Blade of Glory [Figure Skating]

As a rule, athletes who officially enter the figure skating world will start their new season at the pre-season invitational tournament held by the International Skating Federation in October every year, and end their season at the end of the World Championships in March. Go on a vacation that can be as long or as short as you like.

If some figure skaters are unknown and cannot go to the pre-season invitational tournaments held by the International Skating Union in various countries, nor can they go to the world stage and compete with the world's top players at the World Championships, then their season will be much shorter.It's like Qing Yue who won No.4 in the National Youth Championship this year.

But he didn't take a hit because of it.Or to put it another way... From his point of view, it is amazing enough to get such a high ranking in a national competition after only two years of learning ice, even if it is only in the youth group.Therefore, despite going through the entire season that was almost going to hell, Qing Yue didn't let himself spend many days of leisure.You must know that for this season, although he didn't have much hope at the beginning, he was willing to go all out.For this reason, he often asked for leave from school.

But for some unknown reason, he stubbornly didn't want the school to know that he was missing lessons because he was going to participate in the National Figure Skating Junior Championships.Fortunately, his family also respected his wish, and finally got a hospital admission certificate after entrusting many people.So he had to rush back to school immediately at the end of the season to make up for the courses.Otherwise, maybe he will be suspended for a year.

Although this will make him very busy, and even have to drastically reduce the daily sleep time, but he just thinks it is worth it.

It was also for this reason that he was so busy until April that he had time to sit on the ice rink and think about what he should do next with Naxiu.Naxiu looked helplessly and funnyly at his student who was easy to coax most of the time, but unexpectedly persistent in some places... student.Maybe he can call Qing Yue like that, but he also feels... It seems that the fate between the two of them doesn't stop there.

More than once, he saw something similar to his young self in Qing Yue.For example, his god-given talent in jumping and his keen intuition for falling ice.The kind of sensibility that goes deep into the music on ice.But the difference is... when he was young, Naxiu seemed to be more vulnerable than Qingyue now.He is too sensitive and too vulnerable.

Although the precipitation of the years makes it difficult to find those in Na Xiu's body today, it cannot deny the existence of those in the past.

Perhaps it is precisely because of these amazingly similar talents that Naxiu chose to return to the ice rink he once loved with the help of Qingyue in another way.Qingyue may be the first child he brings up as a coach, and it will also be the last and only one.Naxiu said this to himself more than once.

"Hello, Sauron? I'm Shelia. I... have something to tell you."

"Shelia?"

In the middle of a certain night, Xue Liya, who was invited by Naxiu to choreograph for Qingyue in the season that just ended, finally dialed a certain number after hesitating for a long time, and connected the phone to Jiaguo, so that the Awakened by the phone ringing in the middle of the night, the man who hurriedly put on a nightgown and got up to answer the phone was puzzled.

Because of their acquaintance for many years, Xue Liya, who had been his exclusive choreographer and was very careful, should know his rigorous schedule very well, and would never call him at this time.Then... why?

"I'm sorry, Jiaguo is... it should be one o'clock in the morning, right?"

"You have something very important to tell me."

"Correct."

The soft and gentle voice on the other end of the phone hesitated for a long time, took a deep breath, and said loudly.

"I... met Naxiu a few months ago."

That sentence... For Sauron, it was undoubtedly a violent explosion that seemed to shake everything.The dizziness made his body shake for a while, and then he grabbed the table suddenly, overturning the decorations on the table with too much force, and it took a moment before he managed to stabilize himself.

"What are you talking about!? Then Xiu! Where is Xiu!"

"He..." When she said this, Xue Liya hesitated.She knew what kind of blow Naxiu's disappearance without warning had on Sauron.With her understanding of Sauron, she could almost imagine Sauron's berserk appearance on the other end of the phone.But... when she mentioned Sauron in front of Naxiu, Naxiu's silence made her hesitate.

"where is he……"

"He... doesn't seem to want to see you."

"that's not important!"

"What happened back then. You...what happened..."

"I'm asking you where he is now!"

"He is...in the territory of Xishu...in a small town at the foot of a snow mountain..."

When Sauron on the other end of the phone yelled at her, tears could not stop flowing from the eyes of this world-class choreographer.She still remembers... many years ago, when they were both young, when they had just blossomed in the world of figure skating, they made an agreement with themselves that they would become world-class figure skaters, and Xue Liya herself ...and become a world-class choreographer, choreographing enough dance moves just for them.

