Chapter 40: The People Who Chase the Light

Hulai's hat-trick completely destroyed Haizhou Fangda, and before the end of the game, they conceded another goal, this time an own goal.

The Shiningstar eventually beat Haizhou Fangda 5-0 at home, and Hulai was once again substituted before the end of the game.

But this early substitution was different from the previous substitution due to physical exhaustion, although he did have little energy left......

Zhao Kangming replaced him just so that he could be left alone to receive the cheers and applause of the home Twinkle fans.

This is a moment that he has to himself.

When he was substituted, the fans stood up and cheered him on.

Amid thunderous applause, Hulai walked all the way off the field, raised his hands to applaud the fans in the stands, and his face was filled with a bright smile, like a little sun in this night's game.

Wang Guangwei stood on the field, his hands on his hips, looking at Hu Lai's back.

It's really amazing, I obviously hated him to death at the beginning, but now when I see this scene, I am sincerely happy for him......

This kid!

No, you must ask him to invite him to dinner!

And never around the university town, let him go to the high-end restaurant on Sen Wei Road to bleed!

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While Chen Jianyu in the media seat applauded Hu Lai, the small open space overgrown with wild grass and looked dilapidated appeared in front of him.

The imaginative journalist couldn't help but wonder: I wonder if the teenager, after shooting a football at the goal alone in that clearing, will raise his hands and imagine that he heard cheers coming from all directions and saw thousands of hands waving in front of him......

If so, I wonder if he thought at that time that one day, he would really see ten times or a hundred times as many pairs of hands waving in front of him and applauding him?

Why is the dream always praised with enthusiasm countless times, isn't it because it is so beautiful?

It gives people hope and leads them to pursue it, and in the process, those who chase their dreams get better and better......

They seek the light, and they become the light.

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Peng Hao turned his head in surprise to look at the Haizhou Fangda fans next to him, who were also standing up at this time and were applauding Hu Lai who was off the field.

Just like the sparkling fans in the distance.

But aren't they Haizhou Fangda fans? Shouldn't they hate and loathe Hulay, who scored their three goals?

Why did you applaud him instead?

Peng Hao, who stood in place and did not move, also attracted the attention of the people around him, they turned their heads to look at the sluggish Peng Hao, and thought that this was a companion who could not accept the team's defeat to the shining star, so they persuaded: "Oh, young man, don't take it too seriously." Skills are not as good as others, and if you lose, you lose...... Be open-minded, the 33rd is really good, I don't have to say, don't be too stingy when you should applaud people. lest people say we can't afford to lose. ”

When Peng Hao heard the other party say this, he hurriedly slapped his face vigorously and shouted loudly: "Okay!" Well kicked! ”

It's a chance to cheer for your cousin in the open.

Cousin is awesome!

From the time when his cousin dared to fight with three people alone when he was a child, he knew that his cousin was awesome......

The Haizhou Fangda fans next to him looked at this young man with red hands, and persuaded him: "You don't have to be like this......"

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"Wow, the fans of Haizhou Fangda are also applauding Hu Lai!" When the game was broadcast to the away fans' stands, the Anton TV commentator let out such an exclamation.

In the picture, the fans wearing Haizhou Fangda jerseys also applauded Hu Lai with serious expressions.

They were in a bad mood after the loss, so they couldn't smile on their faces.

But even so, they still stood in front of their seats and applauded Hulai, who scored their three goals.

"This scene is not common...... commentator Lu Guanlin sighed. Hulai has conquered the fans of Haizhou Fangda with this hat-trick. What an amazing young man! ”

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Amid the constant cheers and applause, Hulai finally walked off the stage, a little longer because he was deliberately walking very slowly, wanting to enjoy the moment more.

But neither the opposing players nor the referee came up to urge him.

Let the youngster enjoy the glory of his first hat-trick of his career.

Then he bowed to Zhao Kangming, the head coach who was waiting to hug him with open arms, on the sidelines, before going up to hug him.

When Chen Mo saw this scene next to him, he stroked his palms happily and laughed again.

Of course, he also waited for Hulai's hug and high-five.

Then Hulai high-fived the members of the coaching staff and his teammates on the bench one by one, and finally sat down in his place.

Zhang Xiaolei and Han Xiangfei gave him a thumbs up left and right.

"Awesome!"

Hulay slumped in his chair, laughing weakly, but still laughing.

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Hu Lixin glanced at the time on his phone, after nine and fifteen, he estimated that the game started at half past seven, even if there was injury time, it should be over now.

That is, he can go home.

In fact, he was already bitten by mosquitoes downstairs in his house, and he had to smoke desperately, using cigarettes instead of mosquito coils to repel mosquitoes.

Just as he was about to take his phone back, a message popped up on the phone.

