Blade of Glory [Figure Skating]

In a city covered with snow in winter, March is still unusually cold.Many days have passed since the World Youth Championship men's figure skating event that surprised many people, and even the men's figure skating event at the World Championships ended yesterday.This means... Lesheng is about to carry the entire Xishu hope to participate in the snowboarding event.

The melody of the beautiful ballad sounded on the strange street, so that the foreigners in this country can clearly feel the cultural conflict for them from the melody of the song.I was thus overwhelmed by a sense of loneliness associated with winter.

"Le Sheng, it's very cold today, and your hands and feet are so cold that you can't move. Why don't we eat barbecue?"

A member of the Xishu ski team rubbed his hands while asking for the opinion of the sole snowboarder.Le Sheng nodded and didn't say anything more.When we walked to the business district, the shops on both sides of the street seemed to have tuned their TVs to the sports station, making the reports on yesterday's men's figure skating event repeated.

"I'm sure many of you are aware of the quadruple-jump curse that has long been famous in men's figure skating. So, what's going on here?"

The hostess of the sports station threw the question to the special guest of this World Championships special program, a senior researcher who was a figure skater.

"It's like this. At the Olympic Games in a certain year, all the quadruple jumpers fell. The worst thing was that they couldn't get up, and the lightest one didn't fall to the ground because of the adjustment after falling on the ice. Since After that Olympic Games, the so-called 'Quadruple Jump Curse' came into being. Every year, no matter how good a player is who prepares to do the quadruple jump in the official competition, no matter how perfect he perfects the quadruple jump in private practice, he will still be able to perform the quadruple jump in the competition. There will still be mistakes like this during the game.”

"Speaking of it this way, it's really a bit mysterious. So... what do you think?"

"As far as I am concerned, this is just a domino effect. Originally, a complete quadruple jump is a difficult problem in men's figure skating. It affects the athlete's talent, acquired efforts, and even psychological quality. The requirements are quite high. But in the past, we all believed that the success or failure of the quadruple jump was only related to the technique and ability of an athlete, but the importance of the athlete's psychological quality to complete that group of movements was completely cleared in that Olympic Games. It's exposed.

So when the first player to appear, who is the number one favorite to win the championship, falls during the quadruple jump, the subsequent players will naturally be affected psychologically. "

"So... what do you think of the men's figure skating competition at the World Championships that ended yesterday?"

"Maybe I'm digressing, but I really want to say that the guy who did the full quadruple at the World Junior Championships did a great job. To be honest, when I saw his free skate on video, I was very excited." Surprised. According to the situation at the time, even if the player did not jump the quadruple jump, the championship medal was already in his pocket. But he jumped out of a beautiful quadruple jump at the risk of losing the medal that can be said to have been in his hand, Breaking the 'Quadruple Curse'. I dare say, if it weren't for him, maybe this year's World Championships will be a world championship where no one dares to do quadruple jumps."

"So, although Alek, who won the gold medal in the men's figure skating event at the World Championships this time, still did not perform quadruple jumps in the competition, the attempts of the runner-up Ralph and the third runner-up Freire have already That's a big improvement, isn't it?"

"Of course, even the children who participated in the World Youth Championships can show such a great quadruple jump. Do the world's top players participating in the World Championships still have to rely on wonderful programming and top-level advanced footwork to win medals? Don't you even have the courage to do a quadruple like that kid..."

The boots made a little noise when they stepped on the thick snow.Le Sheng listened to the report on the figure skating event, seemingly inadvertently lost in thought.The youthful figure when he was skiing with him became blurred, but the dazzling image of him standing in the middle of the ice rink as if he was in another world gradually replaced the persistence in his heart.

He still remembers the other party's back without the sadness of parting when they met for the last time.At that time, Qingyue... was indifferent like a stranger, and said "I wish you success" to herself without any emotion on her immature face...

However, the voice of the ski team members who had already found a suitable barbecue shop shouting Le Sheng's name in front finally interrupted his thoughts.After making him nod to the team members, he also walked into the barbecue restaurant that looked pretty good.

The temperature of the charcoal fire makes everyone who walks into this store feel so comfortable that they can't help but breathe out.A familiar voice that seemed familiar made Le Sheng stop in his tracks for an instant.

"Mr. Xiu, after we go back this time, can we try the 4-3-2 combo you mentioned before? Oh, yes, Qu Shen said that many people want to contact you through him. Do you want to reply to them...?"

The boy who said those words saw the members of the Xishu ski team who pushed open the door of the barbecue restaurant and walked in.But that wasn't the reason why he froze and looked in that direction.What made him like this... was Le Sheng who walked at the end of the group and was as dazed as he was.

Neither of them ever imagined that they would never see each other again.They even imagined what it would be like when they met again.

