Chapter 73 Development Difficulties
"Well, but I don't think Dad would agree with me doing charity."
He Hui saw this from He Jianmu's answer that day. How could someone who has always believed in and worked hard in industry easily allow himself to work in the entertainment and sports industry, which is a sure loss?
"Yeah, Dad is an old-fashioned guy." Lu Xing complained.
He Hui nodded in agreement, but his eyes were firm: "But I want to try hard to make him change his mind."
As we were talking, the coffee was ready.
"But I need a little help from you."
So, He Hui and Lu Xing reached an agreement after a coffee shopping trip.
——Lu Xing will help He Hui to get his father to agree to her charity business of figure skating in the future, and He Hui will correspondingly help Lu Xing when his design career is blocked.
"But let me be clear. Dad and you are equally stubborn, and it's hard for either of you to convince the other." Lu Xing pouted, "There's only so much I can do."
My sister could understand He Hui's thoughts, but she also knew He Jianmu's temper.
"I know, but if you continue to take advantage of my misfortune, don't blame me for cheating you." He Hui threatened.
"Am I a person without a sense of contract?" Lu Xing said angrily.
"Who knows?"
"snort."
The two of them went back with coffee for their parents and pretended nothing had happened.
He Jianmu really didn't see anything wrong, so he took the coffee and thanked him.
But Lu Yanfeng quietly glanced at his eldest daughter and second daughter, smiled and took a sip of coffee.
*
The Sochi Winter Olympics came to an end on February 23. He Hui followed the Chinese team around the stadium and said goodbye to the audience at the closing ceremony.
The Chinese team won a total of twelve medals in this Winter Olympics, including five gold medals.
But after He Hui, no one won the gold medal.
Therefore, when the commentator introduced the Chinese team, he focused on He Hui, who created new history for Chinese figure skating.
From her sudden appearance to her overall promotion of China's winter sports, the ice fans watching the live broadcast couldn't help but get excited.
"Wow, it feels like He Hui is being taken seriously! I was so excited after hearing what CCTV said!!"
"The camera also specifically scanned He Hui who was with her figure skating teammates. The girl in the tomato scrambled egg-colored jacket looked very happy!"
At the end of the closing ceremony, the flame was passed to the next Winter Olympics host country, Pyeongchang, continuing the Olympic journey.
"I don't know if I will still be skating in four years." Tang Meng watched the audience leave the venue one after another, and suddenly a wave of emotion surged in his heart.
"Ice dancing should last a long time, right?"
In contrast to the short career of women's singles, ice dancing becomes more competitive as it matures. The average age of the three pairs of partners on the podium at this Winter Olympics is over 24 years old, and there are even 30-year-old players who continue to perform at a high level on the field.
Tang Meng sighed and whispered gossip in He Hui's ear: "That's true...but as far as I know, Yu Lang plans to retire in the next two years. He said he wants to go back to his hometown and marry his girlfriend."
"Ah? Yu Lang is skating quite well?" He Hui was very surprised. After all, Yu Lang is only 23 years old this year and is indeed young in ice dancing.
Tang Meng shrugged: "But the gap between us and the world's top groups may not even be solved in one or two generations?"
"It's okay. At least I skated beautifully in this Winter Olympics. I guess I have no regrets, right?"
Tang Meng nodded: "Let's take it one step at a time."
*
The Olympics are over, but the figure skating season is not over.
A month later, the 2014 World Figure Skating Championships kicked off in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
But many athletes usually regard the Olympics as their last dance. For example, Canadian athlete Maude Miranda, who originally forced a comeback and persisted.
Therefore, the competition between He Hui, who just won the championship in Sochi, and Russia's Tours, once again became the biggest highlight of this competition.
"Turles is still persisting in the competition. She is quite old, but she still got a 4S, which is not easy." Lin Xiaoman said with emotion, "But her skills are different from other Russian children, and her injuries are also well controlled."
"Yes, and her 4S success rate is even increasing." He Hui nodded in agreement.
*
He Hui already has a solid fan base in Japan, and there are many fans from China who come here specifically to watch the game. He was welcomed by many people as soon as he got off the plane, and the scene was quite lively.
"He Hui!" "Go World Championships!" "Ganba De Nei!"
He Hui heard several languages mixed together as she glanced at the excited fans holding up signs, and suddenly felt that she had become really famous.
