LPL History

Chapter 59: Turbulent Times Rise at Rainbow Bridge in Shanghai; Zhou Lizhi Wins Over Two Generals (Please Read On!)

Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station.

Two thin young men, pulling suitcases, stood at the bustling exit of the train station, their eyes filled with uncertainty about the future.

"Mingkai, do you think that Abu is reliable? I recently saw what he did on Weibo, and I feel like he's a bit abnormal."

"And that Zhou Li, I think Ruofeng is about to be played to death by him."

Upon hearing Curly's words, the man suddenly smiled wickedly, his narrow eyes flashing with an indescribable light.

"Do we have any other options now? Let's go and see, after all, it's WE."

Curly-haired man sighed and said:

"That guy Wuzhuangtai, I wonder where he's gone off to."

The two had actually just left Hongqiao Railway Station a few days earlier.

Mingkai initially played for the Blue Biubiu Wansui anime team. After the team disbanded, he transferred to the Phoenix team, where he became teammates with Wuzhuangtai, Youzi, and Juanmao.

Moreover, he plays mid lane in the team.

Because Mingkai initially climbed to the top of the Chinese server by playing Twisted Fate and Kassadin in the mid lane.

Just when he thought his professional career was about to take off, less than two months later, the Phoenix team went bankrupt.

Mingkai and Curly packed their bags and left Shanghai dejectedly.

Fortunately, Abu, who had been in constant contact with them, kept in touch.

At this point, Abu had been promoted again from WE's assistant coach to WE's tactical analyst.

They naturally have the right to invite Mingkai for a trial.

They also stated that the team currently needs a support player.

So Mingkai and Curly returned to Shanghai to continue pursuing their dreams.

However, neither of them had any real confidence at that moment.

Although Mingkai plays jungle well, he is primarily a mid-laner.

If it were a competition with Ruofeng, Mingkai would be absolutely certain of success.

After all, the two had encountered each other in ranked matches before.

But the current WE team still has Zhou Li.

In Mingkai's eyes, Zhou Li was beyond what the word "genius" could describe.

The inch-stop fighting style he created once captivated Mingkai, who practiced it day and night, but he could never reach the level of Zhou Li's effortless control.

Zhou Li's reputation on the internet is now extremely polarized.

The most direct reason for this result was his speech at the TGA Grand Prix.

Many people felt that Zhou Li's words were pretentious.

The exclusive secrets are being revealed to the public, all for the sake of making the domestic e-sports industry flourish.

Most people think that the Zhou rituals were just pretentious.

But Mingkai doesn't think so.

The most direct reason why Mingkai had this idea was that he had never encountered Zhou Li in ranked matches.

According to publicly available information, Zhou Li's ranking score was only 1,800 points.

But this player with a score of 1800 was able to dominate a group of professional players on the professional stage, beating them like spinning tops.

Is it because Zhou Li (周礼) is not good enough?

no!
In Mingkai's opinion, Zhou Li simply didn't care about ranking up.

As you know, League of Legends is a competitive game, and your rank points represent your skill level; they are what you use to show off in the game.

Similarly, for players who want to play professionally, rank points are the basis for proving themselves.

However, Zhou Li seemed to disregard these things entirely.

With Zhou Li's abilities, he only needs to play ranked matches casually, and reaching the top of the national server is no problem at all.

Why did he end up as a substitute for Big Nose, only playing three games in so long?

Thus, in Mingkai's eyes, the virtual image of Zhou Li was formed.

That majestic and glorious image even carried a hint of divinity.

"Are we going to compete with the Zhou rituals...?"

Mingkai clenched his fists silently and pursed his lips, when he suddenly felt someone pat his shoulder.

Turning around——

Under the blazing sun, a young man wearing an old man's white vest, colorful beach shorts, and black flip-flops instantly transported him from Shanghai to Sanya.

Mingkai paused for a moment, then suddenly saw the person he was thinking of, and began to stammer.

“Zhou…Zhou…Li?” Zhou Li looked at the young and inexperienced Ming Kai in front of him and couldn’t help but feel a little emotional.

Is this Clearlove2?
"It's me. You must be Mingkai and Curly, right?"

The two nodded, and Mingkai asked somewhat awkwardly:

Are you here to pick us up?

"of course."

Zhou Li smiled and flicked the keys in his hand.

Mingkai and Curly exchanged a glance, somewhat flattered.

They have never had a trial session where the club sent someone to pick them up directly from the train station.

However, their smiles quickly vanished when the two followed Zhou Li to the Jebo King electric scooter.

"Curly, you're shorter, so you can squat in front."

Curly-haired boy pointed a finger at his nose in surprise.

"Me? Squatting in front? Isn't that like a little kid?"

Mingkai looked a little embarrassed: "How about we take a taxi there?"

"Why take a taxi?" Zhou Li patted the back seat of the electric scooter, gesturing for Mingkai to get on quickly. "You haven't had lunch yet, have you? I know a really good barbecue place..."

"barbecue?"

Curly was already crouching in front.

Mingkai's buttocks writhed excitedly from the heat of the artificial leather cushion baked by the scorching sun.

"Pancake shop".

Just as the two were about to get out of the car, King Jebo had already sped off at breakneck speed.

The scorching hot wind blew against the faces of the three people.

The happy family of three attracted the attention of passersby.

"Curly Hair, you play support, right?"

"Yes."

"Mingkai, you're a jungler, right?"

"Um... I play mid lane."

"You're playing mid lane, you're the jungler."

"..."

The curly-haired man squatting in front turned his head, raised his head, and said:

"Um, Mingkai did play mid lane in our team before."

Zhou Li was taken aback; he really didn't know about such ancient things.

He thought Mingkai was joking with him, so he scolded poor Qi Jiang.

However, he still reached out and turned the curly-haired boy's head back.

"Why are you interrupting when adults are talking?"
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WE base.

Zhou Li parked his electric scooter and said to Curly and Mingkai:
"You guys go to the training room first. Everyone's probably taking their lunch break now, so you can familiarize yourselves with it."

After leading the two to the training room, Zhou Li headed towards his dormitory.

As soon as the door opened, Abu came to greet him.

"The person has been brought back?"

"They've been brought back."

Zhou Li nodded, walked to the table, took out his diary, and then took out two slips of paper from his pocket and stuffed them in.

"what is this?"

Hearing Abu's question, Zhou Li locked the cabinet, turned around, and revealed his bright white teeth.

"An IOU for eating sesame seed cakes."

Looking at Zhou Li's bright and cheerful smile, Abu felt a chill run down his spine.

This is the same smile this man gave him when he first came to WE two months ago.

He only got his IOU back a couple of days ago after receiving his salary.

He has already begun to mourn for Mingkai and Curly.

Abu seemed to remember something and asked:
"By the way, Ruofeng has been looking for his electric scooter, have you seen it?"

(End of this chapter)