Figure Skating: Waltz on Ice

August.

With the new season drawing ever closer, Du Liangchen is once again suffering from insomnia due to anxiety. This time, he's not the only one; even Mei Jing is distracted and absent-minded.

In previous years, they would be training twice as hard at this time. They are used to high-intensity training and supervision, and it is easy for problems to arise if they suddenly have free time.

Mei Jing was in a better position, at least she had to attend classes every day, while Du Liangchen, who had graduated early and had nothing to do, was completely idle and didn't care whether he went to school or not.

One day, an advertisement suddenly popped up on his computer; it was about the national civil service examination.

Du Liangchen clicked on it and his eyes lit up as he looked at it. When he looked up again, he had decided to take the civil service exam.

He told Mei Jing and his family about his idea, and they all agreed.

After that, he plunged headfirst into the ocean of knowledge, ignoring everything else and focusing solely on passing the civil service exam, with no time to think about the new season.

When Mei Jing saw that Du Liangchen was so outstanding and hardworking, and even managed to get a government job in the capital, he immediately felt a sense of crisis.

After all, he started university a year later than Du Liangchen, and he is now filled with a sense of crisis, feeling that if he doesn't work harder, he will fall behind Du Liangchen.

The perceptive Du Liangchen quickly noticed that Mei Jing was acting strangely. He assumed it was because Mei Jing was unhappy about the suspension and spent two days comforting him, after which Mei Jing inexplicably recovered.

After that, he seemed to be on a high, participating in any activity that could earn him academic credits.

Du Liangchen then realized that he wanted to quickly accumulate enough credits to graduate early.

Now that everyone has something to do, no one has time to wallow in self-pity.

The two adjusted their training schedule, getting up before dawn every day for a morning run.

Study in the morning.

I eat a bite of food at noon and then go to the ice to digest.

In the afternoon, one continued studying, while the other participated in school activities.

We walked home together in the evening, sharing our day's events, interesting occurrences, or troubles. We encouraged and cheered each other on.

My days are always packed with activities.

The new season begins in September.

Netizens who have been following the athletes' participation in figure skating competitions have been disappointed not to see Du Liangchen and Mei Jing appear.

Some say Du Liangchen and Mei Jing have been suspended, but most people don't believe it. They speculate that they simply don't want to participate in such a relatively low-level competition and are focusing their efforts on preparing for the Winter Olympics.

Soon the Grand Prix series was in full swing, and everyone was waiting for the official announcement of the countries the two would be going to. Those who could afford it were thinking of buying tickets and booking hotels in advance to see the event live; those who couldn't were waiting for their wealthy female fans to live stream or record the event.

Unexpectedly, they waited and waited but there was no news of Du Liangchen and Mei Jing participating in the regional competition. All six regional competitions ended but the two of them still did not appear. Netizens, whether fans or people who like this sport, were in an uproar.

This time, only Liu Yu and Wang Chenghao advanced to the men's singles finals, and their results were quite low.

How could a Chinese person, who is always striving to be the best and always wanting to be number one, possibly tolerate this?

It's worth noting that when Du Liangchen and Mei Jing are around, other athletes are just background figures.

Now, it seems as if two key figures have vanished, and replacing them with incompetent individuals is a blow to the morale of the nation.

Some quick-thinking fans immediately found the comment in the corner that said "Du Liangchen and Mei Jing have been banned from the competition," and then copied it to the official comment section to ask if it was true.

However, the authorities are struggling under pressure from various quarters and have not responded to online comments.

The fans started to riot and completely overwhelmed the comment section.

The online uproar showed no signs of abating. The controversy reached its peak when Liu Yu and Wang Chenghao finished fifth and sixth in the Grand Prix.

Having experienced hardship, netizens couldn't stand such humiliation and started cursing and criticizing, causing the server to crash five hours after the final results were released.

This even alarmed higher authorities, who sent people to investigate the General Administration of Sport.