#Shen Zhouzhou

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Floating Youth (冰球少年 lit. trans: Ice Hockey Youths)

For Gab @randomingoftherandomness, who so kindly asked me to yap about them

Now, if you liked Hikaru no Go (2020 live action), this might be up your alley too.

Floating Youth is at its core, a slice of life drama about a group of teenagers/university students who dream of winning an Ice Hockey championship, and tells the story of their growth and relationships with one another as they work towards that goal.

(you can skip this part if you're here for the Tea 🍵)

Main Character 1: Shen Zhouzhou (portrayed by Zhu Zhengting)

the textbook rich kid who is pressured by his father to Reach Greater Heights

is actually a softie under that cold and aloof personality

actually listened to Chen Che when he told him to gtfo (it's a Whole Thing)

deserves the world honestly

Main Character 2: Chen Che (portrayed by Bai Shu)

was raised by his grandmother and loves her dearly

is the passionate, hot headed half to Shen Zhouzhou's (MC 2) rational and taciturn's other half

has a high EQ when it comes to everyone else but Shen Zhouzhou

Shen BingBing (portrayed by Xu Hao)

Shen Zhouzhou's little sister

unofficial PR manager of the Ice Hockey team, occasionally livestreams, extroverted unbothered queen

cares for her brother a lot

The Tea:

So I likened Chen Che and Shen Zhouzhou to Shu Guang and Yu Liang mostly because Chen Che is also the more 'happy go lucky' character to SZZ's level headedness.

(Though they differ in the sense that they weren't childhood rivals but childhood best friends who were practically joined at the hip. Until university, where their family circumstances drive a wedge between them).

so over the course of the first few eps they break up argue at least 3 times

honestly though they just have each others best interest at heart but as I mentioned above, Chen Che has EQ with everyone but SZZ (poor guy)

SZZ also goes Abroad to train (like Yu Liang) but its Worse in his case because he didn't willingly go and well. He wasn't welcomed there either.

He does eventually manage to come back though! But It Gets Worse because Chen Che thinks that SZZ will only be able to reach his full potential in Ice Hockey if he trains abroad rather than in their small town, so he tries pushing him away (it does not go well. my boy develops anxiety).

"What do you mean the two of you are fine! You guys never communicate clearly, each one dawdling more than the other!"

and honestly everyone can see how they're hurting and messed up because of their communication issues. everyone but them im-

If my shitty sales pitch somehow convinced you to watch the drama, here are some links to watch it on YouTube:

There's the English Dub version, original Chinese version (no subs), and Indo subs version

The only painful thing about this drama is that there's no English subs for it 💔 it's truly putting my Chinese to the test

[saebaragi]

shen zhouzhou is so precious to me he's so important omg thank you so much floating youth

[forzhengting]

next ep of 冰球少年 airs tmrw 😋😁

[ruanbaijie]

Feel free to ignore this, mainly if someone already asked before but: if you had to rank the main couples in the danmei you've read so far, from favorite to least favorite, how that would go?

oh man this took some thinking (ノ*°▽°*)

I'm gonna divide them by sections, the first section was the easiest for me to decide in terms of ranking, but within the second and third, the rankings are... shiftable

I FEEL THEIR LOVE I LOVE THEIR LOVE I WILL SINK WITH THEIR LOVE

mo ran x chu wanning (2ha) - bu chonghua x wu yu (tun hai) - A TIE

zhou rong x si nan (undead)

yan xie x jiang ting (po yun)

lan wangji x wei wuxian (mdzs)

xuan ji x sheng lingyuan (lhjc)

hua cheng x xie lian (tgcf)

lu feng x an zhe (little mushroom)

zhou hui x chu he (lantern: reflection of peach blossoms)

they! are! in! love!

chu feng x luo zhouzhou (the general’s vampire omega)

ruan nanzhu x lin qiushi (kod)

xu shuangce x gong wei (sword named no way out)

shang que x yu zhengdu (new times, new hell) - currently reading so ranking might change? based on where I've read till I'd put them here

chen budao x wen shi (pan guan)

shen wei x zhao yunlan (guardian)

guo lian x qiao jia (guo qiao mi xian)

yan xiaohan x fu shen (golden stage)

luo wenzhou x fei du (mo du)

heize chuan x ye zhen (lantern: reflecting the rivers and mountains)

chang geng x gu yun (spl)

yu hanjiang x xiao lou (card room)

fu wenduo x tang mo (teio)

liu zhiqin x hua chong (evil heart)

wen kexing x zhou zishu (tyk)

don't have feels for them (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)

yin wushu x xie bai (the yin guest)

song qinglan x ji yushi (mist)

mo xi x gu mang (yu wu)

meng feng x liu yan (2013)

luo binghe x shen qingqiu (rzfp)

han yue x chu ci (lantern: behold the bayonet)

