Top-tier star x Short Track Queen, a secret battle spanning ten years
In 2013, at an underground bar in Seoul, their story began with a glance in a dimly lit club. Nineteen-year-old Ren Xiyao mistook the top-tier star for a DJ, while Quan Zhilong remembered the Chinese girl whose gaze was sharper than an ice skate blade.
One person's love was deep and rich as black jade, the other's dazzling as a blue diamond. But in the end, what truly fit and endured was the resonance between their souls. That was what their days and nights in love were like.
"We were never together."
In 2025, a post deleted within seconds set the internet ablaze. Four paparazzi photos ripped open a decade-long secret romance: a beach snapshot, an intimate moment backstage, a baby in a van...
The internet went wild: GD secretly married with a child? His partner is China's Winter Olympics champion?!
"As stated in the announcement."
Facing an overwhelming wave of public opinion, Ren Xiyao said only this in her reply after becoming the first person in history to achieve her feat at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
But the truth was, there were no fairy tales on the ice, and it wasn't all passion. There was only the ruthless determination of rivals meeting on a narrow path.
From 2013 to 2026, from a secret romance to global trending topics, this love story was more heart-stopping than a short track final. This was more than a love story: it was two madmen fighting their way through the blood-soaked worlds of fame and competition. He spent seven years paving a respectable path to her, while she used six gold medals to shatter every smear and lie.
Reader advisory:
This is a derivative work with my own additions, and the sports competition involves athletes I deeply respect. Since it's about short track, and since it's a work of fiction, there will inevitably be artistic embellishments. Please stop reading immediately if you're uncomfortable.
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At seventeen, Shu Ying won an Olympic gold medal, but also faced anxiety over the numbers after the decimal point on the scale and the despair of being unable to jump higher no matter how hard she tried. Puberty hit, and her weight and public opinion spiraled out of control. The whole world declared her a wasted talent. But in her world, there were only jumps and music.
At twenty, Xu Youting was a top-tier star on his throne, but also faced the difficulties of changing careers and countless prying cameras. The pains of transition, the power struggles of capital, fans' expectations. Everyone argued about where he should go next. But the noisier the outside world became, the simpler his world grew.
They had been childhood friends in the dance class and skating class next door to each other.
An amusement park date that never happened, a journey that began without a proper goodbye.
Years later, they were famous across the world, yet fate took them on separate paths that led to the same place.
Then one early morning, by the river in their hometown.
He saw her tears of anxiety about her weight after the spotlight had faded.
She saw the exhaustion he could barely hide after taking off his mask.
"Xu Youting, they say I'm almost done for."
"Funny, Shu Ying. They say I'm not good enough, too."
This is a story about "survival."
About a shining gold medal's brutal struggle against the limits of the body;
About the painful battle to maintain a perfect image under 360-degree cameras.
It's also a story about "youth."
Even when we're swept up in the rules of the adult world,
we still learn, in the clumsiest ways,
how to love and how to grow up.
[Reader's Guide]
1. Figure skating girl x top-tier actor, two strong leads, both inexperienced in love, happy ending.
2. Childhood friends reunited after a breakup. Career and romance are equally important, with a slow, delicate pace.
3. In this glittering world, we're all learning to be adults for the first time. At least we have each other along the way.
Theme: Move forward bravely with an earnest heart.
It's so well written\(^▽^)/! , I always felt that sports competitions were too painful, and because of Brother Long's personal experience, the pain must be even worse, so I didn't dare to watch it. After reading it, it was so well written and well portrayed by Long Ge. I interpreted the 23-year incident and subsequent copyrights from another angle, and felt the harsh wind and frost behind it.
Ahhhh, it's over. I originally wanted to ask the author if he would like to open a few more extra chapters, but I feel like it's just right to stop here. But I still want a side story, I'm so confused~
I stayed up late to read it, I really liked it. People who pursue sports can empathize too much. There will always be regrets and gains along the way. How can they reconcile themselves in the end? It's rare to see a piece of writing that combines sports and Korean entertainment. It's written in such a way that I'm particularly touching. Thank you 🙏
Is it over? Just come back from leave and finish it neatly? I can't believe it, please give me more extras! Bye bye!!!
Is there really no more? The letters from these two people are so good. (If you have a chance in the future, can you add some bonus extras?)
Will there be any extras? Hey, let's do some extra stuff!
Wow! I can't bear to leave it~ It's over like this There is really too little sweet candy 😭 It's all the candy in the knife
Why write the last chapter so sensational? I was so sad before but didn't cry (╥╥)
I stayed up late to watch it, it was so good
It was so well written that I cried and laughed while reading it.