I almost touched the moon

On the morning of February 2, Wen Song waited in front of the amulet shop of Teine Shrine. She felt a little sleepy and had palpitations because she hadn't slept the whole night. She looked at the snow-covered scenery around her and felt the cold wind blowing by her ears. Suddenly, she felt extremely tired.

However, she stayed where she was, waiting for the store to open.

Li Yunjia told her that Teine Shrine sells amulets specifically for ensuring skiing safety, which are said to be very effective.

But perhaps because of winter and the Winter Olympics, even the amulets have become popular. When she went to buy one yesterday afternoon, she was told that the double-board amulets were sold out.

Fortunately, the clerk told her that the products would be restocked this morning and kindly reminded her to come early. Therefore, at 8 o'clock in the morning, she was already queuing in front of the store.

She never queues up to buy anything, but today she queued in the cold wind for more than an hour just to buy an amulet. Even she found this behavior a bit weird.

Fortunately, she was lucky enough today and successfully bought the last ski amulet among the crowds of tourists. She also went to the shrine to pray.

Wen Song has never believed in gods, but this time he prayed devoutly with his hands clasped together in front of the statue, hoping that the gods would protect Cheng Che, so that he would not get hurt, and win the championship safely, and his wish would come true.

The men's freestyle skiing slopestyle qualifying competition had just ended at Teineyama Ski Resort in the afternoon. The heat in the arena had not yet dissipated, and the usually quiet mountain area was also made lively by the crowd.

After two rounds of competition, Cheng Che ranked third in the standings with 83.47 points, and advanced to the finals without any suspense. The first place in the standings was the Swiss star Pegrret Ladrian, and the second place was Alex Rohand.

Wen Song watched his game calmly. Although he was happy to witness Cheng Che's first appearance in the Olympic Games, he was not very excited.

She had always believed that he would advance, and she also knew that in order to prevent injuries, the difficulty coefficient of his moves in the qualifying round was not very high. 83.47 points, the third place result, was far from his true strength.

However, in the eyes of others, it has a different meaning.

Wen Song clearly heard the Korean audience behind her talking loudly, "Didn't they say this Chinese guy was great? He's not that great, only third place."

She was about to retort, but Li Yunjia bluntly retorted in Korean: "Is that so? Then why doesn't your Korean team have even one athlete who can participate in this event?"

The freestyle skiing slopestyle event has always been nicknamed the "white man's game" by Western media. Even in today's competition, apart from Cheng Che and his teammate Song Zilang, and a Japanese athlete, the rest of the athletes are either from Europe, America or New Zealand.

Song Zilang and the Japanese athlete scored 41.27 and 37.65 points respectively, ranking 24th and 26th.

Cheng Che's high score of 83.47 allowed him to advance to the Olympic finals as the third in the qualifying round, undoubtedly making history.

Therefore, in addition to the Chinese media, the local Japanese media also reported the incident extensively, calling him "the number one male freestyle skier in Asia", "the snow prince who combines beauty and strength", and "the hexagonal warrior and the irreplaceable devil king".

Wen Song felt a little embarrassed when he saw the reports, and joked with Li Yunjia: "Why are you Japanese media so immature? I thought I was reading some hot-blooded manga."

“It’s just very passionate!”

It was the first time for Li Yunjia to watch Cheng Che's competition. The slopestyle competition was extremely entertaining and exciting, and Cheng Che was the first Asian athlete to enter the finals. Although she was just accompanying Wen Songlai for the occasion, she was also quite excited at the moment.

"Wife, you have good taste. You eat so well. I will never say you are in love again. As for Cheng Che, you can be in love for a while."

Li Yunjia clicked her tongue twice, and seeing the huge crowd of fans cheering for Cheng Che behind her, she said with some concern: "But his fans are also a bit scary... Wife, protect yourself."

"I know." Wen Song said with a smile, "His fans are pretty nice, not as crazy as Yin Junze's fans."

As they left the auditorium, they encountered the mascot of the Winter Olympics, a little red fox named Maru dressed in Ainu costume.

Wen Song and Li Yunjia liked foxes, so they immediately ran up to take a photo with them. When they wanted to buy mascot dolls at the souvenir shop, they found that all the dolls were sold out.

"Are you crazy? Are you all crazy?" Wen Song complained, "Why is there not a single one left? I really want Maru-chan's doll."

Li Yunjia nodded and agreed, "Yes, yes, I searched on the coal stove yesterday, and the doll originally priced at 3000 (yen) was sold for 1! A bunch of lunatics."

Then he said to Wen Song: "Why don't you ask Cheng Che, he should be able to get it."

"Oh, right!" Wen Song suddenly realized, "And don't their athletes have a limited edition medal? It's a little fox wearing a laurel wreath. I want that!"

"Wife, I want it too..." Li Yunjia said half-jokingly.

Wen Song immediately said, "I'll go ask him, I should be able to get two. It's a pity that he's not participating in the ski cross this time, otherwise he could get an extra little fox."

Li Yunjia quickly said, "I'm just kidding. You don't have to give it to me. If he can buy a regular one, ask him to buy one for me. I'll give you the money then."

"No need." Wen Song took her arm and smiled, "It's just a doll. I will definitely get it for my husband."

"By the way, honey, why doesn't Cheng Che participate in ski cross? Didn't he win a medal in the World Championships last year?"

"He said that because this Winter Olympics is very important, the training contents of ski cross and slopestyle are completely different, and he couldn't do both at the same time. So he didn't participate, so that he could totally focus on slopestyle and ensure that he won a medal."

"That makes sense."

When they were having dinner together in the evening, Cheng Che complained somewhat dissatisfiedly: "My sister doesn't care about me at all."

