After the big devil retired [competition]

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When Yu met slowly sliding towards the center of the ice rink, his heartbeat seemed to speed up a bit.

The voice is full of excitement.

Suddenly, there was a tinnitus in my ears.

This familiar tinnitus had appeared before his last game.

His mind suddenly went blank, but before he knew it, his body was ready for the posture.

There was a flash of panic in Yu Ying's eyes, he raised his head slightly, his eyes swept across the fender, and looked sideways, and someone was also looking at him.

Those eyes, with anticipation.

Encounter took a deep breath, concentrating.

The music played, his body moved with it, and everything else was still.

Here, it became his own, pure white stage.

Backstage, the tense atmosphere spread, and everyone looked at the screen holding their breath.

Back then, the reputation he met was not all bad, his strength back then was also obvious to all.

Now that he has disappeared for two years and came back to participate in the competition, and is expected to be guided by Yue Youshu, everyone wants to know how strong he is now.

"Brother Zhou Qi." Chen Chen was equally nervous, he glanced at the calm Zhou Qi beside him and couldn't help but wonder, "Do you think he is still the same as before?"

As before, Encounter looked arrogant and arrogant in the eyes of everyone, and there was no need to worry about any mistakes in the show he was about to perform.

Because he can make zero mistakes every time.

Zhou Qi didn't expect that Chen Chen would talk to him with a dignified look at such a tense moment. He froze for a moment, and then said with a slightly smug tone: "How would I know. Do you know, Li Fangzhi?"

Li Fangzhi was suddenly called, and trembled all over, but he couldn't bear to turn his head, so he responded with his voice: "I don't know either!"

Zhou Qi spread his hands.

Chen Chen frowned and turned his head.

At this time, the coach of the national team, Chen Ke, was standing beside them with his arms folded and watched with them. When he heard Chen Chen talking, he said casually, "It's better to be different from before."

Chen Chen looked up at Chen Ke, not quite understanding the meaning of this sentence.

After a short program, the performance of the encounter is not particularly amazing, it can only be said to be remarkable.

His basic technical movements are still impeccable, and his rotation posture changes are better than before, but the most important thing is his jump. Although he also jumped out of quadruple jumps in competitions before, his quadruple jumps are more mature now. up.

There are no major mistakes in a complete set of programs, but there are a few minor flaws.

Chen Chen still frowned, lowering his head in thought.

On the contrary, Li Fangzhi looked regretful.

Li Fangzhi asked: "Coach, is his technical score in this program not enough?"

Chen Ke replied: "It's enough, but it's not high enough."

"Why?" Li Fang was puzzled.

Chen Ke didn't answer right away.

Li Fangzhi cast doubtful eyes on Zhou Qi.

Zhou Qi pretended to know nothing, got up and left.

Chen Chen's serious face remained the same, and he seemed to be waiting for Chen Ke to answer this question.

After Chen Ke pondered for a moment, he looked up again at the scores that appeared on the screen.

"Maybe he just wanted so many points," he said.

"Oh, huh?" Li Fangzhi looked at Chen Ke foolishly.

What do you mean you just want to get so many points?

In the end, the short program score of the encounter ranked fifth.

It's not a particularly high position, but it also surprised some people who felt that the encounter was no longer possible.

However, some people still hold the mentality of "a skinny camel is bigger than a horse", and feel that the level of this short program is already the only one that can be met.

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"Yes!" Guan Yiming patted his thigh excitedly after watching the program of the encounter.

Guan Yiming is the person who knows best what Encounter has been doing in the past two years. Since returning to Shanghai, Encounter has never touched skating again.

He was very worried before Yuyu played, worried that Yuyu would not be able to stand confidently on the field again in a short time.

But now it seems that his worries are unnecessary!

"I just said he can do it, Fan'er..." Guan Yiming was overwhelmed with excitement, and wanted to chat with Gong Fan as usual, only then did he realize that Gong Fan was not there.

By the way, he still wants to find Gong Fan... Where did this man go?

Going outside the backstage of the gymnasium, there are many people coming and going on the promenade.

Guan Yiming searched around, and finally walked towards the toilet. When he entered the toilet, there were still people peeing. Seeing Guan Yiming walk in, the peeing people were stunned.

Guan Yiming turned his eyes away, walked to the bathroom, and opened the doors one by one.

No.

Neither did this room.

He opened all the toilet doors except the last one, and there was someone inside.

Guan Yiming hesitated for a moment, but knocked anyway.

"Brother, the toilet is full, I can't bear it anymore, when will you come out?"

Soon there was the sound of water inside, and then Gong Fan opened the door and walked out.

