Fox in the Penalty Area

When the brisk music representing the end of school came from the loudspeakers in every corner of the campus, Hu Lai pulled out the schoolbag that he had packed long ago from the table, got up and pushed the stool away with a clatter, then held the schoolbag with one hand, from the Song Jiajia squeezed out of the gap between her body and the desk.

He couldn't wait to run away from the back door of the classroom.

When Li Qingqing packed her schoolbag and walked out of the classroom with the flow of people, the corridor outside the classroom was already full of students from various classes. They were carrying their schoolbags and walking towards the stairs, forming a crowd.

In this crowd, she did not see Hu Lai's figure.

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Hu Lai couldn't wait because he had already secretly drank the [Marrow Cleansing Potion] that was rewarded by the mission before—things in the system could appear directly in his hands as long as he had a single thought, but in order not to scare others, causing himself It's not clear, so Hu Lai took the opportunity to go to the toilet to take out the bottle of potion in the compartment, and then drank it with the unique pungent smell in the toilet.

The potion looked colorless and tasteless, just like a bottle of ordinary pure water, and it tasted the same.

After drinking, Hu Lai wanted to see if his physical fitness had improved, but only then did he realize that there was no data—all aspects of his physical attributes did not appear in front of him in the form of numbers.

So it is impossible for him to know his physical condition at a glance through numbers.

Since he couldn't see the attribute panel, Hu Lai wanted to test it directly with practical actions.

That's why he couldn't wait to be the first to rush out of the classroom when school was over.

He's off to his secret base to test his coordination.

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When Hu Lai took out the football he hid yesterday from the grass, he couldn't restrain his heartbeat from speeding up.

He was both looking forward to it and nervous, feeling uneasy.

He was worried that his body didn't change after drinking that bottle of potion, he was worried that the effect of the potion was very, very slight, and he even worried that what he experienced today was just a dream...

Then his hands holding the football were slightly separated, and the football fell from the air. At the same time, his right foot lifted up to meet the football.

The football landed on his right foot and bounced upwards, and then Hu Lai stepped on the ground with his right foot, and raised his left heel to meet the falling football.

Hu Lai had been having trouble with the ball before, and now he thought of using this method to test his coordination.

When his left foot touched the football, he didn't control the strength well, and the football flicked sideways.

"Depend on!"

Looking at the football that fell elsewhere, Hu Lai cursed, then chased after him, picked up the football again, and continued to try to bounce the ball.

This time he persisted for three rounds and failed again.

But Hu Lai did not give up, but continued to try.

Sometimes he can persist for a few more back and forth, and sometimes he fails the first time.

In trying again and again, Hu Lai gradually discovered that his body seemed to have changed, and it was a little different from before.

In the past, his body was like a rusty machine, creaking and not very flexible.

But now, every joint in his body seemed to have been smeared with lubricating oil. With his attempts again and again, the solidified lubricating oil was melted away, covering the joints, allowing the body to run smoothly...

It's not particularly coordinated yet, but it's definitely better than before.

At first, Hu Lai thought it was an illusion, but as he kept juggling the ball repeatedly, the feeling became more and more clear, and Hu Lai was finally sure—the bottle of potion rewarded by the system was really effective!

After confirming this, Hu Lai had a bold idea in his mind - he wanted to challenge the more difficult ball jumping!

So he turned the football upside down again,

Then, while the football is falling, lift your left foot high, step over the football, and at the same time lift your right foot to stop the ball.

He has seen those professional players do this ball jumping movement, it is relaxed and freehand, and it is unrestrained.

But when it was his turn to do it himself, the situation was completely different.

When he lifted his left foot around the football and then lifted his right foot to bounce the ball, he lost his balance and sat on the ground with his body leaning back.

"What are you doing?"

At the same time, a crisp voice came from behind him.

Hu Lai turned his head and saw Li Qingqing who was looking at him curiously with his hands behind his back.

"How did you come?"

"Can't I come?"

"This is my secret special training base..."

"this is my house."

Hearing what Li Qingqing said, Hu Lai got up from the ground: "Your house?"

"Yes, my house." Li Qingqing pouted towards the red brick wall on the high platform on the left.

Hu Lai looked over, only to find that the upper window was half open, and curtains had been hung inside the window at some point, and when the wind blew into the window, the light green curtains swayed gently with the wind.

