Chapter 72 Pick Only One
He Hui thought he had heard it wrong and felt his heart skip a beat.
"What did you say?"
He Jianmu said earnestly: "We know you like figure skating, but do you want to skate for the rest of your life? The career of a female figure skater is very short. We want to ask about your retirement plans. We don't want you to say goodbye to the ice rink immediately, but we hope that we can plan our future after retirement together."
He Hui never expected that her parents would give up the idea of letting her inherit the family business after seeing her blazing through the figure skating world, overcoming difficulties and winning the Olympic gold medal.
"Why can't I skate forever?" He Hui frowned and asked.
"We have learned that after figure skaters reach puberty, most of their competitive form will decline. Many people will choose to retire at the peak of their career after winning the championship at their best age and in the best condition." Lu Yanfeng continued, proving that she was also one of today's lobbyists.
She admitted that, apart from some verbal opposition in the beginning, her family had been very supportive of her figure skating dream all along, and could even be said to have been obedient in everything they said.
But now thinking about it, they just felt that the figure skating career was short and would not affect the inheritance of the family business in the future, so they did not object.
He Hui's heart sank and he didn't know what to say.
He Jianmu thought she agreed with their idea and continued, "We just hope that you can have a plan, such as which university to apply to, what major to study, and whether you can familiarize yourself with the company's business in advance. What's more, you have already won the highest honor in figure skating, so you have no regrets."
“But I said it at the post-match press conference. I want to skate to the next one or the next one,” He Hui retorted seriously.
“It’s a good thing to have this drive, but there is no conflict between continuing figure skating and inheriting the family business after retirement.”
He Hui thought, maybe her parents were not against her, but just wanted her to have more choices in the future.
When the little boy Lu Xing saw the sparks flying here, he quietly moved his feet and wanted to "take refuge" on the balcony.
"What do you think?" He Hui suddenly called her.
The fire in the city eventually affected Lu Xing, who was also an innocent innocent.
Lu Xing’s right foot didn’t fall down, and he turned around and smiled: “I think…my sister has successfully returned but she is still under 18 years old!”
He Hui: ? ?
"Lu Xing! Shouldn't you say something for me?!" She twitched her lips.
"Has Costen paid you for the job you asked me to do? Why should I speak for you?" Lu Xing rolled his eyes, made a face, said this and ran away.
Besides, Lu Xing’s idea was obviously that if her sister really became the president, wouldn’t she be able to focus on design with complete peace of mind?
Well, this is the trick He Hui used on himself when he was a child. Now, this is called giving someone a taste of their own medicine.
He Hui thought that this cheap sister was not reliable at all, so she had to talk to her parents herself.
She took a deep breath, trying her best to make herself look not like she was throwing a tantrum, but rather like she was thinking it over carefully.
In fact, after experiencing rebirth after the avalanche, He Hui entered a brand new world of figure skating, and met countless new partners, she became more determined in her ideas.
Maybe she was too idealistic, but she did feel that life didn't have to be a winner-takes-all situation.
He Hui first looked at He Jianmu who was sitting on the left, then at Lu Yanfeng who was sitting on the right, and finally glanced at Lu Xing who was hiding in the crack of the door and peeking after escaping.
“There are countless stars in the sky, and each star looks completely different. The meaning of life is not to pick all the stars.”
A very idealistic statement.
He Hui said these two sentences in one breath, and the suite suddenly became terribly quiet, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
After a while, Lu Yanfeng suddenly smiled with relief: "You..."
He Jianmu's expression was still serious. Obviously, he did not agree with this logic. But he did not immediately express his opposition, but just frowned.
"Huihui, even if you want to skate for another eight years, you will only be 24 or 25 years old. You can definitely come back and inherit the family business." He Jianmu said, "There are many skaters who go to school while skating, right?"
"But I only want to pick the one I want most." He Hui didn't understand.
He Jianmu didn't understand either, so he asked directly: "Then you have to tell me, what do you want to do after you retire? Do you want to be a figure skating coach?"
“I don’t necessarily need to be a coach, but I hope to use my influence to help the entire figure skating and even winter sports industry move forward. If possible, I hope to create an influential ice performance brand, a commercial club or even a sports agency that can help more athletes find a way out after retirement.”
This was the first time He Hui seriously talked to her family about her ideals and her grand idealism.
After listening to this, He Jianmu just shook his head and said, "You will lose everything. Industry will make the country prosperous. Go and look at the entertainment sectors of the real estate companies that were established at the same time as me. Which one of them didn't lose money every day? Your idea is really too idealistic."
There is no point in talking to someone who doesn't agree with you. He Hui thinks his father is really an old-fashioned person!
A warm and joyful family gathering ended up in a quarrel.
*
After leaving the hotel, He Hui felt a little depressed all the way back to the Athletes' Village.
In a trance, a familiar figure came towards me. The man was riding a skateboard, creating a gust of wind, just like when I first met him.
"Why is an Olympic champion so depressed?" She leaned forward slightly, the back side of the skateboard tilted up, and then she stopped.
He Hui raised his head and took a look at her outfit today. She wore a down vest over her sweatshirt, which made her look completely different from the one she wore on the court. “Li Chumiao?”
“Why are you skateboarding in the athletes’ village?”
Well, both of them were quite surprised to meet in this wonderful way.
"Skateboards are a means of transportation." Li Chumiao said, took a deep look at He Hui, and took the initiative to suggest, "Let's chat?"
