The train back to Southampton had not yet arrived at the station, and the players of the Bucks Steelers were chatting and laughing on the platform, imagining how they would party in the bar tonight and how they would spend ten thousand pounds.

Their head coach Carter left the crowd, found a secluded corner, took out his cell phone and dialed old Rice's number.

After two busy tones, the call was connected.

"Hey, Lamar." Old Rice's voice came from the other end of the phone, "How did the game go?"

Coach Carter said nervously, "Old Rice! Something big has happened!"

Old Rice's voice on the other end of the phone tightened. "Lamar, don't tell me you lost the game. Although it's normal for you to lose the game, we have an agreement. If you are not even in the top eight in the country, then I really can't do anything about the work permit. The Saints' board of directors will not consider using the only special talent quota for an amateur player who is not even in the top eight in the country."

Coach Carter said quickly, "No, old Rice, you misunderstood! We didn't lose! Not only did we not lose, but we also won by two goals, 1:3! This result is better than the game that I played in the quarterfinals that year! What's even more amazing is that Gu Ran played very well. Not only did he have two very exciting outside lane overtaking moves like Bale, but he also had a long-range shot that pierced the clouds, and a Lampard-style through pass! I have recorded his wonderful performance, and you will be able to see it when I return!"

Old Rice laughed and said, "Haha! Congratulations! That's great! Isn't it? But why are you so nervous?"

Coach Carter said anxiously: "Of course I am nervous! When you have a super super super huge piece of gold, aren't you afraid of being robbed? Listen to me, old Rice, do you know who the temporary head coach invited by our opponent is? It's Frank Lampard!"

Old Rice said, "Oh? St. Paul's Boys' School has always had a good relationship with Chelsea, so it's not too much for them to invite Lampard. Shouldn't you be happier for defeating Lampard?"

Coach Carter said: "No, no, no, the point is not that they invited Lampard to be the coach, and the point is not that we defeated Lampard, but that Lampard discovered that Gu Ran is a super super super huge piece of gold! After the game, Lampard directly found Gu Ran and invited him to join the Chelsea youth team!"

"What!!!"

There was a lot of jingling sounds on the other end of the phone. It was obvious that old Rice was so excited that he knocked the cup next to him to the ground and broke it.

That's Chelsea! Who can say no to Chelsea? Basically, Chelsea can get whoever they want! Because the owner of Chelsea is Abramovich! And what is Southampton?

A working-class club in the port, it was almost disbanded in 2009 due to a serious financial crisis. A large number of outstanding young talents were sold at low prices, and the board of directors fell apart after several purges. It was a "junk-level" club that finally survived after being acquired by the Swiss consortium Lieb family!

Thanks to the life-saving capital injection, Southampton Club had a good record in the 2009-10 season and recently won the English Youth League Championship (this competition is very prestigious in the UK).

But Southampton will still be in League One next season, just one level higher than the lowest League Two.

The funds that Southampton Club has in the transfer market are not even a fraction of Chelsea's.

Although Southampton was founded 20 years earlier than Chelsea and once had glorious moments in the top league, the current Southampton really cannot be compared with Chelsea.

Old Rice didn't bother to clean up the broken cup, and asked anxiously: "Did Gu Ran agree?"

Coach Carter said, "Don't you see who I am? Can I get Gu Ran to agree to something like this? Gu still listens to me."

"Praise God!" Old Rice said excitedly: "Well done! Lamar!"

Coach Carter said, "Don't be so quick to praise God! Our situation is becoming more and more urgent! I don't think Lampard's invitation to Gu Ran was just a casual remark. I can predict that Chelsea will definitely take action. Of course, Chelsea has never attached importance to youth training, and their top management will not show much interest in Gu Ran, so we still have a chance! If this week, the board of directors of your club has not reached a unanimous agreement on activating the genius clause for Gu Ran, then Gu Ran may really be poached! Yes, I'm not exaggerating. Now it's just Chelsea, and in the future there will be more big-name clubs joining the competition for Gu Ran! Because Gu Ran is really a super super super huge gold nugget!"

Old Rice said in a deep voice: "I know - but this kind of thing involving power struggles is not as easy to deal with as you think. The Saints' board of directors is still in chaos. This is also the reason why I withdrew from the management. I have to sort out the relationships bit by bit. The only thing to be thankful for is that although these old guys on the Saints' board of directors don't like each other and fight each other, no one wants Southampton to miss out on talented players. I believe that a true genius can unite the fragmented Saints' board of directors. Lamar, let's meet tonight, don't go to the bar, it's not a place to talk about business. When can you return to Southampton? I'll send a car to pick you up when you arrive, remember to bring your DV tape!"

