Chapter 3 03 She is a genius
At the dinner table that night, Lu Yanfeng talked about what happened at the ice rink today with a smile on his face.
"Our daughter skated very well as soon as she stepped on the ice today. Coach Li said that our Huihui is a once-in-a-century genius!" The mother's pride when talking about her daughter was clearly revealed at this moment.
"Really?" He Jianmu picked up a chicken leg for He Hui, "Our Huihui is really amazing."
He Hui looked at his proud father in front of him and found it hard to connect him with the stubborn man who insisted on inheriting the company himself.
"I like figure skating." He Hui spoke at the dinner table with a very serious expression.
Now that she has a chance to start over, she plans to subtly instill in her parents the idea that she does not want to inherit the family business, adopt a strategy of both soft and hard tactics, and have the mentality of perseverance.
"Then we will have classes twice a week, on Wednesday and Saturday." Lu Yanfeng looked at He Hui's schedule, "Then the ballet class will be on Sunday, and the piano class will be on Friday."
"Okay." He Hui agreed with a smile.
"If you feel too tired, just tell us," He Jianmu added.
He Hui waved her hands hastily, "No!"
That’s right, although He Hui is only seven years old, her current schedule is probably as busy as that of her father, the CEO who is always busy with things.
After all, children who grow up in this circle may not have good academic performance, but they must have talents.
He Hui doesn't mind this. Now that she is serious about pursuing figure skating as a career, these lessons are necessary.
Figure skating is a complex sport. According to the academic community, it is an interdisciplinary subject. It requires strength to support jumps, flexibility to support rotations, endurance to complete a four-minute performance, dance foundation to complete an artistic performance, and understanding of music to interpret the music...
If you want to ensure that every part is included, you will need a steady stream of financial support.
He Hui thought of her best friend from her teenage years, who had to give up figure skating due to the dual pressures of finances and academic performance, and couldn't help but sigh.
On the other hand, she had no reason to give up as her family was well-off enough to support any unattainable dream.
Since God has given her another chance, she must seize it and pursue the dream hidden deep in her heart.
*
When they got on the ice again, Coach Li's smiling, wrinkled face suddenly came into view, causing He Hui's mouth to twitch.
"Today we will continue learning at a pace and lay a solid foundation." Coach Li proceeded step by step according to the regular teaching process.
He Hui tried to clear his mind and, as a newcomer, absorbed knowledge and skills like a sponge. He felt that he had gained some new insights into figure skating by understanding, weaving, and piecing together a complete picture.
It’s like a flat map is given more dimensions, showing a completely different world.
Of course, she could tell Coach Li that she wanted to learn more difficult jumps. And she had the capital to do so.
But He Hui, who had been dragged down by his footwork in his previous life, did not want to jump into the same pit a second time. Whether it is the difficulty coefficient of the jump or the criteria for judging the artistic score, they are closely related to the gliding and footwork.
Afterwards, Coach Li took He Hui to practice some spinning and shoulder rotations on land, laying the foundation for subsequent jumping instruction.
He Hui performed a perfect one-round jump on land, with a strong sense of hovering in the air, but landing very lightly.
Looking at Coach Li's dilated pupils, He Hui answered as a matter of course: "I have been learning ballet."
"No wonder, ballet is very good for figure skating. We will go on the ice in the next class."
*
Three days later.
Coach Li watched He Hui skating happily on the ice and her skillful backward step before jumping, and he felt more and more that he had picked up a rare treasure.
Coach Li began, "Let's learn the different types of jumps. You must use your edge clearly. If you develop bad habits, it will be difficult to change them later."
Lu Yanfeng, who was listening, was a little confused, "Use a blade?"
"Yes, there are six types of jumps in figure skating. Except for the forward Axel jump, which is obviously different, the other five are backward jumps. The edge used when taking off for each jump is different. If the wrong edge is used, it will have a greater impact on the score."
Lu Yanfeng nodded, not quite understanding.
"Let's first learn the simplest back outside edge jump, commonly known as the T jump." Coach Li turned around and explained to He Hui, "For this jump, the starting foot is the left foot, and then the right foot is used to take off."
