Love Affairs in Melbourne-Chapter 172 - 169: A Hint of Understanding

After coming back from the Great Ocean Road, Lei Pili hurried to the hotel where the leadership was staying, preparing for the conference translation the next day.

For translating, since each time the content involved may be different, even those with excellent English proficiency must prepare in advance and make a summary of the content that might be used.

This is the case for regular translators, and even more so for simultaneous interpreters.

After sending Yan Yan’s family home, Wei Fengsui invited everyone to her place the next day for fun, and all the parents happily agreed.

Yan Yan was delighted about this matter.

If everyone were going to Wei Fengsui’s home, it meant that she wouldn’t have to entertain her uncle and aunt the next day.

It also meant that she could elope privately with Qi Yi tomorrow.

Lei Pili had important meetings to attend and would then follow the leaders back to the country.

Yan Yan knew she wouldn’t bump into Lei Pili at Lei Zhaodi’s place, but she still didn’t want to go.

Not to mention it was Lei Pili’s home, even if it were just Wei Fengsui’s home, Yan Yan wouldn’t want to visit.

Qi Yi had come all the way from New York to Melbourne for Yan Yan’s graduation ceremony, but he needed to rush back to work on Monday.

Though, due to the time difference, even with a layover in Los Angeles, if Qi Yi left Melbourne on Sunday morning, he would arrive in New York by Sunday night.

The time lost to time zones on the way there could be made up on the return trip.

But even so, Qi Yi would have only the 16th and 17th of December left in Melbourne.

On the 14th, due to the graduation party, she hadn’t been able to "wholeheartedly" be with Qi Yi.

Today, the 15th, Yan Yan, who thought that having family around wouldn’t affect her scenic tour with Qi Yi, got her rhythm disrupted by Lei Pili’s arrival.

Yan Dingbang and his wife were also flying back on Sunday. So on Saturday, the 17th, no matter what, Yan Yan had to spend the day dining and having fun with her uncle and aunt. By this count, Yan Yan would have only one full day left to spend alone with Qi Yi.

Since the adults were going to Wei Fengsui’s place to play, Yan Yan didn’t need to arrange any short trips tomorrow.

Yan Yan had no reason not to like this whole day of stolen time together.

But Qi Yi expressed objections to the idea of eloping.

"I’m still hoping to whisk you away to New York during the holidays. If we truly elope tomorrow, do you think my abduction plan would still have a chance of success?" Qi Yi quickly gave his reason.

"I think, whether we elope tomorrow or not, it can’t change the fact that your abduction plan will fail," Yan Yan felt that if they could elope even for one day, it was worth it.

"Why?" Qi Yi didn’t want to give up without trying.

"My parents are not as open-minded as they seem. Besides, I’m a girl; my dad and mom will definitely want to keep a closer watch on me. It’s one thing for me to go to the United States to study, but if I just run off to the States, do you believe my parents will follow right after?" Yan Yan stated her opinion.

Yan Yan understood her parents well.

When Yan Yan was previously in Melbourne, Yan Dabang and his wife would not come over for no reason.

Firstly, because Yan Yan showed no signs of dating.

Secondly, and more importantly, at that time, Yan Dabang and Lu Bingran had not retired formally, and the mechanical plant was too busy for her parents to spare that much time.

The situation now was entirely different.

With Yan Dabang and his wife already retired, they had nothing but time.

Immigration detention wasn’t meant to be served continuously anyway.

Moreover, Yan Yan’s parents had developed some doubts about Qi Yi’s family.

Before truly understanding the actual situation, Mr. and Mrs. Yan Dabang would certainly not be as eager as before to facilitate Yan Yan’s relationship with Qi Yi.

If before today, there was a chance that Qi Yi’s abduction plan might have succeeded, then today, with all these reasons combined, Yan Yan had become very certain that Qi Yi’s efforts would be in vain.

Not only would it be in vain, but it could likely backfire as well.

If Qi Yi was too eager to abduct Yan Yan, and her parents said they were free to accompany her to study in New York, then the obstacles between her and Qi Yi would only increase.

In the current situation, meeting Qi Yi’s mother seemed to have become an urgent matter.

Qi Yi said that his mother was not difficult to get along with, but was that really the case?

In Yan Yan’s heart, there was resistance, there was doubt.

But Yan Yan was also curious, if one day she and Qi Yi were to start making serious matrimonial arrangements, would Qi Yi’s parents appear together?

Two people who had divorced on New Year’s Eve, could they really manage to sit at the same table?

Yan Yan thought about this and shook her head, she didn’t want to think about these things at this moment.

Just have a good romance, many things should happen naturally.

Why did her parents have to instill so much wisdom and philosophy about life in her now?

"Your parents are really going to follow you to New York?" Qi Yi looked utterly crestfallen.

Failing the abduction was one thing, but if Yan Yan’s parents decided to accompany her to New York, then even if he was in New York, he definitely wouldn’t be able to see Yan Yan every day.

"Who knows? Let’s not worry about it, let’s elope tomorrow and talk about it then," Yan Yan changed to a more cheerful tone.

A long-distance relationship was something Yan Yan had not thought about before.

The difficulty of just meeting once was also a love pattern Yan Yan had not anticipated before.

But now that it was this way, she shouldn’t spend the precious time they had together being hesitant and regretful.

"Alright then, where is Waiwai planning to elope with me to?" Qi Yi didn’t want to give up his efforts to abduct Yan Yan, but compared to a vacation, he’d prefer to wait for Yan Yan to come study in New York and then spend quality time together.

If her parents came over as well, then he would lose many opportunities to take care of Yan Yan.

One must learn to give up some things, one cannot have it all.

"Where to elope to? Hm, I haven’t thought about that yet, I’ll tell you when I figure it out." Yan Yan was driving Qi Yi back to his hotel.

Coming back from the Great Ocean Road, Wei Fengsui had actually dropped Lei Pili off in the City first because she was in a hurry.

The hotel Lei Pili went to was actually very close to where Qi Yi was staying.

But when Wei Fengsui drove past Qi Yi’s hotel, Yan Yan and Qi Yi did not mention that this was where Qi Yi was staying.

Last night, the time alone they lost because of the party, Qi Yi did not want to waste this evening’s time because it was convenient.

This was something Yan Yan and Qi Yi had not discussed, but to be together, they needed a bit of tacit understanding.

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Love is a particularly strange thing.

It happens to everyone, and each time, it tells a completely different story.

Some people can fall in love at first sight, knowing who they have fallen for from the first glance.

Some can develop feelings over time, understanding the true essence of love as time goes by.

Some will have foresight, even if battered and bruised, they carry on in the direction where true love surely lies.

Some will have hindsight, constantly struggling, only to find that true love has already slipped away.