“If I teach you English, it’s your pocket money that you’re keeping; it’s not like there’s any benefit for me.”

 

Lin Lang sat in his seat, picked up the bottle of sugar-free yogurt that Yu Tong slapped on the table, the one that was usually sold at the school’s kiosk at a deathly expensive price, and turned it upside down in his hand back and forth.

 

 

Intentionally teasing him, he tilted his head and asked him a distressing question.

 

 

“Why should I teach you with just this bottle of yogurt?”

 

 

Yu Tong stood in front of Lin Lang’s seat with some consternation, and the tips of his ears, which had already reddened when he said those words earlier, had spread to his entire face by now.

 

“Then… then after that I’ll share half of my daily pocket money with you, whether it’s inside or outside the team; I’ll listen to you on everything. From now on, you are my big brother!”

 

“Big brother!”

 

 

Yu Tong said as he stood in front of Lin Lang’s seat, then he clasped his fists together and suddenly shouted with great vigor.

 

Startled, Lin Lang almost jumped up from the chair and reflexively replied, “Second brother!”

 

A small part of the reason why Yu Tong purposely ran out from the hospital and went to the school to say this to Lin Lang today was indeed because he wanted to learn English properly with Lin Lang for the sake of his usual pocket money.

 

But more than that, it was actually because of the guilt he felt for misunderstanding what happened a while ago, when Lin Lang went toe-to-toe with him.

 

So no matter what, he wanted to make amends to him.

 

However, his compensation method subconsciously reminded Lin Lang of the Peach Garden Oath TV series that he had watched on TV for a whole summer vacation.

 

“Big brother!”

 

 

“Second brother!”

 

The impression of such a scene etched in Lin Lang’s mind was so profound that when he heard Yu Tong call him ‘big brother’ like this, he spoke faster than his brain could think; it could almost be called a kind of conditioned reflex.

 

 

The rest of the class turned their heads with smiles and looked at Yu Tong with great interest because of his words, ‘big brother’. This made him, who was already feeling a bit uneasy and embarrassed, blush even more.

 

However, even so, he no longer acted like a child under the team and didn’t turn around and leave.

 

It seemed that this time he was really serious about his apology; he had grown.

 

Lin Lang looked at the little monster in front of him, whose face was red through and through and whose hands were even shaking; he turned his head and gently smiled.

 

Although he deliberately left him hanging for a while, in the end he unscrewed the lid of the yogurt in his hand and tilted his head back to take a hard sip.

 

“Okay, then I reluctantly accept you as my little brother, just because you have abandoned the dark and come to the light now and even admire me so much.”

 

Lin Lang spoke, his eyes intentionally or unintentionally staring at the phone held by Yu Tong, which accidentally lit up. He eagerly supported his chin and raised an eyebrow at him.

 

Yao Qing’s photo that he had originally placed on the lock screen had long since been replaced by Yu Tong, and in its place was replaced with a photo taken by a fan at the All-Championships that day of Lin Lang’s figure as he was doing the Bellman on the ice.

 

Yu Tong looked at his expression and instantly remembered the love-hatred, affectionate words that Guan Hao had relayed to him in the hospital just now.

 

He couldn’t help but get goosebumps and muttered at Lin Lang with a red face.

 

“Can you stop saying such strange and embarrassing things?”

 

 

“I didn’t say anything wrong; worshipping your brother Lin is normal; there’s no need to be embarrassed.”

 

 

“As for your pocket money, starting tonight, after training every night, I will stay in the training ground for an extra half hour to save your English.”

 

As soon as Lin Lang said this, he saw Yu Tong’s eyes lit up at once.

 

“Thank you, Brother Lin. Brother Lin, I love you!”

 

At the moment of surprise, he was about to rush over to hug him, but Lin Lang was very disgusted and turned to avoid him. He pressed his hand against Yu Tong’s shoulder and forcefully pushed a distance between the two.

 

He was even a bit pissed off by him and laughed angrily.

 

“Do you even know what real embarrassment is?”

Since he drove Yu Tong to school, although he sent a text message in advance to inform Lin Lang, he didn’t receive a reply from him; his heart was in a tense state.

 

He kept checking to confirm if he forgot to say anything and if there were any mistakes in the text message he sent to Lin Lang.

 

So much so that even his coach was a little impatient with him at the end of the day.

 

He was a young man in his prime, yet he was like an old mother that nagged all day.

 

Not only did he confiscate his phone, but he also added many extra details that exceeded his daily plan.

 

 

When he came back at night, Lin Lang had already finished all his training and was packing up, and he was about to leave.

 

“Wow, you did the ten multiple-choice questions for half an hour, and the final result is eight mistakes; you wouldn’t have even gotten so many wrong if you were blindfolded and guessed the answers.”

 

 

“You’re too weak.”

 

In the world of athletes, strength had always been the top priority, and most of the time, the word ‘weak’ was like a dead end.

 

Once it was uttered, even between the best of friends, it might be unavoidable to fight and compare.

 

 

Not to mention the two of them…

 

Guan Hao had just finished his training, and when he heard Lin Lang say this outside the door, he almost immediately rushed in and burst into the room.

 

But as soon as he pushed open the door, he saw Yu Tong holding his English paper full of red crosses with a weak expression, and he was standing behind Lin Lang in an unusually well-behaved manner.

 

 

Not only did his childish temper not appear, but he also humbly said sorry and then followed suit with very self-aware concordance.

 

“Do you think I’m extremely stupid? Is there still hope for this monthly exam, brother?”

 

And naturally, Lin Lang didn’t spoil him at all.

 

“If you rely on yourself alone, then basically don’t even have to think about it; it’s definitely hopeless.”

