——Every morning, Gu Ran always arrives at the training ground 10 minutes earlier than Kawai Yuichi.

Every time Yuichi Kawai came to the training ground, he was full of confidence and enthusiasm, and then he would collapse on the spot.

Kawai Yuichi couldn't understand why Gu Ran was always one step ahead of him.

Kawai Yuichi could only keep asking for a duel with Gu Ran and provoked Gu Ran with words like "coward".

Gu Ran turned a deaf ear and ignored it completely.

When middle-aged women take the initiative, it really opens the door to a new world.

Honami's complexion has improved significantly recently, and her dressing style has become more and more youthful, as if she is a dozen years younger than before.

Of course, Gu Ran's complexion was also very good.

Although the training these days was very hard, Gu Ran's physical fitness and physique were very good, and Honami carefully prepared a tonic breakfast for him every morning.

During these three days, many club executives came to the training ground to watch Gu Ran's crushing training.

But old Rice was not there.

Old Rice is busy with the labor certification hearing - the hearing will start in two days. The Southampton Club is doing its best to prepare various materials and has specially hired a lawyer for Gu Ran at a high price so that Gu Ran can concentrate on training.

Gu Ran doesn't need to do anything, just wait for the hearing results in three days.

During these three days, in addition to training madly, Gu Ran also interacted madly with Honami and masturbated madly.

In just 3 days, Gu Ran gained a total of 8 talent points.

Three of the talent points are obtained by picking up white bubbles dropped by U18 youth team players during training.

The other five talent points are red talent point bubbles obtained directly from Honami.

It’s so cool to have Honami, the new generation of masturbation tool.

Of these 8 talent points, Gu Ran allocated 3 of them to the "strength" attribute, and 3 of them to the "power" attribute.

In this way, the strength attribute and power attribute both reached 74 points, which is just one step away from reaching the standard of 75 points.

After adding some points, Gu Ran felt that his muscle strength had been qualitatively improved.

Although his six-pack abs were quite obvious before, after this wave of strengthening, they are as strong as bull tendons.

Gu Ran allocated one of the remaining two talent points to constitution, raising the constitution attribute from 73 points to 74 points.

It is very necessary to improve physical attributes, but they cannot be improved too much at once.

Firstly, if the improvement is too drastic, it will easily arouse suspicion. Secondly, if the improvement is too drastic, the side effects on your physical condition will be more severe.

Therefore, gradual improvement is the best strategy for adding points.

Gu Ran allocated the last talent point to physical attributes.

The physical fitness attribute is the attribute with the highest points among all the sub-attributes. The original physical fitness attribute is sufficient for training and competing with the U18 youth team, and it can also stand out in the English League One. However, in the British professional league, the higher the physical fitness, the better. Not only will it be more confrontational, but the technical movements can also be performed more stably. Moreover, making love the night before will not delay the training the next day.

Therefore, Gu Ran added the last talent point to the physical attribute, increasing the physical attribute from 76 points to 77 points.

Although the crazy point improvement in these three days was not a complete transformation, it was the beginning of Gu Ran's transformation from an amateur grassroots to a professional player.

This was a very good start and Gu Ran himself was very satisfied.

Gu Ran was taking big steps towards becoming a true professional star! Just like that, it was the morning of the fourth day.

Gu Ran was awakened again by the talent point bubble dropped by Honami.

——It’s good to have a big star. You can get her talent point bubbles for free even when you are sleeping.

Gu Ran didn't even open his eyes. He picked it up through the air with his mind and then directly allocated this talent point to the "speed" attribute.

The speed attribute immediately increased from 70 points to 71 points.

...The basic frequency has increased to another level.

Gu Ran hugged Honami and wanted to sleep for a while longer, but Honami gently moved Gu Ran's arm away, got up 10 minutes earlier than yesterday, and left Gu Ran to take a nap on the bed.

Honami first went to the bathroom to use the liquid nitrogen to freeze the space capsule.

This is almost becoming her habit.

She can now adapt to liquid nitrogen cryotherapy at minus 80 degrees Celsius.

During this period, her skin became extremely shiny and elastic, and her face looked very girlish.

Honami happily admired herself in the mirror, then went to the kitchen to make a tonic breakfast for Gu Ran.

By the time the exquisite breakfast was served, Gu Ran had already gotten up. After the ice and fire therapy, he sat down at the table in high spirits.

Looking at Gu Ran wolfing down the delicious food she had cooked, Honami's pretty face was filled with happiness.

...It would be great if I could live like this forever.

Honami couldn't help but admire it.

Of course, she knew that this was impossible.

The reason she came here was to accompany her son Kawai Yuichi for his tryout, and now, Kawai Yuichi's tryout period will end in two days at most...

If Yuichi Kawai passes the trial, he can stay in Southampton, so she can naturally stay as well.

But if Kawai Yuichi fails the tryout...

The happiness and beauty you are enjoying now will come to an abrupt end.

"Honami, why aren't you eating?" Gu Ran took a bite of the fresh caviar and looked up to ask, "Are you worried about something?"

