Chapter 91 2016 Post-match Interview and GALA
◎The smell of hormones!◎
Ji Tiantian raised her hand to cover Tang Yi's mouth and listened to the noise outside the door for a while. The fans who were looking for them had not given up yet.
There was a sudden movement from the door handle of the stairwell. Ji Tiantian was slightly startled, but Tang Yi was quick to move Ji Tiantian to the side.
An ice hockey fan pushed open the door of the stairwell, but failed to notice Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi hiding behind the door.
"Hey, how come he suddenly disappeared? It's not been that long..." The ice fan made a frustrated sound and left with his companions.
Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi looked at each other and couldn't help but smile. Ji Tiantian put away her smile, and suddenly she felt a lot of emotion in her heart.
Years passed quickly in the boring and busy training. They rarely felt happy without distraction like now.
They stopped kissing, but Ji Tiantian still hung on Tang Yi's body. Now, their heights were the same as their adult heights in the previous life, Tang Yi was about 185cm, and Ji Tiantian was about 166cm. She was petite and could easily fit herself in Tang Yi's arms.
This was what she did now, without exerting any strength, she leaned softly against Tang Yi, feeling the reassuring warmth and strength coming from him.
She leaned against his chest and gently closed her eyes. She hadn't enjoyed a hug from her lover for a long time. Whether in training or on the field, she and he always maintained the identity of dance partners. When she was in Tang Yi's arms, she always tensed her body, thinking about showing every posture perfectly.
It was a rare time for her to ignore everything and lean on him helplessly. She felt like a tropical fish soaking in warm water, very comfortable. The fatigue in her body was swept away, and the health bar that was originally low seemed to be suddenly full.
"Are you injured now?" Ji Tiantian looked up and asked Tang Yi.
"It's a little strained, but not serious." Tang Yi subconsciously moved his right arm.
"I suddenly wondered, if there were no serious injuries in this life... would you retire later?" Ji Tiantian looked up at Tang Yi, "Can we be like Victoria and William and consider retiring after the age of 30?"
"It will be a very long journey." Tang Yi looked at Ji Tiantian with some uncertainty in his eyes, "Are you... willing to be with me for such a long time?"
Ji Tiantian couldn't help but lower her eyes.
Now one of them is 19 and the other is 21. 30 years old is indeed very far away for them. Before reaching that number, they still need to participate in many games and experience many times of tension and anxiety in the equal division.
"Just ten years. Ten years is not that long compared to the story between us." Ji Tiantian stretched out her hand and held Tang Yi's fingers.
Then she looked up into his eyes and smiled: "Tang Yi, take care of yourself. We will spend the next ten years together. But if you get hurt, I won't want you anymore."
"Okay, I'll try my best." Tang Yi held her fingers tightly and couldn't help but smile.
"Then let's go out." Ji Tiantian suddenly realized that they seemed to have been alone for too long, and there was a post-match interview waiting for them.
She tidied her clothes and quickly pulled Tang Yi out, but she didn't expect Xu Chi to be standing in front of them, as if he had been waiting for a long time.
"Um...where's Coach Jiang?" Ji Tiantian was stunned for a moment, and then she found a random topic and quietly let go of Tang Yi's hand.
"She went to the interview area first." Xu Chi put his hands behind his back and looked at the two young players with a serious expression. "Just now, a few fans were excitedly discussing that they saw you two alone here. What's going on with you two right now? Don't you have anything to say to me?"
Ji Tiantian fell silent for a moment. At this moment, Tang Yi held her hand tightly.
"Old Xu, Tiantian and I have decided to be together." Tang Yi said to Xu Chi, "I will take good care of her."
Xu Chi, who was planning to take action to hold Tang Yi accountable, was stunned for a moment when he heard Tang Yi's solemn promise.
"How old are you? How do you want to take care of me?" Xu Chi frowned and looked at Tang Yi.
"I saved all the income from the ice rink and commercial performances. Recently, I have been developing video editing software with my college classmates, which should be able to sell for some money." Tang Yi said, "After selling it, I can buy a house in the capital. I just want you to know that I can take care of Tiantian."
