Chapter 692 My daughter has grown up
When Li Ziqiang saw his daughter and Hu Lai walking out side by side at the airport, his eyes froze slightly. Although both of them were disguised, wearing masks and hats, he still recognized his daughter's figure at a glance, and he also spotted Hu Lai next to his daughter.
When her daughter asked her to pick her up at the airport, she didn’t say there was anyone else there...
The two people walked up to Li Ziqiang talking and laughing. Li Qingqing pointed at Hu Lai with a smile and said to his father: "Dad, are you surprised? Hu Lai and I came back together!"
Li Ziqiang glanced at Hu Lai, who quickly nodded and bowed: "Hello, coach, hehe..."
Li Ziqiang, who resisted the urge to roll his eyes and tried hard to maintain his persona as a coach, simply said "hmm" and turned to his daughter: "Why did it take so long to come back?"
"Didn't I say that I would stay in Paris and sign a contract with Song Jiajia?" Li Qingqing explained.
"Hasn't the contract been signed? It's been mentioned in the news." Li Ziqiang cares very much about his daughter, and he knows all the news related to his daughter immediately.
There were previous news reports on the Internet that Li Qingqing officially signed a contract with Champion Legend Sports Agency, and there were even photos of her and Song Jiajia when signing the contract.
This is no secret either.
However, the date of this news report did not match the date when Li Qingqing told Li Ziqiang to return, and was two days early.
"Hu Lai happened to be here, so we made an appointment to go to Disney together..."
"Coach, Li Qingqing really wanted to play, so I went with her, ha..." Hu Lai added next to him.
Li Ziqiang's sharp gaze was cast at him again, and he immediately fell silent.
After glaring at Hu Lai, Li Ziqiang turned to care about his daughter: "Are you tired from the journey?"
Li Qingqing shook his head and said with a smile: "I have company on the road, so I am not tired at all, Dad!"
As he spoke, he glanced at Hu Lai.
What else could Li Ziqiang say?
He sighed deeply in his heart and took his daughter's luggage cart: "Let's go home."
I simply didn't want to be in front of this person for a second.
But Li Qingqing did not move: "Dad, Hu Lai is also returning to Dongchuan with us."
"I know his family will come to pick him up, so let's not..."
"No, his family didn't come to pick him up. So I promised him to use our car to take him back to Dongchuan. It's all on the way anyway, right?"
Li Ziqiang heard his daughter say this and turned back to look at Hu Lai.
Hu Lai smiled particularly sincerely: "Thank you very much, coach, I'm sorry to bother you!"
Li Ziqiang wanted to say: You knew you were in trouble, but you still went up to it?
But he didn't say this. Instead, he glanced at the luggage of the two people and frowned slightly: "The trunk may not fit in it."
Before Hu Lai spoke this time, Li Qingqing helped him and said: "It's okay, dad, isn't it an SUV? The trunk can fit it. If it doesn't work, just put some luggage in the passenger seat..."
"Qingqing..."
"What's the matter, Dad?"
"Now that you have grown up, you will make arrangements for your father..." Li Ziqiang couldn't hold it back and complained about his daughter.
Li Qingqing chuckled: "Dad, I have lived alone in France for more than two years!"
That looks quite proud.
Seeing this, Li Ziqiang opened his mouth, but nothing came out, so he could only push the luggage cart in front of him in a low voice. His daughter walked behind Hu Lai side by side.
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When he arrived at Li Ziqiang's car, he first put his daughter's luggage in the trunk, and then made room for Hu Lai's suitcase.
In the end, there was still a box and a backpack that couldn’t fit in.
"Put it in the passenger seat..." Before Li Qingqing could finish her words, she saw her father open the door of the back seat, put the box on the aisle of the back seat, and throw the backpack onto the seat.
Then he said to Hu Lai: "You sit in the passenger seat."
"Oh, okay." Hu Lai had no objection.