"Outer Blade?"
"When the blade is tilted toward the outside of the body, it is an outside edge. Conversely, when it is tilted toward the inside of the body, it is an inside edge."
Lu Yanfeng looked at Coach Li's obviously exaggerated kicking movement and immediately understood.
"If it's perpendicular to the ice, it's a flat edge."
After Coach Li finished speaking, he slowed down his movements to demonstrate.
Generally speaking, the gap between practicing on land and achieving perfect success on ice is measured in months.
Coach Li knew that He Hui had a foundation in ballet, but he didn't expect her to master difficult moves in just a few classes.
“Take your time, complete the movements first, and use the blade to make them clear.” Coach Li encouraged after demonstrating.
He Hui nodded, and took two backward steps on the ice, slightly increasing his speed.
"Don't be in a hurry to press..." Coach Li just opened his mouth to remind him, but then shut up in the face of reality.
He Hui perfectly replicated the back outside edge loop that Coach Li had just demonstrated.
The axis was a little crooked in the air, but with He Hui's best efforts to balance, the skate of his right foot finally landed steadily on the ice.
“Step…” Coach Li was speechless.
He Hui sighed and shook his head, not very satisfied with his jump just now. It was indeed too long since he last jumped, and the muscle memory from his youth was no longer there.
The jump is the part that even a layman can understand at a glance.
Seeing that the jump was successful, Lu Yanfeng immediately clapped his daughter's hands, "Huihui, you are amazing!"
The structure of the ice rink made the echo extremely loud, and the applause brought Coach Li, who was standing there, back to reality.
“I… have never seen a player who can do so well the first time.” Coach Li murmured.
"Well, now you've seen it." He Hui curled the corners of her mouth and responded to the compliment, with the pride of a genius girl in her eyes.
He Hui thought that in her previous life, she had only taken two weeks to master the one-week Lutz jump. At that time, Coach Li also said that she was very talented.
Soon, He Hui slid out again and started to press forward.
Swoosh——
Without waiting for Coach Li to respond, He Hui's outside ice jump landed again.
Compared to the previous crooked 1T, this jump is obviously smoother.
He Hui's confidence increased greatly, and he was thinking about how to jump higher and farther, and slide more smoothly.
In the next jump, He Hui increased his step speed and used more force to touch the ice, and the height of his jump became more than twice as high as before.
Yay! It's flying!!
The moment she was in the air, He Hui was overwhelmed by the long-lost feeling of being free from gravity. She was fascinated by the feeling of a person staying in the air for a short time.
So, when she landed on the ice, she reacted a little too slowly, her skates tilted, and she fell sideways onto the ice.
Oops!
He Hui felt the cold pain coming from his right arm, and lay motionless on the ice with a hopeless look on his face.
She was too embarrassed to look up at anyone. After all, He Hui really didn't expect that the first time she fell after her rebirth to learn figure skating, it was because she was too excited and absent-minded!
But this scene frightened Lu Yanfeng. She quickly opened the baffle and walked onto the ice, trembling as she walked to He Hui.
“Huihui, Huihui!” Lu Yanfeng’s voice was filled with anxiety, “Are you okay?”
He Hui quickly sat up straight, knelt on one knee, and then stood up from the ground with his hands.
"I'm fine!" He Hui patted his icy palms and turned around to prove it, "Mom, don't worry!"
Lu Yanfeng patted his chest fearfully, but frowned, "I really don't know if sending you here to practice figure skating is a good thing."
"How could that be!" He Hui retorted subconsciously.
In fact, He Hui was shocked by this sentence.
In her previous life, Lu Yanfeng had said exactly the same thing. It was the summer when she was injured after winning the runner-up in the national youth competition. At that time, He Hui took her training intensity to a new level in order to practice the stability of the advanced triple-week jump. Long-term fatigue caused her ankle to be injured during a practice, and the doctor told her to rest for two months.
For He Hui, that injury was the first time he had suffered a real bone injury. Although falling on the ice and getting bruises all over the body was commonplace, this injury that made it impossible to move normally still had a significant psychological impact on He Hui, who had never suffered much in those days.
