Chapter 2 chapter 2

Nineteen years ago— Encouraging news reached the cabin in St. Moritz, a telegram from Japan. In the race that day, Fei Tian slipped off the track due to a mistake and was very frustrated.But after seeing this good news, his mood was lifted, and his whole body was wrapped in happiness. The telegram reads— On January 17th, at 10:25 am, I gave birth to a daughter.My baby and I are healthy and want to meet daddy soon.How is the new dad's grades today?My baby and I will stay in the hospital for a while to do some tests.By the time Dad returns to Japan, we should have already returned to the apartment.Think about your baby's name.Tomoyo.

Fei Tian took the telegram and shouted long live on the spot.The teammate didn't know what happened, so he came over.After hearing Fei Tian's explanation, his teammates hurriedly told the news to other partners. The Japanese representative team stationed in the Alps still failed to achieve good results in this competition. The whole team is in a state of excitement that cannot be counted.Even so, after hearing the news, all the team members showed long-lost smiles on their faces.During dinner, not only the male players, but even the female players walked to Fei Tian's seat and said "Congratulations" to him.

Although Fei Tian couldn't reward his wife right away, he still wanted to say a few words of thanks to her.But his wife is still in the hospital, and he can't call her. That night, he and a few close mates drank late at the bar.Among them, Fei Tian is most pleased with his close friend and coach Gao Cang. "The wish of many years has finally come true." Gao Cang said while pouring beer into Fei Tian's cup. "Thanks to you." Fei Tian drank the beer in one gulp—it was so delicious. "The next step is to work hard towards the next goal." "Oh, well," Fei Tian said with a smile, "If I tell my wife this, she will definitely laugh at me for being impatient."

"I'm not talking about that. I'm saying that in Europe, children are taught alpine skiing from the age of two." "Yeah." Feitian nodded. "What's the next goal?" asked the young player who was drinking by the side. "When you were your age," Takakura said, "hita's goal was to get on the Olympic podium. Four years later, his goal was to win a medal in the World Cup. Four years later, his The goal becomes to slide down the front line as much as possible. This is the guy in front of you. To achieve these goals, he quit the company when you were your age, left a pregnant wife, and walked away. A few months. However, his goal has become more and more unrealistic. You can understand it after watching his skating today. The 'running boy' Fei Tian has almost 'withered'."

"Coach..." The young contestant showed a look of embarrassment. "It's okay, it's okay, what the coach said is true." Fei Tian said with a wry smile, "If I can't maintain my balance on this kind of track, it means that I don't have a few days left to exercise." "But your time is the shortest, and you are still the first. Isn't that great." "That's number one among the Japanese players. It's not that I'm good enough, but that you guys are too worthless." Faced with Fei Tian's accusation, the young contestant tensed up, and his face became very ugly.

"The former 'runaway boy' has long thought about it." Gao Cang put his hand on Feitian's shoulder, "Since my goal of alpine skiing can no longer be achieved, then put my dream on the 'clone', let Own kid on the podium at the Olympics — that's the next thing this guy wants to do." The young contestant nodded thoughtfully, staring at Fei Tian intently.In order to hide his shyness, Fei Tian raised the beer in front of him and drank it down. "I haven't even seen the child's face, and I will inevitably be called a confused dad." "How could such a thing happen. Mr. Feitian, can't you continue to slide? Please continue to work hard until Lingmei grows up to understand Dad's painstaking efforts, how about it?"

The social rhetoric of the young contestants left Fei Tian speechless, and fell into silence. "Of course this guy will continue to work hard and continue to be active in domestic competitions. I am actually very distressed. I don't know how long this guy will continue to skate. In other words, your era has not come, Japan Alpine skiing still has no future." Gao Cang's words were somewhat harsh, the young player shrugged his shoulders and stood up. After watching the young contestants go away, Fei Tian muttered in a low voice: "I've made up my mind." What does this mean?Gao Cang seemed to have noticed something, and just said: "Really?"

