Love Affairs in Melbourne-Chapter 151 - 148 Listen to Instruction

"Dad, that Qi Yi guy isn’t bearing up too well, right? You seem unsatisfied. Should I reconsider this?" Yan Yan decided to fuel the fire a bit more.

If Qi Yi had been alone with her, he would have surely shut her up before she could beg for mercy.

But right then, Qi Yi was especially compliant, showing no signs of wanting to retort and quietly waited for Yan Dabang to propose his "handling" plan.

"If you’ve considered it well, then that’s fine," Yan Dabang’s face tried to maintain seriousness, but inside he already felt the posture of a victor.

Yan Dabang was slightly proud; he felt his daughter wasn’t raised in vain.

The thoughts running through Dad Yan’s mind now were richer than Yan Yan could have imagined, and if she knew all the tricks he was silently playing, she would have laughed out loud and said, "Dad, do you really have to be so childish?"

But it wasn’t the right time for Yan Yan to "mock" Dad, as his disagreement might then be deflected towards Qi Yi.

"Alright, I’ll heed Dad’s advice cautiously. I will thoroughly examine Qi Yi with all seriousness," Yan Yan continued, sweetly clinging to Dad, and discreetly winked at Qi Yi several times.

At that moment, Qi Yi still appeared utterly respectful and dared not make a wrong move, his face revealing nothing.

What Qi Yi was thinking, only he knew.

At Federation Square, there were countless graduates and parents taking photos, and of course, there were many groups with only friends, all busy taking pictures.

Currently, Qi Yi’s main concern was a minor matter about tickets.

Yan Yan had worked hard to recover a good first impression for Qi Yi, but if she brought her boyfriend to the ceremony and not her parents, even if Dad Yan had no previous issues, he would now likely blame Qi Yi.

"Did you manage to borrow tickets?" Mom Lu Bingran asked Yan Yan, equally concerned about this issue.

"Not yet—I might have gone too late," Yan Yan confessed truthfully.

"So where shall we eat later? After dinner, your dad and I can go shopping," Lu Bingran had previously told Yan Yan that if they didn’t have tickets to the ceremony, she’d take Dad for a shopping trip.

Hearing this, Yan Dabang started feeling a bit upset.

After being heartlessly ignored by his daughter in the morning, Dad Yan had become overly sensitive.

At this stage, Qi Yi couldn’t just say he wouldn’t go anymore and suggest she spend the day with her family instead.

Having come all this way and then showing a lack of enthusiasm for the official ceremony would also be seen as a negative.

If Qi Yi said that, the overly sensitive Dad Yan would probably feel that Qi Yi was not giving enough importance.

"For dinner, I’m not sure yet. Bao Bao is in charge of arranging the restaurant. Tonight, Bao Bao’s café will close to the public to host just us, a few of my Master’s classmates, and friends from the studio. There’ll be a small party. If you guys don’t want to stay out too late, after dinner, I can ask Bao Bao to take you home," Yan Yan definitely planned to celebrate till midnight. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

"I’ve never visited Bao Bao’s place," Lu Bingran said. Since her arrival in Melbourne, she had been busy settling into the new house and had barely seen Bao Bao a few times.

When Yan Yan’s parents first arrived, Bao Bao did go to Yan Yan’s home to help, but later, when Mr. and Mrs. Yan found a domestic service company run by a person from Wenzhou, they no longer needed much help from someone else.

Yan Yan would mostly go to his shop to find Bao Bao.

Recently, Bao Bao’s café hired a chef who had returned to Melbourne from Italy, possessing ten Michelin stars—a fact that hugely upgraded the dining quality at the café.

Yan Yan felt that the culinary level of the new chef was almost beginning to overshadow Bao Bao’s.

Yan Yan now visits Bao Bao’s shop much more frequently than before, unsure whether it’s because of the new chef’s culinary skills or because, after not living at Baobao’s family’s house, she wanted to see Bao Bao more often.

At Bao Bao’s cafe and restaurant, there are now many who come specifically for the coffee and to taste the chef’s cooking skills.

Yan Yan was a bit confused about the new chef; she wondered how Bao Bao had found such a high-level chef and convinced them to work at her cafe.

Generally, chefs who have a few stars usually open their restaurants or at least serve as an executive chef at top hotels.

For the chef Bao Bao had hired, her cafe was definitely a small temple.

"Is it difficult to go to Bao Bao’s shop? Once the graduation ceremony is over tonight, I’ll take you there. I’ll call her first to see what’s planned for lunch," Yan Yan said to her mother before calling Bao Bao.

"Bao Ka, is your wallet ready? Over here, I have a whole bunch of hungry tourists waiting to be treated by you~" Yan Yan had no intention of being polite with Bao Bao.

"How can you let someone else treat when it’s your own graduation?" Lu Bingran, who overheard Yan Yan’s words, reacted even quicker than Bao Bao on the other end of the phone.

Yan Yan smiled at her mother, wondering why she couldn’t let Bao Bao treat her for her graduation.

Wenzhou is a society of personal connections, and Lu Bingran was especially insightful about social customs.

In Lu Bingran’s view, today’s situation was a "joyous occasion for the Yan Family." Naturally, they should be the ones treating others.

However, Yan Yan didn’t feel it was necessary to have anyone specific treat anyone.

Bao Bao said she would treat everyone to a meal, and Yan Yan had readily agreed, even promising to help throw a party in the evening without even adding a word of thanks.

If Lu Bingran knew this, he would surely lecture Yan Yan for quite some time.

Dealing with social customs was something the older generation in Wenzhou always had many rules for, even progressive people like Yan Dabang and his wife couldn’t escape them.

But Yan Yan felt there was really no need to fuss over these things.

The matter of treating, as long as both the host and the guests are happy, that was enough.

As long as it wasn’t someone problematic, who inwardly felt that because you are richer, you should treat, Yan Yan was quite happy to get along.

There was no need to strictly determine who should treat whom.

Happiness, and how much money one spends on treating, aren’t strongly correlated.

Yan Yan’s true thoughts were very far from the principle of "the key is to spend a lot."

Before leaving Xiamen University, the nine-yuan bowl of Casserole Vermicelli that Ning Xuan treated her to remained one of the most memorable treats Yan Yan ever had.

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Note 1:

The highest rating by Michelin is three stars, so holding ten stars definitely doesn’t mean the chef owns a Michelin ten-star restaurant.

Michelin stars are awarded to restaurants, and a three-star chef must be re-evaluated if they open a new establishment elsewhere.

Even if it’s the same brand in different locations, re-evaluation is needed.

Having ten Michelin stars means that the restaurants opened by the chef in various places have accumulated a total of ten stars.