Figure Skating: Waltz on Ice

It wasn't until they got off the bus and met up with Du Liangchen's mother, and sat in the car, that the three of them relaxed their guard and felt unusually tired.

Tian Zhixi felt strange looking at the three people who seemed exhausted.

"Mom and Dad, what's wrong? Did you not rest at all on the way here?!" Tian Zhixi looked at them worriedly.

Grandma Du sighed and said, "We really didn't sleep a wink the whole way. You have no idea how rampant human traffickers are these days. Xiao Chen was almost kidnapped by them."

"What? Are you all alright? Should we go to the hospital to check on Xiao Chen? Is he alright?" Tian Zhixi asked anxiously, fearing something had happened to the three of them.

Du Liangchen didn't have the strength to answer Tian Zhixi; he was feeling drowsy and wanted to sleep.

Grandpa Du looked at his drowsy grandson beside him and said to ease the tension, "It's alright, Xiao Chen is probably just tired. Although your mother and I have been taking care of him the whole way, he himself hasn't dared to let his guard down."

Seeing that the three of them didn't seem to be in good spirits, Tian Zhixi stopped talking. The car quieted down, and Du Liangchen slowly fell asleep. When he woke up again, they were already at the hotel.

Du Liangchen looked around the room; it was a standard room, and Grandpa Du was sleeping on the bed next to him.

Du Liangchen quietly tidied himself up, grabbed his backpack, and prepared to find a place to train. The competition was in two days, and he couldn't afford to let his physical condition decline. He left a note for Grandpa Du and then went out.

Hotel Lobby.

"Excuse me, I'd like to ask if there's a gym here, or any open space where I can exercise?" Du Liangchen asked the staff at the front desk.

"Hello, the hotel has a gym on the third floor, but it's only open to hotel guests. Have you completed your onboarding process?" the receptionist asked gently.

"You've already checked in. Third floor, right?!"

Front desk staff: "Yes."

"Thank you."

After asking all the questions, Du Liangchen went to the third floor.

There weren't many people in the gym. Du Liangchen did a quick warm-up and then got on the treadmill to start running.

Then I did abdominal and leg training, etc. When my stamina started to drop, I rested and supplemented with protein powder. Then I found a spacious place to do land jumping training.

"grandfather."

Du Liangchen turned around and unintentionally saw Grandpa Du sitting to the side watching him train, not knowing how long he had been there.

"You must be tired. Sit down and rest." Grandpa Du handed a towel to Du Liangchen, who was covered in sweat and panting.

"Grandpa, how long have you been here?"

"It's been a while."

Du Liangchen could clearly sense that Grandpa Du was nervous and still feeling lingering fear about what happened at the train station.

"Grandpa, you haven't rested the whole way, don't accompany me to training. This is a hotel with surveillance cameras everywhere, I'll be fine."

Grandpa Du smiled kindly and said, "Grandpa understands. As people get older, they need less sleep. I'm not familiar with this place either, so I'll stay here and accompany you during your training."

"That's enough training for today, let's go back."

Du Liangchen didn't try to persuade her further; he knew it would be useless. He went to Grandma's room with Grandpa Du and found Tian Zhixi wasn't there. He asked, "Grandma, isn't my mother here?"

"Xiao Xi has something to do and should be back tonight. Go wash up first; your clothes are all wet. What if you catch a cold? Do you still want to compete?!"

He then pushed Du Liangchen into the bathroom and asked Grandpa Du to get him a change of clothes.

Du Liangchen looked at himself in the mirror and felt extremely disappointed.