Zhang's mother also went home for the New Year, Fu Yiqing was not there in the afternoon, Qin Liubei didn't know where he went, Shu Ran casually ate something to fill her stomach and went to the ice rink.

People are on the ice, but their minds have already flown to D City.

On Chinese New Year's Eve last year, my mother cooked a lot of her favorite dishes, a large family of relatives were there, she was the youngest child in the family, and most of the rest of her brothers and sisters were married, so everyone was more concerned about her situation.

I don't know if she won't go home for the New Year this year, what do relatives think, will they mention her?

The more distracted, the more unfit Shu Ran became, and she knew this but still couldn't get herself back together.

At least for now, she doesn't want to go back to the villa or watch a movie.

Shu Ran slid to the fence, sliding her fingers up and down to search for the song, and finally her eyes lingered on the words Swan Lake for the ballet, and she clicked on the single loop almost without much thought.

She hadn't seen this classic ballet yet, she only knew what it was about, and she tried to incorporate it as much as she could, using movements and performances to express her understanding of the piece.

The cold wind brought up by the rotation seems to naturally form a cover, allowing Shu Ran to stay with the cold all year round.

But at this moment, she had a feeling that her heart was cold.

She lifted her floating feet and spread her arms, a standard swallow sliding, but she kept a sad face.

Not enough! Not enough!

This piece must not be full of sadness.

After turning the three-step move, he skated to get into Philip's triple jump, with his left foot inside and his right foot on the ice.

When she was about to jump, the ice under Shu Ran's feet stumbled, her smooth gliding was hindered, and her original center of gravity was not in place, and she immediately stopped jumping when she realized that she was about to fall.

"Bang-"

But he still fell in the middle of the cold ice rink.

The ringing of the mobile phone rings in the ice rink, which looks particularly ethereal.

Shu Ran, who was accustomed to falling, endured the pain and slid towards the fence, and the word "mother" on the screen directly made her eyes red.

"Ranran, didn't bother you with training, did you?"

Shu Ran pretended to be strong, "No, I was just about to rest, you seem to be very lively there, are you going to grandma's house or grandma's house for the New Year this year?"

"This year's New Year at my grandmother's house, they all said they missed you, why don't you watch with them?"

"Don't!" Realizing that his tone was too tough, Shu Ran added, "No need, I've just finished training now, and I look a little embarrassed." ”

Across the phone, thousands of miles away from each other, Li Zhiqing didn't notice that something was wrong with her daughter, "Your grandmother has something to tell you, I'll turn on the amplification." ”

Immediately after that, the person who answered the phone was replaced by grandma, the old man's familiar and cordial native voice came from the other end of the phone, grandma first complained a few words why she didn't come back for the New Year, and then worried that Shu Ran was alone outside for the New Year, and asked her how she spent today, and heard that she was distressed after training.

After only chatting for five minutes, there was another urging from his grandfather, who hated his grandmother for talking too much and delaying Shu Ran's practice time.

Shu Ran had already burst into tears, covering her mouth for fear that the crying would leak out and cause people to worry.

As soon as the phone hung up, Shu Ran leaned against the fence, her back arched, and her whole body slowly slid down, squatting on the transparent fence, clasping her knees with her hands, and crying loudly.

*

As long as Shu Ran thinks of her family, her heart can't help but feel sour water of grievances.

She was just about to go back to skating on the ice rink when she suddenly hit a heavy head.

Shu Ran raised his head from the crook of his arm, and his vision blurred by tears was mixed with the bright light above the ice rink, and the other party stood with his backlight, unable to see his face clearly.

After Shu Ran adapted to the light and found the right focus, she finally looked at Fu Yiqing's unusual expression, surprised and unbearable.

This is such a different look from the usual that Shu Ran was stunned for a moment and forgot her embarrassment.

"Why are you crying?"

What else could she be for?

Shu Ran didn't want to see Fu Yiqing at this time, let alone let him see her weakness, she didn't answer, got up and took off the skate cover, and was just about to slide into the arena, when the lights of the ice rink were all turned off, and it was pitch black inside.

Shu Ran was a little confused, and just wanted to ask what was going on, when she heard footsteps from the other direction.

In the empty ice rink, the slightest movement is magnified as much as possible.

Shu Ran vaguely seemed to see a little warm light coming from the source of the sound.

The light source was getting closer and closer, and it wasn't until she dispelled the darkness in Shu Ran and Fu Yiqing's vision that she finally understood what the sudden power outage was.

I saw Qin Liubei walking towards them slowly, holding a cake in his hand with a burning candle on it, worried that the candle flame would be blown out by the breeze, he walked very slowly.

"Happy New Year to you—"

"Happy New Year to you—"

……

After singing the adapted song, Qin Liubei happened to walk in front of Shu Ran.

"Little Shuran, how is it, have you been pleasantly surprised by me? How about it, after my accurate data calculation, I started singing from the position just now, and according to my walking speed, I came to you right after singing...... Eh, why are you crying, are you so moved?"

Shu Ran just didn't have time to wipe away her tears, she burst into tears and smiled, "Yes, I'm very moved." ”

It's really moving.

