Mai Fu solemnly signed his name on Gu Ran's physical examination report and handed it to Gu Ran.

Without saying a word, Gu Ransui took the medical examination report to find Coach Dodd who was directing the U18 training.

Coach Dodd glanced at it and then his eyes widened. "This guy Mave... actually gave you a top-level EGM test? Your muscle fatigue level is only 31%? This must be wrong, right?"

Coach Dodd looked at Mave's signature again carefully.

It’s not that he didn’t believe Gu Ran, he just couldn’t believe the result.

Gu Ran’s EGM assessment can easily defeat all the players of the U18 team in seconds!

Even if he is placed in the first team, he is still a top player! And Gu Ran is obviously not even 18 years old! Coach Dodd took a deep breath and said with admiration: "...Awesome!"

Gu Ran smiled and said, "Coach Dodd, can I train with the team now?"

Coach Dodd shrugged, "Why not? I've been looking forward to having you come to practice. However, the morning practice is already halfway through, so why don't you do some basic warm-ups and stretches on the side, and then practice with the team after you have lunch and rest."

Gu Ran saw that a whole group strength training was going on in the field. Interrupting at this time would indeed disrupt their training rhythm, so he nodded and said, "Okay, Coach Dodd."

Honami, who was not far away, was relieved when she saw Gu Ran return, and her mood, which had just been a little disappointed, quickly improved.

Honami wanted to come over and talk to Gu Ran, but she finally held back.

Before they had that kind of relationship, Honami would definitely come over and get close to Gu Ran, but ever since they had a dangerous relationship last night, Honami became hesitant instead.

Gu Ran did not take the initiative to go over to look for Honami.

After all, it is now considered training, and women are meaningless during training.

Gu Ran was warming up seriously on the sidelines, while looking for opportunities to pick up the white training bubbles of the U18 youth team players.

After half an hour of basic warm-up and stretching, Gu Ran picked up 7 bubbles about special training such as dynamic ball control and strength and physical fitness.

I have to say that the training bubbles of the youth teams of professional clubs are much better than the training results of amateur school teams.

The 7 white training result bubbles plus the ones retained before can be automatically exchanged for 1 talent point.

Today, there are 2 more chances left to pick up...

Gu Ran couldn't help but glance at Honami.

This was the first time he had looked at Honami in half an hour.

And Honami had no idea how many times she had secretly glanced at Gu Ran.

If one could earn one dollar for looking at Gu Ran, Honami would have probably earned ten thousand dollars by now.

Gu Ran scratched his scratched neck towards Honami.

To outsiders, this was just an ordinary casual action, but in Honami's eyes it was full of provocation.

——This is a secret known only to the two of them.

Honami's heart was pounding, and she quickly looked away, muttering angrily, "Gu Ranjun is so mean..."

Gu Ran couldn't help but feel secretly happy when he saw Honami's uneasy look from a distance.

At this time, Gregory came over and raised the fascia knife in his hand, "Gu, are you done with your morning training? Let's go to the physiotherapy room and have a hydrotherapy session, and then I'll help you relax."

Gu Ran's expression tensed instantly.

The taste of fascia knife...

Gu Ran gritted his teeth and added the talent points that had just been automatically exchanged directly to the strength attribute.

In this way, the strength attribute reaches 71 points.

With high strength attributes, the tolerance to fascia knives can be improved.

"Let's go!"

Gu Ran took a deep breath and followed Gregory into the therapy room with full confidence.

After a while, shrill screams were heard from the therapy room.

It’s not that Gu Ran is not strong enough, it’s just that the fascia knife is too cruel.

There is no such thing as pain-free pushing, and Gregory pushed particularly hard today.

After pushing for more than half an hour, Gregory finally put away the fascia knife.

Gu Ran was lying on the therapy bed, sweating all over, and he felt like his Ren and Du meridians were about to be opened.

