Wrapping up, Broken Dreams, Confessions on Ice.

A month and a half later, Dong Ge won the championship, He Zhangsheng and Fang Xiaoyan won the silver, and Liang Xiao won the bronze in Finland.

According to the request of the organizer, the top ten players in the points ranking will be invited to have a performance match as a thank you to the audience.

After the match, the talkative Canadian Luo Sen came to harass Dong Ge in the lounge as usual.

He grinned, "Winter, what are you going to perform at the showcase? I've already thought of a program!"

Dong Ge zipped up his jacket, "You're not paying tribute to your idol."

Luo Sen slaps his face, "It's stripping on ice! That's what I've always dreamed of!"

Dong Ge : "...... Your dream is so special."

Luo Sen lifted up his shirt, "Look at my abs, I've been practicing them specially these days. Feel them!"

Dong Ge looked intolerant, "Oops."

Luo Sen put down his clothes and watched Dong Ge's expression, "Dong, you seem to be a lot more lively lately. ...... Could that rumor be true?"

Dong Ge was about to reply when the door was pushed open from outside.

He Zhangsheng poked his head in from outside, glancing at Luo Sen: "What are you talking about?"

Luo Sen was about to show off his abs again, when Dong Ge immediately stood up and interrupted him, "Luo Sen said that Canadian cream tarts are delicious."

He Zhangsheng expression then better, "...... Well. The coach is looking for you, let's go."

After saying that he turned around and was about to leave, when he heard Luo Sen ask Dong Ge behind his back, "Wow, is He jealous."

He Zhangsheng, who had his back to the two men, had a jolt, and the back of his neck turned red.

Dong Ge observed, "It seems so."

He Zhangsheng did not expect Dong Ge to follow and tear down his own stage, and endured so much that even his shoulders shivered, "...... Dong Ge, go away."

Dong Ge: "Gone gone gone."

Luo Sen watched the two of them walk away side by side, scratching his hair and unable to keep the corners of his mouth from curling.

Looks like there's no need to ask if the rumors are true or not.

Dong Ge and He Zhangsheng headed for the meeting point.

Dong Ge asked He Zhangsheng: "Can seniors eat sweets."

"I don't like it." After a moment's reprieve, He Zhangsheng's blush lessened and his speech smoothed out, "But it's okay to accompany you."

Dong Ge pursed her lips and smiled softly.

He Zhangsheng: "What a laugh."

Dong Ge said, "Senior."

He Zhangsheng : "...... No laughing."

Dong Ge then stopped laughing and reached out and hooked his pinky.

When He Zhangsheng came to Dong Ge, he didn't forget to put on his gloves, but Dong Ge's gesture was like a direct hook through the gloves to his heart, itchy and tingling.

Five minutes later, Liang Xiao, Fang Xiaoyan, Dong Ge and He Zhangsheng gathered in the temporary conference room.

The trip was so fruitful that the coach asked with a smile on his face, "Dong Ge, what are your thoughts on the exhibition match?"

Before opening his mouth, the coach was ready to let Dong Ge let go and try, even if he wanted to try any difficult moves.

To my surprise, Dong Ge said, "I want to try pairs skating."

Coach: "...... Have you ever practiced pairs skating?"

Dong Ge : "It's not like there's no precedent for single to pairs skating before the show."

The coach looked to the other three, thought for a moment, and decided to give his favorite disciple a chance.

He focused on Liang Xiao and Fang Xiaoyan, "Which one of you wants to try with Dong Ge?"

Liang Xiao and Fang Xiaoyan looked at each other and nodded slightly, then took a step backwards in unison.

But soon they both realized how redundant their actions were.

...... because He Zhangsheng took a step out.

Seeing this, the coach was confused for a good ten seconds.

Dong Ge looks at He Zhangsheng, but He Zhangsheng does not look at him and looks at the trees outside the window.

It was easy for the coach to find his tongue, "...... you two?"

He Zhangsheng answered smoothly, "It's not like there's no precedent for men's pairs skating before the showpiece."

Coach: "...... You guys had a deal, right?"

