How About Coming to Our LCK

With Xu Junyan's skill, if he were even slightly serious, he would be like a fish in water, smoothly ascending the ranks in Korean server solo queue.

In the ten provisional matches, Xu Junyan didn't play top lane, opting for Nidalee in the jungle. In all ten games, he achieved over 20 kills, finishing each match in an average of just 25 minutes.

After completing the provisional matches, he had already reached Platinum 5. And by this point, he had only spent less than a day in total.

Xu Junyan didn't rest. For him now, the faster he climbed, the better. Only by doing so could he find a good team before the spring season arrived.

He stayed up all night, pushing his rank to Platinum 1. During this climb, he was directly skipped past Platinum 4 and Platinum 3 by the system's ranking. It was fortunate that League of Legends' ranked system had the concept of tier skips; otherwise, in these lower tiers, Xu Junyan would have had to waste several more days.

Pulling the curtains shut to block out the early morning light filtering in from outside, Xu Junyan draped his jacket over himself and closed his eyes to rest.

Staying up all night was fine, but he couldn't neglect sleep. Only by resting well and replenishing his energy could he climb with even greater vigor.

By the time he woke up, it was already afternoon.

Although he had just experienced RNG's ruthless pursuit and the indifference of his former teammates, it hadn't affected the quality of Xu Junyan's sleep.

On the contrary, Xu Junyan slept more soundly than he expected. When he woke up, he felt refreshed and invigorated.

After a quick wash in the restroom outside, Xu Junyan found the counter and bought a cup of instant noodles from the young female internet cafe attendant, also asking her for a hot water kettle.

Perhaps due to his outstanding appearance, the attendant agreed very readily. Not only did she personally help Xu Junyan carry the items to his private room, but she also eagerly asked if he needed anything else, almost as if she wanted to join him in the room to play games. Xu Junyan, finding it both amusing and exasperating, politely declined.

The fragrant steam of instant noodles wafted through the private room. After he finished eating, a cleaning lady came to help tidy up and clean the entire room. During this time, Xu Junyan took out his phone and stood outside, scrolling through it.

The first message he saw was from Twitter.

[Kim Min-ah]: "Oppa Junyan, what's going on? I'm seeing a lot of negative comments online, and they all seem to be blaming you. It's even spread to the Korean web."

Xu Junyan pursed his lips slightly and instinctively replied, "Do you believe it?"

The reply came back surprisingly quickly.

[Kim Min-ah]: "Of course not! Although I haven't known you for long, Oppa Junyan, I can tell you're not that kind of person!"

Xu Junyan stared at the message, a warmth unexpectedly flowing through his heart, his smile tinged with bitterness.

Even a popular host from another region, whom he had only known for a short time, could say something like this. Yu Shuang, whom he had almost dated, had sent him a message without a second thought, questioning him and telling him to admit his mistake. How ironic.

At this moment, Xu Junyan could only be grateful again that RNG had made their move early, allowing him to see many things clearly in advance.

[Kim Min-ah]: "Oppa Junyan, even though I don't know exactly what happened, you have to be strong. I believe in you, and I'm sure there are others who are silently supporting you. Of course, I also have a small suggestion, would you like to hear it? /naughty"

Xu Junyan sent a confused question mark back.

[Kim Min-ah]: "How about coming to our LCK? /grinning face with smiling eyes/grinning face with smiling eyes"

Xu Junyan was taken aback. Go to the LCK?

This was a path he had never considered.

After all, since the inception of the LPL, there had been many Korean imports, but the LCK had never recruited Chinese players.

The primary reason was naturally the generally stronger skill level of LCK players, who didn't think much of the LPL region, which had never won a championship.

Furthermore, even if the LPL produced a player so outstanding that LCK teams would be interested, such a player wouldn't choose the LCK over the LPL, as the LPL would undoubtedly offer salaries many times higher than the LCK. There was no doubt about that.

However, at this moment, with Kim Min-ah's suggestion, Xu Junyan was genuinely a little tempted. With the new title system from the system now empowering him, if he performed well, it didn't seem impossible to be scouted and signed by an LCK team.

But, this could at most be considered his second backup plan. Like many others, if possible, Xu Junyan didn't really want to leave his homeland to compete.

[Xu Junyan]: "Thank you for your suggestion, I'll consider it."

Ding dong!

[Kim Min-ah]: "Hehe, if Oppa Junyan comes to LCK to compete, as long as you bring enough Beijing Roast Duck, I can teach you Korean for free!"

Xu Junyan asked, speechless, "If I'm bringing you roast duck, is that still considered free?"

Ding dong!

[Kim Min-ah]: "Hehe, you caught me. Then it's not free! Tuition fee, three roast ducks... no, five! At least five!"

Xu Junyan burst out laughing, finding this popular LCK host, whom he had only met a few times and chatted with briefly, incredibly cute.

After finishing his chat with Kim Min-ah, Xu Junyan narrowed his eyes and casually opened Weibo.

Since the news had spread to the Korean web, it was evident how much effort RNG had put into their ruthless campaign.

He wanted to see what other tricks RNG would pull to slander him within a day.

Without needing to search, the top trending topic on Weibo related to this matter was already there.

[What a joke, the match-fixing guy is still playing dumb. He actually posted on Weibo saying the innocent will remain innocent! /manual slide whistle/]

Xu Junyan calmly clicked on it and scanned through the numerous comments with a composed mind. He suddenly noticed a comment sneering, "Everyone assumes he's match-fixing, and he's still playing dumb. Scum like this deserves to die."

"Everyone assumes?"

Xu Junyan narrowed his eyes, a hint of confusion in his mind.

During the meeting that day, although Uzi and the others hadn't offered him any help or spoken up for him, they hadn't shown any intention of stepping on him.

Now, was there a new development?

He casually opened the Weibo of one of them, mid-laner Xiaohu. There were no new posts; the most recent one was from half a month ago, content stating, "I'm sorry everyone, I didn't play well in this World Championship."

Scrolling down to the comments section.

The previously angry comments, which had been criticizing RNG for their poor performance in the semifinals, had all disappeared.

In their place, the top comment, with tens of thousands of likes, read: "Brother Hu, have you seen the news online? Give us some inside info, did that guy really fix matches? Was it because of him that RNG lost that game?"

Below it was a reply from Xiaohu himself.

[RNG.Xioahu]: "Don't speculate randomly, we just had an argument, a bit of a verbal spat. Nothing else."