“Gu…”

“Don’t, don’t just stare… Save me, I, I can’t move…”

Elizabeth was both shy and plaintive.

“Here it comes—”

Gu Ran quickly grabbed Elizabeth's slender waist, which was tense from the cold.

At this time, Gu Ran had no bad thoughts in his mind at all. There were only four big words in his mind: "Saving people is the most important thing."

Holy shit…

It’s really cold.

This little girl is so silly and cute.

Gu Ran carefully carried Elizabeth down from the extremely cold space capsule.

Elizabeth was shivering with cold.

Gu Ran immediately started massaging and kneading to activate the blood circulation.

After a lot of sweat and hard work, Elizabeth finally recovered from the heat.

Gu Ran also breathed a sigh of relief.

...It's a feast for the eyes!

"Gu...thank you for saving my life." Elizabeth's teeth were chattering, her expression was shy and touching.

Gu Ran cleared his throat. "It's nothing, as long as you're okay. Can you move now? Do you want me to, ahem, give you some blood again?"

Elizabeth blushed and said, "That's so embarrassing! I, I... I'm not wearing anything!"

After working for nearly half an hour, this silly, cute and melancholy young lady finally realized her situation.

Gu Ran quickly found a clean bath towel and put it on Elizabeth's shoulders, "Can you walk?"

Elizabeth nodded, leaned on Gu Ran and stood up. After taking just one step, her calves became weak and she lost her strength, and her whole body fell.

In a hurry, Elizabeth grabbed the bath towel off Gu Ran's waist.

Gu Ran was careless and did not dodge.

The bath towel was torn off and fell to the ground.

Gu Ran: ...

Elizabeth: !!! "S-sorry! I didn't mean it!" Elizabeth blushed and tilted her head, hurriedly untying her bath towel to cover Gu Ran.

Now it’s Gu Ran’s turn to “!!!”

...Is it really okay for us to go back and forth like this?

Sister Ao, can you be even more silly and cute?

If this goes on, how can I sleep tonight? Ah? How can I sleep? Oh! What a sin! Gu Ran bent down, silently picked up his bath towel, and tied it around his waist again.

The scene instantly became extremely ambiguous.

Now, Gu Ran understands Elizabeth's strengths, and Elizabeth also sees Gu Ran's strengths.

"Liz..."

"Um?"

"You can also... surround yourself with it." Gu Ran felt a little embarrassed when he saw it.

You are definitely the first person who can make a senior LSP feel embarrassed.

"Ah...oh!" Elizabeth blushed and quickly tied her bath towel.

"What happened just now was really just an accident." Elizabeth blushed and explained, "I thought it was a human dryer..."

Gu Ran also hurriedly said: "This is not your fault. Blame me for not introducing it to you before. This thing is called a liquid nitrogen freezing capsule. I use it to restore my body functions. In fact, you can also use it. This capsule can beautify and reduce age. It’s just that this low temperature is my exclusive configuration and is not suitable for you. And you should..."

Elizabeth widened her silly eyes and asked, "Should what?"

Gu Ran originally wanted to say that he should wear a thin coat before going in, but then he changed his mind and thought... it would be fine if he didn't wear anything.

"Oh, it's nothing. Next time you want to use it, just tell me and I'll help you adjust it to a low temperature that's suitable for you."

Elizabeth stuck out her tongue. "No, no, no, I won't use this thing even if you kill me! I'm sorry, Gu. I'm really sorry. I woke you up from your sleep, and you kicked the bathroom door in order to save me. Don't worry, I will compensate you."

Are you saying you want to compensate me for sleeping or for the door? Gu Ran smiled charmingly, "It's nothing, don't worry about these little things."

Elizabeth's heart began to beat violently.

The extremely ambiguous atmosphere, coupled with Gu Ran's charming smile... Elizabeth couldn't stand it anymore.

My body is still cold, my teeth are chattering, but I feel hot and humid...

This was the first time she experienced this feeling.

The two of them just stared at each other in silence for a while.

After a long while, Gu Ran finally said, "How about I carry you back to the bedroom first?"

Elizabeth said shyly, "How can I do that? I'd better go by myself."

Gu Ran quickly protected his bath towel and said, "No, let me hold you."

If I get caught again, something bad will happen!

Gu Ran then picked up Elizabeth and carried her back to the bedroom on the second floor.

After putting Elizabeth on the bed, Gu Ran found a few thick blankets and wrapped Elizabeth tightly.

Elizabeth was moved and said, "Thank you, Gu, you are so kind. I feel much better now."

Gu Ran smiled and said, "That's good. Then I... will go back to sleep first."

"Yeah, go to bed, see you tomorrow."

"Well, see you tomorrow."

The two acted as if nothing had happened.

Gu Ran turned and walked out of Elizabeth's room.

Elizabeth buried her face in the blanket. "I'm dying, dying, dying, dying... This happened on the first night we met. Gu will definitely dislike me!"

Gu Ran returned to his master bedroom and tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep for a long time.

I was already looking at and touching me on the first night we met. Will Elizabeth treat me as a LSP?

I really am not!