Ji Tiantian turned her head in a daze, looking at Tang Yi's handsome and tough profile. It was rare for her to hear him talk about his plans for the future, and it was so clear that it was unbelievable.
But thinking about it carefully, he has always been a smart and well-planned person. Although he failed the college entrance examination in his previous life, he managed to collect the down payment soon after coming to South City, bought a small house and married her.
When she thought about how he worked hard to make money after retiring with a bruised body, she couldn't help but feel mixed emotions.
In this life, she must take good care of him, she thought silently.
"Okay, Tang Yi, you're really thinking far ahead." Xu Chi stared at Tang Yi in a daze, and waved his hand after a while, "Well, let's not talk about those distant things. Let's just talk about your current situation! You have been together for a while, right? There are some clues that Jiang Lin and I can find. You two are smart and know how to restrain yourself. But what happened today? You are so excited about winning the silver medal? Ice fans saw you!"
"We were planning to make our relationship public after this game." Tang Yi paused and looked at Xu Chi, "Besides, aren't you excited about winning the silver medal?"
"I... no matter how excited I am, I can't act as recklessly as you do!" Xu Chi couldn't help but slap Tang Yi on the back of his neck. "I used to think you were a righteous kid, but you took action not long after Tiantian became an adult! You are so capable! You have been waiting for this day, right? Do Tiantian's parents know? How are you going to explain to them?"
"Our parents don't know about our situation yet. But Tiantian and I will handle it," said Tang Yi.
"You're quite promising. How do you plan to solve it?" Xu Chi asked angrily.
Ji Tiantian looked at Tang Yi, who looked calm, and couldn't help but burst out laughing. She guessed that Tang Yi would not be able to pass Zhang Lilian's test, and he would just need to show his instep.
"What's wrong? If I don't punish you, do you guys not take me, your coach, seriously?" Xu Chi looked at Ji Tiantian, then at Tang Yi, and frowned in dissatisfaction.
"Coach Xu, we are serious." Ji Tiantian put away her smile, held Tang Yi's hand and whispered, "I also observed Tang Yi for a while before deciding to agree to date him..."
"Old Xu, just tell me what your attitude is." Tang Yi said.
Xu Chi took a deep breath and then spoke slowly: "Actually, I don't support it. Not to mention you two, I don't support other dance partners getting along with each other. If there are flaws in the program and movements, the two dance partners can work together to overcome them. However, if the lovers have shortcomings, all they can do is to tolerate and give in. These are two completely different directions. Dance partners and lovers are two completely different relationships. If they are mixed together, many problems will become complicated."
After Xu Chi finished speaking, Ji Tiantian immediately fell silent. As a senior and coach, Xu Chi's words certainly made sense.
Just now, she decided to work with Tang Yi for ten years, but now she thinks that the challenges they will face in these ten years will not only come from outside.
"But," at this moment, Xu Chi suddenly smiled, "You can combine skating and street dance, two completely different sports, so well, so I think a new relationship should not be a problem for you."
Xu Chi looked at the two young ice dancers in front of him, his eyes sparkling with satisfaction. They have repeatedly created achievements in ice dancing that many people dare not even think of.
He can fully believe that they can overcome the difficulties that hinder other players.
"Coach Xu, do you agree with us?" Ji Tiantian was a little happy.
"I have no objection." Xu Chi nodded. "You can consider how to tell your family about this matter first, but don't let the ice fans and other people in the team know about it. It still depends on the opinions of the team leaders, and we must also pay attention to the impact on the team and society. There are many children in our figure skating team. It would be bad if the parents of those children and the netizens outside think that learning ice dancing and figure skating is just for dating. The leaders have always disapproved of dance partners dating, and they also consider the impact on the atmosphere. Of course, your achievements are obvious to all, and I guess we can make an exception. In short, I will discuss it with the leaders first. Before getting a reply, don't tell reporters or other people. Anyway, whether you two make it public or not, those who can do it will do it."
