After a long while, Annie finally got out of the car with a flushed face.

Her hair was messy, the black stockings on her legs were gone, and her whole body looked soft and weak.

Annie asked curiously, "You...what happened?"

Rachel rolled her eyes at Annie in annoyance, but said nothing. She just silently gave Annie and Gu Ran a thumbs up.

It was not until now that Rachel finally understood why Annie was so obsessed with Gu Ran.

This young man who is into sports is so awesome.

Bella checked the time and reminded, "...Annie, if you don't leave now, you will have to change your flight ticket."

Finally, the time has come to say goodbye.

Annie hooked her arms around Gu Ran's neck and said reluctantly, "Gu, I can't bear to leave you."

Gu Ran also hugged Annie's slender waist and said affectionately: "Annie, I can't bear to leave you either."

The two of them kissed each other passionately again.

Rachel: ...

Bella: ...

Are you two going to finish yet?!

Rachel cleared her throat and said, "Annie...we really have to leave. We still have a lot of work to do when we return to the United States."

"... Got it." Annie kissed Gu Ran deeply, "Gu, goodbye, remember me."

"Well, goodbye, Annie, and have a safe trip." Gu Ran gave Annie a final hug.

Rachel smiled at Gu Ran and said, "Gu, thank you for taking care of Annie during this period. I misunderstood you before and said a lot of things I shouldn't have said. Please don't take it to heart."

Gu Ran smiled and said, "How could that be? I know you are doing this for Annie's own good, and I am doing this for Annie's own good too. We are the same. Of course, I still hope that you will try not to be too strict with Annie and give her some private space."

Rachel nodded quickly and assured, "Yes, yes! Gu, don't worry, after what happened today, I have changed. It is really a blessing for Annie to find a boyfriend like you. I will no longer use a parental approach to control her. I also hope that you can communicate more."

Gu Ran smiled and said, "Aren't you afraid that we might have a scandal?"

Rachel smiled happily and said, "A rumor between two big stars is really hot! Gu, Annie is right. You will be a big star sooner or later. Even if you are not a football star, you will be a Hollywood star! After Batman 3 is released, countless Hollywood stars will come to you to discuss the script."

Gu Ran smiled dumbly, "Writing scripts is just my side job, I still just want to play football."

Rachel didn't refute, she just smiled and said, "I wish you victory in the national finals! Goodbye!"

"Thank you! Goodbye!" Gu Ran nodded politely.

Bella next to him opened her mouth and wanted to talk to Gu Ran. After hesitating for a long time, Bella said shyly: "...Mr. Gu Ran, actually you... have seen my... photo."

Gu Ran looked puzzled, "What?"

I've seen so many photos, who knows which one is you? Bella finally didn't muster up the courage to say it, and hurriedly followed Annie and Rachel into the car.

Gu Ran waved to Annie, and Annie kept blowing kisses to Gu Ran.

Their show of affection ended only when Rachel stepped on the accelerator.

Gu Ran breathed a sigh of relief.

The long-term stable... talent points are gone.

At this moment, Gu Ran felt really reluctant to leave.

From now on, it will not be so easy to get talent point bubbles.

Fortunately, after more than 20 days of getting along with each other, my physical attributes have basically improved. Even if I gain talent points more slowly in the future, it won't be a big problem.

After Annie leaves, I can concentrate on playing in the national finals!

That’s right!

Women will only affect my football skills!

Now, first things first...

Fix the car!

Gu Ran looked back at the Cayenne with a broken shock absorber spring, and felt a little distressed.

Gu Ran put on sunglasses and a baseball cap, drove the car to the Porsche repair center, and paid double the price for expedited repairs.

By the time the new shock spring was replaced, it was already around 5:30 in the afternoon.

Gu Ran had originally planned to go to the club in the afternoon to watch the U18 youth training so as not to waste the remaining picking progress for the day, but now it seems a little too late.

It’s a pity…I won’t be able to see Mrs. Kawai who will accompany me to the tryout today.

