Chapter 54 Anxiety
He Hui's performance began. The previous Wudi Cup championship gave her a certain amount of confidence, allowing her to express her movements more easily.
The competition began, and CCTV's live broadcast and Bai Ying's commentary arrived as promised, leading the audience into He Hui's performance world.
"The 3A+3T at the beginning is still amazing in height and distance!" Bai Ying felt relieved after seeing He Hui's condition after the first jump. "Even Tours doesn't have a jump combo that can be used in the configuration. He Hui's mastery is getting higher and higher now."
But the next one is 4T.
"4T is clean and neat!" Bai Ying's commentary was gentle yet powerful, and combined with He Hui's amazing moves just now, it had a different kind of appeal.
"He Hui's 4T feels like a solid block! This is exactly the place I've been to in my dreams!"
"Ahhh, the two 3A are so beautifully done. The visual effect of flying three meters away is too strong! The people in S Province have already felt the shock and were knocked to the ground by the aftermath!"
"Although it seems difficult to win the championship after calculating the points, the spirit of the female goose is really perfect!"
He Hui finished the first half of the performance.
She felt good, and after doing three difficult movements, she didn't feel too tired. This might be an unexpected surprise brought to her by the recent physical training.
The first 3Lz+3Lo in the second half is the biggest jump in the entire free skating, second only to 3A+3T. With a 1.1x bonus in the second half, it is only 0.39 points less than 3A+3T.
After all, He Hui was once caught by Schrodinger's way and survived for a long time. He Hui was the kind of person who was bitten by a snake once, so he would be extra careful every time he jumped afterwards.
"We can see that He Hui's second jump was very high. After three difficult jumps, her physical fitness was maintained well." Bai Ying continued to explain, "The triple lutz was perfectly on point, just like a female warrior taking off on ice."
The following three consecutive jumps are light and agile, and with the soundtrack of "Eternal Vow", there is a unique elegance.
Swoosh——
At the end, the tano 3S took off into the air and landed on the ice flawlessly.
No matter how her opponent performed, she was not intimidated and she did her best within her ability.
"You skated beautifully." Lin Xiaoman is now completely confident in He Hui's mental quality.
After actually sitting down in the kiss & cry area, He Hui couldn't help but start counting the points.
The reason was simple: she had just caught a glimpse of Tours' score, and the calculation process was unconsciously running through her head.
Tours' total score was 145.78 points, including 75.48 points for technical skills and 70.30 points for program content.
According to Tours' performance today, the opponent's GOE bonus points will be 7-8 points, and the program content score should be 7-8 points higher than his own.
The more he calculated, the bleaker He Hui felt. All he could say was that it was a good thing he didn't calculate before the game, otherwise his mentality would have collapsed for a while.
"The free skating scores should be about the same." He Hui finished his calculations and sighed, "Anyway, I'm definitely going to lose."
Lin Xiaoman held her hand tightly: "As long as it's better than last time. You're still clean, the program content score should go up again."
"Yeah." He Hui was unhappy.
Lin Xiaoman was helpless: "The purpose of coming here to play in the B-level competition is to gain more experience, and then use our face more to strive for a higher level of P points, right?"
"That's true..." He Hui curled her lips.
But He Hui has been competing in the international arena until today and has never lost a championship.
The first Waterloo in life always leaves a deep impression!
"He Hui's score is out!" Bai Ying was full of anticipation, "Technical score is 84.98, program content score is 61.57, total score is 146.55."
In the end, He Hui's free skating was much higher than that in the Wudi Cup.
Moreover, her score was followed by the letters PB, which means that He Hui once again broke her personal best and also left her mark in the adult group.
"In the end, Tours won the championship of this Finnish Cup with a total score of 226.59 points, He Hui won the runner-up with 218.72 points, and Anna won the third place with 192.33 points."
Bai Ying felt a little sorry, but still cheered for He Hui's achievement, "Congratulations to He Hui for breaking his personal best again. Let's look forward to seeing him again at the China Cup in Beijing in November!"
The huge difference in scores among the three clearly reflects the three score levels.
"You say, if this goes on, is it possible for Sochi to win?" He Hui asked.
Lin Xiaoman was silent, not knowing how to answer.
He Hui already had the answer in her mind. She had carefully analyzed her current configuration and Tours' configuration, and with the home advantage of Sochi, unless the opponent fell and played poorly, there was no chance of winning. Even if the opponent made a small mistake, it would be difficult to catch up.
What's more, pinning hopes of victory on other people's mistakes is not He Hui's character.
Thinking of the ending that was foreseeable at a glance, He Hui felt mixed emotions. His chest seemed to be blocked by a huge rock and he couldn't breathe.
This bad mood continued into the award ceremony. Even when the presenter smiled as he hung the medal on her, handed her the bouquet and gift bag, He Hui just tried her best to force out a fleeting smile.
Tours stood on the highest podium. She was taller than He Hui, and she looked more imposing standing on the podium.
He Hui looked up at her. The ceiling light of the ice rink happened to shine on the golden medal, and the refracted light made He Hui feel a little dazzling.
An emotion called anxiety expanded and spread in my chest.
Snap, snap—
A group photo of the three was recorded.
*
After the game, He Hui hurriedly left the venue, and the bodyguards specially sent by his parents because they were worried that he would encounter danger again in a foreign country followed him closely.
They could sense Miss He's bad mood. First, they were afraid that she would do something drastic, and second, they kept silent.
