◎We can win◎
"No... Coach, I'm afraid..." Ji Tiantian quickly grabbed Jiang Lin's clothes as a conditioned reflex.
She was afraid that Tang Yi would come to her to settle the score when no one was around. The reason was that the verbal business cooperation agreement she had made with him before only bound him and not herself.
The terms between the two parties were not equal, which was indeed unfair. She felt guilty.
"You naughty boy, what did you do again?" Xu Chi came over and patted Tang Yi's neck hard.
Tang Yi frowned: "I didn't..."
"You didn't do anything, how could the girl be so scared?" Xu Chi didn't wait for Tang Yi to finish, and hit him again, "You didn't do your moves properly, and you scared the girl, what do you want? When Coach Renma entrusted Tiantian to me, he repeatedly warned me not to scare her, but what about you?"
"No, Tang Yi didn't scare me." Ji Tiantian felt that she still needed to clarify.
"Don't be afraid, Tiantian. Tell the coach whatever excessive things Tang Yi has done. The coach will stand on your side." Jiang Lin rubbed Ji Tiantian's head and spoke.
Ji Tiantian fell silent. Seeing that the two coaches were getting more and more serious and were about to convict Tang Yi, she sighed and said helplessly, "I'm really fine. It's just that my feet hurt. Let Tang Yi take me home."
The two coaches gave Tang Yi a few more instructions, and then let Tang Yi take Ji Tiantian home after she put on her shoes. The two coaches stayed at the ice rink to discuss the next training plan.
It was late at night when we left the ice rink.
Ji Tiantian grabbed Tang Yi's clothes and limped forward.
The two walked in silence for a while, and Tang Yi slowly said, "Is it not hard for you to do this?"
Ji Tiantian: "It's...it's okay."
Tang Yi paused, then suddenly squatted down in front of Ji Tiantian, "Come up."
"That's not good." Ji Tiantian refused without thinking. She wasn't injured that badly.
"We should make an agreement that we can't touch each other outside the ice." Ji Tiantian thought for a moment and added. Not to mention Tang Yi, she didn't want to touch a man in her life. She focused on her career and strived to achieve good results in both ice dance and ballet. Men would only affect the speed at which she could achieve results.
"You'll have to wait until tomorrow if that's the case." Tang Yi softened his tone, "Special circumstances require special treatment."
"You're right." Ji Tiantian thought for a moment, "Then... let's add a special clause."
Ji Tiantian stopped nagging and jumped onto Tang Yi's back, letting him hold her legs with his hands. The boy's back was strong and lean, making her feel like she was sitting astride a healthy pony.
The air on a summer night was filled with heat and was a bit stuffy. Ji Tiantian had nothing to do, so she hugged Tang Yi's neck and gently swung her calves. This body had not yet developed, and the muscle lines on her legs were not obvious, and they were completely in the shape of chopsticks. Jiang Lin also said that Ji Tiantian's chopstick legs could make her ice skates look like snow boots, making them look particularly thick.
"Tang Yi, I feel a little sorry." Ji Tiantian looked at the back of Tang Yi's thick hair, "Did I delay you?"
Seeing that Tang Yi didn't say anything, she continued: "You must be very familiar with those pattern dances in your two lifetimes, and you have to practice with me over and over again."
"It's nothing," Tang Yi said sullenly, "I also have a lot of details to polish. Didn't you hear Old Xu scolding me today?"
"He treats you as his son, so of course he is strict with you." Ji Tiantian couldn't help laughing.
"Forget it." Tang Yi smiled coldly, "I just hope he treats me as a human being."
Ji Tiantian couldn't help laughing out loud.
Today they were lucky. When they arrived at the station, the bus that Ji Tiantian wanted to take arrived. Ji Tiantian supported the door with both hands and got on the bus. She turned around and smiled at Tang Yi: "Thank you, we will take you tomorrow..."
Before she could even say the word "see", she saw Tang Yi getting in the car. She and Tang Yi took different cars to go home.
"I'll take you home. If something goes wrong during those few steps to the house, Xu Chi will skin me alive." Tang Yi looked down at Ji Tiantian's stunned eyes, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. "You are more precious than me in his eyes now."
This is true. Ji Tiantian could also feel that Xu Chi treated her very carefully. Maybe he was really afraid that she would run away, and then the head coach of the national team arranged an unsuitable female companion for Tang Yi.