Oh, what a sin! My mentor's character has not been established yet, and it has collapsed!

How come my hands are full of Elizabeth's touch? How the hell can I sleep like this?

I can't even do calculus in my head...

Gu Ran tried hard to close his eyes and forced himself to fall asleep.

I don’t know how long it took before Gu Ran finally fell asleep reluctantly.

Half asleep, Gu Ran saw Elizabeth walking in wearing the Scarlet Witch's robe.

Just as Gu Ran was about to speak, the Scarlet Witch waved her hand, a flash of red light appeared, and she pulled the quilt away in mid-air...

Next...

I looked at the time and it was only 5 o'clock in the morning.

Gu Ran: ...

What a young body!

This is what happens to me every morning!

Alas, I can’t sleep anymore even if I want to.

Gu Ran simply got up and trained like crazy in the basement gym.

After practicing for a full hour, Gu Ran went to the bathroom contentedly to take a shower and receive some ice and fire therapy.

The bathroom was still in a torn state and Gu Ran was too lazy to repair it.

Let's just leave it like this for now, since there's no outsiders at home anyway.

After the ice and fire therapy, Gu Ran put on his training clothes, rested for a while, drank a pack of milk, and then drove to the Staplewood training base.

At this time, Elizabeth was still asleep.

When Gu Ran drove to the Staplewood training base, it was not yet 7 o'clock.

The parking lot was empty, so Gu Ran naturally parked his car in parking space No. 1.

After parking the car, Gu Ran went straight to the first-team training ground, took out a shot put, and started warm-up training.

After training until after 8 o'clock, Gu Ran went to the locker room in the gym to take a shower, and then went to the restaurant to eat the enhanced demon breakfast that Loina had prepared for him in advance.

After Gu Ran finished his breakfast, other players of the first team also came to the training base to have breakfast.

The players of the first team all had miserable faces and were yawning. Several of them even had muscle bandages on their bodies.

Obviously, the fatigue from yesterday's return day training has already shown up.

In contrast, Gu Ran was full of energy and had basically recovered all the energy he had consumed yesterday.

This is the benefit of high physical energy and good physical fitness.

Of course, the downside is also very... sinful.

Head coach Adkins still had a poker face and said very little.

Assistant coach Andy took the roster and started calling the roll.

Today, as expected, no one was late.

Coach Adkins has established his authority.

In fact, Gu Ran also contributed to this.

Gu Ran performed very aggressively on the first day of training in his professional career, and surpassed the entire team with an S score. Since the other players performed so poorly, they naturally did not dare to confront the head coach.

After the roll call, the players began warm-up runs under the leadership of Captain Davis.

Gu Ran was still in the lead, leaving all the players behind.

Of course, since there was a truce, Gu Ran did not go around the whole team five times like he did last time, but simply went around the whole team twice.

After all, there will be a pre-season warm-up match against Liverpool's first team in three days, so we still need to save some energy.

The other players were all furious, but they couldn't do anything about Gu Ran.

Even Chamberlain and Luke Shaw, who were the loudest in shouting yesterday, were silent at this moment.

They witnessed most of Gu Ran’s extra practice with the shot put last night... they couldn’t help but accept it!

Lights, lights, lights~ At the end of the warm-up run, the players dropped blue skill bubbles and white training bubbles one after another.

Gu Ran concentrated his mind and scanned the area, picking up three skills: Outside of the Foot Pass +1, Chase Back and Steal +1, Five-Star Left Foot +1, as well as six bubbles of dynamic passing and receiving training results.

I have completed 9 pickups today, and only 1 is left, which I will leave for my sister Ao at home.

The 6 white bubbles plus the remaining training time will automatically be exchanged for 1 special talent point.

Including the talent points he got from Aomei last night, Gu Ran now has a total of 2 talent points.

Gu Ran thought about it and added one talent point to physical fitness and the other to burst.

With high physical fitness, Gu Ran can perform more skilled moves on the court. With high explosive power, his sprint speed will be faster - this is also Gu Ran's key advantage.

After adding talent points, physical fitness increased to 79 points and burst increased to 78 points.

Although there is still a big gap, but with Aomei as a magic tool for picking up points, plus the abundant picking up resources of the first-line team, there will definitely be earth-shaking changes in a month.

Gu Ran is full of confidence in the English League One finals.

After the warm-up run and dynamic stretching, the other team members conducted physical training in groups.

Gu Ran was undergoing one-on-one physical training with his exclusive coach Jacob.

The physical training of other players is basically sprint interval running, while Gu Ran’s physical training is sprint interval running with Coach Jacob personally pulling the elastic band.

Real Madrid coach Jacob also experienced the feeling of plowing the land.

Myv and Gregory, who were watching from the sidelines, were laughing and taking all kinds of photos.

Coach Jacob's face turned red with embarrassment, but he didn't mean to blame Gu Ran at all.

After all... he trained her personally! The stronger Gu Ran is, the more successful he is as her exclusive coach!

After forty minutes of physical training, everyone rested for ten minutes.

This is the moment that gives Gu Ran the most headache.

