Figure Skating: Waltz on Ice

Mei Jing thought you were just stronger, but she never expected it was because of this.

I wanted to laugh, but I couldn't. I just turned my head away and pursed my lips.

"So, how do you relax your muscles after training?"

Du Liangchen rubbed his nose with his finger: "The lactic acid produced after exercise will hurt when you massage it, so you won't feel itchy."

"Then I'll be stronger, you give it a try."

Mei Jing didn't want to see Du Liangchen suffer from pain, but Du Liangchen didn't want to trouble Mei Jing.

"No need, it's too much trouble, and the pain is gone after the hot compress."

Seeing that Du Liangchen remained distant towards him, Mei Jing felt a pang of sadness in her heart, and a trace of pain flashed between her brows.

"Do you remember when I had growing pains? During that time, my legs would cramp up so badly that I couldn't sleep. You would apply hot compresses to my legs every night."

"Now you're like this too, I can't just watch you suffer and do nothing."

"After I learned that Hao Shuxue had plotted against you, I began to shut myself off, especially towards me, and became very cold towards me."

But I'm not him~

I haven't done anything to hurt you.

Why are you ignoring me? You're shutting out my concern.

I value you as a friend; five or six years of friendship isn't something you can just let go of.

Looking at Mei Jing, who was emotionally agitated and aggrieved, Du Liangchen knew that his estrangement had hurt him.

Mei Jing is right. After five or six years of living and eating together, training and comforting each other, how can you just stop caring?

Perhaps it was because he cared too much and couldn't forget the pain the betrayal caused him that he had no choice but to leave.

Du Liangchen slowly closed his eyes, a subtle tremor flickering in them.

It was an uncontrollable tremor, as if a string hidden deep in the heart was being plucked by endless sorrow.

"I'm sorry~ You didn't do anything wrong. It's my own problem. I projected my estrangement from Hao Shuxue onto you."

"Xiao Chen~"

“Mei Jing, I can no longer get along with you like before. My heart has been hurt too badly by him. It is completely broken and unrecognizable. There is no way to let anyone else into it.”

Mei Jing pulled his hand and made him look at him:

"I know my heart is good, so I will keep you in my heart."

I'm still the same as before, but you don't have to respond to me. However, you can't refuse my concern for you, okay?

Seeing Mei Jing's cautious demeanor, Du Liangchen genuinely felt that he didn't want to lose this friend, so he nodded.

"Good~"

Seeing Mei Jing, he smiled happily.

Du Liangchen added, "If you ever get tired and don't want me as a friend anymore, remember to let me know."

Even if that day doesn't come, I'll still be waiting for you to be my best man!

Du Liangchen remembered their promise to each other: to win medals together, to become world champions together, and to be each other's best man at their weddings...

But there were only three medals, and the competition was too fierce. In order to win, he resorted to crooked means, went astray, and ruined himself beyond recognition.

Du Liangchen rolled his eyes: "You're thinking pretty far ahead, but you should find the person first."

In the end, Mei Jing still massaged Du Liangchen's legs.

The next day

Both of them were in poor condition during training and were called to the coach's office. After learning that it was because Du Liangchen was experiencing growing pains and couldn't sleep at night, the coach changed his training plan in order to protect his legs.

But it didn't help Du Liangchen; the pain persisted.

Mei Jing, just like he used to, gives him hot compresses and massages every day.

Therefore, Du Liangchen was able to get a good night's sleep and his training performance did not decline.