"Then you can't do this again in the future. Don't come to my house casually." Ji Tiantian protested quietly while sitting in her seat.
"Just don't get hurt if you can." Tang Yi sat next to Ji Tiantian with a cold look on his face.
Ji Tiantian stopped talking and silently looked at the bustling scene outside the bus window. This is the place where she was born and raised, and every time she looks at it, she will have a new understanding.
After a while, Ji Tiantian suddenly thought of something and asked, "Where do you live now?"
"I live with Xu Chi in the village in the city, not far from the ice rink." Tang Yi said calmly. After sending Ji Tiantian home, he was going to the village in the city.
Urban villages are generally places with the cheapest rents in the city. Because of this, they are a mixed bag and inevitably a bit messy.
"Are you okay? With your looks, be careful not to be raped when you come back." Ji Tiantian glanced at Tang Yi. Although she was joking, her worry was real.
Tang Yi leaned back in his seat, looking at Ji Tiantian with a faint smile: "What do you think I was like before?"
"That's right." Ji Tiantian nodded and felt relieved. She knew that Tang Yi had been hanging out on the streets since he was very young, and now that Xu Chi was with him, nothing should happen to him.
She stopped talking and looked out the window at the night view. The South City at night was dotted with colorful lights, beautiful and lonely. When she turned her head, she found that Tang Yi had closed his eyes, and his long eyelashes rose and fell gently with his exhalation. Although he was an athlete who had suffered a lot since childhood, he was not made of iron. After so many days of high-frequency training, he must be very tired.
Soon, the stop where Ji Tiantian was going to get off arrived. Tang Yi stood up and helped Ji Tiantian get off the bus, and then he carried her on his back. Ji Tiantian couldn't refuse, so she had to do it.
But this time it will be easier, as Ji Tiantian’s home is not far from the station.
"What is your parents' attitude towards you learning ice dancing now?" Tang Yi carried Ji Tiantian on his back and walked towards the apartment building where she lived.
"Just react normally, who would accept it immediately? But it's okay, I can handle it." Ji Tiantian looked at the back of Tang Yi's head. She could hear the boy's panting and felt a little sorry.
They have to practice lifting on the ice and carry people off the ice. Even Superman can't stand this intensity.
"Tang Yi, I won't ask you to introduce a dance partner to me for nothing." Ji Tiantian spoke to Tang Yi very sincerely, "If I see a white, rich and beautiful girl with good conditions in the dance school in the future, I will introduce her to you. You won't have to work so hard in the future."
Tang Yi took a deep breath.
Ji Tiantian heard something unusual: "What's wrong with you?"
Tang Yi: "Nothing, just a headache."
Ji Tiantian was slightly startled: "Did you fall on your head? No, I didn't see it."
Tang Yi: "My headache must be caused by the fall?"
Ji Tiantian: "What else could it be?"
Tang Yi: "Don't talk anymore. I'll feel better if you don't make any noise."
Tang Yi carried Ji Tiantian to the door and put her down. Ji Tiantian asked Tang Yi if he wanted to come in and sit for a while, but Tang Yi shook his head. He didn't want to keep her parents busy entertaining guests so late.
Ji Tiantian watched Tang Yi go downstairs, and then knocked hard on the door. Zhang Lilian came over to open the door, and then stared at Ji Tiantian's face for a while.
"Mom, I'm hungry. Is there anything to eat left at home?" Ji Tiantian gave Zhang Lilian a well-behaved smile.
"Did something happen today?" Zhang Lilian looked at Ji Tiantian.
"What can happen? It's just a normal practice." Ji Tiantian smiled. She wanted to act like a normal person, but when she changed her slippers, she still made a slight "hiss" sound.
No one knows a child better than his mother, and Zhang Lilian is a dance teacher, so she is very sensitive in noticing injuries on others. She immediately brought a stool and asked Ji Tiantian to sit down, then checked her feet, and her expression immediately became bitter. Ji Ze heard the noise, came over to take a look, and sighed softly.
"Mom, you saw me get a little scratched when I first started wearing pointe shoes. It's no big deal." Ji Tiantian pulled her foot back from her mother's hand with a smile, "It will heal after one night. It's okay."
