Figure Skating: Waltz on Ice

Du Liangchen took the cooled towel down, put it in water, wrung it out, and continued to apply the hot compress.

After a while, I noticed the water had cooled down.

Du Liangchen said, "I'll go change the water; it's too cold."

Du Liangchen changed the water several times during this period.

They used up all the hot water in the room before stopping the hot compress.

In the morning, Hao Shuxue woke up to the sound of his alarm clock but did not see Du Liangchen or Mei Jing.

"That's strange. They usually wake up by themselves last night. Why aren't these two moving at all today?"

A questioning knock on the door.

"Xiao Jing, Si Rui, are you up?"

"Bang bang bang~"

In the room, Du Liangchen, who was half asleep, heard a loud knocking on the door and turned over in annoyance.

"Bang bang bang~"

Du Liangchen suddenly woke up and glanced at the time.

"It happened."

Du Liangchen jumped up immediately; otherwise, he would be late.

"Here it comes~"

Hearing Hao Shuxue knocking on the door, he answered loudly.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw that Mei Jing on the opposite bed had not yet gotten up.

She quickly changed her clothes as she walked over, shaking the person in the blanket.

"Meijing~ Get up, you're going to be late."

After Du Liangchen shook her vigorously, Mei Jing finally woke up.

"what happened?"

With his eyes half-closed in a daze, his magnetic voice, husky from just waking up, was indescribably pleasant to hear.

"Get up quickly, you're late."

Upon hearing Du Liangchen's words, Mei Jing regained consciousness. She opened her eyes and glanced at the time; there were still 10 minutes until eight o'clock.

Mei Jing quickly got out of bed, dressed, and after a quick wash, ran to the assembly area.

Hao Shuxue remained silent, his eyes constantly scanning the two people who were behaving strangely today.

No one saw the three figures running on the road; there were hardly any people on the road at this time.

I finally arrived before the meeting, trying to calm my wildly beating heart and heavy breathing.

This attracted the coach's attention, who would glance at them from time to time.

Coach: "I know you're tired, but with the new season starting, you need to be even more focused and not let your slack off affect your results."

Hearing the coach's pointed remark, everyone's eyes drifted towards the three of them.

Coach: "What are you looking at? Begin training, dismissed."

The three of them joined the crowd and began physical training.

Hao Shuxue leaned closer to Mei Jing and Du Liangchen and whispered, "I didn't have a chance to ask on the way here. What happened to you two this morning?"

Mei Jing looked unwell: "It's nothing, I just overslept."

Du Liangchen: "My alarm clock didn't go off this morning."

"That might be bad. Luckily I didn't oversleep today, otherwise the three of us would have been late."

Hao Shuxue patted his chest, still looking shaken.

From that night on, Du Liangchen would help Mei Jing apply hot compresses every night until the competition season began in July or August.

All three participants in the National Youth Championship achieved top-three rankings.

Mei Jing won the championship, Du Liangchen won the runner-up, and Hao Shuxue won the third place.

In terms of ability, the three are evenly matched; it all comes down to who has the stronger mentality during the match. The three have taken turns winning the championship over the years, and it's hard to tell who is better based on the medals alone.

Grand Prix race selection.

Mei Jing chose the China leg and the Canada leg.

Hao Shuxue chose the Chinese and French legs.

Du Liangchen chose the China leg and the France leg.

Domestic athletes will prioritize their own country's regional competitions, as they have an advantage as it is their home ground.

Du Liangchen had no experience competing abroad, which made him a little nervous.

He's going to France soon, and luckily the coach arranged for Hao Shuxue to be assigned to the same race as him, which will put his mind at ease.