Figure Skating: Waltz on Ice

"It's okay. You look exhausted. You probably didn't sleep well at all last night, right?"

Mei Jing stretched her slightly sore and numb shoulders, and Du Liangchen smiled sheepishly and took Mei Jing's bag.

"Let me take the bag; you probably aren't in a convenient position right now."

Mei Jing smiled and said, "Then I'll have to trouble Xiao Chen~"

After the two got out of the car, Du Liangchen first took Mei Jing to her room before returning to his own room to rest.

After taking a nap, it was time for dinner.

The first thing Du Liangchen asked Mei Jing when he saw her was, "Is your shoulder still sore?"

Mei Jing smiled gently: "I don't feel bad anymore, you don't need to worry."

Upon arriving at the restaurant and seeing the bread on the table, Du Liangchen felt instantly full.

Mei Jing noticed his dejection: "What's wrong?"

Du Liangchen pouted, looking at the food in front of him without knowing where to start: "Just seeing this makes me feel full."

Mei Jing looked at him amusedly: "Haven't you been training abroad all this time? You haven't gotten used to this kind of food yet?"

Du Liangchen said with a wronged expression, "Eating it once in a while is fine, but I can't stand eating it every day."

This piqued Mei Jing's curiosity. He and Du Liangchen rarely talked about their lives; they usually only talked about the competition.

He was very curious about Du Liangchen's life outside of training.

What do you usually eat?

Du Liangchen: Coach Du usually cooks, but sometimes he's too busy, so I cook for myself.

Mei Jing exclaimed in surprise, "You can cook?!"

Du Liangchen: "What's so surprising about that? I started learning to cook when I was ten years old, and I've been a chef for five years now."

"But I don't like cooking at all. I wouldn't even step into the kitchen if I wasn't starving!"

Perhaps because he was in the car, Du Liangchen sensed Mei Jing's kind gesture, and even though his shoulder was sore, he didn't show the slightest impatience.

This made Du Liangchen feel at ease, so he unconsciously started talking more.

Since the Hao Shuxue incident, Du Liangchen has been in an extremely insecure environment, constantly on guard against being tripped up by others. Therefore, apart from Du Langxing, Du Liangchen deliberately keeps his distance from everyone else.

So he was lonely; he had many people around him, but no friends left.

Du Liangchen ultimately chose pasta and salad. Mei Jing made the same choice.

Mei Jing swallowed what was in her mouth and looked at Du Liangchen beside her: "Want to play games later?"

Du Liangchen took a sip of water: "No, I'm planning to go to the gym for a run. I haven't finished my training for today."

Mei Jing: "Playing games alone in the room is no fun, so let's go for a run together."

Du Liangchen: "Okay~"

Half an hour after their meal, the two went to the gym and found it was quite crowded.

Du Liangchen and Mei Jing found some available gym equipment and began their training for the day.

Hearing people talking about him, Du Liangchen put on his headphones to block out the outside noise.

"Hey, you're the kid who won an Olympic gold medal in your first Olympics?"

A white man stood in front of Du Liangchen.

Because my ears were plugged, I couldn't hear what he said.

"Sorry, I didn't hear you. What did you just say?"

White man: "You're so young and you can win a gold medal, are you on drugs?"

"Hahaha……"

Upon hearing this, the people around Du Liangchen burst into laughter.

Du Liangchen looked at the person who was provoking him with icy eyes.

"Are you questioning the IOC? Then you should talk to the organizers, not me."

"I don't have that much power to designate who will be the champion."