17 years on ice [figure skating]

◇

◎7.22-23 update◎

Gao Zhuoxiao was pressed against the wall, his face was very pale probably because he was frightened.

He looked at Lu Xi and opened his mouth as if he wanted to speak, but he didn't say anything.

"Didn't you say you like his "Flying Apsaras"?" Lu Xi stared into Gao Zhuoxiao's eyes, the rain streaming down his face, "Didn't you say that he is your idol? Are they all fake? To make us trust Is this yours?"

Gao Zhuoxiao's lips finally moved, and he murmured, "It's not fake. I... adore Brother Deng and you a lot. It's true."

"Then why are you doing this now?" Lucy said.

"I do not know……"

"Don't say you don't know, it's disgusting to say so." Lu Xi interrupted him fiercely, "Forget it, you want to say that I can't stop you, but do you know what will happen if you go on like this? "

Gao Zhuoxiao lowered his eyes, avoiding Lu Xi's sight.

"Deng Chang will be expelled. He is just 19 years old and his career has just started. Is this why you admire him?" Lu Xi asked, "Don't you like his performance? Didn't you say you want to see him on the podium? That's it ?"

After Lu Xi finished speaking, both of them were quiet.Only the sound of torrential rain was heard between the sky and the earth, and after an unknown period of time, Gao Zhuoxiao raised his eyes to look at Lu Xi, his eyes were red, and his brows were trembling because of restraining tears.

"I'm sorry." Gao Zhuoxiao burst into tears the moment he spoke, "I really adore Brother Deng, it's true...I'm sorry for Brother Deng."

"Coach Bao said he would give me a place for foreign training, and said that if I don't listen to him, I will never have a business...I'm sorry." Gao Zhuoxiao cried so hard that he couldn't speak clearly, "I'm very guilty, really little Xixi , I know what I did was wrong, and I don't want to harm Brother Deng, so I feel very guilty."

Lu Xi watched him cry quietly, without giving any response. He really couldn't give Gao Zhuoxiao any response, it would be fine if he didn't punch him.

After waiting for a while, Gao Zhuoxiao almost stopped crying, before Lu Xi said, "Are you really guilty?"

"Really." Gao Zhuoxiao sniffed hard.

"Then you have to help us." Lucy said.

Gao Zhuoxiao's still hazy tearful eyes widened: "Help you?"

"Deng Chang will be suspended, foreign training will be cancelled, and he may be expelled. Even if he is not expelled, the future will not be easy, and he has done nothing wrong." Lu Xi stared at Gao Zhuoxiao's eyes through the rain curtain, he There has never been a moment more ruthless and firmer than now.

"You should understand better than anyone else that he did nothing wrong. It's a pity that his career is gone like this. But we don't have any evidence to prove that Bao Zhongjie planned this. You are the only person who can save him, and you are also saving him." yourself."

Gao Zhuoxiao was silent.

"Of course, it's up to you to save him or not to save him. It's up to you if you want to tell Bao Zhongjie. The head coach is on the opposite side. I can understand how you choose." Lu Xi said, "I have no other choice." If you are willing to help, you can find me on WeChat, if you don’t want to, just pretend that we don’t know each other.”

He didn't say any more unnecessary words, turned his head and left, Gao Zhuoxiao watched him go away in a daze.

The rain was really heavy, and when Lu Xi walked halfway, the phone in his pocket was already vibrating, and he waited for a while until he entered the building before taking it out.

-Gao Zhuoxiao: Brother Xi, what do I need to do?

-

Gao Zhuoxiao's surrender undoubtedly gave Lu Xi and the others a shot in the arm.This day Deng Chang was also asked until the end of the evening training, and he was happy to hear the news when he came back.

They are going to let Gao Zhuoxiao try recording, or cliché.In short, before Bao Zhongjie became suspicious, he tried various methods.

But Bao Zhongjie probably also felt that he was going to become a grasshopper after autumn, and he jumped more happily. Looking at his posture, it seemed that he wanted to shout Deng Chang to make a decision.

In fact, only three or four days have passed, but it feels like several months have passed, and many things are happening every day.

On the fifth day, Lu Xi was also worried about Gao Zhuoxiao's undercover progress, but unexpectedly, he received a video call from Orihara Qianli.

Surprise is not even enough to describe Lu Xi's mood, he was stunned for a while before picking up the video, and said blankly: "Hi—"

"Hi!" Orihara Chisato greeted Lu Xi with a smile, and then his assistant and translator said, "Hello, Lu Xi! Mr. Orihara sent a video to say hello to you!"

Lucy:"……"

Just to ask you, right?

But then Orihara Chisato began to babble enthusiastically. With the translation's commentary, Lucy finally knew that Orihara came to ask him about "foreign training".