"No... I've been playing here for a month, and I haven't seen anyone living in it..." Hu Lai pointed around and said, except for that window, the windows on the other two walls were closed tightly, and no one lived there. signs.

"I just moved here." Li Qingqing said.

Hu Lai thought of Li Qingqing's identity as a transfer student, and was speechless.

Then he felt heartbroken—the secret base that originally belonged to him alone is now inhabited, which means that he may not be able to continue playing here...

Hu Lai was thinking about where to go to find such a perfect secret base to continue his special training, when he heard a muffled sound.

Boom!

Li Qingqing threw something with her hands behind her back, and it landed between Hu Lai and herself.

It was a black crossbody sports bag.

"What is this?" Hu Lai looked down at the bag.

The zipper of the shoulder bag was not closed properly, revealing something like a rope.

"Your coordination is really bad, but coordination can also be improved through training." Li Qingqing said while squatting down to take something out of his bag.

She took out the rope-like thing, and Hu Lai discovered that it was a rope ladder.

Then Li Qingqing took out the logo cone, logo plate, and logo rings of different colors from the bag.

"Starting today, I'll train your coordination." After taking out everything, Li Qingqing got up and said to Hu Lai.

Looking at the pile of things on the ground, Hu Lai wondered, "How to train?"

Li Qingqing first took out two red logo plates and placed them separately at her feet.

Then she pulled up the rope ladder, measured the distance with her feet, walked to about five meters from the starting line, laid the rope ladder, and continued to walk along the rope ladder. A yellow sign cone was placed ten meters away from the rope ladder.

After finishing all this, Li Qingqing returned to the original red logo disc. Standing between the two logo discs, she said to Hu Lai: "This is the starting line. You have to run from this starting line to the agility ladder, and then jump into it with one foot." For each square, jump the agility ladder, then sprint to the yellow cone, circle around counterclockwise and then run back to the starting line."

After she finished speaking, she rushed out, and when she ran in front of the agility ladder, she jumped into the grid with one foot instead, and jumped through the agility ladder one by one, then accelerated and rushed towards the yellow cone barrel, and then slowed down in small steps after going around a circle Jog back. The whole movement is very smooth and free, like flowing clouds and flowing water.

"You come." After running back, Li Qingqing said to Hu Lai.

"It's that simple?" Hu Lai saw that Li Qingqing was doing it very easily, and he wondered how such a simple training could improve his coordination.

"You'll know once you come here." Li Qingqing didn't explain.

"Come on." Hu Lai stood on the starting line, and then he saw Li Qingqing took out a whistle from his pocket and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Beep—!"

After the whistle sounded, he rushed out.

He ran the distance of five meters in two steps, and then came to the rope ladder, changing to hop on one foot. It was only then that Hu Lai discovered that the actual situation was different from what he had imagined...

When others rushed to the rope ladder and wanted to switch positions, the inertia of his body made him unable to stop the car, so he jumped directly to the second frame...

The whistle sounded.

"Wrong, jump frame by frame, don't skip it." Li Qingqing said sternly after blowing the whistle. "Again!"

The second time Hu Lai slowed down when rushing out, and when he reached the rope ladder, he successfully jumped into the first grid.

"what!"

He laughed.

But in the next second, third, and fourth grids, with each jump of one foot, the inertia accumulated more and more, and finally in the fifth grid, the momentum of the first four grids made him He failed to maintain his balance and went straight out of the range of the rope ladder.

Li Qingqing's whistle rang again.

"Come again!"

The third time Hu Lai learned to be smart. Before each jump, he made himself stand firm before jumping into the next frame. This way, there is no problem of inertia, but Li Qingqing asked him to return to the starting point and start again: "Six-year-old Children are faster than you!"

the fourth time.

"Keep standing on one foot and don't let the other foot touch the ground!"

"Keep your balance and don't dangle your upper body!"

"Walk counterclockwise, you run backwards!"

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After jumping ten sets in a row, Hu Lai was out of breath—he thought the training would be simple, but he didn't expect it to be so tiring.

"Let's rest for half a minute." Li Qingqing grabbed the electronic chronograph hanging on his chest and took a look, "Then switch to jumping with both feet."

