Chapter 121 Sophomore Year
A car stopped on the street outside Dongchuan Middle School, and Xia Xiaoyu was about to open the door and get out of the car.
"We're here, Xiaoyu, go in by yourself, your parents won't see you off." A middle-aged woman sitting in the passenger seat turned back to Xia Xiaoyu, who was sitting in the back seat. "There are many people and cars inside, and the road is so narrow that it would be troublesome for your dad to reverse and turn around..."
"Okay, Mom." Xia Xiaoyu put his hand on the car door handle.
"Hey, open the door and look behind you. Be careful not to hit anyone..." the father who was driving reminded me.
"I know, Dad."
When the son opened the door and put his schoolbag down, he stood outside the passenger door and waved to his parents again, then turned and followed the crowd into the small street where the gate of Dongchuan Middle School is located.
"I really don't know what Xiaoyu is thinking, leaving Jiaxiang alone and insisting on coming here... No matter how good Dongchuan Middle School is, can it be better than Jincheng's Jiaxiang?" The mother turned around and watched her son run away. Far away, he complained.
"Isn't this great? When he really goes to Jincheng to go to high school, you probably won't be able to let him go. Now he's in Dongchuan Middle School, and he can see us every day, and we can also keep track of his situation in time. . Besides, Dongchuan Middle School is not bad, it is the best school in Dongchuan." As a husband, Xia Xiaoyu's father advised his wife.
"Hey, do you think it's because Jiaxiang High School didn't enter the national competition this year, so he gave up Jiaxiang High School and came to Dongchuan Middle School? Dongchuan Middle School did participate in the national competition this year." Mom asked.
"Who knows...Okay, don't worry about these things. Leave quickly, or the traffic police will come to take pictures..."
The husband turned on the turn signal and slowly drove into the crowded traffic.
And their son was standing at the school gate at this moment, looking up at the four copper characters on the gate.
"Dongchuan Middle School"
"Finally..." He took a deep breath.
In order to attend this school, he rejected Jiaxiang High School in Jincheng. He still remembers the surprised expressions on the teachers' faces at Jiaxiang High School when he refused to go to Jiaxiang High School.
He also asked himself why he made such a choice.
Xia Xiaoyu did not tell the truth, but made a random excuse. He did not want to leave his parents to go to school in Jincheng. Dongchuan Middle School was close to home, so he could go home every day. If he goes to Jincheng, he can only see his parents once a week.
Faced with such a reason, the teacher in charge of admissions at Jiaxiang High School was speechless.
In fact, not only Jiaxiang's teacher was surprised by his decision, but his parents also didn't understand it.
There is also his cousin who heard on WeChat that he will not go to Jiaxiang to study. I don’t know how disappointed he is.
Xia Xiaoyu didn't tell anyone the real reason for coming to Dongchuan Middle School.
Because he felt that even if he told them, they wouldn’t understand.
Yes, who would decide to attend this school because of a rookie who has only been exposed to football for one semester?
Xia Xiaoyu took his eyes away from the school name, adjusted the shoulder strap of his schoolbag with his hands, and then followed other students through the gate of Dongchuan Middle School.
After entering the campus, he did not look for where his classroom was, but walked straight towards the school's stadium.
That was an important reason why he chose Dongchuan Middle School. He wanted to see where he would fight in the next three years.
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As soon as Xia Xiaoyu entered the training ground, he was a little surprised to find that there were already people on the football field.
And he knew this person.
It's the number fourteen.
Later Xia Xiaoyu found out that his name was "Hu Lai".
He has a rope tied around his waist, and at the end of the rope is a tire - which he is dragging across the court.
It can be seen from his clenched teeth and the bulging blood vessels on his forehead and neck that this training is not easy at all.
"Holy crap, is the training of the Dongchuan Middle School football team so hardcore?"
Right next to Xia Xiaoyu, a surprised voice sounded.
Xia Xiaoyu looked over curiously. He was a boy with a stocky build and a little shorter than him. He was also wearing the uniform of Dongchuan Middle School, but under the loose uniform jacket, he could see that the T-shirt was stretched out. Those are the marks of chest and abdominal muscles.
Seeing Xia Xiaoyu looking over, the other party smiled and said: "My name is Chen Rui, from No. 21 Middle School."
"My name is Xia Xiaoyu, I came from Longyang Middle School." Xia Xiaoyu responded to him with a smile.
"Longyang Middle School? The school that placed third in the Anton Cup in the junior high school category last year? Your name is Xia Xiaoyu? Wait...are you that Xia Xiaoyu?!" Chen Rui was a little surprised.
Xia Xiaoyu was a little surprised: "Do you know me?"
"The core midfielder of Longyang Middle School, I have heard of your name, but I didn't expect you to come to Dongchuan Middle School... Didn't you say that you were spotted by Jiaxiang High School?"
Xia Xiaoyu scratched his head and used his same excuse for publicity: "Well, I can't bear to leave home. I go to Jincheng to go to school and only come back once a week. I don't like it..."
"Hey, actually Dongchuan Middle School is not bad. It is also the best middle school in our Dongchuan. Moreover, the football team of Dongchuan Middle School defeated Jiaxiang and represented Anton in the national competition. I applied for Dongchuan Middle School because I was actually I'm from the football team. I was the main player of our school team when I was in junior high school, playing as a defensive midfielder," Chen Rui introduced himself cheerfully.
