Love Affairs in Melbourne-Chapter 158 - 155 The Purpose of the Conversation

"You don’t object? You scared me to death—I thought my dad and mom had a screw loose or something." Yan Yan was utterly confused; her parents had summoned her upstairs so mysteriously just to say that they didn’t object?

"We don’t object to you dating Qi Yi, but as things stand, we do not approve of you marrying Qi Yi," Lu Bingran continued to voice her opinion.

"What do these things have to do with each other? When did I say I wanted to get married?

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I haven’t even finished my studies, and you know that I’m going to Italy next.

For the next year and a half, considering marriage is impossible for me.

Besides, even if getting married was on the table, it’s up to Qi Yi to propose first.

I mean, Dad and Mom, you’re still in your prime—are you heading toward senility?

I don’t think I did anything wrong, so why are you so eager to cast me aside?

And what does ’don’t object to dating but don’t approve of marriage’ mean?

Are you openly encouraging me to toy with Qi Yi’s feelings or what?

Is this how parents are supposed to behave?" Yan Yan had a strong reaction to Lu Bingran’s recent words.

Yan Yan felt resigned to the fact that her parents, who were oddly lacking in common sense, were raising her. Why raise a child like this?

"When did we encourage you to do that? Don’t take things out of context. What your father and I mean..." Lu Bingran was about to continue.

"Oh, Mom, are you tired? There’s no need to stress the consensus between you and Dad. Does he even have an opinion? He just listens to you; just tell me directly what you mean," Yan Yan said with a smile, interrupting Lu Bingran.

Mom’s unusual propensity for nitpicking words was something Yan Yan wasn’t quite used to seeing.

"Fine, dating is between you and Qi Yi, but marriage involves both families—isn’t that right?

When you get married, you have to choose not just a good boyfriend, but also a good mother-in-law.

After another semester, you’ll be preparing to go to the United States.

Your father and I are worried you might get carried away and do something like Yan Ling, heading off to Las Vegas or somewhere and registering a quickie marriage.

We’ve never made you wait on us at home, and naturally, we’re loath to send you off to Qi Yi’s home to serve his mother," Lu Bingran shared her concerns.

Mrs. Yan spoke awkwardly today, always adding the prefix "your father and I."

Usually, Lu Bingran could talk to Yan Yan all evening without mentioning Yan Dabang once or twice.

"I’ve never even met Qi Yi’s mother, how would I know if she’s good or bad?" Yan Yan hadn’t thought about the issues her mother raised.

"Why haven’t you met Qi Yi’s mother?" Lu Bingran shifted her position and asked a very simple question.

Yan Yan was a bit dumbfounded.

Yeah, why not?

Such a simple question, and Yan Yan suddenly found herself unable to answer.

It’s not that Yan Yan didn’t have the opportunity to meet Qi Yi’s mother; if she wanted to, she could have stuck to the original plan and visited Qi Yi at Stanford during his graduation.

"Can’t answer, huh? In high school, you and Qi Yi actually broke up because of his mother, right? Didn’t his mother dislike you?" Lu Bingran kept probing.

Mrs. Yan hadn’t previously asked Yan Yan in detail about the reasons for the breakup.

But, since Qi Yi’s mother went out of her way to find Yan Yan, she must have also approached Qi Yi and their homeroom Teacher Ge.

If the homeroom teacher knew the real reason for the breakup, Mrs. Yan couldn’t have been completely unaware.

However, when Yan Yan and Qi Yi broke up, it was an emotionally devastating time, and Mrs. Yan didn’t feel it was the right moment to delve deeply into the matter.

Later, once they had completely broken up, Lu Bingran found even less reason to reopen her daughter’s wounds.

In Lu Bingran’s opinion, as a parent, it’s quite normal to object to your child dating in high school.

Qi Yi’s mother’s actions weren’t unusual either.

Except that, at the time, both Yan Yan and Teacher Ge said Qi Yi’s family relations were very good.

Now looking back, it seems a bit odd if Qi Yi’s mother always emphasized how harmonious their ’model family’ was.

"Mom, I think you’re overthinking it. Even if I really were getting married, I wouldn’t be in China to look after any mother-in-law, right?" After thinking it over, Yan Yan finally found an answer.

"Can you stay away forever? Once your father and I have served our time as immigrants, we’ll likely still live in Wenzhou for the most part, and you and Qi Yi will eventually have to come back.

Say you both end up living in the United States.

Qi Yi is an only child, isn’t he? If his mother is left alone, then she’ll surely have to join you.

Could you avoid supporting the elderly?" Lu Bingran was posing very realistic issues to Yan Yan.

"I’m sweating here—do you think I’m the kind of person who doesn’t support the elderly?" Yan Yan found that her mother’s questions today were straying from a normal course—what kind of logic was this?

"Mom knows you wouldn’t do that, which is exactly why I’m afraid you’ll be mistreated in the future.

If his mother was opposed to you in high school because she didn’t like you, it’s not likely that she’s fond of you now.

If his mother doesn’t like you, but you still insist on joining their family, it’s bound to bring you misery.

It’s simple, what your father and I think: if, in the future, you and Qi Yi consider taking things further, you can’t just follow your whims.

It’s imperative that you formally meet both sets of parents and receive everyone’s blessing before doing anything.

In the Yan family, you are our precious daughter, and your parents would never agree to you rashly, heedlessly committing to someone for life.

All along, the only requirement your father and I have for your future partner is that they grow up in a healthy, happy family environment.

That way, he’s likely to feel more secure and also able to give you sufficient security," Lu Bingran seldom spoke so earnestly with her daughter; she and Yan Yan usually conversed more as friends.

"You don’t understand Qi Yi—he’s brimming with security. Children who grow up in broken families can go to two extremes, and Qi Yi is on the good extreme," Yan Yan believed it was her duty as a girlfriend to defend her boyfriend at the right time.

"Have you actually understood the purpose of our talk today?" Lu Bingran asked helplessly.