"Buy me an ice cream."
"Let me pinch your cheek again."
"I want chocolate too."
"Fine, but let me pinch you first."
"No way, you already did."
"That doesn't count, I didn't get both cheeks."
"Go away."
"You weren't this fierce during the interview earlier."
"You big pighead, I'm going to bite you."
"I'm afraid you'll chip your teeth."
The accompanying coach watched the two of them bickering and laughed helplessly. They didn't look like two champions at all; they were acting just like his eight-year-old son.
At the medal ceremony, Wang Chuqin led Shasha around the arena to high-five their opponents. Then the two shook hands and stepped onto the podium together, the whole process full of a wonderful sense of ritual.
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