Bian Jing was very proud of it. He took out his mobile phone, took several photos, and sent them to the group chat of his friends in Province B, which attracted a lot of "awesome" emoticons.
But the saddest person in the group was Zhu Jianyong. As He Hui's popularity increased, he felt that he had lost even more money!
Lin Xiaoman's cell phone rang.
Zhu Jianyong: "Why don't you help me persuade He Hui? The national team has also received an invitation for cooperation."
Lin Xiaoman: "She will definitely refuse. If you want to persuade her, do it yourself."
Zhu Jianyong: "......"
A minute later, news from Zhu Jianyong came again.
Zhu Jianyong: "Is there really no solution?"
Lin Xiaoman: "Wait until she is short of money?"
Zhu Jianyong: "......"
*
Two days before the official start of the competition, two open training sessions were arranged. Compared to previous World Championships, this time there were more Chinese media reporters.
Reporters knew people by their language and gathered together to chat before the contestants showed up.
"Have you arranged to interview He Hui after the Olympics?" a reporter asked. "I was originally a short track skater, and after He Hui won the championship, my boss asked me to watch figure skating as well."
"No, I heard He Hui rejected them all." Another reporter who covered special lines seemed to be familiar with both the provincial and national teams. "My friend in the team told me that He Hui has three "nos": no interviews, no advertising, and no social media operations."
"So willful?"
"Oh, isn't He Hui's father He Jianmu from the He Group? He's an industrial tycoon. With all the rent from the buildings his family owns all over the country, I guess He Hui could live comfortably for the rest of her life."
"If you have money, you can do whatever you want. I envy you."
After waiting for about ten minutes, the players from He Hui's group came on stage one after another.
When they saw He Hui's harmonious performance on the court, they realized that He Hui did have the capital to be proud.
Even when it was a simple musical combination, He Hui performed it meticulously, not missing a single jump, choreography, or step. Especially those who had watched He Hui's 3A, 4T, and 4Lz up close were all shocked and amazed by her height.
Today’s training pictures and repo were posted online almost immediately after He Hui completed them.
"Aaaah, girls are so cute even when they practice in autumn clothes. I guess I must have a mother filter!"
"I saw the reporter's repo, and he said the live music was super perfect, and then he did a few simple quadruple jumps on the court, and they were all successful."
"You're so proud! There's an ice rink near my home. Business was poor before, but recently many more parents and children come to learn skating."
Throughout the Olympic season, He Hui has maintained a good and improving state. Except for a small mistake at the beginning of the season, he has basically successfully locked in the terrifying 100% afterwards.
Two days later, in the women's singles short program competition, He Hui once again performed perfectly, and the good news is that she continued to score the same points as in the Winter Olympics. In other words, with the blessing of Olympic gold, He Hui single-handedly broke through the nationality division and rushed to the first echelon.
But Tours also performed perfectly and took the lead after the short program with a 1.28-point advantage over He Hui.
He Hui was somewhat frustrated by this.
"When can I surpass Tours?" He Hui rarely showed anxiety about his results today.
Lin Xiaoman rubbed her head, trying to smooth out the wrinkles on her forehead.
"This is only your first season as a senior, don't rush."
He Hui's anxiety was not without reason.
I tried to talk to her stubborn father about the feasibility of "charity" a few days ago, but was rejected immediately.
He Jianmu's meaning was very clear. It was not that the family did not have the money, but engaging in a losing business such as entertainment and sports was almost like not doing one's job properly.
"What do you call that a serious career? If you want to do business, you should come back and inherit the family business. We are planning to expand the hotel business, which is a serious matter," He Jianmu advised.
He Hui rolled his eyes in his heart. Although He Jianmu was always supportive of children's development and strongly supported their dreams no matter what they were, when it came to opinions that he didn't support from the bottom of his heart, He Jianmu would not give in at all.
"How old are you?"
In He Jianmu's view now, his child's current dream is that he has never even seen a spacecraft, but he wants to carry out a moon landing plan in the future.
No matter how you think about it, this matter sounds unreliable.
"How do you know I won't make any money doing this?" He Hui retorted.
But in He Hui's understanding, she not only saw the spacecraft, but also drove it and successfully completed the exploration mission, so she wanted to set off for a newer planet.
He Jianmu has seen a lot of idealism in his decades of entrepreneurship. "If you inherit a family business, no matter how badly you fail, your family will support you, and you can also use the connections in the industry. But if you go into the entertainment and sports sector, it's like laying the foundation from scratch."