As soon as he walked out of the contestant exit, He Hui saw Li Chumiao dragging a suitcase in front of him.
He Hui took two steps forward and called her name: "Would you like to go have a glass of juice together? The cafe next door seems pretty good."
Li Chumiao glanced in the direction of the cafe. It was not far away, probably only 300 meters at most.
She carried her suitcase and agreed immediately: "No problem."
After a while, as soon as He Hui and Li Chumiao entered the door, the two bodyguards wanted to follow them into the store.
He Hui quickly stopped him, "We need to talk about something personal."
The bodyguard hesitated, "But..."
"No buts. I'm your boss now and you have to listen to me." He Hui pointed at the bodyguard and then at himself, his eyes firm.
"If anything happens to you, I really can't explain to Mr. He." The bodyguard had a bitter face. He was now caught in a sandwich, and nothing he did would be right.
He Hui suddenly thought of something, and hugged Li Chumiao next to him, and introduced her seriously: "In fact, you don't know, this person next to me is my savior in Italy. With her around, I will definitely be fine."
Although the bodyguard's eyes revealed some doubt, he could not disobey Miss He's orders after all, so he had to stand at the door and provide remote protection.
"When did I become a martial arts master?" Li Chumiao asked with amusement when the two of them walked to the ordering area.
"Hehe, that day when I came here on a skateboard." He Hui winked playfully.
"You seem to be in a much better mood." Li Chumiao's words were a bit out of place, but He Hui understood them immediately.
He Hui shrugged: "Maybe I met a good friend in a foreign country."
"Two glasses of fresh orange juice, thank you." He Hui ordered quickly and paid by credit card. "It's my treat."
"Thank you." Li Chumiao accepted it gladly.
The two of them were holding orange drinks and sitting opposite each other.
He Hui stirred the straw in the cup and was a little speechless for a moment. To be honest, she had not yet recovered from the huge score difference with Tours.
Li Chumiao tacitly did not urge He Hui to say anything. The aroma of coffee beans floated in the air, which inexplicably gave people a sense of calming energy.
"It's always difficult for people to accept failure." He Hui smiled self-deprecatingly.
"But you didn't fail." Li Chumiao retorted, "You completed two clean programs as soon as you were promoted to the next group, and won the runner-up."
“Being runner-up is not a failure.”
Li Chumiao's words hit the key point of He Hui's frustration.
"Of course, every athlete's goal is to be the first, and that hasn't changed." Li Chumiao continued, her eyes clear and bright, yet giving people an inexplicable sense of power, "But life always has its wins and losses. If you gain something in the process, how can it be considered a failure?"
"......Thanks."
He Hui thought, at least she only lost a B-level match at the beginning of the season, and her goal has not changed.
"For a genius, it is indeed very frustrating if he cannot win the championship." Li Chumiao took a sip of orange juice and asked her a more difficult question in return: "But...what exactly is a genius?"
This question was so broad that He Hui didn't know where to start.
"Do you have extraordinary talents in some aspect?" She tried to give an answer.
"For example, you have 3A, which is a skill that others will never be able to achieve in their lifetime, but you already have it in the youth group." Li Chumiao said calmly, without any envy or jealousy. "Now you have 4T, maybe you can master other types of periphery in the future."
"Other kinds?"
A light bulb went off in He Hui's head, and she seemed to have found the key to her counterattack!
Li Chumiao was still talking to herself, her eyes drifting toward the floor-to-ceiling glass window: "But there are always many geniuses in stories, but very few in reality. Some are actually ordinary people who are mistaken for geniuses."
He Hui was originally thinking about exploring the possibility of catching up with Tours in all directions, but when he saw Li Chumiao's deep eyes, he always felt that he had touched upon a little story about her past.
So, He Hui pursed his lips and asked, "Why do you say that?"
"You know what? When people meet a 'genius', they always devote everything they have to push the 'genius' forward on the destined path."
A flash of bitterness flashed across Li Chumiao's mouth.
He Hui felt that this was related to the reason why Li Chumiao learned to skate, but he could hardly grasp more thoughts.
"Is this human nature?" He Hui continued.
"Yeah. Unfortunately, genius is sometimes a relative concept." Li Chumiao shrugged and said in a long tone, "There are always people better than you."
She drank the last of the orange juice in the glass, a smile blooming on her face: "It tastes good."
It seems that she doesn't want to talk in depth about the topic of "genius".
He Hui did not ask any further questions, but stood up and thanked him: "Thank you, I have found the next breakthrough."
Li Chumiao: "What?"
"If one four-way move can't beat Tours, why don't I practice another one?" He Hui smiled, confident and calm as if he was talking about what to eat for breakfast.
Li Chumiao was stunned, but soon started laughing.
"Yeah, three or four sets sounds like the winning rate will increase significantly."
*
The next day, the organizer specially sent He Hui a group photo of the three of them from yesterday's award ceremony.
He Hui looked at the beautifully plastic-wrapped photo and then at himself standing on the left, feeling even more depressed.
After all, since her debut, He Hui has won the championship in every competition, stands in the middle in every group photo, and is always the brightest one.
But this photo is completely different.
He Hui let out a sigh of relief and put the photo in the notebook he used to summarize.
This photo became a reminder for her, always reminding her to keep moving forward.
Every time he opened the book, He Hui felt the burning fire of fighting spirit on his forehead!!
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