◎Like a sharp knife stuck in the ice◎
"Ji Tiantian is amazing. Those who used to look down on us immediately stopped talking when they saw her skating. The coach even praised her for her talent. Hey, Teacher Shen, why doesn't our school have an ice dance major?"
After the training, Chen Yusheng returned to school and started to flatter her homeroom teacher, Teacher Shen. She only stopped when Ji Tiantian covered her mouth.
Ji Tiantian has good skills, Chen Yusheng has potential, and both of them have a positive attitude, so Coach Ma’s training class finally decided to accept them both.
"Since you can adapt, study hard and be careful during the final exam." Teacher Shen gave some advice with a smile.
Ji Tiantian and Chen Yusheng agreed. The dance school has an assessment at the end of each semester. It not only tests academic subjects and dance skills, but also body fat and physical development. If the results are not ideal, you may face the risk of expulsion.
In the evening, Zhang Lilian came to find Ji Tiantian and took Ji Tiantian and Chen Yusheng to the sporting goods store to buy suitable ice skates for them. The ice skates were heavy in her arms, and Ji Tiantian felt an indescribable happiness. She looked at Chen Yusheng and knew that the other person felt the same as she did.
The training camp was held three times a week. On weekends, Ji Tiantian would take Chen Yusheng to the ice rink to practice on their own wearing their newly bought ice skates.
"Ji Tiantian, what other steps do you know? Teach me!" Chen Yusheng fell on the ice with a "bang" and looked at Ji Tiantian, with stars of expectation in his eyes.
"You want to run before you even learn to walk." Ji Tiantian smiled and pulled Chen Yusheng up.
Under Ji Tiantian's guidance, Chen Yusheng's skating skills also improved by leaps and bounds. When they were on the ice, they practiced pressing steps, pushing ice, turning, changing legs, and serpentine skating. When they were not on the ice, they stuck together, holding hands and practicing various grips, and also watched professional national standard dance training to learn from and imitate.
In the training camp, Ji Tiantian quickly stood out and became the undisputed top seed, and Chen Yusheng quickly caught up with the progress. When the two skated together, Ji Tiantian skated with Chen Yusheng.
When skating in pairs, the male partner is responsible for leading, while the female partner is more responsible for showing. The two of them are familiar with each other and cooperate very well. Coach Ma saw that the two girls were quite harmonious together, so he didn't say anything.
Finally, the weekend arrived. Ji Tiantian left the dance school and returned home not far from the school.
Weekends may sound nice, but they are a real challenge for Ji Tiantian. Her schedule is filled with homework, dance practice, skating practice, and weekly school reports to tell her parents what she did this week.
"Your ice dance training has been going on for a while. How do you feel about it?" Ji Tiantian's father Ji Ze asked her during dinner.
"It's pretty good." Ji Tiantian said while eating.
"I've watched some ice dance competitions recently, and I feel that the ice skaters are so good-looking. They're simply the ceiling in the sport. Not to mention the girls, the male contestants are all very good-looking too." Zhang Lilian recalled and sighed.
"I think it's just okay. If you see it too much, it won't be that good-looking anymore." Ji Tiantian lowered her head to eat. Noticing her mother's confused gaze, she swallowed a mouthful of rice and pretended to be nothing and continued talking. "Mom, don't always praise other men. Dad will feel a sense of crisis."
"Those are all little boys I saw, what kind of man! Your father must be good, otherwise how could he have such a pretty daughter." Zhang Lilian pinched Ji Tiantian's fair and clean face and couldn't help but smile proudly, "Oh, so pretty. Pretty and excellent."
"That's right." Ji Ze muttered softly. He was not good at speaking, but his eyes were full of pride when he looked at Ji Tiantian.
"By the way, Tiantian, why haven't I heard you talk about your dance partner? Is your dance partner in the training camp handsome? Is his technique good?" Zhang Lilian suddenly thought of this question.
"My dance partner is Chen Yusheng." Ji Tiantian replied with a smile, "I think we are good enough and don't need a boy."
Zhang Lilian was stunned: "...You have quite avant-garde ideas?"
"Of course." Ji Tiantian finished the last few mouthfuls of rice, then stood up and went back to her room, "Don't move after you finish eating, I'll wash the dishes today!"
Zhang Lilian looked confused: "Why do you suddenly have to wash the dishes... Isn't this your father's job?"
"Oh, don't worry about it!" Ji Tiantian's voice came from the room.
In her previous life, she didn't have much time to take care of her parents because she was busy with work. Sometimes, she still needed her parents' care. She felt somewhat guilty. So she wanted to take care of her parents more when she had more time. She would wash as many dishes as she could.
Time passed quickly in the busy dance school life and figure skating training. Before they knew it, the final exams were over. Ji Tiantian and Chen Yusheng both did well.
During this period of training, we mainly practiced skating footwork with different grips, such as bracket, rocker, counter, mochawk, choctaw, etc. Then we matched the footwork with the grip and skated with music of various rhythms.