Gong Fan's expression darkened when he saw that it was Guan Yiming.

"Hey, I couldn't find you just now, what are you doing here?" Guan Yiming asked.

Gong Fan ignored him and went to wash his hands on his own.

Guan Yiming followed and said, "Don't say that you are hiding here and crying because you didn't behave well this time! I don't believe you will because of this. Tell me, did something happen to you? What happened to you? I'll tell you."

"It's nothing." Gong Fan's voice was hoarse.

Guan Yiming patted Gong Fan, "Fan'er, don't lose heart, we still have a chance!"

Gong Fan looked at Guan Yiming's hand hanging on his body, and took it away.

"If there is a mistake, there will be loss, which is normal." Gong Fan said.

Guan Yiming sighed and said, "If you don't make mistakes, you are still human?"

Gong Fan shook the water off his hand, "Someone can do it."

Guan Yiming was afraid that the water would hit him, so he leaned back and said, "You said you met? Although he didn't make any mistakes today, his program was not difficult. As expected of the program programmed by Mochizuki, it was very stable. One!"

"Looking at your current appearance, he should be doing very well." Gong Fan put it bluntly.

Guan Yiming raised his eyebrows, "Then I really admire him, you and I both know why he has been there for the past two years."

"Although he hasn't practiced skating for two years, as long as he wants to come back, he can do it, and he can do it very well." Gong Fan said with a change in his eyes, "Maybe some people are born for this."

"Tsk tsk!" Guan Yiming sighed, "Don't say that, he was not born for skating, he is just a strong person. He can do everything well, and that's what I admire most about him. The place."

Gong Fan pursed his lips and asked, "Then how do you compare us to people like them?"

"What's incomparable?" Guan Yiming patted his chest and said, "I haven't trained less than them in a day, and we can do it in terms of persistence and hard work. I don't believe it, I can't beat them, this time I can't beat them." Make up your mind to compare the encounter!"

Seeing Guan Yiming's confident appearance, Gong Fan couldn't help laughing.

"Are you laughing at me?" Guan Yiming pretended to be angry.

Gong Fan smiled and shook his head, "I laugh at myself."

Guan Yiming drooped his face: "Huh? Why?"

"I laugh, I actually believe your words." Gong Fan looked at Guan Yiming firmly and said, "Go, go and compare the encounter."

Guan Yiming was stunned for a moment, smiled like a flower, hooked Gong Fan's neck, "Good brother!"

Gong Fan also lowered his head and smiled.

He was not coaxing Guan Yiming, but he really believed that he could do it.

And he will also complete his last... program.

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The short program competition has ended, and this national championship is very interesting, one is the comeback of Encounter, and the other is that Yusuke Mochizuki served as the coach of Encounter.

However, due to the excessive expectations of the two people, they felt that the performance of the short program of this encounter was not good.

I was in a bad mood to meet.

During a performance, he tilted his axis during a jump.

He could still imagine Mochizuki Yusu standing on the sidelines, covering his face and watching him.

After leaving the field, he paid special attention to Mochizuki Yousu's expression.

That was definitely not a satisfied expression.

That night, Encounter did not fall asleep easily.

Since he was in the same room as Mochizuki Youshu, and he didn't want Mochizuki Youshu to know that he wasn't asleep, so he closed his eyes without moving, replaying his performance on the ice rink today repeatedly in his mind.

Like a spell, played over and over again.

"Breathe." In the darkness, Mochizuki Youshu suddenly opened his mouth.

Yuyu opened his eyes with his back turned to Mochizuki Yusuke, but did not speak.

He didn't know if Mochizuki Yusuke was talking to him or talking in his sleep...

"Honey, your breathing is messy."

After encountering each other for a while, he realized that he was breathing very rapidly, and then he stopped pretending to fall asleep and turned over.

Mochizuki Yusu also turned sideways, in the same posture, propped his head on his hands, and looked at him with bright eyes.

"Aren't you going to sleep?" Mochizuki Youshu asked.

"You didn't sleep either?"

"I don't have a game tomorrow."

We didn't say anything for a while.

It has been almost half a year since he met Mochizuki Youshu, and before that, he never thought that he would have any communication with Mochizuki Yousu.

From the beginning of learning to skate, he has a goal, that is, to be able to compete formally with Yusu Mochizuki, so before he would be anxious to be promoted, but after Yusu Mochizuki retired, his goal disappeared.

Although Mochizuki Yusuke reappeared now, his target didn't seem to come back.

What he wants now is to satisfy Mochizuki Yusuke.

Before, he didn't have this idea.

Now that I have this kind of thinking, it will inevitably make the whole person's state decline, just like today's short program.

