Chapter 228
From then on, however, the old man started to have Stanley call Sophia over to the militarypound to
y chess almost every day. Every time they finished ying chess at the militarypound, he would
then tell Sophia to have dinner at Stanley’s ce.
Nathan was pissed off; every time Sophia went to the militarypound, he would tag along and follow
her around to prevent Stanley-the-dumb*ss from making use of every bit of opportunity to have Sophia
on his own.
He thought to himself, Well, my Dad ising back soon, and Sophia won’t have time to y outside by
then. She will fall head over heels for him once hees home!
Sophia had be aplete fangirl for Taylor by now, but she was too shy to reveal this side of her in
front of Hale. Since she found it too embarrassing to brazenly ask about Michael’s whereabouts, she
could only find out discreetly from his fan group.
Some fans in the group were able to find out the whereabouts of some celebrities. High-definition
snapshots of Michael at an overseas celebration dinner, for instance, were quickly uploaded to the fan
group after they were taken. Furthermore, the fan group’s admin had connections in the talent agency
and would disclose some trivial pieces of news from time to time.
Over the past few days, something happened in the fan group which delighted everyone. Many of the
group’s members had actually received letters from Taylor!
This was the first time they had ever received letters from him; even though everyone knew that their
Prince Charming couldn’t have written these letters himself, getting these letters was at least some sort
of encouragement, so the fan group was buzzing with excitement.
Sophia also went by the alias Sirius in the fan group. Suddenly, someone asked her, ‘Have you received
a letter from Taylor, Sirius? Most of us in the fan group have received it as well as his autographed
photos! Since you’ve made so many cinema bookings for his films, you must have received a special
letter from him as well, right?’
Sophia felt extremely embarrassed; she couldn’t have received one of these letters because she had
written them herself. She replied, ‘Yeah, I received one too.’
Many fans in the group had been boiling over with excitement for several days because of the letters.
Suddenly, another big piece of news came out.
‘Thetest news is here! Taylor has finished filming “Doctor Invincible”, so he ising back to Cethos
and will arrive at Bayside International Airport tomorrow afternoon! Let’s meet him at the airport!’
‘Lord Winston ising back with him, so why don’t we team up with Lord Winston’s fans to meet Taylor
at the airport together?’
The fans were filled with excitement as they said, ‘That’s right! Even though Taylor doesn’t need such a
pompous disy of grandeur, we should meet him at the airport!’
‘We have no intention ofparing ourselves with other celebrities’ fan bases, but some celebrities with
huge followings always have tons of fans meeting them whenever they show up at the airport—just look
at how impressive it is! We should show our devotion to our idol too.’
‘Taylor is way more popr than those celebrities, but look at how smug their fans are!’
Sophia had been following news updates from the fan group as well, so she learned about this as soon
as the word was out.
Michael ising back to Cethos! Why didn’t Hale tell me that beforehand? I’d really rather trust the fan
group than trust him! she thought to herself.
Sophia had been indifferent to the world of show business in the past, but ever since she became a
fangirl because of Michael, she started following what was going on in the entertainment industry.
A new generation of celebrities had risen to prominence in Cethostely, and each of them imed to
have billions of fans worldwide. Since they each had a particrly crazy number of overzealously
devoted fans, they turned up their noses at veteran actors like Michael and Harry.
These celebrities’ fans were also ready to drawparisons between Michael and their idols at the drop
of a hat. They hadpared all kinds of funny statistics about Michael and their idols, such as the
number of fans meeting them at the airport, how many followers they had on Twitter, how much they
were paid for appearing inmercials, the number of high-end products they were endorsing, and how
great their influence on their fans was.
Taylor usually kept a low profile, and he never appeared in variety shows or did product endorsements.
Moreover, Taylor’s fans were rtively more rational, resulting in a wrong impression that Taylor had
fewer fans than the celebrities with huge fan bases.