Honami smiled bitterly, "You really can't hide anything from Gu Ranjun. I was thinking... Yuichi's trial period is about to end. Do you think he can stay at Southampton?"

Gu Ran shook his head without hesitation, "No."

Honami's heart suddenly sank. "Gu Ranjun, are you so determined? Yuichi has been training very hard. He has not failed in the training in the past few days. Moreover, Yuichi's skills are not bad..."

Gu Ran still shook his head without hesitation, "He can't do it. First of all, his mentality for playing football is problematic. You know, football is a highly competitive sport, and headwind situations are very common. If a football player is not mentally strong enough, his mentality will explode when he plays in a headwind situation, then he will be easily caught by the opponent's fatal loophole, and then the whole team will be buried with him. Therefore, any coach who is not blind will not keep a time bomb like him in his team."

"Ah..." Honami said sadly, "Is there really no chance at all? I also know that Yuichi has a problem with his mentality, but maybe I can find a way to help him correct it."

correct?

A dog will always eat shit.

I'm sorry, I shouldn't say that about dogs, but that's the truth.

Gu Ran smiled. "Besides his mentality problem, his skills are also very simple. His physique is average, his confrontation is not good enough, and his speed is average. Facing the high-speed defenders in the British professional league, his speed is not enough. He is good at scoring in front of the goal, and his tiger-like shot looks very gorgeous. However, with this weak level, Southampton Club is unlikely to risk a time bomb explosion to keep her."

Honami asked unwillingly, "Then... instead of joining the first team, what if I play in the U18 youth team for a year? If the Southampton first team doesn't want me, the Southampton U18 team should be able to accept me, right?"

Gu Ran still shook his head. "The U18 team won't want him either. Not only Southampton's U18 team won't want him, other U18 teams won't want him either. Honami, listen to my advice. He's not suitable for playing football. Let him go home and treat football as a hobby and do something else."

Honami covered her heart and said in pain, "Gu Ranjun, you are so... cold and heartless."

After eating and drinking, Gu Ran wiped his mouth slowly, then said calmly: "Because you are mine, I tell you the truth. The truth is not pleasant to hear, but it is the truth. It's not that I am cold-hearted, but the fact is this - Kawai Yuichi, it's really not possible."

Honami thought about it and nodded weakly.

She believed what Gu Ran said, even though he was talking about her son.

Gu Ran is a truly strong man, and Honami admires strong people.

When she raised her head again, her eyes were already filled with tears. "So... in a few days, we will say goodbye."

Gu Ran's heart was gently touched by Honami's tenderness.

It turns out that the reason we talked so much about Yuichi so early in the morning was not because of Yuichi's stay or departure, but because we didn't want to say goodbye.

However, it is impossible not to say goodbye.

Gu Ran hugged Honami's slightly trembling shoulders and said, "Honami, I don't want to say goodbye to you either. I really want to stay with you like this forever."

"Mr. Gu Ran..." Honami leaned softly on Gu Ran's chest.

Gu Ran sighed, "But, a secret relationship like ours is wrong after all."

Honami: …

Gu Ran continued, "Even if it's not right, I still cherish the relationship we once had. It will soon come to an end, and I believe we will have another chance to be together in the future. Whenever you miss me, you can fly to Southampton by yourself, and I'll be waiting for you at the Dune Villa."

"Um……"

In the last few days of this relationship, Honami decided to do her best to be good to Gu Ran.

After breakfast, Gu Ran drove Honami back to the hotel as usual.

Along the way, Honami held Gu Ran's hand tightly.

Fortunately, Gu Ran has good driving skills and has no problem driving with one hand.

When getting off the car, Honami took the initiative to come over and ask for a kiss, not caring at all whether there was anyone outside the car.

Gu Ran was kissed so hard that he almost couldn't breathe.

Middle-aged women... when they get fierce, it's really hard to handle.

After Honami reluctantly walked into the hotel lobby, Gu Ran finally recovered, stepped on the accelerator, and drove to Staplewood training base.

He arrived 10 minutes earlier than yesterday...

At the earliest, Gu Ran came to training at 8:30, just half an hour earlier than the other U18 youth team players.

It's already 7:40 for training, nearly 80 minutes earlier than the other U18 youth team players...

At this time, the security guard has not yet taken over his shift.

In fact, Gu Ran didn't want to be so competitive. The key was that Honami woke up 10 minutes earlier every morning than the previous day.

Gu Ran was forced to take the exam early.

If you come early, then you can train earlier.

Training makes me happy.

Ruthless cruelty makes me happier.

Gu Ran immediately changed into his jersey and sneakers and began to warm up.

After warming up for more than 10 minutes, Kawai Yuichi and Suzuki Honami arrived at the U18 training ground.

"This time, there is absolutely no way that Gu Ran will be ahead of me..."

As soon as Kawai Yuichi finished speaking, he saw Gu Ran who was almost finishing his warm-up run.

"What?!"

"This is impossible! How is this possible!"

"Why is this guy always ahead of me?"

