Strategy

In the evening, the ISU Points Tournament will be held at Beicheng Station.

Sang Tian was sitting in the press box with Ding Yuning, watching the first group of players warming up on the ice, but after sitting for a while, she seemed unable to sit still, kept moving her arms and scratching her legs, which made Ding Yuning Ningdu asked her, "Are you allergic?"

Sang Tian: "Maybe it's true, I'll go to the bathroom to check."

Ding Yuning: "Then hurry up, don't miss Dai Qing's short program for a while."

Dai Qing has been in poor form since the World Championships, so she participated in fewer points matches this year. When the players played in reverse order of points, she played at the front.

On the contrary, Lin Xue was added by virtue of the wild card qualifying competition when the order of other contestants had been determined, so she was ranked last.

Of course, Sang Tian didn't really go to the bathroom at this moment, but walked to the rest area hesitantly.

In fact, she knew that she couldn't get in, because it was an official competition related to the qualification of the Four Continents Championship, so no reporter interviews were arranged before the game, and there was only a simple mixed interview after the game.

Sang Tian's press card allows her to go to the press box to watch the game, but it is not enough to let her go to the rest area of ​​the athletes.

She didn't know why she came here. The amulet she begged for Lin Xue in her pocket seemed to be hot. She kept thinking: If she didn't give this amulet to Lin Xue, what would happen if Lin Xue really lost in the end?

This amulet blesses Sang Jia with a smooth operation. What if Lin Xue really lacks the luck brought by this amulet?

Maybe it was because she was walking back and forth here like a sneaky quail, the security guard stopped her: "Miss, what can I do for you?"

Sang Tian had no other choice, so he picked up the press card in front of him and tried his luck: "I'm a reporter."

Sure enough, the security guard was stern and selfless: "There is no interview before today's match."

Alas, Sang Tian's head drooped, it seemed that he could only give up today.

It was a lazy voice coming from the wall, which startled Sang Tian and the security guard at the same time: "She can enter."

Then I saw Lin Xue lazily walking out from behind the wall.Sang Tian had been wandering here for so long just now, and he didn't hear any footsteps, and he didn't know how long Lin Xue had been hiding behind this wall.

The security guard hesitated for a moment: "Miss Chu, today it is stipulated that there are no interviews before the match..."

"Oh, she's a reporter." Lin Xue walked over, and hung a passport on Sang Tian's neck in a natural way: "But it's also my family."

The security guard immediately became smiling: "Oh family, that's no problem, please come in, please come in." Immediately, he opened the protective fence for Sang Tian.

Lin Xue led Sang Tian inside, and Sang Tian still felt guilty: "I'm not your family either..."

Lin Xue glanced at her: "I didn't say that you are a family member in the ongoing tense, but don't you want to come in? You don't need to explain in detail."

One sentence made Sang Tian feel stuck in his heart, and he lowered his head sullenly -- yes, she was Lin Xue's fiancée in the past, and she was Lin Xue's family member when she completed it.But now, she has nothing to do with Lin Xue.

But the clever reporter Sang overlooked one point - the non-present continuous tense, in addition to the past perfect tense, isn't there also a future tense?

Lin Xue asked Sang Tian: "Why do you want to enter the rest area?"

Sang Tian: "What were you doing behind the wall at the door just now?"

Lin Xue: "The feng shui is good there, I will stand there and absorb the aura of this venue, and bless me to perform better later."

... Sang Tian really never expected that this kind of excuse was made up by the wolf cub.

Sang Tian: "Then I... I'll come in and get Mizuno Mika's autograph! I'm her fan!"

Regardless of her steadfast support for Chinese athletes, she really likes Mizuno Mika's powerful jumps, but she is far from being a fan.

Lin Xue laughed: "Oh, fans."

"Then Mizuno's height, weight, birthday and place of birth are all told."

桑恬毫不犹豫：“身高158体重49生日2004年4月8日出生地日本兵库县。”

Now it was Lin Xue's turn to be stunned for a moment.