"Okay, even if you can make money one day, can you withstand all the setbacks before that day comes?" He Jianmu continued to question.
"I can." He Hui nodded firmly.
"You..." He Jianmu didn't know what to say.
He Hui was also at a loss for words. She couldn't say that she had expanded the hotel business for her company from scratch, and that she was not a flower that would fall down at the slightest failure, but a resilient tree that had experienced many setbacks.
The fierce confrontation between him and his father again made He Hui want to prove that he was not afraid of any difficulties and could constantly complete new challenges.
The first step is that she needs to become the world's number one and make herself more influential.
"Well, then I can only keep working hard in the free skating." He Hui said.
Lin Xiaoman looked at her still motivated apprentice and breathed a sigh of relief: "That's right, as long as you complete the three quadruple jumps normally, the gap of more than one minute can be easily made up."
He Hui and Tours were engaged in a fierce four-week battle, but another Russian player Anna, who had always wanted to join, unexpectedly fell behind first.
Anna started to become unstable in the middle of the season.
I don’t know if it was the new physical and psychological burden brought by forcing the 4S, or the visibly weakening body, which became a factor affecting Anna’s performance.
These time bombs finally exploded during the free skating, causing the audience to express regrets.
First, the 4S in the opening became a loop, which made the most valuable jump directly scrapped. Then, the 3Lz+3Lo jump, which was originally relatively stable, fell in the second jump, and the number of loops was questionable.
Two consecutive mistakes completely messed up Anna's rhythm. Although there were no major problems with the subsequent jumps, her landing was unstable, her slide was problematic, and she had loops.
She seems like two different people compared to the neat Anna of the past.
He Hui watched from the side with mixed feelings: "I think her jumping has become heavier?"
"Yeah, Anna's growth has started to slow down..." Lin Xiaoman sighed after watching this free skate with many mistakes, "She actually started to gain weight in the middle of the season, right? During the Olympics, she was in a state of high-intensity training and willpower, but as soon as it was over, the problem was completely exposed."
He Hui didn't know what to say, he just sighed: "What a pity."
Tours, who came on next, performed well. Although she might have been affected by the consecutive mistakes of her teammate Anna, she also had a big problem with unstable landing and ice support in the opening 4S, but she then completed the six skillful triple jumps well.
"Come on." Lin Xiaoman encouraged He Hui as usual and watched her rush to the new battlefield.
"He Hui, from China."
As soon as the host finished the announcement, the whole audience was almost boiling.
“Pah, pah, pah—”
“He Hui!” “Come on, He Hui!” “Girl goose!!”
That’s right, He Hui can say with certainty that he received more applause and cheers in Saitama today than Tours who appeared earlier.
Her skating steps paused unconsciously, and the trace on the ice was interrupted, like an electrocardiogram that missed a beat.
"Aaaah, Japan seems to be the second home of the women's geese!!"
"Why is the girl so confused when she sees so many people cheering for her? Woohoo, I want to give her lots of love so that she can remain calm no matter how many fans she meets in the future!"
"I think I kind of understand why the editor-in-chief asked me to run the figure skating line..." Wei Xue, a short track reporter from next door who came to run figure skating for the first time during public training, murmured on the sidelines.
In Wei Xue's previous reporting career, apart from short-distance champions like Feng Liying, there were few athletes who could demonstrate dominant strength in one event.
What's more, many athletes have won many gold medals, but there are not many who have attracted so many people to cheer and scream for them, or even fly thousands of miles to watch the games.
So, He Hui just stood there on the field, and Wei Xue couldn't help but straighten up, wanting to carefully look at every detail of He Hui's performance.
He Hui was calm and composed, dancing gracefully to the music that flowed like water.
In Wei Xue's opinion, this is a completely different experience from short track speed skating. Short track is the passion of adrenaline rushing all the way to the finish line, but figure skating is indeed a visual feast of softness and hardness.
He Hui's gentleness is reflected in her pliable arms and waist, and in her beautiful body bend that can be reached to the maximum level.
But He Hui was also tough and powerful. She completely conquered Wei Xue with just the first series of 4Lz+3T jumps at the beginning.
The explosive power of the muscles, the coordination of the body in the air, and the smoothness of the landing as if kissing the ice surface, all made Wei Xue's eyes widen little by little.