"Why don't I care about you again?" Wen Song was speechless for a moment when he heard his words, but he didn't care and still looked at him with a smile.

Cheng Che snorted and said to her, "During today's competition, Sister was always looking at the computer! What on earth were you busy with? Is my Olympics not as important as your thesis?"

Wen Song was a little unhappy when he heard his words, and explained: "I wrote the paper because the deadline is at midnight on the 15th, which is 15 am on the th Japan time. I have been very busy recently. In addition to the paper, there are many things, each one more urgent than the last. I believe you will definitely make it to the finals, so don't worry. Besides, even if I don't write the paper, I can't provide you with any practical help, and I can't come to the track to skate for you."

"But I'm really sad that you're like this." Cheng Che said silently, "It's my first Olympic Games, but you were writing a paper in the audience. You were looking at the computer while others were cheering for me. Sister, if you are really that busy, you don't have to come."

"..."

Now it was Wen Song's turn to be silent. She really wanted to say to him, "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't come here. I'm so busy every day that I'm almost dying."

But seeing Cheng Che's eyes and thinking that he would be in the final the day after tomorrow, she kept telling herself, "Don't be angry, he's just under too much pressure, try to understand him."

"I'll try to finish my paper in the next two days. During the final the day after tomorrow, I'll just focus on you, okay?"

At that time, Cheng Che was immersed in the joy of advancing to the finals. When he mentioned this to her, he was not really angry, but more like acting coquettishly.

Therefore, he did not notice the fatigue and dissatisfaction implied in Wen Song's light tone.

He sat next to Wen Song, hugged her tightly and kissed her, then said with a smile, "Okay, sister has really had a lot of things to do recently, it's so hard."

"Yeah, do you think I'm kidding you?" Wen Song was still a little dissatisfied, "Do you need me to give you a to-do list?"

Cheng Che heard her words and knew that she was also a little angry, so he quickly admitted his mistake: "I know, sister, I was wrong. I was just joking with you. After the game is over the day after tomorrow, I will accompany you every day, don't be angry."

When Wen Song heard him say "I accompany you every day", she suddenly felt even more tired. What she needed now was not companionship at all, but to be completely alone, to do nothing, and to have a good sleep at home. This was the only thing she wanted to do now.

She didn't say anything, but just twitched the corners of her mouth and forced a smile.

Before leaving at night, she took out the ski amulet from her bag and handed it to Cheng Che, saying with a smile: "This is for you. I bought it specially at Teine Shrine."

However, she saw an identical amulet hanging on Cheng Che's bag. The amulet she handed over suddenly seemed very incongruous and ridiculous.

She immediately took it back, smiled and said casually: "If I had known you already had it, I wouldn't have bought it."

"How can they be the same!" Cheng Che took off the amulet on the bag and threw it aside, then held her in his arms. He was so happy that even the corners of his eyes were filled with smiles.

"This was given to me by my teammates. Everyone on our ski team has one. Don't think too much about it, sister. How can it compare to the one you gave me? I'll hang it up now. The one my sister gave me must be very effective. Thank you, baby. I will cherish it. With it blessing me, I will definitely win the gold medal."

Wen Song also smiled faintly, "As long as you like it, I'll go back first."

"Stay with me a little longer." Cheng Che lowered his head and kissed her eyes, saying reluctantly, "It's still early, sister, can you come to my room and sit for me? I miss you so much."

Wen Song glanced at his watch and saw that it was already eight o'clock in the evening. He shook his head and said, "No, I have a meeting at 9 o'clock in the evening."

"Okay..." Cheng Che knew that she was busy these days, so he didn't force her. He sent her to the parking lot, watched her get in the car, and then lowered his head and kissed her lips gently, "Don't stay up late at night, sleep well, and think of me."

"Yeah." Wen Song also said goodbye to him with a smile, hugged his waist, and suddenly wanted to say to him, "Ache, I'm so tired, really tired."

However, in the light of the street lamp, she saw the dark circles under Cheng Che's eyes. He was a little tanned and thinner, his jawline was more distinct, his cheekbones were more prominent, and his handsome facial features became a little sharper.

The words came to her lips, but she swallowed them back. Cheng Che was already under great pressure from preparing for the competition, and she shouldn't bother him because of her own affairs.

She smiled and said gently, "Have a good rest at night and don't train too hard."

"I know." Cheng Che rubbed her head and asked, "After you get the medal, what gift do you want, sister?"

"You got the medal, why give me a gift?" Wen Song was amused by his serious and childish look, "But if you really want to give it to me, why not give me Maru-chan's doll?"

"Okay." Cheng Che said immediately, "I wanted to give that to my sister. The little fox wearing a laurel wreath, isn't this my iseylia?"

After returning to the hotel, she was about to lie down and rest for a while when she received several emails in her mailbox.

The letter came from her supervisor, telling her that ESA wanted to meet with them at 2 a.m. on February 14th, UK time, to discuss the latest orbit design, and that she would be required to give a presentation on the analysis of the calculation results at the meeting.

A letter came from Eirlys, telling her that researchers at the Chilean Observatory discovered during observation that after the target comet approached the orbit of Jupiter, there were too many small celestial bodies in its orbit, posing a risk of being hit.

There was also a letter from a PhD student in the same research group, urging her to finish the calculation result analysis report as soon as possible and not to submit the results on the last day of the deadline. He even criticized her for her inefficiency.

Wen Song didn't even have the energy to reply, nor did he want to deal with other emails. He threw his phone aside, didn't even take a shower, and went back to bed to sleep.

Because of exhaustion, she fell asleep quickly. Before falling asleep, she cursed in her heart, "May the sun be destroyed, may it explode."