Not only would Taylor not let her family do this, but Fly's personality also destined him to be unable to become the live-in son-in-law found in traditional novels.
Taking a step back, even if Fly didn't have good parents and was an orphan with nothing.
Even if he were living off Taylor, he would be eating that soft rice with backbone.
Even if his financial ability wasn't as good as his girlfriend's, he wouldn't really let her family or friends bully him.
If Fly were to put himself in the perspective of the male protagonist in a live-in son-in-law novel, he would definitely slap them the moment his mother-in-law, sister-in-law, or girlfriend's friends insulted him.
How dare they!
Fly didn't care about the consequences of doing that; he just wanted to feel good first.
Making himself feel wronged was something Fly absolutely couldn't do; he really couldn't help it.
His temper was just this rotten; he truly couldn't make himself feel wronged.
After returning home, Fly and Taylor immediately turned on the heating, then snuggled together and watched TV.
After all, it was already a bit late when they returned to the United States today; even in United States time, it was already 3 PM.
At this time, there was still some time until dinner, and it wasn't yet the evening suitable for evening fun, making it a very awkward time.
A couple needing to relieve flight fatigue naturally could only hug and watch TV together.
Regarding the cliche and melodramatic romance dramas on TV, Fly had no interest at all; he could only hug the intently watching Taylor with one hand and play on his phone with the other.
After a few hours of travel, the update Fly posted when leaving London had completely exploded.
There were already as many as tens of thousands of comments underneath the Twitter post, and they were still rapidly increasing.
The trending list also reached second place, only second to #TaylorReturnsToTheUnitedStates#.
That's right, ranking first on the United States domestic trending list was Fly's girlfriend Taylor.
Regarding this, Fly could only express his speechlessness; it was clearly one event, namely, "Fly and Taylor return to the United States together".
But the trending topics insisted on splitting it into two, putting himself below and Taylor above.
Fly was also speechless regarding this differential treatment.
However, this also reflected a reality, which was that although Fly's popularity on the land of North America had rapidly soared because of the news from the previous period.
But compared to Taylor, who had cultivated this land for many years, his foundation was still a bit too weak.
When two people were on the trending list at the same time, people still often put Taylor above him.
Fly was helpless regarding this phenomenon; after all, an English football player wanting to compare influence with Taylor in North America was purely a futile effort.
Fly had this self-awareness and wouldn't fantasize about unrealistic things.
Perhaps she was tired of watching melodramatic dramas, Taylor changed the channel and happened to switch to the Hollywood channel, and looking at 'Stone Sister' Emma Stone being interviewed by 'Los Angeles Weekly' on TV, Taylor seemed to remember something and repeatedly shook Fly's arm:
"Hani, there's something I forgot to say. Emma asked us to spend Christmas together. How about we go to Los Angeles then?"
Hearing this, Fly was full of questions: "Elder sister, we definitely have to spend Christmas with family. Why is Emma asking us?"
For Western countries, Christmas is like the Spring Festival in East Asia; unless absolutely necessary, it is always spent with family.
In this life, Fly had spent every Christmas with his parents, even after dating Taylor, they also spent it together as two families, and he really hadn't had the experience of spending Christmas outside.
Taylor pinched Fly's nose, sighed, and spoke in a tone of "my man is an idiot".
"Of course I know we have to spend Christmas with family," she said. "I'm talking about the Christmas holiday. Emma asked us to go over and get together, and while we're at it, I'll also introduce you to some Hollywood friends. Then, in case there are any voting-based awards in football, they can even help you campaign for votes."
Hearing this, Fly only then understood that he had just misunderstood; his girlfriend was just asking him to go to Los Angeles for the Christmas holiday.
As for the campaigning for votes and so on later, Fly didn't really care.
Football awards don't have awards that rely purely on fan votes like the NBA All-Star Game.
The effect of celebrity campaigning for votes is minimal; although it can't be said to be completely useless, it can also be ignored.
However, since Taylor wanted to help him expand his network, Fly didn't really mind; anyway, he hadn't had many close friends in the United States these past years.
Those fair-weather friends had mostly cut ties after Fly went to the United Kingdom, and it was also time to expand his social circle in the United States.
"Okay, I'll listen to elder sister..." Seeing 'Stone Sister' being interviewed on TV, Fly suddenly remembered The Amazing Spider-Man he watched in his previous life.
As the first superhero movie Fly watched in a cinema, he was still deeply impressed by Gwen, played by 'Stone Sister'.
"Did Emma Stone win an award? I see the host is asking her about awards." Regarding Hollywood, Fly didn't know much, either in his previous life or this one.
Besides Black Widow Scarlett Johansson from Marvel, 'Stone Sister' Emma Stone, Transformers female lead Megan Fox, Jessica Alba, who very much fits the aesthetic of Eastern people, and Anne Hathaway, who played 'Catwoman' and was later cyberbullied across the internet just like Taylor.