And seeing Mochizuki Yusu's reaction made him feel that it is impossible for him to achieve Mochizuki Yusu's performance in figure skating now, nor can he meet what he asked for.

"Why on earth did you come to be my coach?" Encounter finally asked.

Mochizuki Youshu sat up slightly, he leaned against the head of the bed, and said slowly: "Because I liked you at the first sight."

"...Can you answer this question seriously?" Yu Yu held back her anger.

Mochizuki Youshu: "I'm serious."

"The first time I saw you, I watched your competition video on the Internet. You are a very talented player, and we are very similar, right? I think you can continue to skate." Mochizuki Yusuke said.

Encounter pouted, obviously not believing the answer.

After all, he is not at all like Mochizuki Yusuke.

"Tomorrow... Do you have anything to tell me about tomorrow's game?" Yuyu asked tentatively.

He wanted to know what advice Mochizuki Yusuke could give him after watching his performance today.

Mochizuki Yusu immediately said: "No matter how many times you fall down tomorrow, you have to stand up."

"...Can you say something else." Encounter said, "Do you have any obsession with this sentence?"

Mochizuki Yusuke said sincerely: "Ah, this is what I think is the most inspiring words! Brian will say this to me every time before I play, I used to often..."

Suddenly, Mochizuki Yousu stopped talking.

"What did you often do before?" He thought of it as soon as he asked the words of encounter.

He used to fall a lot.

Mochizuki Yusu's jump is really distressing. His jump can be practiced like it is now, it is completely out of the fall, not only in training, but even in the official arena, he can fall to doubt his life.

Mochizuki Youshu slid down, covered his body with the quilt, and said calmly: "Let's go to sleep, you have to compete tomorrow."

"I've watched all your games." Encounter didn't plan to wash up with Mochizuki, he said directly, "I've watched every game you played in the youth group!"

"Ah!" Mochizuki Youshu covered his head with the quilt.

He doesn't want to mention the dark history of the past, especially in front of the meeting.

After a while, Encounter threw out another sentence, which completely disturbed his heart.

"I learned to skate because of you."

Mochizuki Youshu exposed his eyes, and after watching the encounter for a while, he asked in a daze, "Then you gave up skating because of me?"

Encounter frowned slightly, subconsciously denied: "That's not the case."

Mochizuki Yusu suddenly got up and climbed onto the bed where they met.

Meeting each other quickly shrank aside in disgust and said, "What are you doing?"

Mochizuki Yousu hugged him like a koala, wrapped his hands and feet around his body, and said in a coquettish tone: "Honey, I really like you more and more."

"Don't touch me!" Yuyu felt that every time Mochizuki was swished and moved, her whole body hurt.

Encounter hides, Mochizuki Yusu hugs tightly, Encounter who can't break free has to compromise and let him hug.

Mochizuki Yusu saw that Encounter was no longer tossing, so he leaned on Encounter's back and said: "I used to make frequent mistakes, and they were very serious mistakes. In fact, the reason for this started when I started learning to skate."

"I came into contact with skating because of my poor health. Boys need a strong body. This is what my family often says. I tried many sports and it didn't suit me. I finally chose skating because it is my favorite. Participating in competitions is also I wanted to go, but the cartilage infection in my ankle kept coming and going, especially every time I played, so I couldn't stand up all the time."

The encounter was touching.

He didn't think deeply about the reason why Mochizuki Yusu kept falling down at that time, but after listening to it now, he had an urge to hug him back.

What kind of pain did Yusu Mochizuki's flawless jump come from?

"Do you... just like skating?" Encounter asked again.

"Of course it's not pure." Mochizuki You said with a smile, "I have a strong desire to win, and I want to win the championship."

Encounter thought for a while and said, "I don't want to lose either."

"Look, we are very similar." Mochizuki Yousu said.

"No one wants to lose." Encounter doesn't want to forcefully resemble Mochizuki Yusu.

He is not like Mochizuki Yusu, at least, the starting point of the two of them embarking on the road of skating is different.

"Since this is the case, it's not difficult to understand why you lost, right?" Mochizuki You said after a while, he hit the meeting's mind.

Encountering chest tightness, he asked, "Do you think I will lose tomorrow?"

Mochizuki Yusu let go of the encounter, put his hands under his head, stared at the ceiling in the dark, and said, "Go to sleep, you will know the answer tomorrow."

Encounter propped up and said word by word: "I want to know what you think."

Mochizuki Youshu turned his head, smiled and said, "Of course I think, you will never lose."

Encounter was stunned, then lay down and turned his back to the past.

