Does Taylor know this gift from Fly was his idea?
Of course she knows it wasn't; don't underestimate a woman, especially a sharp-minded strong woman like Taylor.
If it were someone she wasn't familiar with, maybe they could fool her.
But for a beloved she's lived with for a long time like Fly, to put it bluntly, Taylor knows exactly what shape poop Fly squats down to make, how could such a little trick hide from her?
But in front of outsiders, Taylor wouldn't expose her own family.
"Honey, I love it. This is the best birthday gift I've ever received." Taylor wrapped her arms around Fly's neck and kissed him.
A couple started French kissing in broad daylight, immediately causing the surrounding people to cheer and jeer.
Selena took out her phone, frantically taking pictures and even recording a video.
After the kiss, Taylor's face was slightly flushed, her already fair skin looked rosy white, exceptionally beautiful.
Fly, on the other hand, licked the corner of his lips as if enjoying it, and noticing Wilshere's envious gaze, he couldn't help but smile slightly.
Hehe... Envious, aren't you! The idol you like is my girlfriend, hahahaha, aren't you mad?
Fly would never say such crazy things, but thinking them in his heart was unavoidable.
After the gift-giving segment ended, everyone gathered around the Armani Casa camel velvet sofa, and Fly personally lit the La Bouche Rouge lipstick-shaped candle.
Selena suddenly raised her phone: "Wait! Karlie Kloss just got off the Paris runway!"
The figure of a Victoria's Secret Angel appeared on the FaceTime screen, and Blake seized the opportunity to smear cream on the lens: "Miss Supermodel, how many pieces of cake is a birthday wish worth?"
Karlie Kloss said to Taylor on this side from the other end of the screen: "Sorry Taytay, I really don't have time to attend your birthday party, I'm so sorry~~~"
Karlie Kloss, still working hard in the modeling world, hadn't yet become the wealthy lady who would become sisters-in-law with the eldest princess in the future.
As a Victoria's Secret model, Karlie Kloss's schedule was packed. This time, Taylor's birthday happened to coincide with the Victoria's Secret show in Paris, so she couldn't come.
Taylor shook her head and said understandingly, "It's okay, Karlie, I know you're busy. For women our age, career is the most important thing. It's just a birthday party, it's fine."
Watching Taylor and Karlie Kloss on the other side of the screen chatting enthusiastically, Fly didn't stop them.
Although he knew this woman would kick Taylor while she was down during the future online harassment incident orchestrated by Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, essentially backstabbing her good friend.
But right now, her relationship with Taylor is indeed quite good, and Fly couldn't possibly use future events to persuade Taylor to cut ties with her now.
Although, given Fly's important position in Taylor's heart, she would undoubtedly kick her friend to the curb without hesitation if Fly genuinely requested it.
But Fly didn't want to do that, because it would make Taylor feel he was being too willful.
Moreover, in this life, with him present, the incident where Kanye snatched Taylor's microphone at the 2009 MTV Awards didn't happen.
Even if Kanye himself is a mentally unstable guy, his agent is Braun, a Jew.
You can call Jews bad, call Jews vampires, but you absolutely cannot think Jews are fools.
Braun, who might have been the mastermind behind Kanye snatching the microphone in the previous life, was completely honest when facing Taylor in this life.
At least throughout the entire 2009 MTV Awards ceremony, no accidents occurred, and Kanye never appeared from beginning to end.
Fly wasn't sure why this change happened, but he didn't care.
Because whether it was Kanye, or Braun, or the Jewish capital behind Braun, Fly didn't care about any of them.
Although he was usually kind and unpretentious, this didn't mean he was weak and easily bullied.
If Fly were truly angered, although he himself didn't have much ability, he did have the skill of complaining to his parents.
As for the power of Braun and the Jewish capital in the entertainment industry behind him, Fly's parents in this life truly didn't take them seriously.
Based on Fly's fragmented understanding over the years, the circle Dad Li and Annie were in was the very top circle in all of North America.
Although Fly was also puzzled as to how his Chinese-American father managed to squeeze into the top circle of North America.
But according to his mother Annie's revelation, his father was far more impressive than he imagined, and even the Adams Family sought to marry into his father's family back then, rather than his father marrying into theirs.
Coupled with the fact that Fly's mother and Dad Li already had a foundation of affection, they naturally got together and soon after gave birth to him, this unworthy son.
Fly generally didn't care much about the elders' affairs, because in this life, he was purely enjoying the life of a rich second generation and didn't bother with anything else.
As long as it didn't affect him, Fly usually adopted an attitude of 'it's none of my business, hang it high'.
After Taylor said goodbye to Karlie, Ed spontaneously played an adapted version of the birthday song, stringing together all of Taylor's song titles as rhymes.
Taylor, surrounded by everyone, blew out the candles symbolizing her 21st birthday.
Then Taylor herself began cutting the cake for everyone.
Although Taylor never did manual labor, cutting a cake was something she had done since she was a child, so it was naturally not a problem.
Fly, on the other hand, was distributing cake to the guests on the side. Every time Taylor finished cutting a piece, Fly would hand one out.
This was originally the work of servants, but since it was Taylor's birthday today, the host and hostess naturally did it together.
As the rare afternoon sun slanted through the window, the butler served Fortnum & Mason refreshments.
