At that moment, Shirakawa Canghe stood in the bright light and shadow, and his back appeared more and more clear and transparent, like a dream.

Suddenly, an inspiration flashed through my mind. Zhou Manman thought, this kind of beauty is worth remembering forever, I want to portray this! At this moment, she is glad that she chose to study painting many years ago, and she was able to record the pictures that hit her soul by herself.

When the noisy crowd of the day disperses, it returns to the calm training hall, quiet and cold.

For so many years, Zhou Manman has been accustomed to being alone, and in addition to practicing painting, he silently watches videos of figure skating competitions.

Almost sleepless night.

In the painting, a thin young man in white stands on tiptoe on the ice, with a pair of wings behind him that are tattered and their feathers withered, but they struggle to support and stretch out. His eyes were slightly closed, his toes touched the ice, and between his raised lips, a feather fell from it, and he kissed it gently.

The young man's posture seemed to be light and weak, but in fact he was soft and strong, standing proudly, fighting the wind with his broken wings.

O wind, you have taken away my beloved feathers, but you cannot shake my strong heart, and one day, I will fly up to the wind and fly into the sky I love the most.

Sketched again and again, stroked again and again, when the last touch of color bloomed and blossomed on the drawing paper, Zhou Manman smiled with satisfaction. Her fingertips gently touched the slender fingers of the young man hanging beside her in the painting, remembering the warmth of Shirakawa Canghe's palm during the day, and couldn't help but feel a burst of warmth.

On weekdays, Bai Chuan Canghe is radiant, and she is so far away from her, but today, she really held Bai Chuan's hand and gave strength to the injured him in her own way.

Figure skating, that is also her dream since she was a child, the dream she once had, when she was five years old, someone whispered in her ear, "Zhou Manman, you will never have a chance to dream again." ”

So, when the counselor told her that there was a work-study position for an ice filler at the National Skating Training Center, she almost jumped up in excitement, even if she didn't have a chance to dream, she had to be closer to her dream!

There must always be some expectations, life is beautiful!

As long as there are no classes, she stays in the training hall. The task of making up the ice is actually not heavy, more often, she sits in the audience and draws the athletes spinning and jumping on the ice, imagining that it is herself who spins and slides on the ice.

In the first few years of her injury, when the teacher asked everyone what their dreams were when they grew up, she would still raise her hands high, stand up and hold her head high and proudly say, "I want to be a world champion in figure skating." ”

The classmates around her laughed at her, how to be a world champion with a limp.

Later, slowly, her injured foot was finally able to walk normally like her classmates. When she happily took out her long-cherished skates from under the bed, put them on and wanted to jump and have a good time, but the piercing pain in her ankle hit again, and she couldn't even cry in pain.

Fortunately, my mother rushed home in time, and saw Zhou Manman, who was shrunk on the ground and sobbing on her ankles, her mother was angry and distressed, and her words of criticism were finally drowned in tears, and her mother silently bowed her head in tears and took off the skates on her feet for her, and left the house without saying a word.

Since then, Zhou Manman has never seen the skates at home again.

The skates, like her figure skating dreams, disappeared into her world.

"Smack!"

With the sound of a button, the duty room of the training hall instantly became brightly lit, and the dim small table lamp on the table swayed and twisted, flickering with a faint yellow light.

Zhou Manman was interrupted by the dazzling bright light, and raised his hand to turn off the lamp on the table.

"Manman, did you come early, or did you not leave all night last night?"

Sister Bu in the duty room said to Zhou Manman while taking off her coat and hanging it on the coat rack.

"I'm preparing the work." Zhou Manman stood up, a feeling of dizziness hit, she leaned on the edge of the table and said calmly.

Sister Bu leaned over and saw the painting spread out in front of Zhou Manman.

"Oh, Manman, this is your work in one night, it's incredible!" As she spoke, Sister Bu picked up the painting with both hands and looked at it carefully, and her mouth couldn't suppress the praise.