He is actually not afraid of losing, he just wants to know how much Mochizuki Yousu expects from him.

Now it seems that he will give it a go tomorrow.

……

……

The next day is the long program competition.

After the short program, the appearance order of the competition will be grouped according to the ranking of the short program.

The encounter is still the last group to play.

In this year's figure skating, after the short program of the previous day, it can be seen that the top ten competitors are the ones who are competitive, and the competitors who are too far behind in the short program will not be able to squeeze into the top few even if they perform well in the free skating. 's ranking.

The number one in the short program is naturally Zhou Zixian.

Chen Chen, Guan Yiming, and No.4 Zhang Tian were ranked behind.

The top four are all topic players, Zhou Zixian needless to say, Chen Chen is a young and talented young player, Guan Yiming was unknown but became a blockbuster, this Zhang Tian is more different.

Zhang Tian, ​​a figure skater of the ice and snow club, has never won an award in a competition, but he is recognized by all large clubs as the core of the ice and snow club.

The name of this core bone is only passed down among the clubs, and other people who know Zhang Tian also think that his strength is just that, but until a national competition a few years ago, his free skating score surpassed that of Zhengsheng who was at the time. Zhao Jinhong.

It's a pity that his short program score was too low that time, and he didn't win the prize either.

"Have you seen Zhang Tian's score? His short program score has never been so high..." Some other contestants were discussing.

"I see, his free skating has always been very strong, and this time the short program score is so high, it seems that it is going to be real, this time he will not overtake Zhou Zixian, will he?"

"I heard that he doesn't seem to want to win any awards..."

"Yeah, there seems to be something wrong with his mind. I don't know what happened this year."

Be confident, remove the seeming, there is something wrong with his mind!

After hearing this, Zhou Qi stood aside and complained silently.

He knew the reason why Zhang Tian made great efforts in the free skating back then was because of the encounter, but he didn't know what the encounter did to Zhang Tian.

Anyway, he seems to have hostility in his eyes every time he meets each other, which makes people feel very uncomfortable, and his words are also full of sarcasm.

At this time, Zhang Tian just happened to walk over from a distance, and when he walked past him, he didn't even look aside.

Zhou Qi really can't understand him.

Zhou Qi cursed and went back to his seat, feeling unhappy. Li Fangzhi watched the replay of yesterday's game with his hands in his arms. When he saw the meeting, he was obviously very excited and shook Zhou Qi's arm in his arms.

"Brother Zhou Qi! I really want to ask Senior Encounter how to do this posture rotation!"

"When he comes later, you can ask him yourself."

Zhou Qi was used to Li Fangzhi being so excited about encounters, but it was strange that Li Fangzhi was not like this with Zhou Zixian either. What did he like about encounters?

In the distance, Zhang Tian moved his feet slightly, stood sideways, and looked towards Zhou Qi and Li Fangzhi with a pair of long and narrow red phoenix eyes with a trace of playfulness.

Zhou Qi sensed it very sensitively, and raised his eyes sharply.

Li Fangzhi was stunned for a moment, and followed Zhou Qi's gaze.

"Brother Zhou Qi, do you know Zhang Tian?" Li Fangzhi asked blankly.

"I don't know." Zhou Qi said very displeased.

Li Fangzhi said: "I heard Brother Liu Chang said that he is very good."

Zhou Qi curled his lips: "There are too many powerful people."

But there is no doubt that Zhang Tian is a sufficiently competitive player. Zhou Qi is very clear about this, and Zhang Tian is very targeted at encounters.

Thinking that they were also the last group to play, Zhou Qi felt uneasy.

The free skating competition was going on, and it was the last group's turn to warm up before the competition. The atmosphere of the audience was at its peak, and all the audience in the stadium were shouting the names of the athletes they supported.

The broadcast introduced the final group of contestants in an orderly manner.

Encounter is still the same as before, before warming up, drink water by the baffle, and after drinking, he slides into the arena.

Zhou Zixian, who was warming up on the court, was not very focused. He was skating a little slowly. While skating slowly, he looked in the direction of the encounter.

No, it's the direction of Yusu Mochizuki.

"Ah..." Suddenly, there was commotion in the auditorium.

"Did I almost hit it just now..."

Only then did Zhou Zixian withdraw his gaze, and quickly looked at the situation on the field.

There was indeed the sound of skates scraping hard on the ice just now. He turned his head and saw two people squatting on the ice.

"I'm going, what's the situation?!" Guan Yiming stopped quickly after hearing the movement, and slid towards Yuyu with his hands on the ice.

The author has something to say: No matter how many times you fall down, you have to stand up = you will never lose (laughs)