[yuzhousky]

I listened xu weizhou and zhou shen singing "wo ai ta" which means "i love him" as you know. their performance was really good.There was a rumour,, when they asked about song, xwz answered "I chose this song" but according to rumours that part of show got cut.. do you think is it true? If they cut it, did they cut it purposely or just editing issue

Actually it was a Fanacc from a Chinese cpf who came to the recording of both Happy Camp and Our Song. She posted her Fanacc even before JY's Happy Camp episode on 200314 was broadcast so I think she's reliable.

• For those fans who don't know about the Fanacc. The first half is about JY's answer :"I'm still able to persevere." on Happy Camp (HERE)

Here's the rest about ZZ's answer on Our Song.

Trans :"03/02/2020. Many baobaos (cpfs) have asked me about the song 'I Love Him', here is the answer at the recording but it was cut when the show broadcast. The MC asked Zhou Shen why he chose that song. He kept thinking for a while and falteringly said that everyone agreed to choose it. Then our Zhouzhou smiled and said :"I am the one who insisted on choosing the song 'I Love Him'. It must be tough for him to sing with me."

In the show there are quite many interesting parts which were not broadcast. Maybe the show editor didn't think that their answer was necessary for the show, so it was cut.

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Floating Youth (冰球少年) | Episode 1

another of my favourite scenes!! XD (subs are nearly done for ep 1~)

Watch it on YouTube: English dub | Original Chinese (no subs) | Indo subs

the comments on the Douyin video for this scene though lol >_< 哭笑不得

> It's Zhu Zhengting appearing as himself in this scene

> it's definitely Zhu Zhengting himself in this scene

> Zhu Zhengting has money, everyone knows that

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Fic: the ice hockey team's unspoken rules, an agreement they unanimously came to

Fandom: Floating Youth (冰球少年)

Relationship: Chen Che/Shen Zhouzhou (implied), one-sided Everyone/Chen Che

[read on ao3] | ongoing english subs | spoiler free

1. Qiao Mu

Qiao Mu watches as yet another one of their new recruits stares starry-eyed at Shen Zhouzhou and Chen Che duking it out on the ice, and takes a deep breath, mentally preparing himself for the Talk that they would have to give once again.

“It’s your turn,” he elbows Wang Jin, gesturing to the poor sod tiredly.

“I mean— do we have to?” Wang Jin asks, grimacing. “It would be funnier to watch it all play out, no?”

“So you would let your underclassman get his heart broken just for your entertainment, got it.” Qiao Mu says drily.

“He seems like a tough cookie,” Wang Jin shrugs.

Qiao Mu sighs, muttering a silent apology to his underclassman as he feels his resolve crumbling. Perhaps it would be okay, just this once.

—

They settle in to watch the drama unfold after training was over.

“Captain!” Yin Kai bounds up to Chen Che, faltering slightly when he spots Shen Zhouzhou’s arm slung casually around Chen Che’s shoulder. But to his credit, he quickly gathers himself to ask, “do you want to get lunch after this? There’s a few tactics that I didn’t understand…”

“Sure— Zhouzhou, you can—“ Chen Che agrees easily, unaware of Shen Zhouzhou’s steadily darkening expression, the oblivious bastard that he was.

“Sorry, this guy needs to revise for his English exam, otherwise he won’t be our Captain any longer,” Shen Zhouzhou cuts in, his tone brooking no argument as he shoots Yin Kai a cold smile. “I’m sure Qiao Mu can help you out with those tactics, though.”

Qiao Mu shrugs in agreement, not actually expecting Yin Kai to seek him out— asking for help with a topic was the oldest trick in the book, after all. But to his surprise, Yin Kai does seek him out to clarify certain competitive ice hockey rules, studying them attentively, and Qiao Mu almost suspects that he’d been wrong about him after all, until—

“Senior brother, what does the captain like to eat? I was thinking of making him breakfast, since he comes so early to wake us all up!” Yin Kai asks brightly, and Qiao Mu realises— that's just the way that he was— approaching everything with the same intense concentration and enthusiasm, and he takes pity on the poor guy.