This is all because of the delay caused by the script contract.

If the script contract could be finalized an hour earlier, I could see... bah, I could pick up the training bubble of the U18 players.

There are still 7 pickup progress left today, I can't just give up like this.

If you go to the Groop Gym, you will be surrounded by people asking for autographs.

Gu Ran thought about it and finally decided to drive to the nearby city of Winchester and pick it up from any gym there.

After driving for an hour, Gu Ran arrived smoothly at a gym in Winchester.

No one here knew him.

...Local celebrities do have their limitations after all.

Gu Ran boldly took off his baseball cap and sunglasses and strolled back and forth in the gym.

In less than half an hour, Gu Ran picked up 7 bubbles of strength training and physical training.

These 7 training results together with the remaining training results did not reach 100 hours, so no new talent points were exchanged.

However, today's picking progress was not wasted.

After completing the picking progress, Gu Ran drove back to the Dune Villa, made himself a simple nutritious dinner and ate it, took a shower, used the liquid nitrogen freezing capsule and sauna steam room, and then went to bed early.

The whole bed smells like Anne...

Gu Ran tossed and turned...it took him a long time to finally fall asleep.

Early the next morning.

Gu Ran was woken up by his own swelling out of habit.

Since his physical condition improved rapidly, the young body has become increasingly out of control.

well……

Gu Ran smiled helplessly and got up to have breakfast.

Today is the day for training after returning to school. After 3 days of training, it will be the national finals.

From now on, every minute must not be wasted! We must devote ourselves to preparation and win the national championship! Just as Gu Ran was about to go out after finishing his nutritious breakfast, the phone in his pocket rang.

Gu Ran picked up the phone and saw that it was a call from an unfamiliar number.

Gu Ran hung up casually.

But the phone number continued to call in.

Gu Ran frowned slightly and then pressed the answer button.

A proud male voice with a strong London accent came from the other end of the phone, "Hello, are you Mr. Gu Ran from Southampton High School?"

Gu Ran replied coldly: "Yes, who are you?"

The other party introduced himself: "Hello, Mr. Gu Ran, I am the head of the sports department of Westminster School, Ted Arroyo. I am calling you on behalf of our entire Westminster School. We have a good proposal that we would like to discuss with you. I wonder if you are interested?"

Oh……

Gu Ran immediately realized what the guys from Westminster School were trying to do.

Westminster School is really an Anglo-Saxon school as they deliberately poached players before the finals.

Gu Ran sneered, "I'm sorry, I'm not interested in discussing topics with the rival team. Besides, even if I was interested, don't you know that my competition is registered with Southampton High School, so it's impossible for me to play for your Westminster School?"

Taidel on the other end of the phone smiled and said, "We don't need you to fight for us, we just need you not to fight. Or...even if you fight, you know."

Holy shit…

Are you asking me to fix a match? Is this a draft?

As expected, once a person becomes famous, all kinds of messy things will come to him.

Gu Ran was immediately filled with rage, and was about to start cursing, but he calmed down in the blink of an eye.

After being reborn, Gu Ran's life experience has been very rich.

He knew that since the other party dared to call him so brazenly, he might have other tricks up his sleeve.

However, there is no recording software on Gu Ran’s Apple phone, so there is no way to collect evidence.

Therefore, we still have to stabilize the other party first.

Gu Ran immediately suppressed his anger and said in a calm tone: "I'm about to drive now, so it's not convenient for me to talk to you in detail. Why don't you call me at noon and tell me in detail?"

"You are indeed a smart man!" Taidel said with a smile: "Of course no problem, we will contact you at noon!"

After hanging up the phone, Gu Ran calmed himself down and drove to school.

Things like match-fixing are absolutely intolerable.

Even though Gu Ran is not a professional player yet, he would never do such a thing as match-fixing! Not only would he not do it, but he would also take down any of those guys who were secretly fixing matches! Half an hour later, Gu Ran drove to the vicinity of the school, parked the car, and climbed over the low wall to enter the training ground.

