Early the next morning.

Gu Ran woke up at the urging of the set alarm clock.

From yesterday afternoon until about 12 o'clock in the evening...we had so much fun.

Anne's sweet cries were louder than the waves outside.

Until now, the charming sound waves still seem to linger in Gu Ran’s ears.

Gu Ran couldn't help but kiss Annie on the face while she was sleeping.

Anne snorted sickly and turned away.

She is already very feminine, and after the continuous nourishment in the past few days, she is even more feminine.

Gu Ran's young body suddenly became interested again...

Holy shit…

Is it Annie who is better, or my young body that is more vigorous? No, no!

I have to return to the team for training today!

I must be self-disciplined!

I am already a professional player, how can I not be self-disciplined?

Gu Ran quickly removed his hands from Annie's waist and hips, got up resolutely, went to the bathroom to take a shower, and calmed his body down.

After much thought, I think it's because my young body needs more.

——The physical attributes have made a qualitative leap compared to when I was just reborn, and in recent days, I have focused on adding physical attributes.

In addition to reducing the chances of injury and illness, this physical attribute also seems to make the young body more hyperactive.

So even though I had a lot of fun last night, as soon as I saw Annie's yandere M look in the morning, I immediately wanted to have fun again.

...Is this a side effect of improving physical attributes? Shit, what should I do next? Don't panic!

It’s okay!

Although my young body is becoming more and more unruly, my soul is growing stronger through all the storms and waves!

Let the storms and waves come even harder! I will definitely be able to withstand the test! After taking a shower, Gu Ran was indeed much calmer.

Gu Ran also used the liquid nitrogen freezing space capsule and sauna steam room to recover some of the energy he had consumed last night.

Although last night was very intense, my physical fitness was high enough. After a good night's sleep and the ice and fire therapy, my physical fitness has recovered about 70% to 80%.

With his current physical fitness limit, even if he has only recovered 70% to 80%, he is still much better than other teammates on the Bucks Steelhorns.

So today's training will definitely not fail.

However, starting from today until the end of the semi-finals, we really need to exercise self-discipline.

Training consumes a lot of physical energy. If you are not self-disciplined at night, your legs will definitely be weak the next day.

After the ice and fire therapy, Gu Ran went to the kitchen, made a nutritious breakfast for himself, and left one for Annie.

Then, Gu Ran picked up his sports backpack, went out and drove to Southampton High School.

Just like before, Gu Ran climbed over the wall and went directly into the training ground.

The timing was just right, and the players of the Bucks Steelers had already arrived at the training ground by this time.

After two days of vacation, the teammates have recovered well, the joy of winning the semi-finals is still on their faces, and everyone looks excited.

"Hi! Gu!"

"Gu, congratulations! Congratulations on becoming a professional player of the Saints!"

"Gu! This time, you have to treat me no matter what I say!"

"Fuck you, Gu you are really awesome. You entered the Southampton club's first team without any notice!"

“This is our dream!”

All the teammates surrounded Gu Ran, congratulating him and expressing their envy.

Gu Ran was surprised and asked: "Where did you get the news?"

The teammates all said: "Where do we need to get it from? Southampton is such a small place, who doesn't have a relative who can play football?"

"The Southampton Evening Beacon reported it last night. If you don't believe me, go buy a newspaper and read it yourself!"

"I got the news about you signing as a professional player from my girlfriend - damn, my girlfriend knows you better than I do. She even knows that you like black stockings!"

Holy shit…

Where did you get this information from? Wait! There are almost no men who don't like black these days, right? Gu Ran smiled helplessly, "Well, I did sign a contract with Southampton yesterday, but the contract has not been officially activated yet. It will only take effect after the physical examination and physical test are completed at the beginning of the season. I didn't expect... the gossip to spread so quickly."

It is estimated that this gossip was deliberately leaked by the Southampton club. This is equivalent to declaring sovereignty to other clubs that covet Gu Ran, and telling them: Gu Ran belongs to Southampton!

This is good, as it can avoid a lot of unnecessary harassment.

But I still want to keep a low profile!

Now I’m being passive again.

"Haha! As expected!"

"Gu! You are so awesome!"

"I also want to be a professional player! Gu, you are my role model and goal!"

"Gu, tell us quickly, how much weekly salary did Southampton offer you?"

All the players were very curious.

Gu Ran waved his hand and said modestly: "It's not too high, but it's enough to get by."

Minato patted Gu Ran on the shoulder and said, "It's okay if the weekly salary is a little lower. After all, you joined the professional team as an amateur high school student! And you can directly enter the first team. Even if you are paid 300 to 500 yuan a week, it's still very impressive."

Bread also nodded and consoled them, "Yes, we are all envious. We all want to join a professional club, but no one wants us! Even if we can join a youth team, we will be so happy."

Rusty said proudly: "I want to join Southampton FC too!!! I want to be teammates with Gu!"

