Fox in the Penalty Area

v1 Chapter 18: bid farewell

"Fox of the Forbidden Zone"

It's finally official!

Yeh! Ye!

Before entering the locker room, Zhou Zijing shook his fist vigorously outside the door to vent his excitement.

Starting today, Leeds City will bid farewell to the "Hulai Era" and enter the "Zhou Zijing Era"!

Then Zhou Zijing tidied up his appearance, concealed his excited expression, and walked into the locker room calmly.

Just stepping through the door, he felt that the atmosphere in the locker room today was very different from usual.

There was no music, no spiel, and no laughter.

Everyone stood in front of their closets and said goodbye to Hu Lai one by one—he will not participate in today's training, he just came to the locker room to say goodbye to his teammates and was about to leave.

"Goodbye, buddy, and good luck!"

"Goodbye, Hu, I hope you are well..."

They hugged Hu Lai one by one, patted him on the shoulder, and said a few words of blessing.

This made Zhou Zijing, who shook hands with them not long ago, feel a lot of surprise - he was not so emotional that time.

Charlie Potter even had tears in his eyes: "Hu, you are getting more and more **** now, don't forget about me, if one day I go to see you in Madrid, you must not refuse!"

Hu Lai laughed: "Don't worry, Charlie. Don't talk about going to Madrid, if you go to China, I can still show you my pool party!"

"Forget about your pool party!" Charlie Potter waved his hands again and again. "I don't want to leave twenty or so big girls in swimsuits alone and run to play some group competition!"

Everyone laughed.

The sadness of parting was finally relieved a little.

Hou Lai pushed Charlie away, walked up to Kamara, and said in French: "Goodbye, Ismail. I will miss your assist."

Camara shook her head: "You don't need me anymore, you are Mr. 100 million euros."

"No, I'll always need it, Ismail."

Kamala blinked.

Holly patted him on the shoulder and walked towards Pete Williams.

Before he could speak, Pete pulled him over, hugged him tightly, and whispered in his ear at the same time: "I didn't expect that you would start poaching the team's corners before you left the team. Hu."

"What are you talking about, Pete?"

"Don't be confused, I know what you mean about Kamala."

"Hey, you really think too much...cough cough!"

He coughed hard because Pete slapped him **** the back while he was talking, which made him pass out.

Lasky looked at Hu Lai, who was coughing and covering his heart, and said seriously: "Being able to play football with you, even though it is only one season, I have benefited a lot, Hu. I am very grateful for your guidance to me." .”

"You're welcome...cough! You're welcome, that's your own innate ability, Dominique." Hu Lai waved his hands while coughing.

Jay Adams looked at Hu Lai's appearance and smiled at him: "Be careful, Hu. The wealthy are not so easy to mess with."

As the only person in the team who has experience in playing for a giant, Adams, who was born in London Bridge, is naturally qualified to give advice.

Charlie Potter yelled at the side: "If you can't get along anymore, you are welcome to come back anytime, Hu. Even if you have nothing, Leeds is your home!"

Pete gave him a white look: "Don't curse Hu."

Hu Lai waved to them: "Don't worry, I won't come back if I don't get along well."

He walked up to Morikawa Junpei again.

"Take care of yourself," he said.

Junpei Morikawa smiled: "I'm good at this, Hu Lai. So you don't have to worry about me."

When Hu Lai heard this answer, he thought of the fact that they left Mori Chuan alone in the big villa...

So he dragged Zhou Zijing who was watching the excitement over: "Elbow spirit, you go back to Leeds, you can live with Mori Chuan, you two speak the same language, and you happen to have a mutual support."

Zhou Zijing was a little unhappy: "I will find a house myself..."

He didn't want to live where Hu Lai used to live, it would make him feel like he was "under the fence".

However, Hu Lai seemed to have not heard his words at all, and continued: "My cabinet containing the best wine in the game is reserved for you. You try to fill that cabinet in two seasons."

Zhou Zijing sneered: "It takes two seasons to fill it up? You look down on me! Let me tell you, Hu Lai, I can fill it up for you in one season!"

"Okay, that's the deal. You live together first, and you can do whatever you want later, it's up to you."

Hu Lai made a decision.

Junpei Morikawa also had no objection.