Fly glanced at the Omega wristwatch Taylor had given him – only six hours remained until the pre-match warm-up.
The Arsenal players who came to the party had already said their goodbyes in advance, preparing to return to the training base and take a bus to Manchester City.
Since Fly had informed Wenger in advance, this time he wouldn't travel with the team by bus to Old Trafford.
He quietly swapped the champagne for Evian water. Seeing this, Taylor smeared cream on the tip of his nose: "Don't worry, I won't let the birthday girl's privilege delay you teaching Manchester United a lesson tonight."
The doorbell rang again. Paul McCartney, covered in snowflakes, was holding the guitar used in the '1p!' documentary: "I heard there's a birthday girl here who needs a Beatles Easter egg?"
As the melody of "Yesterday" mixed with laughter drifted towards the Thames River, Fly pressed the remote control, and the entire window turned into a projection screen, playing congratulatory videos recorded by everyone from Nashville neighbors to Elton John.
Taylor snuggled in Fly's arms the whole time, laughing like a little fool.
At three in the afternoon, Fly put on his Arsenal training jacket. Taylor wore the antique key close to her body and placed a mint candy Fly liked in his palm: "After you score tonight, remember to make this gesture towards the camera—"
She made the "21" gesture, and mascara smudged into a tiny galaxy at the corner of her eye.
"Okay, remember to come watch the game tonight." Although he knew it was a pointless remark, Fly still said it subconsciously.
"Of course, my boyfriend is putting on a performance for me on my 21st birthday, I have to be there!" Taylor adjusted Fly's clothes with her hand.
As everyone raised their Wedgwood bone china cups to toast, Taylor noticed that all the greeting cards had a miniature guitar pick pattern in the bottom right corner.
Fly produced a Fender pick necklace engraved with "TS21": "Next year it will become an Emirates Stadium VIP pass, I swear!"
After saying this, Fly said goodbye to Taylor's friends and left their home in London; he was going to the battlefield.
Taylor stood in front of the yard watching Fly drive away, gazing for a full two minutes before returning inside at Selena's reminder.
The intermittent snow in London stopped, and Chelsea boots stepped on the thin ice at the corner of Kensington Street.
As Abigail began recounting Taylor's embarrassing middle school stories, the birthday girl was rubbing the key's teeth marks.
Her twenty-first birthday heartbeat resonated with the London Underground. Waiting for her in the attic, besides old sheet music, was a note Fly had hidden in the gramophone:
"Tonight I will turn Old Trafford into your birthday fireworks..."
As a female celebrity with explosive popularity, the media naturally knew Taylor's exact birthday.
Although this birthday party was held at Fly and Taylor's home in London.
But many sharp-nosed paparazzi reporters from Fleet Street had already photographed everyone entering and leaving the villa.
Taylor's friends from the United States entertainment industry had nowhere to hide from the Fleet Street reporters.
As for the Arsenal players, they were even bigger celebrities in London. How could these local London media workers not recognize them?
Consequently, almost shortly after the birthday party began, the guest list for Taylor's birthday party had already been released by the media.
Of course, Taylor and Fly themselves had no intention of hiding it.
They had already posted relevant content on Twitter and Facebook, and group photos of everyone were clearly visible in the pictures.
With only a few hours until the big match between Arsenal and Manchester United, the appearance of this news would definitely cause controversy.
It would especially cause dissatisfaction among Arsenal and Manchester United fans.
The former would consider it unprofessional for Fly to celebrate his woman's birthday with a bunch of Arsenal players on the day of a big match.
You know, their opponent was the Red Devils Manchester United, Arsenal's long-time rival!
Facing such an opponent, Fly still had the mind to celebrate his girlfriend's birthday, and even brought along core players like Fabregas and Wilshere, which was simply treating the match like child's play.
As for the latter, they naturally felt that Fly's actions simply showed he didn't take Manchester United seriously, otherwise he absolutely wouldn't do something so relaxed before the match.
The media, naturally fearing nothing more than peace, added fuel to the fire frantically, even fabricating false reports like "Fly openly defies Manchester United, believes the Red Devils are vulnerable."
Other Premier League fans also sat in the front row to watch the drama unfold. For teams like Chelsea, Manchester City, and others still hoping to contend for the League title, they naturally hoped the match would end in a draw.
This way, they would still have a chance to narrow the gap with the teams ahead.
Of course, it would also be acceptable if Arsenal lost to Manchester United, after all, Arsenal's current lead is indeed a bit too large.
Even if Manchester United's game in hand was counted as 3 points, adding 3 points to Manchester United's total, they would still be 12 points behind Arsenal, a difference of four wins.
Not to mention that Arsenal has achieved numerous large scorelines in the League this season; no team can match them in goal difference.
For Manchester United to overtake Arsenal and reach the top of the Premier League, they must have more League points than Arsenal, which means a difference of four wins plus one draw.
This gap, with 22 rounds remaining in the Premier League, is actually not a small difference.
Considering that Arsenal has been crushing weaker teams steadily like an old dog since having Fly this season, expecting Arsenal to slip up against weaker teams is unrealistic.
Therefore, strong teams need to win as much as possible when playing against Arsenal, only then will they have a chance to complete a comeback.
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