◎Come with me to the National Championships◎
Ji Tiantian was a little dazed. She turned her head and looked at the clock. It was half past ten in the morning. She had overslept a little.
Then she gently covered her head. In the previous life, Tang Yi came to South City after retiring, and then met her. Before they got married, he would wait for her downstairs for a date like now.
Then they would eat oden together.
He once asked her what she liked to eat, and she said oden, and then they went there to eat it every time.
It’s hard to say whether Tang Yi was just trying to deal with her in this way, but in any case, she was really easy to deal with at that time.
She didn't feel surprised when she saw Tang Yi's unfamiliar yet familiar face appear downstairs. Tang Yi was never someone who gave up easily.
He was also good at choosing the time. Her parents were both going to the movies at this time, so it was a perfect time for them to talk at home.
"Come up!" Ji Tiantian called out to Tang Yi. Tang Yi paused and went upstairs with the oden.
Ji Tiantian looked down at her bear pajamas and hurriedly searched the closet. Considering the conversation she might have with Tang Yi, she had to choose a formal outfit.
However, as a young girl, the clothes she wears are all based on Zhang Lilian's aesthetic taste. Ji Tiantian's entire wardrobe is either pink princess dresses or white princess dresses. The sportswear she wore for skating was just thrown into the washing machine yesterday.
Ji Tiantian twitched her lips and reluctantly chose a white dress with not much lace on it.
Tang Yi quickly knocked on the door.
"Wait!" Ji Tiantian shouted unhappily. She changed her clothes, tied her hair into a bun, and stood in front of the mirror. She deliberately put on a stern face, opened her round eyes, and stretched her lips into a straight line. Well, she didn't look so childish.
Okay, don't be afraid.
Ji Tiantian took a deep breath and opened the door. Tang Yi outside the door looked at Ji Tiantian in a daze.
Ji Tiantian was on the ice, skillful and capable. He was so focused on her footwork that he didn't notice that she was just a little girl. She was so petite and slender that she would fall down if the wind blew.
"What are you doing here?" the little girl asked him fiercely.
Tang Yi was silent for a moment, and handed the box of Longjing tea in his other hand to Ji Tiantian. This is Zhang Lilian's favorite drink. You always have to make some preparations when you come to see someone.
"This is not cheap, where did you get the money?" Ji Tiantian frowned as she looked at Longjing. She turned around and saw Tang Yi taking slippers from her shoe rack and putting them on as if he was familiar with the place. She frowned again.
"I borrowed it from Ni Chuan." Tang Yi paused, "I'll pay him back while working."
Ni Chuan was Tang Yi's childhood friend in the capital. They had been hanging out on the streets since they were young. In Ji Tiantian's impression, he was a young man from a good family, but he did not do serious work. In his previous life, when Tang Yi came to South City, Ni Chuan would come to South City from time to time to play with him.
Ji Tiantian originally wanted to ask a few more questions about the job, but then she thought that it had nothing to do with her anymore, so she decided not to worry about it.
"Are your parents not here?" Tang Yi asked.
"I'm going to the movies." Ji Tiantian pouted and put the tea leaves aside. "Why are you still doing this? I don't have much money now. I'll pay you back for the tea leaves after I get lucky money during the Chinese New Year."
Tang Yi tried to hold back, but couldn't help curling up the corners of his mouth.
Ji Tiantian widened her eyes slightly: "What are you laughing at?"
Tang Yi: "I don't take children's New Year's money." After saying that, he burst out laughing.
"Aren't you!" Ji Tiantian wanted to glare at Tang Yi, but he looked really good when he smiled, and she lost her temper for a moment.
"Why did you dye your hair back?" Ji Tiantian looked at the hair on Tang Yi's head, "So why did you dye it yellow at that time?"
Tang Yi: "After Qian Xiyue left, Old Xu kept asking me about my well-being all day, worried that I was in a bad mood. He told me to stop training all the time and spend more time on entertainment."
Ji Tiantian: "...So you went to the barber shop?"
Tang Yi: "Yes."
Ji Tiantian: "Coach Xu is in good health. You haven't made him any worse over the years."
Tang Yi didn't say anything, and stuffed the oden into Ji Tiantian's hand. Ji Tiantian thought it might be a sign for her to shut up. She stuffed a piece of carrot into her mouth, chewed it and said, "You can get to the point now. Why did you look for me?"
Tang Yi did not answer immediately, but sat down at the dining table in the living room with familiarity, and signaled Ji Tiantian with his eyes to sit down and talk.
Ji Tiantian paused, put the oden on the dining table, then went to the bedroom and took out the Melody doll that had always been with her. If the conversation got awkward, she could still play with the doll.
Tang Yi watched Ji Tiantian sitting opposite him holding Melody, and couldn't help but think of his past life. As usual, ice fans would throw dolls onto the ice after their favorite players finished their games. And the doll Ji Tiantian threw to him was Melody.
"You have to give me a reason." He raised his eyes and looked at Ji Tiantian.
Ji Tiantian knew that he was referring to the reason for their separation.
She silently looked at the young man Tang Yi in front of her. His slender eyebrows revealed a sense of coldness like ice and snow, his skin was very white, and his face with a raw look vaguely revealed sharp edges and corners. Perhaps because he had just rushed from the capital, his eyes were a little blue, and he looked like he had not rested well.
He was indeed very good-looking and beautiful, but she could not protect this beauty.
"Don't you think it's better for us to separate?" Ji Tiantian said softly, "It's not your fault. You don't have anything to change. It's my fault."