Li Qingqing frowned slightly: "Dad, can't you put the box on the passenger side?"
"Block the view." Li Ziqiang rejected his daughter's suggestion concisely.
Everyone got in the car, Hu Lai sat in the passenger seat, Li Qingqing sat behind him, Li Ziqiang got in the car last, put on his seat belt, started the car, and drove slowly towards the exit toll station.
When the car turned from the Airport Expressway onto the Ring Expressway and headed towards Dongchuan, north of Jincheng, Li Ziqiang glanced at the rearview mirror and found that his daughter had fallen asleep in the back seat.
On the other hand, Hu Lai, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked quite energetic, looking at the front of the windshield with bright eyes.
"You didn't sleep on the plane?" Li Ziqiang asked Hu Lai when he saw this.
"We slept together. Li Qingqing seemed to wake up earlier than me. Anyway, she had been up for a long time when I woke up." Hu Lai answered honestly.
Li Ziqiang was a little allergic to the phrase "we slept together", but he also knew that what Hu Lai said was definitely not what he imagined, so it was not easy for him to have an attack. He could only change the topic: "I went to the Premier League to play for half a season. How do you feel? ”
"The pace is faster, the confrontation is stronger, and you have to stay focused at all times. Sometimes if you think a little slower, the chance to score will be gone. It becomes harder to score..."
Li Ziqiang glanced at him: "Are you praising yourself in disguise?"
"No, no..." Hu Lai waved his hand quickly, "I'll tell the truth, coach."
"I scored 11 goals in half a season, does that make scoring more difficult?" Li Ziqiang snorted.
Hu Laishan smiled and said nothing.
"But don't be complacent. In the past half of the season, your opponents are not familiar with you. When next season starts, those opponents will focus on studying you and defending you. By then, the defensive pressure you will encounter will be even greater..." After humming, Li Ziqiang still reminded.
"Coach, you are right, so I have been training on long-range shots since last season, and I have also not missed out on physical strength training."
After listening to Hu Lai's words, Li Ziqiang nodded slightly: "In short, don't think that scoring eleven goals in half a season is considered a good performance and you can relax..."
"No, no, coach, how can I be so complacent..."
In the back seat that neither of them saw, Li Qingqing, who was sleeping with his eyes closed, raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
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Li Ziqiang saw the car outside the gate of his community. Li Qingqing was a little surprised by this: "Hey, dad, didn't we send Hu Lai home?"
Li Ziqiang turned to look at Hu Lai.
Hu Lai said quickly: "It's okay, I'll take a taxi from here and go back."
Li Ziqiang was very satisfied with Hu Lai's understanding. He said: "Okay, you can carry the luggage down yourself."
Hu Laimai got out of the car to move his luggage. Li Qingqing even wanted to come down to help, but he persuaded him to stop him.
"Go back and have a rest early!" Li Qingqing had no choice but to open the car window, stick her head out of the car and wave to Hu Lai.
"Goodbye!"
Hu Lai stood on the roadside waving goodbye.
Before he finished speaking, Li Ziqiang had already stepped on the accelerator and drove the car into the community.
Hu Lai took out his mobile phone and ordered a taxi online.
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Dragging her small suitcase and carrying a backpack, Li Qingqing followed her father out of the cramped elevator. Li Qingqing raised her head and glanced at the ceiling with several pieces missing, and then at the small advertisements plastered on the surrounding walls. It’s even on the door to the house that Dad is opening.
Dad opened the door and dragged the largest suitcase in first, followed by Li Qingqing.
After closing the door, her father was changing her shoes next to her. She stood at the door, but she was not in a hurry to change her shoes, but looked at the small house.
This is not the first time she has returned to the house her father rented.
Although it is also a high-rise elevator apartment, sometimes she feels that it is not as good as the old house that has been demolished.
At least the old house has a large area.
This is a small house with one bedroom and one living room, which is suitable for her father to live alone. But once she comes back, dad has to sleep in the living room.
