◎I will keep sliding◎
On the ice, Tang Yi saw that Ji Tiantian had become more and more accustomed to the cheerful rhythm of the dance music, so he held Ji Tiantian's hand and raised it high. Dancers don't need words, they use their bodies to guide.
Ji Tiantian understood what he meant, and she held onto Tang Yi's hand, and with his hand as the axis, she started to spin in circles with her floating foot attached to the ankle of her sliding foot.
Ji Tiantian had not been taught spinning for long in the training class, and she had no experience spinning on ice before. At the fast pace, she lost control of her feet, and in the second circle, her center of gravity shifted and she fell backwards.
Just as she was ready to make close contact with the ice, Tang Yi quickly put his arm around her waist. His other hand was still firmly holding hers, leading her forward without stopping.
Ji Tiantian quickly stabilized her body, held Tang Yi's hand, squatted and slid forward quickly on one foot, while stretching her floating leg straight forward. The dancer's instinct made her knees stay beautifully outward. The two of them completed a difficult move together, in which the male partner stood and led, and the female partner bent and squatted forward on one foot, shoot the duck.
The trainees cried out softly, and Coach Ma and Xu Chi stared intently at the two people speeding on the ice.
From spinning to shooting the duck, there is almost no pause, it is smooth and coherent, and the gliding speed does not decrease.
Tang Yi reacted in time before Ji Tiantian fell, so visually, their movements were still beautiful and thrilling enough to catch people's eyes.
"I think this is the first time I've seen ice dancing like this."
"Me too……"
The trainees kept talking, their eyes filled with surprise and longing.
Unlike professional players, each step was carefully designed, and unlike other first-time players who stumbled. Although Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi also made mistakes, the interaction between their movements and postures was intense and harmonious. Both of them were testing each other and learning from each other.
No one knew what they would do next, or whether they would make mistakes. They improvised and cooperated, and they also didn't know what the next step would be. But they looked calm and composed, as if they could handle any difficulties and resist everything.
Whenever, Wherever
Anytime, Anywhere
We're meant to be together
We are destined to be together
I'll be there and you'll be near
I will be there and you will be nearby
There's nothing left to fear
There's nothing to be afraid of
If you really feel the way I feel…
If we could connect with each other...
Tang Yi let go of Ji Tiantian, and the two skated face to face again. In the middle of the ice rink, the young man and the girl skated out passionate arcs, and the strong rhythm of the music still echoed in their ears.
Finally, the music gradually stopped and the two stopped skating. After a moment of silence, a round of applause filled with admiration and amazement resounded across the ice.
Coach Ma also clapped her hands vigorously, looking at Ji Tiantian with eyes full of joy and relief. She was finally relieved that Ji Tiantian could work with a male partner. It's just that... her dance partner threshold may be higher than that of ordinary people. Ordinary dance partners are not worthy of her.
"Ji Tiantian, you are so awesome!" Chen Yusheng shouted to Ji Tiantian from not far away.
Ji Tiantian panted heavily and looked into Tang Yi's eyes. Tang Yi also looked at her, as if he had something to say. Something seemed to be brewing in the depths of his dark eyes.
"Ji Tiantian, come and be my dance partner." Tang Yi pursed his lips and continued speaking, "Tell me what you are not satisfied with and I will change it."
"Ahh..." Chen Yusheng, who was standing nearby, heard it and couldn't help but cover her mouth and exclaimed excitedly. Wow, the boss looked like he didn't want anyone to get close to him, but he sounded like he was really caring.
But Ji Tiantian is not Chen Yusheng. She vaguely felt that there was a story brewing under Tang Yi's eyes and tone, and it was not that simple. She looked at Tang Yi's immature face with an inquiring gaze.
Tang Yi was silent for a moment, then lowered his voice so that only Ji Tiantian could hear him: "Don't talk about breaking up so easily."
Well, she was sure he wasn't just talking about his dance partner.
Ji Tiantian felt a tingling sensation on her scalp. She paused for a moment, then immediately dragged Tang Yi to a deserted corner.
"What are they doing?" The trainee who watched them go away asked in confusion.
"I don't know... to have academic exchanges between big guys?"
"Let me ask you something. Do you remember the car accident?" Although it was almost certain, Ji Tiantian still asked in a tentative tone, "You, me, and Ni Chuan..."
"I remember." Tang Yi nodded and answered straightforwardly. His bright boyish eyes hid the emotions and feelings of an adult.
Ji Tiantian covered her head. Now she was completely sure that she and Tang Yi were both reborn.
"But...how..."
"I was holding you at that time." Tang Yi seemed to know what Ji Tiantian was going to ask and naturally continued her words.
Ji Tiantian couldn't help but recall the last scene of her previous life.
A car suddenly drove onto the sidewalk and hit her. Tang Yi was actually next to her at the time. So the two of them were reborn together.
"Just let me be quiet for a while..."
Ji Tiantian turned her head to look at Zhao Feng, who was hiding at the back of the trainees with a bruised face and nose, and hissed softly.
In her previous life, she had never been to a training class to learn ice dancing. In other words, Tang Yi should have anticipated the fact that she might have been reborn the moment he saw her when he walked into the ice rink.
She tried to change her fate and not meet him again, but by some strange coincidence, they met earlier than in their previous life.
