wipe the ice and fire

After the meal, the two walked out along the commercial street.Luo Ming didn't say where he was going, the earphones were connected to the navigation, and he walked ahead with the piano on his back.

Not far from the commercial street is Qiushan Park, a very famous scenic spot in City B.Its biggest feature is the ginkgo trees all over the mountain, and a Town God's Temple was once enshrined, and the branches of the trees are still covered with red ribbons for blessing.

The mountain is not too high, with a hundred and eight steps, but every late autumn, golden ginkgo and red peace charms will fall all over the mountain, swaying with the wind, accompanied by the sound of copper bells, it can be described as a grand scene.

Although it is early spring, the branches and leaves are still tender, but the peace charms on both sides are still hanging firmly.There are several groups dancing square dances and ballroom dancing by the fountain in the park, and many old people take their children for a walk.Even though they had their own things to do, Luo Ming still attracted the attention of many people walking along the way.

Du Qingshao didn't speak, just quietly followed him up the stairs.

After walking about fifty steps, Luo Ming arrived at a wide platform. Seeing that there were not many people around, Luo Ming went to the bench and took down the piano case.

"You want to play the violin here?" Du Qingshao walked over and looked around curiously, "I heard that the violin is much more difficult to learn than the piano, but I didn't expect you to know it."

Hearing this, Luo Ming hummed lightly, took out the piano stand and placed it on his shoulder, tried a few notes with the bow, and said while tuning, "It's more troublesome than the piano. I learned it for about three years before I could play the notes. allow."

"Then what song are you going to play?" He asked again.

Luo Ming didn't answer any more, just took the piano and walked to the open area in the middle, took a deep breath, and settled for the starting position.

However, when the strings touched the first note, Du Qingshao understood his intention.

This is the accompaniment selection for his free skating, the third movement of Beethoven's Eighth Sonata "Pathetique", a piece he is so familiar with.

And the tune after the violin arrangement was instantly exciting.

It was like a sudden thunderclap in a dull summer night, followed by a torrential rain, like huge waves smashing against rocks by the sea, or like dust raised by horses riding on yellow sand during a march.

Luo Ming's fingers quickly pressed and rubbed on the strings, jumping up and down, left and right along with the notes, while holding the bow in the other hand, he brushed each string unhurriedly, the movements were so elegant that it didn't look like he was playing a fast song. rhythm track.

With his eyes half closed, his body moved with the rhythm of the music, and his toes touched the ground lightly, beating the beat inadvertently.The music continued, and when the main voice played again, the passionate sound of the piano seemed to sweep the world, and all the light and sound leaned towards him.

The fragmented shadow of the street lamp cast on him, fell on the mysterious golden orange hair, fell on his white and long fingertips, fell on the brown violin, reflected the subtle arc of the metal button of the cuff, pulled out Silhouettes dancing on the ground.

All the light and shadow are just right, just like the well-designed lighting on the stage, which sets off the beauty under the moon dazzlingly.

An impromptu performance without a steel accompaniment unexpectedly pulled out a palace-level momentum.

The aunts dancing in the square and the children running and playing in the park all stopped at the same time, looking up at the fairy in the music box on the fifty steps.

Even Du Qingshao stood still, holding his breath cautiously, as if he was caught in the torrent of his piano sound, all worries and fears were thrown away at this moment.

It turns out that Luo Ming's confident appearance is so chic and easy, so inspiring.As the coach said, he may not be the most mature teacher, but he is an excellent choreographer.

All things related to phonology can bloom the most brilliant colors at his fingertips.Although Du Qingshao didn't know, Luo Ming's self-confidence actually came from wanting to encourage him, absorbing energy from the other party, and repaying it multiple times after continuous processing by himself.

He can no longer be decadent.

In the past, he only wanted Du Qingshao to win, and he wanted to see him cheering when he won the gold medal.It wasn't until now that he realized that Du Qingshao would really win only if he ignited his unwillingness to admit defeat.

The familiar melody echoed in the ears of the two of them over and over again, until the bow crossed the last string, Luo Ming put it in the air, raised his head and cast his gaze at the direction in his memory.

Time stood still at this moment, so quiet that only the two of them looked at each other.Du Qingshao froze on the spot for a few seconds, rushed up and grabbed his shoulder, and patted his back a few times.

