Love Affairs in Melbourne-Chapter 159 - 156: Second Companion

"I understand, I couldn’t understand more clearly.

You can’t decide your life partner on your own; anything has to be approved by my dad and mom before taking the next step.

Even if it’s someone else’s parents, they still need to be approved by my own parents.

I was wondering why Qi Yi was feeling down after lunch yesterday, it turned out to be because of this.

Qi Yi mentioned that he wanted me to meet his mother, but I feel it’s too soon right now.

When I feel the time is right, I’ll definitely tell you guys first.

Given our current situation, you can rest assured, I definitely don’t have plans to get married anytime soon.

Regarding the family issues you mentioned, I hadn’t considered them before, and I don’t plan on thinking about them for now. freewebnøvel.com

Right now, Qi Yi and I aren’t even in the same country; we haven’t had the chance to live together and adjust.

I don’t think it’s the time to consider so many practical issues about marriage.

Your daughter, I, rarely get a chance to have such a naive and romantic relationship, just let me enjoy it peacefully.

Can’t you and dad not dump all the matters of daily life on me so early?"

Yan Yan showed her mom an innocent and cute face.

Yan Yan’s parents clearly understood that as she grew up, Yan Yan was a child with strong personal opinions.

They knew that even if they objected, Yan Yan would still choose to be with Qi Yi.

Besides, at Yan Yan’s age, indeed nobody thinks about household trivialities during a passionate love affair.

Yan Dabang and his wife also knew that it wasn’t right to talk about such mood-killing topics at this time.

If they had known about Qi Yi’s family situation from the beginning,

Perhaps from high school onward, the couple wouldn’t have supported Yan Yan dating.

Later, when Qi Yi came to Melbourne to find Yan Yan, they would have advised her not to start over.

The "only requirement" of Yan Dabang and Lu Bingran for Yan Yan’s partner wasn’t without reason.

Yan Yan’s parents, having seen too many such examples around them, knew well that children who grew up in a broken family might also lack confidence in marriage.

If there were also an unpleasant mother-in-law involved, Lu Bingran simply couldn’t see a future between Qi Yi and Yan Yan.

This was a topic Yan Dabang and his wife couldn’t avoid bringing up with their daughter.

However, the couple had missed the best timing.

Trying to mend the pen after the sheep is lost couldn’t be too forceful now.

Yan Yan’s parents weren’t authoritarian. They believed that being too strongly opposed would only backfire.

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"Aunt, have you hidden another daughter somewhere because it seems like you want to have Qi Yi as your son-in-law?" Yan Yan asked as she came downstairs and noticed her aunt chatting pleasantly with Qi Yi.

"What are you talking about? Aren’t you almost like my own daughter?" Yan Yan’s aunt had already gotten used to her casual manner.

In the Yan Family, aside from Uncle Yan Dingbang who often outwardly expressed his discomfort with Yan Yan’s manner of speaking, everyone else had long gotten used to it.

"Then, doesn’t it mean my mom has only half of me left? Isn’t she going to be heartbroken?" Yan Yan continued with her playful remarks.

"No, I think your mom doesn’t really want you," her aunt replied as she stood up.

It was Qi Yi’s first visit to their home, and Yan Yan had yet to show him around.

What Uncle and Aunt were most concerned about was whether Yan Ling’s partner was from Wenzhou.

That was totally different from what Yan Yan’s parents cared about – they focused on the environment in which her partner grew up.

I wonder if this is inherently the difference between boys’ parents and girls’ parents.

With the dinner yesterday and the chat at the house today, Qi Yi had certainly scored some points with Aunt.

"Well then, it doesn’t matter. I’m already taken. If my mom doesn’t want me, it’s her loss," Yan Yan said as she walked over to Qi Yi and snuggled next to him.

"Why don’t you take your boyfriend for a walk? You’re being so clingy. If your uncle sees this, he’s going to lecture you," her aunt said and then headed upstairs to find Yan Yan’s mom.

"Let him talk – a few words from him won’t cause me to lose a piece of flesh. Maybe Uncle secretly likes seeing us being clingy. Aunt, take care," Yan Yan, holding onto Qi Yi’s arm, waved to her aunt’s retreating figure upstairs.

"Xiao Qizi, confess now, did you just charm my aunt with some trick?" Yan Yan asked Qi Yi after her aunt had gone upstairs.

"How dare I pull a fast one on a Political Review Officer? Aunt just ran through my resume starting from elementary school," Qi Yi shared the specifics of their conversation with Yan Yan.

"No way, your resume is so long. She finished asking in just this short while? That can’t be right. Just the time it took me to come upstairs, it wouldn’t have been enough just to discuss what competitions you won and which prizes you got," Yan Yan suggested if they should call Aunt down to continue the chat that they hadn’t finished.

"What awards? I don’t even remember having any. How could you know?" Qi Yi looked at Yan Yan with a hint of amusement.

"How could I not? Your first-grade essay and being a triple-A student, your second-grade poetry recital and being a triple-A student, your third-grade calligraphy plus being a triple-A student..." Yan Yan began to list them off.

"Are you having me chat with your aunt or am I supposed to chant some kind of hypnotic prayer for her?" Qi Yi asked the person next to him, who seemed to be creating an awkward atmosphere.

"It’s definitely chanting. If your chat topics are too captivating, Aunt might seek you out for chats every day, and then I’d have nothing to do," Yan Yan elevated her possessiveness to a new height.

"Oh? Do you enjoy chatting with me that much?" Qi Yi asked Yan Yan.

"Of course. If I didn’t enjoy chatting with you, why would I be with you? I’d have kicked you to the curb," Yan Yan said as she led Qi Yi out to the yard of her house.

"So, to you, am I just someone to chat with?" Qi Yi questioned his status.

"No no no, how could you just be someone to chat with? You are definitely more like a ’level two’ companion," Yan Yan immediately upgraded Qi Yi’s rank.

"There’s a ’level two’ too? Can I get upgraded to ’level three’?" Qi Yi asked meekly.

"Xiao Qizi, you want to be a ’level three’ companion coming to my house? You’ve been quite bold lately," Yan Yan looked at Qi Yi with an innocent expression.