On the M6 highway, there is a slight blockage, and on Monday morning, it is the rush hour, and there are many office workers.

When Nicholas arrived at Vinci's farm, Lu Ling was also on his way back to London. Maybe you can get to Harrington at ten o'clock, Lu Ling thought. OneDirection's song was playing in the car, and it was very cheerful.

She looked out the window, and she and Nick were getting more and more like cheating. In fact, she didn't try to avoid anything too deliberately, but tried not to appear in public with him. What happens if she is actually photographed? She didn't bother to think about it, maybe it would still happen.

However, these two factors, such as cheating and long-distance relationships, make the two more passionate, as if there is not enough time to meet each time. Last night was the same, from the pool, to the bathroom, to the bedroom.

Before going to bed, she leaned against Nick's chest and asked, "Why don't you tell me about your new assistant?"

She was talking about Juan González. Juan was a good friend of Nick's, and Nick contacted him after she decided not to go to Everton with him. Juan quickly resigned from Valencia's youth team and became Everton's assistant coach just over a week ago.

"Juan? He's good. Of course, I won't be happy without you. Nick deliberately used Gary's statement on the radio suggesting that they might have a sexual relationship.

Lu Ling finished laughing in his arms and said, "Nick, seriously. ”

"Babe, if you want to hear me praise you, I've done it many times. You're great, you know it yourself. As for Juan, he may be more suitable than you as an assistant in some places, he is a submissive personality. And you're not. Nick seemed to think of something after saying this, and slapped her ass lightly, "You can be very angry sometimes. ”

She muttered before falling asleep in his arms, "You wouldn't like me if I were an obedient personality."

"The next time we meet, it's a week away. Nick said as he dropped her off the door in the morning. He was talking about the upcoming first round of the Premier League season, with Everton playing Tottenham away. In fact, they'll all have a chance to meet in the next two weeks, as Queens Park Rangers will be visiting Goodison Park in the second round.

"Then I don't have to come this time. She joked.

"Babe, don't say that, don't you like last night?" he kissed her goodbye, reluctantly.

Lu Ling looked out the window again, it was almost Harrington.

****

Tomorrow will be the first game of the season for QPR.

It had just rained, and the grass was muddy, and the drops of water were still on the blades of grass. Lu Ling lowered his head and thought, then raised his head again.

One side of Pat's pants was full of mud, and he was serious. But he wasn't in good shape. The past half of the season and the European Championship in full swing have made him very tired. But he himself obviously didn't realize it yet.

Lu Ling walked up to the physical trainer Carl and communicated with him. Carl thought the same way she did. Although Pat's weight and fat content recovered well this week, and his fitness seemed to be good, he was in a trance overall during training. This fatigue may be caused by certain muscles, or perhaps by mental fatigue.

She talked to Karl and discussed it with coach Bielsa for a while, and finally they decided not to let him in the squad tomorrow.

As for another player in the team who also participated in the European Championship, John O'Connor, Lu Ling feels that his body and condition are very good. Of course, it is not only because of the two games less, John was not as strong as the Championship in the Soviet Super League before. And Pat was almost a full-time attendee from November last year to May this year, John was not.

She remembered the first time she had met John a week earlier.

John looks much more mature than his age. Mohican with a chestnut color and a very straight nose. Because his face is narrow, it makes him look a bit like a comic book character. Both arms are flower arms, covered in tattoos, and they don't look like good boys.

He spoke to her in English with a Northern Ireland accent, "Oh, beauty, you went to see my ball game that day." The tone was like accosting a girl in a tavern.

Lu Ling stiffened his face and paused word by word, "First, I'm your coach, next time you call me that, I won't pay attention to you." Second, pay attention to your tone, young boy. ”

John was visibly surprised and frightened by the assistant's momentum.

Lu Ling almost didn't hold back his laughter, after all, he was a child, and it wasn't really difficult.

Later, John spoke to him very respectfully. Now they are familiar with Ian Zixiang, plus Mensah, and Pat's return to the team. Oh, and the average age of the QPR first team is getting younger. However, it will be a good competition in the Premier League.

After the training session, Lu Ling specifically asked the Argentine if she would mind telling Sùpate in advance that he would not even be on the bench tomorrow. The Argentines seemed a little surprised to hear this. He told the translator, and the translator told Lu Ling, "Of course I hope you tell him in advance, for geniuses, it's best not to let him worry too much." Oh Christine, I love your training sessions and your zoning of the pitch. He no longer calls her Miss Lu.

Lu Ling thanked him, but she looked at Pat's back, and she was a little hesitant, how to tell him, he looked like he was looking forward to the new season.

****

Patrick opened the door, and Tina shook the M&S bag in her hand at him, "I bought a ready-made one this time." ”

He smiled, a little reluctantly.

They finished their sandwiches while watching the SkySports show, and there wasn't much conversation in between.

When Pate was in Barbados, he had already told the team that he wanted the number 7. His jersey has been selling very well recently, and Lu Ling met a colleague in the marketing department before. Lu Ling told the boy this, but he didn't say anything after listening to it, and he didn't look interested.

Lu Ling threw the box of sandwiches into the trash, washed his hands again, and sat back on the sofa again.

The boy stared at the carpet in a daze, and then he looked up at her, not looking away for a long time.

"Are you trying to say anything?" she asked him.

"Nope. Patrick shook his head, "Tina, you have something to tell me." ”

Lu Ling nodded, "You won't be on the list tomorrow." ”

"Substitute?"