The foreign training was the fuse of all the incidents this time. Lu Xi didn't think that he would have the opportunity to have a foreign training at all, but when Zheyuan called, he was stunned.

"We originally invited you and Deng Chang." Chisato Orihara (translator) said, "But I don't know why there is no reply, so I came to ask."

Lu Xixin said that you have a lot of energy to lift which pot is not opened, but he has no intention of filing a complaint against the plaintiff. He smiled and said, "Maybe there will be a reply in a few days."

"Great!" Orihara smiled, "I recently heard a song that suits you very well, and you must choreograph it with it! This song is called "Rose Lover"!"

As he spoke, he stretched his hand back and turned on the player behind him, a light and sweet melody sounded, and Orihara hummed happily along with it.

"This song is very suitable for your style, the choreographer said." Orihara Chisato laughed again, "But I don't think it is suitable. You have never been in a relationship, so you may not dance well."

Lucy:"……"

Are you here to find fault?

But I have to say that Orihara Chisato's sudden call made Lucy get a little emotional out of the recent irritability.

-

This morning Deng Chang managed to spare some time for land training, but in the afternoon he was dragged away by Bao Zhongjie.

Recently, in order to avoid being checked on his mobile phone, because there are chat records with Chen Qi and the others on his mobile phone, whenever Deng Chang leaves, the mobile phone is always on Lu Xi's body.

Lucy continued to practice on the ice. It's true that he didn't pay much attention to the ice in the past three days, but there were also benefits. For example, things like slow recovery would no longer bother him.He danced for two weeks, one after another, without paying much attention to his surroundings, until he saw Gao Zhuoxiao on the ice and slid towards him.

"Brother Xi!" Gao Zhuoxiao showed a cute smile and waved to Lu Xi.

This was agreed upon by them. Gao Zhuoxiao had to be the same as before in front of Lu Xi, and Bao Zhongjie couldn't let Bao Zhongjie see any difference.Lu Xi raised his eyebrows at Gao Zhuoxiao, and the two of them slid towards each other with a normal face, until they touched each other, Gao Zhuoxiao lowered his voice: "I made an appointment with W1 at ten o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow, and he said he would give me something."

"Just save this chat record and keep an eye on the person who will come at ten o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow." Lu Xi was overjoyed, "Is that what you mean?"

"Yeah." Gao Zhuoxiao thought for a while and said, "But there is a high probability that Coach Bao will not come here by himself. He has never come to see me in person after asking me out as a W1."

"He should always call someone he trusts, as long as he is like this, he can find a flaw." Lu Xi gave Gao Zhuoxiao a thumbs-up, "The organization will remember your credit!"

Gao Zhuoxiao smiled, finally being sincere this time.

-

The news was so good, Lu Xi immediately got off the ice to send a message to Deng Chang, but the message in his hand was buzzing in the dressing room, only then did he realize that Deng Chang's phone was also here.

Lucy:"……"

Send it to Chen Qifa instead.

When Chen Qi heard that progress had been made, he excitedly sent four exclamation points in succession. This was unprecedented for him. He said that he would arrange someone to watch on the scene so that Lu Xi and Deng Chang didn't have to worry.

This is simply the happiest news today. Lu Xi's two-week recovery is not so sad.After the training, I went off to eat on the ice, and my steps were very light. I thought that Deng Chang would come back later and tell him the good news.

The phone was vibrating, so he took it out to have a look.

-Duan Chengzhang: Brother Deng, what's the matter?

Lucy:?

what?Who is Duan Chengzhang?

Then he realized that this was Deng Chang's cell phone, and Duan Chengzhang was Deng Chang's high school classmate.

When handing over the phone to him, Deng Chang canceled the password to save trouble. Lu Xi was in such a good mood now that he read it without thinking too much.

It's not a big deal, Lu Xi was about to lock the screen, but his eyes fell on the phone screen and stopped suddenly.

He found that Deng Chang set Duan Chengzhang's chat background with his own photo.The photo was taken at the World Championships. After he won the championship, he wore a corolla on his head, smiling sweetly and biting the gold medal.

Lucy:"……"

He hesitated for a while, exited the chat interface with Duan Chengzhang, searched for Huang Bin in Deng Chang's contacts, silently said "I'm not here to read your chat history" three times, and clicked open.

The background of the chat is still this photo of him at the World Championships.

Lu Xi backed out again, and clicked on the chat between Deng Chang and himself.The two of them send a lot of messages, so his message is in the very top column.

He found that the background of the chat was the photo of his abdominal muscles in the locker room that he had sent to Deng Chang.

Lucy:"……"

-

This discovery made Lu Xi feel a little bad all over, but it wasn't a particularly bad kind.It was similar to the feeling of wanting to hit Deng Chang with a pillow while covering his face, what was he doing?

