After the Arsenal VS Wigan Athletic match ended, related media reports quickly flooded the public's view.
The Telegraph: Stunning Comeback, Arsenal Scores Five Goals in 40 Minutes, Reversing Wigan Athletic, Fly's Hat-trick is a god Descending!"
Daily Mail: Superhero Performance, Fly Adams Single-handedly Creates Three Goals in 10 Minutes, Leading Arsenal to Reverse Wigan Athletic
Sky Sports: Arsenal Achieves 14 Consecutive Premier League Wins, Creating a New Premier League Winning Streak Record"
The Times: The Most Terrifying Rookie in History, Fly Adams Maintains a Perfect Record in 22 Official Matches Since His Debut"
The Sun: Arsenal Superstar Fly Allegedly Engaged in Inappropriate Activities with United States Country Pop Princess Taylor Swift After the Match"
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The day after Arsenal defeated Wigan Athletic, Fly's 18th birthday arrived.
Fly, born on December 31, 1992, turned exactly 18 today.
Dad Li and Annie even flew from the United States to London specifically to celebrate their son's birthday.
For a typical birthday, the couple definitely wouldn't make the trip personally; usually, a phone call with a birthday wish would suffice.
As for birthday gifts, Fly hadn't received any since he turned 14.
According to Dad Li and Annie, birthday gifts are only for children; Fly is already grown up and doesn't need such things.
Naturally, Fly was speechless about this, but he didn't protest either.
It wasn't because protesting was ineffective, but rather that he himself, influenced by memories of his previous life, didn't really attach much importance to birthdays.
After all, in his previous life, as a small-town student born in September, his birthday every year was spent at school. What "birthday celebration" was there?
It simply didn't exist!
Whether it was his parents or Fly himself, it was basically normal school life, no different from usual.
This directly led to him still not attaching much importance to birthdays in this reborn life, just as before.
However, in this life, due to his excellent background, his birthday was remembered by many people who wanted to curry favor with him or Dad Li and Annie.
These people would always send birthday gifts on Fly's birthday, or at the very least, send birthday wishes.
Over time, this caused Fly to develop some resistance to celebrating his birthday.
To put it bluntly, Fly didn't know these people who came to curry favor with him at all.
Just thinking about a group of strangers celebrating his birthday felt awkward.
Therefore, Fly was never very enthusiastic about his birthday since he was young, and it even often happened that he didn't know it was his birthday on the actual day.
It was only after he got together with Taylor that Taylor started preparing these things.
Although Fly himself didn't attach importance to his birthday, Taylor, as his girlfriend, attached great importance to it.
Fly remembered that the year he turned 15, which was the first birthday he celebrated after being with Taylor, Taylor even specifically invited a few close friends to celebrate Fly's birthday together.
Of course, including birthday gifts, Taylor had always given them.
Later, after Taylor learned that her man was indifferent to birthdays, she automatically took over the responsibility of celebrating them.
Every time, Fly only needed to go through the motions like a puppet.
Taylor handled everything else.
Fly was happy to be free and didn't bother with this matter anymore.
However, this birthday was completely different because it was Fly's 18th birthday, the birthday that symbolized his coming of age.
Therefore, Dad Li and Annie, the couple who were rarely seen throughout the year, also came to London to celebrate their son's birthday.
This was also a rare occasion for Fly to see his Dad and Mom twice within a week.
This was simply impossible in the past few years.
After all, Dad Li and Annie were both very busy people; except for Western holidays like Christmas, they basically didn't spend much time at home.
It was already very difficult for Fly to see one of the couple, let alone seeing both at once?
Since today's birthday was a family celebration, Taylor didn't invite her friends to help out.
Including those strangers who knew Fly came of age today, they only posted updates on social media wishing Fly a happy birthday.
Clearly, these people were shrewd; they knew that on this day, it wasn't appropriate for outsiders like them to curry favor, as it would only backfire.
After Dad Li and Annie got off the plane, Fly and Taylor had already been waiting for a long time.
"Dad, Mom!"
The moment Taylor saw Annie, she ran up and hugged her.
"TayTay, let Mom have a look, wow, you've become even more beautiful. That brat son of mine is really lucky to have found such a beautiful and virtuous girlfriend. I'm so jealous of him..."
Seeing his Mom immediately criticize him in front of Taylor, Fly couldn't help but curl his lip.
Should I say it or not, is mocking one's son a required skill for every parent?
Too lazy to pay attention to his Mom who was holding Taylor and badmouthing him, Fly stepped forward and walked with Dad Li.