It is not easy to string together various steps and perform them smoothly. However, Ji Tiantian and Chen Yusheng worked together, learned from each other, made rapid progress, and were often pulled out by Coach Ma to demonstrate.
Soon, the hot summer vacation came to South City, which also marked the second half of the five-month training camp.
"Zhao Feng, come and try sliding with Ji Tiantian."
On the first day of training after the summer vacation, Ji Tiantian heard Coach Ma give such instructions as soon as she stepped onto the ice.
"What?" Zhao Feng was stunned for a moment. Zhao Feng was Ji Tiantian's senior in ballroom dancing at the same school, but he had always been dancing with Cong Juan, who was in the same major.
Ji Tiantian was also a little surprised by this sudden order.
"Ice dancing is a competitive sport between a man and a woman. You can't skate with a girl all the time." Coach Ma said to Ji Tiantian, then turned to look at Zhao Feng, "Your skating is pretty good among boys recently. Why don't you try to lead her in skating?"
Coach Ma's idea is actually very simple. Ji Tiantian is the best in the class and has hardly shown any flaws since she started training. Her dancing sense, skating, and body shape are all very good.
But Coach Ma was afraid that Ji Tiantian's inability to adapt to her male partner would be a fatal flaw. She had to confirm it.
Zhao Feng did not move for a moment after hearing Coach Ma's instructions. It was not that he did not want to move, but Cong Juan behind him grabbed Zhao Feng's clothes at an angle that Coach Ma could not see.
Ji Tiantian saw it.
Ji Tiantian could see a strong sense of crisis and great hostility towards her in Cong Juan's eyes, like a lion whose territory was invaded.
Cong Juan was very reluctant to have her dance partner assigned to someone else, even if it was just a temporary "borrowing". Often, temporary borrowing would turn into a breakup. She had seen this happen many times.
Excellent and strong people have the right to choose their own dance partners, and there is no reason to fight for dance partners. She certainly doesn't want such a thing to happen to her.
"Coach, how about I choose other boys?" Ji Tiantian looked at Cong Juan and asked Coach Ma.
"No." Coach Ma, who was always easy to talk to, refused firmly. In a duet dance, the male partner is mainly responsible for leading, and in the training class, except for Zhao Feng, almost no male can lead well. Zhao Feng is just a tall guy among the short guys.
The performance of the female partner is restricted by the male partner. Ji Tiantian's good skills cannot be displayed when cooperating with other male partners. No coach would want to see such a disaster.
"What are you hesitating about?" Coach Ma urged Zhao Feng coldly.
So Zhao Feng reached behind him, gently squeezed Cong Juan's hand as if to comfort her, and then slid to Ji Tiantian with an expressionless face.
Ji Tiantian and Zhao Feng held hands and started free practice like everyone else.
However, Zhao Feng was obviously not cooperative. When Ji Tiantian accelerated on the ice, he deliberately slowed down, and when she slowed down, he sped up again.
He deliberately did these little tricks when Coach Ma wasn't looking at them.
After all, Ji Tiantian is a petite girl, and Zhao Feng is very strong. When accelerating once, Ji Tiantian fell on the ice with a loud noise.
For a moment everyone stopped to look at them.
Ji Tiantian felt her palms and knees were numb from the fall, but because she was protected by pants and gloves, she was not seriously injured.
She stood up and looked Zhao Feng in the eye. Zhao Feng subconsciously avoided her gaze.
"You're a coward." Ji Tiantian spoke clearly.
"What did you say?" Zhao Feng turned his head and looked at Ji Tiantian with some surprise.
"If you don't want to dance with me, just tell the coach that we are not suitable for each other. You don't want to separate from your original partner." Ji Tiantian looked up, staring at Zhao Feng intently, and spoke in a clear voice, "You look like a coward when you embarrass a younger school girl like this."
Her words were powerful and echoed in the empty ice rink.
"You..." Zhao Feng was angry and ashamed, his face flushed red.
"Sizzle"——
Suddenly, there was a sharp sound of a blade rubbing against the ice.
Ji Tiantian and the students standing nearby only felt a gust of golden wind whistling past their eyes.
Before anyone could react, a fist hit Zhao Feng hard in the face.
"Bang", with a dull sound, Zhao Feng fell backwards uncontrollably and slid a long way on the ice.
Ji Tiantian was stunned for a moment, and then her heart began to beat wildly.
It was not an illusion, the person in front of her was the real Tang Yi.
Unlike the adult version she was familiar with, Tang Yi was now thinner. He wore a washed-out T-shirt, a pair of half-worn ice skates, and short dyed yellow hair, exuding the aura of a wild and fierce teenager.
In her previous life, Ji Tiantian started paying attention to Tang Yi when he was 16 years old. In her impression, he was the top ice dancer who was conscientious and most observant of team discipline.
So she would never have thought that Tang Yi, who is about 15 years old now, would be so rebellious and sharp.
Like a sharp knife stuck in the ice.
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