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Chapter 282 Golden Boy Award

In the end, Manchester United beat Liverpool 3-0 in the away game and achieved a crucial victory in the first giants matchup of the season.

At the press conference after the game, Manchester United coach Ferguson said he was satisfied with the team's performance. However, the old Scottish man also bombarded Liverpool player Haypi For Cristiano Ronaldo's foul, Hypia should be banned for more than 10 years because of this dangerous action! '

However, the Scottish old man also said something fair for Riise when Riise kicked Sylvester right at the beginning of the first half and broke the bridge of the nose of the Manchester United veteran. West's injury, perhaps it should be said to be an accident.

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After the game, Li Rui scored the second goal in this game, that is, the wonderful sideways volley shot, which was rated as the best goal of the week by the English media and won the gold medal on the major sports TV stations. The time period is repeated.

"THEMARCYOFTHEDAY" even took Li Rui's two goals in this game, and won the top two in the selection of the best goals in this round of the Premier League.

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However, Li Rui doesn't seem to be in a good mood to enjoy the joy of scoring goals now, and he is also getting a little bit burnt out about the "slapping incident".

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"The "Sun" reporter who was slapped by you has already joined the "Sun" as the plaintiff and brought you to court, demanding that you formally apologize to them and demand compensation including mental damages. Including, about 50 pounds." Rodriguez informed Li Rui of the latest developments in this matter.

Rao Li Rui had already been prepared for the face of these media, or he was taken aback by the amount reported by Rodriguez, "50? Robbie, are you sure these guys from The Sun are not crazy? "

"I don't know if they are crazy." Rodriguez rubbed his head, "I just know that this matter is a bit troublesome..."

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"These guys are obviously looking for faults on purpose." Li Rui said a little excitedly, just kidding, 50 pounds, that reporter really thought he was a British prince, besides, Li Rui got angry when he thought about it, He also knew that the reporter deliberately wanted to anger him, but Li Rui still couldn't control his temper.

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"I don't think they think you will agree to this huge compensation. In my opinion, they want to use you to hype this matter." Rodriguez analyzed, "The Sun still I hope that this lawsuit will drag on for longer and longer, so that this matter can continue to receive attention, and their influence and sales of the newspaper will be considerable."

In fact, Rodriguez's analysis is correct. The "Sun" deliberately made such a very harsh request and brought Li Rui to court. They knew that Li Rui would definitely not agree to such an "unreasonable request" , Therefore, this lawsuit has already been fought. As long as the incident does not subside, this matter will continue to receive attention, and the "Sun" must be the beneficiary.

It's just that the "Sun" doesn't know about Li Rui. They don't know. Let alone 50 pounds, it's just a penny. Li Rui won't pay compensation. It's not about money, it's about Li Rui Matter of principle.

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"I won't compensate these guys for a dime." Li Rui gritted his teeth and said, he wasn't stingy, but felt angry, even aggrieved. It's good to be tortured so unscrupulously by these reporters. , I should have been the victim, but now I have become the defendant, and, from Rodriguez's mouth, I will definitely lose the lawsuit. The key is how much I need to compensate the reporter.

"You don't need to pay attention to this matter, I will handle this matter." Rodriguez reassured Li Rui, "It's the same sentence, don't accept any media interviews about this matter, this is the most important thing."

Li Rui rubbed his temples a little tiredly. He handed over the matter to Rodriguez, and he didn't bother to bother with it. When he thought about it, he became furious.

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However, at this moment, Li Rui almost won his first personal award in his career.

On October 2005, 10, the AFC Annual Awards Ceremony was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In the eyes of the media and fans, it was regarded as a relatively 'fair' and 'just' annual AFC awards that reflected the annual status of Asian football. The attention and attention of the world.

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However, I have to mention that there are so many brain-dead people in the world, and the Chinese Football Association is not the only one with brain-dead people. The head of the AFC, Harman, put forward a very fucking proposal before this year's awards ceremony. The general meaning of this proposal Yes, even players who performed well but did not participate in the award ceremony will not be selected.

This also excluded a large number of outstanding players in Asia who played overseas from the shortlist for multiple awards, which aroused strong repercussions within Asian football.

Among them, the Japanese and Korean Football Associations are the most dissatisfied with this. Without him, Japanese and Korean players have played the most overseas, and their performance is not bad. They are the most powerful candidates for various AFC awards.