He Hui felt a sense of pent-up anger in his chest and nodded.
She also wanted to know what Li Chumiao thought about this matter. Putting aside the family relationship, was she really so willful that she would not turn back until she hit the wall?
The two of them got free drinks from the cafeteria's freezer and sat down on a bench.
"Tell me, what is it that makes us Olympic champions so unhappy?" Li Chumiao always gets straight to the point. She is not good at reading the air or observing people's expressions.
He Hui then recounted the entire conflict that had occurred with his family today, propped up his head, and blinked his eyes: "Do I have to inherit the family business?"
After listening to this, Li Chumiao paused for a moment and shook her head.
"I think you should just do what you want to do." She seemed to have suddenly thought of something, "Besides, you are different from those players who need to plan their retirement life in advance."
He Hui knew that there was a story between Li Chumiao and figure skating, but she never took the initiative to tell it, so He Hui never asked.
"Unlike me." Li Chumiao looked at He Hui deeply, a trace of envy flashed in her eyes, then a sense of loss, and finally relief, "You are a true genius."
He Hui didn't know what to say and remained silent.
Li Chumiao has continued talking, continuing the topic about genius that he had discussed long ago.
"I first came into contact with ice skating when I was traveling in Japan. My mother casually borrowed a pair of skates for me, but I didn't fall once after I went on the ice. The coach at the ice rink praised me as a genius."
"After returning to Malaysia, my mother specifically looked for one of the few ice rinks to see if I had any talent. Figure skating classes were very expensive, but I surpassed all the other kids after just two lessons. So my mother became even more convinced that I was a genius."
He Hui listened quietly to Li Chumiao's story.
"I quickly became the best player in the children's group in Malaysia, and then in the youth group. I never met an opponent." Li Chumiao's eyes flashed with a smile, "Maybe that was really the day when I was most confident."
But the smile on his face soon turned into self-mockery: "Unfortunately, later I learned what it meant to be a frog in a well."
"I could do a triple-double jump at that time, and I thought I was really good. But when I participated in the Grand Prix for the first time in the junior group, I only ranked 20th. Really, after the short program, I almost couldn't even enter the free skate."
He Hui wanted to comfort Li Chumiao, but was speechless for a moment.
"After just one season, I knew that my talent was fake." Li Chumiao chose to face his mediocrity calmly. "At that time, I skipped training all day, and suddenly fell in love with skateboarding. I went to various parks to play wantonly, and I thought it would be nice to change my hobby."
So that's how it is. So when I first met Li Chumiao, she was a street skateboard girl.
"But you went ice skating later." He Hui said.
Li Chumiao nodded: "Yes, although I was scolded for skipping training, I figured it out later. There are only a handful of real geniuses in the competition, but they can still achieve excellent results."
"So, as long as I work hard, I can get a pretty good grade, right?"
"It's quite good." He Hui retorted.
She thought of Li Chumiao's final result in the Winter Olympics and was sincerely happy for her.
After Li Chumiao's story was told, it finally came back to He Hui.
"But you are different. Even among a bunch of geniuses, you are the most talented one. It's like you were born for figure skating."
After Li Chumiao finished speaking, he scratched his head and asked He Hui: "What business does your family run?"
"Real estate, hotels, a complete industrial company."
"Ah..." Li Chumiao scratched his head again, "It really has nothing to do with skating."
"Yes, if I choose to inherit the family business, perhaps figure skating will become the most beautiful dream I have ever had."
According to her father's idea, it is impossible to let her independently create content in the entertainment and sports section.
"That's such a pity." Li Chumiao curled her lips and gulped down several big gulps of mineral water. "You can definitely win more gold medals. Maybe you can even push figure skating to a new level."
"But I haven't even gone through the test of development." He Hui wanted to reject Li Chumiao's empty promises and said with a smile.
"No, no, no, if it's you, I think you can get through it smoothly!"
He Hui's genius lies in the fact that everyone can see a clear and bright future through her past and present.
At the end of the conversation, Li Chumiao once again stood on He Hui's side: "In short, I think you can follow your heart. No matter what choice you make, I support you."
"Thanks."
*
After the unpleasant parting that day, He Hui still went to see his family off the next day.
He Jianmu and Lu Yanfeng tacitly did not mention anything about He Hui's retirement.
Only Lu Xing suddenly asked for no reason to look for He Hui: "Dad, Mom, my sister and I are going to buy some coffee."
Although He Hui didn't know what Lu Xing was planning, he still followed her away.
The two of them were standing in line at the cafe, and He Hui asked, "What do you want to say?"
"I thought about it when I got home that day." Lu Xing lowered his voice, "If my parents told me that I had designed many excellent works and therefore could inherit the family business, I would not accept it either."
"Don't you think figure skating is a job for young people?" He Hui followed the guest in front of him and took a step forward, turning his head to ask Lu Xing.
Lu Xing nodded, then shook his head.
"Is it yes or no?" He Hui smiled faintly and had already come to the clerk. "Three cups of iced Americano and one cup of hot cocoa, both large cups, thank you."
The only cup of hot cocoa was ordered for Lu Xing.
"I don't think your parents would want you to do a business that doesn't make money and loses money?" Lu Xing guessed casually.
"But our family's money-making business is so stable, it wouldn't be bad if I spent a little?"
Lu Xing’s mouth twitched: “Sister, your logic is invincible!”
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