At this time, the players of the Bucks Steelhorns also arrived at the training ground early.

"Hi Gu!"

"Why are you so late today?"

"Did you stay out too late with your girlfriend last night?"

"Haha! Gu, you definitely won't be able to outrun us today!"

"Gu, a tabloid reporter said that your personal assistant is the famous star Anne Hathaway. Is this true?"

Gu Ran smiled, neither admitting nor denying, but said in the tone of a person who has experienced it: "Just play football well, as long as you play football well, you can find any female star."

The entire training ground suddenly exploded!

"Fuck it!"

"It seems to be true!"

"Oh my God, I've said it before, the female assistant next to Gu Ran looks like a big star, right?"

"Gu, you really are... so enviable to us!"

"Gu! You really didn't lie to me! From now on, I must play football well!"

Before the formal warm-up even started, the teammates' bubbles were all over the floor.

Gu Ran was not polite either. He directly concentrated his mind and collected 10 training bubbles through the air.

The total training time also exceeded 100 hours, and 1 talent point was automatically exchanged.

In this way, Gu Ran accumulated 5 talent points in his mind.

Just as Gu Ran was about to do warm-up running training with his teammates, the club's team doctor, Mai Fu, hurried into the training ground.

"Hey, Gu! Don't train yet. Let me check the injury on your instep first."

"……All right."

Gu Ran sat down on the bench helplessly and took off the sneakers he had just changed into.

There's nothing we can do, it's club property.

Maifu carefully examined it and nodded with satisfaction, "You are recovering very well! It seems that you have listened to the doctor's advice and have not done any strenuous exercise in the past two days."

It's not up to you to decide whether the drama is intense or not, that's up to Annie...

Oh, my Annie...

Gu Ran couldn't help but sigh quietly in his heart.

"McFrench, can I train now?"

"Okay, but I will supervise you throughout the process. Your training intensity can only reach the moderate range at most. Otherwise, I will stop at any time."

"Yeah, okay Maverick."

Gu Ran put on his sneakers and quickly gathered with his teammates.

The warm-up run began, and Gu Ran continued to take the lead.

Mai Fu quickly shouted: "Gu, medium range! Medium range!"

Gu Ran shouted as he ran, "Oh, I see!"

After shouting, Gu Ran continued to accelerate.

Mai Fu shouted in horror: "Gu, why are you getting faster and faster!?"

Gu Ran replied: "Mai Fu, didn't you ask me to be moderate? This is my moderate!"

Maverick: ...

After 15 minutes of warm-up run, Gu Ran easily ran 4.5 kilometers without changing his expression or getting angry, and his body was only slightly sweaty.

This pace reaches more than 3 and a half minutes per kilometer, which is already top-level among amateur runners.

Under Gu Ran's encouragement, the other teammates also ran at their personal highest pace today.

——It is obvious that the main players of the Bucks Steelhorns did not relax themselves during the two-day break, but maintained sufficient physical strength.

The national championship...is everyone's dream!

After the warm-up run, the whole team, led by captain Mianbao, did warm-up exercises.

Head coach Carter walked into the training ground with his hands behind his back and a smile on his face.

Before the formal training in the morning, Carter gathered the players together as usual to give them a speech.

"Everyone is in great shape! I'm very satisfied!"

"We still have one last game to play, so just relax and don't have any psychological pressure!"

"I believe everyone has seen the school team intelligence. Our next opponent is the missionary team of Westminster School... That bastard Olin was poached by Westminster School!"

"My request is not high, just don't let Olin walk out of the stadium with a smile!"

"We need to let that son of a bitch know that we can still play well without him!"

"Did you understand everything?"

"I understand!" The players of the Bucks Steelhorns were excited and responded in unison.

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

The morning training focuses on physical training.

Physical fitness is the advantage of the Milwaukee Steelhorns. In the last game against the Missionaries, it is too late to temporarily make up for the weaknesses. So they should strengthen their strengths and continue to defend and counterattack to consume the opponent's physical fitness.