 

“However, the knowledge of junior high school is simple, and the monthly exams and generally examine phased knowledge points, I am basically completely able to guess what kind of questions your teacher will come up with.”

 

 

“As long as I’m around, there won’t be a problem.”

 

After he broke away from his family in his last life, he completely lost his financial resources, and after this, no matter if it was the expenses at Ice Skating or the tuition fees on the school side, all of them were earned by Lin Lang himself.

 

So in his last life, he had actually done all kinds of work, and tutoring was no exception.

 

Lin Lang had a lot of things to do, and the time he could give to Yu Tong every day was only half an hour.

 

When the agreement was first made, this was what was said. Now, half an hour later, Yu Tong obediently stood up and reluctantly escorted Lin Lang to the door.

 

This scene simply made Guan Hao’s eyes widen in shock.

 

 

He couldn’t wait to take out his phone, take a photo of the two people, and post it in the group chat as if celebrating.

 

 

Recently, all the athletes in the team had increased their training intensity to prepare for the competition, and Lin Lang had made Ji Cangshu suffer from back pain every day.

 

Basically, after taking a quick shower, Shen Lianqiu wanted to sleep. However, before the All China Championships, Shen Lianqiu had already used Lin Lang to record an advert for Shen’s ice skate, which was put on the air on the day of the end of the tournament. While Lin Lang crazily occupied Weibo hot searches, he also injected a strong dose of capital into the initial promotion of Shen’s ice skate in China.

 

He was so busy that he worked overtime every day for a period of time, and it wasn’t until today that he finally got free and had the time to take care of Lin Lang.

 

“Yu Tong’s side, are you really going to forgive him so easily?”

 

From the moment they first met, he gave him a small lesson and knocked out a tooth from the person who bullied him. Later, when he heard Yu Tong speak ill of him, he habitually thought he would be scared and cry all night long.

 

But today’s Lin Lang was no longer the cowardly and fearful character that he used to be, needing others to worry about him.

 

If there was a grudge, it would be avenged on the spot. If it didn’t happen, then it showed that he didn’t take it seriously in the first place.

 

 

“Yu Tong is very talented. After careful investigation of the past, he was also deceived. Even if we want to pursue him, this sum should be attributed to Yao Qing.”

 

And although he still wouldn’t give up occasionally teasing Yu Tong for fun on weekdays, as of now, it seemed that the two of them actively applied to increase the difficulty of their training because of Yao Qing.

 

As soon as the slot for the Grand Prix was confirmed, Wang Yuan, who had previously lost his chance to enter the provincial team when Lin Lang revealed everything in front of Lai Bing, almost immediately sent a letter over to Yao Qing.

 

Telling him that Lin Lang was also going to the Grand Prix, he asked him to be careful and watch out for him.

 

The result was that after Yao Qing received the news, he looked extraordinarily disdainful. After all, now that he had risen to the adult division, even if he was participating in the Grand Prix, he wouldn’t be able to meet up with Lin Lang, who was still in the youth division.

 

Even before entering the finals, the time of the competition wasn’t even the same.

 

What was more, even if he had to compete with him in the same group, Yao Qing would still be relaxed and happy, not panicking in the slightest.

 

After all, he was coached by the world’s most renowned coaches during the one-year off-season last season and did the quadruple jump (4F jump) that no one in the world had ever done before.

 

Nowadays, not only was he walking proudly within the US team, he had also taken on the position as the big brother in the US team.

 

No matter what happened to Lin Lang, how could a 16-year-old athlete still in the youth group compare to him?

 

 

After training all day, it was inevitable that his muscles would feel sore by the evening. Lin Lang was unwilling to move after taking a shower; he sat on the sofa, and let Shen Lianqiu freely blow-dry his hair, blowing the wind in waves.

 

 

“Earlier you said that you wanted to rearrange the program but had no inspiration; now that so many days have passed, have you found inspiration?”

 

“Not yet, but one thing is certain: I’m going to add a quadruple jump to this program.”

 

 

Lin Lang had a great talent for jumping, with a high success rate in 3A, and with the power skills and habits he had mastered in his previous life, a quadruple jump could actually be said to be easy.

 

 

Looking at his current state, Shen Lianqiu even felt that it was natural to arrange a 4T or 4S for this competition.

 

 

However, he didn’t want to mention it first, but Lin Lang’s next sentence directly broke this thought of his.

 

“And I want to challenge a slightly harder one, like trying a 4F jump.”

 

In his last life, this 4F jump was first done by Yao Qing, and this time it just so happened that the youth group would compete before the adult group.

 

Such a good opportunity made Lin Lang eager to try it out.

 

In the most unacceptable and disgusting way, he wanted to mess with Yao Qing’s mind.

 

Not to mention that the quadruple jump was extremely difficult; it could easily lead to injuries when training.

 

Shen Lianqiu frowned, worried that he was going too fast; he switched off the hair dryer to say something to him.

 

But suddenly, a call came from the director of a steel plant in H province.

 

“Mr. Shen, I really want to thank you this time. Thanks to you, we were able to overcome this difficult situation and survive smoothly.”

 

“I mailed you some specialty products from our side today, and when I have time some other day, I’ll even personally bring a gift to thank you!”

 

The factories in the northeast had changed their fate because of Shen Lianqiu, survived, and now they could look forward to even greater development in the future. The delighted factory director specially called to thank Shen Lianqiu.

 

“Your long-term vision has enabled us to truly achieve a win-win situation, overcome difficulties together, and see profits. However, there is one thing that I don’t know if you are clear about.”

 

“In these recent days I heard that your Shen family’s second uncle’s side seems to be inquiring about this.”

 


 

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