Dong Ge and He Zhangsheng said in unison, "No."

Coach: "......"

Dong Ge gave the reason: "I train with Senpai a lot and know each other well, and Senpai is quite good at pairs skating and will lead me well."

Saying that, he inclined his head, "Elder, is it?"

He Zhangsheng : "...... hmmm."

Coach: "......" Ugh.

He knows Dong Ge too well, at least he would never joke about skating.

Just let him try.

After a day of practice, Dong Ge and He Zhangsheng took to the ice in front of a crowd.

The men's pairs skating was the most anticipated group in the announced program, and there was much speculation and buzz before the competition as to whether one of them would wear a women's Costen, and if so, whether it would be Dong Ge or He Zhangsheng.

When the two slid out of the channel, a unanimous gasp went up from the audience.

Both wore Men Costen in the same style, a crisp tulle top and black pants.

Dong Ge's dress is a full gauze smoky gray-purple color with fluttering cuffs and starbursts of australian rhinestones, while He Zhangsheng's blouse is pure white with australian rhinestones, a slightly lower neckline, and a slight feathered trim. The styles may look different, but when they held hands, it was noticeable that the diamonds on their right and left hands were joined together.

...... is like a river of connected stars.

The coach in the front row of the audience could only sigh.

...... really is ready to come.

While relaxing on the sidelines with Dong Ge, He Zhangsheng said, "You knew we'd make it to the show."

The clothes he's wearing were taken out of Dong Ge's suitcase yesterday.

Dong Ge said, "I can. I'm sure Senpai can too."

He Zhangsheng : "When did you peek at my size."

Dong Ge and He Zhangsheng skate together to the center of the field and stand.

Dong Ge whispers in his ear, "Measured up after so many hugs."

With those words, Dong Ge gently took He Zhangsheng's left hand, opened his mouth to bite the tip of the ring finger of the thin glove, and helped him slowly take off the glove.

It's like he bites off his glove every time he finishes a game.

Warm moist heat came from his fingertips, causing He Zhangsheng's slender body to tremble slightly, "You ......"

The room was full of clamor.

Even the coach straightened up and looked at the two young men in the field.

...... Is this part of the program?

He Zhangsheng ears buzzed, and blood flowed straight to his face: "You ......"

Dong Ge patiently removed one of his gloves and pulled off his right glove, clasping it tightly with his five fingers.

Those two gloves were tossed with his hand into the field to the crowd, causing a small ruckus.

He Zhangsheng eyes after the gloves, but was Dong Ge stick to the forehead.

The airflow from Dong Ge's mouth burned: "He Zhangsheng, don't look at the gloves, look at me."

He Zhangsheng's eyes are vaguely hot, but there is no way to avoid it.

Amidst the audience's mixed shouts of surprise and astonishment, He Zhangsheng looked at Dong Ge and whispered, "You're not--"

Dong Ge's ears were red and flushed, "I'm used to the feeling of shaking hands with my seniors ......."

He Zhangsheng didn't know what to say, and only instinctively held Dong Ge's hand tightly, pressing it against his hot palm: "That, that's good."

Dong Ge said, "Let's get started."

He Zhangsheng: "Uh-huh."

Dong Ge repeated the words, "I say, Senpai, let's begin."

He Zhangsheng stared into Dong Ge's eyes, and there seemed to be two stars in his gaze.

Dong Ge felt like a century had passed before he finally received a nod from the person in front of him, "Uh-huh."

He smiled and reached out to the soundtrack artist, signaling that he could begin.

Instead of a love song, Dong Ge chose a song called 'Superheroes'.

This is for myself and for He Zhangsheng.

The two teenagers stepped onto the ice hand in hand, Dong Ge's watery sleeves flung out, as light as swallows.

After returning from Finland, Dong Ge and He Zhangsheng went to a neighborhood he used to visit every week.

He asked He Zhangsheng to wait downstairs while he walked down the steps to the fifth floor.

Further up the stairs, he was no longer greeted by the warmth of his home, but by a staircase leading to the top of the building.

Dong Ge walked to the top of the stairs and slowly sat down.