When you no longer scream when using the fascia knife, it means that your body has been toughened up enough and has made some progress.

But given the current situation, I'm afraid I'll have to scream a dozen more times before I can get used to the pain.

Gregory's physical therapy techniques were indeed very professional. After Gu Ran had gone through the pain, the accumulated acid in his body was completely eliminated, and his body felt extremely relaxed.

After the massage, Gu Ran took an ice bath in the therapy room.

This ice water bath functions in the same way as a liquid nitrogen freezing chamber, but the effect is much worse.

For a professional club, the price of a liquid nitrogen freezing chamber is not expensive, but the problem is that a professional club may have more than one player. If the main players of the first team are to be equipped with liquid nitrogen freezing chambers, it would cost a huge amount of money.

Even if the club has the funds, the board of directors in charge of the club will not agree to spend such a large sum of money.

The club's owner's goal is not to improve the players' comfort in training, but to make money.

After Gu Ran soaked in ice water for a few minutes and then took a few minutes in the sauna, he suddenly felt refreshed from head to toe.

The fatigue caused by the EMG test in the morning also completely disappeared.

By the time Gu Ran got dressed, the training of the U18 youth team had come to an end.

The players returned to the locker room to shower and change, and then went to the club's restaurant in groups of three or five to have dinner.

At this point, you can clearly see everyone’s circle of friends - only friends with good relationships will sit together to eat and chat.

Gu Ran has no circle of friends in Southampton Club, let alone in the U18 team.

There were a few youth team players who greeted him when they passed by him, but they did not show any intention of inviting Gu Ran to join the small circle.

And Gu Ran didn't want to merge by force.

Gu Ran was just training with the U18 team and would leave in about a week, so there was no need to waste time and energy on a small circle.

Kawai Yuichi was the last one to enter the locker room. As soon as he came in, he glanced at Gu Ran with his eyes sideways.

Gu Ran also responded to him with his nose.

Kawai Yuichi is very arrogant, but Gu Ran is even more arrogant.

Kawai Yuichi couldn't get any advantage from Gu Ran, so he could only snort coldly and walked into the shower room.

Gu Ran continued to dry his hair.

When Gu Ran dried his hair and walked out of the locker room, Mave and Gregory came up to him warmly, "Gu, let's go to the restaurant to eat together!"

"good."

Gu Ran knew that Mavericks and Gregory were worried that he was unfamiliar with the place, so they accompanied him.

Speaking of which, these two exclusive staff members are pretty good except that they don't like to work overtime.

Gu Ran then followed Mavericks and Gregory to the restaurant at the Staplewood training base.

While leading the way, Mave introduced, "There are four restaurants in the Staplewood Training Base. One is the staff restaurant, one is Restaurant A used by the first team and the reserve team, one is Restaurant B used by the youth team, and the other is a restaurant for senior management and for entertaining important guests. Now the new season has not started yet and the first team has not returned, so only the staff restaurant and Youth Restaurant B are open - the Youth Restaurant is on the second floor."

Gregory smiled and said, "You should actually eat at the first-team's Restaurant A, but the new season hasn't started yet, and the first-team players haven't returned yet. Only the staff restaurant and the youth restaurant B are open in the entire training base. The first-team restaurant is much larger than the youth restaurant, and it has all kinds of nutritious food supplements. In comparison, the dishes in the youth restaurant B are just the same old ones, and the dining environment is also average."

Gu Ran nodded slightly, "As long as it's edible, I'm not particular about it."

Gregory smiled and said, "No, you have to pay attention to it. Even if you don't, as the club's rising star, the club will pay attention to it for you. Did you know that you actually have a dedicated nutritionist and a dedicated training coach, but they are all receiving training at Real Madrid Club, and they will not be in place until the start of the new season. By then, every meal you eat, even every snack, will be controlled by a dedicated person."

Training at Real Madrid?

During this period, Real Madrid's head coach should be the madman Mourinho, right? Thinking of the magic bird, Gu Ran was a little distracted.