The youthful smile froze the faded memory.That is the past that can never be returned, the past that makes people... cry in the middle of the night and miss it.

What happened 19 years ago?Why did that boy who was so talented even shocked the world choose to quit ice at the age of 17?And that... the person who used to be taciturn but gentle enough to make his heart beat faster, why did he become like this...

Xue Liya chose to bury all those doubts.Now, after hesitating for a long time, she chose to tell Sauron about Naxiu's whereabouts.Maybe... just because of the slightest hope in my heart.

The man with black hair and a strong aura all over his body said "thank you" solemnly after hearing Xue Liya's specific addresses, then hung up the phone and dialed out A string of numbers.

"Hello? I'm Sauron. I'm leaving for Xishu tomorrow. Before I come back, all the activities will be canceled for me. Yes, I'm serious. I have important things to go to Xishu, return date Not sure. I don’t want to repeat it a second time, all activities, no matter what they are, all push me away! As for what you should say... Isn’t this your job?”

On this autumn night when the wind was getting cooler, the man in only a nightgown leaned against the floor-to-ceiling window of the bedroom, lit a cigarette for himself, and looked at the city against the glass, his thoughts...but returned to many years ago.This night, doomed to sleepless.

I haven't seen you in 19 years, are you... how are you?

Does your blonde hair still shine?

What kind of traces of time will be added to the once green face?

I haven't seen you in 19 years, will you...will you still remember me?

Whether... when you hear me call your name, you will turn your head and smile at me...

The man slowly closed his eyes, just like every time before.It seemed that as soon as he closed his eyes, he could see the boy he cherished the most walking in front of his eyes, and it seemed as if... the familiar smile would appear in front of his eyes in the next moment.

"That Xiu..."

"That Xiu..."

"Are you coming back..."

Time passed quietly with Qingyue's rapid progress, until a certain weekend in early September, Qingyue, who had thoroughly implemented "the ice rink is my home", rushed to Naxiu's ice rink again, only to find a person who had never been there before. The strange man I had seen was standing with his back against the outer wall next to the main entrance of the ice rink.

A man's age is hard to guess.Let's say he is 30 years old, but he has the maturity that a 40-year-old man can only have.Say he is 40 years old, but his face gives people the feeling that he should be younger.His facial features are very tasteful, it is a type... very attractive to a mature man.His figure is tall and tall, and he is more than 1.8 meters five by visual inspection. It can be seen that his skeleton is very beautiful, and he is a completely different type from Naxiu.It seems to be a bit similar to Le Sheng's, but Ke Lesheng is a little thinner compared to him.But his figure does not give people any feeling related to "big".It has a bit of a sharp taste, and also unintentionally exudes a sense of oppression that seems to be absent but cannot be ignored.

"Hello...do you want to go inside?"

Seeing that the man seemed to have been waiting here for a long time, Qing Yue stepped forward and asked.

"Yeah, kid, do you know this place?"

"Well, this is a great skating rink, but it's privately owned and not open to the public. If you want to skate, there's a good one [-] kilometers away from here, but it's not as big as here."

Seeing the other party asking about this, Qing Yue praised it without hesitation.But after all, this is a hidden place that Naxiu is only for personal use, so even though the other party seems to have been waiting for a long time, he can only persuade the other party to find another place.

"I'm not looking for an ice rink. I just think... I should know the owner of this ice rink."

"you recognize……?"

"Yeah, the owner of this ice rink...is his name Naxiu? He should have light blond hair and look half a head shorter than me." Speaking of this, the man was stunned for a moment, and then said: "He When I was young...the facial features were very delicate and beautiful, but I don't know what it has become now..."

Hearing the man's strange way of speaking, Qing Yue couldn't help laughing out loud: "Your words are really interesting, Teacher Na Xiu is also very young now. He is very popular with single women in the town, and he kills all young and old. "

Hearing what Qing Yue said, the man seemed to be stunned, and then he showed a smile related to nostalgia, "Really..."

"Since you know Teacher Naxiu and are old friends with him, why don't you come in and have a cup of coffee? There is freshly ground coffee here, which tastes very good."

With that said, Qing Yue took out the key to the ice rink from the schoolbag under the surprised gaze of the man, opened the door and went in.

"You... calling that Xiuzuo teacher...?"

The man followed Qing Yue into the ice rink and asked this question that bothered him.