Luo Ming was still immersed in the sound of the piano, he used the back of his hand to touch his cheek, which was hot from nervousness, and slipped out of his embrace embarrassingly.

Seeing this, he could only retract his hand resentfully, his eyes flicked at him, with nowhere to rest.

"How do you feel after listening to it?" After a while, Luo Ming walked back to the bench to tidy up his things, and asked tentatively.

"It's okay, it's much better than I expected." Du Qingshao nodded pretendingly, "If I had known that the violin version of this song was so refreshing, I should have used this soundtrack."

"This version is too fast, not suitable for competition." He explained earnestly, rubbing the body of the piano with his fingers, and said with emotion, "Since my accident, I haven't danced or played the piano in public for more than a year. This attempt I just wanted to give you a little encouragement."

"Well," Du Qingshao nodded knowingly, then raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, "It's really good. Thank you for your encouragement, I received it."

Luo Ming felt shy when he was patted by his dog's paw, while he was immersed in the aftertaste of the piano sound, with a dull expression.The same goes for Du Qingshao, obviously his heart was surging just now, and he couldn't even say the compliments.

The two walked down the steps step by step and remained silent for a long time, until the wind blew past the bell of the peace talisman and made a crisp sound before withdrawing their thoughts.

"There used to be a temple here, and many people still come here to pray for blessings." Du Qingshao glanced at the back of the little golden retriever, and suddenly said, "You should also know something about our country's culture."

He stopped when he heard that, and looked thoughtfully at the red ribbon tied on the tree trunk: "Of course, the teacher told me in the etiquette class before."

"Come here." Du Qingshao ran up a few steps and waved to him from the upper steps.Luo Ming couldn't guess what he wanted to do, so he followed him suspiciously.

Du Qingshao walked to a vending machine to buy something, then took out two red ribbons from the outlet, and stuffed one into Luo Ming's hand.

"This is…?"

"Peace talisman, you can also understand it as a wishing belt." Du Qingshao pointed to the tree beside the road, "I remember I came here to make a wish when I was 14 years old, that is, when I first became a professional athlete."

"What do you think my wish is?"

Luo Ming clutched the red ribbon in his hand, shaking his head inexplicably.

"You won't guess it, because at that time my wish was not to grow taller again." Du Qingshao smiled at him.

A boy in his teens, who doesn't want to grow up to be an indomitable man?But Du Qingshao was an exception.

Probably because of the blood of one-eighth of the fighting race in his body, his height grew crazily for a while after entering puberty. At the age of 14, I grew 12 centimeters throughout the year, from a short winter melon to nearly 1.7 meters.

The coach said that if he continues to grow like this, let alone men's singles turn to ice dance, he can be sent directly to play men's basketball.

That period was also the most difficult period for Du Qingshao.Because the height grew too fast, the body could not bear the high-intensity training, the knee joints frequently grew pains, and the mistakes caused by the unstable center of gravity broke several bones in succession.

At that time, he still thought that after this period of time, no matter how hard or tiring the days were, he would not be afraid anymore.

"Then did the wish come true?" Luo Ming's words pulled him back from his thoughts.

"Basically it has been realized." He raised his hand and gestured, "After that, the increase in height has stabilized, at least within the range I can accept."

Luo Ming lowered his head and took a visual inspection, and found that this kid was not much shorter than him.This height is not an advantage in figure skating at all, and it is estimated that he can grow a little longer before retiring, so his face can't help but become serious.

"Don't look at me like that." Du Qingshao corrected him righteously, "These things with you are to make you trust me, not to increase your worries."

"I know." He quickly put away the emotion on his face and fiddled with the amulet in his hand, "Actually, I didn't expect you to believe in such things."

In fact, I don't believe it, but for some people, it doesn't matter if I believe it once.

Du Qingshao glanced at him from the corner of his eye, silently put the amulet on his chest and made a wish, and Luo Ming followed his example and hung the red ribbon on the tree.

When he stopped, he suddenly laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" Du Qingshao frowned.

"It's okay," he shook his head, "I just remembered a French proverb."

"Ceuxquifont vivre les sautres viventaussieux-memes."

Du Qingshao was confused and said impatiently: "Don't play tricks on me."