In terms of career and competition, the leaders no longer care about Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi. But in terms of feelings, after all, the impact is far-reaching, so they still have to discuss it with the leaders.
"Okay." Ji Tiantian nodded, feeling relieved.
Although outsiders couldn't know about it, the coach seemed to accept their relationship calmly. This was much better than Ji Tiantian had imagined.
The three of them did not delay any longer and immediately went to the mixed interview area. Chinese and foreign reporters who had been waiting here for a long time immediately swarmed over and asked them questions about the short dance and free dance choreography.
"For the short dance and free dance, Tang and I gave each other ideas, and then we completed them based on the opinions of the choreographer, dance teacher and coach." Ji Tiantian answered seriously, "Tang is more experienced in street dance, and he took the lead in completing the choreography of the short dance. As for the free dance, I gave more opinions. I am also very grateful to the teachers at the Capital Dance Academy, they helped me a lot."
"You're amazing, Tiantian. You got into such a difficult dance academy and still got such a good ranking in the competition." A Chinese reporter said to Ji Tiantian with admiration, "You must have been the legendary kid when you were a child, right?"
"No." Ji Tiantian shook her head slightly and answered the reporter in Chinese. "My mother is a very good dancer. She taught me to dance when I was young, but I often failed to meet her expectations. When I was young, I often heard her talk about other excellent children. But I never thought of giving up, and I am very grateful to my mother who has always encouraged me. I hope that in the future, I can repay her with more honors."
"Wow, it turns out that you came from behind! So inspiring! Tiantian, your story will surely inspire many children who want to learn figure skating or dancing!" The Chinese reporter paused, then turned to look at Tang Yi, "Tang Yi, can you share some of your inspiring stories with friends who love figure skating?"
"Tang Yi is more inspiring!" Ji Tiantian said excitedly, and pushed Tang Yi towards the interview microphone. "Tang Yi is the most inspiring person I know. He had nothing at the beginning, and relied on a pair of feet that could dance on ice to struggle to where he is now. He has inspired me for a long time."
Ji Tiantian looked at Tang Yi, curved her eyes, and smiled sincerely: "I am happy and proud of him for his current achievements."
"Wow, great!" The Chinese reporter immediately handed the microphone to Tang Yi, expecting him to say something.
Tang Yi's gaze slowly swept across the microphone, then fell on Ji Tiantian's face, with tenderness in his eyes.
In front of the microphone, Tang Yi stared at Ji Tiantian and slowly said, "Winning the award with you is the greatest achievement of my life."
“Aaaaaaah!”
"Oh my god, I suddenly bumped into something!"
“Who can stand this!”
The reporters present who could understand Chinese all expressed excitement.
Ji Tiantian looked at Tang Yi, and her heartbeat couldn't help but secretly quicken.
There were so many reporters who wanted to interview Ji Tang that Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi quickly separated to answer questions.
"Ji, congratulations on winning the silver medal in the Grand Prix Final. I feel that your free dance is more layered than the love story of the Tang Dynasty performed in the youth group. Your five-week twist is also more powerful than before." A local reporter from France said excitedly, "As far as I know, the theme of your free dance comes from the movie "Green Snake". But the ending of the movie is a tragedy. So if you are really the Green Snake and Fahai in the movie, what kind of story do you think you will have? Would you want to change the ending?"
"Green Snake and Fahai will not be together, but if they change their identities and meet in another world, I think they might be together." Ji Tiantian thought about it and said this.
After so many years of experience, Ji Tiantian has also gained experience. If she makes a mistake in a competition program, she should appease the reporters and the audience watching the program through interviews so that everyone will not be too sad.
"So what is your relationship with Tang now?" the French reporter continued to ask, smiling a little embarrassedly. "I'm sorry, I know you must have been asked similar questions many times. But we really have a lot of your fans in our country, and everyone cares about you very much."
"We are just good partners." Ji Tiantian also gave an embarrassed smile to the reporter.
She glanced at Tang Yi and added, "However, we are closer to each other than family members."
"We will always be together for the next ten years." Tang Yi received Ji Tiantian's gaze and came over to add.