"It's really a sin... It's only been a short time since I started ice dancing." Zhang Lilian took a deep breath, trying to suppress the emotions in her voice, then hugged Ji Tiantian tightly in her arms and rubbed her head hard, "It hurts, doesn't it? Tell mom, does it hurt a lot?"
Ji Tiantian shook her head vigorously in her mother's arms.
"If it doesn't work, then we won't practice. Let me tell you, coach, don't fight yourself..."
"No, Mom, I'm very happy," Ji Tiantian looked at the crystal chandelier in her home with unusually bright eyes, "I'm not fighting with myself, I really want to do this."
"Ji Tiantian!"
Suddenly, a loud roar came from downstairs. Zhang Lilian and Ji Ze, who were about to speak, stood up at the same time and came to the window. Ji Tiantian pushed her parents aside and squeezed to the window.
She leaned out of the window and saw Tang Yi standing downstairs, looking up at her. Tang Yi exuded a sharp aura, and his dark eyes seemed to be burning with fire, like a stubborn little wolf.
Zhang Lilian and Ji Ze stood behind Ji Tiantian and also stuck their heads out and looked down.
Tang Yi took a deep breath and shouted in an extremely firm voice: "Ji Tiantian, we can win!"
He not only wanted her to know, but also wanted her parents to know his determination.
She subconsciously covered her mouth with her hands.
He believed they would have a better future. Although he didn't say it explicitly, she knew his subtext.
In their previous lives, they had known the bleakness of the valley, but in this life, everything would be different. They would reach the peak.
"Idiot." She cursed under her breath, trying hard to hold back the tears that were overflowing from her eyes.
"We will definitely win!" Ji Tiantian smiled and waved towards Tang Yi.
Under the pale street lights, Tang Yi looked up at Ji Tiantian. Under her dark hair, she had a faint but dazzling smile. He turned around and trotted away.
Ji Tiantian's family fell into silence.
"I'm tired of hearing about competitions and winning or losing." Zhang Lilian calmed down, turned around and pinched Ji Tiantian's soft and tender face, "Is your foot really okay?"
"It's okay mom."
"Okay then, go wash up."
"Well, good night, Mom and Dad." Ji Tiantian gave her parents a big hug and ran into her room. She quietly leaned against the door and eavesdropped on her parents' conversation.
"I think this boy from the national team is pretty good." Ji Ze spoke first, with a smile in his voice, "He's ambitious."
"Humph, what kind of ambition is that? I think he was just afraid that our injury would hinder Tiantian's ice dance practice, so he shouted that to demonstrate to us."
"He's not that old, he shouldn't be that meticulous." Ji Ze paused, "But it's okay to be meticulous, he doesn't look like a bad boy. He sent our Tiantian home."
"I should have hated him. If it weren't for him, our Tiantian might not have been so crazy about Bingwu." Zhang Lilian let out a long sigh, "But for some reason, I can't seem to hate him."
Ji Ze: "I have a nice instep, right?"
Zhang Lilian: "How do you know? Did I tell you?"
Ji Ze: "No, I guessed."
Ji Tiantian couldn't help but smile after listening to this, and went to take a shower with a towel.
Time flies quickly in the intensive practice, and soon, the Affiliated Middle School of Nancheng Dance Academy will start school. Before the start of school, Ji Tiantian invites her good friend Chen Yusheng to eat oden together.
The training camp that Chen Yusheng attended recently also ended. Chen Yusheng failed to qualify for the city team through the training camp, but she would skate alone when she had time. Ji Tiantian didn't meet her during the summer vacation because of the busy training camp, but the two kept in touch.
"This arrangement of fate is so bizarre. I really didn't expect that you would fly up to the sky in such a flash. You actually teamed up with the little brother from the national team and are going to participate in the national competition." Chen Yusheng took a bite of the kelp knot with an unbelievable look on his face. "Although I know you are good, I didn't expect you to be so fast. It's just like a dream."
"It's not that exaggerated." Ji Tiantian smiled. "There aren't many people in ice dancing, so the progress seems to be faster. It's not like track and field, where you have to go through a lot of levels to enter a bigger competition."
"So where are you at now?"
“I think the technical moves are all right. All that’s left now is the choreography.” Ji Tiantian fell into deep thought while chewing a radish.
