Chapter 88 88 Showing off skills
He Hui did not disappoint the audience and immediately performed another 4T jump.
"Ahhh, the ticket price is still too low! The world's only female quadruple champion is showing off her skills on the spot. Shouldn't the price be increased?!"
"Does He Hui have another show in the second half? I'm looking forward to it!"
Exhibition skating usually chooses music that the audience is familiar with, so that everyone can beat the rhythm more interactively.
He Hui landed two quadruple jumps, and the atmosphere was already lively. The audience did not hesitate with their applause, clapping the rhythm again and again.
The music gradually came to the end. After a beautiful swallow-like patrol, He Hui began a series of bows and turns.
He Hui's rotation axis deviated very little, the speed was fast and the number of circles was sufficient, and the final Bellman was pleasing to the eye.
But just when everyone thought they were ready to applaud, He Hui suddenly did a big split, then left the ice with a whoosh and showed off a 3A.
The preparation time was so short that the audience was caught off guard and opened their mouths and eyes wide.
On the one hand, everyone felt it was sudden, and on the other hand, they felt it was incredible.
As he jumped onto the ice, the music happened to play to the end, and He Hui ended it cleanly and neatly.
Everything clicked just right.
He Hui took off his pirate hat and bowed to the audience in all four directions.
She walked to the sidelines, took the microphone from the staff, and her clear voice echoed throughout the venue.
"Hello everyone, I am He Hui. I am very happy to meet you all here."
“Ahhh, He Hui!!” Screams of support immediately rang out in the venue.
"This is my first time to host an ice show. If you have any comments or suggestions, you can leave a message on our Weibo. We will make corrections if we have any, and encourage you if we don't."
Although He Hui had just finished a difficult program, her voice was very steady, without any heavy breathing or long pauses.
"The first half of the performance ends here. There will be more performances waiting for you in the second half. See you after the 20-minute intermission!"
He Hui bowed deeply again.
This time, she represented not only herself, but also every staff member who worked hard for this ice show, and thanked the audience for their support and love.
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In the second half, He Hui's performance was before Tours and was the eleventh program.
She performed a short program for the new season. The music came from "Spring" in Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons", and the excerpt was the Allegro of the first movement.
The shock brought by the showmanship at the end of the first half is still lingering, making the audience unconsciously feel anticipation.
"Do you think He Hui will go to school again for four weeks?"
"Who knows! I'm rubbing my hands in anticipation."
As the violin and the orchestra played the first notes, the vigorous spring atmosphere filled the air.
He Hui danced gracefully in a very bright light green costume, like a spring elf, wandering among the flowers and fields.
With a glance and a smile, spring has arrived, bringing with it the meaning of new life.
According to the arrangement of the short program, He Hui only did a 3F in the first half, and the remaining 3Lz+3Lo and 3A were placed in the second half.
But in order to make the audience's ticket price worthwhile, He Hui decided to show off a little bit for those who sponsored her career.
She accelerated her skating, did two consecutive triple turns and then jumped off from the ice.
The height is as amazing as always.
"It's 4F!" There was a burst of exclamations from the audience.
He Hui's 4F success rate has gradually increased during the past few months of improvement, and this time can be regarded as a practice for the new configuration of free skating.
When her 4F landed perfectly, the exclamations turned into applause, and the fans' hearts fell back to earth.
“So beautiful!”
"Is this the third quadruple jump that He Huibing has performed? The best part is that there is no repetition in any of the jumps!"
He Hui's steps were light, and she walked across the smooth ice with the vigorous vitality unique to spring.
But her showmanship did not stop, and the originally planned 3Lz+3Lo jump combo in the second half was also changed.
——He Hui’s first jump was higher than everyone imagined. He jumped up cleanly and spun four times in the air at a high speed before landing on the ice.
"4Lz again! Too scary difficulty!!"
"I'm going to make a reasonable guess. Will the free skate for the women's geese next season repeat the 4Lz?"
"What a reasonable guess~"
But just when everyone thought that this was just a display of his signature 4Lz+3T combo jump, He Hui's use of the edge when jumping put the ice fans who were still discussing the event into silence.
"This..." Ice fan No. 1 turned around, "Isn't it 3 T?!"
Ice fan number two looked at He Hui, who was icing the ice on the court, and nodded: "It's Lian 3Lo!"
"He Hui is truly amazing. He actually developed a new combo jump..."
The two were shocked and turned their heads back blankly, looking at He Hui who had already entered the next move on the ice rink.
He Hui's 3A entry this time was different from the "Pirates of the Caribbean" in the first half. He did a bow step that was more in line with the music.
It was difficult, but He Hui did it easily.
Turles, who was in the backstage, cast his eyes on He Hui, sighed deeply, and murmured: "Bao Bujin 3A, amazing."
Turles's gaze drifted away, as if she was recalling her past days of being a powerful figure.
And He Hui, riding on the wings of spring songs, flew towards the final chapter of the short program with a series of energetic steps.
