Rusty smoothed his hair and leaned against the fence.

The girl on the other side of the fence smiled and said, "Xi Tiao, you don't need to introduce yourself. I've known you for a long time. You did a great job today!"

"Really? Hahaha!" Rusty Tiao rubbed his hair again, "I think so too! But, I'm even happier when you say it, beautiful lady."

"Can I, can I also be considered a beauty?" The girl's expression was a little excited! Although the girl's appearance and figure could only be rated 7 points at best, this did not affect Xiu Tiao's ability to pick up girls! What's wrong with a 7-point appearance? As long as she is a girl, she is a beauty in Xiu Tiao's eyes!

As a man who has confessed his love 50 times without any success, what Rusty cares about is not the girl's appearance, but the success rate! "Ahem, beautiful girl, we are going out to celebrate tonight. I wonder if you are free?" Rusty asked boldly.

The girl's eyes were filled with surprise. "Really? You guys are going out to party? Can I really go too?"

Rusty was overjoyed, "Of course!"

The girl said excitedly: "Great! I'm free! I'm very free! I don't even have to go back tonight!"

Rusty was immediately delighted!

It’s okay if you don’t go back at night…

Doesn’t this mean that you can…

Gu Ran really didn't lie to me! As long as I play football well, I will naturally have a girlfriend! I'm not even ready yet, and spring has already come! Hahahaha! At this time, the girl carefully took out a letter from her pocket and handed it to Xiu Tiao, "Okay Xiu Tiao, can you help me give this letter to my male god Gu Ran?"

Rust strips: ...

The smile on Rusty's face froze.

This turn of events happened so quickly that he didn't have time to react to the excitement. "What..."

The 7-point girl looked shy and said, "Please help me tell him that tonight... I can do anything for you. Please!"

Rutiao held the love letter that was not written to him and said with trembling lips: "...Okay."

The girl who scored 7 points said happily: "Thank you! Rusty! You are such a good person!"

After saying that, the girl jumped and ran away.

Rusty's face was filled with grief and indignation, and he looked up to the sky and shouted: "No! No! No——"

In the locker room.

The players of the Bucks Steelhorns were still excited and continued to hug each other, singing and dancing.

Reaching the round of 16 again after 20 years, the excitement and sense of honor are hard to describe in words.

From today on, they are the heroes of Southampton Private School! The entire Southampton Private School, and even the whole of Southampton, will be proud of them! This is the charm of football culture!

At this time, Xiu Tiao returned to the locker room with a sad face and handed the love letter from the 7-point girl to Gu Ran.

"What?"

"What else could it be? A love letter!" Rusty shouted with tears in his eyes.

The originally noisy locker room suddenly became quiet.

The players all looked at the rust strips with strange eyes.

Minato came over and asked with a grin, "Rust? Did you write a love letter to Gu Ran?"

"Rust Strip! Awesome!"

"Rust, you can't be pursuing girls, so you finally want to pursue boys!"

"Oh my god! How am I ever going to take a bath with you again?"

"Rust! I support you!"

All the players followed suit.

"Stop it! Stop it!" Xiu Tiao waved his hands quickly, "You all misunderstood! This is not a love letter I wrote! This is a letter that a very beautiful girl asked me to give to Gu Ran."

At this point, Rusty covered his heart with his hands, his face full of heartache.

"Oh." Gu Ran breathed a sigh of relief, "I was really scared."

During the competition, Gu Ran high-fived and chest-bumped Xiu Tiao. If this was really a love letter written by Xiu Tiao, Gu Ran would have wanted to die.

Gu Ran took the love letter, without even looking at it, and stuffed it directly into the locker.

Rusty asked in astonishment: "Why don't you take a look? That girl is really pretty."

Gu Ran sneered, "I'm not interested in these romantic things. Dating takes up too much time. I really just want to play football."

I like to be direct! No emotion, just skills!

Rusty said angrily: "Tsk, scumbag - teach me!!!"

Head coach Carter walked into the locker room with a red face.

He had just been to the school director's office and it seemed that he had received a lot of praise.

Although Southampton Private School has qualified from the group stage more than once in its more than 100-year history, a beautiful comeback like today's has never happened in the history of the school team.

Coach Carter shouted as he entered the door: "Boys! Congratulations! You played so hard today! So passionate! You played with the spirit of our Southampton private school! You are really awesome!"

"yeah!!!"

The crazy atmosphere in the locker room was ignited once again! The roof of the entire locker room was about to be blown off!

Coach Carter smiled and pressed his palms together. "Listen to me! Guys! Calm down and listen to me! I know everyone is eager to celebrate, so I will make a few announcements here briefly. After I finish, you can do whatever you want!"