Sang Tian didn't change his face, but he smiled inwardly: Hehe wolf bastard, my sister is a sports reporter!Even though he's superficial in this life, he hasn't lost his basic skills as a top student!

Now ask her the basic information of any active figure skater, she can recite it so smoothly.

Lin Xue's expression was not very good-looking, and she led her forward with a dull head: "Mizuno's lounge is here."

Sang Tian followed Lin Xue, and faintly heard the live broadcast from the arena, reminding the first group of players that the warm-up time is coming soon, which means that the second group where Lin Xue is in is about to go to the pre-match sampling Detect and warm up.

And what are she and Lin Xue doing here?

One rushed forward sullenly, and the other followed silently.

Did she really come to ask for Mika Mizuno's autograph?

Seeing that Mizuno's rest room was almost approaching, and she could see the nameplate "Mizuno" on the door, Sang Tian thought that she couldn't drag it any longer.

Just when she was about to call Lin Xue, Lin Xue who was walking in front of her suddenly turned her head, looked down at the floor, but stretched out her hand in front of her: "Give it to me."

Sang Tian was stunned for a moment: "What?"

"Didn't you go and beg for me?" Lin Xue looked up at her all of a sudden, with a grievance on her face that she tried to suppress but couldn't suppress: "Amulet!"

Sang Tian quickly took out the amulet from his pocket and handed it to Lin Xue.

Lin Xue snorted, carefully put the amulet into the pocket of her coat, and glanced at Sang Tian: "Would you still have Mizuno's signature?"

Sang Tian: "Yes, why not? I really like Mizuno."

Lin Xue angrily pulled the pass from her head: "I won't give it to you! Go out, if you don't have a pass and the security catches you wandering around here, they will also drive you away!"

She took her passport and walked to her lounge on her own, but she kept carefully protecting the pocket of her sportswear with her other hand——

The amulet that Sang Tian gave her just now was put in this pocket by her.

Sang Tian looked at Lin Xue's back, the corners of his mouth raised unconsciously.

It turned out that the person she thought could not wait to move forward had one foot still in place.

******

When Sang Tian returned to the press box, it was just in time for the start of the competition of the first group of players.

Because this is an ISU competition, there are not as many contestants as in the World Championships. There are 12 women's singles players including wild cards, divided into two groups.

Soon, it will be Dai Qing's turn to play.

On the sidelines of the arena, Wen Xinzhu stood aside with his arms folded, but Dai Lili was still talking about something seriously as usual, patting Dai Qing on the shoulder.

This time the press box was far away from the arena, and with Dai Lili's volume, the press box couldn't hear her clearly.

Dan Ding Yuning snorted disdainfully: "I don't need to listen to know what the Empress Dowager is talking about, it must be - you are the best! Only you can defeat Chu Lingxue and Mizuno Mika!"

She asked Sang Tian: "Is she afraid that her daughter's psychological pressure is not strong enough, that she won't be able to dance, or something?"

Sang Tian silently looked at Dai Qing beside the arena.

Of course, her thoughts were the same as Ding Yuning's. Everyone knew how to treat Dai Qing, but Dai Lili was a fan of the authorities, and thus became an inescapable burden on Dai Qing's seemingly incomparably slender shoulders.

Dai Qing's performance began.

This time her short program selection is "Blessed Lovers". Costen, dressed in a crimson purple tulle, makes her look like a purple butterfly dancing on the ice.

In other words, she was a butterfly chaser on the ice, and a purple butterfly once stopped at her fingertips, but now it flapped its wings and flew to a place she couldn't see.

Dai Qing slid and danced on the ice to find the butterfly, but no matter how hard he looked, he couldn't find it.

Sang Tian saw confusion in Dai Qing's performance.

So when the first Axel triple axel in the contemporary Qing Dynasty was achieved, but the number of weeks of possible arrest was not enough, all the fans at the scene were relieved-at least the princess would not collapse as badly as in the World Championships.

Sang Tian has been hanging on his heart.

Sure enough, when the next triple axel was not as difficult as Axel's, Dai Qing fell hard and failed to connect to the jump that was originally arranged to earn points, and the fans on the scene exclaimed.

