17 years on ice [figure skating]

◎He is a puppy. ◎

"What about others?" Lucy asked.

"Brother Deng?" Zhu Sibai said, "He just said he was hungry, so he went to eat first."

Lu Xi didn't understand a little bit, he and He Wenbo only spoke these few words for less than a minute.

"Can people be so hungry?" Lucy asked.

Zhu Sibai shrugged: "I don't understand."

Lu Xi didn't understand either, no one else could understand this matter.

He had no choice but to have dinner with Zhu Sibai, and then went to find Deng Chang, but he found no one in the cafeteria. In the end, Zhu Sibai asked a female singles player who was familiar with him, and the other party said: " Deng Chang finished eating and just left."

"Brother Deng probably has something to do temporarily." Zhu Sibai thought for a while, "He has a lot to do."

Sitting at the opposite table with Zhu Sibai, Lu Xi realized how slow he was eating. After Zhu Sibai finished his rice, there was still half of the food on his plate.

"Brother, I'm leaving first." Zhu Sibai picked up the plate and said goodbye to Lucy.

"Okay." Lu Xi waved at Zhu Sibai and took a sip of soup.

What's the matter, so anxious.

Can't even say a word.

-

After eating, Lu Xi went directly to the training hall.

Some team members will take a lunch break, but Lu Xi is young and energetic, so he usually goes directly to the ice and walks slowly, which is called a walk.

The coaches are not here today, because there are three days before the national championship game starts, they all go to the team meeting, and only a few assistant coaches are left in the training hall to maintain order.

There are so many people and there is no coach, so there is no need to practice jumping. You can only do footwork, rotation, string arrangement and so on.

At around 40:[-], the gym began to teach people one after another, and Deng Chang was not seen, but He Wenbo changed his skates and came to look for Lu Xi with great interest.

"Xiaoxi, let's continue the battle." He Wenbo said.

This is what they used to do when they were in the Crane City team. The two of them circled the ice rink for two weeks purely by footwork—if Lu Xi can trap He Wenbo once, then Lucy wins; He Wenbo won.

"Come on." Lucy readily accepted the challenge.

The two started an ultimate battle of twisting steps followed by looping steps. The music on the ice rink was very high today, and Lu Xixing even took two small jumps. When he finished the second lap, Stop the knife and look back.

As expected, He Wenbo just finished the first lap and crossed the finish line.

"A narrow victory." Lu Xi smiled and raised his chin proudly.

Doing footwork is not as tiring as jumping, but after two laps, he is still a little panting. Lucy's forehead and neck are slightly sweaty, and his cheeks are flushed with vitality.

He doesn't know it himself, he is bright and moving like a star, and no one can't help but look at him more.

He Wenbo sighed in his heart about the unevenness of the world, and gave Lu Xi a thumbs up: "I haven't seen you in half a month, and I'm still as awesome as Xi."

"That's not it." Lucy said, "I'm better than before."

He Wenbo: "Okay."

The "click" of the ice rink door interrupted the conversation between the two of them. When Lu Xi turned his head and saw the familiar figure, he felt a subtle sense of ease in his heart like the dust had settled.

At 13:55, Deng Chang, who had disappeared for more than an hour, finally appeared on the ice rink.

-

Although Deng Chang's sudden disappearance during the meal made Lu Xi a little strange, but he didn't think too much about it. After all, Deng Chang had always been like this before, walking alone.

Now that Deng Chang is here, Lu Xi slid over as usual, and invited him: "Let's compare footwork together, come or not?"

Deng Chang hung the knife case with the letter "D" on the fence beside the ice rink, took out the gloves from his coat pocket, and asked Lucy, "How do you compare?"

Lu Xi pointed to He Wenbo who slid over from behind: "The three of us, use twirling steps, knotting steps, and small jumps to go around the field counterclockwise. We compare normally. If he doesn't get lapped by us, he wins. How about it? "

Strange to say, Deng Chang looked very interested, but he glanced at Lu Xi's fingers, lowered his eyes and adjusted the gloves, and his answer was: "Forget it, you guys can play."

