basketball behind the spotlight

Chapter 91 Rarely Relax
The next game was ups and downs, Lu Ziqiu made frequent substitutions and tactics on the field, and finally won with difficulty by only 3 points.

After the game, he rushed to the hospital as soon as possible, and the post-match press conference was handed over to Thompson and Harris.

When he arrived, Lu Wei had just finished the examination, and it turned out that there was nothing serious, it was just muscle soreness caused by fatigue.

After getting this result, everyone finally let go of their hunger.

Since they have a back-to-back match tomorrow, Lu Ziqiu promised to meet Lin Qian again, so he and the coaching staff could only take the players to Los Angeles overnight. As for Xia Kexin, Lu Ziqiu asked her to stay with Lu Wei and other main players , and then go directly back to Yancheng the next day.

When I woke up, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon.

Lu Ziqiu gathered the coaching staff and handed over the command of tonight's game to Thompson, with George and Harris assisting.

"Leave it to me to direct?" Thompson pointed at himself in astonishment, "Head coach, are you kidding me?"

Lu Ziqiu laughed and said, "I don't know how to joke about such things."

"But if the loss is too ugly, I..." He wanted to say that he couldn't explain it to the board of directors, but he swallowed the words again.

"No matter what the result is, I will bear it with all my strength." These two old men didn't even have any responsibility at all, and it seemed that they were going to speed up the training of their own team.

Thompson nodded awkwardly, "Okay, we'll do our best."

Lu Ziqiu had already talked about this point, but he still played tricks.

George frowned, wishing he could volunteer, but he knew that it was not suitable for them to have a deadlock with the two of them.

Harris glanced at him uncomfortably, feeling cheated.

Lu Ziqiu was contemptuous in his heart, and smiled reluctantly: "It's nothing, you guys go back and get ready. Oh, by the way, Coach George, please stay for a while."

Thompson got up and said goodbye with a smile. Harris was unhappy, but didn't say anything.

When they left, George couldn't help snorting, "These two old things don't take any responsibility at all."

"Leave them alone, and slowly replace them after I gain a firm foothold."

"If I hadn't considered your situation, I would have wanted to scold them a long time ago." George was still resentful.

Lu Ziqiu made him a cup of tea with a smile, "Calm down."

George took the teacup, took a sip to calm down, "Do you have something to do?"

"I did make an appointment, and I may not be back until later. The team will be handed over to you. If there is anything you can't solve, call me."

"Don't worry, go ahead, without Luo Mang and the others, there won't be any trouble here."

Lu Ziqiu shook his head, "I'm not worried about the players."

George put down his teacup, pondered for a while and asked, "Are you worried about Cather?"

"Well, I'm worried that Kaiser will say something to mock you after winning the game." He had thought about letting George go back to Yancheng with him, but if George wasn't there, he really couldn't worry about Thompson and Harris. an old man.

George's eyes flashed, "You don't need to worry about this, I can deal with him myself."

The two chatted for a long time, until Lu Ziqiu's cell phone rang, and George left.

"Aren't you busy?" Lu Ziqiu connected in astonishment.

"I've switched to an office job now, so I don't have to go out on weekends."

"No wonder, then where should we meet?"

"Shall I pick you up?"

Lu Ziqiu hesitated, smiled and shook his head, "I'd better take a taxi to find you."

"Alright, I'll send you the address."

Lin Qian made an appointment with a farm, which was located by the reservoir in the outskirts of Los Angeles, and was very hidden.

The two rushed forward, Lu Ziqiu took a deep breath of fresh air, "This place is really nice, how did you find it here?"

Lin Qian smiled slightly, "This place is opened by a classmate of mine in college. It is usually not open to the public. If we want to come, we must call him in advance."

"Not open to the outside world?" Lu Ziqiu looked around in astonishment, "Why doesn't he open up such a big place?"

"He has a lot of money in his family, and this place is just for his own leisure and vacation, but the chef here is not bad."

Lu Ziqiu praised from the bottom of his heart: "It's really good. It seems that I will also have a farm or ranch of my own in the future."

Lin Qian asked in astonishment: "You need time."

"Not now, doesn't mean there won't be any in the future."

"That's right." Lin Qian nodded and led him into the farm.

There was only a couple in their forties. Seeing Lin Qian's arrival, they came out to greet her in surprise.

Lin Qian chatted with them, borrowed two fishing rods from them, and took Lu Ziqiu to the nearby fish pond to go fishing.

After finding a good place to sit down, Lin Qian suddenly asked, "You don't mind if I didn't introduce you?"

"That's nice, really." He did feel comfortable and there was no need for politeness.

When the two were together, there were always very few topics to talk about. After saying this sentence, they all fell silent in unison.

After a while of silence, it was Lu Ziqiu who opened the topic first, "I used to think you were a very sunny and funny girl."

Lin Qian smiled wryly and shook her head, "I can't help it, the working environment forced me to, but it's better now, I don't have to go out to deal with various interviews anymore."

"Can you get used to it?"

"Of course." Lin Qian turned to look at him, showing a faint smile.

"It's good if you can get used to it." Lu Ziqiu nodded with a slight smile.

"By the way, I haven't had time to congratulate you yet."

"You mean yesterday's game?"

"Well, I'm actually a little worried."

Lu Ziqiu was taken aback, "What are you worried about?"

Lin Qian smiled and said, "I'm worried that I will lose to you. We have made a bet before, have you forgotten?"

Lu Ziqiu shook his head seriously, "It's not easy."

Lin Qian was stunned, "Weren't you full of confidence before?"

"Confidence is of course necessary, but the reality is cruel. In the long season, no one knows what will happen."

"Are you worried about players getting injured?"

"Injuries are the most uncontrollable."

"It is true, especially Lu Wei. Once Lu Wei is injured, the impact on your team will be too great."

Lu Ziqiu sighed, "Yeah, if I still can't find someone to replace Lu Wei, after a long season, it's really not easy to make it to the playoffs, and you should know very well that although those rookies on the Wolves team are working hard , but it’s really embarrassing to use.”

Having been a basketball reporter for many years, Lin Qian dare not know everything about the situation in the league, but she can basically grasp the superficial situation of each team, "But I believe in your ability, because you are Lu Ziqiu."

"Believe me, you dared to bet with me back then?" Lu Ziqiu couldn't help but make fun of it.

"Does this have anything to do with betting?"

Lu Ziqiu was left speechless by the question instead.

Seeing him like this, Lin Qian couldn't help covering her mouth and laughing.

Lu Ziqiu shook his head dumbfounded.

But in this way, the two of them got along much more harmoniously. At this moment, they completely put their troubles behind them and spent a long time getting along easily.

(End of this chapter)