Moonlight Beauty and the Ice Queen [Figure Skating]

Li Ci is a Chinese American and a gold medalist in ice dance at the Winter Youth Olympics. When she turned eighteen, she announced that she and her twin brother and skating partner, Li Ang, would officially become Chinese citizens. A skiing accident before their return to China brought Li Ang's athletic career to an early end. He chose to stay in the United States to continue his studies, while Li Ci returned to China alone to report to the national team. At the training base in Daxing, she met her former on-ice rival, Luo Suizhou, who had placed seventh in ice dance at that Winter Youth Olympics. In his eyes, Li Ci's arrival was what forced him and his longtime, perfectly in-sync partner, Han Yunxin, to split up. Li Ci, for her part, wanted nothing to do with Luo Suizhou either. She believed her brother, Li Ang, was her ideal partner. Two universally recognized prodigies suddenly changed partners before moving up to the next level. The figure skating world generally had little faith in a pairing that brought former rivals together as teammates. Few could have predicted that Li Ci and Luo Suizhou would go on to win medal after medal, break records, and become legends of ice dance. This is the story of two beautiful, gifted, and ill-fated ice dance prodigies who go from disliking each other to becoming soulmates, supporting one another as they pursue their dreams. [Additional note] The author isn't a professional athlete, and my knowledge of figure skating comes from the internet and related materials. If anything is inaccurate, please feel free to point it out, and thank you for your understanding! * * Contemporary romance coming soon: My Lover from My Youth A figure skating spinoff, professional skating club owner x national team coach [Blurb] Yu Qishan and Qin He partnered in pairs skating for ten whole years. They won everything: World Championship gold, Olympic gold. Then they announced their retirement, and their lives never crossed again. When they met again, Yu Qishan outmaneuvered Qin He. She casually tossed him a contract and snatched away the promising skater he'd worked so hard to train. Before leaving, she couldn't resist needling him: "Coach Qin, you really went to a lot of trouble to send such a talented figure skater to our club." She was genuinely mocking him, her eyes cold, her smile all surface and no warmth. * No one knew that Yu Qishan and Qin He had secretly been in love for a full ten years, hiding their relationship from the coaching staff. "In those memories, soaked in sweat, tears, and blood, you were once the only reason I kept going." * Note: A figure skating spinoff, telling the story of Yu Qishan and Qin He from Moonlight and the Aloof Beauty Professional skating club owner x national team coach Theme: A life of striving is a life full of meaning