Sometimes this method seems simple and clumsy, but it is actually the most effective.

As the ace of the team, Gu Ran trained individually in resistance band sprint running.

For the entire morning, Gu Ran sprinted back and forth more than 200 times, and two groups of substitute players who were responsible for pulling the elastic bands collapsed from exhaustion.

Mave and Gregory were watching from the sidelines, terrified and extremely nervous, fearing that Gu Ran would get hurt.

After the morning training, Maverick and Gregory quickly carried Gu Ran to the locker room.

"You two, I'm fine..."

Mave and Gregory didn't care about that. Mave took off Gu Ran's shoes and checked his legs, while Gregory used a fascia knife to give Gu Ran a massage and therapy to eliminate the accumulation of body acid.

Gu Ran screamed miserably...

She kept screaming for more than 20 minutes before the fascia knife therapy ended.

Gu Ran was soaked in sweat, but he also felt extremely refreshed.

At this time, Coach Carter walked into the locker room with a smile, "Gu, old Rice just called me and said that he has already dealt with the second FA veteran. As long as we deal with two more, your labor certification hearing will be no problem."

Old Rice is still really awesome.

But using the word "fix"... seems a bit grey, doesn't it? I've heard that the FA is rotten internally, and it seems to be somewhat credible.

But no matter how bad it is, it can still get better...

Gu Ran cleared his throat and said, "Thank you, Mr. Rice, thank you, coach."

Coach Carter smiled and said, "Why thank me? Isn't this what I should do? Gu, you are now the rising star of Southampton Football Club, so it's not just old Rice who is trying his best, all the fans of Southampton hope to see you put on the red and white jersey as soon as possible! You should take a rest first, and reduce the amount of training in the afternoon by half, so as to maintain your physical fitness for the final decisive battle! I'm also counting on you to beat up that bastard Olin and vent my anger for me!"

Gu Ran immediately said, "Coach, don't worry, I will definitely help you out!"

Coach Carter patted Gu Ran on the shoulder and said, "Good job!"

Gu Ran took a deep breath and said, "Oh, by the way, coach, I have something to tell you."

Coach Carter smiled and asked, "What's the matter?"

Gu Ran said: "This morning, the head of the sports department of Westminster School called me and asked me to play a fake match."

"What?!" Coach Carter's face changed instantly, and he gnashed his teeth and roared, "It's Westminster School again! These bastards! They just rely on the fact that they are a famous school and do whatever they want here! The good atmosphere of youth football has been ruined by this kind of crappy public school! Damn it! Gu! Tell me his phone number, I'm going to call him back and scold him to death! By the way...you didn't agree to him, did you?"

Gu Ran said firmly: "Coach, do you think I can agree to this? I hate match-fixing the most!"

Coach Carter was immediately relieved, "That's good! That's good! Olin was on the dog, but you are not!"

Gu Ran: ...

Coach, are you praising me or not? Coach Carter seemed to realize that his praise was a little inappropriate, and quickly said, "Gu, you are the best! You are the best!"

Goodbye, coach. You are good at PUA, but your ability to praise is far inferior to Annie's.

Anne's big mouth...

Oh shit!

How could a serious person like me have such an indecent thought? Gu Ran quickly cleared his mind of the messy thoughts, cleared his throat and said, "Coach, I deliberately asked him to call me at noon because I couldn't record the evidence in the morning. I know you have a DV camera, so I would like you to record our entire conversation and submit it to the English Football Association as evidence."

Coach Carter clapped his hands and laughed, "Ha! That's great! This is more satisfying than me scolding him! Let's do this! Gu, you're really thoughtful! Westminster School, you've done so many ugly things, and now you've run into me and Gu Ran, just wait for bad luck!"

Coach Carter immediately prepared the DV camera.

As soon as 12 o'clock passed, Gu Ran's cell phone rang.

Gu Ran picked up the phone and saw that it was the same unfamiliar number calling in the morning.

Gu Ran then gestured to Coach Carter, and Coach Carter pressed the record button.

(End of this chapter)