Lu Xi has already made up his mind, and later he will question Master Deng Changxing about his crimes.It's shameful not to be ashamed to use other people's photos as the chat background!

As a result, Deng Chang disappeared for a long time.

In fact, Deng Chang hasn't been dragged very late in the past two days, so Lu Xi was a little anxious before he came back after dinner. He waited for another 10 minutes and began to fidget, but Deng Chang didn't have a mobile phone. Consider whether to go to the small conference room to save people.

Another 10 minutes later, when Lu Xi was ready to act, he suddenly called.

Now that Lu Xi was frightened when he heard the phone, he picked it up quickly and saw that it was Duan Chengzhang. Everyone else was dumbfounded. Why did this person call him?

"What's the matter?" Lu Xi picked it up and asked, "Tell me quickly, I have something to do right now and I'm in a hurry."

Duan Chengzhang coughed guiltyly over there, "Brother Xiao Xi, please come to the east gate, brother Deng will be there soon."

"?" Lucy was stunned, he was keenly aware of the point, "He's with you? Isn't he being talked to?"

"Yes." He sounded even more guilty, "The conversation is over, there's nothing else to do. In short... Brother Xi, don't be angry."

Lucy breathed a sigh of relief, and then immediately became angry.

Can you not be angry?

After waiting for a long time, Deng Chang actually went out with his classmates?

Fucking ah?

"What does he mean?" Lucy sneered, "It's funny to see me in a hurry?"

"No, no, that's not what it means." Duan Chengzhang quickly explained, "Brother Xiaoxi, please go to Dongxiaomen as soon as possible. It's not too late to beat him up after you go."

Lucy gritted his teeth: "Okay."

He rolled up his arms and sleeves and went down.

-

There is a small garden at the east gate. When Lu Xi went down, it was already dark and only a few street lights were on. He was very angry all the way, and when he entered the small garden, he saw Deng Chang standing there.

"What do you mean?" Lu Xi asked extremely annoyed, "Running out to meet your classmates without a mobile phone? It's not enough if I don't die in a hurry?"

"I'm sorry." Deng Chang said, "I'm really sorry, I guessed the wrong time, and I wouldn't have come back late."

"You'd better give me a reasonable motive." Lucy said with a straight face, "otherwise I will really beat you now."

Deng Chang was silent for a while, "Maybe it's not reasonable enough for you, but just..."

He opened the box in his hand, and inside was a small cake with warm orange candles flickering on it.

"I'm 18 today." Deng Chang looked at him, "Happy birthday to you."

-

"..."

Lucy looked at the little cake and was stunned.

18 years old?

Is today his birthday?

Too many things have happened in the past five months, from the highest point to the lowest point, fate seems to not want to give him a smooth one.

Injured, and then connected with the advertisement, he completely forgot about his birthday.

Deng Chang still completely remembered.

Lu Xi was really angry just now, and he is still angry now.

But seeing Deng Chang holding the little cake and looking at him, the flowers and plants in the garden swaying in the night wind, Lu Xi couldn't lose his temper again, and felt an inexplicable soreness in his heart.

"Why are you still free to celebrate my birthday at this time?" Lucy continued to ask with a straight face.

"Because it's your birthday." Deng Chang replied with what seemed like nonsense.

But they both understood what it meant.

Since it's your birthday, I'll celebrate it anyway, and I hope you'll be happy no matter how much trouble I have.Let alone 18 years of age.

Lu Xi stopped talking and looked at Deng Chang quietly.

"Actually, I wouldn't come back late, and I wouldn't make you anxious, but it took a while because the shop negligently used the wrong sugar when laying the coating for the first time, so I did it again." Deng Chang said.

"I wanted to give you a surprise, so I held back and didn't tell you. I don't think life can be over just because I'm in trouble... But what Duan Chengzhang meant seemed to be that I made a mess, and you were about to die of anger. "

"I made you worry. I didn't make it right for my birthday." Deng Chang said, "I'm sorry."

"If you say this birthday, it is really not very good." Lu Xi snorted, "18 years old, you can't jump in two weeks, you still have to play with me missing. I just want to meet you just now. "

"I'm sorry." Deng Chang understood Lu Xi's anger, and he sincerely apologized, "I..."

"But now I feel good again." Lucy said with a smile.

Deng Chang was stunned.

-

Candles were lit on the cake, glowing brightly.

The teenagers who had been with each other for many years stood facing each other, with a small stone table in the garden beside them.

Through the candlelight and the sound of insects, Deng Chang saw Lu Xi's eyes. Under the candlelight, those eyes carried a tenderness and even affection that he had never seen before.

Seeing Deng Chang's completely stunned expression, Lu Xi smiled:

"Because you think of me, so feel good."