"Ah... that's right. Although my strength is still pretty bad, Teacher Naxiu is indeed my coach."

Naxiu scratched his head in embarrassment, and when he turned around, he saw the man's astonished face, "He actually... accepted students?"

The man said this in a very low voice, but it did not escape Qing Yue's ears, making him look at the man suspiciously, but the other party didn't seem to see it.After being silent for a long time, he finally looked at Qing Yue with scrutiny, and said, "Are you the one who practiced teaching? Then, can you...can you show me?"

When Qing Yue was fiddling with the machine for grinding coffee beans in the control room, the man said something out of the blue, which surprised Qing Yue.But without hesitating for long, he readily nodded in agreement.

"I haven't prepared a new show yet, only the ones I skated last year. Some places...maybe I can't remember clearly, but...I can try it."

After all, Qing Yue took down a disc from the CD rack that seemed to be favored by the house owner.When watching the disc, Qingyue's eyes revealed a kind of joy that others would be deeply infected by watching.

Then?Then the man didn't quite remember every detail of Qingyue's show, he just felt that...he seemed to have returned to more than 20 years ago in the interlacing of time and space.He was standing under the ice rink just like at this moment, waiting for the boy who he watched grow up step by step, with an outstanding face and amazing talent.

The boy with light blond hair is born with a melancholy and retro temperament, as if seeing the beautiful boy in the legendary fairy tale appearing on the ice.From the day he was accepted as a student by their common coach, his light overshadowed everyone including men, making the silent efforts behind the pain of many people a ridiculous existence.

Why...why let such a genius appear in front of them so cruelly?The man does not deny that he was deeply jealous of that boy.But while the young man has talents that are different from ordinary people, he is also more stubborn than anyone else.He is obsessed with the talent he possesses, the pinnacle he is chasing, but dismisses the skills that can be achieved through practice.So the man practiced those things day and night, so that each of his skills could be proficient and refined, so that his use of the blade was exactly the same as the coach demonstrated.

In the end, the boy's talent and the man's hard work pushed the two of them to the pinnacle of Jia Country...to the pinnacle of the world's ice circle...

The man in front of him, whose name is unknown, jumped just like Naxiu back then. His posture in the air was breathtakingly beautiful. When he fell on the ice, his innate intuition made him know how to use the contagious power of his jumping along with the music. to the extreme.His dance moves seem to be integrated into the story narrated by the music, allowing people to see the picture... But his expression is green and serious, which makes men feel extremely strange and serious...

When the music stopped and the boy's whole program was finished, the man fell into shock and couldn't recover for a long time.

Although the skating skills and expressiveness of the young boy in front of him are far from the one he knew... the person he once cared for and guarded, but he can easily arouse the most palpitating part of his heart... the original love... remember.He seemed to have returned to the day when he first saw that person skating in front of his eyes, as if... the boy's next move was to turn his head and smile shyly at him.

[My name is Naxiu, how about you, big brother? 】

The author has something to say:

Yesterday, many friends told me that it felt like the dance was too fast.Later, I went back to take a closer look, and felt... Uncle Sauron's appearance was indeed a bit abrupt.I seem to take it for granted.So, I reworked it again ~ I added 13 words, and I slightly deleted the wordy words in other places.I hope I can read this article better. I actually planned to write from Qingyue when he was 26 until he was 100.For so many years, there will be national championships every year, preseason invitational tournaments, world championships, and even the Olympic Games every four years.If I write more details for each game, this article is estimated to be too much to finish in [-] million words... and it will become quite procrastinated.I believe that everyone will not like this article...

So, I will choose some more important games and write selectively.And, no matter what, aren't we writing about a world-class player? We can't just write about how he struggles in China.And ~ when it comes to world-class competitions, those interesting characters can only come out ~ such as the two people who have not yet appeared in the supporting role column.Alek is from Jiaguo, and Freire is from Planden~ Don't worry, there will be competitions~ For this reason, I have prepared more than 20G high-definition video of figure skating... Although I don't guarantee that it will be written well, But I will definitely try my best to make the competitive part one of the highlights of this article.So, please wait a little longer, the competition part will appear soon~ And there is... Langye is actually recording songs at ordinary times.Today, I suddenly want to play a song composed and arranged by a friend, and I am responsible for singing.Because I really like it, I hope everyone can hear it too.It’s that small audio player, everyone can listen to it by pressing the play button~