"Since you are moved, let's blow out the candle first. ”

As soon as Shu Ran blew out the candle, the light turned on, and Fu Yiqing walked over, "This is the surprise you prepared, a cake?"

"Tell me, then, what have you prepared?"

Fu Yiqing was speechless for a while and did not answer.

Qin Liubei looked at Shu Ran proudly, "I don't know how China celebrates the New Year, it should be similar to a birthday, so I bought a cake, although today is not your birthday, and it is easy to gain weight after eating the cake, but today is more special." He turned his head and gave Fu Yiqing a look, "You won't stop her today, right?"

Fu Yiqing said: "Just eat less cream." ”

As a female athlete, especially in figure skating, a competition where weight is linked to performance, athletes must be shaped and stable, which means having a good body shape and giving the audience a sense of beauty, and maintaining stability is not only strength, but also maintaining a stable state at important moments, and large changes in weight will affect the balance and center of gravity when jumping, which will further affect the performance.

Therefore, what Shu Ran usually eats is according to the arrangement of the nutritionist in the team, and they don't touch any fattening food.

Shu Ran is more conservative than Fu Yiqing, "I'll just take a bite." ”

Shu Ran took a fork and chiseled a small hole in the cake, took out a piece of cake with less cream and put it in her mouth.

The sweet taste bloomed on the tip of her tongue, and she suddenly forgot what she was crying for, and everything was no longer a problem.

"But one thing you're wrong about. Fu Yiqing suddenly said, "Today is indeed her birthday." ”

Shu Ran and Qin Liubei's expressions were synchronized, their eyes widened, and they looked at Fu Yiqing in disbelief, their eyes glazed.

"How do you know?"

Fu Yiqing frowned, "Your withdrawal application is still with me." ”

He has always had a good memory, and it happened that he glanced at the date today and felt that these numbers were a little familiar, so he realized that it was Shu Ran's birthday.

Qin Liubei stretched out a hand and patted Fu Yiqing's shoulder, "Knowing that you can still come empty-handed, I don't know whether to say that you are thick-skinned or that you have low emotional intelligence." ”

Qin Liubei suddenly had a flash of inspiration and handed the cake to Shu Ran, "Shu Ran, you are waiting for me here." ”

As soon as the person slipped away, he had already disappeared.

Shu Ran and Fu Yiqing were always a little embarrassed to be in the same space, but with the cake in her hand, she couldn't escape to the ice, so she had to sit aside and wait patiently for Qin Liubei to come back.

Fu Yiqing, who has never spoken much, took the initiative to speak, "Shu Ran, let's talk." ”

Shu Ran crashed into his eyes full of thoughts, Qin Liubei's appearance had eliminated the grievances in Shu Ran's heart, so she nodded calmly.

But the car drove farther and farther, Shu Ran couldn't help but remind, "Qin Liubei asked us to wait for him." ”

"His business doesn't matter. He put his hands on the steering wheel and looked ahead, "Time is ticking." ”

It's time again.

Ever since Shu Ran met Fu Yiqing, the word he said the most was "time".

Shu Ran couldn't help but start imagining that if the word "time" was blocked, I am afraid that Fu Yiqing's words would be pitiful.

*

Shu Ran still couldn't believe that Fu Yiqing actually brought her to Ling Jue Mountain in the middle of the night?

I just don't know why, it's obviously Chinese New Year's Eve, and there are still many people who come to climb the mountain at night, and at a glance they are all men and women holding hands and smiling.

Shu Ran, who seemed quiet, and Fu Yiqing, who was expressionless, were even more commendable, oh no, they were mavericks.

Fu Yiqing did not get out of the car to climb the mountain, but went directly around the winding mountain road to the top of the mountain.

The moment she got out of the car, Shu Ran felt like she was going to freeze to death, wrapped her coat tightly but still felt cold.

Even if you stand on the mountain road, you can see the whole city of B, and the city is more warm under the rendering of lights, not only the lights, but also the feeling of looking at the beautiful scenery from a high place is also amazing, if it is not so cold.

She really didn't understand what she had to say on the top of the mountain, so she just waited for Fu Yiqing to finish chatting and hurried back, it was too cold here.

Fu Yiqing saw her reaction in his eyes, saw her walking forward, and pulled the person back, "Go back to the car." ”

The temperature in the closed car rose, and Shu Ran felt the presence of her hands and feet, touched her cheeks, but was frozen by the temperature on her face.

"Do you know why I made a bet with Quentin?"

Shu Ran was a little nervous, thinking that Fu Yiqing was going to test her again, so she searched her stomach and thought of a reason, "Because art is more important?"

Fu Yiqing shook his head, "In recent years, figure skaters have focused more on the pursuit of technical difficulty, using difficult movements with higher basic scores to achieve high scores to win the competition. The ISU has to make changes to the rules, not only for the sake of the artistic beauty of figure skating, but also for the long-term thinking of the athletes' careers. ”

"But it's not so easy to change the rules, this war will come sooner or later, I just let it be a little earlier. ”

Fu Yiqing's eyes were a little complicated, "Shu Ran, even if it's not you, someone else will come as an experiment, you are not my puppet, because I don't care if I can become the president of the ISU in three years, but the ISU must make a change." ”