Football: The strongest post-2000s Chapter 071

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After exiting the system, Li Qing noticed that his phone in his bag had many unread messages, from WeChat, Instagram, and Twitter.

Although he had only played less than twenty matches and wasn’t tired at all, seeing the screen full of unread messages was somewhat speechless.

Especially the countless follows, comments, and retweets from Instagram and Twitter. With his super performance in the fourth round of the FA Cup, he gained a lot of fan attention. A rough look showed that his followers went from starting with four digits directly to five digits, and comments and retweets were in the thousands, so much so that he had to change the convenient services provided by the software in the settings.

All notifications for new followers, comments, and retweets were turned off to prevent his phone from ringing constantly.

Many text messages were blessings from classmates and teammates from the U 15-U 16 and U 18 youth academy teams. WeChat messages were from Tong Shenbing and Zhao Qiangu respectively.

Zhao Qiangu’s message was very simple, just congratulating him on his first appearance for Liverpool’s first team and scoring a goal. Tong Shenbing, on the other hand, uncharacteristically only sent a [Depressed] emoji.

In a flash, Li Qing suddenly remembered his previous bet with Tong Shenbing. As long as he could represent Liverpool’s first team in a match and score a goal, she would agree to be his girlfriend, and… it seemed like he could also kiss her…

The match that ended two hours ago not only had two goals but also earned him the Man of the Match award, meaning he had overfulfilled his task.

The depressed emoji sent by Tong Shenbing was nothing more than an expression of not knowing what to say. Li Qing glanced at the time displayed on his phone screen; it was 10:50 PM. According to the living habits of young people, she should still be… staying up late.

So, Li Qing tried to make a WeChat video call.

Three seconds later, the bottom right of the chat window showed [The other party has rejected].

“Damn, it’s so late, does she have something on?”

People tend to overthink at night. Li Qing’s mouth twitched, and a faint sense of unease arose in his heart. He thought, “Could it be…??”

Thinking of this possibility, he subconsciously shook his head, throwing the thought to the back of his mind, and then made another video call, but it was still rejected.

Li Qing grew more and more uneasy until the third time the video call was answered, and that stunningly beautiful face appeared on the screen.

Before he could speak, Tong Shenbing spoke first, her tone very displeased: “Little brother, do you know you’ve killed me?”

“I… how did I kill you?”

Li Qing was a little depressed, thinking, “You don’t answer your future boyfriend’s video call, and you’re still in the right?”

No, it should be legitimate boyfriend!

Tong Shenbing’s indignant huff came through: “Do you know I was in a team fight just now? You sent a WeChat video call, making me click on Flash, and you kept calling even after I hung up! My teammates saw me Flash in and directly initiated a team fight, resulting in our team wipe, and you made me drop back into the Silver pit!”

“…”

Li Qing thought, “Is that all there is to it?”

“I thought something else had happened, scared me to death!”

“It’s just Gold, what’s the big deal? I’m off tomorrow; I’ll take you straight to Diamond.”

Li Qing, before transmigrating, was a bona fide Glory King. Diamond was a sure thing!

“Really?”

Tong Shenbing’s suspicious expression was fully displayed on the screen.

“I wouldn’t lie to anyone, especially not you.”

“Why do you say that?”

Li Qing lightly coughed, cleared his throat, and smiled faintly: “Allow me to formally inform the beautiful cousin Tong Shenbing, I had the honor of playing in the recently concluded FA Cup match, and with good luck, I scored two goals. May I ask the beautiful cousin Shenbing, will you automatically fulfill our original bet? As your boyfriend, shouldn’t I not lie to you?”

“Uh…”

Tong Shenbing’s pretty face flushed, somewhat speechless.

“Hey, you’re not trying to renege on our bet again, are you?”

Li Qing’s expression changed slightly.

“Ah? I… I didn’t… want to… renege… it’s just, I… haven’t… prepared, prepared… mentally.”

Tong Shenbing’s intermittent voice came from the phone’s speaker. Li Qing looked at the stunning face displayed on the phone, which had turned completely red, clearly indicating some embarrassment.

After all, she was still an eighteen-year-old girl.

After a while, Li Qing laughed: “Since cousin isn’t going to renege, that’s good. These things are best taken slowly… By the way, do you have classes tomorrow? If not, I’ll come find you to hang out. The coach said tomorrow is a holiday.”

“Tomorrow?” Tong Shenbing raised her head slightly and pondered for a moment: “Freshman year is tough. We have very heavy study tasks during the workweek, only getting holidays on weekends.”

“Weekends are holidays?” Li Qing, somehow, was full of confidence and said directly, “How about you come to Liverpool to watch my match?”

As a first-team player, Li Qing had tickets to watch matches at Anfield Stadium at any time, and he could bring friends and family.

“Watch your match?”

Tong Shenbing’s pupils contracted slightly, then a look of suspicion appeared on her face: “You… you’ve made it into the Liverpool home match against Chelsea’s league squad again? Impossible, right?”

Although she wasn’t a professional football fan, having been influenced by football experts, she knew more than a casual fan. Therefore, she thought Li Qing had once again been selected for the 18-man matchday squad.

However, the FA Cup and the league are completely different. The FA Cup fourth round was only the second round of the competition for Premier League teams, so many Premier League teams would focus on training substitutes and youth team players.

Just like Liverpool’s home match against Wolves, besides Mignolet, Wijnaldum, and Firmino who were league regulars, only Klavan and Origi were regular substitutes. The remaining players were either ordinary substitutes or young players promoted from the youth team.

Liverpool versus Chelsea was a clash of titans, a six-point match. Would Klopp bring in a boy under sixteen years old?

This possibility was not non-existent, but extremely low.

“Don’t believe me?”

How could Li Qing not hear the doubt in Tong Shenbing’s words?

So, he said with a half-smile, “How about… we make another bet?”

“I’ll bet your big head!” Tong Shenbing had developed a phobia of betting with Li Qing, rolling her eyes charmingly.

Having lost two consecutive bets, if she lost again, wouldn’t she lose her first time?

Thinking of this, her heart rate suddenly accelerated.

If Li Qing wanted to kiss her, should she refuse? Or not refuse?

“Since you’re afraid to bet, then forget it. Although Klopp hasn’t announced the 18-man squad yet, I have a feeling I might make it as a substitute. Manchester is so close to Liverpool; why don’t you come? Just to cheer me on, how about it?”

By the end, Li Qing pouted pitifully.

Tong Shenbing wasn’t mentally prepared to be in a relationship with Li Qing yet. If they watched the match together, it would definitely be awkward. If Li Qing made it into the matchday squad, it would be much better.

“If you make it into the matchday squad, I’ll go to the stadium. Of course… you’ll have to get me the tickets; I can’t buy them.”

“It’s a deal then!” _

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