Ding Yuning was anxious for her: "Stand up, princess! See if there is any way to make up the jump!"

However, this was a short program and not a free skating, and Dai Qing didn't have much chance to make up double jumps. What was worse was that her condition plummeted and she fell down twice.

The fans at the scene were silent.

When this nightmarish short program finally came to an end and Dai Qing bowed her head and skating towards the edge of the ice rink, Dai Lili had already left with a livid face just like in the World Championships, not wanting to equalize with Dai Qing at all.

After Dai Qing's score came out, he ranked second to last among all the players currently on the field.

Ding Yuning felt incredible: "How could Dai Qing's state be so bad?"

Soon, the second group of players warmed up on the ice and were ready to start their competition.In the absence of big Russian players, the most eye-catching one is of course the Japanese player Mizuno Mika.

Mizuno loves to smile, and when she smiles, her eyes are squinted like willow leaves, and she is called the "goddess of smiling" by fans who like her.

However, her playing style is completely opposite to her friendly appearance, full of strength and aggression. Although the difficulty is not as good as that of the Russian women's singles, every jump is clean and neat, which still makes her a big winner among ISU referees. Less impression points.

In this competition, Mizuno Mika was as stable as ever. After completing the most difficult three-week jump on the back-to-out ice point and then on the back-to-inner ring, this short program was no longer difficult for her.

When her score came out, she slipped out of the best of the season, surpassing the current No.2 by as much as four points, which can almost be called a "huge" point difference in the women's singles short program.

The last one to play was Lin Xue, who joined in the wild card qualifying round.

When she was skating on the ice in a black Costen, even Dai Qing's fans started to cheer for her, because after all, this is a matter of national honor.

Ding Yuning held Sang Tian's hand tightly: "Do you think Lin Xue is having fun? I'm so nervous that I can't breathe!"

Sang Tian: "Look at how promising you are, I'm not nervous at all."

Ding Yuning: "You are not nervous, why are you pinching me! Look at the nail marks on my hand!"

How could Sang Tian not be nervous.

She was so nervous, especially after seeing Dai Qing's performance just now, she became even more nervous.

Dai Qing and Lin Xue are two people who also carry an invisible mountain on their backs.Dai Qing's pressure comes from Dai Lili, and Lin Xue's pressure comes from Chao Xi.

With Lin Xue not continuing to investigate Chao Xi's past, winning back a gold medal in the Four Continents Championship for Chao Xi seems to be her only chance to realize Chao Xi's dream.

The points race to qualify for the Four Continents Championship was the first hurdle before Lin Xue.Not to mention that this is Xue Lin's first open match after her comeback, how many eyes are on her all over the world.

Lin Xue didn't have a coach, and before the short program started, she was the only one who put away her tissue box on the sidelines, closing her eyes and silently recalling her actions.

Then she opened her eyes, collected herself, and prepared to slide towards the center of the ice rink.

Ding Yuning pulled Sang Tian: "Hey, what did Lin Xue hide in the tissue box? She kept holding that thing in her hand just now."

Lin Xue's movements were too fast and too subtle, so of course others couldn't see clearly, but when the faint powder flickered between Lin Xue's fingers, Sang Tian knew what it was all at once.

It was the amulet she gave Lin Xue before the game.

Then Lin Xue glanced at the press box on the sidelines and started her performance.

******

Under the rule that quadruple jumps cannot be performed in the short program, Axel's triple axel and Mika Mizuno's three-plus-triple jump just now are the most difficult configurations at present.

Before Lin Xue appeared on the stage, many fans were guessing: "Will Chu Lingxue also have the same difficulty configuration as Mizuno?"

This was a choice before Chen Lingxue.

If the difficulty is full, you will have the opportunity to compete with Mika Mizuno for the championship of this station.

But if she wants to be more conservative and ensure stable performance without going up the difficulty, she can get the points for the runner-up or third place, but miss the championship.

Ding Yuning asked Sang Tian, ​​"How do you think she will choose?"

Sang Tian smiled.