He and Zhou Zijing are neither familiar nor unfamiliar. Both of them can speak Chinese, so communication is indeed smoother than communicating with other teammates. There are also people discussing what happens in the team.

This is indeed a good arrangement.

Finally, Hou Lai stood in front of captain Lorenzo Esposito: "Sorry, captain. I wasn't here when you retired..."

Everyone knows that the new season will be the last of Lorenzo's career.

Lorenzo raised his hand to touch his bald head, and said with a smile, "What's the matter? You have given me too many presents. If it wasn't for you, how would I have thought that one day I would be able to hold it with my own hands?" Europa League? You know, I was just an ordinary player who couldn't make it in Italy..."

What he said is not an exaggeration. Even if he helped Leeds City rise from the English Championship to the Premier League, he is still just an ordinary player. It may be the peak moment of his career to lead the team to the Super League as the captain.

If it weren't for Hu Lai, he would not have had the chance to win the Premier League and the Europa League, nor would he be able to win those two trophies as the captain.

Now his figure holding the trophy will always be fixed in the history of Leeds City, as well as in the history of the Premier League and the Europa League.

Lorenzo Esposito will no longer be one of countless unsung pros.

That's why he said that, this is the best career gift Hu Lai gave him.

With these two championships, his career has been much luckier and more exciting than most players.

"Well, guys, thanks for the two and a half years I spent with you all. I have nothing to say, good luck to everyone. If we meet in the future in the game, I will not show mercy! "

Someone booed: "We won't either, huh!"

Hu Lai laughed: "Then goodbye!"

He waved his hand, turned and left.

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"oops."

After Hu Lai left, Matt, who had been sitting on the sofa, suddenly called out, and Clark next to him turned to look at him: "What's wrong?"

"I remember when I played "The Godfather of Champions", if a player is about to retire, he can choose to arrange a farewell game for him..."

"What are you thinking, he just transferred and left, not retired." Clark was speechless.

"Yes, I know. I'm just... a little emotional." Matt Dawn shook his head.

"He doesn't need a farewell ceremony, he's not yet twenty-four, Matt. He's got a long, long career ahead of him..." Clarke said.

Just a few minutes ago, Hu Lai came to them on a special trip to say goodbye to them.

He thanked Matt for discovering himself in the game, and even went to Jincheng to tell him this.

He also thanked Clark for the opportunity.

From China to the UK, Hu Lai has to thank many people along the way, but he should be most grateful to these two in front of him.

The two of them are his Bole in Europe.

Maxima is common, but bole is not common.

"Honestly, Tony. I don't know if Pirates head coach Parotti knows how to use Hu properly..." Matt was a little worried.

"Don't worry, Matt. Today's Hu is no longer the rookie who first came to Europe and needs our careful care. Now he has the ability and confidence to deal with all challenges." Clark laughed.

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"The Hu Lai transfer incident that has attracted much attention from Chinese fans has come to an end~lightnovelpub.net~At 6:30pm local time in Madrid, Hu Lai, accompanied by his management team, took a private chartered plane and arrived in Barajas, Madrid Airport...Through the camera, we can see that Hu Lai was in a good mood when he got off the plane, talking and laughing with his friend Song Jiajia..."

"...Although many media reporters came to the scene, Hu Lai did not accept any interviews with any reporters at the airport. He came out of the dedicated VIP channel, and there were already many Madrid Pirates fans who came to hear the news. There are some oriental faces. Guess they should be Chinese students studying in Spain... These pirate fans have come to welcome Hu Lai, and some of them have already put on the jersey of Hu Lai in Madrid Pirates——Hu Lai has confirmed his jersey in Madrid Pirates The number, the same as his in Leeds City and the Chinese national team, is still No. 14..."

"...After Hu Lai waved to the enthusiastic fans at the scene, he got into a black business car surrounded by the management team. Then he drove out of our sight..."

Hu Lai sat in the car, looking out the car window at the horizon extending towards the sky in the twilight, where the orange sunset afterglow was sandwiched between the black earth and the blue sky, and the twilight was thick.

This will be where he will live next.

A completely different city than Leeds.

The food, weather and football here are very different from those in the UK.

He will face many challenges here, but Hu Lai is not worried about the future.

Whether it is the championships he won in the past, or the pirate fans who welcome him at the airport today, they are all proving one thing:

He Hu Lai is no longer the unknown person in Europe!