On the ice rink, no one except Ji Tiantian seemed to feel that something was wrong.
While Ji Tiantian was talking to Tang Yi, Xu Chi came to Coach Ma and asked about Ji Tiantian's situation.
"Ji Tiantian said her mother was also a ballet dancer. So she naturally learned ballet." Coach Ma took a sip of water, with worry in his eyes. "In this case, if a daughter follows in her mother's footsteps and wants to become a professional ice dancer, I think she will face resistance from her parents."
"Indeed." Xu Chi nodded thoughtfully. At this moment, he saw Ji Tiantian sliding over from a distance.
"How do you feel?" Coach Ma looked at Tiantian with a smile, "Coach Xu thinks you skated very well. Your footwork and spins were good, and that shoot the duck was especially beautiful. Do you want to team up with Tang Yi? That way you can skip a grade and join the national team!" She deliberately spoke in a half-joking tone so as not to put extra pressure on Ji Tiantian.
Ji Tiantian slowly raised her eyes, looked at the smooth and wide ice rink in front of her, gently clenched her fists, and said firmly in a soft voice: "No, I don't want to partner with Tang Yi."
She didn't want to continue the poor and miserable life of Tang Yi in her previous life. In this life, she wanted to see if focusing on her career could lead a better life.
Now that she had made the decision, she would no longer have any disputes with him. Drawing a clear line in advance would be good for everyone.
Before, she just wanted to compete with experts and didn't want to form a team.
"Think about it more. You don't have to decide now." Coach Ma said to Ji Tiantian.
"No, I've made up my mind. Tang Yi and I are not suitable." Ji Tiantian shook her head. "Although there is no suitable male partner now... I will keep on skating." After saying that, she glanced at Tang Yi. She had just conveyed her meaning to him very clearly.
Xu Chi looked at Ji Tiantian. It was the first time he met such a child, who made rapid progress, was neither arrogant nor impatient, and had her own ideas.
"You are quite ambitious, little girl. That's great." Xu Chi smiled, looked at Tang Yi, and sighed, "It's a pity that he doesn't like you! Come down and change your shoes!"
Tang Yi looked at Ji Tiantian silently.
"Goodbye." Ji Tiantian looked at him and spoke softly.
Tang Yi was silent for a moment, then slid towards the exit and changed back into his sneakers. His pair of white sneakers were so fuzzy from being brushed that they looked like they had been worn for a long time.
"I think you guys are doing fine. What happened?" Coach Ma stood in front of Ji Tiantian and asked softly, "Is Tang Yi too strong?" Sometimes it is really like this. Only the parties involved know whether the dance partner is suitable.
Seeing that Ji Tiantian looked unhappy and unwilling to talk, Coach Ma did not ask any more questions and just patted her on the shoulder: "It's okay, go to the city team first, and find a dance partner slowly."
"Wow, is he confirmed to join the city team?" Someone among the trainees exclaimed softly.
"Well, he has made rapid progress since joining the training camp, so it's only a matter of time before he joins the city team."
Chen Yusheng stood by and watched silently. She didn't understand why Ji Tiantian rejected Tang Yi, but she felt that it didn't seem a pity.
In the skating with Tang Yi, Ji Tiantian has shown great potential, which was seen by Tang Yi, Xu Chi, and Coach Ma. Today, Ji Tiantian left a deep impression in everyone's eyes, and her skating was not in vain.
Tang Yi followed Xu Chi out of the ice rink silently and did not speak for a long time.
"When the little girl was about to fall just now, you helped her." Xu Chi was silent for a moment, then said, "Actually, I really want to see how she would deal with it after she fell."
Tang Yi turned and looked at Xu Chi.
"In a previous competition, a pair of American contestants performed the Charleston in the free dance. The content of the performance was about a poor boy chasing a goddess." Xu Chi fell into memory. "The Charleston is a very cheerful and humorous dance. The male contestant fell on the ice because of a mistake, but he did not stand up immediately. He sat on the ice and looked particularly surprised and aggrieved, then hurriedly caught up with his female partner with an exaggerated apology on his face.
"He improvised and used a lot of exaggerated and humorous performances to cover up his mistakes, making his mistakes look like part of the choreography. His performance was very deliberate, but surprisingly it fits in with their overall humorous style. In the end, the judges gave this group of contestants a relatively high score for the program content, affirming the efforts made by the male contestant on the ice at that time. So when we select people, in addition to technology, we also look at performance. Ice dance performances can play an unimaginable role at critical moments."
"There is no problem with Ji Tiantian's performance." Tang Yi said.
"You believe in her, but she doesn't believe in you." Xu Chi patted Tang Yi's neck with a smile and tilted his head to look at him, "I think you performed well. Why didn't she like you?"
Xu Chi could see that Tang Yi was very depressed. In fact, as a national team coach, he could have taken some tough measures to get Ji Tiantian to team up with Tang Yi. But he didn't want to do that.
There are not many people who choose ice dancing. He is willing to trust every skater who chooses ice dancing and respect the choice they make.
"Maybe your yellow hair is too annoying." Xu Chi reached out and rubbed Tang Yi's head, and said subconsciously, "If you dye it back, maybe someone will like you."
"..." Tang Yi blinked slowly and looked at Xu Chi, "Really?"
-over-
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