Figure Skating: Waltz on Ice

The letter was confiscated by Durand.

As arranged, the music was played. This time, Du Liangchen noticed that many people were looking at him, not with disdain or contempt as usual, but with excited and ardent gazes.

This made Du Liangchen feel very strange, and he even wondered if there was something wrong with his clothes.

The chorus ended.

Du Liangchen, preoccupied with his own thoughts, couldn't help but ask Du Langxing, "Coach, did you feel it?"

Du Langxing didn't understand: "What?"

Du Liangchen frowned, and said hesitantly, "I just felt something was off. When we were playing music together, the way everyone looked at me... it was like they were looking at a monkey in a zoo. It made me feel uncomfortable."

Du Langxing thought for a moment: "...Now that you mention it, it does seem to be true."

Du Liangchen unzipped his jacket to show Du Langxing: "Did I wear the wrong training clothes? Why are they looking at me like that?"

Du Langxing: "That's right, and you didn't put it on backwards. Don't overthink it, just relax."

In the evening, I met Mei Jing and his accompanying coach, and then trained under the coach's supervision.

Compared to Mei Jing, Du Liangchen's physical fitness was really poor. While Mei Jing was still doing planks with ease, Du Liangchen was already covered in sweat and his arms were shaking violently.

"I...can't hold on any longer."

After saying that, Du Liangchen lay down on the yoga mat and took deep breaths.

Seeing that his heart rate was rising and his breathing was becoming more and more rapid, Du Langxing immediately stepped forward to help him up and gave him an oxygen tank.

Seeing him like this, Mei Jing stopped training: "Coach Du, should Xiao Chen go to the hospital?"

Du Liangchen waved his hand: "It's nothing, I'm just a little out of breath, I'll feel better after breathing in some oxygen."

Mei Jing said worriedly, "Then you should rest for a while and not talk for now."

Seeing how worried Mei Jing was about Du Liangchen's condition, Du Langxing was very gratified: "Xiao Jing, I'll keep an eye on Xiao Chen here. You go and continue your training."

Mei Jing was worried that Du Liangchen didn't want to train, but since the coach had spoken, he couldn't disobey and could only keep his worries to himself and continue training.

As soon as training ended, Mei Jing went to Du Liangchen's room.

I was momentarily stunned to see someone lying in bed reading a book.

Du Liangchen's delicate features were set on his fair face. His eyes were like autumn water, and his lips were slightly red. However, there seemed to be an indelible sense of fatigue on his clean face. He was gentle and elegant, a handsome young man.

The setting sun cast its glow upon him, softening his features.

Du Liangchen heard the sound and looked up at Mei Jing. He saw that Mei Jing was covered in sweat and was still wearing the clothes he had just worn during training. He knew that Mei Jing had just finished training, so he came over to check on him.

A warm smile curved her lips: "Mei Jing, you're here. Come and sit down. Aren't you tired after just finishing training?"

She handed him the water on the table.

Mei Jing snapped out of her daze, took the water he offered, and accidentally grasped Du Liangchen's hand. Her heart pounded nervously, but she tried to remain calm as she said, "It's alright, I came to check on you. Now that I know you're alright, I'll go back and wash up."

Du Liangchen nodded: "Go quickly, you've sweated a lot during training, don't catch a cold."

"Okay, then I'm going back."

Mei Jing walked out of the room, placed her hand on her heart, felt it pounding violently, and thought about what had just happened. Her rational mind told her that something was wrong.

"What's wrong with me? My heart is racing just seeing Xiaochen. Am I crazy?"

Mei Jing returned to her room and locked herself in the bathroom to take a shower.