Will it be when representing Xishu in the World Championships or the Olympics?Are they on their respective flights to a certain competition?Or... at the foot of the snow mountain where the two met each other?

A month ago, Le Sheng said to the camera: I will wait for you at the World Championships.

They thought that was where they would meet again.However...Qing Yue was sent to the World Youth Championship by the Xishu Ice Association by accident.Not only are the flight times to the destination different, but even the venues and hotels where the athletes are staying are far from each other.In the tense preparations for the battle, they simply can't take so much time to reminisce about the old days.

However, they met unexpectedly in a small barbecue restaurant.Unprepared, caught off guard...

Le Sheng even froze when he stepped into this barbecue restaurant. He just looked at Qing Yue in a daze, and now he couldn't remember a single word he had planned to say when they met. I don't know how to react well.However, Qing Yue over there had already called the waiter to pay the bill, and was about to leave after packing up his things.Le Sheng reacted immediately and grabbed Qing Yue's arm when he passed by him.

"A Yue..."

The call, which seemed to be whispering softly, made Qing Yue pause in his steps, but it also made him stare at Le Sheng not to be outdone.Seeing Qingyue's abnormal behavior, Naxiu on the side took another look at Le Sheng, and then realized who the boy in front of him was.So he said to Qing Yue with a gentle smile: "Since the game is over, go play with your friends for a while."

After finishing speaking, Naxiu looked at Le Sheng again, "If I remember correctly, your name is Le Sheng, right? Remember to send Qing Yue back later, I'm worried that he might get lost here."

Hearing such instructions from Qingyue's coach to him, Le Sheng, who is now very calm, nodded solemnly to Na Xiu, but it also made Qingyue very dissatisfied.He was about to say something, but Na Xiu had already walked away one step ahead.Therefore, in the following time, Qing Yue, who didn't want to show suspicious emotions in front of the members of the Xishu ski team, had to leave the warm and comfortable barbecue restaurant under Le Sheng's pull.But once he was sure that the members of the skiing team could not see them, Qing Yue immediately tried his best to break away from Le Sheng's hand holding his arm.

"Apologize! You have to apologize first!"

"I haven't seen you for a few years, can you bring some sadness in the first sentence you said?"

On the street with the white snow as the background, the boy with soft hair and delicate face stared angrily like a furred cat, making Le Sheng, who was still immersed in sadness a moment ago Immediately overwhelmed by a familiar sense of powerlessness.After saying such a sentimental sentence, the other party still insisted that Qingshan would not let go, gnashing his teeth at him, and furious.So Le Sheng was completely helpless.

"Okay, then tell me, let me apologize for something."

"The words I said for you!"

"What words."

"You say I like to do crappy ballet on ice like a sissy! You say you don't have me as a friend from today! And you say you won't apologize for what you said, that I learned to skate too late It's impossible to get results! You still say..."

"How can you remember those angry words so clearly!"

"You can say it, but I can't remember it!?"

I thought that when the two met again, they would be literary and romantic like this, but I never thought that when the two met again, they would be like that again. Compared with three or four years ago, there was no progress. Even... There is a tendency to develop in a more naive and vexatious direction.This made Le Sheng feel very headache. Just when he was thinking about how to say it, he saw the crystal liquid gushing from the boy's eyes, and immediately became flustered.

"No, don't cry! Hey... Hey! Don't do this!"

Facts have proved that even Le Sheng, who is like a leader and leads the Xishu snowboard team to the top of the world in the future, will still be completely at a loss what to do when faced with the uncontrollable tears of his childhood friend.However... some too complicated barriers seemed to be dissipated in this rush.

Even if you have been angry, it doesn't matter if you can't sleep for too many nights because of those words.It seems that when the two returned to the previous mode of getting along, all the knots in their hearts were untied.And those demonic obstacles that are getting tighter and tighter like pythons will gradually disappear with the flow of tears.

We can continue to be friends like before...?

After venting out all the emotions that were accumulated in his heart, so heavy that it was almost impossible to breathe, Qing Yue's emotions seemed to ease down.But I still said something about Le Sheng when I thought of it along the way, so that Le Sheng could hardly cry, and had to answer silently. Qing Yue stared mercilessly.

Therefore, Le Sheng felt extremely stressed along the way...

"Although I started learning figure skating very late, I still won the third place in the country when I was 16 years old!"

"Not only will I win the national championship, but I will also win the world championship next year! I will also win a medal in the Olympics!"

"My ballet skills are very good, so I won't be lame! And I can't even look like a sissy on the ice! I did a quadruple jump at the World Youth Championship this year! Who can have me!"

After Qingyue yelled that sentence in the street, Le Sheng, who had superb skiing skills, balance and physical coordination far surpassed ordinary people, finally fell headlong into the snowdrift on the side of the road...