"...It probably means this when translated into Chinese." Luo Ming hesitated for a while, then opened the phone and handed it over embarrassedly.

【Let people live and people live by themselves】

The seven familiar Chinese characters on the screen can be spelled into one sentence, but it feels strange.Du Qingshao took the phone and nodded thoughtfully.

After returning to the club, the evening training is over, and the teammates should be having a summary meeting.Du Qingshao took Luo Ming and slipped in through the back door. When he saw the empty ice rink, a clever plan came to his mind.

"Teacher, why don't you play a few songs for me, and I can practice for a while when no one is around?"

Luo Ming frowned upon hearing this, and resolutely rejected his request: "No. You haven't recovered from your injury, and I'm not a professional coach, so I can't guarantee your safety."

"I'm a professional athlete now, who wants you to keep me safe?" He snorted, went to the locker, took out his skates and changed them, stretched his ligaments on the bar for a few minutes, and returned to the ice to warm up.

"Hey, I'm serious. Hurry up and start playing the violin." He slid around the field, his voice flickering from far to near. Problem."

Standing on the sidelines, Luo Ming felt like a waiter being ordered by him, but his expression softened a lot after hearing him say that he should practice triple jumps first.

"What do you want to hear from me?"

"Whatever, if you remember the score, you can play all three movements of pathos, or the tunes you are familiar with, it doesn't matter."

Playing the violin is not only about memorizing scores, but also a lot of dazzling fingerings. Luo Ming felt safe and planned to play the third movement again.

Du Qingshao circled around ten times, his back was already sweating slightly, looking at the little beauty immersed in the sound of the piano, he began to practice tonight following his music.The triple axel was much less stressful and he got into it very quickly.

I don't know why, every time the blade falls on the ice and draws a long arc, Luo Ming's piano sound seems to become much more soothing, as if he added dotted notes specially to cooperate with him.

It was as if the touch under his feet was no longer the ice, but fell into the sheet music, into the music.Du Qingshao slowly closed his eyes, feeling the changes in the halo in front of his eyes, allowing himself to be immersed in that piece of music and let his mind go.

It is obviously the music that I was afraid of a few hours ago, and the nightmares that kept recurring, but they are all miraculously resolved in the sound of Luo Ming's piano, and I even enjoy the training more than ever, as if every cell in the body is greedily opening Opened the channel to absorb this hard-won nourishment.

Jump once.Du Qingshao thought, there is nothing to be afraid of.

He listened to Luo Ming's piano sound like this, followed his body's instincts to walk around to the sidelines, and charged up for a jump.

It's light and seems to lift itself into the air effortlessly.Without any hesitation or the slightest bit of fear, he fell steadily back to the ice surface after a few tenths of a second.

He succeeded, even more easily than ever.

Luo Ming's eyes never left him. Although he couldn't see all his movements clearly, he could basically judge what kind of jump it was from his posture before take-off.

The sound of the piano stopped abruptly. He held the bow in his right hand and blinked in disbelief: "Did you jump out of 4Lz?"

Du Qingshao himself was also surprised. He stared at his skating trajectory for a few seconds, rushed to the sidelines and grabbed Luo Ming's hand: "Really, I seem to have suddenly mastered its technique!"

That is currently the most difficult quadruple jump in men's singles. He has practiced the jump with a success rate of less than 50% for two seasons.

Overjoyed, Du Qingshao let go of his hand and rushed back to the arena to try again.

That's right, the success just now was not accidental. It was like an instant enlightenment, and the twisting feeling from the previous practice also disappeared.

"My God, Lumi, what kind of fairy are you!" He rushed to Luo Ming from the other side of the fence, hugged him and shook him vigorously, "Tell me, is your violin from Hogwarts?" It was stolen from the School of Magic!"

"Du, Du..." Luo Ming was almost speechless after being shaken by him.

"It's wonderful! It's really a touching teacher-student relationship!" There was a burst of warm applause at the door.

"?" Before Du Qingshao had time to let go of the silly little golden retriever in his arms, he saw a group of people coming in from the door one after another.

The two team doctors, Coach Ye, Ma Jiabo, Qi Yue, and...his parents.

Damn, how long have these people been outside! ?

His smile froze in an instant, and he quickly stepped out of the ice rink, hiding the little golden retriever behind him.