"Our old Meng said that their company is planning a national painting competition, and I heard that the winner will have a big bonus! If you are interested, you can pay attention to it, the last time I heard you call, did your mother want to see a doctor? Sister Bu said enthusiastically, picking up her mobile phone and quickly rummaging for something.

"Hmm." Zhou Manman bowed his head and was silent, his mother's illness is also an old problem, since his father went bankrupt, the family's life has been beyond his means, and he can't support his mother's hospital expenses by relying on his part-time jobs alone, or he has to think of some other way, and if he goes on like this, I'm afraid I can't afford the materials for painting.

"Ding!" The crisp sound of mobile phone messages sounded, and Zhou Manman picked up the mobile phone, which was sent by Sister Bu.

She raised her eyes with doubts, and Sister Bu shook the mobile phone in her hand at her, "When Lao Meng said it yesterday, I asked for the registration method, and I happened to see your work today." She blinked.

Sister Bu is an old iceman in the training hall, about the same age as Zhou Manman's mother. Since Zhou Manman came, she has taken a back seat to work in the duty room, and she has been taking care of Zhou Manman very much during this time.

Zhou Manman clicked on the mobile phone link, and the huge poster jumped out.

"Dream Cup National Comic Design Competition"

Zhou Manman gently swiped the screen, and the top prize of the competition was a prize of 10,000 yuan and the opportunity to sign a contract with DreamWorks to become a professional cartoonist.

In other words, if you win this competition, you will become a professional cartoonist, and your work will be known, understood, and loved by more people.

If you can't stand on the brightest mountain as a figure skater, a cartoonist is also a good choice.

Zhou Manman secretly clenched his fists, and this time he has to come on! She thanked Sister Bu, and couldn't wait to pack her things and rush back to school.

"You're back, what did you do last night?"

Zhou Manman pushed open the door of the dormitory, and his roommate Zhang Yichen was sitting at the table, playing the hottest idol variety show in the expensive laptop in front of him, with slender and straight jade legs on the table, holding a cup of milk tea in his hand and sipping deliciously, and the table on the side was littered with crumpled finalized paper and pencils.

"Yesterday the training gym was a little busy with part-time work, so I slept in the duty room." Zhou Manman said as he put down his schoolbag, "I brought you breakfast." As he spoke, Zhou Manman handed her the plastic bag in his hand.

A trace of imperceptible disgust flashed in Zhang Yichen's eyes, and he pointed casually without raising his eyelids, "Put it on the table." ”

Zhou Manman opened his laptop, clicked on the DreamWorks website, and swiped his mouse to browse the works of the contracted painters. Zhang Yichen couldn't help but be a little curious when he saw her looking at the computer intently.

She raised her legs and got up and put on her slippers, and dragged her steps to Zhou Manman's table, leaning lazily on the side, "What's so fun?" ”

"My colleague told me about a comic contest, and I thought I would participate in it, maybe I could win some prize money, so that I could have tuition for the next semester." Zhou Manman raised his head and explained to her.

Zhang Yichen scoffed at her idea, and she couldn't understand why her family conditions were so poor that she was desperately admitted to an art school to learn this money-burning painting major.

She shrugged her shoulders and smiled softly, catching a glimpse of a huge brown paper bag at Zhou Manman's feet, with a piece of paper rolled inside, like a painting.

"What's that?" The slender jade fingers like peeling onion roots were picked, and he pointed to the bag under Zhou Manman's feet and asked.

"Signed up for the work." Zhou Manman's attention at this time was completely attracted by the website, and he was busy studying the registration information, so he didn't notice that Zhang Yichen looked at her with a strange expression, and walked away silently.

She tapped quickly on the keyboard, sometimes swiping the mouse, sometimes quietly watching the flickering images on the screen.

The mouse paused in the title column of the work, what is the name?

Zhou Manman was slightly stunned, and a white-clothed Baichuan Canghe floated lightly on the ice in his mind, as well as the feather she added to her inspiration on last night's painting.

Let's call it "Yu".

Registration successful!