She could clearly see the difference between He Hui and the other contestants, and even compared to Tours who had appeared earlier, she showed a unique and more powerful strength and charm.
It was a kind of aura, a confident, infallible kingly demeanor.
4T and 4T+2T were completed in this atmosphere, triggering rounds of applause.
He Hui completed the quadruple jump so easily that Wei Xue was dazed for a moment, thinking that quadruple jump was a very common and difficult operation in figure skating.
The first half of He Hui's free skating was unprecedented, and there will probably be only a handful of people who can match it in the future.
This has laid a foundation in Wei Xue's heart - He Hui's ability is to bring the sport of figure skating to a higher level.
Sure enough, when the second half began, it was still a jump that other contestants could not do.
3A+1Lo+3S, 3A, He Hui danced to the music without stopping.
You know, there are less than two male players who dare to use 3A to sandwich the heartbeat. Even many male players' 3A is sometimes effective and sometimes not, and it is common for them to fall and miss.
He Hui is so stable that she allows the audience to be completely immersed in the world of ice dancing that she has woven.
3Lz and 3F ended perfectly, and "Eternal Vow" has reached its final step.
Normally slow-paced music is not good for getting the audience to keep the beat, but He Hui had a lot of fans today and they all followed the rhythm, making the steps even more contagious.
Amid the applause of the audience, He Hui brought her free skating performance at the World Championships to a perfect end.
Wei Xue was a little dazed in the media stand until a reporter next to her patted her on the shoulder and she finally came to her senses.
"The BV of He Hui's program is over 90 points, which is really amazing." said the reporter.
Wei Xue didn't need to know the exact score. It was obvious that He Hui won the gold medal. It was a crushing victory regardless of the score.
After winning the gold medal at the Sochi Winter Olympics, He Hui's treatment increased significantly, and he has completely established his foothold in the eyes of the judges.
On the champion's podium, He Hui held the gold medal in his right hand and placed his left hand on his chest, exuding a powerful aura.
After returning, Wei Xue completed her first professional report after changing her project, and under the guidance of He Hui, she also came to the world of figure skating.
*
After the World Championships, the off-season finally arrived and He Hui returned to high school life, completing all the lessons he had missed.
The teachers and classmates in the school all knew that He Hui won glory for the country in the Winter Olympics. No matter which subject He Hui had questions about, everyone helped enthusiastically and patiently.
Because He Hui did not plan to take the domestic college entrance examination, her pressure was not as great as that of ordinary high school students. After two months of intensive tutoring, she had caught up a lot of the missed progress.
After the third conversation with his parents, He Hui and his family finally reached a new consensus.
"What do you think about the school and major you want to apply for?" This time it was Lu Yanfeng who asked He Hui.
Ever since He Hui and He Jianmu parted ways unhappily, Lu Yanfeng has become the bridge between the two stubborn people.
He Hui nodded and slowly expressed his thoughts: "I want to study business, economics."
But as soon as she finished speaking, He Jianmu snorted coldly.
"You study business, but you are not willing to inherit the family business."
"Because I want to make money in the unprofitable entertainment and sports industry, don't I need to lay a solid theoretical foundation and accumulate more connections?" He Hui is now in a state of not giving an inch.
Lu Yanfeng quickly came out to smooth things over: "I think this is a good choice."
"I support my sister too." Lu Xing echoed in accordance with the results of the last agreement in the cafe.
He Jianmu glanced at the three people from the United Front, feeling that he was being targeted. He snorted again, turned his head and said nothing.
"I feel like our Huihui can make a push for Ivy League." Lu Yanfeng continued, "After all, it's also my area of expertise, so I can help out a little bit."
He Hui was very grateful for this: "Thank you, Mom."
She knows that her family has given her so much, and she also knows that without this help, she would not be able to do what she wants to do.
But if she had to do it again, she would refuse to take the path of president of a completely unrelated real estate or hotel company, even though she is completely passionate about figure skating.
"Just spoil her." He Jianmu curled his lips.
After deciding on her college goal, He Hui began to prepare her application materials carefully. She was involved in every step, from language scores to AP courses, from writing essays to communicating letters of recommendation.
After all, it was his second time applying, so He Hui seemed very familiar with the process.
*
He Hui's summer vacation is extremely busy. In addition to the ongoing university application work, He Hui also has to complete the national team training, choreography for new programs, maintain the state of quad jumps, and even challenge higher difficulty.