Ever since Gu Ran fed this guy a corner kick and he experienced the feeling of rushing to score a goal, he has been thinking about being fed by Gu Ran every day.

Gu Ran smiled and said, "Come on, everyone!"

"What's the point of us cheering ourselves on?" Glider asked worriedly, "Gu, you already have a professional contract with Southampton, so will you come to the next semi-final against the Golden Fleece?"

This is also the most concerned issue for all the players of the Bucks Steel Horns! Gu Ran is the core ace of the team! He is the engine of offense! He is the iron wall of defense!

Everyone knows that the Bucks Steelhorns were able to reach the national semi-finals entirely because of Gu Ran! If Gu Ran said he would not play, then even if the Bucks Steelhorns tried harder, there would be no need to have any more illusions.

Gu Ran immediately said: "Of course! I am still a Southampton High School student! I am still a member of the Bucks Steel Horns! I will not abandon my teammates, I will go all out to play our next two games!"

"Two?"

"Gu, you mean..."

The teammates present were immediately excited.

"That's right!" Gu Ran looked around with a determined look and said in a deep voice, "It's just as you think! Our next opponent is the Golden Fleece, we must defeat them again! We want to enter the finals! And compete for the championship and runner-up!"

“That’s right!”

“Roar, roar, roar!”

"Take down the Golden Fleece again! Shave the Golden Fleece into a silver bald head again!"

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

"I can't control myself anymore! Let's start warming up!"

The entire Bucks Steelers team started warming up with runs as if they had been injected with chicken blood!

Looking at his teammates' excited expressions, Gu Ran suddenly felt that he had received the true teachings of Coach Carter...

Warm-up runs began, and Gu Ran was still in the lead! Although his physical strength had only recovered 70% to 80%, it was still easy for him to beat his teammates.

However, this time, the teammates also fought hard to catch up, and their mental outlook was stronger than ever before.

——Gu Ran’s signing to become a professional player is so inspiring!

Originally, the teammates did not have high hopes of becoming professional players, but with Gu Ran as an example, all the players saw hope of becoming professional players!

Don’t say anything, just do it!

While everyone was warming up, Coach Carter came to the training ground with a relaxed look on his face.

Coach Carter has already exceeded his expectations since leading the school team to the national semi-finals. In addition, Gu Ran's signing with Southampton Club has been finalized, and Coach Carter's face is filled with joy.

During his vacation, he just drank some wine with old friends, showed off, and had a very happy time.

As for the semifinals and finals of the national high school competition...to be honest, Coach Carter doesn't have any extravagant hopes.

Are these kids crazy? Why are they training harder than usual? Who gave them the motivation?

If the morale is like this, maybe... there is really hope for the semi-finals? ? ? Coach Carter's heart began to beat violently, and his ambition was aroused again!

Coach Carter wanted to warm up with these young guys! However, thinking about the last time he was trapped by Gu Ran three times, Coach Carter suppressed his thoughts.

After the warm-up run and warm-up exercises were completed, Coach Carter gathered the players in front of him and gave them a speech:

“Everyone did a great job in the warm-up run this morning!”

"On the 22nd, which is four days from now, we will face our old rival, the Rugby Golden Fleece, in the semi-finals!"

"Tell me, do you have the confidence to defeat them again?"

"Yes! Yes! Yes!" The players of the Bucks Steelhorns roared in unison, their passion was overwhelming! Coach Carter nodded with satisfaction, "Very good! As long as you keep this passionate attitude, we will definitely win! In addition, before we officially start training today, I have to announce a good news to everyone!"

"Gu Ran has signed a contract with Southampton Club!"

"Coach! We all know it!"

"Coach, we knew it earlier than you did!"

"Coach, we have all congratulated Gu Ran!"

The team members talked at once.

Coach Carter sneered, "Then do you know what contract he signed with Southampton? Do you know how much his weekly salary was in his first professional contract?"

The team members immediately quieted down.

Coach Carter said proudly: "Gu Ran's contract is a rising star contract! The same treatment as the first-team! His weekly salary is - 2,600 pounds! This does not include bonuses!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in an uproar! "Wow!"

"Fuck!"

“That’s awesome!”

"Gu Ran just told us that it's just barely enough to get by? 2,600 pounds a week, barely enough to get by?"

"We want to know what your daily life is like? Do you live in a big villa, drive a luxury car, and sleep with female celebrities?"

"It's really fucking annoying!"

Gu Ran's face was full of laughter and tears: I really don't want to pretend...

But Coach Carter won't allow it...

Coach Carter pressed his palms together and said in a deep voice: "Gu Ran is everyone's role model! Everyone should work hard! As long as we win the semi-finals and make it to the finals, each of you will have the hope of becoming a professional player!"

"yeah!"

"come on!"

“We all want to be professional players!”