[Jincheng Headlines]: In the just-concluded 24th round of the Chinese League, Shining Star Football Club defeated Haizhou Fangda 5:0 at home, and the young player Hu Lai scored three yuan in the game and completed the hat......

The notification pop-up window can display limited text, but it just happens to show all the key information - with Hu Lixin's understanding of football, how could he not know that the words "complete the hat" are followed by "tricks"?

So......

Hu Lixin's eyes widened.

His own son actually scored a hat-trick in a professional match!?

He immediately understood what was going on with the screaming of his wife he had just heard downstairs......

After figuring out the reason, Hu Lixin immediately dispelled the idea of going home now. Because he can almost imagine that as soon as he opens the door, he will face his wife's saturation and show off......

Can't let that woman get away with it!

So he turned and walked back to the edge of the flower bed, sat down on the edge of the cement table, crossed his legs, lit another cigarette, took a puff and put it at his feet, and let the smoke ethereal.

At the same time, he didn't turn on his phone again - he could think with his knees that if he turned on his phone now, he would be bombarded with pop-ups from several other news and information apps - but chose to look at the lights in the residential building in front of him.

There were many people in those windows, and there were voices coming out, the sound of mothers tutoring their children in homework and losing their temper, the sound of guests drinking and boxing at home, the costume dramas on the TV in the living room, and the whispers of someone standing on the balcony on the phone.

After 9 o'clock in the evening, this old residential community is still lively.

It was the most tender moment in the city.

It would be nice if there weren't so many mosquitoes......

Hu Lixin raised his hand and took a deep puff of the cigarette, then turned his head to spit the smoke around him.

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Li Ziqiang waited for the post-match press conference to finish, then turned off the TV, got up and walked to the bedroom.

At the just-concluded press conference, Hulay became a name that was sought after by journalists.

As the coach who personally brought Hu Lai from the Dongchuan Middle School football team to the Poseidon youth team, and brought him from the Poseidon youth team to the first team of the shining stars, Zhao Kangming had to answer all kinds of questions from reporters about Hu Lai.

"I've been following him since the first national tournament he participated in, and until the second national tournament, he led Dongchuan High School to the championship, and he also won the honor of top scorer and best player...... I know he's very talented, and his performance today showed that, and I'm happy for him, he deserves it...... He's always the hardest working guy in training, so he's just coming to the team and he's earned the trust and support of his team-mates, and I think that's a lot of work for him. After all, although fate has to take into account the factor of luck, it is also inseparable from self-struggle......"

At that time, when watching Zhao Kangming talk to Hu Lai in front of the camera, unabashedly admiring this young man, Li Ziqiang thought of what he said when facing the camera of Anton TV's "People Chronicles".

“…… Actually, I didn't want to recruit him into the team at first, and I wasn't very optimistic about his future...... Why did you recruit again? I just wanted to give him a chance, which wasn't a big deal for me, but maybe he needed it so much...... I really didn't expect him to work so hard, no, I should say 'desperate'. He trains really hard because this opportunity has not come easily for him......"

When interviewed by Chen Jianyu, Li Ziqiang did not boast about his contribution to cultivating Hu Lai, but bluntly told the other party that he actually didn't like this person at first.

It's just that when Chen Jianyu asked him why he recruited Hu Lai into the school team when he hated him, he didn't tell the truth.

Instead, I found a reason that sounded good.

He didn't want the media to know what the relationship between Hulay and his daughter was......

Li Ziqiang, who returned to the bedroom, cast a gentle look at the family photo on the desk.

Just then, his phone rang.

It turned out to be his daughter calling, which made Li Ziqiang a little surprised.

I just saw a photo of my daughter, thinking about her, and her call came, is this the telepathy between father and daughter?

A smile appeared on Li Ziqiang's face, and then he answered the phone.

"Dad, Dad...... Dad, did you watch the game just now? ”

As soon as the phone was connected, her daughter's eager voice came from the receiver.

That's what it says...... The smile on Li Ziqiang's face froze.

"I didn't look at it." He replied in a calm tone.

"Huh?! How could you not have looked?! Hearing her father's answer, her daughter's voice was an octave higher on the phone.

"Why should I watch a league game?" Li Ziqiang asked rhetorically.

"It's not...... Dad, that's your proud disciple's competition! As his coach, shouldn't you always keep an eye on the situation of your disciples? ”

"Who told you that he was my proud disciple?"

"Isn't it? From the moment he entered the school team, Dad paid special attention to him, formulated targeted plans for him, and was strict with him...... Dad, if you don't like him, why are you so concerned about him? Wouldn't it be over if he was just thrown aside and left to fend for himself? At that time, he had no foundation, no ability, and no talent, so what's the use? ”

Hearing his daughter say this, Li Ziqiang was stunned with his mobile phone.

