May 20th was a date that Li Xu felt was a pain in the ass. It was Valentine's Day online.
520 originated from Fan Xiaoxuan's song. Because of the homophone 'I love you', countless couples gave it a special meaning.
Since it was Valentine's Day, of course, they had to give gifts. In order to stimulate consumption, merchants had to promote it and organize all kinds of promotional activities.
Merchants also saw a new way to stimulate consumption. Since then, the 11th Shopping Festival and the 12th Shopping Carnival followed one after another.
On the 20th of May, online shopping became a trend, offline weddings piled up, and merchants started a promotion war. It was even more lively than the traditional Chinese Valentine's Day.
Couples also seemed to feel that having a special day with 520 would make their relationship stronger.
Of course, to Li Xu, all of this was idle.
In Li Xu's opinion, the homophone of 520 was closer to 'I love you'. Wouldn't it be more appropriate to express one's love to one's parents and elders?
Besides, no one was lining up to commit suicide on 514.
On this day last year, a post on WeChat Moments spread widely on the Internet.
A woman claimed in her WeChat Moments that a global survey showed that 99% of women in the world wanted to receive jewelry or cosmetics on 520, not teddy bears, chocolates, roses, and the like.
On 520, foreign men would buy expensive and exquisite gifts for their female companions and have romantic candlelight dinners.
Chinese men would send their wives away with cheap gifts. Their wives had to cook, do chores, and do laundry at night.
She also pointed to the men who shared the news on her WeChat Moments and posted pictures of many cosmetics.
The woman immediately received a man's reply on her WeChat Moments. "Foreigners are only 520."
The woman immediately replied, "How did you know? Have you been abroad? Did a foreigner say that? This is a survey, I didn't make it up. "
The man retorted, "Because the homophone of 520 is I love you. Foreigners don't speak Chinese. Idiot."
The man's straightforward remarks immediately triggered a wave of "comfortable" replies on the Internet. He also received comments that "you can show off your love, but you can't show off your IQ."
Li Xu laughed when he saw the news. No matter how he looked at it, that post on WeChat Moments looked like it was deliberately posted by a WeChat merchant to stimulate consumption.
Moreover, he had been single for twenty years and did not know when he would be able to have such a luxurious thing like a girlfriend. He always felt that this kind of festival was a little inexplicable.
However, now that Xu Ge was no longer single, Li Xu also sent a message to Lin Yuqing.
"Do you know what day it is today?"
"What?"
Sure enough, according to Lin Yuqing's temperament, it was impossible for her to pay attention to these things.
"Today is the third day since I confessed to you."
"o (ω) o"
Lin Yuqing's reply made Li Xu overjoyed. This was the first time she had sent such emojis. Li Xu inexplicably felt that Lin Yuqing was cute.
"I won't be seeing you off today. Be careful."
• • • • •
At 9: 30 in the morning, Li Xu excitedly knocked on his teammates' doors one by one.
"What are you doing? Why did you wake us up so early? "
Teddy sleepily rubbed his eyes. For these night owls who had been high until midnight last night, this was the time they had just woken up.
"We're leaving at noon today. We'll have beef noodles for breakfast. It's my treat." Li Xu looked very forthright.
It was said that beef noodles were poisonous, but Xu Ge thought that after I won the championship, I would be immune to all poisons.
This way, I wouldn't be afraid of the curse of beef noodles, and I would be able to taste Taipei's special beef noodles.
I'm so f * cking witty!
"Can I add beef noodles?"
"Just add whatever you want."
Therefore, a group of people ran to the restaurant below the hotel and ordered a bowl of beef noodles for each person.
Taipei's beef noodles were still different from Lanzhou's beef noodles. The noodles were pressed by machine, not hand-pulled like Lanzhou's beef noodles. However, the thickness was moderate and very elastic.
In terms of taste, the Taipei beef noodles soup was very fragrant, and the beef flavor was very strong. It was completely different from Lanzhou's beef noodles.
Teddy deliberately took a picture and posted it on Twitter, which immediately received a lot of comments.
"Li Xu is treating us to beef noodles? If it weren't for the finals, I would have thought that Li Xu was a spy. "
"Haha! Li Xu is very knowledgeable. He doesn't prepare beef noodles before the competition, but he can eat as much as he wants after the competition. "
"Treating the entire team to beef noodles after the finals, is he trying to make SKT's summer competition fail? Li Xu's intentions are terrible. "
"It's over, SKT's summer competition is going to be a drag."
"Remember this bowl of beef noodles, pre-order it for the summer competition."
• • • • •
At noon, the entire SKT team boarded the flight to Korea.
Li Xu sat by the window, looking at the gradually shrinking Taipei scenery. He was a little lost in thought. He did not know when he would see this city that brought him so many surprises again.
"Goodbye, Taipei," Li Xu mumbled softly.
"Hey! Can't bear to part with her? "Li Ge, who was sitting beside him, teased.
Li Xu did not even blush. "I won the championship here, and I also won love. Of course I can't bear to part with her."
"Eh ~ ~ ~" Li Ge pursed his lips. He could not stand Li Xu's smug look.
"You should thank me." Li Xu chuckled and moved closer. "Yesterday, Zhao Enjing took the initiative to hold your hand. How did it feel?"
"It was alright."
Li Ge looked very calm. "Last time at Cherry Blossom Road, I held Miss Eunjing's hand and walked for a long time. Do you know how romantic that was?"
If he had not seen Guapi's smile yesterday, Li Xu would have been deceived by his calm appearance.
"Hey! Li Ge. "Li Xu took one last look out of the window, then turned to look at Li Ge.
"Hmm?"
"When are you going to confess to Zhao Enjing?"
"None of your business."
Li Ge returned Li Xu's words back to him.
• • • • •
After two and a half hours of flight, the flight arrived at Incheon Airport at 3: 30 in the afternoon.
Upon entering the airport's main hall, they saw a crowd on both sides of the aisle. It was a sea of black.
Li Xu's first reaction was that some celebrity's fans had come to pick them up. However, when he saw the red SKT support scarf, he immediately understood.
These people seemed to be here to pick them up.
Seeing the SKT members, the crowd of fans became restless.
When the SKT members walked in, all the support items were raised high.
A young man leading the crowd shouted, "1, 2, 3."
"Welcome back, champions."
All the fans shouted in unison, then applauded with all their might. This corner of the airport's main hall was instantly filled with excitement.
The commotion shocked everyone around them.
Usually, fans of celebrities would take out their phones to take pictures when they arrived at the airport. There would never be such a uniform chant.
The SKT members were a little confused.
This treatment was a little too grand.
Other than Li Ge and MATA, no one in the team had seen such a scene before.
After all, most of the SKT members were rookies in international competitions.
Brother Hanzi did have the experience of competing overseas, but Brother Hanzi's previous international experiences were not very pleasant.
Every time he came back, he would be lucky if there were no fans scolding him at the airport.
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