She shook her head.

"Why?"

"You're tired, Pat. ”

"I don't think so. ”

"Carr, I, Mr. Bielsa, think so. ”

He stopped talking. Lu Linggang was about to speak. Patrick suddenly raised his voice and tricked him over, "I'm in good shape, how many times do you want me to say it?"

When he said this, Lu Ling's gaze made her look uncomfortable, and her face became ugly and embarrassed. She pushed him away, sat down next to him, and called his name.

"Patrick. ”

The boy looked over, asking with anger and other things she didn't want to see.

"We've got to talk about ...... about Nick"

Patrick stood up, his face dark, his voice cold, "Tina, you should leave. ”

"Pat, we shouldn't be like this. Lu Ling said and stood up.

When she was about to walk outside the door, she was a little unwilling, and turned her head, "Nick is no longer the coach of the team, he is now my boyfriend, I'm sorry to let you know in that situation, but you have to accept that." Also, not letting you play in the first game is not only for the good of the team, but also for your good. ”

She was about to open the door when the boy's voice sounded behind her.

"I hope he satisfies you, after all, you've been waiting so long. His tone was full of sarcasm.

"I'm satisfied, if you really want to know. She didn't look back, leaving the words behind him and leaving his apartment.

****

In the first round of home games of the new season, Loftus Road was in full swing.

In fact, the atmosphere in England's small stadium is very good, and local fans don't really care about the size of the stadium, but more concerned about the memories of staying in this stadium from childhood to adulthood, as well as the team's results at home every season. For them, home stadium is not just a stadium, it is also a home where they drink with their old friends every weekend and talk about the team and talk about life, and it is a holy place where they will still have dreams and cheer for the team even when they are 70 years old.

Arsenal were reluctant to move from Wembley to the Chiefs, and West Ham's farewell at Upton Park last season was equally sad. Of course, it will be a new beginning for the team.

After the coach and the players went out, Lu Ling walked out of the players' tunnel with George. Three months ago, Nick said here that this season was going to be even better than last, and she was sure of it. This season will most likely be the last season at Loftus Road.

Bielsa was cheered on by the fans, no less loudly than when Nick took over, but not as vibrating as Nick spoke after the final round of the Championship.

Lu Ling sat down in the position she was used to. The sun is nice today.

In the 2016-2017 season, in the first round of the Premier League, QPR played at home against the Cherry Army Bournemouth.

Yu Zixiang wore the No. 3 blue and white jersey, Ian started the No. 15 blue and white jersey, and John O'Connor chose the No. 20 jersey. Patrick is on the bench, even though he is not on the bench. Last season's Championship player of the year, the world-famous rookie at the European Championships, his facial expression was far from happy.

The game will be played at three o'clock in the afternoon on Saturday, August 13. Premier League fixtures at 3pm on Saturday will not be televised live on English soil, to encourage fans to attend the game live.

But NBC TV footage in the United States is giving QPR's assistant coach.

The commentator said with some excitement, "It's the best of times for the Premier League. This season is home to some of the best managers in the world. And at this moment, the first female assistant coach in Europe's top league appeared in the dugout. Christine was already eye-catching in the Championship last season and I was surprised she didn't follow her mentor Flores to Goodison Park. However, I heard that Mr. Bielsa also appreciated her, and perhaps in the near future she would lead the team alone. She is of Chinese descent and her father was Lu Yungui, a Chinese international in the late eighties. Oh, I must say, I have no impression of the name. ”

When the camera swept over Lu Ling's face again, she was frowning at the situation on the field.

At the moment, QPR's squad is still a little thin, especially in the high standard tactics of Mr. Marcelo Bielsa. At present, according to Bielsa, the team also needs a versatile defender, a midfielder, a central striker and a winger, so the transfer fund of 20 million pounds is a bit tight. She didn't know how the Argentines would negotiate with Tony.

Lu Ling thought as he watched the breakthrough of winger Matt Phillips on the field be blocked again, and his brows became more and more furrowed. Today's absence of Pate has greatly reduced the team's attacking power. If you want to change the situation, there are no good candidates on the bench.

At the end of the first half, the score was 0-0, but QPR had just 42 per cent possession and had just two shots on goal.

In the second half, Bielsa removed a defender, Steven Cork, and replaced it with a winger, Juniel Hoylet, to continue to strengthen the attack. But Junior was just as poor in efficiency, with his crosses and shots flying off the pitch at Loftus Road.

Bielsa had a look of disgust on his face, he needed to buy someone, very urgently. Although he agreed to the Malaysian owner's transfer budget when he initially signed his contract, he didn't expect the team to have so many people who could not be used.

Fortunately, the Cherries striker Joshua King also did not wear shooting boots, and the two teams ended up in a 0-0 draw.

For the promoted horse QPR, getting a point in the first round is not bad.

When she walked towards the players' tunnel, Lu Ling faintly heard someone calling her "Tina", and she turned around.

Pat was already walking side by side with her.

He asked her, "Can I play in the next game?"

The next game is away to Everton.

"Mr. Bielsa has the final say. Lu Ling's face was still stiff.

"Still mad at me?" he asked.

They're almost in the players' tunnel.

"Do you accept that?" Lu Ling turned his face to see that many home fans handed over their jerseys and notebooks and asked Pat to sign them. He stopped there, glanced up at her as he signed, and she didn't look into his gaze or wait for him, and walked into the players' tunnel.