"And he's always about 10 minutes earlier than me?"

"Why is he so accurate every time?!"

Kawai Yuichi covered his head, and the whole person was about to collapse! Honami said calmly: "Yuichi, you have to accept it. Gu Ranjun is much stronger than you. Gu Ranjun is the real strong man. You can't compare with him. You have to accept your own mediocrity and Gu Ranjun's strength."

Ever since talking with Gu Ran and knowing that Kawai Yuichi would not be able to pass the trial evaluation of the Southampton club, Honami's attitude towards Yuichi has changed. She no longer forces Yuichi to work hard, but instead advises Yuichi to accept his fate.

Kawai Yuichi yelled angrily: "Mom! What are you talking about? Why do you always speak in favor of that Chinese man!"

"Because..." Honami pursed her lips, "He is really, really strong."

Light~ A blue bubble appeared under Kawai Yuichi's feet.

Kawai Yuichi walked towards the locker room angrily.

Honami sighed softly, and instead of chasing after Kawai Yuichi to comfort him as she did before, she stood there, staring absentmindedly at Gu Ran who was doing warm-up runs.

Gu Ran sensed the falling of the blue bubbles, and then calmly used his mind to check: Fancy juggling +1.

Not bad, not bad!

Gu Ran then collected the bubble through the air.

Including the ones I picked up before, the skill of fancy juggling has reached +4! Before the system personal rating reaches A level, +4 is the limit of what I can pick up.

In addition, in the previous three days of training, Gu Ran also picked up two "Tiger Shot" bubbles from Kawai Yuichi, stacking the Tiger Shot to +3.

The tiger shot is not a star-level skill, and the pre-shooting motion is too exaggerated, but when used at certain times, it can give you a thrilling feeling.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, the players of the U18 youth team also arrived at the training ground one after another.

Normally, players of the U18 youth team would not be considered late if they arrived before 9 o'clock, but Gu Ran has been very busy these days, and there is an important team match today, so everyone generally came to the training ground early.

A new day of training began immediately.

The team competition is scheduled for 3:30 pm, so the morning training content is mainly focused on personal technical training.

Gu Ran focused on practicing subjects such as jumping ability training, reaction ball training, dribbling around obstacle cones, and long shots.

Especially the final long-range shooting training, the whole audience was shocked and numb.

Yuichi Kawai's face was filled with despair and pain of being crushed.

This pain has been haunting Kawai Yuichi like a nightmare ever since Gu Ran started training with the team.

As a striker, the only thing Kawai Yuichi can be proud of is his powerful shot, but compared with Gu Ran's long shot, his powerful shot is nothing.

At the end of the morning training, Gu Ran picked up a wave of white training bubbles and exchanged them for 1 new talent point.

Gu Ran directly allocated this talent point to the strength attribute.

In this way, the strength attribute reaches 75 points.

This level is enough to gain a foothold in the fierce competition of English League One.

After returning to the therapy room, Mavericks and Gregory continued to diligently help Gu Ran with physical examinations and physical therapy recovery.

After lunch, Gu Ran took a one-hour nap as usual, and then went to the training ground early for warm-up training.

At 3 p.m., Coach Dodd entered the training ground with a dozen people including the U18 assistant coach, U18 fitness coach, U19 technical coach, U18 scout and other coaching staff, as well as the reserve team coaching staff, the club's youth team sports director, youth team technical director and others.

This scene instantly raised the atmosphere in the training ground.

Every U18 player was excited and nervous.

What’s exciting is that after training for so long, there is finally an assessment.

The worry is that if I don’t perform well enough and get a low score, I will most likely not get my contract renewed.

Professional clubs are so strict.

These coaching staff members and team directors are responsible for evaluating the future and value of U18 players.

Professional clubs have many assessments and evaluations, which are also very strict.

In the tradition of Southampton Club, the importance attached to and the assessment requirements for the U18 youth team are much higher than those of other clubs of the same level.

——Southampton Club is known as the UK’s rising star factory, and this reputation is definitely not in vain.

So even though it’s just an ordinary U18 team match, it’s really like a big test.

The performance of the U18 youth team in the team training matches will be scored by the off-field coaching staff and sports directors and technical directors, and the final evaluation will be taken into consideration for promotion to the first team and reserve team.

Moreover, this intra-squad match is directly related to whether they can enter the roster for tomorrow's match against Liverpool U18 team! So, how can the young players of the U18 team have it easy?

Every U18 player attaches great importance to this team competition, and everyone wants to try their best to achieve good results.

——Even if you don’t score a goal or even if you lose the game, as long as your personal performance is outstanding, you can still get a higher score.

Trial player Yuichi Kawai takes this team competition more seriously than these U18 players.

His trial period is about to end. This team match and tomorrow's friendly match with Liverpool U18 are his last chances.

Kawai Yuichi secretly clenched his fists, and his eyes involuntarily glanced at Gu Ran, "I will definitely not lose to you!"

Gu Ran smiled contemptuously:

Let’s start a war.

…

(End of this chapter)