Love Affairs in Melbourne-Chapter 137 - 134: The People Who Didn’t Come

"Yan Yan, why is it all about eating and drinking with you? Your uncle and the rest are coming to your graduation ceremony, but they’re also planning to travel," Yan Dabang felt Yan Yan’s introductions were far from reliable.

"Ah? If eating and drinking isn’t travel, then what is?" Yan Yan asked her dad, serious and earnest.

"Real travel is like going skiing," said Yan Dabang, who had suddenly developed a strong desire to take his wife skiing.

"Skiing is called vacationing, not traveling," Yan Yan corrected him, "I shouldn’t have mentioned skiing. If you really want to ski this season, you’ll have to head back to the Northern Hemisphere. Otherwise, you could go to Cairns. You can go diving, skydiving, and there are primeval forests there. It’s more in line with a vacation." Yan Yan offered a new suggestion.

"Skydiving? That sounds good," Yan Dabang said, getting a little excited.

"Dad, did you miss out on a childhood or something? You want to go skydiving now? And you’re planning to take uncle and Aunt along?" Yan Yan looked at her dad as if he were an overgrown child.

"I’ll go with Yan Ling," Yan Dabang began to consider skydiving seriously.

"My cousin wouldn’t want to go skydiving with a big kid like you," in Yan Yan’s mind, Yan Dabang and Yan Ling’s vibes never really meshed well, "Plus, Cairns is so far away. It’s several hours by flight."

"It’s not in Australia?" Yan Dabang felt like he’d been duped.

"Of course, it’s in Australia. Kangaroo Land is a vast and bountiful country, you know? When it’s just you and mom later, you can slowly make your way through the states one by one. It’s like immigration control; as long as you’re in Australia, you can go anywhere," Yan Yan thought her dad would have plenty of opportunities to travel there later.

"If it’s just mom and me, do you think I’ll ever get the chance to go skydiving?" Yan Dabang was very strictly managed by his wife.

"So, you mean you want to go skydiving behind mom’s back?" Yan Yan looked at her dad, nodding thoughtfully, sending a message that said, "You’ve gotten quite bold lately."

"Who said that? I’ll take your mom with me," Yan Dabang denied immediately.

In Mr. Yan’s self-perception, he would never admit to having the audacity to do anything behind his wife’s back; after all, Mr. Yan was the type of man who would even save Popsicle sticks to get reimbursed by his wife.

"Tandem skydiving? That’s cool! You two should try it and let me know how fun it is. I’ll take Yi with me later," Yan Yan gave her dad two thumbs up.

The likelihood of Yan Dabang actually going skydiving was at most 10%, but his daughter didn’t want to crush his rare enthusiasm with an unkind response.

.........

After December began, Yan Yan’s most important task was picking people up.

Early in the month, she picked up her parents; on the twelfth, she collected her cousin’s family; and on the fourteenth, she was to fetch her boyfriend from the airport.

Yan Yan’s driving was mediocre, but compared to drivers barely accustomed to the right-hand wheel, Yan Yan believed she was the safer choice.

With Yan Ling there the following week, Yan Yan felt she could confidently entrust her cousin with the task of entertaining the elders.

Yan Yan herself would focus on having a good time with her boyfriend.

But Yan Yan didn’t find Yan Ling at the airport.

Her cousin didn’t come to Melbourne with uncle and Aunt.

At the airport, Yan Yan was met only by the two elders, from whom she learned that Yan Ling was implementing modern management systems at the shoe factory.

Uncle and Aunt were neither opposed nor supportive of this endeavor.

Yan Ling planned to undertake bold reforms while uncle and Aunt were in Melbourne.

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Uncle felt that since he had brought his son back to take over the company, he should at least give him some space to perform.

Otherwise, knowing Yan Ling’s character, if he wasn’t allowed to do anything, it wouldn’t be long before he’d run back to the United States, and no amount of pulling could bring him back.

Just that, Uncle felt that even if he wasn’t there, Yan Ling might not necessarily be able to implement his own set of ideas.

Labor costs were rising, and the shoe factory’s transformation and upgrading was indeed an urgent matter.

After receiving a call from Uncle and Aunt, Yan Yan called Yan Ling.

"So you’re not planning to attend my graduation ceremony?" Yan Yan asked Yan Ling, her tone clearly unhappy.

"Can your school’s graduation ceremony even accommodate that many relatives? It’s already a lot to have one or two, isn’t it? Just take Mom and Dad, your boyfriend doesn’t need to go," Yan Ling answered over the phone.

"You think everyone’s like you, never keeping their word?" Yan Yan expressed her dissatisfaction.

"Where did I not keep my word? I said I’d attend your graduation ceremony, but I never mentioned attending your master’s graduation. When you get your PhD, I’ll be there," Yan Ling defended himself.

"You haven’t even done a PhD yourself, and you expect me to go for one? Can’t you be a tiny bit sincere?" Yan Yan felt dejected due to Yan Ling’s definite absence.

"Hey, accusing me of insincerity? Who was it that made me go to the United States all those years ago?" Yan Ling began harping on about the past.

"There you go again. I’m so done with you. It’s clearly you who likes to get into fights, okay?" Yan Yan had realized that Yan Ling planned to use the same incident to get at her for a lifetime.

"How could a gentleman as suave as your brother possibly enjoy fighting with others? You must be mistaken," Yan Ling continued to rebut.

"Sigh, whatever you say. I even thought about having some compassion by introducing you to a great beauty in Melbourne after you return to Wenzhou, given you’ve been forced into so many blind dates, you poor thing," Yan Yan threw out an olive branch.

"What great beauty?" Yan Ling immediately perked up.

"Bao Bao..." Yan Yan replied.

"So you’re already planning your revenge on me? Even if I liked your family’s Bao Bao, she wouldn’t fancy someone like me; you better keep her for yourself," Yan Ling felt Yan Yan was up to some mischief again.

"Since when did you become so impatient? I haven’t even finished talking yet. The one I want to introduce you to is Bao Bao’s twin sister, Bao Meina. Her facial features are just like Bao Bao’s, so you should already have an idea of what she looks like. But Meina’s a long-haired beauty studying art—definitely your type," Yan Yan continued to extend her olive branch.

"Bao Bao has a sister? I didn’t see her last time in Melbourne." Yan Ling pondered what Bao Bao would look like with long hair.

"After you nearly got disowned by marrying a foreigner, do you think I’d dare to introduce you to a girlfriend in Melbourne?

I wouldn’t want Uncle and Aunt to fry me alive.

Not even with ten times the courage would I dare.

Bao Bao’s sister is in Xiamen, which is quite close to Wenzhou.

Meina came to Melbourne this time for a yacht exhibition," Yan Yan explained Meina’s situation briefly.

"Yacht exhibition? A model?" Yan Ling picked out the part that interested him the most to ask.

Men, as always, focus on nothing but the face and the figure.