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Before that, according to relevant AFC officials, in this year's selection of the Asian Footballer of the Year, Li Rui from Manchester United, Park Ji-sung from South Korea, who also came from Manchester United, and Japanese star Nakamura from the Celtics of Scotland Shunfu is the three most likely to win the honor of the 2005 Asian Footballer of the Year.

However, half a month before the start of the awards ceremony, in order to maintain the interests of West Asian football, Harman suddenly threw out this proposal, and forced it through, so that overseas players were directly excluded. Bell, Montasari, and Uzbekistan international Shazkikh.

Considering that Harman sold the rights to broadcast the AFC Awards Ceremony to a local TV station in Saudi Arabia at a price of 20 US dollars. The head of the AFC and West Asian football, especially Saudi Arabia The relationship is not difficult to understand.

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Uh, but, in a sense, what Harman did this time is tantamount to making a mask for the Chinese Football Association. If Li Rui is elected Asian Footballer of the Year, it would be a real slap in the face. It is a great irony that a player of the Chinese national team who has played any game has been elected as the Asian Footballer of the Year.

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For this event, in order to win over the Chinese Football Association, Hamant invited Xie Yalong, the "head" of the Chinese Football Association, to attend the meeting in Maldives, and promised that the Chinese Football Association would definitely have an award at that time, and Xie Yalong would take the stage to receive the award.
In addition, at the awards ceremony, the draw for the 2007 Asian Cup qualifiers was also held.

Xie Yalong, chairman of the Chinese Football Association, is a little proud that after nearly a year of hard work, at the scene of the lottery ceremony, the Chinese team unexpectedly became a "sweet pastry".

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Although the Chinese team, the runner-up of the last Asian Cup, was among the seeded teams, other national team coaches and officials who participated in the draw ceremony expressed their willingness to compete in the same group as the Chinese team in an interview. "The Chinese team is a strong team. I hope to learn from the Chinese team", "The Chinese team is very distinctive, and it will be a good lottery to be in the same group as the Chinese team."

However, the perplexed foreigner still uttered a slightly embarrassing remark. The head coach of Serbia and Montenegro, Avramovic, pointed out sharply: "It can be seen at a glance that China and Jordan are the most powerful in the seeded team. Weak, but Jordan is too far away from Singapore, so it is the best choice to be in the same group with the Chinese team.”

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Li Rui didn't know about the messy things that happened in Malaysia.

While being frantically hyped up by the media about the 'mouth slapping incident', Li Rui also received a call from the domestic media asking him what he thought of the candidates who did not make it to the Asian Footballer of the Year.

Li Rui seemed a bit puzzled. After the reporter on the other end of the phone explained to him for a while, Li Rui realized that he almost became a member of a farce. 'Asian Footballer' has no idea.At least not now!
For the messy things in Asian football, he can't avoid it.

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On the phone, Li Rui reminded the domestic reporter very tactfully and kindly that maybe the reporter friends can also interview Korean player Park Ji-sung on this issue. After all, Koreans also have grievances.

After hanging up the phone, Li Rui held back for a while before jumping out a word, 'Fuck'! !

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However, to Li Rui's surprise, Park Ji-sung actually made some remarks about the AFC's fucked up matter that made senior officials of the AFC very dissatisfied.

When Park Ji-sung was interviewed by the national media "Seoul Sports Weekly", he criticized the selection rules of the AFC, believing that it was 'unfair' and 'violating the spirit of fair competition'...

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Well, in fact, the Koreans have every reason to be angry. Last season, Park Ji-sung performed well in PSV Eindhoven, helping the Eredivisie giants reach the semi-finals of the Champions League, and almost eliminated the powerful team in the semi-finals AC Milan, which is why Ferguson will eventually look at Park Ji-sung.

Therefore, it is generally believed in South Korea that this year's Asian Footballer of the Year is none other than Park Ji-sung, and Park Ji-sung himself is very confident about it. Who would have imagined that Harman directly came up with such a fucking plan for the benefit of West Asian football. If you don't go to the scene to receive the award, you are not eligible to run as a candidate...

So, Park Ji Sung is hurting...

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In this focus battle with Liverpool, although Manchester United won 3:0, they also paid a big price.

Sylvester was finally diagnosed with a broken nose, and the Manchester United veteran will have to rest for at least a month. In addition, the shoulder injury that has been tormenting Sylvester, the Manchester United team doctor also suggested to take advantage of this opportunity and perform surgery. Well, after all, a broken nose is not a big deal.