"Okay! I'll be there around 6..."

After hanging up the phone, Coach Carter breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, the National High School Championship is in full swing and the 2010 World Cup is about to begin.

But for Coach Carter, the real war is the battle for Gu Ran, and this battle has already begun quietly.

Coach Carter couldn't help but get excited! ...

6pm.

It was getting dark.

Gu Ran accompanied Annie as they strolled through London's famous luxury department stores.

Gu Ran was not in a hurry to eat, and neither was Annie.

Both of them wanted to delay the time until dark as much as possible.

Annie delayed time so that she could prepare a mysterious reward for Gu Ran.

Gu Ran delayed time in order to get Annie's mysterious reward.

Anne seldom goes shopping. She is a big star, and being a big star means living under the spotlight. She can rarely be as free as ordinary people. Her clothes, shoes and other things are usually bought by her assistant.

And now, she can go shopping with Gu Ran's company, and naturally she is as cute as a little girl who has "never seen the world", constantly touching and looking around.

Gu Ran also took the trouble to stay by Annie's side.

Going shopping with a Hollywood princess-level celebrity is a kind of happiness in itself.

What's more... there is a mysterious reward tonight.

What could it be?

It shouldn't be that.

After all, my goddess wouldn't be that direct.

But if the goddess is really direct, I can handle it.

Mmm...eat more tonight.

Gu Ran followed behind Annie, looking at her graceful figure and fantasizing happily.

When they arrived at a crowded place, Gu Ran approached Annie considerately and put his strong arms around her waist and hips to prevent her from being touched by passers-by.

After all, a Hollywood princess-level superstar is very precious and must not be allowed to get in the hands of others.

Anne didn't say anything, and didn't even refuse.

Because Annie knew that Gu Ran was a good person, and he did this simply to protect her.

Through this experience of watching the game and shopping, Annie's affection for Gu Ran deepened.

Annie said embarrassedly: "I am your life assistant. In fact, I should protect you from being touched by others."

Gu Ran smiled and said, "You're welcome. Just do more work for me later to repay me."

"Yes..." Annie agreed in a sweet voice.

Gu Ran felt like his bones were about to become soft, but his hands on Annie's waist and hips did not feel tired at all.

You won't feel tired even if you put it on all day! The rhythm of Annie's hip twisting when she walks is very natural. She is simply born to be charming and charming. The key is that Annie's appearance is still so pure, pure and lustful. This experience is really top-notch and wonderful...

When they walked to a place with fewer people, Gu Ran was reluctant to put his hand down.

Annie seemed to have forgotten that there was a warm hand full of young and wild hormones on her waist and hips, and she just continued to twist her hips naturally and move forward.

Both of them support it with their acting skills.

When walking to a luxury store, Gu Ran suddenly stopped.

"Balenciaga..." Gu Ran looked up at the sign, then curled his lips slightly, "Let's go in and take a look?"

Anne nodded obediently, "Okay."

Balenciaga is also considered a world-class luxury brand, but compared with Prada, it is still a little lacking.

Anne's endorsements are basically all Prada, and most of her clothes, shoes and hats are also Prada. Anne's vision is naturally not good at "small brands" like Balenciaga.

However, if Gu Ran suggested going shopping, she would be willing to go with him.

The two walked into the Balenciaga store together, and were immediately greeted by a female shopping guide with a high nose.

"Welcome... Ma'am, Sir."

The female shopping guide first took a look at Gu Ran's clothes, and her eyes immediately became disdainful. Then she glanced at Annie, and her eyes became even more disdainful.

Annie's sun hat covered her face, and she was only wearing a professional LO outfit - the female shopping guide thought Annie had run out from a construction site, so she looked down on Annie even more.

Gu Ran could see the contempt of the female shopping guide, but he didn't care about the look of a bug. Gu Ran asked directly: "Tell me what kinds of stockings you have."

That's right, I came here just to buy stockings for Annie.

Gu Ran damaged Annie's stockings on the train and promised to compensate her by buying her new stockings.

Balenciaga's stockings, especially black stockings, are top-notch.

When Annie heard that Gu Ran was going to buy her stockings, she quickly declined, "No, no, I have a lot of stockings at home! There's really no need to buy them."

Gu Ran smiled and said, "No, I made it clear on the train that I must buy it for you."

"Oh, there's really no need for that. It's not all your fault for ruining the stockings..." Annie said in a soft voice.

The female shopping guide beside her crossed her arms and said with a contemptuous look on her face: "I'm sorry, we have too many types of stockings. It would be a waste of time to introduce them. Besides, our stockings are very expensive. I'm afraid you can't afford them."

