◎Become stronger when facing a strong opponent◎
"Okay, I'll skate with him."
Ji Tiantian's gentle voice was firm. Just treat this as a competition with a master. She thought, he should be looking forward to it too, right?
Looking forward to meeting a worthy opponent in this bleak moment.
"Ji Tiantian, that is, Jianjian from our training class." A trainee questioned quietly, "Being with Tang Yi... is it too much of a stretch?"
Chen Yusheng glared at the person who spoke, then excitedly spoke into Ji Tiantian's ear: "Don't listen to others, you have to work harder!"
"Go ahead." Xu Chi smiled and patted Tang Yi's neck, "Don't scare me anymore."
Tang Yi gently slid to the front of Ji Tiantian. He was about 180cm tall, and Ji Tiantian was about 162cm tall. He lowered his eyes and looked into her eyes. She also looked up at him, and the clear outline of the boy was reflected in her clear eyes.
The young version of Tang Yi in front of her had not yet had the complicated entanglements with her from her previous life, and posed no threat to her new life.
This was the first time she looked at the young Tang Yi from such a close distance.
The past events were still vivid in her mind. In her previous life, when she was a girl, she always chased him, never missing any of his games or exhibitions. She even watched his practice videos over and over again, and she felt so happy every time.
When she grew up, she was busy with work and this feeling gradually faded away. Now that long-lost feeling has returned again.
She felt warm in her chest, a gentle fire burning.
“They look so good together!”
"No wonder, Tang Yi has already had his eyes on Ji Tiantian, so he came to the rescue."
There was another round of discussion around me.
Tang Yi seemed to have heard nothing and handed the phone to Ji Tiantian. He showed Ji Tiantian the ice dance music stored in his phone. Movie soundtracks, hip-hop, Latin, modern, ballet, musical, pop, rock... all kinds of music were classified into different folders according to their types. Ice dance music allowed the use of human voice, which was all-encompassing. Many ice dancers were excellent music connoisseurs. They knew what kind of music was suitable for what kind of performance.
"Choose one and we'll skate together." Tang Yi looked at Ji Tiantian closely, "Don't worry, I won't let you fall." His voice was firm.
Ji Tiantian looked at the playlist and couldn't help but smile. He was really serious when he was young. He was serious and reliable.
"I can't choose, so you choose." Ji Tiantian looked at Tang Yi and narrowed her eyes, "But I don't want to use the music from a dance drama... I'm a little tired of it."
Tang Yi paused and started searching with his phone. Ji Tiantian stood quietly aside, waiting for Tang Yi to open the blind box for her.
Tang Yi chose a samba song, "whenever, wherever", and showed it to Ji Tiantian.
Ji Tiantian nodded. Tang Yi turned around and slid quickly, throwing the phone to Xu Chi.
The other trainees immediately realized that the two were about to start trial skating, and hurriedly moved aside, leaving the center venue to them.
No one took their eyes off the two. The seniors of the national team were practicing on the spot, and they were also practicing with the trainees who had just joined the training camp. No matter from which angle you look at it, this was a very interesting trial skating.
Tang Yi and Ji Tiantian stood in the center of the ice, holding each other face to face in the waltz grip.
After a while, an emotional and rhythmic female voice accompanied by music spread across the entire ice surface.
Ji Tiantian felt Tang Yi's palm on her back was warm and strong.
She let him guide her forward. The wind whistled past, blowing her hair at the temples. The blade slid powerfully on the smooth ice, two arcs, complementing each other.
Sliding with Chen Yusheng was more like dancing, but different from Tang Yi. If I had to make a metaphor, it was like she suddenly had a comrade-in-arms who was moving forward side by side with her. He was using his strength to tell her to keep moving forward. At this moment, she would not be alone. She did not have to worry about any accidents. The two of them had the power to withstand everything.
She looked up at his cold, young face. His family was not well off, the clothes he wore were a little old, and his hair was dyed in some cheap barber shop, it was as white as straw.
But when he put on ice skates, he was like a prince riding a war horse, with brilliance oozing from him.
Never could imagine there were only
I never thought you were the only one
So many ways to love somebody
There are so many unique ways to love someone
Le ro lo le lo le
La la la la
Le ro lo le lo le
La la la la
Can't you see I'm at your feet[1]
Don't you see that I have been conquered by you?
This was a passionate samba song. Her experience as a choreographer and dancer in her previous life immediately made Ji Tiantian understand how to keep up with the fast-moving beats. But the beat was too fast, and her hands and feet could not keep up with her brain.
However, Tang Yi ignored the rhythm of the music. He deliberately slowed down his movements to let Ji Tiantian get used to the feeling of dancing with him.