What made Ferguson angry the most was Cristiano Ronaldo's injury. In the end, after expert consultation, it was confirmed that Cristiano Ronaldo's right leg was injured. If he was treated conservatively, he would need to rest for at least 50 days. If so, Manchester United No. 7 needs to leave the stadium for at least three months...

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Under such circumstances, a week later, Manchester United drew 2:2 away with Middlesbrough. In this game, Li Rui performed well with one pass and one shot, helping the team fall behind 0:1 Overtake the score.

However, in the stoppage time of the game, Middlesbrough won a free kick in a position that was not very good. At this time, an accident occurred. Mendieta took the free kick, and it was hit by a ghost today. On the arm of Brown, who started the game.

The referee William of this game decisively awarded a penalty kick, and finally Hasselbaink made a penalty kick, 2:2! !
Manchester United's 3 points turned into 1 point.

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In the post-match press conference, Ferguson was furious. In his view, although Mendieta's free kick hit Brown's arm, Brown was dodging the ball. According to the rules, it should be a passive ball. , The penalty kick was completely wrong.

"Maybe, there is only one person who thinks it should be a penalty." Ferguson commented on William, the referee of the game, in a sarcastic tone.

However, for Li Rui's performance in this game, the Scottish old man was full of praise, "He is a genius, such a talented young man is rare, and what is even more rare is that he worked very hard. In my opinion, such a The lad's success is predictable, of course, he still needs to work hard...Cantona's successor? I don't think Eric will mind such a statement."

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However, when asked by the media a sensitive question, when the godfather of Manchester United was more optimistic about who was selected for the 'Golden Boy Award', Ferguson did not make a clear statement, because, now it seems that this year's 'Golden Boy Award' The final result is very likely to be between Manchester United players Cristiano Ronaldo, Li Rui and Barcelona teenager Messi. As the head coach of Manchester United, Ferguson also has to avoid suspicion. In a word, it is not easy for him to support anyone...

"I hope that Manchester United players will eventually get this award. This is the greatest encouragement for young players!" said the wily Ferguson.

The Scottish old man has a lot of confidence in saying this, because Rooney, another young man of the Manchester United team, also has a lot of voices in the selection of the Golden Boy Award. It can be said that it is almost the No. 7 and No. 8 of the Manchester United team. , No. 10 player, and the Argentine player Messi who surrounded Barcelona by three people.

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Similar to the "European Ballon d'Or" of "French Football", the "European Rookie Ballon d'Or" of "Turin Sports", also known as the Golden Boy Award, is mainly selected for young players who play for European clubs under the age of 21.

The votes for this award were sent by more than 30 European sports media. The selection adopted the scoring system of the "Golden Globe Award". In the end, "Turin Sports News" was responsible for counting the votes and awarding the "Rookie Golden Globe".

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In 2003, when the award was just born, Van der Vaart was the first winner. Last season, Rooney had already won the award. However, according to the rules, Rooney is still not 21 years old this year, so, little Fatty still has hope to win this award again and become the first player to win the European Golden Boy Award consecutively.

However, Fatty's biggest competitors now are his teammates Li Rui and Cristiano Ronaldo, and the other is the Argentine player Messi who is also very popular in the World Youth Championship. Therefore, Fatty wants to win the award again. It's not easy.

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In the last season, with 28 league goals, Li Rui ranked No.2 in the Premier League scorer list behind Highbury King Henry with a difference of one goal. This is the original capital for Li Rui to compete for this year's Golden Boy Award , and the biggest weight is that Li Rui almost relied on his own power to turn the tide and bring Leeds United to the FA Cup final, and finally defeated Manchester United in the FA Cup final, helping Leeds United win the FA Cup final. Won the second FA Cup in club history!

In addition, Li Rui transferred from Leeds United to Manchester United this summer and officially joined a wealthy team, which further expanded his influence. In this season, whether it is the league or the Champions League, Li Rui's performance is extremely high. Excellent, especially in the Champions Cup, Li Rui has scored 5 goals and is now leading the Champions Cup scorer list, which adds a lot of points to Li Rui in this selection.

In comparison, although the performances of Li Rui's teammates Cristiano Ronaldo and Rooney are not bad, compared with Li Rui's performance, they are still a bit worse.