"I practice spinning." He explained again, and he turned off the switch as if the speaker of the radio had finished playing, turned around and slid into the crowd.

-

"Did you recruit him?" He Wenbo slid to Lu Xi's side from behind, and the two of them stared at Deng Chang's back in a daze.

"No." Lucy said, "Where can I recruit him?"

"Then what's the matter with him?" He Wenbo said, "Is there any reason why he refused to agree just now?"

"How do I know?" Lucy said, "Why don't you ask him."

Usually Lu Xi would not speak like this, mainly because of Deng Chang's reaction, which really hurt him a little.

Deng Changgang clearly wanted to agree, and the rules he proposed were not excessive, so this sudden refusal was outrageous.

The key point is categorical, turning his face is faster than turning a book, as if he is not considered a friend at all.

When He Wenbo saw Lu Xi's sullen face, he knew that he was unhappy, and Deng Chang's reaction was really incomprehensible.

He hurriedly hooked Lu Xi's shoulder: "Brother Deng is probably in a bad mood, don't worry, let him take it easy, it will be fine after a while."

-

This slow down lasted all night.

Deng Chang never came to look for Lu Xi, so naturally it was impossible for Lu Xi to turn down his face to look for Deng Chang, and kept following He Wenbo to practice footwork and spin.

Although he has no other distractions when practicing the movements, and He Wenbo, who talks like a cross talk, amuses him during occasional breaks, but Lu Xi is still distracted from time to time, always looking over to Deng Chang.

Deng Chang has always been alone, and he is particularly eye-catching in today's team where everyone is coming and going. He has never stopped, practicing footwork and spinning.

Someone in the middle seemed to want to invite him to practice together, but he didn't dare to go up.

I don't know why, Deng Chang has always had this expression, but Lu Xi feels that he looks very lonely today.

This made Lu Xi feel a sense of friendship with the same coaching staff, but he still held back and didn't go up to call Deng Chang.

I just invited someone but was rejected, and I'm still in a rush to invite again?

If you can't do it, you have to face it.

-

Until the end of the evening training, the abnormal atmosphere between Lu Xi and Deng Chang did not stop.

When Deng Chang got off the ice, Lu Xi and He Wenbo ran the remaining half lap and went to the national team locker room to find him.

Unexpectedly, Deng Chang, who is usually slow-moving, has already gone to the house today, leaving only Lu Xi's locker next to his locker, and his locker door is ajar.

Lucy stared at the cabinet in a daze, and gradually lost her temper.

He doesn't understand.

If Deng Chang was in a bad mood, it was impossible for him to provoke him. How could he provoke Deng Chang? Why did he blame him.

If Deng Chang has something to do, why is he in such a hurry that he really doesn't even have time to say a word?

But Deng Chang couldn't help it if he wanted to do this, Lu Xi didn't think about it anymore, packed his things, and went out with an ice bag on his back.

Just after walking through the aisle and before leaving the training hall, the WeChat phone rang, and the caller was Coach Chen Qi.

Then, Chen Qi asked: "Xiaoxi, is Deng Chang with you?"

"No." Lucy replied, "He left after training today."

"Hey!" Chen Qi sighed, "This kid has a form to hand over to me today, but I haven't handed it in yet, and he didn't reply to WeChat. I don't know if it's..."

The automatic door opened slowly, and the evening wind was blowing in with a chill. Lu Xi stood at the door, and Chen Qi's voice suddenly became very far away, and he was startled suddenly.

Only then did he realize that he didn't even have Deng Chang's WeChat and phone number.

"Hey Xiaoxi? Is Xiaoxi listening?" Chen Qi seemed to sense something from Lu Xi's blankness, "Are you all right? Did today's training go well?"

"It's okay." Lucy replied with a sense of recovery, "The training is pretty good."

"En." Chen Qi was dubious, and solemnly ordered, "The championship will be held in three days. You must adjust your condition well. Don't talk about the results, at least behave worthy of yourself."

