Figure Skating: Waltz on Ice

When it was Hao Shuxue's turn to go on the ice, he was probably a little nervous and made a few mistakes. He then walked off the ice dejectedly, which affected his score.

Next up is Hamiltion, an international competitor. Du Liangchen has been following him closely; he's a very well-known competitor in the youth group.

Sure enough, even before the competition started, you could hear many people in the audience cheering for him. This put a lot of pressure on the competitors who followed him.

As the music started, Hamiltion glided along, made a mistake on his first jump, but then finished the race smoothly.

During the curtain call, many of his fans in the audience threw bouquets at the ice rink, giving Du Liangchen and his friends, who had been watching the game around the rink without buying tickets, a chance to shine.

Following the instructions of the management, Du Liangchen took off his knife, put on the ice, picked up the items, and threw them off the ice rink. He had to be quick so as not to delay the next person from going on the ice.

……

After the afternoon competition ended, Du Liangchen took the bus back to his accommodation to rest.

On the way, everyone was chattering about the competition.

"That guy named Landen was really good in today's match."

"Yeah, Langdon's score is pretty high, but I prefer Hamilton. Although he made a mistake at the beginning, he regained his form and didn't make another mistake. Plus, he's handsome..."

"That's not Hamilton, it's Hamiltion."

"I'll call him Hamilton, what's it to you?!"

"Alright, stop arguing. What's the point of arguing over an English name? If you ask me, I still think Mei Jing is handsome. Don't you guys agree?"

"Which one? I didn't even notice?"

"The tall, thin one who's really good-looking."

"Can not remember."

"How could I not remember? It was when we first participated in the tournament, that cold face you mentioned."

"Oh, I remember now."

"You're such a fangirl, you can't see anyone else when you see a handsome guy. Unless someone even more handsome comes along."

……

Du Liangchen leaned back in his chair, listening to their gossip, and felt quite emotional.

"It's pathetic and lamentable that they don't recognize their own country's athletes, yet know foreign athletes like the back of their hand."

Back at the hotel, Du Liangchen and his roommate Li Peng returned to their room.

Li Peng is two years younger than Du Liangchen; they had met before during a competition.

"Brother Du, did you think today's match was exciting?" Li Peng asked excitedly, sitting on the edge of the bed.

Du Liangchen grabbed a bottle of water for himself and asked, "Would you like some water?"

Li Peng suddenly remembered something and let out a scream: "Ah~ I haven't drunk much water today, give me a bottle too."

Du Liangchen tossed him a bottle of water, then unscrewed the cap on his own bottle and took a sip.

"Thank you, Brother Du."

Du Liangchen had water in his mouth, making it inconvenient for him to speak. He casually waved his hand to indicate that there was no need to be polite.

Li Peng took a sip of water and continued to press, "Hmm~ Brother Du, you still haven't told us how you felt today?!"

After putting down the water, Du Liangchen started stretching.

"Today's match was exciting, everyone was very good."

Li Peng looked forward to the future: "Yes. I wish I could be as good as them in the future."

"You're not bad either, you're just young. Once you move up to the youth group, you'll be just as good as them."

Li Peng looked at Du Liangchen apologetically: "I'm not that good, but I'm really happy to hear Brother Du praise me like that."

"Brother Du, why are you stretching now?"