There never was a sixth floor in ...... this old apartment building, just as he never had a brother-in-law.

Since "Dong Feihong" left the country, the memories of him have gradually faded from the people around him, first from He Zhangsheng and his parents.

Dong Ge is the only one who remembers him clearly.

When Chi Xiaochi first met Dong Feihong while he was still in his body, he felt strange.

He remembered well that his father had no brothers.

But now, how he wished his father did have such a brother.

He went to the police station to check, and even the fact that Dong Feihong had saved them was erased. It was written in the case file that a passing police officer had solved Dong Ge's crisis.

...... life everywhere know how to be like, should be like the Feihong tread snow mud.

Everything about Dong Feihong is fading away, and the only thing that isn't is the manga Dong Feihong promised to draw for him.

He fished the comic out of his book bag and casually turned the page.

"Dong Ge" has just finished pressing his leg and is resting, unscrewing a bottle of mineral water.

Seemingly sensing someone's arrival, he passed a glance over.

The eyes of Dong Ge in the manga and the real Dong Ge meet precisely.

The look in that person s eyes is extremely similar to Dong Ge, three parts alert, three parts proud, like a small wild cat that does not give in.

The remaining four points, however, are the detachment and melancholy that screams at the heart.

Dong Ge closed the manga and wondered how that Chi Xiaochi guy could act like himself so well.

A quarter of an hour later, He Zhangsheng, who was downstairs, couldn't wait any longer and came up on his own.

Seeing Dong Ge sitting on the steps, He Zhangsheng asked, "Where are your friends?"

Dong Ge replied, "Moved away."

He Zhangsheng said, "Are very good friends."

Speaking of this, He Zhangsheng thought of Lou Sifan again, and his expression moved slightly.

Yesterday, he learned that Lou Sifan had filed an application to withdraw from the team, as if he intended to go abroad for treatment.

Lou Sifan didn't come to see him, and he didn't go to see Lou Sifan, and the former friends, just flat out broke up.

Dong Ge said, "They saved my life."

Upon hearing these words, He Zhangsheng took a break from his emotions and looked at Dong Ge with slight surprise.

Dong Ge said, "But I didn't even get to say thank you to them."

...... If he could have spoken then, even just one sentence ......

He Zhangsheng sat down beside Dong Ge and without a word took his hand in his lap.

He was wearing a baggy black sweatshirt with a QUEEN written on it.

And Dong Ge, who was wearing KING, looked up at He Zhangsheng, and his expression turned soft: "Senior, the hair is longer."

He Zhangsheng touched his hair and said, "It's been a long time since I cut it."

Dong Ge said, "Let me tie your princess hair."

He Zhangsheng said, "Would you?"

Dong Ge : "Yes. Someone taught me."

He Zhangsheng then turned his back and let him toss him around.

Dong Ge's fingers ran through He Zhangsheng's thick hair, and his heart gradually settled down.

He Zhangsheng turned his back to him and said, "Visit my new home today."

More than half a year ago, He Zhangsheng used these years to save up the bonus full payment to buy a suite, three months before the completion of the renovation.

Dong Ge said, "Good."

He Zhangsheng voice lowered, "...... Bring your toothbrush with you."

Dong Ge smiles, "Okay."

The nightmare dispersed, and now what he held in his hands and cradled in his arms was real.

Rewind the clock back to a month and a half ago.

In "a moment", the data of Chi Xiaochi's third execution was laid out on the data board in front of the Lord.

Host code: 1198

Host name: Chi Xiaochi

World Difficulty Level Rating: B (Normal)

World completion: 100

Host status assessment: all functions are good and stable, ready to teleport.

Total entropy obtained: 1370 (below average 4120)

This statistic, though still far below the passing line and with the original owner's entropy still at 0, was a very pleasing comparison to what it had been before.

The Lord God observed a few key nodes in Chi Xiaochi's fluctuating entropy, in a mood that was rarely pleasant.

There is a knock at the door and 061 appears in "a moment".

061 said without being condescending, "You wanted to see me?"

The Lord God said, "Yes. To inform you in advance, in the next world, your host will enter an A-class world."