“Roar, roar, roar!”

"Yes! Coach!"

The locker room soon became quiet.

“First things first: post-game stats.”

Coach Carter took out a handful of statistical sheets and said, "Post-match statistics are what we have to do for every game, even on a big day like today. But I won't go into details today. I will just announce the highest score of this game."

Minato spoke first: "Coach! Do we even need to guess? It must be Gu Ran!"

"That's right! It must be Gu Ran!"

"If it weren't for Gu Ran, I would have eaten my own shoes!"

The players shouted.

Coach Carter smiled and said, "Yes, the one with the highest score after the game is Gu Ran."

Wow————

Applause from the audience!

What does it mean to deserve the title?

This is what we call a well-deserved title! In just three games and less than two weeks of joining the team, Gu Ran not only integrated into the team, but also won the unanimous recognition of the entire team!

No one in the team was dissatisfied with Gu Ran! Especially after this game, no one would be dissatisfied.

Gu Ran played brilliantly in this game. Not only did he make many key clearances, but he also made many accurate long passes and breakthroughs on the wing.

Moreover, Gu Ran was running all over the field, and his running distance, sprinting distance, and number of successful confrontations were definitely the highest on the field.

What’s more important is that Gu Ran had one assist and scored two goals!

According to the weight ratio of the post-match rating, Gu Ran's rating will definitely be higher than the previous game's rating! The previous game's rating was 8.5, so this game's rating should at least be... 8.6, right? Gu Ran looked at Carter expectantly.

Coach Carter folded the post-match score sheet twice and put it in his pocket. "Okay, let's stop talking nonsense. Now I'm going to announce the second thing."

Holy shit…

How did my post-match rating become gossip? Even if I save time, reporting the rating won't take more than a few seconds, right? Gu Ran couldn't help but raise his hand and asked, "Coach, I want to know what my post-match rating is?"

Carter cleared his throat. "Your post-match rating, well, it's OK, but you still have to work harder."

Damn...

PUA me again...

Is it because my score is too high, are you afraid that I will become proud? Forget it, I will just cooperate with your PUA.

Gu Ran said solemnly: "Yes, coach, I will definitely continue to work hard."

"Very good." Carter nodded with satisfaction. "Then, let's talk about the issue of discipline on the field - that is, the issue of you privately changing the order of free kicks that I set on the field."

Bread immediately stood up and said, "Coach, I was the one who gave up the free kick to Gu Ran. I didn't want to take the kick, but I insisted that Gu Ran take it."

Gu Ran quickly said, "No, no, no, coach, this has nothing to do with bread. It's entirely my fault. I violated the rules. If you want to punish me, just punish me."

Bread said anxiously, "I'm the captain. Gu Ran is new here. He doesn't have much idea about the discipline on the field. But I knew there was a discipline but still violated it. So you should punish me, coach."

The reason why Carter was able to completely control the locker room was because of his strict discipline and punishment.

Such violations of discipline on the field require at least 200 frog leaps, and if the consequences are serious, the player may even be expelled.

This happened to the Milwaukee Bucks before. There was a player with good qualifications who was too sticky to the ball and refused to pass the ball or cooperate with his teammates. As a result, he was fired by Coach Carter after a game.

So this kind of thing, in the eyes of the Bucks Steelers players, is really serious.

Coach Carter didn't get angry, but nodded slightly in approval. "Well, you two didn't shirk responsibility, but took responsibility for each other. This is very good. This is the core idea of ​​our Bucks Steel Horns team. I should have held you two responsible for this matter, but... Gu, your Crescent Moon Scimitar kick was so cool, and thanks to that kick, we won the game in the end. If I still punish you, it would be too inhumane."

Bread was surprised and asked, "Coach, are you saying that you won't hold us accountable?"

Carter smiled and said, "Well, let's forget about it this time, but from now on, no one is allowed to change the free throw order without my permission! Do you understand?"

"Yes! Coach!" The players of the Bucks Steelhorns responded in unison.

Gu Ran felt a little depressed.

Although Carter was not punished for disciplinary issues on the field, the rule that the free throw order is not allowed to be changed in the future will make his scimitar useless, right?

this……

Coach Carter continued, "The third thing I want to announce is about the order of free kicks. From today on, Bao Mian will be the second-ranked free kick taker, and Gu Ran will be the first-ranked one! In addition, the first-ranked one for the left corner kick is also Gu Ran! The order of the right corner kick and penalty kick will remain unchanged for the time being - does anyone have any objections?"

"No objection!" the Bucks Steelhorns players shouted excitedly.

