After hanging up the phone, the familiar ringtone immediately followed. Fly didn't even need to look at the caller ID on the screen, he just picked up the phone and put it to his ear.
"Honey, are you okay? You haven't been affected by those ignorant bumpkins, have you? I'm telling you, these people are just like that. Don't pay attention to them, the more you pay attention, the more excited they get. I'm flying today and will be in London tonight. Don't be angry..."
As soon as the call connected, Taylor's endless chatter rolled in, but Fly didn't feel annoyed at all.
What in this world is more heartwarming than your loved one caring about you?
After talking for a long time, perhaps her mouth was tired, or perhaps Fly hadn't responded for a while, Taylor asked, "Honey, what are you doing? Answer me!"
"Yeah, elder sister, I'm fine. To be honest, the more intense the public opinion is, the happier I am." Then Fly told Taylor about what Allen had just discussed with him and his thoughts.
After listening, Taylor said excitedly, "Really? Honey, don't fool me. If you don't deliver, the backlash from public opinion will be quite severe."
Taylor was still a little worried that her boyfriend was deliberately reporting good news and not bad news; she had to know the whole truth.
"Really, elder sister, I wouldn't lie to anyone but you. Don't worry, I've tested it privately, I can run it easily within 10 seconds." Fly said this with great confidence, which also reduced some of the worry in Taylor's heart.
"Okay, I know. I'll be in London today, remember to pick me up. I'll be in London with you for the next while."
After chatting a few more sentences about what she gained from attending the American Music Awards this time, Taylor reluctantly hung up the phone.
Fly, as usual, went to the Kearney Training Base for his daily training.
Upon arriving at the training base, Fly clearly noticed that the eyes of his teammates around him were a bit off.
Finally, the injured Wilshere sidled up to Fly and whispered sneakily, "Fly, tell me the truth, is what you said in the interview true?"
Fly rolled his eyes and said speechlessly, "Jack, aren't you the ones who know how fast I am best? What's so strange?"
Wilshere was choked by Fly's words and didn't know how to answer. Finally, Fabregas bailed him out, "Fly, although we all know you're fast, we didn't expect you to be this fast!"
"Under ten seconds for 100 meters, my god, you're fast enough to run in the Olympics, why are you still playing football?"
Fly chuckled, lifted his chin, and showed a defiant look, "Of course it's because the achievements I can make in football are no less than those I can make running the 100 meters."
Fabregas and Wilshere were rendered speechless by Fly's words.
There was nothing they could do! They couldn't refute what Fly said because it was all true.
Just based on Fly's goal-scoring efficiency during this period, he was clearly aiming to break the goal record.
"I'm so jealous. Not only is he so good at playing football, but he's also fast enough to participate in the Olympics. Fly, is there anything you can't do?"
Hearing Wilshere's sour remarks, Fly chuckled and joked, "Yes, there is. I can't go around flirting like you guys. With a fierce wife at home, I really wouldn't dare!"
Hearing this, Wilshere's expression improved significantly.
That's right! This guy in front of him couldn't go around flirting with girls like he could. At such a young age, he hadn't even experienced the beauty of a field of flowers before falling into the cage called marriage.
From this perspective, he was at least having a lot more fun than Fly.
Fabregas saw Wilshere's smug expression and said with a wry smile, "Jack, you should still be careful. The Boss warned you recently that you should take it easy with some things."
Thinking of Wenger's serious expression, Wilshere's previously cheerful expression immediately became solemn.
Although Wenger doted on them, when it came to matters of principle, Arsène Wenger was always merciless.
Wilshere didn't dare to cross Wenger's red line, otherwise, as the former Arsenal prince who was already declining, he would definitely be abandoned by the team.
Wenger watched Fly and Fabregas chatting and laughing nearby, seemingly unaffected by the external public opinion, and couldn't help but nod.
The assistant coach beside him also couldn't help but sigh, "This kid truly has a natural big heart. He has never worried about anything, as if external pressure doesn't exist for him."
Wenger smiled kindly, "Of course, after all, he's the son of a super-rich man's family. The things he's seen since he was a child are not things ordinary people can access. He definitely knows how to deal with public opinion."
This training session was mainly focused on recovery training and wasn't intense, as the North London Derby against Tottenham had just ended yesterday, and the players' physical condition was far from optimal.
After the match, Wenger found Fly and chatted for a couple of minutes. He didn't delve into what Fly said in the interview but warned him about the tactics and language of media journalists, telling him not to take it to heart and that ignoring it was the best approach.