Nutritionist Loina came to Gu Ran with a smile, holding an enhanced version of the demon meal and a specially made recovery water.

"Hi, Gu, you look good today. Did you eat anything secretly last night?"

"No, absolutely not."

"Very good, then you must be very hungry now. Be good, finish your snack and drink up your recovery water."

"I'm not very hungry..."

Loina said indifferently, "Whether you are hungry or not is not up to you. It's me, your nutritionist, who has the final say. Be good and drink it quickly. Only after you finish drinking it can you return to the team. Otherwise, you can't go anywhere today."

Gu Ran had no choice but to bite the bullet and eat and drink up all the snacks and recovery water.

This taste...

It's too addictive!

Gu Ran felt like he wanted to eat someone! After the ten-minute break, all the players followed Coach Adkins to the tactical classroom in the comprehensive building for a tactical lesson.

Most of the players rushed to grab seats in the back row - sitting in the back row would avoid being noticed by head coach Adkins.

Gu Ran sat in the first row with confidence.

Team leaders Lallana, Lambert, Schneiderlin and others also sat in the first row and listened attentively.

The first tactical lesson is very important because this is a new head coach, and the new head coach will inevitably bring about style changes that are different from the previous head coach.

As a qualified main player, you must listen carefully and understand the new tactics brought by the new head coach.

After all the players were seated, Coach Adkins walked into the tactical classroom with a pile of information.

"The class will begin now."

Coach Adkins is as concise as ever.

On the large white board behind him was a model of the stadium and various small flags marking tactical lines.

Red magnetic stickers representing the players' numbers are neatly placed on both sides of the stadium model.

Coach Adkins said: "Before taking over Southampton, I spent a lot of time studying the previous style of Southampton."

"Southampton's traditional style of play is very aggressive."

“It really makes the game very interesting to watch.”

"However, I have also noticed that in Southampton's games in recent years, the offense has not been smooth. Instead, due to defensive problems, they have conceded too many goals and their winning rate is not high."

"Last season, Southampton, a team with so many good attackers, only ranked in the middle of the English League One."

"This is obviously not the true level of this Premier League team."

"This is due to the club's turmoil and the team's own reasons."

"The team's two wingers had a poor success rate in long passes and lacked overall defensive awareness, so the offense was off-kilter and the defense was even worse."

"This season, I want to change Southampton's previous aggressive offensive long-pass style of play to a conservative defensive counterattack strategy."

As soon as these words were spoken, the players in the classroom went wild.

"Fuck! No way?"

"Our Southampton tradition is attacking!"

"It will be hard for us to adapt to the change in the playing style!"

"Even if we can adapt, the fans will definitely not be satisfied, right?"

Most of the players looked depressed.

Gu Ran remained calm, secretly delighted.

A crazy attacking style of play means that the midfield and frontcourt have more ball possession, while a defensive counterattack style of play is more holistic. The ball possession of the offensive players in the midfield and frontcourt will be compressed accordingly, and the defenders will get more opportunities to touch the ball.

When he was on the Milwaukee Bucks, Coach Carter's basic tactical approach was defensive counterattack.

Therefore, Gu Ran is still very familiar with the defensive counterattack style of play.

Such a tactical strategy will also allow Gu Ran, the left-back, to have more room to play on the field.

Coach Adkins kept a poker face, ignored the dissatisfaction of other players, and turned to draw a diagram of defensive counterattack on the court model.

“First, we need to build a tight-knit defense.”

"My requirement is that when we lose the ball during the game, each of you must return to your position as quickly as possible and form a compact zone defense formation."

"Our defenders must remain the last line of defense and be responsible for containing the opponent's offense."

"Midfielders need to provide full coverage in defense, from the flanks to the half-spaces and the middle, fully assisting the defenders."

“The forwards must also play a defensive role and try to suppress the opponent’s passing lanes to prevent the opponent from easily launching offensive opportunities.”

"In short, everyone, no matter what the situation is, must run, fill their own gaps, and open up the gaps of the opponent."

"I don't allow blind long passes unless the timing is perfect."

As soon as these words were spoken, the forwards and midfielders all complained bitterly.

Coach Adkins continued, "When we play on the defensive, we will lose some possession and be more passive, especially when we face strong teams, but this is not a problem."

"The key to a defensive counterattack lies in the moment of transition from defense to offense."

He drew a diagram on the whiteboard and said, "As long as we can suddenly steal the ball and counterattack when the opponent is in an offensive formation and offensive mentality, the opponent's formation will be disrupted and gaps will naturally appear in the front court. This will greatly increase the success rate of our attack and put tremendous psychological pressure on the opponent."

"To achieve perfect defensive counterattacks, our team needs a player who is very strong in defense and explosive power. More importantly, he must have outstanding awareness, broad vision, and high basketball IQ to take on the important task of switching from defense to offense."

Holy shit…

Strong defense, strong explosive power, outstanding awareness, broad vision, high basketball IQ, and handsome...

Isn't this talking about me?

Gu Ran's heart suddenly moved! At this moment, Chamberlain stood up excitedly, "Coach! Aren't you talking about me?"

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(End of this chapter)