Fly basically found it difficult to name other female stars.
He even felt that he had seen some people, but he just didn't know their names.
As for male actors, as a veteran Avengers fan, he only knew 'Iron Man' Robert Downey Jr. and the male lead of Titanic, Little Leo.
He didn't even know the name of the actor who played Captain America.
This extreme lack of Hollywood common knowledge was, on the one hand, because Fly had no interest in learning about it in either his previous life or this one.
He was just a very pure movie watcher; besides watching movies, he rarely paid attention to the stories behind them.
On the other hand, he was too busy; in his previous life, he was a diligent student from a small town, and in this life, he was a football player, so how could he have the mind to pay attention to entertainment news?
But Taylor was different; she was originally from the United States entertainment industry, and dealing with these industry insiders was a perfectly normal thing.
Even Fly didn't know how many Hollywood stars Taylor actually knew; even though he knew a lot about his girlfriend in this life, some private connections were not something he could know.
"That's right. Emma's starring role in Easy A this year was a great success. With this movie, she received a nomination for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy at the 68th Ballon dOr, and there's also a possibility of winning an award at next year's MTV Movie Awards."
Hearing the term 'Ballon dOr', Fly was stunned for a moment. Forgive his lack of knowledge, but so the film and television industry also has a 'Ballon dOr'?
"This film and television industry Ballon dOr couldn't be copied from the football Ballon dOr, could it?"
Seeing Fly's stunned look, Taylor impatiently tapped his head and explained: "Hani, you don't think the Ballon dOr is unique to English football, do you?"
"What are you thinking? You know, the Hollywood Ballon dOr started being held during World War II! It was held more than ten years earlier than the Ballon dOr in the field of English football!"
"Even if it was plagiarism, it would be the football world plagiarizing the film and television world. Don't get things backwards here."
Fly shrugged his shoulders and said: "Sorry, I always thought the awards in the film and television industry were just the Oscars. I really hadn't heard of any other awards."
Seeing that her boyfriend knew nothing about the United States entertainment industry, and remembering that she really hadn't talked to him about this before, Taylor gave him some basic information.
"The Ballon dOr in the film and television industry is different from the Ballon dOr in English football. It is an award hosted by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The prestige of this award is only average; it can't even serve as a barometer for the Oscar Awards. It can't compare to that highest individual honor in football..."
Fly nodded in a feigned manner, trying his best to appear as if he was listening carefully.
To be honest, he was really not interested in these things; if it weren't for the fact that his girlfriend was in the United States entertainment industry, he wouldn't even bother interacting with people in this industry.
After all, Fly's family's relationship with Jewish people had always been poor, and the United States entertainment industry was prevalent with Jewish people, almost controlling the entire industry.
This led to Fly naturally disliking this industry.
But there was nothing he could do; his girlfriend was in this industry, so he could only force himself to learn some information about the entertainment industry.
Fortunately, Taylor also knew that her boyfriend wasn't interested in these things, so she didn't say too much and just touched on it briefly.
The two of them spent half the afternoon hugging each other, and then, reminded by the nanny, they separated to have dinner.
Taylor's dinner was still the usual vegetable salad and fruit, not touching any meat at all.
Fly, however, had a very normal diet; he couldn't be as extremely strict with his taste buds as Cristiano Ronaldo.
He ate when he should eat and drank when he should drink; at most, he could only ensure he wouldn't drink Coke like crazy like Teacher Jokic.
As for food like barbecue, he would still eat it.
After finishing their meal, Fly and Taylor went outside for a walk together, but because the weather was too cold, the two of them really couldn't stand it and quickly returned inside.
After finishing showering, Fly, looking at the news brief on his phone, suddenly felt that it wasn't easy to come back to the United States at the end of the year, and he couldn't just let it pass so uneventfully.
Putting other things aside, there was a series of high-profile events in North America at the end of the year, and he could go and piggyback on the popularity.
Thinking of this, Fly said to Taylor, who was drying her hair: "Elder sister, let's go watch the NBA on Christmas. The Christmas games are quite lively. How about getting some exposure?"
Hearing this, Taylor shook the water droplets from her blonde hair and nodded: "Okay, it's up to you. Since it's not easy to spend Christmas in the United States, I'll definitely go along with you..."
Getting into bed, Taylor leaned her body against Fly's chest and started playing on her phone.
Fly also scrolled through news feeds to see what crappy things had happened in this peaceful yet turbulent world.
The two of them played on their phones like this for half an hour, and then hugged each other and fell into a deep sleep.
Because they had been on a plane for half the day today, neither Fly nor Taylor had the mind for intimacy.
A warm and peaceful night passed just like that...
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