The training team gathered at the end of June, and the team leader arranged for everyone to do routine height and weight checks on the first day as part of the statistical records.
The contestants stood on the scale one by one.
He Hui also stood up, but was stunned when he saw the number.
Her heart sank and her eyes became increasingly deep, as if she were facing an unfathomable abyss.
"98 pounds?" Lin Xiaoman next to him raised her voice in shock, "Did you eat too much during the off-season? That shouldn't be the case. You're a picky eater and you don't usually like greasy food..."
Lin Xiaoman's mumbling stopped abruptly, as if she suddenly realized something.
There were whispers of discussions all around, mixed with the scary word "development", which made Lin Xiaoman suddenly feel alarmed and uneasy.
"Let's go to the office and talk?" Lin Xiaoman looked at He Hui worriedly.
From the slightly dull look in her apprentice's eyes, Lin Xiaoman realized that the problem was becoming increasingly serious.
When has He Hui ever been so unconfident?
He Hui was held on the scale by Lin Xiaoman, and then this warm big hand never let go and took her all the way to the office.
Lin Xiaoman gently closed the door and locked it, ensuring that no third person could hear their conversation.
"How are you feeling lately?" Lin Xiaoman asked after taking a deep breath.
He Hui is the person who has the most say in the changes in his physical condition.
She started to feel her appetite improve last month and initially thought it was a normal reaction after the Olympic pressure eased, but after two months, she knew it was not a coincidence.
Then her body started to tighten and her breasts felt swollen. After all, she was a person who had started over again, and she already knew the reason behind it.
He Hui's original routine of measuring her body weight was also abandoned, and she even subconsciously avoided opportunities to measure her body weight in the past two weeks.
But today, she was going to step on the scale anyway.
After it became inevitable, the result really made her guess come true.
For the first time ever, He Hui was scared.
"I'm growing taller and heavier, and my appetite has improved." He Hui answered honestly, "I tried to practice a new choreography a few days ago, but it didn't go well."
Lin Xiaoman nodded to show her understanding, and then silently thought about the wording.
Soon, she comforted him, "Don't panic. We are still in the off-season and our body functions have not fully recovered. It is normal to feel uncomfortable during the two weeks of training. If you feel uncomfortable or your physical fitness has dropped significantly, be sure to tell me immediately."
"Okay." He Hui's answer was brief, but it carried a muffled resonance in his chest.
Lin Xiaoman had no choice but to hold He Hui's right hand again, and the warmth passed through her palm.
"Don't scare yourself. Think about it, you've never fallen behind in your physical training, and you're not the type of athlete who relies on rotational speed to complete jumps. Maybe the impact of growth on you isn't as big as you think?"
After listening to this, He Hui nodded heavily.
What Lin Xiaoman said did make sense, but she just felt anxious for no reason.
Maybe it was because she thought of the apology meeting between Tan Ling and Lin Xiaoman in her previous life, or the vivid memory of Anna's poor performance three months ago, which made her feel infinitely more uneasy.
What's more, she was obviously eager to prove to her stubborn father how talented she was in figure skating and what achievements she could achieve.
But everything became unknown.
The nightmare of the development stage hangs over every player’s head equally, making people terrified.
After being comforted by Lin Xiaoman, He Hui returned to the court and joined the training which had already started for three minutes.
Tan Ling slid to He Hui's side and asked, "Are you okay?"
He Hui forced a smile: "It seems to be okay now."
"Don't put too much psychological pressure on yourself." Tan Ling comforted, "I really think your skills shouldn't be affected too much."
"I hope so." He Hui was still shrouded in an uneasy low pressure.
"Well, let's say your condition has been affected a little, but a short one or two losses won't cause you too much of a problem." Tan Ling also used himself as an example, "Look at me, I will definitely come back in style next season and amaze everyone!"
He Hui was amused by Tan Ling's confident words and nodded: "Then I believe it."
He Hui calmed himself down and completed the team's training step by step.
He Hui completed the basic training and step exercises at the beginning very well and did not seem to be affected at all.
But the confidence that I had just accumulated was shattered into pieces during the special practice of quadruple jump.
She stepped forward and accelerated as usual, but the moment she threw her body up, she had a subtle foreboding premonition.
——My jumping height doesn’t seem to be as high as before!
After hesitating for a few tenths of a second, He Hui began to spin desperately.
