Figure Skating: Waltz on Ice

"Ding dong~"

"Ladies and gentlemen, our plane has arrived at Harbin Taiping International Airport. The plane is about to land, please fasten your seatbelts..."

Hearing the announcement on the radio, Du Langxing, who was asleep, was woken up. He frowned in discomfort, opened his sleepy eyes, looked at the time on his phone, stretched, sat up, raised the back of his chair, and glanced at Jiang Weijun next to him. He saw that Jiang Weijun had also gotten up and was putting on his coat.

"You're awake. We're about to land. I was thinking of waking you up."

Seeing his helpless and displeased expression at being woken up, Jiang Weijun handed him an unopened bottle of water.

"Drink some water to wake yourself up. Look at those dark circles under your eyes, what's wrong? Didn't you sleep well last night?"

Du Langxing wiped his face, unscrewed the cap, took a big gulp, nodded in agreement, and after a moment, said, "I don't believe you slept well last night."

Jiang Weijun shrugged. "Hehe, I didn't sleep well. Sigh~ These two kids are making a scene... But what can I do now that things are like this?"

Du Langxing's smile froze; he clearly didn't want to bring up the topic.

"Let's go, the plane has stopped."

Following the flow of people out of the station, the two did not check any luggage and took a taxi to their respective schools after getting off the plane.

They had already arranged a time that evening, since neither of them had time in the afternoon, so they met at a restaurant outside the school at noon to discuss their business.

The driver looked at the two passengers who got on and asked, "Where are you two going?"

The address in the newspaper read: "Xiangmanlou Restaurant next to the Industrial University".

They drove in silence until the car stopped in front of Xiangmanlou Restaurant. The two went to a private room, where Du Liangchen and Mei Jing were already waiting.

The two quickly stood up from their seats when they saw the coach arrive.

Du Liangchen and Mei Jing pulled out the chairs for the main seats.

"Uncle, Jiang Zhi is here, please have a seat!"

"Director Jiang, Director Du, please sit here..."

The two men sat down with somber faces, staring at each other without saying a word.

Du Liangchen and Mei Jing felt extremely uncomfortable under the intense gaze, their eyes darting around nervously, barely daring to breathe.

Sensing the panic in their hearts, Du Langxing, seeing that he had achieved the desired effect, spoke first. After all, Du Liangchen was his nephew, making it easier to lecture him.

"You both know about the suspension, and I don't need to explain why. What are you two thinking now?"

Du Liangchen: ...

Mei Jing: ...

When Jiang Weijun saw that Du Langxing had spoken first, he also stopped being silent. His voice was deep and carried a sense of oppressive seriousness.

"The videos circulating online have been seen by both the team and the leadership. You two used to be popular athletes who lived on the trending topics."

"Because you two are evenly matched, both rivals and friends, taking some photos out of context and imagining a friendship between you two that goes beyond friendship, the leadership even specifically praised you for the increase in enrollment."

"But now that overly friendly videos have appeared and circulated online, they have had a great impact on the image of the sports world and have even affected your athletic careers."

"We're here today to tell you that no matter how good your relationship is in private, you should now avoid suspicion."

"Otherwise, all your years of training, regardless of the harsh winter or scorching summer, will be for naught, and you'll never have another chance to compete. That's where you'll end up. Do you understand?!"

They thought the three-month suspension was over, but after listening to Jiang Weijun's words, Du Liangchen and Mei Jingxin became increasingly heavy-hearted.

The seriousness of the matter exceeded their expectations; they never imagined that the leadership would have such a zero-tolerance attitude towards this kind of thing.

Now Du Liangchen and Mei Jing are at a crossroads, forced to make a choice.