Lu Yanfeng didn't want his daughter to suffer, so after saying that, he held a family meeting to discuss giving up the path of a professional athlete. He Jianmu also wanted her to inherit the family business. The two worked together to persuade He Hui to agree to the plan of going to the United States to study in high school, and from then on, she parted ways with the path of professional figure skating.
History repeats itself in a strange way, bringing an inexplicable and irresistible sense of fate.
He Hui's heart skipped a beat and she began to worry that she was not destined to be a figure skating expert.
Seeing that his mother was still worried, He Hui helped her back outside the fence.
"I will definitely protect myself." He Hui stretched out three fingers and pointed to the sky.
Lu Yanfeng said hello and became the first fan of He Hui in his figure skating career again, cheering for every jump of He Hui outside the fence.
He Hui also fulfilled her promise and performed the one loop Lutz without any mistakes in half an hour.
There were other coaches and students scattered around the venue, and when they saw the little kid completing smooth jumps, they couldn't help but cast curious glances at him.
"Who is this?"
"Coach Li has a new student here, and his family is very wealthy."
"So strong?! You can jump so smoothly just this week? I've been learning for more than a month..."
"I really envy Coach Li."
As for Coach Li? He was standing alone on the ice, thinking about life.
——It’s a good thing to meet a genius, but he has a vague sense of unreality and loss of control.
"Are you going to learn anything else today?" He Hui took the initiative and slid in front of Coach Li and waved his hand.
"After learning the left-footed ice jump, let's look at two types of right-footed ice jumps, the inner ice F jump and the hook LZ jump."
He Hui was shocked when he heard this. This is a long-standing problem for many figure skating athletes. Many athletes have not been able to correct the problem of wrong edge from their debut to retirement. Once they are caught by the referee, they will suffer heavy losses.
Coach Li continued to explain the key points while demonstrating, "The inside edge of the left foot is used to jump. The hook jump is a bit like spraining your ankle, so you jump with the outside edge of the left foot."
He Hui followed the previous process, slowly recalling his memory, ensuring the clarity of the blade while trying to find the feeling.
After a smooth start, He Hui stepped on the accelerator and sped along the straight road.
She first completed a clear and deep Lutz jump with the edge, and then continued to press without any pause, seamlessly transitioning to an equally clear Lutz jump.
In the first jumping lesson, He Hui completed three types of ice jumps without blinking, and successfully became famous on the ice rink.
The next week, He Hui learned three versions of the edge jump - loop, loop and Axel.
Strictly speaking, Axel took a week and a half to complete, and the fact that he was able to do it in such a short period of time further solidified He Hui's reputation as a genius.
At this point, all six types of one-week jumps have been picked up.
He Hui was quite satisfied with this, but Coach Li, who originally felt that he had picked up a treasure, fell into nihilistic self-doubt.
“Is it not going to be too soon for me to be able to teach you?” he murmured.
*
One month after her rebirth, He Hui discovered that many things here had not changed. Her coach had not changed, her elementary school classmates had not changed, her teachers had not changed, and her parents' personalities and words had not changed in some way.
This made He Hui feel uneasy. She was a little scared, worried that the future that had been set could not be changed.
After finishing piano lessons on Friday, she had just gotten into the car driven by the driver when her cell phone rang and the word "Dad" was written on the screen.
"Hello? Dad, what's wrong?"
The voice on the other end of the phone was hurried, and the panting sound was clearly audible, "I'm at the First Hospital. Your mother has fainted."
"What?!" He Hui felt a chill down his spine and stood there in a daze, as if he was struck by a sudden thunderbolt on a clear sky.
In her previous life, her mother had never been seriously ill. Could it be that the flapping of her wings had brought about a terrible accident?
Without giving He Hui time to think, He Jianmu urged in a hurried voice, "We are in VIP Ward No. 1, please ask Uncle Liu to drive over."
Beep, beep——
The call was immediately hung up.
"Uncle Liu, go to the First Hospital." He Hui calmed himself down and instructed the driver.
The car engine roared, just like He Hui's messy heart.
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