In fact, she knew that this kind of choice never existed in Lin Xue's eyes.As long as Lin Xue stands on the ice, she will always attack and challenge the highest difficulty, otherwise, how could she be a wolf cub.

Pride and blood are things hidden in her bones.

In the first triple axel jump, Lin Xue landed on the ice steadily.

Sang Tian and Ding Yuning pinched each other's hands full of nail marks.

Then, looking at Lin Xue's jumping posture, it was true that she was going to do the most difficult three-plus-triple jump that Mizuno had done just now.

Ding Yuning closed her eyes and dared not look at it.

But Sang Tian kept her promise to Lin Xue——all Lin Xue's most glorious moments, Sang Tian would look at her without blinking.

Finally, Lin Xue's ice blade drew a beautiful arc and landed steadily back on the ice.

Ding Yuning opened her eyes, shook Sang Tian's hand and screamed excitedly: "She's done it! She's done it!"

At this moment, Sang Tian realized that she was so nervous that she bit her lower lip, and there was a strong smell of blood in her mouth.

After successfully skating this set of short programs, Lin Xue sat alone in equal divisions, holding her tissue box tightly in her hands, or something that was important to her in the tissue box.

As soon as the score came out, the audience, whether they were Xue Lin's fans or not, went crazy - Xue Lin's score was not inferior to Mika Mizuno's best of the season!The two split equally!

Ding Yuning hugged Sang Tian and kept bouncing on the spot: "She did it! Lin Xue really did it!"

Sang Tian saw Lin Xue standing up, walking towards the rest area with a heavy expression.

Sang Tian knew where she was going.

She took off Ding Yuling who was sticking to her body like an octopus excitedly: "After taking pictures, go to the exit and wait for me to meet up. I will come when I have something to do."

******

She hurried to the entrance of the athlete's rest area, and Lin Xue was waiting for her there. Seeing her running, she threw the pass she had prepared in her hand to her, and Sang Tian took it around her neck in mid-air.

The two had a tacit understanding and walked in the same direction without saying a word.

They came to the door of Dai Qing's lounge.

Sang Tian knocked on the door: "Dai Qing?"

There was no sound at all.

Sang Tian knocked again: "If you don't speak, we will come in."

Still no sound from inside.

Sang Tian pushed open the door and went in with Lin Xue.The situation inside is exactly the same as she thought—Dai Lili was extremely disappointed in Dai Qing, so she was not here. here.

Only Dai Qing was sitting in front of the vanity mirror, taking off his makeup, with a calm expression on his face.

Lin Xue walked over: "Why did you give up?"

Dai Qing glanced at her from the mirror: "What give up? I made a mistake."

Lin Xue shook her head: "Although we were not in the same club when we were young, we spent too much time training together. Others may not be able to see it, but I can."

"Only when you fell for the first time, your body was out of control. In the next two times, you deliberately controlled the take-off height, which led to the fall."

"Why do you want to give up?"

This is exactly what Sang Tian wanted to ask Dai Qing.Although she is not as professional as Lin Xue and cannot see any problems with Dai Qing's technical movements, she sees the same things as Lin Xue in Dai Qing's eyes.

Dai Qing said indifferently: "It has nothing to do with you."

Sang Tian couldn't help it: "Dai Qing, do you know what you're doing?"

Maybe Dai Qing doesn't need to earn points like Lin Xue and Di Ruoxin, but if he voluntarily gives up and forms a habit, it will undoubtedly have an irreversible impact on the athlete's career.

Dai Qing stood up and pushed both Sang Tian and Lin Xue out: "I know exactly what I'm doing, you really don't care about it."

Lin Xue asked Sang Tian, ​​"What should I do?"

Sang Tian felt that although Wen Hsinchu seemed ruthless at times, she was very accurate in her judgment of each athlete. She once said that Dai Qing was like a real swan, beautiful and fragile, not a wolf cub like Lin Xue, so Not suitable for heavy pressure.

Sang Tian said: "In this situation, we can no longer force her, we can only take one step at a time."

******

On the second day of the free skating, Dai Qing came out in a relatively high order because of his abnormal performance in the short program.

