"Ah, Madrid, we are back again!"

 “It feels like I’m in a dream…”

 “The sunshine in Madrid is so nice!”

Sitting on the bus, the players of the Chinese Olympic team looked at the Madrid street scene outside and sighed.

 Before the Olympics, they trained in the eastern suburbs of Madrid, and then went to Valencia to compete.

At that time, many people probably did not expect that they could actually return to Madrid.

 Although the coach said that their goal is to qualify from the group.

 But how many people really believe they can make it out of the group?

Since they qualified second in the group, their opponent in the quarter-finals was the host Spain.

 The host country’s games were all played in Madrid, so they were able to return to Madrid.

 And it is a very coincidence that the women’s national team’s opponent in the quarter-finals is also the Spanish women’s football team, and they also have to return to Madrid to participate in the game.

 When the bus stopped outside the hotel where they were staying, the players began to get off the bus one by one.

 Hu Lai was left alone by head coach Shi Wuyin.

“I received a notice from the group this morning, saying that there is a program on CCTV that wants to invite you to attend tomorrow. It’s up to you whether you want to go.”

Hu Lai was stunned for a moment: "Can I still refuse this?"

"Yes, of course you can. But it's best not to refuse," Shi Wuyin said. "If you can, try not to offend the media, especially this kind of national media."

"What program?"

"There is a talk show called 'I Am an Olympic Star'. It has a relatively relaxed atmosphere. You just sit on the sofa and chat with the host. It doesn't take long. The whole show probably lasts less than half an hour..." Shi Wuyin said

I briefly introduced what I knew to Hu Lai.

“But won’t this take up training time?” Hu Lai still had questions.

 “If you go during your lunch break, what kind of training will you miss?”

"Okay, I'll go." Hu Lai nodded and agreed.

Seeing that Hu Lai agreed, Shi Wuyuan smiled and said: "There is one more thing to tell you. Someone from the women's football team has also accepted the invitation to participate in this program. You two, guess who it is?"

Who else could it be?

Hu Lai blurted out: "Li Qingqing?"

Shi Wuyin put his hands on his hands and said with a smile: "Both of you are the major contributors to the team qualifying from the group stage, so the program team named your two names respectively. When the time comes, be careful and don't embarrass the men's football team. I heard

without?"

“Don’t worry, Director Shi, no one is more capable than me... I can hold it steady!” Hu Lai assured, patting his chest.

  ※※※

Li Qingqing sent Director Yan out of the door. When she turned around, she saw Xu Wen smiling at her: "Congratulations on being on TV!"

 “Aren’t we able to be on TV every week?” Li Qingqing asked her.

"Hey, can the game broadcast be compared with this kind of talk show?" Xu Wen waved her hand and asked her again: "Director Yan just said that there is someone from the Olympic team who will be on the show with you, do you know who it is?

"

 Li Qingqing shook her head: "I don't know."

 “What do you think?” Xu Wen smiled.

"I guess..." Li Qingqing looked up at the ceiling, pretending to think: "I guess, it's Chen Xingyi who scored the first Olympic goal for the men's football team?"

 “Ahem!” Xu Wen coughed, “Qingqing, you must have done it on purpose!”

“Isn’t the choice of Chen Xingyi very memorable?” Li Qingqing asked.

“Of course, but he’s not the most suitable candidate. Stop acting, Qingqing, Hu Lai must have told you long ago!”

 “There really isn’t…”

As soon as Li Qingqing finished speaking, her mobile phone sounded a WeChat message notification sound.

It was Hu Lai who sent this message: "Would you like to go to the women's football program on CCTV?"

“Yes. Are you going to the Olympic team?” Li Qingqing replied.

 “I’m right.”

 Li Qingqing laughed.

 Xu Wen saw Li Qingqing's smile: "Is he going?"

 “Yeah.” Li Qingqing nodded.

“Oh, I really want to see it...but I can’t see it in Spain!” Xu Wen sighed happily and sadly.

  ※※※

“Have you heard? It is said that the person who appeared on the show with Hu Lai is Li Qingqing!”

“Really? Real or fake?”

“Of course it’s true! Think about it, there is one player for each of the men’s and women’s football teams. Who else is there besides Li Qingqing for the women’s football team?”

 “Ahhh! Envy, jealousy and hatred!”

At lunch, the players of the Olympic team were talking about Hu Lai going on TV while eating.

 When Luo Kai heard the keyword, he knew what he had missed.

 The first goal in the Olympics is not yours, your first goal in the Olympics has not come yet.

 Now even the opportunity to appear on TV with Qingqing is not my own.

 Hu Laiyin scored a hat trick in the game, helping the Chinese team qualify for the group stage. This opportunity must be his.

 But it happened that the ball he passed to complete his hat trick was passed by Luo Kai...

 I once again pushed him to Qingqing with my own hands!

Zeng Chi, who was lowering his head to eat, suddenly heard a crunching sound coming from across from him. He raised his head strangely and found that Luo Kai, who was sitting opposite, was cutting a steak with a knife. But the problem was that the steak had already been cut by him.

His movements had not stopped yet, and the squeaking sound was caused by the friction between the table knife and the ceramic plate...

 He quickly called out: "Luo Kai? Luo Kai?"

 Luo Kai came back to his senses: "Ah?"

“What are you doing? Are you going to cut the plate into pieces and eat it?” Zeng Chi joked.

"Oh...no." Luo Kai quickly covered it up by inserting the cut meat steak into his mouth, and then...chewing hard.

“Isn’t this meat quite tender?” Zeng Chi asked curiously.

 “I have tendons here.” Luo Kai said through gritted teeth.

  ※※※

In the studio of the Madrid News Center rented by CCTV, three minutes before the show started, the host Li Xiaohong was smiling and said to Hu Lai and Li Qingqing, who were sitting on the sofa opposite her: "Although ours is a live broadcast,

There are no specific program requirements, just chatting, so you two don’t have to be nervous, just relax and talk freely.”

 Hu Lai and Li Qingqing looked at each other. Li Qingqing smiled and nodded to Li Xiaohong: "Okay."

Li Xiao looked at Hu Lai again: "Where are you, Hu Lai?"

“It’s okay, I’m not nervous,” Hu Lai said.

 Li Xiaohong smiled: "I think so. Director Shi Wuyuan said that you have a big heart. So are we ready to start?"

Li Qingqing and Hu Lai nodded at the same time: "Okay."

After waiting for the signal from the director, Li Xiaohong sat upright, facing the working camera lens, and said with an intellectual and beautiful smile:

"Viewers, welcome to the new episode of 'I Am an Olympic Star'. I am your old friend Li Xiaohong. Today is a bit special because two Olympic athletes were invited to the recording site of our program. They are the Chinese Women's National Team

Li Qingqing, the main player of the football team, and Hu Lai, the main player of the Chinese Olympic team. Come, say hello to the audience?"

Li Xiaohong pointed to the camera, and Li Qingqing and Hu Lai waved hello to the green light of the camera and introduced themselves at the same time.

 “Hello everyone, I am Li Qingqing.”

 “Hello everyone, I am Hu Lai.”

Li Xiaohong observed the young man and woman from the side and found that they behaved very calmly and generously, so she secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The next program would be much more relaxed.

  ※※※

 “Hello everyone, I am Li Qingqing.”

 “Hello everyone, I am Hu Lai.”

Xie Lan put down her phone. She had just taken a photo of her son and Li Qingqing on the TV screen.

 She was very happy, no matter how she looked at it, she was happy.
To be continued...