Gu Ran's scimitar shot at the last minute of the game was absolutely convincing! With Gu Ran as his scimitar, Coach Carter naturally had many more options for tactical deployment, and could even allow the players to work harder on the offensive end and create more free kick and corner kick opportunities.

This also means that Gu Ran’s right to open fire has increased significantly.

Gu Ran's face was suddenly filled with surprise!

I thought the old man was going to intercept his free kick, but unexpectedly, he actually officially announced it!

Bread happily held Gu Ran's hand, "Haha! Congratulations! Gu!"

Gu Ran was a little embarrassed, "Mian Bao, I'm sorry, I took your spot in the penalty shootout."

Bread waved his hand and said, "Don't say that. We are playing for the Bucks to win, not for personal attention! Besides, taking a free kick is very stressful. I actually hope you can help me share the pressure."

Gu Ran smiled and said, "As long as you are not unhappy, I will be relieved."

The overall strength level of the team is certainly important, but the unity in the locker room is actually more important than the team's level.

In today's game, in addition to Gu Ran's carry throughout the entire game, the more important reason is that the overall unity of the Bucks Steel Horns team is several levels higher than that of the Golden Fleece Team.

Therefore, the perfect thing is to get the first priority to take the free kick without destroying the unity of the locker room.

Bread grinned and said, "Of course I'm not unhappy, but... Gu, after all, you've been promoted. You should show some appreciation tonight, right? It's your treat tonight at the bar!"

"Haha! Right!"

"Gu Ran must treat us! He scored two goals!"

"He's a defender, but he scores more goals than our forwards!"

"Gu! You must treat us today!" Rusty Strip roared the loudest.

"Gu, you're wearing such expensive Messi-brand sneakers, you must be rich! You have to buy us the wine tonight!"

"Gu Ran! Please treat us! Gu Ran! Please treat us! Gu Ran! Please treat us!"

In the UK, you can get a driving license and enter a bar at the age of 17.

British players usually celebrate after winning by going to the bar and partying.

Just as Gu Ran was about to speak, Coach Carter frowned and shouted, "Alright, stop making trouble! I don't care if you bad boys go to the bar, but don't lead Gu Ran astray!"

The players were suddenly silent.

Gu Ran laughed secretly in his heart: It’s still unclear who will lead whom astray.

Gu Ran cleared his throat and said, "Today we beat the top-tier Golden Fleece team and advanced to the round of 16 as the group leader. In addition, I scored two goals today and got the first penalty for the free kick and the left corner kick. With so many happy things happening together, I should treat you all."

"yeah!!!"

"Gu! You really are a good brother!"

"Hahaha! Gu! I'm going to drink you to death today!"

"Tonight I will show you a magical skill of opening a wine bottle with my eyelids!"

The players are almost overjoyed.

Then I heard Gu Ran continue: "However, I have something else to do tonight. I have to... ahem, anyway, I really have something very important that I must do."

Xiu Tiao hugged Gu Ran, "Gu, we just praised you, you can't do this! If there is anything, we will help you together!"

"Yes, yes, yes! We will help you!"

“There is strength in numbers!”

Oh shit!

This won't work. It's not a question of strength in numbers! I can only do it by myself! Get out of here!

Gu Ran immediately said, "Don't worry, everyone. Although I can't be there, I will pay for all the drinks tonight. Just send me the bill at the end."

"How embarrassing is this?"

"Gu, you really don't want to celebrate with us?"

"Gu, are you afraid of being led astray by us?"

No, no, no, I'm just afraid that I might lead you astray...

Gu Ran smiled and said, "Don't think too much, I really have something to do tonight."

Tonight, I will show Teacher Maria the space capsule!

And there is a high probability that... a comprehensive physical therapy can be given at one time.

Isn't this more interesting than watching Rusty open a bottle with his eyelids? "Okay," Coach Carter pressed his palms and said in a deep voice, "I have no right to interfere with your partying at the bar, but I ask you not to go home after 12 o'clock at night, and not to fight in the bar. Remember, qualifying from the group stage is not our ultimate goal. We still have very important games to play next! If you miss the game because of drinking and making trouble in the bar, you will be the sinner of Southampton Private School! Do you understand?"

"Yes! Coach! I understand!" The players of the Bucks Steelhorns responded excitedly.

Coach Carter continued: "The fourth thing is that we have already qualified from the group stage, so as the first place in Group E, we will play against the second place in Group D, so our next game date will be June 9th - there are still 5 days left."

"As for which team will be the second place in Group D, the Football Association has not yet issued an announcement. Tomorrow morning, I will have the drummer send the information of our new opponent to your mailbox. Everyone must check it carefully."

"Yes, Coach!"

"In addition, since we achieved such a good result of ranking first, the school decided to give us two days off!"

“Wow!”

“It feels great!”

