The first time Shi Libai saw swans, he was sitting on a park bench with Xie Yanqing. In front of them, black and white swans intertwined their necks on the lake. Their graceful, elegant forms were reflected in both boys' eyes. Little Xie Yanqing took his hand and said, “Libai, I'm going to become the greatest ballet dancer there is.”
At the time, Shi Libai stared at him in a daze, then raised both hands to show that he didn't mind and would support him.
Xie Yanqing chuckled, knowing that this silly boy probably didn't even know what ballet was.
Later, after they parted ways in middle school, Shi Libai often thought of the serious look on Xie Yanqing's face as he watched the black swans. He couldn't bear to let go of their friendship, but didn't know how to hold on to the memories, so he could only follow in Xie Yanqing's footsteps in silence.
First, someone introduced him to ballet. Then he made up his mind to learn it.
The clumsy child everyone called a fool had finally found something he could stick with. For many years afterward, he practiced with unwavering determination.
His ballet shoes wore out, and the skin on his heels rubbed raw. Shi Libai was too slow-witted to complain about the pain. When his mother found out, she gave him a thorough scolding. After that, his family built him a simple dance studio at home.
As spring turned to autumn and day after day of practice went by, time gave him the best answer. Shi Libai, the famously foolish boy from town, actually got into the dance department at Jing University and was chosen to represent the country in a competition!
What a happy occasion! His parents threw a grand banquet and thanked the kind family who had once offered Xiao Bai some guidance!
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Everyone at Jing University knew the national team had taken on a blockhead, nicknamed Libai Laundry Detergent. He was clumsy and couldn't talk properly. Other than his beautiful face, which could cleanse the soul like laundry detergent, he was useless!
On his very first day, his wooden manner got him assigned to the principal dancer, Xie Yanqing, for instruction.
“Teach him to smile, teach him to be playful, teach him how to loosen up when he moves.”
“He's very talented. I wouldn't trust anyone else to teach him.”
That's what Shi Liqing's counselor told him when bringing him over. Unnoticed behind him, Shi Libai, who had been standing there blank-faced, stared without blinking at Xie Yanqing. The outrageously handsome young man made his eyes sparkle for the first time. He showed his teeth, grinned, and beamed with joy.
He had finally found his big brother.
After that, the two were always together in the practice room. Just as promised, Xie Yanqing turned Shi Libai into a captivating devil and a pure, flawless angel onstage, transforming a clumsy swan into a real white swan.
At the international competition, the two of them performed together. Holding hands, the gentle young man with golden hair and blue eyes tenderly kissed his partner's hands when he received the championship crown.
#You are the swan I taught with my own hands#
#And the hero who came for me#
#And the partner with whom I will spend my life#
Most likely, this is about a silly, delicate ballet dancer and a genius dancer who is also a ballet dancer.
Two handsome men.
Hard work will eventually pay off. That will be the sweetest candy Shi Libai has ever tasted.
Theme: Walking side by side.
