As Hulai's taxi passed by a street he knew so well, he jerked up from his back seat and turned his head to look over.

It was a row of old brick and stone houses, and the red brick houses stood on this wide street, which was indeed a bit abrupt.

This is the row of old houses he used to pass through countless times in school, and behind this row of old houses, there is a clearing overgrown with wild grass, which is his secret training base.

He hadn't been back since he left the city, and it was only through Anton TV's TV program "People Chronicles" that he saw the current situation of the base again.

The training base may not be around for a few days now, because the old houses outside are already being demolished – workers are building a fence on the outside of the old house, and the neat walls will cover the ruins inside.

Three years have passed since he discovered this abandoned square. Although he had long felt that this place would not be able to escape the fate of shantytown transformation, when this day really came, Hu Lai still felt a little emotional.

A place to carry your own memories...... One less yet.

The car continued to drive forward, and he saw the entrance of an alley, from which he entered the home of Coach Li Ziqiang and Li Qingqing's home.

Things seem to be better here, perhaps because of the inhabitants, the walls haven't been put up yet.

But it is estimated that it is not far from being demolished.

Then Coach Li should be moving, I don't know what Li Qingqing's expression will be when he comes back and faces a pile of ruins?

Oops, suddenly some anticipation......

But Hulay quickly knocked himself on the head - what good thing to think? Don't you notice people who become fathers before they go home? Coach Li is so rare that his baby daughter, how could he not say anything about it when he moved? You think it's your dad?

Thinking of this, Hulai shook his head.

The car quickly drove past the entrance of the alley and continued in the direction of his house.

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Xie Lan was cleaning hard in the house when she was standing on a chair to wipe the dust from the lamp when she heard a knock at the door.

At first she thought she had misheard, but it wasn't until the second knock on the door that she was sure that her son was back!

Who else could knock at the door at this time but his own son?

So she quickly jumped out of her chair and ran to open the door.

It's just that when she opened the door hopefully, she unexpectedly saw a middle-aged woman wearing Dongchuan gas overalls standing at the door, with the same unexpected expression: "Hey, there is really someone at home?" ”

Xie Lan was very depressed, but she couldn't put on a face in front of a staff member who checked the gas meter, so she had to laugh dryly: "Yes, I took leave today......

"Take a reading, are you going to read it for me, or will I go in and copy it myself?" The other party asked with a smile.

"Go yourself, I'll clean up......"

When the meter reader heard her talk to him, he joked: "I see that you have posted Spring Festival couplets at the door, and now you are doing hygiene, why is it the New Year today?" ”

Xie Lan turned around and smiled at her, but didn't explain. What is there to tell about her story with a stranger?

The other party didn't seem to be interested in this matter, but went straight to the kitchen to read the meter.

After reading the meter, he reported the reading to Xie Lan, reminded the latter to remember to pay, and continued to climb the stairs to read the meter.

When I closed the door for the family, I saw the big red "Fu" on the security door.

Is it really the New Year?

But it's only the beginning of November, what year is it?

She shook her head, unclear about the family's brain circuitry.

Xie Lan, who closed the door, went to clean again, but couldn't help but guess in his mind:

Didn't you say you'd already gotten into a taxi? Why hasn't it been so long?

Is it a traffic jam on the road?

Still is...... It can't be a car accident, right?

Xie Lan began to think about the social news she saw on the Internet and TV......

Just as she was thinking so much, there was another knock on the door.

Xie Lan still hurried to the door, she felt that it should be impossible to encounter two consecutive situations where it was not her son knocking on the door, otherwise she should go to buy a lottery ticket.

Sure enough, when she opened the door, she saw Hulai outside with a bag and a suitcase!

"Mom!" When he saw his mother, Hulai greeted her with a smile, as if he had come home from school every time before.

Xie Lan didn't say anything, took Hu Lai into his arms and hugged him tightly, as if he was afraid that he would run away again.

Hu Lai really didn't expect his mother's strength to be so great, as a professional player who has specialized in training strength, he didn't break free at once, and then he didn't struggle and let his mother hold him.