All the players of the Bucks Steelhorns were so happy that they were flying.

Carter pressed his palms together and said seriously, "You can have fun these two days, but after the holiday, you must concentrate on training! Although we won today, we must clearly realize that the Golden Fleece is indeed stronger than us in all aspects. If it weren't for Gu Ran's last kick of the Crescent Moon Scimitar, we would never have been able to make a comeback at the last minute. The next round of 16 is a knockout match. If you lose a game, you can only go home obediently. So I ask you to devote yourself to training after the holiday and strive to enter the top 8!"

"Yes! Coach!" The Bucks Steelhorns players responded in unison with confidence.

"Oh, by the way, there's one more thing." Carter was about to leave when he suddenly remembered something, "When Gu Ran scored the first goal, you guys piled on him on the court. I'll punish you by making each of you do 200 frog jumps."

"Ah???" All the players of the Bucks Steelhorns screamed.

"Coach! This is not our fault!"

"Yeah, coach! It's weird, but Gu's sideways volley was so cool!"

Holy shit…

You 're blaming me for this? You idiots!

Anyway, I'm the victim, so I shouldn't do the frog jump, right? Gu Ran couldn't help but chuckle.

Then Coach Carter added, "Add 100 more rust strips."

Rusty said in astonishment: "Why, Coach!"

Carter said angrily, "Because you are the last one and you are the most oppressive!"

Rusty looked up to the sky and yelled, "No! No! No——"

Carter paused, then said, "Of course, you can keep the credit for the frog jump first, and then make up for it when you are eliminated."

Minato quickly asked, "What if we never get eliminated and make it to the finals?"

Carter sneered, "Make it all the way to the finals? If you can really do that, the coach will personally pay for all the frog jumps you owe!"

"yeah!"

"Coach! You said that!"

“Brothers! In order to win over the coach… No, in order not to be eliminated, work hard!”

"Steel Horns of the Stag! Fight to the bitter end!"

“Ooooooh!”

This group of middle school students became excited again as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

"Okay, it's holiday time! Everyone go back and have a good rest! See you the day after tomorrow!"

"Goodbye, coach!" the players cheered collectively.

Coach Carter turned and walked out of the locker room with the post-game ruling.

The glider chased after him as if he had lost his soul, "Coach, coach, my phone..."

"Let's take a shower!"

"Hey, Gu, you really aren't going to the bar with us tonight?"

"No, no," Gu Ran said with a smile, "I really have something to do."

"Then you've missed your chance to pick up girls!"

"I really don't want to pick up girls, and I don't know how to pick up girls..."

Gu Ran walked into the shower room with his teammates.

From the shower came the sound of water splashing, boys playing with each other, and soap falling to the floor.

After taking a shower.

Gu Ran opened the locker and took out his cell phone.

There were seven or eight missed calls and more than fifty text messages on the phone! Most of these text messages were from students from private schools in Southampton. The contents of the text messages were varied, such as "My dear, are you free tonight?", "When are we going to have a baby?", "I'm an F cup, I want to get to know you"...

Gu Ran ignored all of them.

There were two more text messages. The first one was from Teacher Maria: [Gu, you should be taking a shower now, right? Don’t forget our agreement. I’ve been waiting for you. If you dare to forget our agreement, I’ll show you how I’ll deal with you the next time I see you.] At the end of the message, there was a dynamic kiss emoji.

This is no longer a hint, but a clear statement!

Wow~ Just looking at Teacher Maria’s text message, Gu Ran felt numb all over.

Teacher Maria's domineering expression lingered in Gu Ran's mind.

Gu Ran's heart was moved, as if he could smell the scent of Teacher Maria's Chanel from the text message.

Alas, my young body has experienced too little after all.

Gu Ran immediately sent the address of her villa to Teacher Maria and replied: [Teacher Maria, please come to my place at 8pm. My space capsule can only be in place at 8pm.] On the other side, Teacher Maria, who had already returned home, was putting on makeup. When she heard the text message on her mobile phone, she immediately put down her eyebrow pencil and picked up her mobile phone to check.

“Puff!”

Teacher Maria giggled at the phone, "Let me go there at 8 o'clock in the evening? What a little trick, isn't it just to take advantage of the night and keep me there overnight! And what about the space capsule being in place, isn't it just to make him prepare more fully. This little puppy is so cute! Huh? This address turned out to be the Dune Villa Luxury Resort Hotel? Haha, he really thought it through!"

Teacher Maria immediately replied: [Okay, then we'll meet at 8pm! I'll wait for your space capsule to be in place, I want to eat it tonight, hehe! ] Gu Ran felt numb all over after receiving the text message, "What???"

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(End of this chapter)