"Oh, it would be great to have this sentence! It would be great!" Foreign reporters also expressed excitement.
"Hello, Ji, Tang, I'm a reporter from International Figure Skating Magazine." Then it was the turn of the Canadian reporter, who was from the world's most influential figure skating magazine.
"The Grand Prix Final is a pinnacle showdown among top ice dancers from all over the world, and you won the silver medal with your outstanding short dance and free dance performances, and also received recognition and support from many ice fans. What is your goal next?" the Canadian reporter asked clearly.
The other reporters around also quieted down at this time, waiting for Ji Tiantian's answer. Tang Yi also stared at Ji Tiantian intently.
Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi made eye contact briefly, then looked at the reporter: "In fact, ice dancing is a difficult event for us to predict. Tang and I don't know if we will make mistakes in using the edge in the next competition, and we don't know if the performance will be in place, and whether it will conform to the current mainstream aesthetics. Before going to the Sochi Winter Olympics, we were not sure that we would win the bronze medal, and before this competition, we were not sure that we would win the silver medal. However, now that we have won the silver medal and have received this honor, then, as athletes, it is natural that we would want to move towards greater goals."
"Ice dance is a long battle, and we are all ready to fight for ten years." Ji Tiantian smiled at Tang Yi. Tang Yi also smiled at her with encouragement in his eyes.
"Although we don't know what challenges there will be in the future, and we can't predict... when we can achieve our goals, but one thing is certain," Ji Tiantian took a deep breath, her eyes became firm, "in the future, we will challenge for the world gold medal."
"We are ready." Tang Yi nodded and spoke.
"Ten years is never too late to make a gold medal promise." The smile on Ji Tiantian's face became brighter and brighter.
"Well said!" The Chinese reporters present applauded.
"Ji! Tang! Come on!"
The lively interview ended amidst shouts.
After a night of rest, the classic routine event, the GALA performance of the finals, is here. All four figure skating athletes from the adult and youth groups will participate.
The performance order of GALA is similar to that of the main competition, with the better the ranking, the later the performance. However, the specific performance order will be arranged by the organizer of the competition.
This time, the adult pair skating combination Yu Sha and Gaozhe also won second place. They performed before Ji Tang.
The lights dimmed, and the four athletes took to the stage one after another according to their assigned numbers. Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi waited at the edge of the ice.
As pairs of ice dancers performed on stage, ice fans in the audience began to whisper.
“Do you know that in ice dancing there are real boats and fake boats? A male and female couple looks affectionate on the ice, but in fact there is no emotional relationship between them. That is a fake boat, and a real boat is a real CP with an emotional relationship.” A senior CP fan explained this to the ice fans around him.
Feifei and Ni Chuan were not far from her, and they both pricked up their ears.
“So among the six pairs of adult players, how many are on real boats and how many are on fake boats?” an ice fan asked.
"The only real ship should be the pair on Goose No. 2, Katerin and Ivanov."
"The rate of true ship is too low!"
"Yeah. Canadian No. 1, Judy and Jayne, are the more dominant female partners. Jayne seems to be interested in Judy, but Judy has no feelings for him. The American male partner Thompson has a rich love history in private, and the female partner Rita is currently in a business partnership with him. There are many people who support the Canadian rich group, but the two seem to know each other too well and there is no spark. As for Dalia Nikolai, they are old business partners. Both of them are married to their respective spouses, but I seem to hear that their marriages are not very happy. Judging from the bloody level of the Big Goose Group from ancient times to the present... maybe this fake ship can become real in the future."
"Well, are our domestically produced ships real or fake?"
"Yes, yes! I want to know too!"
Someone raised a key question and immediately received a round of approval.
"I can't understand Tiantang's behavior either. They always say they are a good partnership, but I always feel there is something between them. However, Tiantian and Tang Ge are both career-oriented and can perform well on the court." The veteran ice fan showed a distressed expression.
After a while, she seemed to suddenly remember something and continued, "Oh, right, there is a rule in ice dancing. Those with high levels of hormones and explosive tension on the field are usually fake boats. Real boats are calmer and lack that energy. By following this rule, we can usually guess the boats correctly!"