"Why are you standing there? Change your shoes and wash your hands."
Li Ziqiang went to the kitchen to wash his hands first, but soon his complaints came from the kitchen.
After changing her shoes, Li Qingqing rushed over and saw her father frowning and saying with a dark face: "The water has stopped..."
"Dad, do you owe the water bill?" Li Qingqing asked.
Li Ziqiang shook his head: "How is that possible? I have paid my water bills on time. It should be that the underground water pipe in the community burst again, and we are repairing it..."
"Dad, why do you know so well?"
"Because this is the second time this month!" Li Ziqiang was in a bad mood. After driving for a long time, I wanted to take a rest when I got home, but I couldn't even wash my hands. The most important thing is that it should be a very warm time to bring my daughter home, but because of the water outage, it has become impossible to stay at home.
The warm atmosphere was gone.
According to his last experience, the maintenance was completed at ten o'clock in the evening, and the water supply was restored at ten thirty.
Last time, he was just a rough old man. Actually, it was okay, and it didn’t have a big impact on our lives.
But now that he has his daughter, the impact is even greater.
It stands to reason that after a tiring trip, what she needs is rest. She should let her come back, take a hot bath, relax, and then he will cook a delicious meal for her to reward her.
Who would have thought that his plan would be aborted now.
"Forget it, sit down for a while and go out to eat later." Li Ziqiang decided to invite his daughter to a restaurant.
Li Qingqing didn't care whether she ate at home or out. She just felt that this community seemed to have many problems and it wasn't very comfortable to live in.
She has played in professional leagues abroad for two seasons. Although the income level of women's football is very different from that of men's football, these two seasons have allowed her to save more than two million yuan, plus her previous experience in Shanhailan His annual salary from playing football is more than three million in his bank account.
Since they returned to Dongchuan, they have been renting a house.
Now might be the time to buy a house.
Thinking of this, Li Qingqing expressed her thoughts: "Dad, let's buy a house while I'm back this time?"
When Li Ziqiang heard this, he stared: "What are you thinking about? Why buy a house? I live in a pretty good house now..."
"The water is cut off every three days, and you still live happily?" Li Qingqing looked at her father and asked with a smile.
Li Ziqiang knew he was in the wrong, so he changed the direction: "It's not easy for you to make some money. The income gap between the women's football team and the men's football team is so big. Don't spend money lavishly! There will be many places to use money in the future..."
"How can buying a house be a waste of money? Dad, you will definitely stay in Dongchuan forever. We don't even have a house of our own. Isn't this unreasonable? Besides, you won't let me spend money. I don’t know what to do with the money. When we need the money in the future, it won’t conflict with buying a house now. We can’t just buy a house just because we may need it in the future, right?” Li Qingqing had an idea in her mind. , the attitude is very firm.
Li Ziqiang shook his head slightly when he saw his daughter's serious look.
Seeing his father shaking his head, Li Qingqing frowned and said, "Dad, don't you agree?"
"No."
"Then why are you shaking your head?"
"I just feel that my daughter has grown up..." Li Ziqiang was still shaking his head, "I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing."
"Of course it's a good thing!" Li Qingqing came up and took Li Ziqiang's arm: "You used to take care of me, now it's my turn to take care of you, dad! Tonight, I'll treat you to a big dinner! By the way, let's take a look at the house. , I will take care of this matter when I return to China this time..."
She once heard that Hu Lai bought a new house for his parents after making money. Although she didn't know where it was, she planned to follow Hu Lai's example and buy the house during the holidays. Professional players actually don't have much free time. The winter break is short, and only the summer vacation is slightly longer.
Hu Lai has already bought a house, and she also wants to buy a house for her father.
Since her mother passed away, it was her father who raised her up alone, provided her with opportunities for training and education, and also used personal connections to send her to a professional team to pave the way for her career.
Now that my daughter has become successful, of course she has to think about her father.
Buy a house to honor him! (End of chapter)