Xu Chi seemed to be very fond of Tang Yi and her debut, and he went to the capital recently, trying his best to get some high-quality choreography resources from the national figure skating team. Jiang Lin and Tang Yi both felt that there was little hope, and Ji Tiantian was also anxiously waiting for news.
"Then when you are free in the future, we can go skating together again." Chen Yusheng played with the bamboo sticks in his hand and looked at Ji Tiantian with a smile, "But now that you have a little brother, you probably won't think of me."
"No way! Tang Yi and I will be separated soon. Just wait and see if you don't believe me!" Ji Tiantian looked unconvinced. She and her sisters are forever.
Ji Tiantian paused, then spoke with some worry, "Yu Sheng, I feel a little...sorry for you."
Although how far one can go is determined by one's talent, she was the one who brought Chen Yusheng to the ice. In her previous life, Chen Yusheng had never been exposed to ice dancing.
She felt guilty for not being able to slide down with her good sisters for a long time.
"You think too much. Because of you, I have gained a lot of knowledge and met a lot of people." Chen Yusheng smiled and puffed out his chest. "Many young men and women who dance national standard dance have left me their contact information. Although we are not training together anymore, we still make plans to go out and play. This is a huge asset."
Chen Yusheng's parents are in business, and the idea that connections are wealth was also passed on to Chen Yusheng.
Ji Tiantian looked at Chen Yusheng, who was genuinely proud, and couldn't help but smile.
Then comes the school registration day. On this day, all the dance school students will return to school, put their luggage in the dormitory, and then go to class to hand in their homework and listen to the teacher's arrangements for the new semester.
Even if she were to live her life again, Ji Tiantian still couldn't adapt to the tense atmosphere of reporting to school.
She came to class early in the morning and took out the homework she was going to hand in from her schoolbag, as well as a series of documents. These included a training application signed by Xu Chi and his parents, hoping that the school would allow her to leave school every afternoon to train at the ice rink. There was also an application for accommodation. Because she had to practice at the ice rink late, Ji Tiantian could not return before the school curfew and had to stay at home.
As she was tidying up, she heard a rustling sound beside her. Her desk mate and dance partner from the dance school, Wang Hao, came.
"Long time no see, deskmate." Ji Tiantian greeted without turning her head. "I probably won't have time to dance with you after school starts. The teacher should arrange a new partner for you."
"You're quite busy. You didn't even come to the party." Wang Hao paused, "You get along well with the handsome guy on the national team?"
Ji Tiantian and her classmates in the ballet class are pretty good friends. After all, they grew up together and were punished and scolded together. During the summer vacation, boys and girls often go out together. But Ji Tiantian has been practicing ice dancing with Tang Yi this summer and has no time to attend the class reunion.
"Hey Ji Tiantian, you are really capable. Not long after you went out skating, you joined the city team and are going to compete again!" A boy came over and said proudly, "You really give our class monitor face."
"How do you all know everything so clearly?" Ji Tiantian spoke after a moment of silence, looking a little confused.
"Hey, Chen Yusheng said so." Another boy came over, "She also said that you met your ice dance partner and found a new love, and decisively abandoned our Wang Hao!" He patted Wang Hao's shoulder heavily. Chen Yusheng had not arrived at school at this time, otherwise she would have joined the conversation immediately.
Ji Tiantian looked at Wang Hao. Wang Hao did not refute her. He just looked at her quietly with a pair of shy eyes that seemed to want to say something.
"Wang Hao has always regretted not agreeing to go to the ice dance training with you!" someone else added with a smile.
"I thought it was just a few months of skating practice..." Wang Hao pursed his lips and said nothing more.
To be fair, Ji Tiantian is really a good deskmate and a good dance partner. Not only is her appearance and skills among the best in the class, but she also has a gentle temper. Unlike some girls with bad tempers, she would turn around and slap her male dance partner if he didn't hold her steady.
He had long since gotten used to having Ji Tiantian by his side, and thought that such a life would not change in the six years of dancing school. But later he realized that was just his perception.
During the summer vacation, he was thinking about whether to try ice skating and dancing with Ji Tiantian, but then he heard from Chen Yusheng that Ji Tiantian was paired with an ice dancer from the national team, and the two of them were going to participate in the national competition together. His cute little dance partner had become someone else's.
