Love Affairs in Melbourne-Chapter 304 - 299: Venting Personal Anger

In the entrepreneurial and financial media pages across the United States, the Yan siblings were equally popular.

However, on the pages dedicated to fashion and designers worldwide, stock shares were not the focus; instead, the sole focal point was Yan Yan, the shared creative director of the two brands.

How did a 25-year-old Chinese girl manage the Haute Couture houses in France, Paris, and the sought-after American trendy brand Y·Y at the same time?

Numerous media outlets wanted to find the answer through exclusive interviews with Yan Yan.

Yan Yan rarely interacted with the media and had always maintained a mysterious and low profile in the European fashion circles.

Domestic media had never managed to secure an interview with the creative director of Maison Yan II before.

After the boundless starry sky press conference, the number of media outlets in Europe, the United States, and domestically that wanted to interview Yan Yan, the hottest designer in the fashion circle right now, was overwhelming; it was impossible to respond to all.

Yan Yan’s principle was to give priority to interviews with media coming from China.

This wasn’t due to nationalist sentiments or because she felt the need to prioritize media that had traveled a long way from home.

It was to vent her private frustrations.

Though it was through the media she vented, Yan Yan’s anger had nothing to do with the media — it solely concerned those women from her hometown who had had arranged meetings with Qi Yi.

Her "ex-boyfriend," had tarnished his image by meeting these women and had excessively praised his "ex-girlfriend"— known since he was in Wenzhou High School.

Ultimately, the unanimous conclusion of these female compatriots was that the "ex-boyfriend’s" words were full of lies, not a single one trustworthy.

There simply weren’t any designers active in the European fashion circles from Wenzhou, especially not a young female designer.

Such a person didn’t exist in China, let alone Wenzhou. And if there really were such a person, how had they never heard of her?

Even designers who show their collections on unofficial days during major fashion weeks would generate significant publicity after their shows.

The "ex-girlfriend" Qi Yi mentioned was definitely fictional, and this man’s character was highly questionable.

It might be acceptable to say that Yan Yan was not a famous designer—that didn’t bother her. However, calling her "ex-boyfriend" low in character was absolutely unacceptable.

This was intolerable.

Since she needed to step out from behind the scenes, it was time to reclaim the dignity her "ex-boyfriend" had lost earlier in the year.

Yan Yan’s growth background was the most thoroughly investigated by the domestic media.

The media in Wenzhou had not managed to secure an interview with Yan Yan in New York.

It wasn’t that Yan Yan was unwilling, but rather that Wenzhou lacked "high-end, classy" fashion media to make the trip to New York; otherwise, just for the sake of the name "Wenzhou," even the smallest media outlet would have been prioritized by Yan Yan.

Still, since Wenzhou was Yan Yan’s hometown, having closer access should have been an advantage—unable to interview Yan Yan directly, they started interviewing various people connected to Yan Yan’s upbringing.

Luckily, Yan Dabang and his wife were not in the country; otherwise, they would’ve been busy dealing with local media interviews facilitated by various relatives and friends, busy for days or even weeks.

Unable to reach the "direct relative," Yan Ling, Yan Yan’s teacher, Teacher Ge, from Wenzhou High School, was "dug up" and interviewed by several media outlets.

Designer Yan Yan’s profile in her homeland was unprecedented.

Teacher Ge, Yan Yan’s homeroom teacher, was very open-minded and during an interview, when asked about Yan Yan’s high school life, gushed that Yan Yan’s high school boyfriend was also very outstanding.

The teacher, inexperienced in handling interviews under such circumstances, genuinely believed that supporting Yan Yan and Qi Yi’s relationship back then was a very correct decision.

Just a casual remark from Teacher Ge triggered a barrage of questions from the journalists.

Who exactly was this person? Where was he now? Could he be interviewed? Were they still together?

Teacher Ge never expected a simple interview about cultivating an outstanding designer at Wenzhou High School to suddenly veer off into the realms of gossip news.

Upon realizing this, Yan Yan’s homeroom teacher became tight-lipped. freēwēbηovel.c૦m

She had no intention of exposing any private details.

She merely wanted to mention that in Yan Yan’s class, there were many outstanding students, and that was all.

After such turmoil stirred by local media, those women who had had arranged meetings with Qi Yi began to recognize the background Qi Yi had shared during those meetings.

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Qi Yi never missed any major show of Yan Yan’s in the past.

But this time, not wanting to freeload on the popularity of Yan Yan and Yan Ling, he neither went to Paris nor stayed in New York.

Qi Yi just wanted to be an "unsung" Wall Street Investment Manager.

Exposing his relationship with Yan Yan might lead to unwanted attention from various Wall Street investment bankers wanting to be involved in the IPO of Y·Y,

especially since the Yan siblings hadn’t yet decided whether to go public or not.

Moreover, the logic of his previous "ex-girlfriend" escapades might also be publicly scrutinized.

He didn’t want people discussing his relationship with Yan Yan, particularly, he didn’t want Yan Yan’s parents to know about these matters.

Qi Yi thought it was a good opportunity to address his mother’s concerns about him once and for all.

Qi Yi’s matchmaking attempts had been notoriously discussed, often becoming a hot topic after meals; suddenly realizing they might have been mistaken, people naturally wanted to clear things up.

Some started inquiring with those who had introduced them to Qi Yi for matchmaking about whether Qi Yi’s mentioned "ex-girlfriend" was designer Yan Yan.

These people asked around and eventually reached Qi Yi’s mother.

Qi Yi’s mother had always considered her son unparalleled; suddenly, when various "friends and family" inquired about her son’s "ex-girlfriend," she felt somewhat displeased.

At this juncture, Qi Yi’s mother should ideally have withdrawn her prejudices, considering Yan Yan at least as someone worthy of her son.

Or she might have thought that Yan Yan was too outstanding for her son to handle, and that would have been acceptable too.

But Qi Yi’s mother harbored no such thoughts.

Mrs. Qi’s dissatisfaction with Yan Yan had deepened.

Which prominent family’s lady would expose herself so publicly?

A shameless girl, regardless of her endeavors, could never change her shameless nature.

Qi Yi’s mother faced an unsolvable yet necessary equation to address.