In their previous lives, they each had their own difficulties, and they both had a hard time coping with them. And in fact... their relationship wasn't very strong either.
"I give in, Tang Yi." Ji Tiantian lowered her head and hugged Melody tightly. Her calm voice sounded a little choked. "I found that I am not as capable as I thought. I can't balance family and career. I want everything, but I can't get it... So, so in this life, I think I will just focus on my career and put everything else... aside for the time being... OK? Since we all have a chance to start over, let's cherish it. Let's each live our own lives well."
"Since you are here, let's make a verbal agreement. From now on, you will treat me as your ex-wife and you will be my ex-husband, and we will both be well. Try to contact each other as little as possible, otherwise it will be difficult for me to concentrate." Ji Tiantian sniffed and looked out the window while talking, "As for you, don't be too stubborn in the future, just find a rich girl and live a comfortable life. If you are worried that I will be jealous of your wealth and interfere with your life, there is no need to worry, I won't. I have a bright future."
Tang Yi looked at Ji Tiantian's stubborn face and remained silent for a long time.
"Is that really the case?" Tang Yi spoke slowly after a while, "When I saw you on the ice, you were skating so smoothly, and I felt that you didn't give in, far from it."
"Haha..." Ji Tiantian couldn't help laughing. As she laughed, hot tears fell. She wiped away the tears with the base of her palm, sniffed and continued to speak: "There are some things I can admit, but there are some things I won't admit."
"I won't admit anything I haven't even tried."
Tang Yi looked at Ji Tiantian silently. She looked so petite that she would fall down if the wind blew, but her eyes were so stubborn and fierce, as if she would never be destroyed.
"Then let's leave it at that? I've made it very clear..." Ji Tiantian looked at Tang Yi, wiped away her tears again, and tried to put on a bright smile, "Let's not contact each other anymore. I'll skate my ice dance, and you can find your beautiful, rich girl..."
"Ji Tiantian." Tang Yi interrupted her, "Come with me to the national championship."
There was silence in the house for a moment.
"Why are you so stubborn!" Ji Tiantian stood up suddenly and looked at Tang Yi with red eyes, "Didn't you hear what I said?"
"I heard it, and I accept it." Tang Yi stood up and looked deeply into Ji Tiantian's eyes. "But let's be honest. We can still cooperate."
"Ah...can ordinary people separate...their private life and professional life so clearly?" Ji Tiantian looked at Tang Yi in surprise.
She knew some of the famous big names in the international ice dance circle. There were many who were entangled with their own dance partners, and there were also many who were entangled with other people's dance partners. She didn't want to be like that, to be entangled and messed up.
"Do you have no confidence in me, or do you have no confidence in yourself?" Tang Yi asked, with a hint of provocation.
Ji Tiantian sat down silently holding Melody, lowering her head and falling into deep thought.
"I heard from Coach Ma that you're looking for a dance partner for the National Championships. If that's the case, why not find me? You and I are more likely to get high scores. It will also be easier for people to notice us, and we'll be more likely to choose a good dance partner." Tang Yi also sat down and spoke softly to Ji Tiantian, "Just use me as a tool. We'll finish this competition together, and then we'll go our separate ways. According to the trajectory of my previous life, my future dance partner will appear in this National Championships. After that, we'll each find our own dance partner, and no one will affect anyone else."
Ji Tiantian felt that her brain was not enough, so she ate a few more mouthfuls of oden. She ate while thinking, it seemed that what Tang Yi said was not wrong.
Even if they are no longer husband and wife, they can still have business cooperation.
Putting aside everything that had happened before, cooperating with Tang Yi was indeed the best solution. And just as Tang Yi said, his dance partner in his previous life had appeared at the National Championships in December this year. If things went normally, he would partner with that dance partner in the future and would no longer interfere with her life.
What she needs to do is to strive for a good result and a brighter future. As long as she has a good result, she won't worry about not having a dance partner.
"Then what benefits will it bring to you to compete with me?" Ji Tiantian asked.
"I don't have to deal with inappropriate dance partners sent from all over the place." Tang Yi pressed his forehead, "This period of time in my previous life... was also quite a headache for me."
"Hmm..." Ji Tiantian found this statement easy to accept.
She also felt that she was indeed less troublesome than the average person, a fact that was confirmed by Zhang Lilian.
"If you come with me, I can introduce you to the men's singles players of the national team. Maybe if there's one you like, you can become partners." Tang Yi looked at Ji Tiantian and smiled faintly.
He didn't laugh often, but every time he did, his dark eyes sparkled, which was very beautiful.
Ji Tiantian looked at Tang Yi's smile suspiciously, always feeling that Tang Yi now looked a lot like the snake in the Garden of Eden.
It seems like he has no good intentions.
Ji Tiantian inexplicably felt that she was like a tyrant emperor at this moment, and Tang Yi was a very resourceful imperial concubine, who used sweet words to coax the emperor to allow him to intervene in the palace selection. Then two eunuch villains popped up in her mind.
Eunuch A shouted: "The Imperial Concubine has a lot of experience in the selection of concubines. It's right to trust him!"
Eunuch B yelled, "Your Majesty, please think twice! The Imperial Concubine is very thoughtful and cannot be trusted!"
Seeing that Ji Tiantian had been silent for a long time, Tang Yi continued, "If you choose a dance partner, I can also give you advice. In fact, the strength of the male contestant is very important. After all, the lifting of ice dance is also crucial. But you haven't grown up yet, so you may not feel it. I have a way to help you choose."
Ji Tiantian's heart was moved. The eunuch villain A in her mind defeated villain B with one punch.
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