LPL History

Chapter 305 Samsung's Old Friends Secretly Exchange Secrets, Sweet Words Reveal the Fragrance of Tea
EDG Esports Club.

Mei Kou walked into the training room, yawning.

He knew that Deft trained very hard, always getting up very early every day to play ranked games.

In order to latch onto this powerful player, Meiko is very conscientious and always gets up early, even earlier than Deft, to wait for Deft to duo queue with her.

However, as soon as Meiko walked into the training room today, she saw Deft already in his seat.

Mei Kou was a little surprised and looked up at the time.

Six o'clock in the morning.

"Hey, you're up so early today?"

When his name was called, Deft visibly flinched, like a lover caught in the act.

"Ah... um... ah... I didn't sleep last night."

Even though Deft tried his best to hide it, his furtive appearance still aroused Meiko's vigilance.

"Did you stay up all night?"

As she spoke, Meiko walked toward Deft's location.

"Ah...yes, because the ranking went quite smoothly last night."

Deft visibly tensed up.

Are you playing alone? Or with Mata?

Meiko was already standing behind Deft, her voice tinged with jealousy.

Deft often duo queues with Mata, which always makes Meiko feel a sense of crisis.

But Mata is a champion support player, what right does his sister have to try and provoke him?
So Meiko could only work harder, arriving at the training room early every day to wait for Deft and send him a duo queue invitation as soon as possible.

For some reason, Deft could feel a chill running down his spine.

"Ah...yes..."

He was about to deny it, but then he remembered that Meiko could check his match history, so he changed his story:

"Duo queue, not Mata, I met a random guy last night."

"Not Mata?"

Mei Kou had already sat down to the side and turned on her computer.

Just as Deft predicted, Meiko started looking at Deft's stats.

"Wow, that's amazing! You played all night and didn't lose a single game! How many points did you gain?"

Meiko clicked into Deft's match details and suddenly fell silent.

In the training room, only the sound of Deft's constant typing remained, revealing a sense of anxiety.

"This Li..." Meiko's voice slowly rang out, "Is it the Li from LGD?"

Meiko was standing next to Deft again, looking like a creepy male ghost.

Deft's fingers froze; in the game, the pentakill that was about to be his slipped away.

Meiko heard a man's voice faintly coming from Deft's headphones.

Although the other person was speaking Korean, Mei Kou had been learning Korean quite a bit lately, so she could still understand the general meaning.

"Ah~ Brother Hek-kyu, what a pity, he almost got a pentakill!"

Deft awkwardly spoke in Korean:

"Let's do it in one go, we can do it in one go."

He then turned off the microphone and explained:
"We happened to be scheduled together last night. He was my junior when I was working at Samsung Blue, so..."

“It’s okay,” Mei Kou smiled. “I’m fine. Just have fun.”

After saying that, Mei Kou sat back down in her seat.

Deft glanced at Meiko with a slightly guilty look.

He was naturally aware of what had happened in the past few days. Zhou Li's words in the interview had plunged Mei Kou into a huge storm.

But as he said, Zhou Li and Deft actually knew each other; they were both members of Samsung Blue.

Most importantly, Zhou Li's support skills were absolutely superb!

How good is it?
In Deft's opinion, duo queuing with Zhou Li is even more comfortable than duo queuing with Mata!
Not to mention Meiko!
For Zhou Li, playing the support role is really not stressful at all.

Firstly, support isn't a role that demands a lot of skill, so even without perfect proficiency from the system, his ability to play soft support is still top-tier.

For a support player, what is the most important thing?
It's about awareness, vision, and a holistic perspective!
These things are still second nature to Zhou Li, the three-time champion, especially Zhou Li who almost single-handedly led the team to victory against Samsung White last season. Even if he lost his unparalleled intelligence, these things are still second nature to him.

Zhou Li also explained to him that his comment "imp is better than deft" during the ranked match was not his true intention at all, but was only made under the pressure of the Titans.

The misunderstanding was cleared up, and Deft enjoyed a pleasant night.

He lost track of time and was caught red-handed by Mei Kou.

Meiko sat quietly in her seat, doing nothing, her head down, lost in thought. "He must be blaming me..."

Deft felt somewhat guilty.

After all, he and Meiko are teammates now, while Zhou Li is Meiko's mortal enemy.

It's all my fault. I couldn't resist the temptation and made the same mistake that every ADC in the world makes.

Deft numbly tapped the base, watching the enemy base explode, but felt no joy.

He decided to confront Zhou Li and end this illicit relationship.

"I'm done playing, I'm going to rest."

[Okay, Hyukkyu, we'll continue when you wake up. We'll be number one on the Korean server soon.]

[Forget it... let's not duo queue next time?]

Why, Hyukkyu?

[...Actually, Meiko came in just now, and he saw me duo-queuing with you.]

So what?

Deft frowned upon seeing Zhou Li's reply.

He felt that Zhou Li was somewhat insensitive.

Don't you know what's going on between Zhou Li and Meiko? What else could it be?
He lost the desire to continue communicating and was about to close the client when he saw the messages Zhou Li continued to send.

[Is Meiko angry? I'm sorry, Hyukyu-hyung, it's all my fault for making you guys fight.]

Seeing the other party's sincere apology, Deft thought for a moment and replied:
We didn't argue, it just doesn't feel right.

He had just finished replying when he saw a series of messages from Zhou Li.

I really didn't want to hurt anyone, and I really don't know why things turned out this way.

[I hadn't thought things through. I just don't have many friends, and everyone in the group looks down on me, so I got carried away.]

Go and comfort him, I'm fine, don't worry about me.

deft's hand, which was moving towards X, paused again.

Yes, his junior is also a pitiful person!
Deft knew from the Samsung Blue era that Acorn often bullied his junior.

I heard that Zhou Li became like this because he was bullied for a long time, which caused some mental problems.

Compared to Mei Kou, Zhou Li does seem to be more pitiful...

Moreover, Zhou Li has mental health issues, so what he said might not have been his true intention. After all, Deft knew Zhou Li before, and that boy was always very humble and even somewhat timid.

It has nothing to do with you, don't overthink it.

So Deft offered words of comfort.

Is he angry? Go and explain that we're fine. It wouldn't be good if he misunderstood. I don't want you two to have a fight; you'll be competing together again in the future.

Deft felt that his junior was incredibly understanding.

[Don't worry about him. You're always thinking of others before yourself, that's why Acorn bullies you like that.]

【sorry. 】

What's there to apologize for?

Thank you, Hyukyu. Go to sleep now, I won't disturb you anymore, and I won't bother you again.

What nonsense are you talking about? I'm really tired right now. Let's continue duo queueing after I wake up.

But won't Meiko be angry?

But he's just my teammate. Who I duo queue with isn't his business, is it?

[That's true. Actually, I feel like Hyuk-kyu does spoil him a little bit. I feel so sorry for you. I definitely wouldn't do that if it were me.]

LGD Esports Club.

Zhou Li turned off the computer and stretched.

He looked at the restless Records of the Grand Historian and finally smiled.

Indeed, only magic can defeat magic, and only green tea can suppress white lotus.

He stood up, deciding to go back to his dorm and quietly wait for the history books to turn a new page, when he saw Imp storm in angrily.

"Zhou Li! Why did you do this? Why did you duo queue with Deft behind my back?!"

Zhou Li sighed.

He felt that he had paid too much.

"Divine weapon, I did all this for you! Only by getting close to the enemy can I understand their true weaknesses!"

(End of this chapter)