061 blushed slightly, "You ......"

The main god interrupted, "However, I will give you an identity authority so that you will have a real and valid identity in the next world that can assist the host in accomplishing the mission."

061 didn't agree at first: "Why are you doing this?"

The main god said, "I have always wanted to reform the criteria for selecting hosts, so that hosts with different personalities and different abilities would each have their own arrangements. And Chi Xiaochi's appearance has opened my eyes to this possibility. He should practice high grade worlds as much as possible to provide us with more experimental samples and data. Last time when I conducted the experiment, I didn't consider it thoroughly enough, but now that I have you by my side to assist and protect me, you should be able to rest assured."

061 thought, Chi Xiaochi is indeed different from any host.

061 asked, "Can I have an entity and still retain my abilities?"

The Lord God replied, "Yes."

061: "May I inform the host of my system identity?"

The Lord God said, "No."

061: "Why?"

The Lord God said, "If informed, do you dare to guarantee that he will not rely on your presence? If he relies on you, the experimental data will lack considerable basis."

061 stopped talking and thought about this plan proposed by the Lord God.

The Lord God added, "If you are willing to continue my plan, I will implant a secrecy program into your body. Once implanted, you won't have the authority to reveal your true identity. And the conditions I'm giving you remain the same: 200 missions, you only need to perform 120 of them and you'll be able to leave this place."

061 came out of "In a Flash" with a sigh of relief.

...... He promised the Lord God.

He dared to say yes because Chi Xiaochi had accumulated enough cards, because he believed he could protect Xiaochi, and because ......

Three because of selfishness.

He remembers that he has an appointment to go to.

Someone was waiting for him, for a long, long time, and he wasn't about to make him wait any longer than he had to.

Probably thinking of the person waiting for him, 061 suddenly missed Chi Xiaochi too much to bear.

Back in his room, he paced around a few times and read for a while before he finally couldn't stand the emotion and got up and stood up, teleporting himself back to that white space.

He followed the history and sent himself to that silo and found Chi Xiaochi.

Because of non-being in the mission world, 061 lost almost all of his abilities, retaining only the most basic sensory functions.

It was nighttime, and Chi Xiaochi was lying in bed, asleep.

061 had just entered him when he saw Chi Xiaochi sit up violently from the bed, stroke his face, and look around sharply.

Gradually, his eyes, which still had some luster, dimmed.

Then 061 heard him give a hoarse laugh.

The ends of her eyes were curved and the corners of her mouth were curved in a way that was too charming to be true.

Chi Xiaochi just had a dream.

In the dream, Chi Xiaochi was reading Les Miserables and when he saw the ending, he fell on the table and cried.

Lou Ying came in from outside and was shocked to see Chi Xiaochi like this.

He rubbed his back and asked, "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

Chi Xiaochi cried a little tear, and looked tearfully at Lou Ying: "He's dead, Jean Valjean is dead ......"

Lou Ying took the person into her arms and rubbed her hair, "It's okay, it's okay. Don't cry anymore."

Chi Xiaochi choked and buried herself in Lou Ying's arms.

But when he raised his eyes again, the embrace was gone, Lou Ying was gone, even the tears were gone.

Chi Xiaochi remembers that she hadn't cried outside of the demands of her job in a long time.

The last time he cried was at that awful, awful interview where he learned the true end of Blake in Harry Potter.

After learning of Sirius' death, he asked for a fifteen minute break and ducked into the restroom.

Ten minutes was going to be used to touch up his makeup, so he gave himself five minutes to cry.

He pressed his head against the partition, tears streaming down his face, but his mouth repeated over and over, reminding himself, "Five minutes. Five minutes."

And right now, he couldn't cry and didn't much want to.

After sitting still for a while, he called out in his head, "Mr. Six, Mr. Six."

061's spirit lifted, and he immediately teleported him back into space.

He wasn't too proud to say he'd just seen Chi Xiaochi in secret, and simply said, "How's the rest going?"

Chi Xiaochi absently quirked the corner of his lips, looking hangdog and unable to put anything on his mind, "It's fine. Let's go and do the next mission."