...Yoho! How arrogant!

I don't want to show off, but you force me to do so and slap me in the face!

Gu Ran smiled coldly in his heart and was about to speak, but Annie next to him couldn't stand it anymore, "What's your attitude as a shopping guide! What do you mean we can't afford it? Who are you looking down on?"

The female shopping guide sneered, "A pair of stockings costs at most 200 pounds. You are still hesitating and rambling. If you can't afford it, just leave. Turn left and then turn left again. There is a cheap supermarket. The stockings there are two pairs for 3 pounds!"

"You!" Annie was so angry that she wanted to take off her hat so that this contemptuous female salesperson could see who she was.

"Okay! Let's see if I can afford it!" Annie took out her Centurion Black Card angrily.

The female shopping guide was stunned for a moment. She obviously knew the strength of Centurion Black Card, but... stockings are the cheapest products of Balenciaga. The cheapest also means that the shopping guide earns less commission, so the female shopping guide still couldn't muster up interest.

However, it was a business after all, and the female shopping guide arrogantly went to take the black card.

At this moment, Gu Ran raised his hand to stop Annie and took the black card. "Annie, I agreed to buy it for you, how can I let you swipe the card?"

Annie said angrily: "Gu, don't worry about this matter. I just can't stand her arrogant face."

...It's wrong for you to slap me in the face like this.

Gu Ran smiled and said, "Let me do it."

Although, he didn't read many online novels in his previous life, but Gu Ran could still read these clichéd plots of pretending to be cool and then getting slapped in the face with his eyes closed.

But I didn't expect that after being reborn, I would actually put what I learned into practice and teach Anne Hathaway in person.

"First, we need to find a more pleasing shopping guide." Gu Ran cleared his throat and turned to another female shopping guide with a "trainee shopping guide" badge and asked, "Can you tell me what colors and types of stockings you have here?"

"This..." The trainee female shopping guide looked at the previous female shopping guide cautiously.

The female shopping guide sneered, "It doesn't matter, I'll give you this order, it's just a pair of torn stockings."

The base salary for a shopping guide in a luxury store is not high, but they receive a 5% commission for every sale.

A pair of Balenciaga stockings costs about 100-200 pounds, and selling one pair means a commission of 5 to 10 pounds.

——No wonder the female shopping guide looked so disgusted.

The trainee female shopping guide immediately introduced with a smile on her face: "It's like this, ma'am, sir. Our stockings are black, white, flesh-colored, pink, red, gray, oh, and the latest gradient colors. In terms of style, there are standard stockings, as well as feminine suspender stockings, pantyhose, half-length stockings, and short stockings. In terms of appearance, there are also ordinary, lettered, polka-dot, fishnet, etc."

Holy shit…

Just by hearing the types and colors, LSP can visualize the corresponding images.

Gu Ran nodded with satisfaction, "Not bad, short stockings——"

The trainee saleswoman immediately said, "Oh, you want short stockings, right? Short stockings are the cheapest, only 65 pounds."

The female shopping guide who had been there sneered nearby.

Gu Ran shook his head. "No, I mean, I don't want short stockings."

The trainee female shopping guide was stunned.

The arrogant female shopping guide couldn't help but laugh contemptuously, "After all this talk, you can't even afford short stockings!"

Gu Ran continued, "Except for the short stockings, give me 3 pairs of the other stockings, no matter how many styles there are."

"ah?"

The trainee female shopping guide and the previous female shopping guide were both dumbfounded.

Annie was also shocked, "Gu..."

"Oh," Gu Ran added quickly, "10 more of each style of black suspenders."

Annie said anxiously, "Gu, that's too much! There's no need to buy so much!"

Shut up woman! What do you know! I didn't buy this for you, I bought it for myself, you are just responsible for putting it on and taking it off!

Gu Ran gave Annie a charming smile, "No, Annie, you deserve it."

The trainee shopping guide quickly reminded him kindly, "Sir, our stockings are not cheap! And the stockings you just wanted to buy, I roughly calculated, there are at least 80 pairs! Even if the average price of each pair is 150 pounds, this order will cost at least 12,000 pounds!"

Gu Ran sighed, "Well, it's a bit cheap - Annie, just make do with it."

Considering Anne's status as a Hollywood princess, a pair of Prada stockings would cost at least 500 pounds. The price of Balenciaga stockings is indeed too cheap in comparison.

Anne also laughed and said, "Yes, it is indeed quite cheap, but there is really no need for so many. God, more than 80 pairs of stockings, how long will I have to wear them?"