"I'm in Longyang Middle School..."
"No, you don't need to introduce me, haha, I know it all! I didn't expect you to come to Dongchuan Middle School. Now my hope of participating in the national competition has greatly increased! You don't know, after hearing that Luo Kai left the team, I think it is almost impossible for Dongchuan Middle School to defeat Jiaxiang High School and go to the national competition..."
Xia Xiaoyu was a little embarrassed by the other party's naked praise. He smiled shyly and said, "No, although Luo Kai is gone, Dongchuan Middle School still has him."
As he said that, he turned his attention to Hu Lai on the field.
"He?" Chen Rui stared at the man on the court for a while, "Who is he?"
This time it was Xia Xiaoyu's turn to be a little surprised: "You know so much about Dongchuan Middle School that you don't even know about Hu Lai?"
"Huh? Is he Hu Lai?" Chen Rui looked at the man on the field who was struggling to pull the tire and run forward in surprise.
"Well... Although it is different from when he competed in the national competition, he is indeed Hu Lai."
In fact, when Xia Xiaoyu saw Hu Lai for the first time, he was a little afraid to recognize him. It was indeed a big change from what he saw in the Anton Cup final.
The body is a little stronger and the skin is darker.
"I saw something about him on the Internet. It is said that when he joined the school team last year, he had not had much contact with football... It is hard to believe that in the end it was him who helped Dongchuan Middle School reach the national competition... ”
Hearing the emotion from Chen Rui next to him, Xia Xiaoyu smiled and said, "I was there at the time."
Chen Rui turned to look at Xia Xiaoyu strangely.
"I watched the match between Dongchuan Middle School and Jiaxiang High School on the spot."
"Wow! Is what is said on the Internet true? Hu Lai really defeated Jiaxiang under Wang Guangwei's constant defense?" Chen Rui asked curiously. Because the Anton Cup match was not broadcast live, he could only learn about the match through posts posted by others online.
However, netizens’ posts, which rely solely on words and pictures, are always exaggerated.
For example, at first some people said that Hu Lai scored a goal to beat Jiaxiang under the constant defense of Wang Guangwei.
This post was criticized to death as soon as it was posted - can a player targeted by Wang Guangwei score a goal? Do you think we haven’t watched Wang Guangwei’s game?
Who is Wang Guangwei? To be scored by a nobody?
Chen Rui thought the post was too exaggerated at first, but then more and more similar statements came out, and he became a little unsure.
Now that I have met someone at the scene, I must confirm it.
Xia Xiaoyu nodded: "Yes, Wang Guangwei has been staring at him. In fact, the defense was successful most of the time, but in the end... he finally found a chance to score a goal."
"It's incredible..." Chen Rui murmured as he looked at Hu Lai, who was dragging his tires and sprinting on the field. "Wang Guangwei is now a professional player playing in Flash Star, and Hu Lai can actually score goals under his defense..."
"He also scored three goals in the national competition. After Luo Kai left, Dongchuan Middle School's scoring should depend on him." Xia Xiaoyu said while looking at Hu Lai on the court.
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Hu Lai finally finished the training of dragging the tire and sprinting. He didn't even have time to untie the rope, so he collapsed on the ground, lying on his back, staring at the sky with a pair of dead fish eyes, breathing heavily.
Today is obviously the first day of school for the second year of high school. There is no class on the day of registration.
However, at Li Ziqiang's request, he came to the school in advance to accept the "opening training package gift package" prepared by the coach for him.
The coach said this was for his own good, to prevent him from overindulging during the summer vacation and causing his physical condition to not be up to par.
As for why he was the only one in the team who needed to do this, the coach told him that because he was the vice-captain, he had to set an example.
Hu Lai really wanted to say to the coach: Coach, you should hire another Gao Ming and take back this vice-captain. I am not the material to be the captain at all!
But now he had no strength to speak.
When he was breathing heavily, Li Ziqiang walked up to him, squatted down, looked at him carefully and said, "It seems that you have maintained good health during the summer vacation and haven't gained much fat."
Hu Lai grinned, but still couldn't say a single word.
Then he patted Hu Lai on the shoulder: "Okay, have you rested enough? Get up, it's time to practice heading. Don't be lazy on the first day of training for your sophomore year, and give your sophomore year a good start!"
Hu Lai gasped, gritted his teeth and climbed up from the court, took off the rope still tied to his body, and walked towards the penalty area.
A training dummy stand has been set up in the penalty area. It is as tall as one person and stands in front of the goal to indicate the position of the defensive player.
Li Ziqiang went to the wing, took out a football from his net bag, blew the whistle in his mouth, and then passed the football towards the goal with a bang.
The football flew in the air into the penalty area. Hu Lai ran towards the landing point of the football, then bypassed the dummy in the penalty area, and then jumped up to header.
When he jumped up, the football flew right in front of his head, and he was seen using his waist and abdomen in the air to swing his head towards the goal!
Bang!
The football was pushed into the goal by him, making a crisp sound as it rubbed against the net.
Uh-huh!
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PS, as a preview, I will add another Easter egg chapter after the update at 6pm tomorrow, which is about the Easter egg of my second book "We Are the Champions".
Stay tuned! (End of chapter)