Tomorrow, SKT would face their second opponent in the Kespa Cup. Starting in the morning, all the members were training for their ranking.
Li Xu had applied for leave from Coach Kim Jung-hoon. Xue Rou would be leaving Seoul in the afternoon, and he had to send this Chinese girl off.
Xue Rou's guesthouse was very close to SKT's training ground. It was located in Hongda Village, not far from the Ewha Womans University Museum and the Hanjiang Bridge. It was also close to the shopping street.
Li Xu got out of the taxi and saw an ancient wooden house surrounded by a wooden wall. Lush pine trees poked their heads out. Xue Rou was wearing a thick down jacket and standing outside the wooden wall, waving at Li Xu from afar.
"Li Xu, I'm so sorry to trouble you to send me off." Xue Rou huffed and warmed her hands.
"Now you know how to be sorry?" Li Xu rolled his eyes. Before Xue Rou met Lin Yuqing, he had been her Korean translator through WeChat video calls almost every day.
"Hehe!" Xue Rou laughed.
"Where's Lin Yuqing?" Li Xu asked as he walked through the wooden door with Xue Rou.
He knew that ever since they met, the two of them had been on extremely good terms. Lin Yuqing had successfully kicked Li Xu, the translator. In the past two days, Lin Yuqing had been the one who appeared the most in Xue Rou's circle of friends.
"Sister Yuqing is very busy today, so she can't come."
After passing through the wooden door, a small path paved with limestone led to an ancient-looking dark red wooden house. It was very ethnic.
Xue Rou's room was not big. It was like a lady's boudoir in ancient times. The small room had a wooden table, a tea set, a small fridge, and a thick blanket.
Winter in Korea was very cold, and every house had a floor heater. Like Japan, many families still maintained the tradition of sleeping on the floor. It was warmer that way. This way of resting originated from the 'situ' that was popular during the Han Dynasty in China. The exact time when it spread to Japan and Korea was unknown.
"This afternoon, I'm flying to Jeju Island. I'll be there for two days before going back." Xue Rou said reluctantly as she poured a cup of hot tea for Li Xu. The emerald green tea leaves rolled in the wooden teacup, and the fragrance assailed his nostrils.
Xue Rou was a fourth-year student at the Capital Media University and would be graduating in June next year. She took advantage of the end of her fourth year to come to Korea for a holiday.
According to Xue Rou's words, "This period of time is the most free. I'll be busy looking for a job in the second half of the semester. If I don't come out and take a look, I won't have the chance anymore."
Li Xu was very impressed. This girl didn't know a word of Korean except for "Ani Hasayo." She dared to come to Korea alone with a bag.
"Why don't you play for another month and we'll go back together during the New Year?" Li Xu joked.
"Sure!" Xue Rou agreed.
Li Xu was dumbfounded. Miss, your plan is wrong!
"Puchi!" Xue Rou covered her mouth and laughed when she saw Li Xu's expression.
Li Xu knew that he was fooled, but he wasn't angry. He held the cup and sipped the tea.
In the afternoon, the two of them didn't go out for lunch. Instead, they experienced the traditional Korean food at the guesthouse. Li Xu was already sick of it, but Xue Rou was enjoying it.
This girl, she's been eating it for half a month and she's still not sick of it!
After lunch, the two of them visited the Korean house experience at the guesthouse, including kimchi making and Korean embroidery.
Li Xu wasn't interested at all, but Xue Rou was. She had stayed here for half a month, but because of the language barrier, she hadn't experienced any Korean house activities.
Although the owner of the guesthouse knew Chinese, she couldn't trouble him to be her translator all the time!
Now that Li Xu was here, she could make up for the regret from before.
In the afternoon, Li Xu sent Xue Rou to the Gimpo Airport near the city.
"Li Xu, remember to contact me when you return."
Standing at the entrance of the airport, Xue Rou shouted at Li Xu.
Li Xu waved his hand, indicating that he got it.
This girl, didn't she see so many people watching?
On the 25th of December, SKT welcomed their second opponent in the Kespa Cup, Team BBQ from the secondary league.
As SKT's initials were the same as the Chinese word for barbecue stall, they were affectionately called "barbecue stall" by Chinese players.
The pronunciation of BBQ was similar to the English word "barbecue", so every time SKT and BBQ met, the Chinese players would jokingly call it the "Barbecue Stall War".
Every time the "Barbecue Stall War" ended, no matter who won, the next day's news headline would be, "LCK only has one 'Barbecue Stall'."
In the 2016 Summer League, BBQ entered the LCK League through the promotion and relegation system.
However, it was obvious that they couldn't adapt to the high standards of the LCK League. Their results were poor, and they were relegated to the bottom of the league.
BBQ, who was always at the bottom of the LCK League, had to participate in the relegation tournament three times in a row in two and a half years. The first two times, they barely passed.
However, after the end of the S8 Summer League, BBQ finally lost 1: 3 to MVP in the relegation tournament. They failed to avoid relegation and were relegated to the secondary league, LCK.
Of course, MVP, who defeated BBQ, was not happy for long. They were swept out of the competition by SBG, and the two LCK League teams were relegated to the secondary league, LCK.
BBQ's fans were also familiar with the fact that they would often give out free fried chicken to the audience before the game. BBQ's relegation also caused the commentators to shout, "No more fried chicken in the future."
Li Xu was the first foreign player in the history of LCK. However, strictly speaking, he was not the first foreign player in Korean League of Legends.
This was because just a few days before Li Xu joined, Team BBQ announced the addition of the Swedish jungler, Malice, and the American coach, LS.
Of course, this Swedish jungler's days were not much better than Li Xu's.
Although they were both foreign players, Li Xu still had his outstanding performance in the first round of the Kespa Cup as a foundation.
This Swedish jungler's performance in the first round of the competition was eye-catching. He made all kinds of low-level mistakes. Although BBQ was able to advance in the end, Malice's performance was condemned by the Korean netizens.
Since Malice belonged to BBQ, he did not receive as much attention as Li Jiu did in SKT. Even so, no one spoke up for him.
It was all because this guy had a bad temper. He would scold anyone in the game. He had offended many professional players in the Korean server. Even Li Ge had blacklisted him.
News spread that BBQ was preparing to put Malice on the transfer list after the Spring Competition.
He had only played one match, but he was already on the Club's purge list. This guy could be considered to have made history.
Lolpark. There was still more than an hour before the start of the competition.
At this time, the stadium was already filled with people. Every match involving SKT did not lack attention.
Although there were anti-fans who made it clear that as long as Li Xu was there, he would not go to the stadium to watch the competition.
However, this did not affect the attendance of SKT's matches. After all, SKT's match tickets were very popular. The other fans were secretly happy that there was one less person to fight for a seat.
Of course, this anti-fan who swore that he would not watch SKT's matches was secretly sitting in a corner of the stadium and observing.
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