Love Affairs in Melbourne-Chapter 196 - 193: Reporting After the Fact

After Yan Yan got home, she texted Qi Yi:

"I’m safely home~ I need to report something~"

"I was worried you’d be concerned about my safety coming home alone, so~"

"Senior Brother Lei was the one who brought me back today~ hehehe~"

"But as an obedient and sensible girlfriend like me, I would absolutely not bring any other boys home so late, aside from our own Qi Yi~"

"I’m going to take a shower and head to bed~ The miner needs to mine well~ Mwah~"

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Yan Yan had barely sent the text when Qi Yi called.

"When have you ever brought me, your own person, home at night?" That was the first question Qi Yi asked as soon as the call connected.

"Why aren’t you concentrating at work?" Yan Yan answered the phone with a bit of a "leader" attitude.

"Why does your tone sound so defensive? Even investment banks provide tea breaks for miners, so how come I can’t even make a call when it comes to you? Are you worse than a capitalist or what?" Qi Yi knew exactly when Yan Yan liked to bluff.

"I take your words as a blessing, becoming a capitalist is definitely the ultimate goal in my life, and not just any capitalist, but a big capitalist." Yan Yan’s bluster quickly deflated. freewebnσvel.cѳm

"What did you gain from tonight’s dinner?" Qi Yi got back to the point.

"Tonight, your girlfriend was absolutely the center of attention, swiftly winning over the hearts of countless Italians present." Yan Yan got excited talking about the events of the dinner.

"Only the Italians? Weren’t there any compatriots from our homeland who were present?" Qi Yi’s focus was hard for Yan Yan to shift.

"Shouldn’t you be more concerned about how millions of Italians gathered at one dinner?" Yan Yan was dissatisfied that her exaggerated description hadn’t sparked even a bit of curiosity in Qi Yi.

"I’m not concerned about crowds that pose no threat to me." Qi Yi remained focused on his own concerns.

"Your sense of crisis is too intense. I’ve completely turned the page with Senior Brother Lei.

He only appeared at the beginning and the end of the party, and I don’t know where he went in between.

If he really was coveting your girlfriend or had any improper thoughts, he would have stuck around the entire time, wouldn’t he?" Yan Yan reassured Qi Yi.

"Are you planning to report back like this in the future?" Qi Yi asked Yan Yan, a bit sourly.

"If anything like this happens again, I’ll report beforehand, never act first and report later, making sure to please you completely," Yan Yan promised, laughing.

"Really, to please me completely? Your boyfriend can be quite hard to please sometimes," Qi Yi gave himself a new role.

"Oh pfft~ hard to please, are you? Then you better reflect on yourself~

Both your left and right ears had heard beforehand about me going to the dinner.

That mouth in between those two ears even said something about ’the fashion circle being very exclusive, and if you miss this chance, who knows when you’ll get it again’." Barely three seconds into feeling guilty, Yan Yan started stating the facts.

The truth was, it was Qi Yi himself who told her to go.

As for taking the blame, Yan Yan chose selectively—she’d shoulder it when she felt like it and dodge it when she didn’t.

Yan Yan would never allow herself to suffer such a "dumb loss."

"How did you manage to win over millions of Italians?" Qi Yi’s topics were selective, changing whenever he wanted and sticking when he didn’t want to change.

"I just stood there radiantly, and consequently, received invitations from almost all the luxury brands for this year’s Milan Fashion Week in autumn and winter.

Not only did you help me secure an internship at Salvatore Ferragamo, but I also got GUCCI, PRADA, ARMANI, VERSACE, Dolce and Gabbana—I got them all, every single one of them," Yan Yan said with a proud expression, sharing her achievements with Qi Yi.

"Are you going to Milan Fashion Week, huh? Isn’t your favorite Milan fashion brand VALENTINO?" Qi Yi listened to Yan Yan’s list but didn’t hear about her favorite brand.

"Ah, you know me so well~

However, the Valentino family over three generations has been disjointed, lacking continuity in branding.

The heirs like to add prefixes and suffixes to the brand.

Their poor examples have led to at least 200 counterfeit ’Valentino-something’ brands in China.

The streets are flooded with low-end Valentinos, which completely ruined the brand’s reputation in China.

Valentino’s headquarters are indeed in Milan, but I don’t really consider it a Milanese company.

The head of Valentino was neither born nor raised in Milan.

Even the Valentino brand museum is located in Paris," Yan Yan focused on the word ’Milan’ that she had just heard.

"So what?" Qi Yi didn’t find the answer he was looking for in Yan Yan’s description.

"So, it means that Valentino’s autumn and winter fashion show this year will be in Paris, not Milan," Yan Yan finally got back on track under Qi Yi’s guidance.

"Then you can’t really claim a complete victory today, since you can’t attend your favorite brand’s big show," Qi Yi knew Yan Yan very well.

"Ah, how could someone as radiant as me leave myself with such a huge regret? Of course, I’ve also secured an invitation to Valentino’s show in Paris~" Yan Yan continued with her bragging.

"Oh, so you were playing coy with me.

When are you going to Paris?

I’ll see if I can visit you before the show when I’m resigning," Qi Yi hadn’t seen Yan Yan in almost two months, the last time being at Yan Yan’s graduation ceremony.

A little over a month isn’t really considered a long time for a long-distance relationship, but Qi Yi felt agitated and felt something was off if he didn’t visit.

"So, you’ve finally decided to resign?" Yan Yan got excited upon hearing this news.

"Yeah. Some things become clear after thinking them over a few times," Qi Yi gave Yan Yan a definitive answer.

"Haha, that’s more like the Qi Yi I know," Yan Yan was thrilled.

"Are you saying you often meet a Qi Yi you don’t recognize?" Qi Yi liked to correct the logic in Yan Yan’s words whenever possible.

"Hey, why aren’t you rushing me to remove my makeup, take a bath, and go to sleep? Don’t you know staying up affects skin quality?" Yan Yan liked to change the subject whenever possible.

"My girlfriend is naturally beautiful, has stayed up countless nights, and yet her skin remains unparalleled and flawless," the last two descriptors Qi Yi used were what Yan Yan used to say all the time when she insisted on staying up to work on her designs.

"Alright then, let’s talk about how you came to your decision," Yan Yan, wanting to change the subject, tried another angle.

"Okay, I’ll analyze my psychological struggle for you later. You’ve had a long flight and went to a dinner party today, so go take a bath and sleep," Qi Yi’s previous statement had intended to persuade Yan Yan to go to sleep, but she preempted him.