Figure Skating: Waltz on Ice

"Heh~ You think I'm afraid of you? Whoever cheats is the grandson." Hao Shuxue said, slamming his hand on the table.

"There's no need for that. We're brothers, how can we fight? Besides, we're athletes, fighting is prohibited." Du Liangchen was startled and quickly stepped forward to stop them.

"Siri, don't worry about it. It's either him or me today," Hao Shuxue said, trying to persuade Du Liangchen.

Mei Jing, who was usually quiet, rolled her eyes as she saw Hao Shuxue getting more and more excited.

"I'm finished eating, I'm leaving now."

"Hmph~ I'm done eating too."

Hao Shuxue cleared away the plates and followed Mei Jing to the designated area to put them away, and Du Liangchen followed as well.

Since he didn't see the two arguing along the way, Du Liangchen didn't need to worry.

Afternoon training

"Xiao Chen, during free training later, walk through the diagram I gave you this morning," Coach Zhao said to Du Liangchen, who was changing his shoes.

"Okay, Coach Zhao," Du Liangchen obediently replied.

After the group skating practice ended, Du Liangchen told Coach Zhao and started dancing without music.

2A——燕式滑行——提刀燕式——后燕式滑行——蹲转——蹲转——外大一字——2S——2lz2lo——燕式——2t2t——贝尔曼——联合旋转

Du Liangchen completed all the movements, and by the end he was panting heavily and covered in sweat.

Coach Zhao clapped his hands approvingly and said, "Very good. I didn't expect you to memorize all the movements so quickly. It seems you really studied the drawing I gave you carefully, and your spatial reasoning is excellent."

"Thank you for the compliment, Coach," Du Liangchen said, panting.

"Take a rest first. I have a better connecting step. I will correct it and give it to you. But Xiao Chen, I just watched your movements. They are all very standard, but they lack a bit of beauty. Hmm, how should I put it? They feel very stiff."

Du Liangchen's calm mood immediately turned into a storm. Coach Zhao's words were unacceptable to Du Liangchen. He was a top dancer. To say that a dancer's dancing lacked beauty and that his body was stiff was no different from saying that a chef couldn't cook. It was simply an insult.

Du Liangchen asked angrily, "Then what does Coach Zhao think is the most aesthetically pleasing way to do it?"

"What, you can't accept what I'm saying? Well, these are the actions you just did. I've recorded them all and will send them to you tonight. You can take a look when you get home and you'll see. There's no point in saying more."

Coach Zhao wasn't angry about Du Liangchen's attitude; she believed that children all like to be praised.

Du Liangchen was upset because of Coach Zhao's words, and his performance in training was not good afterward.

When school was over, Du Liangchen was so focused on getting back to watch the video that he had completely forgotten about the challenge between Hao Shuxue and Mei Jing.

"Siri~ Huh?"

Hao Shuxue looked puzzled when he saw Du Liangchen leave in a hurry without saying goodbye and when he called after him but Du Liangchen didn't hear him.

“Meijing, what happened to Sirui? He left without saying goodbye. I haven’t even asked him what happened this afternoon. His training was so bad.”

Hao Shuxue looked in the direction Du Liangchen had left, patted Mei Jing on the shoulder, and said.

"How would I know? You'll have to ask him. But he was definitely a bit distracted during training this afternoon," Mei Jing replied while packing her things.

"I'll definitely ask him when I see him tomorrow."