Taylor Fan Meeting, Closer Than Husband and Wife

After spending half an hour alone with Taylor, the news of the match's end came from outside.

With a one-man advantage, Arsenal had pulled off a 5:1 victory over Blackburn Rovers, thanks to a last-minute goal from Van Persie.

When Li Yufei heard the news, the breath he'd been holding finally eased.

Good, good—as long as the task was done.

He'd just been afraid his teammates would let him down, that even after he'd gotten one of their defenders sent off, they'd still let the lead shrink.

If something like that had actually happened, Li Yufei would've been left speechless.

Luckily, his teammates weren't that pathetic; they didn't hold back when it came to kicking a man while he was down.

When his teammates entered the locker room, Taylor greeted each of them one by one.

Facing the new Country Pop Princess, Arsenal's players were gracious enough—at least their expressions toward Taylor were far friendlier than the ones they gave Li Yufei.

Among them, Li Yufei's good buddy Wilshere was the most excited.

"Wow, Taylor, I'm your fan—can I get a photo?"

Seeing his own brother instantly turn into a fangirl in front of his girlfriend, Li Yufei was completely taken aback.

Wait, Wilshere is Taylor's fan? How did I not know that?

Searching through his memory, Li Yufei suddenly recalled that in his past life, he'd seen some related news on some green app.

But back then, Taylor was already the world's top superstar after finishing her Eras Tour, far more famous than the current Country Pop Princess!

There was nothing strange about Wilshere being Taylor's fan at that time.

After all, in that era, Taylor's fans spanned the globe, crossing every field.

But for Wilshere to already be Taylor's fan now—that really caught Li Yufei off guard.

When Taylor heard Wilshere's request, she agreed with a smile:

"Of course. I heard you're a friend my boyfriend made during his Youth Training days. Thank you so much for being his friend during these two years when I've been busy."

"My boyfriend has a ton of flaws, but he's really a good person. Thanks for keeping him company."

Wilshere waved his hands repeatedly at that, saying it was nothing—he and Fry had become friends purely out of friendship, nothing to thank or not thank about.

Li Yufei, standing off to the side, was dumbfounded.

What does that mean?

What's with the "thank you so much for being friends with Wilshere"?

Is your boyfriend's social circle really that pathetic?

Do you need to thank someone just for being friends with your man?

Li Yufei said he didn't get it.

But the truth was, Taylor was just stating facts.

In this life, Li Yufei, all things considered, really didn't have many friends.

One reason was that his background was very good, so the people he came into contact with were mostly teenagers from middle-class families and above.

With fewer people to meet, the odds of finding someone who matched his taste were lower.

Plus, influenced by his past life's mindset, Li Yufei couldn't align his values with many rich kids.

That also meant Li Yufei didn't have many close friends in this life.

As for after he started playing football, the teenage players Li Yufei met were mostly from backgrounds too different from his own.

That directly led to very few people genuinely wanting to hang out with Li Yufei.

Even if there were any, they mostly approached him with other motives.

Having lived two lives, Li Yufei wasn't naive—he had no good face for those with ulterior motives.

As a result, Li Yufei's social circle was even more pitiful.

Even when he first got to know his girlfriend, Li Yufei once thought Taylor had approached him because of his family background.

Only later did he realize it was all a misunderstanding.

The reason Taylor first reached out to him was purely because Li Yufei's looks in this life hit all her buttons.

In other words, this was a romance that developed entirely from "love at first sight."

Later, as they dated, Taylor found that being with Li Yufei was comfortable and that it sparked her music inspiration, so their relationship deepened.

Add in the system's binding, and the feelings between Taylor and Li Yufei had been steadily heating up.

Now, this couple was basically no different from a married couple, except that Li Yufei, as the man, hadn't yet reached the legal marriage age.

Both sets of parents had already met a year ago, and Taylor addressed Li's Father and Anne as "Dad" and "Mom."

So when Taylor thanked Wilshere, it wasn't so much a girlfriend's concern for her boyfriend.

Rather, it was a wife's relief that her husband had found a good friend.

Of course, that friend had to be male.

If Li Yufei had any so-called female friends, Taylor wouldn't be playing the role of the "virtuous wife" right now.

After taking a photo with Wilshere, Taylor exchanged a few words with Wenger, who had just walked in.

Li Yufei was too far away to catch what they said, but from Taylor's lip movements and head gestures, it looked like she was thanking Wenger or something similar.

Wenger, as always, remained genteel and reserved, merely nodding politely and gesturing with his hand that it was no trouble.

Just then, Wilshere, done with the photo, sidled up and whispered:

"Frey, I'm seriously jealous of you. Having such an amazing girlfriend—not just a huge star, but so thoughtful and caring. Did you save the galaxy in your past life or something?"

Li Yufei rolled his eyes and shot back, "Wait until you're under tight control—then you won't be jealous of me."

Wilshere seemed to recall something at that and shuddered. "Yeah, no thanks. Thinking about it, you never hit the clubs or bars. That's all your girlfriend's doing, right?"

Li Yufei didn't answer, just turned his back to let him figure it out.

Taking Li Yufei's silence as confirmation, Wilshere put himself in his shoes for a moment and immediately felt that kind of life would be an absolute nightmare for him!

After all, Wilshere's private life wasn't exactly spotless.

Just recently, he'd been accused of sexual harassment at a nightclub against a stranger.

Wenger had even warned him about it, telling him to clean up his act.

If a guy like that got reined in by a girlfriend, he'd be suffocated alive!