But the quadruple jump is a delicate and difficult move where a slight mistake can lead to a huge error. He Hui's take-off height was a few centimeters too low and his rotation started a few tenths of a second too late. Coupled with the fact that his body became heavier and his rotation speed subtly decreased, this quadruple jump was doomed to fail.
Snap——
He Hui failed to complete the four rotations, his ice skates tilted and he fell heavily to the ground.
If it was He Hui at other times, she would have immediately gotten up without a care in the world. But today, as she lay on the ice, she suddenly hesitated.
"He Hui, don't catch a cold, stand up and try again!" Lin Xiaoman's voice came from the sidelines, her voice was so loud that it made He Hui shudder.
He Hui then got up, brushed off the ice on his body, and started to speed up again.
This time the step was particularly long. He Hui stepped around the field half a circle again and again, but had no intention of jumping.
"Believe in yourself!!" Lin Xiaoman's voice came again and penetrated into the eardrum.
He Hui calmed down, and finally when he reached the take-off position for the second time, he bravely used the outside edge to jump off!
This time, she didn't dare to hesitate at all. She just kept spinning, trying to throw all the negative emotions out of her head.
Snap——
But things went against his wishes and He Hui still fell down.
She stood up again with a sullen face and continued in defiance.
It must be because I haven't practiced intensively for two months that my hook shot has become rusty.
Well, that must be it!
Lin Xiaoman was standing at the sidelines watching He Hui, who was trying to do a quad hook without saying a word, sliding around on the court, only to fail again and again.
She wanted to say, "Don't worry, take your time." But because of her understanding of He Hui, she couldn't say anything.
If He Hui was the kind of person who retreats and gives up when faced with setbacks, she would not have won so many championships along the way, nor would she have challenged difficulties that other players could not, and created and led a new era of figure skating.
He Hui is constantly adjusting and readapting to his body.
Lin Xiaoman and Tan Ling were right. Their jumping technique did not depend on rotation speed. They just needed to adapt to the new weight to complete the four-way jump.
She thought, she was only in the early stages of development, so how could there be such an immediate negative impact?
He Hui regained some confidence and kept giving himself positive psychological hints in his heart.
After falling for who knows how many times, He Hui felt that he had finally regained some balance.
She began to slow down and speed up again.
The uneasiness in his heart was replaced by certainty, and He Hui tapped the ice decisively.
In Lin Xiaoman's opinion, He Hui's height is indeed not as exaggerated as last season, but it is still enough to complete four weeks.
He Hui's speed did not slow down too much. In fact, her physical training became an important cornerstone that gave her sufficient support, allowing her not to feel too tired even under high-intensity training.
Swoosh——
This time, He Hui's ice skates stayed still on the ice and slid out a beautiful arc.
“Clap, clap, clap!” Lin Xiaoman clapped her vigorously on the sidelines, “You can do it, right?!”
All the hard work from the past has returned to He Hui today in another form, which gives him a wonderful sense of reincarnation.
He Hui felt a little relieved and held his knees, breathing heavily.
As soon as you relax, the accumulated lactic acid starts to take effect.
He Hui slowly slid to the sidelines and breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that the impact now is not that great."
"Yeah, don't scare yourself!" Lin Xiaoman patted He Hui's head, "Give yourself positive psychological hints!"
During the two weeks of training, He Hui continued to adjust his jumps.
Her body was indeed changing subtly every day due to the onset of growth, but after the initial sway, He Hui slowly found the rhythm to adapt to the changes.
Because of the sudden change, He Hui was very hesitant when faced with the invitation to participate in the ice show in Japan.
They even offered He Hui twice the price as before, hoping that the new Winter Olympics women's singles champion would join.
"Although I know you don't care about the money from this ice performance, have you thought it through?" Lin Xiaoman asked.
The process of He Hui making the decision was quite difficult.
"Well, I'm in a really bad state right now, and I don't want to see you all like this."
He Hui is very serious about figure skating, and she doesn't want to present a program that she has not prepared at all. However, if she uses the previous program, it will not make much sense for the adjustment of the new season.
Due to tight time schedule and heavy workload, He Hui finally turned down the ice show in Japan which she had planned to participate in for two consecutive years this year.
He Hui's decision made some ice fans who were familiar with her feel uneasy.
"To be honest, I'm a little worried about Nüwa. Although Nüwa doesn't accept endorsements or run social media, she really doesn't miss anything related to skating."
