CHAPTER 624: CHAPTER 623: LET ME RUB IT FOR YOU

In the rink where the lights are dim and the music is blaring, Lu Huai leads the way, holding Bai Xue’s arm, with Zhen Yu sandwiched in the middle, and Han Mingyue trailing behind. All three of them, leaning against the wall, hold the horizontal bar with their right hands, each moving forward cautiously like newborn fawns that are yet to stabilize.

After walking more than half a lap, Bai Xue couldn’t help but complain loudly, "Lu Huai! Is this what you meant by just wearing the shoes and holding the bar for a while to learn?! I feel like even ten more ’whiles’ would be in vain!"

"That absolutely can’t happen! Just two or three rounds around the rink, grasp the balance, and then you can let go of the bar and start sliding slowly!" Lu Huai explained based on his own experience, leaning close to Bai Xue’s ear.

"Really?!" Bai Xue looked skeptical.

Lu Huai almost wanted to pound his chest to assure her, "Of course it’s true! Why would I lie to you? This is really easy to learn!"

"But I’m tired now, I want to sit for a bit!" Bai Xue was scared of falling; she held the bar so tightly that her hands were now sore.

Lu Huai looked up and immediately stretched out his index finger, pointing forward, "Let’s go! I’ll accompany you to sit on that chair for a bit! Take a breath and then practice!"

"Xiao Yu, how about you?!" Bai Xue didn’t dare to look back, so she just stared straight ahead at the bench on the steps about three to five steps away.

For Zhen Yu, who has been practicing martial arts all year round, tumbling and fighting was no big deal! Hence, she was very brave and currently excited to be close to learning a new sport she hadn’t touched before! So she politely declined, "I’m fine! Probably after another round, I should be able to let go! You go ahead!"

"You learn so fast!" Bai Xue admired as she moved to sit on the bench, "My hands are sore!"

Lu Huai, who just sat down beside her, seemed a bit conflicted and tentatively asked, "Should I massage them for you?"

Bai Xue immediately glared fiercely at him! Turning her head away, her cheeks slowly began to feel hot...

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As if Zhen Yu didn’t hear what Lu Huai just said, she passed by the two of them and continued walking forward, with Han Mingyue silently following behind her.

After completing the last quarter of the lap, they returned to the starting position.

There was also a bench for resting here, after stopping near the chair, Zhen Yu half-turned her body while holding the bar and asked, "Are you tired? Do you want to sit down and rest for a bit?"

"I’m still okay! It feels like I’m getting the hang of it." Han Mingyue, being a guy, naturally had an advantage in sports over petite girls like Bai Xue! Plus, after exercising for such a long time, he was no longer frail like when Zhen Yu first started practicing.

Seeing that Han Mingyue didn’t seem reluctant, Zhen Yu said, "Then since you’re still okay, let’s continue practicing!"

"Alright!"

With some confidence built up, from that round onward the two occasionally loosened their grip on the bar or held on a bit as they stumbled through the process of learning how to skate independently.

Before Zhen Yu could skate over to Bai Xue’s resting spot, Bai Xue had already walked down the steps with Lu Huai’s help.

"Xiao Yu, you’re awesome! You’re about to learn it! I want to keep practicing too!"

Zhen Yu smiled at her, "Then you take it slow, I’ll go around a couple more times! Once I’ve really learned it, I’ll come help you!"

"Okay! I’ll wait for you!"

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After another two laps, Zhen Yu felt she should be able to do it! So she turned around and told Han Mingyue, "I’m going to check on Bai Xue, you keep practicing slowly!"

Han Mingyue didn’t say much, just nodded. Zhen Yu then sped up a little under his watchful eyes, sliding towards where Bai Xue and Lu Huai were.

"Xiao Yu!" Bai Xue called out in surprise when she saw Zhen Yu, "Can you skate by yourself now?! Can you teach me now?!"

"Sure!" Zhen Yu nodded at her first, then turned to Lu Huai and said, "You’ve been here for half a day and haven’t got to skate much, let me take over."

At first, Lu Huai’s face didn’t look too good, but then he thought to himself! Isn’t this the perfect opportunity to show off in front of Bai Xue!

So he immediately cheerfully said, "Alright! You teach her for a while! I’ll go skate a few laps!"

After saying that, Lu Huai turned around and sped off!

Bai Xue stared at his retreating figure for a moment and suddenly blurted out, "It looks like skating fast is more fun!"

Zhen Yu was just about to agree with a "Yeah!", when suddenly Bai Xue shouted loudly, "Hey! Xiao Yu, look! Lu Huai is turning around! He can even skate backwards! That’s so impressive!"

Zhen Yu quickly turned her head and was also amazed by Lu Huai’s skills!

"It is quite impressive! But a few glances are enough, we need to keep practicing!"

Spurred by this, Bai Xue was filled with motivation and quickly nodded vigorously, "Mmm-hmm!"

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The two girls, hand in hand, Bai Xue by the wall and Zhen Yu on the outer side, practiced at a moderate pace.

Whenever they became unstable, Bai Xue would timely hold onto the railing, so they didn’t fall even after moving around a large half-circle.

Until...

"Ah!"

Bai Xue instinctively screamed and quickly reached out to grab the railing! But it was already too late, pushed hard from behind, the strong inertia carried both her and Zhen Yu rushing forward!

"Let go of me! You grab the bar!" Zhen Yu, who was still able to maintain her balance, immediately shouted at Bai Xue!

But the speed was ’too fast’, Bai Xue was in a panic! Her body was swaying left and right, with only two thoughts in her mind!

’I need to stop quickly’ and ’I can’t leave my friend behind!’

So almost immediately she said, "I won’t let go! Xiao Yu, slide towards me! I’ll be fine once I grab the bar, ah!"

Before she could finish her words, both of them fell down, one after the other...

After the fall, Bai Xue finally let go of her hands with a pained expression.

Zhen Yu, while mentally complaining "Bai Xue is such a pig teammate," rubbed the base of her left thumb with her right thumb. Just as she was about to push herself up from the ground, suddenly two guys skated over like the wind and braked sharply beside them!

Man A, having just stabilized himself, said: "Little sister, just the two of you playing here? Did you hurt yourself? Let me help you rub it!"

Bai Xue, still upset from being pushed over, retorted without even looking up: "Who are you calling little sister? Shameless!"

Zhen Yu, however, looked up first! She glared gloomily at the two men and suddenly started quickly untying her shoelaces while asking, "Was it you guys who pushed us just now?"

"It wasn’t! We didn’t push anyone!"

Man B hastily denied! After denying, he elbowed Man A and gave a sly smirk while raising his eyebrows, "Right?!"

Man A: "Right, right, right! We, we didn’t push anyone!"