Your Learning Ability is Quite Strong

"Thank you."

Xu Junyan thanked her, took a glass of lemonade, and then sat on the sofa at Kim Min-ah's invitation.

"Oppa, did you really go to SKT?"

Kim Min-ah's eyes sparkled with curiosity. Xu Junyan had mentioned it to her on Twitter, but she still found it incredibly surprising.

That was SKT! The top powerhouse of the LCK, and they were the first to break convention, becoming the first LCK team to invite an external player. How could she not be amazed?

"Since I'm here, could it be fake?" Xu Junyan smiled slightly.

"As expected of Oppa, you're amazing." Kim Min-ah praised him sincerely, then said with a grin, "I remember Faker and the others basically don't speak Chinese. No wonder you're in such a hurry to learn Korean, Oppa. Isn't it terrible not being able to communicate?"

"Yes." Xu Junyan sighed softly.

Right now, the only person in SKT he could communicate normally with was kkOma; everyone else was incredibly difficult.

He was grateful for running into Bae Joo-hyun on the plane, as she had given him a way to communicate using phone translation. Otherwise, he wouldn't have thought of these things at all.

Speaking of Bae Joo-hyun, Xu Junyan couldn't help but fall into a state of mixed amusement and exasperation again.

How could it be such a coincidence? He'd run into her twice in three days, and she lived directly opposite Kim Min-ah!

"Don't worry, I'm here."

Kim Min-ah's eyes curved into crescents. She patted her chest and, without hesitation, turned and quickly ran to the bedroom. After a moment, she returned with a tablet and began to explain with a serious expression:

"Actually, there are quite a few commonalities between Chinese and Korean. For example, most Chinese characters used in Korean words correspond to a Chinese character, making them especially easy to learn. Therefore, it's actually not difficult for you to learn Korean when you already know Chinese."

"Let's start with vowels and consonants. I'll teach you first..."

Xu Junyan raised his hand and suggested, "Teacher Min-ah, please teach me sentence structures directly. I've already learned the basics."

"Huh?"

Kim Min-ah looked genuinely surprised, gazing up at Xu Junyan in disbelief.

Xu Junyan explained, "After deciding to come to the LCK, I started teaching myself. I basically know all the vowels, consonants, and words, but I still can't speak. Also, I can barely understand each word, but connecting them into sentences is difficult. Especially the Subject-Object-Verb sentence structure you guys often use, it gives me a headache just looking at it."

Kim Min-ah clicked her tongue and appraised Xu Junyan with wonder. After a moment, she suddenly felt a pang of inferiority, thinking to herself, It's only been a little over half a month, Oppa, are you trying to make people jealous with your learning ability?

"Alright!"

Since Xu Junyan wasn't a complete beginner, Kim Min-ah quickly adjusted. She patted her chest and said, "Then, Teacher Min-ah will teach you some advanced stuff. I guarantee you'll master Korean sentence structures within an hour, and you'll be able to interact closely with your teammates tonight!"

Xu Junyan automatically ignored the phrase "interact closely" from the lively girl and listened intently.

Kim Min-ah wasn't a professional teacher, but as a bilingual host, she often interviewed players who used different languages. In this profession, she had a good grasp of things.

Xu Junyan arrived at Kim Min-ah's place at 3 PM. In the blink of an eye, he had been studying until 8 PM, and he felt that his grasp of Korean communication methods had improved by more than half! Facing people directly, he would no longer encounter that awkward situation where he knew five or six out of ten words but couldn't understand what the other person was saying when they were put together.

Kim Min-ah's older sister, who was a retired host, still hadn't returned home. Xu Junyan glanced at the sky outside and felt it wasn't appropriate to stay any longer. He got up to say goodbye, "Thank you. I'll be going back now."

"Huh???"

Kim Min-ah instantly jumped up, her beautiful eyes wide open, staring intently at Xu Junyan, letting out a high-pitched sound of doubt from deep within her nose.

Xu Junyan understood and smiled, rolling up his sleeves. "Alright, do you have any vegetables at home? It's too late today, so I'll just make you a couple of simple side dishes. As for a full meal, I'll make you one when I have time. Didn't you say you have an older sister? We can all eat together then, and it won't go to waste."