“Don’t bother, Shen Zhouzhou has him covered on that front.” He says tiredly, wincing as he watches Yin Kai’s excited expression fall.

He had made the mistake of trying, once, and Shen Zhouzhou had him blacklisted for half a month after that incident, throwing him overboard into the cruel arms of their capitalistic society.

Qiao Mu hadn’t realised just how expensive their school meals were, until then.

[Rule no.1 of Union College’s Ice hockey team: do not attempt to flirt with Chen Che. Shen Zhouzhou will not pay for your meals or any other expenses otherwise.]

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2. Li Shengxian

It is only after the match— a failure of a match, in his books— Union College had been all too easy to beat with No.77 gone missing and No.3 a distracted jumble of limbs afterwards, that Li Shengxian watches the recordings of Chen Che’s previous matches.

Was it possible for someone’s skills to differ so drastically from one match to another? Admittedly, he had experienced it first hand, how their tactics had taken Chen Che by surprise, how he failed to improvise on the spot to keep up, but for his mental state to affect his skills to that degree— that was where the skill difference between him and his partner lay, in his opinion.

Shen Zhouzhou had all the makings of a professional player, being able to keep a cool head under pressure and strategise on the fly, and to top it off, he had the physical skills to back up his counter-strategies, whereas Chen Che was easily distracted, easily bothered by other factors.

But it is through the recordings that Li Shengxian realises why.

He had asked his coach once, why it was Chen Che who was made captain and not Shen Zhouzhou, whose skills were more outstanding in his eyes.

Now he sees it— the way Chen Che effortlessly pulls his team together, how he shone on the rink in his own way, his confidence in his own skills unparalleled and a beacon that naturally drew one’s attention to him.

He also sees the unconditional trust that Shen Zhouzhou places in him, how he tended to match his pace to Chen Che’s, playing with him one moment and playing off him the next. And he sees the exact moment when Chen Che falls after his hit, how Shen Zhouzhou immediately abandons the game to check on him, his worry palpable even through the screen.

Would he be able to abandon a game like that, just for someone else?

He wouldn’t be able to, Li Shengxian finds. Ice hockey took precedence above anything else in his world.

—

Li Shengxian finds himself standing before Union College’s ice rink even before he knows it.

Whatever for, he does not know. Out of curiousity, perhaps? Or a desire to watch Chen Che play ice hockey again— that sounded more like it— he wasn’t one to lie to himself.

“Shengxian?”

“Jian Yi,” he returns, suddenly feeling out of place standing before Union College’s ice rink.

“What are you doing here?”

“I…” he does not know either. “Where’s Chen Che?”

He does not expect for Jian Yi’s expression to cloud over, darkening in an instant at the mere mention of Chen Che’s name, spitting, “don’t mention that name in front of me.”

(And he knows just what makes Jian Yi tick— Chen Che’s unexplained disappearance during the match— but she would forgive him just as easily, if he had a justifiable reason. Jian Yi may hold grudges, but she was more bark than bite).

“He didn’t return?”

“That bastard told the coach that he is quitting ice hockey.”

“Impossible,” he hears himself saying. Chen Che’s love for the sport was obvious, his passion for it unmatched. He would never voluntarily quit ice hockey— for players like them, it would be torture to distance themselves from the sport— a life that was meaningless if they weren’t playing ice hockey.

“Impossible. Where is he now?”

Jian Yi’s expresison twists, hedging, “no one knows. He cut off all contact.”

“For someone like him, he wouldn’t just quit ice hockey for no reason.”

“You—” Jian Yi says, eyes wide. “Not you too!”

[Rule no.2 of Union College’s Ice hockey team: If said pursuer is not from Union College, anyone who successfully dissuades them from chasing Chen Che will be reimbursed handsomely.]

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3. Leng Jing

“Don’t even think about it,” Shen Bingbing quips.

Leng Jing jumps, having been too absorbed in watching Chen Che practice to have noticed the witch sneaking up on him. “Think about what? What are you on about now, you crazy woman.”

“I recognise that look on your face— you’re not the only one who has crushed on Chen Che before,” Shen Bingbing says, straightforward as ever. “Don’t even think about it.”

“Crushing on Chen Che? What nonsense are you spouting now?” Leng Jing blusters, genuinely baffled by how she had come to that conclusion. All he had was genuine admiration for Chen Che’s skating form, and that the extent of it, nothing more at all!

But something she said had piqued his interest, “why not, though?”