"Indeed! It's strange that she didn't come out when she was at her peak after winning the Olympic gold medal. What I'm most worried about is that she got injured during training, so she's recovering without telling us!"
"Oh my god, my friend upstairs, please don't scare me, my heart can't bear such a blow!!"
During one summer vacation, He Hui grew a few centimeters taller and his weight just broke through three digits, reaching 100 kilograms.
You know, currently active female singles players basically weigh around 90 kilograms. Even though He Hui has a high muscle content, she is still considered heavy.
Lin Xiaoman was afraid that He Hui would have another psychological fluctuation because of this, so she comforted him: "You are in a period of rapid growth now, so instability is quite normal. As long as you are not completely out of shape, don't be too anxious."
"Yeah." He Hui responded, trying his best to keep his mentality balanced.
She couldn't be impatient. Even though she really wanted to convince He Jianmu, she couldn't completely lose her rhythm.
Since she has decided to make figure skating her lifelong ideal goal, she should, as Lin Xiaoman said, transcend the temporary victory or defeat.
*
With this mentality, He Hui signed up for the B-level competition, the Wudi Cup, and started the first season of the Pyeongchang cycle.
Ice hockey fans who hadn't heard from He Hui for a long time were immediately excited when they saw the arrangement.
"Ahhh! So He Hui wasn't hurt, right?! I was scared to death."
"Tours didn't participate in the Fodi Cup this time, so I feel that He Hui should definitely win first place~"
"To pour some cold water on the person above, I went to find out some news about the national team, and He Hui might have started to slow down in development..."
Although this guess sounds scary, it is really true.
"Calculating her age, He Hui has indeed started to grow..."
"No way? Our country finally has a once-in-a-century talent in figure skating, and is it going to fall like this?"
"Pfft! No way."
The atmosphere on the Internet was gloomy, and He Hui's mood at the scene was not very high either.
During the practice session before the competition, she encountered problems of varying degrees in the first three quadruple jumps in the free skating, including falls, missed jumps, and missed quads.
You know, she had never missed so many jumps before!
The day before the short program began, He Hui was in a very low mood.
"Mingming, my success rate has improved last month?" He Hui asked Lin Xiaoman in confusion, "Is it because I haven't done enough physical training recently, or am I not controlling my weight well?"
In order to make her jumping more stable, He Hui, like all other female players in the development stage, was faced with the dilemma of controlling her weight.
She actually works very hard. Even though her energy intake has decreased, her physical training has increased instead of decreased.
Even the team's physical trainer was amazed after seeing her training arrangements.
Lin Xiaoman touched her head: "No, you did a good job. Give yourself some room for mistakes and some time to stabilize, okay?"
He Hui wanted to nod, but his body was fighting against his consciousness.
"But I really don't want to lose." He Hui couldn't help but have tears in his eyes.
This was the first time He Hui cried not because of joy but because of anxiety.
Lin Xiaoman hugged He Hui with heartache. She still remembered the look of incomprehension and the look of astonishment when He Hui saw Eriko Sanada crying when she was a child, and she also remembered He Hui's dislike of crying, which was a way of expressing weakness and was useless.
But this time, He Hui threw himself into Lin Xiaoman's arms without hesitation, showing for the first time the fragility that matched his age.
Lin Xiaoman patted her back again and again.
Her posture was a bit like coaxing a child, but it gave people a full sense of security, allowing He Hui to fully release her emotions.
He Hui's tears then burst out like a dam, and fell down her cheeks.
Lin Xiaoman handed her a tissue and let He Hui vent her emotions.
She thought this was actually a good thing. Going on stage with a lot on her mind and then falling hard in the short program would obviously be a worse outcome.
Ten minutes later, He Hui finally stopped sobbing and looked at Lin Xiaoman with red eyes and a little embarrassed.
Lin Xiaoman thought of something and said to He Hui, "How about I tell you a good news?"
"What?" He Hui spoke with a strong nasal tone.
"Not only did Tours not come this time, but Anna didn't come either. No one except you has the skills to do a triple Axel and quadruple jump." Lin Xiaoman's consolation was unique. "If you just want to win the championship, you might have a chance if you lower the difficulty."
Lin Xiaoman looked at He Hui with a smirk on her face: "What do you think?"
After hearing this, He Hui immediately came back to his senses from his previous sadness.
"It's impossible to lower the difficulty, not in this lifetime!" she declared angrily.
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