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However, in fact, Li Rui's biggest competitor is not his teammates Cristiano Ronaldo or Rooney, but Barcelona's Argentine player Messi! !
This Argentinian boy who is two years younger than Li Rui, performed extremely well in the World Youth Championship in the Netherlands in the summer. He won the Golden Globe and Golden Boot in the World Youth Championship.

At the Gamper Cup against Juventus earlier this season, Juventus coach Capello also said with emotion: "I have never seen a young player with the talent like Messi."

In La Liga, as Messi gradually squeezed out Giuly to occupy the starting lineup, this talented Argentine player gradually became well-known.

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Therefore, relatively speaking, compared to Messi and Li Rui, the advantage of the Argentine is that he performed well in the national team competition and has the weight of the World Youth Championship. Although Li Rui is in the league, he has already performed well in the European arena. , However, in the national team competition, it is completely blank...

Therefore, the selection of this year's 'Golden Boy Award' is also considered to be fiercely competitive. Frankie, editor-in-chief of "Turin Sports News", also admitted, "We are surprised that there are so many talented players. However, It also gave us a headache, who will win the prize in the end? It's a secret!"

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"Turin Sports Daily" also published the list of the finalists for the 'Golden Boy Award'.

Barcelona: Lionel Messi (Argentina);

Manchester United: Li Rui (China), Wayne Rooney (England), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal);

Arsenal: Fabregas (Spain);

Cologne: Podolski (Germany);

CSKA Moscow: Akinfeev (Russia);

Anderlecht: Vincent Campany (Belgium);

Feyenoord: Salomon Carew (Ivory Coast);

Fiorentina: Valery Bodinov (Bulgaria);

Ajax: Maduro (Netherlands);

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The local media in Manchester, in early October, had been campaigning for Manchester United players to participate in the 'Golden Boy Award'.

Last year, Rooney won the 'Golden Boy Award' for his outstanding performance in the European Cup. This year, even if Rooney did not win this honor in the end, as long as a Manchester United player can win this award The pride of Manchester.

In addition, for individual players, the 'Golden Boy Award' has been considered the European 'Golden Globe Award' for young players, so it is a great honor for a young player to receive this award.

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Li Rui also attaches great importance to this "Golden Boy Award". It is the desire for honor and the competitiveness of young people. This competition has almost gathered the most outstanding young talents under the age of 21 in European football. Of course Li Rui wanted to fight.

And Jessica strongly supports her boyfriend. In her opinion, this is not only a great honor, but also a good opportunity to help Li Rui divert the attention of the media and rebuild a good image at this moment.

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Although the "Sun News" reporter behaved in one way or another, but no matter what, the behavior of beating people was very bad, which also brought a very bad influence on Li Rui's personal image. Driggs told Li Rui that Bentley and Red Bull have expressed serious concerns about Li Rui's current personal image...

Li Rui didn't expect that he acted rashly and beat someone who didn't deserve it, which actually caused him trouble. However, Li Rui didn't regret it. If time went back, he would still beat that guy, but , it’s not just a slap in the face, it needs a good beating, since there will definitely be trouble, then at least some interest should be recovered...

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And Li Rui also deeply knows that only his outstanding performance on the court is his biggest weight in competing for the 'Golden Boy Award'! !
As one's performance gets better and better, the balance of honor will tilt to one's side.

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On November 11, on the fourth match day of the 2-2005 Champions League group stage, Manchester United will challenge Lille in Ligue 2006 away. In this game, if Manchester United can get three points from Lille In other words, regardless of the score between Benfica and Villarreal at home on another venue, Manchester United can almost book a place in the group in advance.

Therefore, Ferguson also paid special attention to this game, and the old Scottish man also vaccinated his disciples in advance, "This game, give me some energy, I don't want to see any accidents happen."

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However, before leaving for this French industrial city, the Manchester United team first had to solve a small problem, because Li Rui is currently involved in a lawsuit. According to British judicial regulations, Li Rui cannot leave his place of residence, but it is not impossible Yes, after spending a bail bond, it does.

Therefore, after Manchester United paid 1 pounds for Li Rui again, with Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson as guarantee, Li Rui was finally allowed to follow the team to Lille for an away game.

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The plane landed slowly at Lille International Airport.

The Manchester United team got off the plane in a file. After passing the immigration check, dozens of reporters surrounded them as soon as they entered the airport lobby, but most of the microphones were handed towards Li Rui.

"Lee, do you have anything to say about the accusation against you by The Sun?"