"Please exclude me from the representative team. Let those young players accumulate more experience." "Oh, you just wanted to go back to Japan as soon as you heard the baby was born, didn't you?" "it's not like that." "So, you guy, don't just say something ignorant. I know, you bet everything on this season. For this reason, didn't you lock yourself up in the mountains for several months?" Gao Cang's words made Fei Tian bow his head.He strokes his left knee subconsciously, a gesture he has done since he injured his meniscus three years ago.

"Oh, all in all, congratulations on your daughter." Gao Cang raised his glass. "Thank you." After finishing speaking, Fei Tian also picked up the beer bottle at hand. That night, Fei Tian almost stayed up all night.Perhaps it was due to the high excitement of the nerves after the birth of the child.He thought about his daughter's name, and made himself sleepy.Unknowingly, just as the wine's strength began to break out, the window was already pale. There are some note papers scattered on the table.One of them had the word "Fengmei" written on it with a ballpoint pen.

When Fei Tian saw his daughter for the first time, it was already two months later.He returned from the World Cup once again, failing to achieve his goal of picking up a card. The daughter's birth declaration form was submitted by Tomoyo.The baby, named Fengmei, was sleeping soundly and comfortably in a crib bought at a discount store. "It's really like a doll." Fei Tian muttered in a low voice.He picked up the baby and smelled milk. Although Tomoyo smiled, his expression seemed a little tired, and he looked very tired.Fei Tian thought to herself that she was probably exhausted by the sudden childcare work.