"Mhm, mhm, mhm!" Kim Min-ah was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly, urging Xu Junyan from behind to hurry into the kitchen and cook.

Last year's World Championship was held in the capital of China. She had stayed there for almost two months and her heart, which loved food, was almost completely captured by Chinese cuisine.

Even after returning, she would still wake up at midnight, drooling onto her pillow.

Why? Chinese food was simply far superior to the "cuisine" of South Korea. They weren't even on the same level.

Since Xu Junyan had only told Kim Min-ah that afternoon that he was coming to learn Korean, Kim Min-ah didn't have many staple ingredients at home. There were a few broccoli heads, some potatoes, tomatoes... Surprisingly, Xu Junyan also found a raw chicken in her refrigerator!

Xu Junyan thought for three seconds and then began to process the ingredients. His hands moved quickly, and his cooking techniques were incredibly fluid.

"Is Oppa good at cooking?" Kim Min-ah leaned against the kitchen doorway, watching with dazzled eyes.

"Good enough,"

Xu Junyan replied casually, his speed in processing ingredients increasing. Kim Min-ah couldn't stand still any longer and asked if he needed help, offering to come in and lend a hand, but Xu Junyan refused.

Asking a kitchen novice to help was not helping; it was causing trouble!

The meal consisted of three simple dishes: scrambled eggs with tomatoes, garlic broccoli, and Big Plate Chicken with potatoes. By the time they were done, over half an hour had passed.

The steamed rice had also finished cooking. Xu Junyan helped carry the dishes to the dining table. Behind him, Kim Min-ah's eyes were shining, and she had been constantly wiping her mouth.

"It looks delicious!"

Kim Min-ah swallowed and quickly said, "Sit down, sit down quickly, Oppa. Let's eat together!"

Even as she said this, she had already picked up a pair of chopsticks and eagerly grabbed a piece of chicken, putting it into her mouth.

"Mmm~!!!"

At the dining table, someone immediately let out a sound of extreme satisfaction.

Xu Junyan smiled and said, "You enjoy it slowly at home. I only got leave from the club until 9 o'clock, so I need to head back quickly."

"Ah~ You're not eating? That's so impolite~" Kim Min-ah's mouth was full, and she spoke with a muffled voice, still stuffing food into her mouth.

Xu Junyan didn't bother with the foodie anymore. Making a meal in exchange for five hours of Korean study was a huge profit.

But he was also a little hungry. When he was cooking in the kitchen earlier, he thought he saw a few packs of Shin Ramyun.

"Min-ah, can I have a pack of your Shin Ramyun!"

Xu Junyan got the idea of eating instant noodles dry like he did as a child. With a flash of inspiration, he grabbed a pack and waved it at the foodie in the room.

"Mm-hmm! Take it! Just take it! Don't you want to sit down and eat together? It's so good!" Kim Min-ah mumbled without turning her head.

Xu Junyan's mouth twitched. He thought to himself, Judging by the way she's going, if I don't sit down, there might not even be enough of those dishes for you to eat, and yet you're asking me to sit down. What a disingenuous thing to say!

He went out and pressed the elevator button, waiting. Xu Junyan took the opportunity to tear open the Shin Ramyun packet. He put the sauce packet directly into his pocket, took out the salt and vegetable packets separately, and dumped them all into the Shin Ramyun bag. Then, he began... breaking! Kneading! Pressing! Rubbing! After completing these four steps, he squeezed the opening of the bag shut, held it tight, and shook it with all his might! He shook it until his powerful arms trembled!

Ding!

The elevator finally arrived.

The doors opened, and inside, Bae Joo-hyun, who had just sent her sisters to the underground parking lot, was momentarily stunned. Her clear eyes fixed on Xu Junyan's furiously shaking, almost glitchy 'dragon-like arm,' and her small mouth slowly formed an 'o.'

Because I want to write about the happy life in the LCK, there must be some groundwork laid for the romance plot. Otherwise, if I only write about matches and shutting down the Royal Hooligans, I feel it will eventually become boring and cause aesthetic fatigue. But everyone might still feel that these daily plot points are a bit watery. So, starting today, I'll update three times a day. With more chapters, it shouldn't feel so watered down.