Li Qingqing was still muttering on the phone: "...... If it weren't for your careful cultivation Dad, what future would Hulai have? Don't you have high hopes for him like this, and can't bear to let him waste his talent? Since you've put so much effort into him, Dad, and now that he's finally stepped into the professional arena, how can you not follow him and watch him play? I read the news that he scored a hat-trick in this game, and said that you can call your dad to ask about the details of the game...... I'm here in the mountains and seas, and I can't see the live broadcast of the game at all. And Dad, you are within the signal coverage of Anton TV's sports channel, and you don't seize such a good opportunity, it's simply ......"

Li Ziqiang finally came back to his senses, he coughed, interrupting his daughter's criticism of him: "Even if you say that Hu Lai is my proud disciple, then what kind of thing do you care about him so much?" ”

Li Qingqing smiled over there: "Dad, Hu Lai is my classmate." I went to Dongchuan Middle School for a semester, and by the time I finally left, I had only made two friends, and Hu Lai was one of them. As a friend, and a friend who is on the same career path as me, of course I have to pay attention to him. ”

"Since we're friends, don't you have his contact information?" Li Ziqiang asked nonchalantly.

Li Qingqing on the other end of the phone almost blurted out: "He doesn't tell me how to score the goal!" I have to exchange it for three meals! ”

But at this moment, a crisis intuition suddenly came to her mind, and her answer became: "No, I was in a hurry...... And if I want to have his contact information, I'll just ask him......"

"I don't even have contact information, and I still say it's a friend?" Li Ziqiang snorted coldly.

"The friendship of gentlemen is as light as water, Dad......" Li Qingqing sneered over there, and then followed closely: "In short, Dad, you should pay more attention to your proud disciple." Don't you want to see what you can do in professional football with the players you have cultivated? ”

Li Ziqiang sighed slightly: "Okay, okay, I'll pay attention to that stinky boy's ......"

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Li Qingqing hung up the phone, switched to WeChat again, and looked at the last sentence of Hu Lai's chat record with himself:

"Want to know? If you want to know that you invited me to three meals, I'll tell you! ”

She had wanted to get information about the match from her father, so she wouldn't have to bow her head in front of Hulai and throw in the towel.

As a result, I didn't expect that my father didn't care about Hu Lai at all and didn't watch his game!

I'm so!

Li Qingqing stared at the phone screen and frowned for a while, then reluctantly typed: "Okay, okay, three meals will be three, anyway, you owe me a lot, it's okay!" ”

In the end, I carried all the ...... alone.

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Whether it is the Chinese League Forum of the "Goal" network, or the campus football forum, or the news pop-up window of the "Goal" network, there is news that Hu Lai completed a hat trick in the just-concluded game.

When Chen Xingyi saw these news, he was extremely glad that he had already blacked Hu Lai, otherwise he would have been attacked by Hu Lai's show-off......

Isn't it that when he was first selected for the squad, he was running to pretend to be forced and was slapped in the face by himself?

Why is this man so vindictive!

But it doesn't matter how much you hold a grudge, it's all blocked anyway......

Thinking of this, Chen Xingyi relaxed into WeChat, and then found that someone in the circle of friends had posted a new circle of friends, and the avatar of the person who posted the circle of friends surprised him - it was Wang Guangwei!

With his understanding of Wang Guangwei, he knew that although this person had WeChat, he never posted on Moments.

If you only look at the circle of friends, you won't remember that you added him at all. But you can see his name in the address book, and if you contact him on WeChat, you will be able to find someone, and he seems to use WeChat as a contact tool again, and the advanced version of the text message is just that......

This sun is coming out of the north?

Severe patients with social media phobia will post on Moments?

Hey, I'd like to see what he posted on this first Moments......

Thinking of this, Chen Xingyi reached out and clicked in.

Wang Guangwei's circle of friends is in the first one, which has just been posted.

Wang Guangwei: "Chen Xingyi, Hu Laituo, I'll bring you a word......

Then here's a photo:

Hulai stood next to the tactics board in the dressing room after the game, the original content of the white tactics board had been erased and a few large letters were written:

Hat-trick, oh!

"!!"

Chen Xingyi couldn't wait to insert his eyes.

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Wang Guangwei put away his mobile phone and said to Hu Lai: "Now, I sent a circle of friends according to what you said, and now you are going to invite me to two meals." ”

Hu Lai pouted: "Lao Wang, you posted a circle of friends, and you earned a meal with your fingers, you are really awesome......"

"This is my first circle of friends! Isn't it worth a meal? Wang Guangwei said angrily.

Hulai was shocked: "What the fuck? Lao Wang, you gave it to me for the first time?! ”

"You crawl for Lao Tzu!"