Figure Skating: Waltz on Ice

"Are we done? We still need to go to the coach's office." Mei Jing asked with concern, seeing Du Liangchen staring blankly.

"Let's go now that we've finished eating." Du Liangchen snapped out of his thoughts. He placed the plates he was holding in the designated area, and the three of them headed towards another building.

Du Liangchen was not yet familiar with the surroundings, so he followed Mei Jing and the others, walking a step behind them.

This is the speed skating training building, and it's packed with people with a balanced male-to-female ratio. It's completely different from the figure skating building; it's much more luxurious, showing that speed skating is indeed more valued than figure skating.

Coach's Office

"Come in."

A deep voice came from inside the door, startling Hao Shuxue. The three of them walked into the office with unease.

The coach was in his office, and Chen Chao stood beside him with his head down.

"Now that you're here, I already know what happened and have punished Chen Chao. I welcome new members to the figure skating team, especially since there's a shortage of talent in men's singles. No matter what sport you choose, it's all for the sake of national sports, so there's no hierarchy, only the desire to win championships. Understand?" The coach patiently explained to the group.

"clear."

"clear."

"Alright, go back now. Keep training. This is the first time. If it happens again, you're leaving," the coach warned.

After the four left the office, Du Liangchen and the others ignored Chen Chao and left directly.

"That was close! Speed ​​skating coaches are really scary. Luckily, I don't learn speed skating, otherwise I wouldn't want to learn it if I saw him every day," Hao Shuxue said, patting his heart.

“Indeed, I don’t like things that are too serious,” Mei Jing agreed.

"Who cares? He wouldn't dare make a big fuss, after all, it's not a sport, otherwise he'd be in trouble," Du Liangchen said calmly.

"Good lad, you've got guts! Not afraid at all." Hao Shuxue patted Du Liangchen on the shoulder with a chivalrous air and praised him.

The three then chatted and laughed as they entered the figure skating building.

Ice skating in the afternoon

I practiced gliding with my senior, slowly stretching my body to make graceful yet powerful movements. This included gliding into a 90-degree squat, standing up and gliding into another squat, and a series of other basic movements.

After the gliding training ended, I started free training, practicing various jumps, turns, etc., and practicing whatever I was lacking.

After two hours of ice training, we rested to replenish our energy, and then there was a dance class.

We entered the dance studio together, and the teacher first stretched everyone. One by one, tears of pain flew from their eyes and they cried bitterly, especially Mei Jing and Hao Shuxue, whose cries could be heard throughout the entire building. Figure skating places extremely high demands on the athletes' physical condition, especially for boys, it is a nightmare, which is why very few people learn this sport.

It was Du Liangchen's turn. At first, it hurt a little, but after a while, she didn't feel the pain anymore. She only felt the comfortable feeling of her muscles being stretched, which is probably something that only everyone who learns dance can feel.

Du Liangchen didn't cry out in pain, and everyone was waiting to see him make a fool of himself, but it turned out that they were the ones who made the fool of themselves.

Even the dance teacher exclaimed, "This child's flexibility is amazing; he must have studied dance."

"Yes, I've studied Chinese dance since elementary school," Du Liangchen said easily as his legs were spread apart.

"Good, get up." The dance teacher let go.

"Clap clap, everyone gather. That's all for today's class, you can all leave now."

When they heard that get out of class was over, everyone dragged their "unconvinced" legs and shuffled out, creating a comical and funny scene.

Du Liang...