"Next pair, the silver medalists in the adult group, from China, Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi!" came a notification over the radio.
"Okay, let's see if Tiantang is real!" The ice fans cheered excitedly.
There was anticipation in everyone's eyes as they looked forward to the upcoming real or fake ship guessing contest.
Feifei and Ni Chuan also became excited.
"What is the relationship between Tiantian and Brother Tang like? Don't you really know?" Feifei thought for a moment and asked Ni Chuan beside her.
"I don't know. I've asked him hundreds of times, and Brother Yi told me that dating is not allowed in the team, and he didn't say anything more. There's nothing I can do about it." Ni Chuan looked embarrassed.
"Well, I can only guess."
On the ice, Tang Yi held Ji Tiantian's hand and skated to the center of the ice. Tang Yi was wearing a black suit and a white stand-up collar shirt, and holding a black cane in his other hand.
Ji Tiantian wore a fitted red dress. The dress showed off her exquisite figure. The front and back of the dress were long, but the sides were high-slit. As Ji Tiantian slid forward, the clear side curves of her legs were clearly revealed.
At this time, Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi were both wearing half-face masks, as if they were about to attend a grand masquerade. The masks covered their eyebrows and eyes, revealing only their clear and beautiful jaw lines.
Ji Tiantian wore a velvety dark red lipstick that matched the color of her skirt. She raised her hand to greet the audience, curling up the corners of her mouth to reveal a smile, and every move she made was extremely charming.
After Tang Yi greeted the audience, he turned around and looked at Ji Tiantian, his beautiful lips forming a faint arc.
He had been holding Ji Tiantian's hand since they entered the venue, and only let go after they greeted each other. Before letting go, his thumb gently stroked her slender fingers.
"Sha, I feel like there's that flavor between sweet candies!"
"Yeah, I can smell the scent of hormones before the show even starts!"
"Then according to the law of real and fake ships... Sweetie is fake?"
"Ugh, I don't want that! They're real!"
Amidst the discussions, Ji Tang got into position and prepared himself.
Tang Yi stood in the middle of the ice, while Ji Tiantian stood in a more remote place.
Then, their exhibition skating soundtrack, "La Cumparsita" rang out on the ice.
Their background music is a tango with a lively rhythm.
"Ohhh it's tango!"
"Ahhh, it looks so good!" There was a small exclamation from the audience. Feifei and Ni Chuan couldn't help but raise their heads, afraid of missing any details on the ice.
Accompanied by the music, Tang Yixian began to skate alone in the center of the ice.
He put one hand in his trouser pocket and twirled his cane with the other hand with ease. His leisurely gliding posture made him look like a rich young man walking on the dance floor, looking for prey, or a veteran in the love field.
Ji Tiantian glided over lightly to the beat, keeping a distance from Tang Yi, and the two of them glided in circles.
As they slid, they looked at each other, as if testing each other. Ji Tiantian looked at Tang Yi and raised her lips to smile.
She quickly twisted around twice and came to Tang Yi in an instant. Tang Yi held both ends of the cane with both hands, slid forward in a lunge posture with one leg bent and the other leg straight and stretched back.
Ji Tiantian and Tang Yi were facing each other. She supported the cane with one hand, and while skating backwards, she raised one straight floating leg high from behind. The hem of her skirt fell down, and her slender legs supported the skates, pointing to the sky like a sharp blade.
"Oh oh oh, so beautiful!" cheers broke out in the audience.
Ji Tiantian leaned forward, and her breath touched Tang Yi's while he was in a bow stance. They stared at each other closely. Ji Tiantian raised the corners of her lips, revealing a confident smile.
At the masquerade, a mysterious lady with unknown identity meets a playboy. This is a duel between hunters, whoever is moved first will lose. And she has never failed.
Tang Yi stood up, holding one of Ji Tiantian's hands, and Ji Tiantian spun in his hand.
Then they face each other, holding the ends of the stick together, with the stick between them, and they slowly descend together, bending one leg and slowly extending the other leg behind them until they are skating on the ice in a face-to-face lunge.