Unlike some overzealous fans in many fanmunities, Taylor’s fans were not going to start a sh*tstorm
on social media over the disparagingments made about their idol by the fans of some of his fellow
juniors. However, what should be done must be done.
Therefore, everyone in the fan group decided to go to the airport to meet Taylor in person.
However, the reality was that the fans who had gone to meet Taylor at the airport would never be able to
see him in person. Taylor always left the airport through specialized passageways, so his fans never had
the chance to catch a glimpse of him.
As such a situation went on for many years, the fans meeting him at the airport eventually dwindled in
numbers until they disappeared altogether.
However, it was different this time round. Even though Taylor’s fans knew that they wouldn’t get to see
their idol in person, they were determined to go to the airport to meet him—this was a battle between
different fanmunities.
The fan group’s admin even made a special effort to message Sophia in private. She said, “Pleasee
tomorrow, Sirius. You paid the money for our fan group’smunity shirts and even spent so much on
cinema bookings for Taylor’s films, yet you never once showed up during our group’s activities. You have
toe this time! Taylor’s flight will arrive at around 1 p.m., so why don’t we have lunch together after
meeting him at the airport?!”
Sophia was a little hesitant, but she agreed to the admin’s request in the end.
Unlike other celebrities who had to treat their fans to meals, the aloof Michael never treated his fans to
anything; he never had to y up to his fans since his capabilities always spoke for himself. Even though
this group of fans had been adoring him for many years, he nevery his eyes upon them.
As her Lord’s wife, Sophia felt she should do something since it wouldn’t be long before she slept with
their idol.
After going home from university, she began making preparations to meet Michael at the airport the next
day.
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The fan group had exclusively-designed clothing made for them to show their support for Taylor. It was a
white hoodie with a pair of angel’s wings at the back and a pair of horns on the hood. The fans had
clubbed together to have the hoodies custom-made, but Sophia paid for the bulk of it.
She put the hoodie on and looked at herself in the mirror several times. The more she looked in the
mirror, the more dumb she felt dressed in this hoodie.
She thought to herself, Am I going to wear this thing while meeting Michael at the airport tomorrow?
Won’t I lose my standing in the family if he sees me dressed like this?
On second note, she thought to herself, No, that won’t happen. We definitely won’t meet Michael in
person tomorrow, so nobody will know about it as long as I say nothing!
With that, she put the fandom hoodie in her bag and prepared herself to meet Michael at the airport.
The next day, Sophia attended the morning lecturers and skipped the afternoon ones. When she
reached the airport, it was already 12.30 p.m., and those from the fan group were already present. Since
their fan group wasn’trge, the fans who were able toe merely amounted to about 50.
They changed into the customized fandom hoodie in the airport’s restrooms and came out looking like
little angels. Sophia felt deeply ufortable about her appearance, but most of her feelings of
embarrassment subsided when she saw everyone dressed like her.
Everyone even wore the same pink makeup, so Sophia hurriedly applied some pink makeup on her face.
Gemma and Hale hade with her, but she told them to wait for her in the parking lot; she didn’t want
them to see the way she looked right now since it would be too embarrassing!
There were only 50 fans who came to the airport. They were all young people, and most of them were
teenage students. The majority of them weredies, but there were fanboys too.
Michael had fans across all ages, but those who were middle-aged certainly would note to meet him
at the airport. Hence, the active ones were those who were much younger.
Harry’s fans, who were also present, were wearing fandom hoodies simr to theirs. Since their idols
were close buddies, the two fanmunities were on friendly terms with each other—they even decided
to coborate this time round.
After getting fully dressed, the crowd headed to Bayside International Airport’s departure lobby. However,
they soon discovered that the lobby was packed with huge crowds of people who hade to meet their
idols.
It was only then did Sophia learn that the Academy Awards ceremony had just concluded in Freistan.
Lots of Cethosian celebrities had attended the ceremony, and many of them happened to be taking the
flight back to Cethos on the same day.
In other words, the airport was predestined to be a battlefield for the fanmunities!