"What are you thinking about?" Ji Tiantian asked Wang Hao.
"Nothing." Wang Hao lay on the table sullenly, angry with himself.
"Wang Hao, as long as you keep working hard and steadily, your future will be good." Ji Tiantian looked at Wang Hao and couldn't help but smile with her eyes curved.
In his previous life, Wang Hao was also one of the main players in Chen Yusheng's dance troupe. He ran business for the troupe behind the scenes and was also able to take on a major role on stage.
Wang Hao has good talent, but he is not the kind of person who works hard. He is a bit easy-going, but this is not a bad thing. Many people come and go in Chen Yusheng's dance troupe, but Wang Hao has always stayed there.
"How hard do we have to work?" Wang Hao pondered over Ji Tiantian's words for a while and then asked.
"Haha, just listen to the class carefully and don't sleep too much." Ji Tiantian said with a smile.
Wang Hao slowly straightened up and was about to ask a few more questions when he saw other classmates arriving in the class one after another, and then they all came over to surround Ji Tiantian.
"Ji Tiantian, I heard that you are very good at ice skating! So, when are you going to the Winter Olympics?" an excited boy asked.
"No... not yet at that stage!" Ji Tiantian quickly replied, "But I will try my best."
"Tiantian is so awesome!" Then a burst of praise rang out.
"Let's not talk about skills, just talk about attitude. I admire you a lot, Tiantian. You go ice skating as soon as you are told, without any ambiguity at all." A girl continued.
"Yes, yes, Ji Tiantian, you are so decisive and domineering."
"In fact, I went to the place where Tiantian was training and took a few peeks. She was really super beautiful. I am really looking forward to seeing Tiantian on TV!"
"Really? I've also been watching ice dancing competitions recently. The athletes are all so good-looking. Their skating postures are also so beautiful."
…
The boys and girls were chattering around Ji Tiantian, and Ji Tiantian herself didn't even have a chance to say anything.
"What are you talking about?" At this time, the head teacher, Mr. Shen, walked in and the noise finally stopped.
"Teacher, if there is ice dance training in the future, I also want to participate." A girl spoke up bravely.
"Me too, me too!"
“When I go to college, I want to learn ballroom dancing and then ice skate with a partner!”
Under the leadership of this girl, the crowd, which had finally quieted down, became noisy again. Everyone rushed to respond, with anticipation flashing in their eyes.
"I understand." Teacher Shen looked at a class of students and smiled helplessly, "I will convey your wishes to the city team."
Ji Tiantian sat quietly and couldn't help but smile.
Tang Yi, do you believe in the butterfly effect?
I made the choices I wanted to make, but I found that I gained more than I thought.
I seem to have influenced the people around me. I hope this influence will last forever. In the near future, our country's ice dance industry will no longer worry about the lack of talent.
After that, Ji Tiantian started to go back and forth between the dance school and the ice rink. This life was very similar to when she first started ice dancing, except that it was a little more urgent.
A week later, Xu Chi's efforts paid off. Ji Tiantian saw a foreign woman with brown wavy hair and a friendly smile on her face at the ice rink.
"This is the national team's foreign choreographer, Clara. She will help you choreograph the free dance." Xu Chi rushed to Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi to introduce, "Jiang Lin and I will be responsible for the choreography of your short dance, and the choreography of the free dance will be handed over to Clara. Clara is currently also the choreographer of the figure skating team's pair skating and is very busy. After a brief contact with you, she will return to the capital and keep in touch with us via video. Clara has been cooperating with our national team and can speak a little Chinese. You can ask any questions you have."
Ji Tiantian nodded and exchanged simple greetings with Clara. Seeing that Ji Tiantian's English was good, Clara introduced herself calmly. She was from France and had been an ice dancer. After becoming a choreographer, her best achievement was winning a silver medal in the World Youth Championships and fifth place in the World Championships. She was considered a well-known choreographer in the world.
For reasons such as making a living, choreographers are generally familiar with the four rules of figure skating and do not specialize in just one.
"I will stay in South City for a week." Clara smiled at Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi, "I hope you can be in your best condition during this week."
The author has something to say:
Ji Tiantian: Thank you, Tang Yi. Next time I meet a rich woman, I will introduce her to you so that you can work 20 years less.
Tang Yi: Stop talking. If you continue, I will live twenty years less.
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