"Li, will this affect your state in this game?"

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"plum……"

Li Rui wore an exaggerated toad mirror and earphones, and turned a blind eye to the microphone handed to his mouth. He was specially told by Ferguson before departure that he should not accept any media interviews in France. In fact, even Ferguson Not to mention, Li Rui also planned to do the same.

However, Li Rui was also stunned by the number of French journalists waiting in the airport hall. He didn't notice that the incident had such a big impact, and the French were so 'concerned' across the English Channel.

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On November 11, Lille, France, Grimon Prey Joly Stadium.

"GOOOOOOAL!!! Lee! 6th goal! It's the lad's 6th goal in Champions League competition this season! It's an amazing stat! Just 15 minutes into the first half, Lee's A header from Solskjaer's cross!" Taibi's high-pitched voice rang out.

After scoring the goal, Li Rui ran to the stands of the away Manchester United fans, turned his back, and pointed to his name and jersey number on his back...

He was met with wild cheers from the 3000 or so Manchester United fans who turned up at Greymont Prey Jolly Stadium.

The Lille fans seemed a little silent. This Ligue [-] team has not scored a point or even scored a goal in this season's Champions League match. The performance is really appalling.

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However, in the final game, Manchester United only beat their opponents with a score of 1:0. The goal scored by Li Rui was the only goal in the game.

On another venue, Benfica lost 0-1 at home to Villarreal, with Forlan scoring the only goal of the game.

In this case, as long as Manchester United does not lose to Villarreal at home in the next game, they can secure the top spot in the group.

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On the second day after returning to Manchester from Lille, Li Rui and his girlfriend Jessica took the private plane arranged by Manchester United to Turin, Italy, where the 2005 Golden Boy Awards will be presented Ceremony, all shortlisted players will have received invitations.

In this small private jet, there are not only Li Rui and his girlfriend Jessica, but also Rooney and his fiancee Colleen.As a candidate, Rooney will also go to Turin.

Another Manchester United player, Cristiano Ronaldo, did not go to France to play an away game with the team because of his injury. At this time, he has already gone to Turin ahead of schedule.

All of a sudden, the young talents of the world football gathered together, and the stars were shining.

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This award ceremony is not just an award ceremony, but also a cocktail party. Many players will bring their wives and lovers. Of course, since the candidates for the 'Golden Boy Award' are all under 21 years old, they will accompany the players Most of the candidates who come here are girlfriends. So far, none of the candidates has come with their wives. Although European players generally get married relatively early, there are still not many people who get married before the age of 21.

At the entrance of the award ceremony venue, many reporters were waiting there, and the appearance of each star would cause flashes to flash together.

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After arriving in Turin, Fatty Rooney and his girlfriend Colleen were determined not to go to the venue with Li Rui and the others. Li Rui was a little confused, but Fatty only said that he had to deal with some personal matters, so Li Rui did not. Ask more, don't force yourself.

On the contrary, Jessica smiled with a cute dimple on her face, as if she had thought of something...

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When Li Rui and Jessica appeared at the door together, the sound of the reporters pressing the shutter almost rang out, and the two immediately became the focus of the venue. They have now been brought together with Beckham and Victoria comparable, although perhaps Don Ferguson would not like to hear that.

Although Jessica has long been known to reporters and her beauty has long been known, but tonight's Jessica still amazes everyone, marveling at her beauty, wearing a tight black evening dress with a white shawl , revealing her enchanting figure without a doubt, but not so charming, she is dressed appropriately, her hair has been carefully groomed, and she is wearing a few braids, making her look cute and delicate.

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Li Rui is not considered a handsome guy, but he has a good body shape, almost the golden section. His muscles are strong but not too much, and his figure is tall and straight. This also makes Li Rui look like a handsome man. signs of.

The flash light flashed in a large area, Li Rui seemed in a good mood, Jessica looked so cute but not lacking in noble temperament, she held Li Rui's arm, and the two stood outside the gate to cooperate with the reporter to take pictures.

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At this time, Jessica breathed into Li Rui's ear and said, "Honey, do you now understand why Wayne and the others don't want to be with us?"

As she spoke, Jessica raised her snow-white neck like a white swan slightly, proudly like a princess, or, she was a princess in the first place.

Li Rui's heart was full of love, and the mentality of a man was very satisfied. In fact, anyone who can have a girlfriend like Jessica can be so proud.

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PS: Here is the first update.

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