"Don't worry." Lucy said, "Nothing will affect my game."

Chen Qi knew exactly what kind of athlete Lu Xi was. He had observed Lu Xi for more than three years and had a comprehensive understanding of the child from Huang Bin. He was relieved to know that this sentence was reliable.

"Well, if you have anything to say, you can tell me or Lili—hey!" Chen Qi's voice suddenly rose half-toned, "Deng Chang finally replied to my message, and he went to the land training room for extra training. OK!"

"Then Xiaoxi, let's do this first." Chen Qi finally contacted Deng Chang, and his mood was obviously much better, "Get up early tomorrow, I have agreed with the assistant coach of the competition hall, and I will give you two a joint party before the opening of the hall. This way we can have fun together twice tomorrow, don’t forget, I’ll send you the specific time later.”

"Okay." Lucy agreed and hung up the phone.

After the voice was interrupted, there was silence in private, and there was no one on the trail, only faint laughter came from a distance.

You can think about everything else when you're on the ice, but you can't when you're not on the ice.

Lucy took a few steps forward aimlessly, kicked the small stone in front of his left foot to his right foot, and then kicked it back to his left foot. The moonlight was as cool as water, covering the entire path.

Suddenly, it seemed that it was not unreasonable for Deng Chang not to wait for him to eat and not to play with him.

After all, the two people who don't even have contact information don't seem to be even acquaintances at all.

-

The WeChat phone started ringing again.

Looking down, it was He Wenbo who called this time.

At this time, I really need a phone call to divert my attention. Of course, an acquaintance is better.

Lucy tapped to answer: "What's wrong?"

"Hey, I suddenly remembered, can you ask me for some autographed photos of Brother Deng?" He Wenbo said, "I—"

Lucy:"……"

Lu Xi interrupted blankly: "I can't."

"The little girl from the city team I'm chasing really likes Brother Deng." He Wenbo insisted on finishing what was interrupted, and then asked in surprise, "Why can't I? Aren't you two old irons?"

Which pot is not opened and which pot is lifted, Lu Xi's face is stiff: "No."

He Wenbo felt something was wrong, and asked cautiously, "What's wrong? Didn't you recruit him?"

"Yeah." Lucy answered, looked up at the half moon, and said wearily, "But he recruited me."

-

He Wenbo didn't know how Deng Chang recruited Lu Xi, and Lu Xi didn't say anything.

After all, "the person you actively seek ignores you" and "the person you are friends with is actually not familiar with you", whichever one of the two things is told, it is better for a 16-year-old boy with strong self-esteem He decides.

But He Wenbo, who has full speaking skills, has such an advantage: Even if he doesn't know anything about the situation, he can make people feel better with blind coaxing.

He didn't talk about the autographed photo anymore, he chatted with Lucy all the way to the door of the dormitory, and finally coaxed the depressed Xiaoxi into a normal Xiaoxi again.

"Go back and rest early." He Wenbo said, "Don't you have to get up early tomorrow, don't be late."

"Well, you go to bed early too, good night." Lu Xi hung up the phone, took the key and opened the door of the dormitory.

Now the mood is much better, I want to go to your Deng Chang, love me and ignore me, love not familiar.

Then I found out that while I was on the phone, there were a few more messages on the phone.

One is Chen Qi's WeChat.

-Xiaoxi, at 07:30 tomorrow morning, in the competition hall.

Lucy replied "ok".

Another one is a text message.

When Lucy saw the text message now, his first reaction was the weather forecast, but now it was night and the weather forecast would not come.

In fact, nine out of ten text messages are spam text messages, but Lu Xi's obsessive-compulsive disorder can't stand the little red dot, so he clicked on it anyway.

-Sender: Weather Assistant;

Lucy was taken aback.

-【Chicken Soup for the Soul】

People should have self-esteem, self-love, self-confidence, and greet life with a smile.

So if someone makes you angry, don't be sad, don't be sad, it's all his fault.

He's a puppy and he owes you an apology.

Lucy read the Chicken Soup for the Soul three times.

Lucy:"……"