Then Mai Fu continued, "Gu, professional players and amateur players are two completely different concepts. After you become a professional player, you will no longer be able to enjoy many things that normal people can enjoy."

That’s right…

Not only does one have to strictly control his diet, but he also has to wear sunglasses and a baseball cap when going out so that he cannot be recognized.

Gu Ran nodded, "Thank you both for your reminder."

After entering Youth B Restaurant, Gu Ran first took a quick look, then picked up the plate and began to choose dishes.

The lunch supply for the youth team is indeed simple, even a little crude.

Gu Ran chose a sandwich.

The sandwich is served on a whole-wheat bun and is filled with white meat ham, spicy lettuce and a small piece of pickled cucumber, as well as tomato slices and yogurt.

After choosing the main course, Gu Ran took a canned salmon, a portion of roasted vegetables, a portion of chicken breast, and a boiled corn.

Finally, it was served with a tropical fruit salad.

Such a lunch may not be considered luxurious, but it is nutritionally balanced.

Gu Ran noticed that the only tableware here were knives, forks and spoons, but no chopsticks.

Gu Ran then asked the waiter in the restaurant, "Do you have chopsticks?"

The waiter shrugged, "Sorry, no."

Logically, Yuichi Kawai also uses chopsticks. After all, Japan is deeply influenced by Chinese culture and almost completely copied the lifestyle of Chinese culture. However, Yuichi Kawai has been here for trial training for so many days, but Youth B Restaurant did not prepare chopsticks for him.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t prepare chopsticks for Kawai Yuichi, but you have to prepare some for me.

Gu Ran then said to the waiter in a cold voice: "Forget about it today, but remember to prepare chopsticks for me tomorrow."

The waiter's eyes widened immediately.

He had never seen such a confident Asian player.

Several U18 players at the table nearby smiled and imitated chopsticks with their knives and forks, demonstrating like clowns:

"Hey, Gu Ran! You can use your chopsticks like this!"

"Hahaha! Eating with two wooden sticks is really funny!"

Half the restaurant burst into laughter.

They were completely unaware of their own arrogance, and completely unaware that they were humiliating Gu Ran.

But no matter what they thought, Gu Ran's eyes suddenly became sharp: "Do you think you are humorous?"

"You can use your knife and fork as long as you have hands, but you can't use our chopsticks at all even if you have hands but no brains. For example, can you use a knife and fork while checking your phone? No, but you can definitely do it with chopsticks."

"So, you think you are civilized? No, you are just arrogant and unworldly."

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole restaurant fell silent.

No one expected that Gu Ran would be so tough and directly confront them! This is the entire U18 team!

Kawai Yuichi pursed his lips tightly. Although he didn't want to admit it, he actually agreed with Gu Ran's statement in his heart.

Looking at himself again, he indeed did not have the courage like Gu Ran to confront him head-on.

Honami looked at Gu Ran excitedly through her big sunglasses.

Gu Ran's tough attitude made her seem to feel Gu Ran's shape again.

At this time, a young player cleared his throat to smooth things over. "Hey, Gu! We were just joking. We often make such jokes among ourselves. Joking can promote the relationship between each other. Look at you, why do you take it so seriously?"

Gu Ran sneered, "Are you kidding? Do I know you well? Did you get my permission to joke around? I have a message for everyone: Don't go looking for trouble."

The whole restaurant was as quiet as a tomb.

Some of the young players were so shocked that their minds went blank, while others frowned and their eyes were full of hostility.

But no one dared to stand up and confront Gu Ran directly.

Gu Ran...has an identity.

Gu Ran looked around and saw that no one was able to fight. He then sneered, "Why? Do you feel that I am different from your stereotype of Chinese people? Are you not used to being so tough? It doesn't matter. You will get used to it slowly in the future, provided that you can enter the first team."

These words really touched the hearts of these U18 players.

