Blade of Glory [Figure Skating]

The conversation between Qingyue and Qu Shen finally ended with Qingyue's belated nod and answer.Receiving Qingyue's guarantee, Qu Shen finally breathed a sigh of relief and left after leaving instructions for him to adjust his condition and play well.

Because of the series of troubles caused by this incident, Qu Shen left in a hurry.He needs more time to deal with the follow-up matters caused by this storm.However, Qingyue could never return to the pre-match best form he was trying to recover.

Compromise against his will put a heavy burden on his heart.His lover was Alek, and he never wanted to hide this matter from anyone, and he didn't feel that it required him to feel inferior, and it made others blame him.

But his agent told him... Once this incident gets out, his sports career will be severely hit.Especially... in figure skating, an event where impression points take up a large proportion, if his true sexual orientation is made public, it will be almost impossible for those conservative referees to score him without prejudice that's it.

What's more... figure skating has been criticized and controversial because many male players are too aesthetically pleasing...

Because of Qingyue and Alek's status in today's world ice circles, once the fact that they are a gay couple is revealed, it can be imagined that it will deal a blow to the entire men's figure skating event.Therefore, the Ice Association, whose senior officials are almost all elderly, will never allow such a thing to happen.

After Qu Shen's reminder, Qing Yue returned to the Olympic Village alone, his head was in a mess.He lowered his head uncontrollably when he met the curious gazes of the people around him, frowning, and walked quickly all the way to the building where his dormitory was located.

As a result, Qing Yue inevitably bumped into other athletes in the Olympic Village on the way back to his dormitory.It was a skier that Qingyue didn't know, but the other party seemed to know him.Ben was accepting his apology and said to him: "Dude, don't be nervous, it's nothing." However, when this foreign athlete with a hearty smile saw Qing Yue's face, he suddenly called out Qing Yue. Yue's name.

"Qingyue, you are Qingyue, right?"

"Yes, yes. I'm sorry, I have something to do and I need to leave first."

Hearing the other party calling his name like this, thinking that the other party was someone who was curious about him after seeing the continuous report, Qing Yue immediately lowered his head again and wanted to leave quickly.I never thought about it, but I was grabbed by this strong guy.

"Le Sheng! Le Sheng, I see the guy you are looking for."

As he said that, the skier dragged Qingyue, who hadn't recovered from his daze, and ran all the way to where he came from.He had only been running for a short time, and thanks to his loud voice, Le Sheng, who was told to find Qing Yue after he had returned to the Olympic Village, ran over quickly.After thanking the guy who dragged Qing Yue all the way here, Le Sheng bought two cups of hot cocoa, and took advantage of the rare sun today to sit with Qing Yue on an inconspicuous bench.

Wearing a long scarf, wearing a hat, and holding a cup of hot cocoa curled up on a bench outside.It seems that Qing Yue has not experienced such an experience for a long time.While drinking hot cocoa, Qing couldn't help but look at his childhood playmate, Le Sheng, who has now become the leader of the Xishu ski team.

They had quarreled, fought, and even ignored each other for three years, almost breaking off friendship.But in the small town at the foot of the snow mountain, among the childhood playmates who used to play skiing together after school every day, now they are the only two who are closest because of similar dreams.As for the others, they have already gone their separate ways.

Until now, when the two people who have achieved great achievements in their respective fields look back at their past, it always makes people feel embarrassed, and even mocks each other's past.

In the past few years when Qingyue and Chu Xuan have created a new pattern of Xishu, Planden, and Jiaguo, the three major figure skating powerhouses in the world ice circle, Lesheng has even made even greater achievements in the ice circle. A gratifying achievement.

Due to the birth of Lesheng, a new star in the skiing industry, Xishu's snowboarding project has risen in the world's snow world.

It can be said that Xishu’s snow son, Le Sheng, is leading Xishu’s snowboard team to the top of the world.He is completely different from Qing Yue and Chu Xuan...the leader of the snowboard team.

In recent years, Le Sheng, whose training base is very close to Qingyue's ice rink, has given Qingyue a lot of help, and he is also one of... the very few people who know the relationship between him and Alek.Compared with Chu Xuan, who is only one year older than Qing and always makes troubles with him, Le Sheng is more like the king of the children back then who continues to guard him and goes skiing with him every day with skis The kids are average.