Although the fans at the scene still held Dai Qing's support signs, to be honest, they were very silent when Dai Qing came out.

Everyone was not optimistic about Dai Qing's status. Sure enough, although Dai Qing's free skating was not as bad as the short program crash, he fell again and was caught twice for insufficient jumps.

No one expected that the once proud "Ice Princess" would fall to the bottom of the ISU sub-station.

Lin Xue tied for the first place with Mika Mizuno because of the short program score, and the order was determined by drawing lots before the finale.

Mika Mizuno, who was the second to last to appear on the stage, has successfully completed her performance, with a clean jump, which gave her the highest score in the free skating season.

Moreover, Lin Xue's free skating difficulty configuration is exactly the same as Mizuno Mika's.

Ding Yuning turned to Sang Tian nervously: "I want to ask you a question."

Sang Tian: "Well, you ask."

She felt that Ding Yuning would definitely ask a soul question like "We are all worried about whether Lin Xuefei will be tall or not, are you the only one who is worried about whether Lin Xuefei will be tired or not".

Unexpectedly, Ding Yuning asked, "Did you take part in the online matchmaking bet on whether Lin Xue would win?"

Sang Tian: "... I participated."

Ding Yuning: "...I also participated. What did you bet on?"

Sang Tian: "Five packs of turkey noodles."

Ding Yuling glanced at her in surprise: "You won't bet on five mooncakes, right?"

Sang Tian blinked twice and realized: "I'm going to be you! How can you bet on Lin Xue to lose! And how can your ID be called Angelia·Xueliu·J·Hathaway·Youmeng What about Ziling Rose Rose Tears?"

Ding Yuning was dumbfounded: "You can memorize this?!" You really deserve to be an R university bully!

But what algorithm is used to match this broken system?How did you pair them together?Is it the closest pairing based on the physical distance of the actual location?

She hurriedly appeased Sang Tian: "It's not that I don't want Lin Xue to win. I don't think that from the professional point of view of a sports reporter, Lin Xue's recovery time for system training is too short. From the objective law, she shouldn't be able to win against Mika Mizuno? Actually I really hope Lin Xue wins!"

Sure enough, as soon as Lin Xue came out, Ding Yuning yelled, "Come on" louder than anyone else.

Sang Tian forgave her for now.

Lin Xue's free skating and short program are equally smooth, and her Axel triple axel is higher and more floating than Mika Mizuno's, and she is more stable on the ice than Mika Mizuno.

But then there was a three-plus-three-plus-two jump. Mizuno made it before, but Lin Xue turned over when she fell into the ice.

It depends on how the referee scores.

Sang Tian and Ding Yuning were so nervous that they began to pinch each other fiercely with their nails.

After the scores were typed out, the audience let out a low cry of disappointment——

Xue Lin was only 0.2 points lower than Mika Mizuno!This is an extremely rare and almost negligible difference in the women's singles free skating.

But even though Lin Xue, who had completed all the difficulties, was defeated, Ding Yuning said to Sang Tian with a face of respect: "Sister Sang, I am willing to accept the five milk skin mooncakes that I have treasured for a long time and intend to pass them on to my family." lose to you!"

Sang Tian: "... I thank you, but can you tell me how long you have kept it? It won't expire, right?"

Ding Yuning: "Hey, why do you still dislike me?"

Sang Tian smiled: "I'm not disgusted, I just want to wait until the day when Lin Xue really wins against Mizuno Mika, and then justifiably harvest your milk skin mooncakes."

Ding Yuning nodded: "I believe, there will be such a day."

And Lin Xue's next opportunity is the upcoming ISU points match in Nagoya - the second and final points match between Lin Xue and Dai Qing.

The author has something to say:

感谢在2022-03-0117:15:14~2022-03-0217:19:18期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the landmine: 34002581, the piece in the middle of the watermelon is for you to eat, and 1 Zhaohai;

感谢灌溉营养液的小天使：阿宝吉祥30瓶；aoi16瓶；老傅亲的关茂发10瓶；岩梣5瓶；小der、凉拌黄瓜不要黄瓜2瓶；

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