Love Affairs in Melbourne-Chapter 150 - 147 Discomfort

Mrs. Yan was clearly very happy, while Yan Dad barely managed to stop the words "not happy" from showing on his face.

If the clothes Qi Yi handed to Lu Bingran had not been designed by Yan Yan, Yan Dabang would definitely have complained about the messy design.

But today was his daughter’s graduation ceremony, and Yan Dabang had no reason nor the desire to crush his daughter’s profession at this moment.

Yan Dabang, with nowhere to vent, felt his frustration deepen once more, thus he found Qi Yi even more displeasing than before.

Yan Dabang’s heart was just not at ease. He stood there, but Yan Yan didn’t even bother to glance up at him.

Now it was just a relationship, and she already had no room in her eyes for her dad. What would happen when it came time to marry? Would there still be a place for her dad?

The man who disturbed Yan Dabang so much was now standing in front of Yan Dabang and chatting amiably with his wife.

Yan Dabang did not know how to assert his position properly, and on this, he had a significant gap with his wife. ƒrēenovelkiss.com

What made Yan Dabang even more upset was that he couldn’t openly show his displeasure to Qi Yi right now.

Yan Dabang’s brother and sister-in-law were standing right beside him. If he showed displeasure towards Qi Yi, it wouldn’t reflect well on his own face.

Yan Dingbang and his wife also came early to Federation Square to wait for Yan Yan to join them for photos.

Lu Bingran introduced the rest of the people present to Qi Yi.

Qi Yi respectfully greeted them with "Hello, Uncle," "Hello, Aunt," and "Hello, Auntie."

Not too intimate nor too distant.

It was obvious that Mrs. Yan was happy to see him, and Dad Yan was not—it was plain to see.

Qi Yi had no reason to be overly enthusiastic at this time and make Dad Yan feel even more antagonistic.

Moreover, the sad truth was that Qi Yi was well aware that he already had involuntarily and unintentionally left a first impression of "lack of decorum" with Dad Yan.

"You’re Xiao Yan’s boyfriend, then? My son mentioned you when he returned. He said you used to be the school hunk at Wenzhou High School—truly a handsome young man," said Aunt, speaking kindly to Qi Yi.

"A Wenzhou High School alumnus? Then surely a Wenzhou person—that’s a fine young man," said Yan Dingbang, initially speaking in Mandarin before slipping into the Wenzhou dialect at the end. (note 1)

One of Yan Dingbang’s lingering grievances was sending his son abroad, only for him to marry a foreigner and end up divorced.

Therefore, Yan Dingbang was very pleased with Qi Yi. The mere fact that Qi Yi was from Wenzhou was enough, no other qualifications needed; in Yan Dingbang’s eyes, Qi Yi had passed the test.

Why was it that they both went abroad for studies, yet Yan Yan ended up with someone from Wenzhou while Yan Ling went straight for a blonde, blue-eyed foreigner?

Yan Dingbang thought it over and decided that when he returned home, he would continue to educate his son—it was still necessary to go on matchmaking dates.

Had Yan Ling known that his father’s first reaction upon meeting Qi Yi was to continue arranging blind dates for him, he would have definitely done everything to prevent the Yan Dingbang couple from coming to Australia.

But now, the Yan Dingbang couple was in a state of "obsession." If they hadn’t come to Melbourne, even if the door to office matchmaking had been closed, other doors would still have to be opened elsewhere.

Until Yan Ling got married, the Yan Dingbang couple would find it hard to escape their current spellbound state.

Yan Dabang really wanted to retort to his brother: "Where is it okay?"

But in the end, he didn’t say it.

Seeing his daughter’s demeanor, she didn’t seem to be planning just to play house with Qi Yi. If he criticized Qi Yi in front of his big brother now, the one who would end up unable to save face later would be himself.

Just as Yan Dabang was about to burst with frustration, Yan Yan finally found her "organization."

"Xiao Qizi, not bad, you’ve gotten along with my parents so quickly?" Yan Yan said, smiling after greeting her family.

Yan Yan had figured out Qi Yi’s approximate location, and although Qi Yi had already changed out of his odd clothes, standing with her four family members, he was a much larger target than before.

Yan Yan was very surprised to see that Qi Yi was already talking with her family.

She hadn’t even formally introduced her boyfriend to her parents, yet he had directly helped her skip the whole introduction part.

The instigator Yan Yan didn’t know how Qi Yi found her parents. She decided to ask later how exactly the "alien" Qi Yi managed it—whether he had some special ability or "came with a radar."

"Um, when you saw me just now, your uncle and aunt were standing right behind me, and they saw you at that time," Qi Yi simply explained away all of Yan Yan’s confusion with one sentence, and gave Yan Yan a subtle look.

"Ah?" Yan Yan’s mouth gaped open as she began to seriously recall her behavior just now.

Yan Yan took a look at the expressions of the four members of her family that had come and quickly noticed her dad’s not-so-friendly face.

Obviously, her recent misbehavior had been caught by her dad and he had pinned the blame on Qi Yi.

She couldn’t let her boyfriend take the fall for the "disaster" she had caused.

"Hey, Dad, were you here just now? Why didn’t you call me louder?" Yan Yan said, taking her dad’s hand.

Her dad, when he got stingy, was certainly the type to "split hairs."

Yan Yan felt she had to appease the mood of the Yan Family’s "Big Baby."

Otherwise, the one to suffer later would either be her or Qi Yi. Regardless of which it was, neither was what Yan Yan wanted.

"Who knows where your eyes were looking?" Yan Dabang asked Yan Yan with an obviously sour tone.

Although Yan Dabang’s expression hadn’t improved much, seeing his daughter walk over to him, not being affectionate with the "so-called" boyfriend but instead taking his hand directly, Yan Dabang’s heart’s awkwardness from before was reduced by more than half instantly.

So, whether there would be conflicts between a son-in-law and his father-in-law mainly depended on the daughter’s "intimacy level" as a "close-knit cotton-padded jacket."

Just now, Yan Yan’s only minor action of acknowledgment of her dad made Yan Dabang instantly regain the face he had lost.

Yan Dabang looked at Qi Yi somewhat smugly, feeling that Qi Yi wasn’t as annoying as before.

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note 1:

If "housheng’r" were to be said in Mandarin, it would mean "young man." Wenzhou dialect has many quite archaic elements, and the pronunciation also belongs to the more classical style.