His silent care aroused her desire for challenge.
Tang Yi, I don't need your care. What you can do, I can do too.
When he released her hand to change the grip, she pushed back away from him, looking him in the eyes and signaling him to follow.
She swung her floating leg flexibly to the music, while her sliding leg stayed firmly on the ice, creating a beautiful arc. The dancer's instinct made her do each movement gracefully and beautifully.
The active and passive positions quickly changed. Tang Yi followed Ji Tiantian without thinking, facing her and skating in a mirror image without holding each other. She stepped back and he moved forward. They skated together quickly, swinging their floating legs flexibly and orderly, while swinging their upper bodies as much as possible to the music.
"Ji Tiantian is so elegant. She is so calm in front of the boss..."
"I've never seen her skate so fast before. Maybe it's because of the boss. This is... you become stronger when you meet a stronger opponent..."
The trainees who were watching began to whisper again.
"It is said that Tang Yi had no one to guide him at the beginning. He learned so many dance styles by himself, or found someone who was not familiar with the subject to guide him. The Swiss Army Knife of the subject and the Little Swan who specialized in dance at the dance school, I think they can do it."
"That must work!" Chen Yusheng replied excitedly.
…
Tang Yi stretched his limbs following Ji Tiantian's movements, and Ji Tiantian followed him and gradually increased his speed. On the ice, they gradually merged.
She looked into Tang Yi's eyes with burning eyes. In her previous life, Tang Yi was not only her husband, but also a distinctive landmark of her girlhood.
Because of him, her youth became more glorious.
She found the long-lost light.
Ji Tiantian had not yet mastered the samba footwork, and after skating for a while, she didn't know what to do. As if seeing her confusion, Tang Yi quickly took over the initiative.
He twisted his hips, stretched his arms vigorously to the side, opened his five fingers, and each finger was full of power, like a wolf's claw. He released all the sharp edge of the boy in front of her.
Now, it was his turn to lead her again. She followed his steps and continued to race across the ice.
"What a powerful aura." A mother of a trainee who was sitting in the audience looked at Tang Yi and sighed, "But this boy is not yet an adult, right? Isn't his dancing a little too mature? I can't imagine my son dancing like this..."
"Don't worry, most people can't reach his level." Hearing the mother's words, Xu Chi smiled and continued, "Ice dancing is a scoring competition. You have to ensure both skating skills and dance posture to get high scores. Most people can't do both."
“But in the world’s top competitions, there are many athletes who have both skating skills and dancing postures.” The trainee’s mother continued.
"Yes." Xu Chi nodded. "They are all very good skaters and dancers, and they are dancers on ice. Even when they are moving forward at a very fast speed, they have to step on the sharp knife and dance smoothly. They need talent and the courage to risk everything."
The trainee's mother didn't say anything. She focused on Tang Yi and Ji Tiantian on the ice rink. The two of them were skating in a mirror image. Ji Tiantian had followed Tang Yi's movements, twisting her hips, and her samba posture became more and more skillful.
"But I rarely see boys who are so good at dancing on ice." The trainee's mother smiled and looked at Xu Chi, "Did you pick him up on the ice?"
"When I met Tang Yi, he was dancing Latin dance with an old lady on the ice."
"Auntie?"
Xu Chi smiled with emotion and couldn't help but reminisce. "Tang Yi's parents divorced when he was very young, and he lived with his mother. However, his mother opened a shop outside and could not take care of him, so he always hung out on the streets. Unconsciously, he learned street dance, HIP-POP, ice skating and roller skating from many young people in society. Because of his growing environment, he didn't know much about ice dancing, but one time when he was on the ice, he naturally added dance moves while skating. Later, he kept doing this. He felt that he should do that, and he was the one chosen by ice dancing.
"Later, the owner of the ice rink he went to contacted me and said that this kid was extraordinary and asked me to go and see him. Then, I saw a funny scene. A little boy and an aunt were skating on the ice... But you know what, his grip and footwork, although not standard, were very natural. He danced very naturally on the ice. I later learned that those aunts were originally doing square dance in the square, and Tang Yi often went to the square to practice street dance. After a few visits, the two sides got to know each other. Tang Yi came to skate, and the aunts thought it was fun and followed him.
"Tang Yi guides them and serves as their dance partner. A child who lacks parental care is taking care of an older dance partner. It is impossible for a child who grows up in such an environment to be immature. If the standard definition of a child is just naive and ignorant of the world, then it is unfair to Tang Yi. He is like our country's ice dance itself... He grew up in difficulty and was forced to grow up."
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[1] is a quote from the lyrics. The quotes in the following chapters will no longer be marked o(*￣︶￣*)o
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