Hu Lai thought that hopping with two feet was easier than hopping with one foot, because hopping with one foot also had to consider a balance issue. But when he really started to hop with both feet, he realized that it was actually the same as hopping with one foot—each step of the rope ladder is not big. If he can’t control the speed and strength well, he can easily lose his balance and rhythm, leading to failure.

After another ten sets of hops with both feet, Li Qingqing asked Hu Lai to hop with both feet on the first four squares of the rope ladder, and to hop with one foot on the last four squares.

Do ten sets of this, rest for a minute and return to the first training subject of hops, and do another ten sets...and so on.

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Hu Lai was doing it very seriously, and Li Qingqing was watching from the side, blowing the whistle less and less to suspend training, and reminding him aloud.

In fact, the training is very boring and the intensity is not small, because when Li Qingqing trained this training method before, she was not the only one, but also other companions. They are in a group of ten, and each of them will be at the back of the line after finishing one job, and then it will be their turn after all the teammates in front have finished.

So the rest time is definitely not more than half a minute.

And Hu Lai has no other teammates, he is alone, and after one set, he has to go to the next set, and he can't rest for a minute until the tenth set is done.

But he didn't cry tired, nor did he complain.

He was like a drowning man grabbing at the last straw and struggling desperately. Regardless of whether this straw can help him out of danger...

Li Qingqing did not tell Hu Lai the real situation. In fact, the best time for coordination training is between the ages of eight and thirteen. This period is called the golden age of coordination training.

In other words, even if she started to train Hu Lai's coordination now, the final effect might not be good.

It is possible that in the end, Hu Lai practiced hard for a month, but still could not be selected for the school team.

But Hu Lai didn't know this, and he could guess from the intensity of his training. He seemed to really see hope from this training.

This made Li Qingqing a little guilty. She first smashed the boy's hope with her own hands, and then deceived him with a false hope... If he knew the truth, would he hate himself for the rest of his life?

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As the training progressed, Hu Lai found that the feeling of lubricating oil melting in his body reappeared.

He knew that it was the effect of the [Marrow Cleansing Potion]. Without this thing, he might not have noticed the changes in his body so quickly.

He enjoyed this feeling so much that when Li Qingqing told him that today's training was over, he still had something to say.

"Huh? Is this the end?"

"Of course, the longer the training time, the better." Li Qingqing began to pack his things, stuffing the rope ladder and symbol cones on the ground into the big bag. "Come again tomorrow."

Hu Lai wanted to nod his head and agree, but he remembered one thing: "Tomorrow won't work, I won't be free until next week... I can only practice three days a week."

Li Qingqing thought for a while, nodded and said: "That's fine, anyway, it's impossible to practice every day, if the intensity is too high, your body won't be able to bear it."

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After Li Qingqing packed up everything and Hu Lai hid the football, the two were about to say goodbye.

Li Qingqing looked at the boy who was getting on his bicycle and was about to leave, and suddenly asked, "Why did you do that during the exercise between classes?"

Hu Lei, who was about to step on the bicycle, paused for a moment. He didn't expect Li Qingqing to ask about this suddenly.

He can't tell the other party that this is to complete the task given by the system, can he?

I had no choice but to prevaricate: "This is my special coordination training..."

"Special coordination training?" Li Qingqing didn't expect the answer to be this.

"Didn't you say that my coordination is not good? I searched on Baidu last night and found some methods..." Hu Lai continued to prevaricate.

The way Li Qingqing looked at Hu Lai changed, as if he was looking at a fool: "Are you stupid? You actually believe in Baidu? Then if you have a fever and go to Baidu, you might think you have a terminal illness! Then you It’s time to go to Baidu to search which cemetery has better geomantic omen!”

After finishing speaking, Li Qingqing felt that she had spoken too seriously. Think about the scene where Hu Lai played football here alone before, and no one helped him. Didn't he have to trust such unreliable things as Baidu?

So she softened her tone and said to Hu Lai, "It's okay, I'll teach you later."

Hu Lai laughed when she heard her say this: "Thank you coach!"

Then he got on his bike and left.

The setting sun hangs over the horizon just ahead, huge.

The ground that has been irradiated by the blazing sun for a day is steaming, because the air is heated and expands, causing the refractive index to change. All the scenery on the horizon seems to be shaking and may melt and disintegrate at any time.

In the girl's eyes, the boy just rode towards the huge sunset. His figure twisted on the horizon, becoming unreal, as if he wanted to blend into the sunset and the entire dusk.