Fei Tian hasn't seen his wife for ten months.During this time, she lived a miserable pregnancy alone, with little help from herself.Thinking of this, Fei Tian felt very guilty. Long before his wife found out that she was pregnant, Fei Tian made up her mind to live a training life like a samurai in Europe.Having said that, he did once intend to give up this practice.Hita and Tomoyo have no parents.Fei Tian thought to herself, it's fine when she can move freely, but at the time when she is about to give birth, she can't be alone by her side. However, Tomoyo replied resolutely, you don't have to worry about my affairs. "I have my own friends, they will definitely help me. Besides, every time you enter the season, don't you always stay away from home? If you don't go to Europe to train and you don't do well because of it, I will be very upset. Guilty and uncomfortable. Don't worry, I will try my best to give birth to a healthy baby during the time you are not at home. You can concentrate on skiing in the Alps with peace of mind. If you want to serve your family, you can do it after retiring. It’s not too late to make up, haven’t we talked about this topic a long time ago?” Fei Tian is very grateful to his wife.He once again strengthened his belief and decided to ignite the last flame of his sports career. "My dream of alpine skiing will come true with this child," he said, holding his daughter. "Are you going to retire?" Tomoyo raised his eyes and asked uneasily. "It's too early to tell, but..." he went on, "maybe I don't have anything to worry about anymore. More importantly, I'm going to find a new job. I'm going to work hard for this kid." In fact, it didn't take Feitian much time to find a new job since then.A food company with an in-house alpine ski department asked him if he would join them as a skater-coach.Fei Tian felt that because he did not officially declare his retirement, the other party took his face into consideration and gave him the title of "player and coach". It has been a year since Fei Tian officially announced his retirement.However, since it was during the Olympic Games at that time, the newspaper that reported the incident only used a very small piece of space. Fei Tian noticed Tomoyo's strangeness at this time.No, in fact, before this, Fei Tian had noticed Tomoyo's strange appearance several times.However, Fei Tian, ​​who continued his sports career, did not have the time to slowly think about his wife's affairs. Even when he went home occasionally, his attention would be focused on his daughter.He was simply indifferent to his wife. Tomoyo became very different from before.Even when she encounters happy things, she doesn't laugh, and most of the time she looks worried.She seldom goes out, rarely sees friends, and spends most of her day with her daughter. She became restless, irritated and sullen over the slightest thing.On the other hand, she often laughed out loud in a strange way.Her spirit must be a little too sensitive, and she is always frightened by the ringing of the phone and the doorbell for no reason. Fei Tian thought, she might be suffering from parenting neurosis.So far, he couldn't do anything to help, and for this, he felt very guilty. After retiring, his time became a little more abundant.Fei Tian made up his mind that he must spend as much time with his wife as possible.Despite this, even when the whole family went out together on the rest day, Tomoyo still had a sullen face and couldn't be happy. "Stay at home and live a comfortable life. What are you going out for? It's messy everywhere, and it can only make you tired. It's okay to stay at home and play with Fengmei." Just because his wife took care of all the housework, Fei Tian couldn't refute his wife's words.He thought to himself, it seemed that she didn't want to go anywhere. Even though his wife is in this state, Hima can still feel Tomoyo's deep affection for Fumi.She always has her eyes on her daughter and always prioritizes her daughter's health and wellbeing no matter what happens.As long as Fengmei suffers from a slight illness, she will be so worried that she can't sleep, and she will work tirelessly to take care of her day and night, making people worry that her body will collapse first.Every time he sees Tomoyo like this, Feitian will be filled with emotion, thinking, mother is really great. Everything looks peaceful.Life is going on as Fei Tian imagined before retiring. However, happiness did not last long. That was Fei Tian's first summer after retiring.Hima, who leads the training camp for the Alpine Ski Club, receives an unbelievable notice. The notice said that Tomoyo fell from the balcony of the apartment, and their house was on the fifth floor.Fei Tian hurried to the hospital, but what was waiting for him was his wife who had stopped breathing.Her head was tightly wrapped in layers of bandages. Fei Tian held her cold hand and knelt beside the hospital bed.His brain refused to accept this reality.Everything is illusory, the wife will definitely open her eyes.However, no matter how much he waited, what he expected still didn't happen.Before he knew it, he found that his knees were wet.Those were his tears. Tears fell without him even noticing, so Feitian burst into tears—he called his wife's name and cried loudly. According to the police investigation, this incident is unlikely to be an accident. Since no signs of being pushed down were found at the scene, it can only be considered a suicide.The police asked Fei Tian if he had any clues, and Fei Tian could only answer "not at all". Tomoyo did not leave a suicide note.However, at some point, the things around her were neatly arranged, which indicated that she was mentally prepared to commit suicide. Fengmei, who was still young, couldn't understand what happened at that time, she just kept asking "where did mom go?".Facing her daughter's question, Fei Tian couldn't say a word. Fei Tian checked Tomoyo's belongings, hoping to find the source of her pain inside, and find out why she was troubled.But none of what she left behind could be a clue. People around him said that Tomoyo might be suffering from parenting neurosis.Even Fei Tian himself thought so.After all, Tomoyo looks weird, and that's true. Time is like water, passing slowly.Fei Tian has been unable to relax, even leaving the room would make him miserable.However, he cannot be completely immersed in grief.Feitian knew that he had to cultivate Fengmei into an adult, so that Tomoyo could rest in peace. Hima quit his coaching position and found a new job at a health club in