Love Affairs in Melbourne-Chapter 234 - 231 The Situation is Different

"So, you’re only going to look for a girlfriend when you’re desperate?" Yan Yan burst into laughter through her tears.

Yan Yan didn’t know if Bao Bao said this to make her laugh on purpose, but anyway, the effect of Bao Bao’s words had been immediate.

"With my dashing and elegant charm, incredible beauties are always throwing themselves at me. If I wanted a girlfriend, would it even be your turn to introduce one to me? Aren’t my troubles always about being relentlessly pursued?" Bao Bao retorted.

"Ah, that makes sense. It somewhat reminds me of my glory days at Xiamen University.

But I have another question for you.

How did you deal with Shen Xi’s parents opposing your relationship?" Yan Yan finally voiced the question that had been most pressing on her mind.

"What else could I do? I just took a passive approach. Back then, Shen Xi had a falling out with her family.

I was just there to comfort Shen Xi, there wasn’t much for me to handle on my end.

You’ve already seen for yourself how it went when I later met with her parents.

Do you need to ask again?" Bao Bao realized Yan Yan wasn’t kidding when she said she didn’t want to reopen old wounds.

"True, I did witness it myself." Yan Yan recalled the attitude of Shen Xi’s parents and Bao Bao’s state at the time; it still made her heart ache.

"What’s with suddenly bringing up such a painful topic? Surely it’s not that your boyfriend’s parents are against you two being together?" Bao Bao quickly got to the heart of the matter.

"His parents are divorced, I’m not sure about his father, but I think his mother has disliked me since high school," Yan Yan admitted frankly.

"Really? If that’s the case, then you should seriously reconsider the relationship between you two," Bao Bao suggested in his usual forthright manner.

"C’mon, Bao Ka, you can’t be like this. Did you reconsider your own relationship when Shen Xi’s parents were opposed?" Yan Yan asked with clear displeasure.

"Your situation is different from mine," Bao Bao did not shy away.

"How is it different? Is it just because one parent opposes me and both oppose you?" Yan Yan didn’t understand what the supposed difference was.

"In my case, no matter who I’m with, their parents are likely to oppose.

Finding parents who are happy to see their daughter with another girl is rare, to say the least.

Even if they eventually come to accept it, initial opposition is almost inevitable.

I was prepared for Shen Xi’s parents’ attitude.

The final outcome was due to the particular circumstances of our meeting.

But their reaction is normal and not entirely incomprehensible.

Your case is completely different.

Although you say you were often targeted by your peers, you should know that you’re especially favored by teachers and parents.

Not to mention, in our freshman year, because the teachers liked you so much, everyone thought you had connections.

My parents, Shen Xi’s parents, and just now at dinner, from what your brother and Senior Brother Lei said, their parents all really like you.

So, parents who don’t like you are just as rare."

"You don’t need to reject the whole world just for one person who targets you.

If it’s your future father-in-law that dislikes you, then let it be; he can’t do anything to you anyway.

But if it’s your future mother-in-law, that’s simply a disaster," Bao Bao stated bluntly.

Bao Bao’s and Yan Yan’s official interaction began in Melbourne.

In Bao Bao’s eyes, Yan Yan was the kind of girl everyone loved, flowers bloomed at her presence, and she was especially good at winning over parents.

Even the strictest and most pretentious parents couldn’t deal with someone like Yan Yan once they met her.

For example, Bao Bao envied the way Yan Yan interacted with her own Uncle and Aunt.

Being obedient when it was required, and acting coquettishly at the right moments—that was what Bao Bao admired most about Yan Yan, something she herself could never achieve.

"What an exaggeration—I haven’t even met his mother yet," Yan Yan didn’t want her opinion swayed.

"’Us’? What do you mean by ’us’? Adding ’us’ implies that it’s not just me who has been advising you just now, right?" Bao Bao quickly caught the important point in Yan Yan’s words.

"No, not at all. My parents merely said that I should find a boyfriend who grew up in a family where the parents love each other," Yan Yan hadn’t really thought much about it; she just blurted it out.

"Then if she hasn’t met you, why doesn’t she like you?" Bao Bao finally remembered to ask the second key question.

"It’s a long story. In high school, I got caught for puppy love, and I guess his mother thinks that puppy love affects studies, so she opposed us being together," Yan Yan was still aware of where Qi Yi’s mother’s dislike for her stemmed from.

"High school, wasn’t that ages ago?

Maybe I asked the wrong question.

You should know, single mothers often treat their sons as if they were accessories.

If someone doesn’t like you, they often have no reason at all," Bao Bao continued her cautionary advice.

"Bao Ka, are you saying that sons from single-parent families are destined to be alone for life?" Yan Yan was skeptical.

"Of course not, not every mother treats her son as an accessory.

And indeed, there are many girls who recklessly rush into things, like moths to a flame.

But love can dissolve temporary conflicts, not lifelong ones.

Too many people have separated not because they didn’t love each other," Bao Bao helped Yan Yan analyze the reality of the situation.

"I think you’re being alarmist.

Qi Yi’s parents were separated before, and the divorce just happened not so long ago.

In that case, he probably didn’t grow up in a single-parent family, right?

Qi Yi also said that children who don’t grow up in intact families either lack a sense of security in love and marriage or are exceptionally tenacious, and he belongs to the latter," Yan Yan also believed that Qi Yi’s attitude toward love matched what he had described.

"It’s not a matter of tenacity. It’s about emotional intelligence. Tenacity can’t change the outcome of this situation, unless..." Bao Bao paused there.

"Bao Ka, enough already! Why the suspense with such matters? I seriously despise you!" Yan Yan felt uncomfortable with Bao Bao’s sudden pause.

"Unless your boyfriend has an exceptional EQ, capable of handling both his woman and his mother." Bao Bao had intended to drag it out a bit longer, but she ended up caving to Yan Yan’s urgent demeanor.

"Qi Yi, he should be able to do that, right?" Yan Yan wasn’t sure if she was asking Bao Bao or herself.