The two people are like two drawn bows, and the canes are the arrows they hold in their hands. Their limbs and eyes are full of power.
"Ahhh, so tense!" There were exclamations from the audience.
Ji Tiantian looked into Tang Yi's eyes closely, with a smile on her face all the time.
The reason why Ji Tiantian chose tango for her performance skating was because she had never tried this dance style. She had tried Latin, quickstep and waltz, but not tango. After she reached adulthood, she was also willing to try relatively mature dance styles.
Furthermore, this season, she and Tang Yi choreographed short dances and free dances, which exhausted their brain cells and left them with no energy to conceive a new performance skate. So they simply used a mature dance style, which was relatively easy to choreograph. The background music was also classic tango music.
Tango is characterized by its extremely tense dance posture, which emphasizes the male and female partners, especially the female partner's leg posture with both toughness and strength. It often appears in ice dance competitions. Most coaches and choreographers have rich experience in tango. Before the competition, Ji Tang also received guidance on tango from Clara and Mark at the ice dance school. The opinions of the two teachers were also indispensable for the choreography.
Tang Yi slid while maintaining a lunge posture. He held the cane tightly with both hands, while Ji Tiantian sat on the cane with her back to him, turned around and stretched out one hand to hook Tang Yi's neck, and the two of them completed a novel short lift with the cane. Amid applause, Ji Tiantian jumped off the cane. She turned lightly, stretched out one long leg leisurely, and hooked the cane between Tang Yi's hands.
She quickly hooked her legs back and flicked them lightly, quickly sweeping away the cane in Tang Yi's hand. The graceful and explosive leg movements showed the skater's outstanding leg muscle control.
The cane flew far away and landed on the ice, making a crisp sound. The sound seemed to echo in the hearts of all the spectators.
"Ahhh mom! Sweet girl's legs are so great!"
"Wow, I'm so excited! If I were Brother Tang, I would kneel down right now, woooo!"
"Brother Tang hasn't lost control yet. Wow, I admire him so much!"
There was a cry of surprise on the field.
Tang Yi on the ice also seemed to be provoked by Ji Tiantian. He restrained his smile and looked a little fierce, as if to say that he was going to get serious next.
Ji Tiantian looked at him with a fearless smile on her face.
He quickly moved closer to her, holding her in a tango grip.
The hand position of the ice tango grip is almost the same as that of the waltz grip. The male partner places one hand on the female partner's shoulder blade, while the female partner places one hand on the male partner's upper arm. The male and female dancers are facing each other.
However, the male and female partners in the tango grip are closer to each other than in the waltz grip. In addition, the male and female partners in the waltz grip have their upper bodies completely facing each other, while in the tango grip, the male and female partners are staggered.
In other words, the male and female dancers in the tango grip are almost face to face and their ears are almost touching.
The unyielding playboy was determined to make the beautiful mysterious girl in front of him surrender. As Tang Yi slid forward, he held Ji Tiantian's hand and leaned down, continuing to do the lunge posture, with a powerful leg pulled into a straight line behind him.
Ji Tiantian leaned back quickly in Tang Yi's arms. She looked at Tang Yi's face so close and couldn't help curling her lips. Her expression seemed to say that there could only be one result after this dance, and that was you surrendering.
She slid her legs and bent them, while stretching out her floating legs and gently hooking them around Tang Yi's waist.
"Ahhhh Tiantang is real!" Ji Tang's touching dance on the ice caused screams from the audience.
"Ahhh! The hormones are too strong! My heart is beating so fast!"
"It's my life! What should I do? According to the law, they are fake ships?"
"Wuwuwu, no, it has to be true!"
"Ahhh, didn't someone see Sweetie alone in the corner before? They are real!"
"Judging from Tiantang's superb performance... maybe they were also putting on an impromptu performance? For example... trying to find the atmosphere for the tango before the performance?"
"Damn it, is Tiantang that good at this?!"
The author has something to say:
Wow, I didn't see the performance skating. I want to watch the replay_(:з」∠)_
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