Shen Bingbing leans in closer, smiling like a cat that had got the canary, “you admitted to it yourself, it has nothing to do with me~”

And just like that, she leaves just as quickly as she had come, leaving Leng Jing with more questions than before.

—

He asks Qiao Mu about it.

Being one of the original members of the team, surely he spoke Shen Bingbing’s nonsense language, Leng Jing figures, and his captain does not disappoint. His eyes had gone alarmingly flat at his question, however, all signs of life having been drained from him, leaving behind only an empty shell of his former captain.

“That,” Qiao Mu says, his face twisting as if he had just sucked on a lemon. “I completely forgot about that.”

“I suppose we’ll have to start warning everyone again, now that they’re back.” Jian Yi sighs. That catches Leng Jing’s attention— the fact that even their aloof, fierce team leader was in on this too, this had to be a hot topic that he had stumbled across. However—

“Wait, what does it even mean?” Leng Jing asks impatiently. The two of them had withdrawn into their own little bubble, communicating in gestures that only they understood as the rest of them watched with bated breath.

How one team managed to have so much drama, he didn’t know. But at least it was more exciting than whatever the broadcasting team had going on.

“It’s exactly what Shen Bingbing said,” Jian Yi says, apparently having lost whatever debate she had against Qiao Mu. “Don’t even think about going after Chen Che.”

“Or Shen Zhouzhou, for that matter,” she adds, almost as an afterthought.

Leng jing raises a brow in question, intrigued by the unspoken rules the old hockey team seemed to have. He’d seen countless classmates attempt to confess to Shen Zhouzhou upon his return, only to be politely rebuffed by the guy— what a waste, he had thought then— but now, he realises, he has to review his opinions.

(Perhaps it wasn’t such a waste after all, if Shen Zhouzhou had already set his eyes on someone).

“But why?” Lele presses, confusion written all over his face.

“Aiya, isn’t it obvious?” Wei Guo says, exasperated. “Shen Zhouzhou has staked his claim. Do you still want your free chicken cutlets or not?”

[Rule no.3 of Union College’s (new) Ice hockey team: Shen Zhouzhou and Chen Che are strictly off limits. Do not poke the sleeping tiger.]

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Floating Youth (冰球少年) | Episode 23

"If anything happened to you, how do you expect me, how do you expect your grandma to face it?"

okok this is making me think about a Reincarnation au where Liu Yue and Xiao Ruofeng are lucky enough to meet each other again as Chen Che and Shen Zhouzhou...but they aren't able to find the others

(also XRF once again being born to a jerk father oops)

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Me realising that I know absolutely nothing about Ice hockey and its terminology: pain and suffering while trying to sub the matches

anyway I took a short break by subbing this scene instead:

Floating Youth (冰球少年) | Episode 22

it's on YouTube! English Dub, Original Chinese (no subs), Indo Subs

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This is written for a discord server fic exchange event! I'm so sorry that I took the fanfiction route...

Fandom: Floating Youth (冰球少年)

Relationship: Shen Zhouzhou/Chen Che Shen Zhouzhou & Chen Che

Summary:

It takes them 13 years of playing ice hockey together, a year of separation, and an oceans worth of misunderstandings between them, but they slowly, eventually get there. Together.

[saebaragi]

shen zhouzhou is sooo pretty

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my good god these gays cannot communicate I'm dying

ok so i was planning to watch Joy of Life (and maybe Century of Love??) next but i found out that Zhu Zhengting and Bai Shu acted in a drama together?? omw to watch it now hehehe (it looks fun so far,,, save for their shitty parents)

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Good evening (⁠ﾉ⁠◕⁠ヮ⁠◕⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠*⁠.⁠✧ I've started on the subs for ep 2!! (side eyes my pile of gotcha prompts...)

Here's a snippet of my favourite scene:

Floating Youth (冰球少年) | Ep 2

Ep 1 subs

[saebaragi]

my dad, sitting by my side while I'm watching floating youth: be honest, they're more than friends 😏😏

me: you guessed it, they're best friends!!

my dad: just friends?

me: what do you mean "just" ☹️☹️ friendship is amazing and they care really deeply for each other

my dad: they're boyfriends

me: ... I mean, not canonically, but fanfiction is free, if you wanna write one or something...

[saebaragi]

oh to be a depressed pretty boy played by zhu zhengting in a cdrama

[saebaragi]

floating youth is so cool, i almost give a damn about ice hockey