"Because it's nice to be here with you now anyway."

-

Lucy didn't quite understand why he said this, and he was completely unprepared, but the intense emotion engulfed him the moment the cake appeared.

In fact, he asked Deng Chang to drink coffee with him five months ago, but too many things happened after that, which made him put aside all the feelings he had just seen clearly. Until these few days, he wanted to protect this The human impulse, the impulse to be with him, is awakened.

The cake in front of him is Deng Chang's 18th birthday that he wants to celebrate even though he has been troubled all the time.

It was as if everything fell into place out of the blue.

The cake is small and not very delicate, and the yard is very hot.

One of them was very tired from running, and the other just got angry.

Not the best at all, but just right.

Because it's this person, it's fine.

-

Lu Xi's skating career cannot be said to be bumpy. Before the age of 18, he fractured twice, which was really abusive.

He loved skating, but skating gave him a lot of pain.But even in the worst of times, knowing that you are being tenderly loved by someone.

Gentle and strong.Because it is the other party, so I will think of the other party as fragile and want to reach out to protect, so even if it is a very bad road, we can walk through it together.

Already did something like this.

But there has never been such a self-awareness.

Lu Xi suddenly remembered the song "Rose Lover" that Orihara played for him on the phone today.

The gentle melody danced in his mind, and countless pictures flashed in Lucy's mind.

The person who always waits for him no matter how slow he eats, the person who takes care of him in every possible way when he is injured, the person who keeps quiet because he doesn't want Bao Zhongjie to notice him, but pays attention to every practice he does, every time he The person Luo Bing would subconsciously look for, the person he wanted to protect no matter what.

The male protagonists of those pictures have the same cold but gentle eyes.

The first meeting at the Songcheng Ice Rink, the hug at the World Championships, the hand kiss at the ball, the pillow I brought him on the plane, because Lu Xi’s baby doll "Zai Zai" Deng Chang would choose a doll every time he was interviewed Dog, the scenery of so many cities we have seen together, Deng Chang's photo on the background of chatting...

Some of these memories are very sweet, and some are palpitating, like a slide that flashes quickly with time, flickering in the candlelight with love.

In the end, all the scenes were fixed two years ago.

In 2019, the Star of the Century ice show was held for the seventh time.

Bathed in pink-purple lights, Lu Xi handed Deng Chang a rose amidst the attention of thousands of spectators.

Deng Chang at that time had exactly the same expression as now.

-

We have experienced glory together, and we have also gone through troughs.

The whole journey is not all good, you also have many ups and downs, and I also have many ups and downs.

But it feels good to be here with you now.

"I think so, what do you think?" Lucy asked.

Deng Chang was stunned by what Lu Xi said. He froze for a long time, stared at Lu Xi in a daze, and then whispered for a long time: "But I have a lot of messes on me now."

"I also have a lot of bruises on my body." Lucy said.

"I'm afraid I can't give you anything."

"I didn't ask you for anything either."

"I..." Deng Chang was still hesitating.

In fact, Lucy knew what he was hesitating about.He felt that his current state was too bad, so bad that he didn't deserve to be with Lucy.

But no matter what the reason, Deng Chang refused twice in a row, which still made Lu Xi a little annoyed, did he take the initiative to tell you that these are for you to refuse?

He was already thin-skinned in front of Deng Chang, so he glared at Deng Chang, and turned around in anger, "Forget it, I'll go..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was hugged in his arms from behind.

"Yes." Deng Chang hugged Lu Xi tightly, leaning his face against his neck, and said in a low voice.

-

It wasn't the first time they hugged each other, and even this back hug was not as intimate as the previous comforting hug.

But this time was obviously different from every previous one.

The word "want" directly heated up the air, and we could clearly hear each other's obviously accelerated heartbeats.

"You're right, I'm too hypocritical." In the ambiguous silence, Deng Chang said in a low voice, "The story doesn't have to have the most perfect beginning, as long as the process and ending get better and better. I want to give You... I think I should be able to give you better things in the future."

Lu Xi was hugged by Deng Chang, and he heard him say this in his ear.

The evening wind blows, being hugged by this person.

The kind of initiative just now suddenly disappeared, and she was completely discouraged.

He felt so nervous, he had never been so nervous on the podium, and his heart was about to jump out of his throat.

Why didn't he realize that he was so nervous in front of Deng Chang before?

Lucy even had to take a deep breath before he could ask, "So?"

For two seconds when this question was asked, Lucy almost felt that the whole world was silent.

I could only feel the violent heartbeat coming through the clothes when Deng Chang hugged him.

Then he heard the answer.

"So I like you, Lu Xi." Deng Chang said, "Will you be my boyfriend?"

The author says: