Love Affairs in Melbourne-Chapter 292 - 287 Misunderstandings and Gifts

After the second direct confrontation between Yan Yan and Qi Yi’s mother during last year’s Spring Festival, Qi Yi’s mood plummeted to rock bottom.

The first confrontation between Yan Yan and Qi Yi’s mother happened while Qi Yi was on his way to buy Wenzhou Big Bun, so he did not witness the interaction.

Even though his mother took advantage of the moment he stepped away to "clear his memory" to speak with Yan Yan, the encounter ended on a stark note.

Subsequently, Qi Yi had already decided to put everything on the line, yet the outcome was particularly disappointing.

It was the second time Qi Yi told Yan Yan that he had handled his mother and asked her to visit his home.

Before visiting Qi Yi’s house, he visited Yan Yan’s family; he was well aware of her parents’ attitudes.

Yan Yan left Wenzhou two days before Qi Yi and did not call him after arriving in Paris.

Qi Yi dwelled on this detail for a long time, feeling that Yan Yan might just leave him.

Returning to New York, Qi Yi tried not to call Yan Yan nor email her.

He hoped to gradually adapt to living without her.

At that time, he was uncertain how else he could try to persuade his mother.

During the period Qi Yi refrained from calling Yan Yan, she rarely called him either.

Yan Yan had sent just one email, mentioning a designer from the Parsons School of Fashion she was interested in, asking Qi Yi if he could recruit that person to Maison Yan II.

Reading this emotionally detached email, Qi Yi naturally felt even more disheartened.

Could it be that he and Yan Yan only had work left to talk about?

Once Yan Yan’s investment lock-up period was over at Ian Private Equity, would she cease all contact with him?

Despite feeling anxious, Yan Yan asked Qi Yi to use his persuasive skills to secure a new assistant designer, giving him no reason not to give it his all.

This might well be the last favor Yan Yan would ask of him.

Not only did Qi Yi recruit the annual top graduate from Parsons School of Design for Yan Yan, but he also managed to hire another graduate competing for the Newbie Designer of the Year, who had won the graduate design award from the New York State University Fashion Institute of Technology.

After settling these matters, Qi Yi sent Yan Yan a detailed email about his conversations with the two designers.

Yan Yan did not even thank him, replying only to say that she needed to meet these designers in the United States herself to see if their styles were compatible.

Designers with too strong a personality are not easy to manage; if these two clashed upon meeting, regardless of their potential, they couldn’t be hired into the studio at the same time.

Qi Yi waited desolately for Yan Yan to come to New York and break up with him.

He repeatedly conditioned himself to get used to a future without her.

He particularly wanted to call and salvage their relationship.

But he still exercised restraint.

If his mother opposed, Yan Yan would leave.

If he did not reach out to Yan Yan, she would not reach out to him.

All he could do was to get used to it in advance and not much else.

When Yan Yan arrived in the United States, she gave Qi Yi a hug at the airport, said nothing, and quickly let go.

She did not say they were breaking up nor did she show any desire to reconcile.

Yan Yan said she only had one day of time.

After Qi Yi dropped Yan Yan off at the hotel, he asked her where her design interview was so he could take her there.

Yan Yan was directionally challenged and could get lost anywhere.

That time, Qi Yi was particularly strict with himself; he wanted to hold Yan Yan’s hand, but he ultimately restrained himself.

At the airport, he didn’t do so, and Yan Yan didn’t, as usual, hang on him after a hug.

It was just like a very formal hug.

The more Qi Yi thought about it, the more certain he became of Yan Yan’s thoughts.

That day was the most difficult day for him after reuniting with Yan Yan.

Yan Yan decisively rejected Qi Yi’s offer to take her to her design interview.

Yan Yan told Qi Yi that she had already interviewed with those two designers via a video conference and had started designing in the studio a few days earlier.

Yan Yan then said she had come this time for something very important, specifically to find Qi Yi.

Qi Yi understood and waited for Yan Yan to bring up breaking up.

After knowing each other for so long, Yan Yan had come to New York to clarify this matter in person, which was a final account for their relationship.

Qi Yi tried hard to adjust his mood, trying not to break down in front of the person he loved the most.

But Yan Yan, without any warning, presented herself to Qi Yi as a gift.

Qi Yi felt like he was dreaming, not knowing the real intention behind Yan Yan’s action at that time.

When he woke up, it was time for Yan Yan to return to Paris.

When leaving, Yan Yan left Qi Yi with a phrase, "Miss is very busy, don’t throw your temper at me from time to time. If there is a next time, I might not care for you anymore."

Yan Yan "physically demonstrated" by giving Qi Yi an enormously great gift and surprise.

Yan Yan came in haste and left in haste.

She didn’t even laze around in her favorite bed when she should have been resting.

Qi Yi knew without asking that Yan Yan had dropped many things to come find him.

The one day of time Yan Yan mentioned included the time on the plane; her actual time in New York was at most half a day.

The belatedly aware Qi Yi only realized when Yan Yan left that he had almost made an irreversible mistake.

His Waiwai wasn’t indifferent to him, didn’t disregard his feelings, and hadn’t planned to break up with him without saying a word.

Qi Yi apologized for his childishness.

Yan Yan hadn’t lost faith in him, yet he had reverted to that high-school romance mode of acting unilaterally for the other’s supposed benefit without discussion.

After that day, they returned to their usual way of interacting; Qi Yi occasionally called Yan Yan, sent emails, talked about things happening around him, and asked if Yan Yan needed any data or materials collected.

Or else he would ask if there was anyone else he needed to help dig up, and if there were any bugs in the logistics system he had made for Y·Y that needed fixing.

After Yan Yan returned, it was as if nothing had happened, and she interacted with Qi Yi just as she always had.

Yan Yan didn’t even ask Qi Yi why he had suddenly become so strange during that time.

Her boyfriend had already presented his fragile and sensitive heart to her; there were some things Yan Yan didn’t need to ask about, as she knew what Qi Yi was thinking.