Figure Skating: Waltz on Ice

Mei Jing patted his back, then wrapped her arm around Du Liangchen's slender yet strong waist, and whispered comfortingly in his ear, "It's okay, don't be afraid! We'll participate in the following competitions together. I'll keep an eye on you. If you want to play games, I'll kiss you."

"Get lost!" Du Liangchen pushed him away, glanced around to make sure no one was paying attention, and warned him, "I think you're just using this as an excuse to take advantage of me. Let go of me, you hear me? This is a public place, so behave yourself!"

Mei Jing reluctantly let go of his hand.

Soon, people came over to chat with the two and take photos...

The party began with a long speech from the organizer on stage. Then everyone found their names and took their seats to eat.

Du Liangchen is allergic to alcohol, so he took a juice and raised a glass to the person who came over to talk to him, chatting about recent gossip and asking about his relationship with Mei Jing.

Prouss hesitated before asking, "Chen, are you and Jing in a relationship?"

Du Liangchen, feigning ignorance, asked in confusion, "Why do you ask that?"

With a gossipy look on his face, Prous told Du Liangchen what he knew, "I forgot you don't go online. You don't know that it's all over the internet. There's a video of the two of you hugging when the final rankings came out. Netizens are saying that the two of you are very close. Could you be dating?"

"Really? I didn't feel anything was wrong. If what you said is true, then I'll get scolded again!" Du Liangchen said with a worried look in his eyes.

Seeing Du Liangchen's flustered and fearful expression, but lacking the shyness one would expect after being exposed, Prouss wondered if he had guessed wrong. However, the two were indeed very close.

When Mei Jing was taking a group photo with others, she noticed that Du Liangchen and Prouss were standing very close together, with Prouss practically staring at her. After taking the photo, Mei Jing walked straight over to them.

"Let's take a picture, Pruss."

Before anyone could reply, Mei Jing put her arm around Prouss's shoulder and used her body to separate the two of them. Du Liangchen took two steps back to make way for her, speechless.

After taking the photos, Mei Jing casually asked, "What were you talking about just now?"

Prouss, innocent yet gossipy, said, "Let's talk about you two. Didn't you know that the photos of you two hugging and spinning around online went viral? Everyone's guessing you're dating, saying you're a couple, so is it true?"

Mei Jing raised an eyebrow. "Oh! So how did Xiao Chen answer you?"

Prus shrugged. "He doesn't usually go online, so he doesn't know about this. So you two are really together?" His eyes were practically brimming with the excitement of someone who'd just gotten some gossip.

Mei Jing felt a piercing pain in his waist, so painful that he almost cried out. He gritted his teeth and said, "Prouss, we're brothers, so don't overthink it, OK?"

"So it seems the guesses online were wrong!" The 1.8-meter-tall Prus looked disappointed, like a badger who didn't get a watermelon in a watermelon patch. "Sigh~ I really hoped you two would live together. After all, you're both so good-looking, it's pleasing to the eye! You have no idea how many people secretly like you and Du Liangchen, and want to have something happen between you two."

Startled, Mei Jing waved her hands repeatedly, "No, no, no, please don't! Xiao Chen and I don't want that."

Du Liangchen couldn't help but sigh, "Proust, your thoughts don't match your lofty image at all. You're really gossipy."

When Prus heard Du Liangchen praise his height, he blushed shyly, disregarding the true meaning behind the words.