Fly suddenly said to Wenger, "Boss, my agent has contacted the Guinness officials for me. A special team is expected to come here in a few days to test my 100-meter speed. I hope the Boss can agree to let them in then."
Wenger looked at Fly with a hint of surprise upon hearing this, but eventually nodded in agreement.
To be honest, he was also very curious if Fly could indeed run the incredible time he claimed.
If that were the case, then he, Arsène, had severely underestimated this child.
"God's favor! After missing so many young geniuses, he has finally bestowed upon Arsenal a peerless anomaly. This can be considered the end of hardship and the beginning of prosperity."
Wenger had to admit that the genius he hadn't missed this time was stronger than he could comprehend.
He had never thought that there would be a football player in this world who could run the 100 meters in under 10 seconds.
Especially when this football player was actually less than 18 years old, which was quite outrageous.
Thinking of this, Wenger immediately felt that he had to give Fly more tactical focus.
The previous tactical focus wasn't enough; it needed to be strengthened in the future!
Only by letting Fly have the ball more often could his growth be accelerated.
.....
At 8 PM, Fly, fully disguised, secretly picked up Taylor from the airport.
Since he was currently at the center of public attention, Fly, who had never been used to disguising himself before, put on a disguise for the first time.
However, perhaps it was his first time disguising himself, leading to many mistakes.
Almost immediately after picking up Taylor, Fly was recognized by passersby around him.
"Fly!!!"
"Taylor!!!"
Amidst a crowd of passersby shouting wildly, Fly ran with Taylor all the way, finally getting into the pre-arranged car and driving away.
But even so, the photos of Fly picking up Taylor at the airport were immediately circulated.
Major media outlets, especially The Sun, printed them in an emergency that very night.
It was foreseeable that the news of Fly and Taylor would spread throughout England first thing the next morning.
On the way home, Taylor looked at her lover beside her, who had his mouth and nose completely covered, and chuckled, "Darling, do you know how cute you look right now?"
"Don't move, let me take a picture!" Seeing Fly trying to take off his sunglasses and scarf, Taylor quickly stopped him.
Then she took out her phone, had Fly strike a pose, and took several photos until she was satisfied with one, then stopped.
Immediately after, Taylor uploaded this photo to Twitter and Facebook with the caption: "Can you guess who this guy is?"
Instantly, Taylor's tweet and Facebook post both climbed to the top of the trending lists.
During this time, both Taylor, who had released a new album, and Fly, who was caught in a storm of public opinion, were focal points of public media attention.
Now that these two focal figures were together, the amount of heat they would generate was imaginable.
Upon returning home, Fly and Taylor chatted a few more sentences about what had happened to them during this period, even though this 'period' was only less than three days in total.
But Fly and Taylor, this pair of lovers, still chatted with great interest.
After all, for couples in love, let alone being separated for three days, even being separated for three hours would make them miss each other.
After taking a shower, Fly and Taylor didn't say much else and quickly got together.....
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In addition to Arsenal's 4-3 victory over Tottenham, the results of the fourteenth round of the Premier League saw Manchester United also defeat Wigan Athletic 2-0, preventing the points gap with Arsenal from widening further.
Currently, the Red Devils have 28 points from 14 matches, still 12 points behind Arsenal.
Chelsea, on the other hand, suffered a surprising 0-1 away loss to Birmingham, experiencing two consecutive League defeats and being overtaken by Manchester City in the standings, dropping to fourth place.
The latter defeated Fulham 4-1 in this round of the League, reaching 25 points and overtaking Chelsea on goal difference.
From the twelfth round to the fourteenth round of the Premier League, Chelsea was successively overtaken by Manchester United and Manchester City due to two consecutive defeats.
It must be said that the competition in the Premier League is just that intense.
In the eyes of Fleet Street, Arsenal's undefeated record of 13 wins and 1 draw this season is simply a miracle.
However, considering that Arsenal now has a super monster in their team who has scored 24 goals in 13 League matches, it doesn't seem so strange anymore.
After all, if any team had a goal-scoring machine capable of scoring 24 goals in 13 League matches, that team's performance couldn't be bad!
Keep in mind that the total number of goals scored by many teams combined might not even reach this figure.
What's more, this is just the goal-scoring data of one person?
Just as the Fleet Street media felt that Arsenal was truly going to achieve something great this season, Arsenal slapped their faces again in the Champions League match away to Braga on November 24th.
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