Such a relationship...it will remind Qingyue of the first time he slid down the steepest slope because of anger, then lost control, and was finally rescued at a critical moment by Le Sheng, who still looked down on him very much at the time.

It seems that no matter whether his relationship with Le Sheng is good or bad, Le Sheng always plays the role of guardian in front of him.

When Qing Yue was confused, Le Sheng, who is now very stable, would often give him useful advice.

When Qing Yue was feeling down, Le Sheng would not say much, but would take him on a sled and run around the small town under the snow-capped mountains.

But now, when Qing Yue was annoyed by the report before the game, Le Sheng sat beside him again and handed him a cup of hot cocoa.

After talking nonsense together for a while, Le Sheng finally expressed his worries in his steady voice: "What do you think about that report?"

Le Sheng's words made Qing Yue, who had expected it for a long time, laugh after taking a sip of hot cocoa: "I thought... this would be a good opportunity to clarify the relationship between me and Alek to the public."

"But this...maybe not a good time, is it?"

"Yes, I think maybe I know that well. More than anyone thinks."

Hearing what Qing Yue said, Le Sheng seemed to have known that he would laugh like this, and kept patting Qing Yue's head with his wide palm, making Qing who had been patted on the head several times inexplicably The more he grinned and protested to Le Sheng, he put the finished paper cup aside, trying to mess up Le Sheng's hair even more.After that, he felt a lot easier.

After that, Qing Yue finally told Le Sheng what Qu Shen had just said to him without much hesitation.

"Qu Shen said that it is not ruled out that this report is a product of the manipulation of a certain national ice association. They hope that Alek and I will be defeated by public opinion before the Olympic Games."

"Well, it sounds like this is very likely."

Hearing what Qing Yue said, Le Sheng, who had already guessed this in his heart, drank the last sip of hot cocoa in the paper cup, picked up the empty cup that Qing Yue had just put on the chair, and threw them together not far away Then he turned his head and said to Qingyue: "If it wasn't like this, why didn't you report it sooner or later, but why did you choose to start reporting a few days before the Olympic Games? If it really happened before you started the competition When you start reporting, maybe you don’t have so much energy to take care of so much.”

Le Sheng's words made Qing Yue fall into deep thought.After a long time, he finally made up his mind and asked, "Le Sheng, what do you think ... is defeated by public opinion? Does it come from the defeat in my heart, or does it come from the fact that this matter has been confirmed?" , the unfair treatment given to me by the referee?"

What exactly does it mean to be defeated by public opinion?After that report appeared, no one seemed to have cared about this issue at all, let alone raised it.However, Qing Yue, who was at the center of the incident, asked his childhood playmate this question two days before the short program competition, which made Le Sheng very interesting.So Le Sheng with a calm personality asked after thinking for a while: "Then, do you think there is any difference between the two?"

"Of course there is. What everyone is worried about now is the latter. They worry that once the fact that Alek and I are lovers is confirmed by the media and the public as a fact, it will greatly affect my public image. Even... it will affect my program content to a great extent. When all the media and public opinion overwhelmingly say that I am a pervert who likes men, the public will also change their views on me. At that time, I was completely defeated by public opinion."

When talking about all this, Qing Yue seemed to have nothing to do with him.He even laughed unconsciously when he said the last sentence.I don't know whether I am laughing at the public opinion orientation or those boring media and rigid figure skating system.

"So you seem to have a different opinion."

"Yes. In fact, what I am more afraid of is not the latter, but the former. What I am afraid of is that I will be defeated first. After this report appears, many people and many media will care about me and Ariel Is Ke a gay couple? Most people say yes, but they can't find conclusive evidence. A few people say no, but they can't find a reason to refute. Under such circumstances, they will continue to pay attention to They put all their strength on me and wanted me to give them an answer.

But according to Qu Shen and the Ice Association, no matter whether this matter is true or not, I will oppose it.In other words, I would need to tell countless lies to cover up a truth.But no matter how much I lie, the truth will always exist.It will be known someday.

When that day comes, all the lies I tell to cover up the truth will be pointed at me by those who want to see me fall on the ice.Until that day comes, every day I live will be immersed in this torment and anxiety, even fear.If so, I believe that one day, I will be completely defeated by myself. "