamed around Nicholas. Nicholas crouched down to touch her, and she quickly ran away, but immediately jumped back and continued to scream, unyieldingly.

The scene was a little funny.

Nicholas rolled his eyes, "She doesn't like me. I'm pretty sure. But he also continued to try to get close to Zoe as well.

"Pate, I'll go to Madrid. Lu Ling said with certainty.

Patrick laughed when he heard it, he didn't hide anything, his voice was excited, "Great. See you then. Good luck to me?"

"Good luck. Lu Ling said, she hesitated for half a second and hugged him.

Patrick froze for a moment, then raised his arm and patted her on the back, she was thin, and he felt as if it would hurt her anyway, so he stopped, "Thanks, Tina." Looking forward to seeing you. With that, he let go of her and said to Zoe again, "Hey, be nice, my girl." ”

Zoe looked at Patrick and paused. She seemed a little confused, and still didn't dare to approach Nicholas.

"She'll get used to it. Lu Ling said to Patrick, "Don't worry, okay?"

"I'll get used to it. Nicholas stood up and shrugged helplessly. 166 Reading Network