He Hui's program was very compact. She had almost no idle time and expressed her emotions in every second, speeding, jumping and spinning on the ice rink.
After the song of spring ended, He Hui received applause from the audience.
"So contagious, woooo."
“Yes, it turns out that watching figure skating live is completely different from watching it on TV.”
“I really hope there will be an ice show next year!”
......
He Hui did not leave the stage after finishing her performance. She took a deep breath, slid to the side and picked up the microphone.
"Hello everyone, I'm He Hui." She introduced herself again and then directly became Tours' announcer.
"I believe everyone knows who today's mysterious guest is, right?" He Hui said loudly, "Let's all shout out her name at the top of our lungs, okay?"
"Good!" The audience was extremely cooperative.
"I'll shout three, two, one. Everyone shout out her name together." He Hui commanded the countdown, "Three, two, one!"
A very high decibel sounded immediately from the audience seats——
"Tulsi!!!"
The sound was deafening, giving Tours the grandest welcome possible.
Tours appeared under the spotlight and slid to He Hui's side with a smile.
Their eyes met in the dazzling incandescent light, with a fatalistic sense of both enemy and friend.
"Actually, I want to confess something today." He Hui stared at Tours and switched to English, which they could both understand. "I secretly learned from you when I was in 3A. I watched it online many times and also secretly went to the scene to watch it. I benefited a lot."
Turles was stunned by He Hui's frankness at first, then he raised the corner of his mouth and said, "It's okay."
"So, when I first heard that I would be competing on the same stage with the contestants I admired, I was quite nervous," He Hui continued.
Tours smiled even more and asked in amusement, "Why didn't I see that you were nervous?"
He Hui looked back at Turles with a smile and just smiled.
The mutual admiration between the two can be seen in each other's eyes. They were once idols and newcomers, then rivals, and now friends who have surpassed medals.
In He Hui's heart, even if Turles can no longer jump 3A, she is still an opponent she admires.
"In short, I think my idol is the brightest on the ice."
He Hui returned to her job as announcer and cleared her throat: "So, let's welcome Tours with applause to bring her performance "Serenade" to everyone."
After saying that, He Hui bowed deeply and looked at Tours on the field.
Turles nodded her chin slightly, then turned resolutely and walked towards the place where she had spent the longest time in her life - the ice rink.
After surgery, her ankle could no longer withstand high-intensity training and difficult jumps.
But He Hui is right, jumping is important, but figure skating is not just the art of jumping.
Today, Tours wore a navy blue kirsten with rhinestones, which she wore when she debuted in the youth group. She searched through boxes and cabinets to find it and had the size altered for the performance.
But this song is not the original version, so Tours asked someone to re-record it.
The piano introduction sounded, followed by the cello's interpretation of the main melody, and a faint sadness and melancholy poured out.
The music was originally played on the piano, but now the cello with a deep and moving tone has been added, as if the mature Tours after many years is having a dialogue with his fledgling self across time and space.
He Hui poked her head out from the backstage to "peek", just like when she peeked at Tours' 3A.
Tours' skating and performance are so much better than his younger self back then.
Just a few moves and the difference is immediately apparent.
But Tours's jumping configuration remains the same as it was back then.
He Hui was a little worried. Even the 3T+3T that seems simple now is a challenge for Tours, who has just returned from a serious injury.
Tours lightly tapped the ice and completed the first three weeks.
This is not difficult, but the difficult part is the second three weeks because it requires a second effort after the speed loss.
Under the spotlight, Tours clearly gained kinetic energy through swinging his arms and rotating his body, and jumped again.
Swoosh——
When landing on the ice, Tours' axis was a little crooked, and he still couldn't stabilize this second jump and fell over.
In an instant, there was a chorus of regret.
Tours was still immersed in the music of "Serenade", and she gave 100% of herself to the performance.
There is no problem with 3Lz, and the slide out of the ice is smooth.
Finally, it was 2A. Although Tours couldn't make one more turn, he still handled 2A easily and even did a tano easily.
To the music of the serenade, Tours seemed to respond to his former self and waved goodbye.
Schubert's Serenade is the beginning and the end.
After He Hui finished reading it, a thousand thoughts flooded into his mind.
Tours was bowing on the court. She raised her hand, bowed, and turned around, repeating this process gracefully and calmly.
Someone in the audience suddenly shouted "Encore", as if a switch was turned on. The whole place became boiling with people shouting "Encore, Encore" non-stop.
Tours just smiled and waved, bowed again, and then left the ice.
"Are you not going to act anymore?" He Hui asked.
“It’s nice to have ‘Serenade’ as the ending.” Tours was talking about the ice performance, and seemed to be talking about himself as well.
He Hui understood it clearly.
She opened her arms and gave Tulsi a hug. It was long and warm.
At the end of the ice show, all the contestants came on stage again and showed off their skills to everyone amid lively singing.
So, He Hui's fifth quadruple jump appeared in the ice show - a beautiful quadruple toe.
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