Sapporo.Although his income has decreased, his time has become much more free. Feitian devoted all his energy to Fengmei. It can be said that his love for his daughter is not inferior to Tomoyo.As a response to her father's love, Fengmei grew up healthily and vigorously.So, one night in Fengmei's third winter, Fei Tian took a memorable first step towards the goal he set.In other words, on this day, Fei Tian took her daughter to the ski resort for the first time. Of course, at first he just took Fengmei to play with the sled, mainly for entertainment.However, Feitian still demonstrated the skiing action in front of Fengmei, and he wanted to see how she would react.Fei Tian doesn't want to force her child, if she doesn't like skiing, it's meaningless to force her to learn. When she went to the ski resort for the first time, Fengmei was very satisfied just playing with the sled.However, when she went there for the second time, she finally said the sentence that Fei Tian had been looking forward to - "I also want to skate like my father." In fact, Feitian's car has long been equipped with alpine ski equipment for his daughter.This is specially ordered by Fei Tian to an Austrian friend.He hurriedly put on the ski equipment for Fengmei. Feitian can finally start teaching his daughter to ski, something he has dreamed of for years.For this day, he consulted many top alpine skiers and collected many methods of training young children to ski. It is useless to indoctrinate a three-year-old with theory.What should be done initially is to let her use her body to remember the feeling of skis touching the snow.Get your child used to the skis like new shoes—that's the advice of the friend who custom-made his gear. Fumi immediately adapted to using the long skis to slide on the snow.Not only that, but she had learned how to turn before she had been formally taught.Seeing this scene, Fei Tian couldn't help being elated. Since then, as long as time permits, Feitian will take Fengmei to practice skiing.He devoted himself wholeheartedly to training his daughter.Fengmei is very talented, even if it is a somewhat difficult movement, she can fully master it after practicing it a few times.This made Fei Tian get carried away with joy. When she was in elementary school, Fumi joined the Junior Alpine Ski Club.At that time, she already had the strength of the club's top players.It didn't take long for Fengmei to become the most powerful athlete in the club. When she was in the third grade of elementary school, Fengmei was already very famous.In the local alpine ski circle, everyone knows Fengmei's name.In elementary school competitions, Fengmei is undefeated, even boys can't beat her. In the winter of the fifth grade, she participated in an adult competition as a test skater, and the event was slalom.Competitors must slide along the predetermined route. As soon as Fengmei started skating, all the relevant personnel on the field widened their eyes.On the track designed for adults, a girl who is still in elementary school slides beautifully with superb technology.Everyone was shocked, even those who had heard of Hita Fumi and witnessed her strength several times could not help but be dumbfounded. Fei Tian asked the tournament organizers to give Fumi a time measurement, even in an informal form.As a result, because her time was shorter than the first-placed player, the organizers of the tournament instead asked Fei Tian to keep the secret for them. Fei Tian's plan is progressing steadily.All major alpine skiing schools have sent invitations to Fengmei. What was really surprising was an incident that happened to Fumi when she was in sixth grade.That day, she went to practice at the ski club.Due to the plan to move in the spring of the following year, Fei Tian stayed at home to do hygiene.He discussed with his daughter and decided to take Fengmei's promotion to middle school as an opportunity to move his family to a place that is more conducive to practice. This is a part of an old newspaper.While dealing with Tomoyo's dressing table, Hima found a neatly folded newspaper in a drawer.He thought it was for packing something.Just as he was about to throw the newspaper into the trash can, a report in the newspaper caught his attention. The whereabouts of the newborn in Niigata Hospital was unknown—the nurse who was preparing dinner didn't realize that there was no fluctuation in Feitian's heart at this time.Still, instinctively, he wanted to read the report. This is what was written in the report-an incident occurred in a hospital in Niigata Prefecture, and a newborn baby girl was taken away.The Niigata Prefectural Police Station Search Section 1 and the Nagaoka Police Station investigated this, and they stated that this was most likely an abduction of minors. Fei Tian glanced at the date of the incident, and couldn't help getting goose bumps all over his body.The date of the incident is very close to Fengmei's birthday. Fei Tian thought to himself, how is it possible, this is too unbelievable.Tomoyo shouldn't do such a thing. However, he thought about it again, and he didn't have any evidence that Tomoyo would never do such a thing.Thinking of this, Fei Tian couldn't help but start to waver. Hida was not by her side when Tomoyo gave birth.Not to mention the situation during childbirth, even during the few months of pregnancy, he hadn't even seen Tomoyo face to face. Tomoyo is the kind of constitution that does not have breast milk.Thinking about it now, Fei Tian was somewhat worried.Tomoyo's extreme fear of going out and her strange look after Fumi's birth all supported the ominous premonition in Fei Tian's heart. Fengmei has a resolute face, and a pair of big red phoenix eyes are her main features.In this regard, she is neither like Tomoyo nor Hida.Fei Tian remembered that a friend once laughed at him: "Whether it's skiing talent or looks, your daughter is much better than you. It's really a golden phoenix born in a chicken coop." Also, most importantly, Hima solved the mystery of Tomoyo's suicide.Perhaps she couldn't bear the condemnation of her conscience, so she chose to die. A few days after discovering the newspaper, Fei Tian came to a hospital.Although this is the hospital where Tomoyo gave birth to Fumi, it is the first time for Hita to come here. He showed his identity certificate to the hospital and expressed his wish to check his wife's medical records.After waiting for a long time, the hospital gave Feitian an answer that he couldn't understand: the hospital searched everywhere, but couldn't find Fengmei's birth certificate.