...That depends on how I use the stockings-removing technique.

Gu Ran cleared his throat and said, "Anyway, this is a gift from me, you must accept it."

Annie nodded obediently and stopped arguing with Gu Ran - this feeling of being forced by Gu Ran was actually somewhat sweet.

Why is this happening…

Anne herself couldn't explain it clearly.

When the salesgirl saw that Gu Ran wanted to buy 80 pairs of stockings, she came over seductively and said with a shy smile, "Sir, this intern is not good enough. Let me serve you!"

Gu Ran said coldly: "No need."

Annie also said excitedly: "Yes! No need!"

The saleslady's face fell, and a blue skill bubble fell under her feet! Gu Ran didn't even look at it - although there was still one chance to pick up the item today, there was absolutely no need to waste his thoughts on such a person.

The trainee shopping guide quickly calculated the total price, and it was just over 12,000 pounds.

This amount of money is definitely a big order for a luxury brand like Balenciaga.

Gu Ran swiped the card casually.

The intern shopping guide said excitedly: "Sir, it will take some time to pack so many stockings, why don't you take a rest here for a while?"

Gu Ran waved his hand and said, "Leave me your phone number. Let's go eat first. I'll call you after dinner and you can send it to us."

"Yes sir, of course no problem, I'm happy to serve you."

Gu Ran took out two 50-pound bills and handed them to the intern shopping guide, "This is your travel expenses and service fee."

The intern shopping guide excitedly took the purchase and said, "Thank you, sir, you are so generous! This lady must be very lucky to have a boyfriend like you!"

Holy shit…

Just for this sentence, the 100-pound tip was well spent! Gu Ran took the opportunity to secretly observe Annie, but Annie did not refute.

"By the way," Gu Ran asked again, "Do you have maid costumes here?"

The trainee shopping guide opened her mouth wide, "…sorry sir."

Gu Ran said: "Forget it if you don't have it, hurry up and pack it up."

After that, Gu Ran turned back to Annie and said, "Annie, don't think too much. I mainly want to buy you some clothes that are suitable for doing housework as work clothes, so that you don't need to wear Prada to do housework."

Annie nodded, "Yeah, Gu, you are so thoughtful."

Ha ha!

So cool!

Annie not only did not refute her boyfriend's words, she also did not object to the maid costume! Gu Ran was so excited that he could hardly control himself.

"Welcome to visit us next time——"

Amid the shopping guides' cheers, the two walked out of Balenciaga together.

As soon as they got out, Annie excitedly grabbed Gu Ran's arm, "Gu! I feel so good! It's really good! I've never experienced such a good feeling before!"

Holy shit…

It's just a clichéd plot of pretending to be awesome but then getting slapped in the face.

Annie, you really haven’t... read any online novels.

Gu Ran smiled coldly, "Oh, it's okay."

Annie said excitedly, "Ah! Gu, you are so calm and collected! I was almost overwhelmed with joy, but you just said it was okay? Did you see the expression on that arrogant female shopping guide's face? Hahaha, she almost couldn't breathe when you swiped the card! And when you gave the intern a tip, she almost collapsed! She missed the biggest order of the day! Gu, how on earth did you think of using such a method to retaliate against her arrogance?"

Gu Ran was suddenly at a loss whether to laugh or cry:

Annie, please don't worship me so much. This is really an old joke that is very common in China.

If any online novel author still writes such plots nowadays, he will be buried alive by readers!

Gu Ran cleared his throat and said, "I can only say that I am just derived from life, but a little bit above life."

Anne exclaimed with all her heart, "I understand! This is art! Gu, your behavior is art! Gu, you are amazing!"

...I just slapped someone in the face, how did that become an artist?

Annie, please stop praising me, really, I still have some dignity to protect.

Gu Ran sighed quietly, "Annie, as long as you are happy."

Annie took the initiative to hold Gu Ran's arm, "I am more than happy, I swear, this is the happiest day I have ever had!"

Holy shit…

This is the real cool...

Being a show-off in Balenciaga is nothing! This is the real pleasure!!! Anne's favorability quickly increased!

If this continues, the mysterious gift tonight might be... hehehe.

Gu Ran felt so happy that his soul seemed to float away.

"Gu, it's getting late..."

"Um."

"Then shall we go eat first?"

"well!"

Gu Ran and Annie got in a taxi and headed to their dinner place for the night - the Chiltern Firehouse restaurant located in the heart of the wealthy area of ​​Marylebone in London.

This is a high-end Western restaurant frequented by celebrities.

…

(End of this chapter)