Figure Skating: Waltz on Ice

Du Liangchen on the ice rink resumed skating as required, preparing to jump.

"Whoosh~ Snap~ Bang~"

Du Liangchen made a mistake on the ice and crashed heavily onto the ice. He rolled over and stood up again, his black training uniform covered in ice shards.

Du Liangchen was panting heavily, his face contorted in pain, indicating he had just fallen and hurt himself.

Adjust your posture, glide again to gather momentum, and jump.

"Whoosh~ Snap~"

Du Liangchen hung his legs in frustration because his landing on the ice was messy. Coach Liu couldn't stand it anymore and opened the barrier to enter the ice rink.

Coach Liu walked up to Du Liangchen, frowned, and gave him serious instructions:

"You didn't build up enough power just now, and your axis was unstable. Follow my force, retract your arm a little faster here. You were too slow before, keep going..."

Coach Liu helped Du Liangchen correct his movements again and again until Du Liangchen made progress.

The sounds of people falling over echoed across the ice rink. Du Liangchen wasn't the only one training; the women's singles and ice dance teams were all at the same training rink, and everyone was carefully observing each other's movements to avoid collisions and injuries.

Du Liangchen has found his rhythm with the triple jump. However, his completion rate is too low, only reaching 20%.

Du Liangchen's uncle, Du Langxing, told him that if his leg strength was insufficient, he could try training with sandbags.

From then on, Du Liangchen would tie a small sandbag to his leg for land training, which was very effective, and he was able to complete several triple jumps.

The former trio is now alone, but Du Liangchen is not discouraged. He believes he will catch up with them soon. During this time, the three of them often call each other to talk about training.

After a day of training, Du Liangchen pulled his suitcase and left the venue.

in the car

"Xiao Chen, it's almost Chinese New Year, do you have a holiday?"

This is Du Liangchen's first New Year with the provincial team, and his second year here. His family isn't quite sure if he gets a holiday. As for Du Langxing, he was also in the provincial team more than ten years ago, so they don't remember him.

Du Liangchen suppressed the jumbled thoughts in his mind and said in a low voice, "It's a holiday, a normal statutory holiday."

After hearing this, Grandpa Du opened his mouth as if to say something but then stopped. Du Liangchen noticed this and seemed puzzled, but he didn't ask.

When Du Liangchen got home, his older brothers were playing video games. He greeted them and went back to his room.

Du Liangchen went into the bathroom, took off his clothes, and took a shower. The bright young man in the mirror looked indifferently at the marks on his body, which were blue, purple, and brown, all from falls.

He picked up the safflower oil and applied it to his body. Whether it was the pungent smell or the pain from the touch, Du Liangchen frowned. After applying it to his upper body, he applied it to his legs, and it wasn't until an hour later that he emerged from the bathroom.

Du Liangchen changed into clean clothes and started reading the textbooks his older brothers had used. He wanted to skip a grade, a thought that had been carefully considered.

Regardless of whether he achieves success in figure skating, he must not neglect his studies. Moreover, he has an excellent memory, and if he continues to follow the routine, he will be wasting his brainpower.

And in the unlikely event that he gets injured to the point that he can't study, repeating a grade would just mean being in the same grade as his peers, which wouldn't be shameful.

"Xiao Chen, come out for dinner!"

Du Erge shouted loudly from the living room.

"Here it comes~"

Du Liangchen put down the book in his hand, got up and walked out of the room.

The family sat around the dining table, with Du's eldest brother, second brother, grandparents and other family members serving Du Liangchen food one bite after another.