Christina had long expected Shu Ran's expression, and she shrugged her shoulders as if she didn't care.

Shu Ran wanted to speak and stopped, she had scruples, although Christina came to her, it didn't mean that she could tell her the reason.

"What's the difference between you and Quentin?" Fu Yiqing asked.

He asked in English, and both Shu Ran and Christina understood.

Christina: "I'm tired of it, anyway, I'm not going to be his pawn anymore!"

Having said that, it seems that there is no room for maneuver.

Shu Ran was still a little nervous.

I had been looking at Christina from afar on the field before, but I didn't expect to sit with ordinary friends today.

Fu Yiqing didn't leave again, and asked Zhang's mother to bring the food to the ward.

Christina looked at the food on Shu Ran's table with a blank look in her eyes, and her throat unconsciously made a swallowing motion.

“……”

Shu Ran paused and asked her, "Are you hungry?" Why don't you let my coach take you out to dinner?"

Christina hurriedly shook her head, "No, your coach should be known to many people in your country, right? ”

That's right.

Shu Ran nodded, and then said, "Mom Zhang, do you still have bowls?"

Zhang's mother was stunned, "There really is, Mr. Fu also wants to eat?"

Fu Yiqing shook his head helplessly, "Give her another bowl, I won't eat it." ”

Zhang's mother swept her eyes, and then found Christina on the side.

Zhang's mother understood in seconds and divided the meal into two.

Shu Ran picked up the bowl of rice and handed it to Christina, "If you don't dislike it, you can eat one with me." ”

Christina took the bowl, her eyes lit up, "Shuran, you're so nice, if you're hungry later, I can put on a mask and go out to buy food for you." ”

The conversation between the two was in English, so Fu Yiqing was not allowed to translate, and there was not much difference in the level of speaking, plus gestures and expressions as auxiliaries, Fu Yiqing's sense of presence as a translator was gradually weakened.

Today, Mama Zhang made tomato and potato beef brisket, fried green peppers with bacon and stir-fried green vegetables with shiitake mushrooms.

Christina didn't taste a bite, she was fighting with chopsticks.

Shu Ran looked up and saw that her gaze fell on her right hand, obviously not able to learn how to use chopsticks.

Shu Ran smiled and stretched out her hand, rolled up her cuffs, and demonstrated to her how to hold chopsticks.

Christina studied seriously.

Under Shu Ran's hands-on teaching, Christina finally learned how to hold it, but she still couldn't use it.

Zhang's mother laughed beside her, and then brought her a spoon intimately.

Christina glanced up at Zhang's mother and said "thank you" in a childish voice.

It doesn't sound standard, but it doesn't mean anything else when contextualized.

Zhang's mother waited for them to take the dishes and chopsticks back after eating, and then chatted with Fu Yiqing about Shu Ran's injury.

And here, Christina and Shu Ran chatted about the meal while eating.

Christina scooped a spoonful of potatoes into her mouth, and for a while she didn't make the next chewing action, and after a long time, she scooped another spoonful into her mouth for aftertaste.

Shu Ran tentatively peeked at her expression, thinking that she didn't like to eat, but listened to her, "What is this? I seem to have eaten the taste of tomatoes." ”

Shu Ran: "There are brisket, tomatoes and potatoes in it. ”

Christina frowned, "I didn't expect potatoes to be eaten with tomato sauce before they were fried into fries, so imaginative." ”

Shu Ran: "......"

That's right...... No problem.

In the afternoon, Christina stayed in the ward to chat with Shu Ran, and it was about noon that the topic of Chinese and Western food opened up the conversation box between the two, and their relationship was one step closer.

Christina explained why she didn't participate in the Winter Olympics.

"I found out about this bet three years ago, my coach Quentin...... No, he's not my coach anymore, he told me that if I train the way he trains, I'm going to win a World Championship, and since then, I've only been training in my life. ”

Shu Ran subconsciously glanced at Fu Yiqing, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, thinking that he said the same thing three years ago, is this ISU's routine?

It just so happened that Fu Yiqing put away the gaze on the magazine, raised his head to meet her gaze, and his eyes seemed to understand her thoughts.

"At the beginning I was very motivated and improved a lot, but when my progress was no longer obvious and there was less room for improvement, my psychological pressure increased, and I trained longer, and this season my results not only did not improve, but kept retreating, and it was not the first time that Quentin and I had an argument. But the reason I gave up on the Olympics wasn't just because of pressure. ”

Shu Ran was stunned, and the ghost took over the words, "Another reason, is it because of me?"

It was just a temporary guess from Shu Ran, but Christina nodded.

There was a hint of fear in her avoided gaze, "I saw that something happened to you, and I was so scared that something like this would happen to me, if I didn't win the World Championship with an injury in exchange for my efforts, then why would I still compete, I heard that Rowling ......" She suddenly looked up, "Do you know Rowling?"

Shu Ran nodded solemnly, "I know." ”

She lowered her face, "I heard she can't skate anymore." ”

It's not that you can't stand up, it's that you can't skate anymore.