"Dad, you still remember your son's 18th birthday, that's really rare..."
Fly indicated that he also wanted to be sarcastic; he couldn't always be unilaterally mocked by his parents.
Hearing this, Dad Li squinted at his unfilial son, and grunted:
"You brat shouldn't act all innocent after getting a good deal here. If it weren't for your wife telling me and your Mom, I wouldn't have bothered coming!"
The Tsundere Dad Li would absolutely not admit that he had known his son's coming of age date all along.
After all, he wasn't the kind of truly irresponsible parent. Could Dad Li not care about his only son?
Dad Li might be too lazy to pay attention to some minor matters, but as long as it was a major event, there was nothing Dad Li didn't know.
Fly turning 18 was, without a doubt, a major event in Dad Li's eyes.
No matter how little he cared about Fly's regular birthdays on weekdays, he had to care about his 18th coming of age birthday.
Even without Taylor, he and Annie would still come to celebrate their son's coming of age birthday.
"Oh right, brat, I need to tell you, I'm going to hold a coming of age ceremony for you in the United States in a few days. Remember to attend then."
Hearing this, Fly was stunned for a moment. The thought of not wanting to go to that kind of banquet played tricks on his mind, and after hesitating for a moment, he still found an excuse.
"Dad, you know I still have matches to play. How can I have time during this period...?"
Hearing this, Dad Li didn't indulge Fly, grunted, and said lightly, "Stop babbling here. I've already looked at your schedule for the next few matches."
"After January 6th next year, Arsenal will have an English League Cup and an FA Cup match. I've asked Wenger, and he said you won't be fielded in these two matches."
"So you will have nearly 10 days of non-match time then. This time is enough for you to attend the coming of age ceremony I'm holding for you."
Alright, he knows my schedule like the back of his hand, and he still says he doesn't usually pay attention to my matches?
Fly complained inwardly, but he also knew his excuse was useless.
Since he couldn't use work as an excuse, Fly naturally had to bite the bullet and attend the so-called "upper-class party".
Seeing the displeasure on his son's face, Dad Li still offered a word of comfort.
"Alright, don't be unhappy here. It's just attending a few banquets, it's not like it's going to kill you. Why are you so upset?"
"Don't worry, your Mom will host the banquet then. You just need to be there; you can just put on a show and don't need to interact with those people..."
Dad Li knew that his son was very averse to such banquets and disliked parties that were essentially about networking and discussing cooperation.
He preferred to associate with people he liked, even if their social status wasn't high.
Dad Li had no intention of changing Fly's mind, because as the saying goes, it's easier to change rivers and mountains than one's nature.
Since his son had such a personality, he could only guide him in the most appropriate way.
After returning to Fly's home in London, Annie and the private chef Dad Li had called also started serving the meal.
For this family coming of age ceremony, Annie still prepared a lot in advance.
Whether it was the birthday gifts she had never given in the past few years or the food, she had prepared everything.
Since this coming of age ceremony was held internally by the Li family, everything was kept simple and not complicated.
Annie also knew her son's temperament; he disliked formalities, and the simpler and more relaxed, the better.
Therefore, she didn't call too many staff; there were only a few people throughout the entire coming of age ceremony.
This was exactly what Fly wanted. Finally, under the gaze of Dad Li, Annie, and Taylor, Fly blew out the candle symbolizing his 18th birthday and made a birthday wish in his heart.
After dinner was finished, Fly took a photo and edited a caption: "Turned 18! In the blink of an eye, I've transformed from a minor to an adult. Time flies too fast..."
After Fly's update was posted, it quickly topped the trending lists on social platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Weibo, etc.
Many people only then realized that today was Fly's 18th birthday.
For a time, people from different countries sent their blessings in different languages on various social platforms.
[Oh my god, forgive me Fly, this is the first time I knew you were still a minor. Sorry, I always thought you were an adult, after all, a minor couldn't possibly produce such terrifying performances!]
[18 years old? Are you kidding me? So before today, Fly was even a minor who didn't need to bear full legal responsibility? Oh, god Jesus, this world must be crazy!]
[I'm genuinely envious of Taylor. She, a 21-year-old older woman, actually found a young grass who just turned 18. An old cow eating young grass is truly abominable. Sisters, attack Taylor with me!]
[Fly is already the star player of Premier League giants Arsenal at the age of 18. Think about what I was doing at 18? Holy crap, I was still worried about whether I could get into university back then. Comparing people really makes you angry!]
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