Then he heard his mother sobbing.

"Mom, why are you crying, making the neighbors upstairs and downstairs think that our family is dead......"

"Tsk! What nonsense! Xie Lan slapped Hu Lai on the shoulder, but he really didn't cry, but his eyes were a little moist and red.

She let go of her son and looked at it carefully: "Well, yes, a little taller, a little stronger, much darker." ”

"Don't you watch it on TV every week? How does it feel like meeting for the first time? Hu Lai was puzzled, "And mom and I haven't entered the house yet......"

Xie Lan reacted at this time, pulled him in, and closed the door again.

"Eh, Mom, I see how the Spring Festival couplets are blessings at the door, you haven't torn the Spring Festival stickers last year?"

"Have you ever seen such a new couplet? That's what I just posted. Xie Lan said.

"Just posted? It's only November, isn't it too early to post Spring Festival couplets? Hulai was surprised.

"It's not early, aren't you unable to spend the Spring Festival at home next year? Let's pass the Spring Festival in advance! ”

Hulai opened his mouth wide: "I thought you were joking......"

At that time, my mother did say on the phone that the New Year would be celebrated early, but Hu Lai didn't take it seriously - who would celebrate the New Year in November?

"In the future, our family will be like this, celebrate the Spring Festival in advance!" Xie Lan waved his hand and announced.

"Okay, as long as you're happy......"

Xie Lan looked at his son with a smile, and couldn't see enough of it: "Happy, of course I'm happy." When your dad came back from work in the evening, the three of us had a 'Chinese New Year's Eve dinner'. ”

"Okay." Hulay nodded, pulling his suitcase and heading to his room.

Before he walked in, when he reached the door, he smelled the smell that he had smelled in Coach Li's house, and he knew that it was the smell of that laundry detergent.

What surprised him a little was: "Mom, are you still using this laundry detergent?" ”

"yes, it smells good, so I've been using it all the time. What, you don't like it anymore? ”

Hu Lai shook his head: "No, no, I still like it." Just a little surprised...... After all, I was going to buy this laundry detergent in the first place, and I thought you wouldn't use it anymore after I left......"

"I'm used to it, I'm too lazy to change it."

There was another reason why Xie Lan didn't say it, because it was the smell that her son liked, so she insisted on using this laundry detergent to wash the clothes, curtains and bed sheets and quilt covers at home. When the house is filled with a faint fragrance, it will make her feel that her son is still at home.

Hulay walked over to his desk and rubbed his hand against his National Golden Boot and Golden Globe trophies, which were as bright as new and could clearly reflect him.

"No ash......" he looked at the tips of his fingers.

"I'll wipe it for you a lot." Mom's voice rang out behind him.

Hulai looked back to see his mother leaning on the doorframe, looking at him with a smile on her face.

He remembered that he ran away from home in order to play football, and it wasn't until he sat on the plane that he dared to tell his mother through WeChat. And it had been two hours since he got out of school, and how worried should his mother be about him during the time he had not returned?

At the beginning, he was full of ambition to pursue his dream of professional football, only a vision of a better life in the future, fantasizing about what to do after going to Lingnan to meet Coach Zhao, what the Poseidon youth team looks like, what teammates are there, and are they easy to get along with? What are the accommodations like? Are you used to eating food in Lingnan...... He thought of all these things.

I didn't expect my mother, would she be very worried about herself, would she be sad and cry because she ran away from home? Now that I think about it, she is so supportive of playing football, if she tells her the truth before leaving, her mother shouldn't stop her, right? In the past, he played football and games on the school team, and his mother helped him cover for him, so why did he think that this time he would play professional football, and his mother would not agree?

I was so selfish and didn't say goodbye, I couldn't wait to run to that vast world, but I ignored the gaze that was silently watching me behind his back forever.

Thinking of this, Hu Lai said to Xie Lan: "Mom, I'm sorry. ”

When the mother smiled and shook her head: "I'm your mother, what do you say I'm sorry?" ”