Shu Ran suddenly realized that Christina also had a special affection for figure skating, even more serious than she thought.

Even if you don't win awards, do you have to keep this path for the rest of your life?

Shu Ran didn't say anything more.

Fortunately, there was still a bed in Shu Ran's ward, and before Christina's arrival, Fu Yiqing or Xu Jingyu usually stayed here.

Before going to bed at night, Fu Yiqing said to Shu Ran: "Be careful. ”

Shu Ran: "Eh, are you worried that Christina is going to do it to me...... Isn't that impossible? Didn't she say she was going to retire?"

"Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, not to mention that she suddenly came here at such a sensitive time, even if she said it was true, there was no guarantee that Quentin would not do anything. Fu Yiqing stroked her cheek, "Well, there will be no mistake in listening to me." ”

After chatting in the afternoon, Shu Ran thought that Christina was still quite simple, but in order to reassure Fu Yiqing, she still nodded.

Early the next morning, Fu Yiqing said to Shu Ran: "Quentin is indeed looking for someone, and what Christina said should be true." ”

Shu Ran: "What about the bet?"

"At the beginning, we agreed in advance that if one side withdrew, even if the other side withdrew, the other side lost. Fu Yiqing's eyes softened immediately, "Maybe this will be good news for us, and then you don't have to work too hard to win against them." ”

Shu Ran lowered her head and didn't speak.

For the next few days, Christina lived in the same ward with Shu Ran, and as long as she was there, Fu Yiqing would never leave the ward for half a step.

With this new friend, Shu Ran's life has obviously been injected with fresh blood and regained the vitality of a young man.

The two of them chatted all over the world.

Finally, on the third day, Shu Ran saw the news on the Internet.

"Christina is missing. ”

Shu Ran immediately turned her head to look at Christina, the news heroine was playing a game as if nothing had happened.

"Christina. Shu Ran said loudly.

The other party was busy pushing the tower, and he didn't have time to look up at her, and his speed of speech was much happier, "What's wrong?"

"You're on the news. ”

Christina continued to play for a while before coming over, and after seeing the news, she was calm, but Shu Ran, an outsider, was more worried about the development of things than her.

Shu Ran suddenly said, "At what age did you start learning figure skating?"

She thought for a moment, "5 years old." ”

Shu Ran nodded slightly, "You are one year younger than me, so we have both practiced figure skating for fourteen years, in fact...... I'm not afraid to tell you that before the World Championships, I was already injured. ”

Christina's eyes widened and she looked at her in disbelief, "Shuran, you ......"

When Fu Yiqing heard Shu Ran's words, he couldn't stay out of the matter anymore, "Shu Ran!" There was a warning in his words.

Shu Ran only glanced at them and continued: "The doctor didn't let me participate in the competition, I said I had to participate, although I still didn't succeed, but at least this time I succeeded in losing the qualifying tournament, and my old injury recurred, but I never regretted it, I didn't say this to force you to participate, I just want to ask you one thing: If you give up participating in the Winter Olympics, will you regret it in the future?"

Christina couldn't help but glance at Fu Yiqing, and there was confusion and confusion written between her wrinkled eyebrows, "But if I don't participate, your coach's bet will win." ”

"I know, but I skate, including me risking losing a leg, not so that he can win the bet, but for myself. Shu Ran's eyes were determined, "The career of a figure skater is very short, if I can't prove myself on the ice, the tears I shed from the injuries I suffered in the past are too unworthy, so it doesn't mean much to me whether you participate in the competition or not, no matter how many opponents there are at that time, I will do my best to perform." ”

Figure skating is not a one-person sport, it belongs to the athletes, but also to the audience and the referee, if there is no audience and referee, no applause and cheers, how can she have more motivation to break through herself.

It is precisely because of the support of the audience that she wants to make the performance perfect.

It's not so much to win awards, but to get the audience's affirmation.

Christina: "Your injuries are really serious...... If it's so serious that you're in danger of being seriously injured if you participate in the competition?" She looked a little unbearable in her eyes, "Aren't you afraid that I'm here to find out the news?"

Shu Ran smiled calmly, her eyes clear, "What does it matter if I find out the news? I will still perform well." ”

Christina's ice-blue eyes flickered, as if she was moved, and seemed to be carrying some other emotion.

"So from my point of view, I would prefer that you be able to compete. The traditional idea of the Chinese is not to leave regrets, and I want to use my true strength to play with you. Shu Ran looked at Fu Yiqing, "Coach, will you object?"

Both girls turned their eyes to Fu Yiqing over there.

saw the latter exhale without a trace, and then smiled with relief, his tone was a little helpless and a little doting, "As long as you want." ”

Although she didn't hear what Fu Yiqing said in Chinese, Christina roughly guessed the content from his expression and tone, and her suspicious eyes wandered between Shu Ran and Fu Yiqing, always feeling that there was an atmosphere between them that no one else could intervene.

Mutual accommodation and mutual understanding.