Zhou Manman looked at the four big words on the screen, and suddenly began to get nervous, she shook her head, laughing at her incalmness.

Zhou Manman, who returned to the training hall, looked at the ice rink with anticipation, "Don't look at it, Chairman Cheng arranged for the boys to rest for three days." ”

Sister Bu didn't raise her head, she knew who Zhou Manman was looking for, and she didn't break it. Every time Bai Chuan Canghe came to train, Zhou Manman's eyes couldn't leave him for a moment, could she see it? Besides, on the day of the tryouts......

Sister Bu didn't speak, on the day of the trials, she saw from a distance that Zhou Manman held Bai Chuan's hand. This girl is really bold enough.

Zhou Manman blushed ashamedly when Sister Bu said, "Who said I was looking for a young man." ”

"Before I finished speaking, Chairman Cheng also arranged for the girls to rest for three days."

This next week, Manman's face was even redder, and she quickly found a reason to hide, for fear that Sister Bu would see her crimson cheeks.

The ice surface in the field was slightly chilly, Zhou Man leaned down, touched the ice with both hands, and covered his cheeks with his cold hands. Sister Bu is right, she is indeed looking for another young man, she is looking forward to Bai Chuan Canghe dancing on the ice.

She also understands that yesterday Shirakawa Canghe's injury was very serious, and his insistence on returning to the game with painkillers will inevitably aggravate the injury.

Zhou Manman was thinking about it, but he saw a figure in the dark of the audience, the sunlight avoided that person, and Zhou Manman couldn't see his face clearly.

Didn't Sister Bu say that all the team members were on vacation? How could anyone still be in the training gym?

Zhou Manman walked towards the man in the shadows with doubts. The man looked up at the ice, as if thinking about something, and didn't notice Zhou Manman, who was gradually coming to his side.

"Du Pre?"

Zhou Manman was surprised, shouldn't he be on vacation like everyone else?

Du Yu heard Zhou Manman's shout, and looked up at Zhou Manman, who was looking up at him under the stands, he didn't know the name of this little girl, he only knew that it was the ice filler of this training hall, and after their team members finished training, she would wear sneakers and carry an ice bucket to check awkwardly on the ice.

"Hey." The corners of Du Yu's mouth twitched, and that smile was not very good-looking.

Zhou Man climbed into the audience in three steps and two steps, and came to sit down beside Du Yu.

"I heard that Chairman Cheng gave you a holiday, why are you still here?" Zhou Man tilted his head and looked at Du Yu, before he could answer, "You must be reflecting on yesterday's game, right?" ”

"Hmm." Du Yu snorted and stopped talking.

"What was your number one yesterday?" Yesterday's Zhou Manman, all his attention was on Bai Chuan Canghe, and he didn't notice other people's scores at all. But after saying that, I regretted it a little, this is not poking people's sore spots, Baichuan Canghe is the first, and the Du pre-score is definitely not ideal.

"First." He replied with a bowed head.

"Huh?" Zhou Manman was surprised.

"Yesterday I was first in the free skate." He saw Zhou Manman's surprised expression and explained.

This is the first time in so many years that he has ranked first, but the gap between the total points and Shirakawa Canghe is still very large, and he struggles to catch up, but there is still a difference of 0.1 points.

Zhou Manman didn't know how to comfort him for a while, and was silent for a while, only the sound of two people breathing one after another in the empty training hall, and Du Yu stopped talking.

"Although you are not the first in the overall score, you should not be discouraged." Zhou Manman broke the silence, "Baichuan Canghe also experienced many failures to become the first, you are his junior, it will definitely get better and better, the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves!" ”

Saying that, Zhou Manman also made a wave rolling gesture, and Du Yu couldn't help laughing.

"I haven't asked you what your name is?" Before leaving, Du turned around and asked.

"My name is Zhou Manman." Zhou Manman smiled warmly, then turned around and picked up the clutter on his seat and prepared to start work.

"It's a long night, it's a long night, it's really good." He muttered, turned and walked away.