SofM and Lily’s dreamlike “pilot – plane” love story that has lasted since 2013 is about to have a happy ending?!
While the top teams are busy preparing for the North American tour at the 2022 World Finals, the rest have more time to rest and relax after the stressful season. For example, the case of SofM – jungler of Weibo Gaming – announced that he had returned to his home country of Vietnam after two years of being unable to leave China because of the epidemic. On the official Facebook fanpage attracting more than 542,000 followers, SofM posted a selfie with his girlfriend Lily along with the concise description, “Hello dear Hanoi!”
In this return to his hometown, the jungle star born in 1996 did not simply go to a friend’s wedding or hang out at a familiar Internet shop – like what has been updated on social networks recently. Because according to the Twitter account Rita (a reputable source specializing in LPL), SofM returned to the country to do the important work of a lifetime.
Rita said that Angel – WBG’s mid laner – revealed that SofM returned to Vietnam to “soon” marry his girlfriend Lily. It is known that this “pilot – plane” couple has a seven-year age difference and has been dating since 2013 until now. Although SofM has been busy all year round in China since 2016 until now, they still maintain a strong relationship that is hard to separate.
The 26-year-old boy has kept his private life private and rarely talks about himself in the mass media. However, SofM showed respect for his girlfriend by using the nickname “LilyMeow” in the early days of professional competition for Hanoi Full Louis in 2013-2014. It is Lily who is also a major contributor to SofM’s career, name, and large fan community today. She has worked for a long time in the Vietnamese game industry, owns many domestic and foreign relationships to work with SofM to find the best choice for a professional gamer career.
Remember six years ago, Lily and SofM considered many offers from abroad (most enthusiastically, Taiwan’s Flash Wolves) to choose the “Northward” direction to China. As a result, from 2016 to now, SofM has always been considered the most famous and successful LoL player in Vietnam with the culmination of being the runner-up at Worlds 2022 with Suning.
Although the man was in China and she was in Vietnam during the two years of the epidemic, the couple still maintained a strong relationship as proof of beautiful love regardless of age difference. Occasionally, Lily still “shows off” in the SofM fan group that the player with a “huge” income in China still has to text her permission to load the game to satisfy her passion. During the six years of SofM’s tour in China, Lily has been dedicated to maintaining fanpage and group posts to create a playground, a place for fans to interact and keep the heat for the name of the most successful League of Legends player in Vietnam. .
Lily (far right) represents SofM to volunteer in Vietnam
In July, Lily stood up on behalf of her boyfriend to support school supplies and toys for Bao Thuan kindergarten, Hang Ung village, Bao Thuan commune, Di Linh district, Lam Dong province. According to Google Maps, they had to travel more than 230km (excluding hilly roads) from Ho Chi Minh City to the selected location in rainy and windy weather. It is known that young people used money to sell shirts, mouse pads, stickers and other items with SofM’s image collected at the end of June.
The volunteer group brought basic toys, artificial grass, essential items (carriers, water cups, dishes, etc.) for 300 preschool students. And almost immediately this meaningful work was well received by the Vietnamese gaming community. “This is a village in a remote area of the town, mainly ethnic minorities live. I hope that the children will have a new school year with many new tools to use and learn more fully,” – Lily posted information on the SofM fanpage.
As soon as they heard the information, many fans of SofM expressed their joy and excitement because finally their “pet” player had found the other half in terms of soul and understanding of each other’s professions. While SofM and Lily remained silent as usual, Angel’s side made public the wedding story of their teammates. Is it possible that the WBG team has been informed in advance and just waiting for the bride and groom to hold the wedding party will come to Vietnam to congratulate? If so, this is probably the wedding that is most interested in the Vietnamese gaming community with the appearance of SofM’s close brothers from the Snake Esports era (Flandre, kRYST4L) and WBG (Angel, huanfeng, ON and TheShy). )?!