After these two shots of chicken blood, the main players of the Bucks Steel Horns team all became red-eyed!

Coach Carter waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's start training!"

The players of the Bucks Steelhorns rushed forward and fought hard right from the start! Today's training was mainly based on group confrontation.

After all, the next opponent is the Rugby Golden Fleece, and the Rugby Golden Fleece is best at physical confrontation, so the Bucks Steelhorns team is also specifically improving their confrontation and reducing mistakes that may be caused by insufficient physical confrontation.

A defensive counterattack team can only have a chance to win if it reduces mistakes and seizes the opponent's mistakes.

To seize the opponent's mistakes, we can rely on Gu Ran, the core trump card.

Reducing mistakes requires the efforts of the entire team.

In the group confrontation training, Gu Ran started out with one-on-one, then changed to one-on-two, and in the afternoon training, it was directly changed to one-on-three.

Even when facing a triple double-team, Gu Ran can handle it!

Of course, our team's three-man double-team defense is definitely much worse than the Golden Fleece team's three-man double-team.

However, this kind of targeted training is indeed very powerful.

During the confrontation, Gu Ran also took the opportunity to pick up 9 white bubbles related to physical training, sprint training, strength training, etc.

This time, the collection did not reach 100 hours of special training results, so no talent points were automatically exchanged.

But, no rush.

There is also Anne Hathaway at home! After the training that day, the players of the Bucks Steel Horns were not in a hurry to leave, but followed Gu Ran and practiced together until 7 o'clock in the evening.

It was not until everyone vomited and Gu Ran's own energy was basically exhausted that they dispersed and went home.

The feeling of training to the point of exhaustion is so damn great!

That night, Gu Ran drove back to the Dune Villa.

Just like before, Gu Ran picked up Annie's talent point bubble as soon as he entered the door.

——Not to mention anything else, Annie’s output alone is really quite stable.

So, should we reward her tonight?

Wait, should I reward her or reward my young and vigorous body? I need to be self-disciplined!!!

With my current physical condition and stamina attributes, it’s not high enough to allow me to go crazy four days before the competition!

When Gu Ran was thinking this, Annie threw herself into Gu Ran's arms coquettishly, rubbing against him like a kitten, and rubbing her fiery red lips against Gu Ran's ears, "Gu, you're finally back. I missed you so much. You've been training all day, you must be exhausted, right? Do you want me to...rub you?"

Oh shit!

This annoying little goblin! He is so good at it!

No! I have to be self-disciplined! Gu Ran hardened his heart and gritted his teeth, "I'm sorry, Annie, I have a competition in 4 days, and the next competition is more important, so..."

Yes, it’s those days when I’m not doing well again!

Annie chuckled, "I know! You're going to compete again soon. I was just teasing you on purpose! You've made me unable to get out of bed these past two days, and I haven't even had a good meal. Now that you're preparing for the competition, I'm going to take this opportunity to take revenge on you."

Damn it!

This little goblin!

Gu Ran couldn't help but handballed her fiercely, "Annie, you are so naughty! Wait until I finish the game, and then you will see how I will deal with you!"

Anne's peach blossom eyes are so charming and her voice is so charming that it makes people's blood boil: "Come on, come on~"

"You wait..." Gu Ran put Annie down and turned to walk out.

Anne asked quickly, "Hey—where are you going?"

Gu Ran said without even turning his head: "Go cook!"

After saying that, Gu Ran walked out of Annie's room.

Gu Ran leaned against the wall, took a deep breath, looked down, and thought to himself: If I don't leave now, she will catch me! Annie sat on the bed blankly, thinking to herself: It's over, he probably doesn't have any new feelings for me anymore... I have to work hard...

After dinner and a walk, Gu Ran found an excuse to go back to his room, locked the door, and continued to hand-draw the storyboard script for "Batman 3: The Dark Knight Rises".

Annie bit her lip and said to herself again: I have to work hard...

Before going to bed at night, Gu Ran used the liquid nitrogen freezing capsule and sauna steam room again to restore his physical strength.

As long as I have a good night's sleep tonight, I will be able to recover 70% to 80% by tomorrow morning.

How could everything be peaceful tonight? Gu Ran himself didn't believe it.

Sure enough, when Gu Ran returned to the room wrapped in a bath towel, Annie was already lying in bed.

Anne was still wearing the torn maid outfit, and the parts that should have been covered were only half-covered...

Looks like I'll have to memorize calculus formulas before falling asleep again tonight.

Gu Ran sighed slightly and got into bed.

...Okay, I'm relieved!!! Annie then chuckled, "...Be good."

After saying that, Annie arched her waist and hips, found a comfortable angle, and fell asleep contentedly.

Gu Ran: ...

What a sin!!! The next morning, Gu Ran woke up by himself.

The same happened on the third day.

The fourth day is also...

Finally, on the 22nd, the competition day arrived! …

(End of this chapter)