It is not easy to be promoted from U18 to the first team! They are still U18, but Gu Ran is already a rising star of the first team!

This is really a slap in the face!

The U18 youth players' negative emotion bubbles were dropping like crazy! Gu Ran took a quick look - they didn't have any good skills.

Gu Ran dispersed his thoughts and did not pick up any bubbles.

There are only two remaining pickup progress today, which have to be reserved for the negative emotion bubbles that are truly worth picking up.

Gu Ran carried the plate of food, walked past the gazes of the U18 players, walked back to the table of Mave and Gregory, and sat down calmly.

Both Mave and Gregory were deeply worried about Gu Ran.

On the first day of training with the U18 team, Gu Ran started to confront directly. He was really too tough.

There will definitely be a lot of trouble in future training...

But what they didn't know was that Gu Ran was never afraid of trouble.

Fight if you don’t agree; this is Gu Ran’s basic principle after his rebirth.

Just as Gu Ran was about to start eating, he saw Honami coming over with a pair of chopsticks.

"Mr. Gu...Ran." Honami bowed gently, as if the two of them were not familiar with each other before. "We have a pair of spare chopsticks here. If you don't mind, please use them."

"Mom..." Kawai Yuichi frowned and shouted, but after that he didn't say anything more.

Gu Ran smiled and said, "Thank you, ma'am."

When there are other people around, you should call me wife, and when there are no other people around, you can call me little darling.

Honami offered the chopsticks with both hands, "It's her honor to be used by someone like you."

When Gu Ran took the chopsticks, he secretly touched the back of Honami's hand.

Honami's acting is great, she acts as if nothing happened.

After Honami bowed, she walked back to Kawai Yuichi's dining table with her heart pounding.

"Mom!" Kawai Yuichi lowered his voice and said, "You actually gave him your own chopsticks? Then how are you going to eat?"

Honami smiled and said, "I'm not very hungry. I can just eat a sandwich with my hands. Besides, Xiongyi, don't you think Gu Ranjun did the right thing?"

Kawai Yuichi: …

After Gu Ran finished his lunch, he washed the chopsticks and returned them to Honami.

Seeing that there were no chopsticks in front of Honami, Gu Ran understood, "Thank you, ma'am."

Honami quickly smiled and said, "You're welcome, Gu Ranjun."

Kawai Yuichi glared at Gu Ran provocatively.

Gu Ran only had Honami in his eyes and completely ignored Kawai Yuichi's gaze.

After returning the chopsticks, Gu Ran did not stay long, but left the restaurant and went to the lounge on the third floor of the training base.

The lounge at the Staplewood Training Base is very large. The entire third floor of the complex is used for rest and entertainment for players and staff.

The facilities here are also very complete, including satellite TV, a small cinema, an arcade video game machine, computers with internet access, two pool tables, a table tennis table, table football, and so on.

In the innermost rest area, there are more than 30 electric massage chairs that can lie flat.

Most of the U18 players who had finished their meal gathered around the game arcade and pool table to play, and only a small number of players lay in the massage chairs for a nap.

Gu Ran also chose to rest in the massage chair.

Although my body is not very tired, I still need more rest mentally, otherwise I will find it difficult to concentrate during the afternoon training.

There was a thin blanket on the massage chair. Gu Ran covered himself with the blanket, put on the noise-canceling headphones on the massage chair, set the alarm clock, and then fell asleep.

The lunch break is about an hour and a half.

Gu Ran slept soundly for an hour, then got up and went to the training ground.

Yuichi Kawai was meditating in a massage chair in the front row. When he saw Gu Ran stand up, he immediately jumped down and competed with Gu Ran to be the first to reach the training ground.

Kawai Yuichi regards Gu Ran as his biggest rival and tries to compete with him in every aspect.

Gu Ran smiled silently, and had no intention of competing with Kawai Yuichi.

After all...a father can't always compete with his son.

(End of this chapter)