Taylor didn't push the issue. After making a few adjustments to her pitch, she began to play.
"I am not the kind of girl"
"who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasion"
"..."
Watching Taylor sit on the tall stool, one leg supporting her while the other rested on the stool's rung, she settled the guitar in her arms.
The air of a country singer immediately came through.
Li Yufei knew nothing about music, but at least he understood one simple thing.
Whether a song sounded good in the ordinary sense.
If a song sounded good even to people who knew nothing about music,
then it was definitely a good song!
It was as simple as that...
Taylor was able to become a wildly popular superstar in the future because so many of her songs were catchy and not complicated at all.
They made people feel comfortable and want to keep listening.
That was exactly how Li Yufei felt now.
He didn't understand a thing, but listening to her was just so pleasant.
Especially when the latest Grammy Award winner was singing just for him. That sense of fulfillment definitely made the experience even better.
Watching his blonde girlfriend's fingers fly over the strings as she sang softly, her body swaying gently to the rhythm,
Li Yufei was completely entranced.
After singing a few songs in a row, Taylor noticed that her boyfriend was utterly mesmerized by her. She couldn't help smiling smugly.
Just look at my charm. Getting my man wrapped around my finger is a piece of cake!
She stepped closer and waved a hand in front of Li Yufei's eyes, then said softly:
"Ah Fei, wake up. Your beautiful and charming girlfriend has finished singing."
"Ah, they're all good. Mm, really..." Coming back to himself, Li Yufei responded instinctively. He thought Taylor was asking if he liked the songs, so his answer completely missed the point.
Taylor was amused and annoyed by her man's unconscious response.
"Darling, what do you mean? Are you saying my songs aren't good? Do you have to brush me off like that?"
"Ahem, no. I was just captivated watching you sing. Really, sis, you're so beautiful—I can't handle it." Li Yufei came to his senses and hurried to explain.
Taylor had only been pretending to be angry. Hearing her boyfriend's heartfelt confession made her feel sweeter than if she'd eaten honey.
"Alright, stop flattering me. I know you too well—you're tone-deaf, heh..." Taylor wasn't fooled by Li Yufei's little tricks.
Li Yufei saw that he couldn't explain himself, so he gave up trying. He stepped forward, wrapped his arms around his girlfriend, and kissed her.
Taylor was helpless against Li Yufei's puppy-like antics. In the end, she could only toss her guitar aside and kiss him back.
After all, she wasn't that easy to take advantage of. If Li Yufei got something from her, she'd take something from him in return!
And so, the temperature in the bedroom began rising rapidly once more.
Before long, a passionate encounter unfolded in the little bedroom...
(The next fifty thousand words are omitted. There's nothing worth reading...)
August 26.
The draw for the 2010–2011 UEFA Champions League group stage was held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.
As the draw took place, Li Yufei happened to be watching it at the Colney Training Centre with Wilshere, Fabregas, and the others.
"I wonder how our draw will go this year. Hopefully we'll get lucky and land in an easier group," Fabregas said to Li Yufei and the others.
Li Yufei shook his head and teased, "The group-stage opponents don't really matter. Arsenal will qualify for the group stage no matter what. The knockout stage is what matters."
"I just hope Arsenal doesn't draw Barcelona right away in the knockout stage again."
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"We've played Barcelona so often these past few years that I'm sick of them."
Hearing Li Yufei's teasing, Fabregas and the others could only smile wryly.
He was right. Arsenal had been drawing Barcelona far too often in recent years.
In last year's UEFA Champions League quarterfinals, Arsenal had faced Barcelona.
In the end, they'd been eliminated 6–3 on aggregate.
In the second leg at Barcelona's home ground, Camp Nou, Messi had scored a four-goal haul, practically single-handedly tearing Arsenal apart.
And then there was the 2005–06 Champions League final.
Arsenal had lost 2–1 to Barcelona and ultimately missed out on the title.
But Arsenal's players had never really accepted the result of that match.
After all, their goalkeeper had been sent off just 18 minutes into the game. They'd been down to ten men for the rest of the match, yet even after taking the lead, they'd still been beaten 2–1 by Barcelona.
There was no way Arsenal could accept that kind of situation in a final.
But in their match against Dream Team Barcelona last year, they'd simply been outplayed. There was nothing more to say.
Now, all the Arsenal players hoped was to avoid Barcelona in the knockout stage—or at least not to meet them too early.
Otherwise, this season would just repeat the past few years.
They'd most likely end up empty-handed again!
Fabregas felt like he really couldn't take it anymore.
If he had any choice, he'd want to return to Barcelona, but the club didn't need him now.
Li Yufei and the others had no idea what Fabregas was thinking.
Even if Li Yufei knew that Fabregas would pay out of his own pocket to return to Barcelona the following year, he wouldn't care.
At least while Fabregas was at Arsenal, his professional attitude had never been a problem.
As long as he played well for Arsenal and didn't slack off, Li Yufei wouldn't hold it against him.
If he wanted to go back to Barcelona afterward, Li Yufei wouldn't stop him. He'd wish him well and send him on his way.
After all, with Li Yufei at Arsenal, the club was bound to take a completely different path from the one in his previous life.
If Li Yufei didn't even have that much confidence, how could he call himself the GOAT of the Football World?
Turning his attention back to the television, he saw UEFA giving a brief recap of some of the highlights from last season's Champions League.
UEFA then presented the award for last season's Best Goalkeeper.
Everyone already knew who would win even before the announcement. Julio Cesar, the Brazilian goalkeeper who had won the title with Inter Milan, took the honor.
Next, Inter Milan's right back Maicon won Best Defender.
Inter Milan midfielder Sneijder won Best Midfielder.
Inter Milan striker Diego Milito won Best Forward.
Diego Milito was also named last season's UEFA Champions League Best Player, completing Inter Milan's Grand Slam.
After the awards ceremony ended, the Champions League group-stage draw that countless viewers had been waiting for officially began.
The teams in Pot One this season were the defending champions Inter Milan, Spain's Dream Team III Dynasty Barcelona, Premier League powerhouse Manchester United, the Iron-Blooded Blues Chelsea, Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich, Ligue 1 powerhouse Lyon, the veteran Serie A side AC Milan, and the Gunners Arsenal.
Looking at the makeup of Pot One, the Premier League had three teams, Serie A had two, and La Liga, the Bundesliga, and Ligue 1 each had one.
The Premier League's position as the world's number one league seemed secure.
Pot Two consisted of Werder Bremen, Real Madrid, Roma, Shakhtar Donetsk, Benfica, Valencia, Marseille, and the Greek side Panathinaikos.
Pot Three included Tottenham Hotspur, Rangers, Ajax, Schalke 04, Basel, Braga, Copenhagen, and Spartak Moscow.
The teams in the final pot were Hapoel Tel Aviv, Twente, Rubin Kazan, Auxerre, CFR Cluj, Partizan Belgrade, Zilina, and Bursaspor.
The only surprise was Real Madrid being placed in Pot Two.
But given their poor record over the past five seasons, during which they hadn't made it to the quarterfinals even once,
they had no one to blame for being placed in Pot Two but themselves.
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