Love Affairs in Melbourne-Chapter 315 - 310 Reopening (5)

"Yan Yan was your uncle’s junior in college, so you should call her ’Aunt,’" Lei Zhaodi corrected Elsa’s manner of addressing.

After correcting her, she did not take out the iPad, but instead continued to speak to her granddaughter, "Your Aunt Yan has been quite busy lately. Why don’t you wait until she’s less busy to ask her to help you make clothes, okay?"

"I can’t call her Aunt!" Elsa looked seriously at her grandma.

The little girl pouted a bit angrily, seeming dissatisfied that her grandma had messed up the arrangements she had just made with Yan Yan.

In fact, Yan Yan was just not used to the title of "Aunt"; she didn’t truly find it unacceptable.

Rather than figuring out whether to call her ’Aunt’ or ’Sister,’ Yan Yan now had more important things to clarify.

Yan Yan walked over to her parents.

"Mom, Dad, Elsa just said that you tricked Uncle Wei and Aunt Lei into coming to the United States, what’s going on? Why didn’t you tell me that so many people were coming today?" Yan Yan wanted to understand the situation as quickly as possible so she would know how to react next.

"We’ve already traveled all over Australia, and now that our residency has come through, there’s no need to stay there indefinitely.

Your cousin said after returning from New York last time that you plan to settle in New York after July.

Your dad and I thought about it and bought an apartment in New York.

Since there’s nothing much else, living anywhere is the same for us.

We might as well stay in the United States with you for a year or two, see everything here, and then go back.

We can’t help you much, but at least you can have a home in New York, and your dad can cook some delicious food for you.

Look at you, you’re almost too skinny, and you don’t look as healthy as before," Lu Bingran said disdainfully to Yan Yan.

Beneath the surface of that disdain flowed the parents’ concern for her.

A few years ago, when her parents first talked about immigrating, Yan Yan never thought she’d be this busy; she thought she’d quickly return to China for work, or at least could spend some time in Melbourne now and then to visit her parents and find Bao Bao.

But now, it was difficult for the family to even see each other.

The fact that her parents wanted to live in New York was neither surprising nor unacceptable to Yan Yan.

After all, the couple, Yan Dabang, had gone from being too busy to travel at all to having nothing to do in Melbourne but travel, and had long since traveled all over Australia.

Even if her parents came to live in New York, they would still probably spend most of their time touring different states in the United States.

However, her mother’s words still didn’t clear up Yan Yan’s confusion.

Were Lei Pili’s parents traveling to New York with them?

"We helped bring your shoes over.

Even if you’re in first-class, baggage allowances are limited. Your shoes aren’t heavy, but even with Ye Mo’s improved packaging, the volume is still too large.

We had contacted the airline while in Melbourne and they said they couldn’t guarantee handling so much oversized luggage on the same flight.

Afraid that our own baggage for the trip to the U.S., in addition to your requested shoes, would be too much, we didn’t bring any luggage when we returned to China a few days ago, so we had your Uncle Wei and Aunt Lei help bring our luggage directly from Melbourne to New York," Lu Bingran continued to explain what was happening with their neighbors who appeared at the airport.

But the more she explained, the more confused Yan Yan became.

Even if Feng’s brother’s parents were just coming to New York for a trip, what was the deal with Lei Pili’s appearance?

However, the answers her mother gave were always noncommittal, and with so many people around, Yan Yan could not keep digging deeper.

At that moment, the car that Lei Pili had rented arrived, and Yan Yan had to stop her questioning and greet everyone to get in the car.

From the moment Elsa began correcting Lei Zhaodi’s title, she held onto Yan Yan’s hand and wouldn’t let go, probably worried that her grandma had just used the wrong title, upsetting Sister Yan Yan and causing her not to make beautiful clothes for her.

After getting in the car, Yan Yan naturally ended up sitting next to Elsa, who was still holding her hand.

Yan Yan had booked a hotel near Wall Street for her parents and aunt and uncle, but with the increase in people, they would definitely need to book more rooms.

But just as Yan Yan was making the call, her mother stopped her.

"Didn’t Mom just say we bought an apartment in New York? Why still stay in a hotel?" Lu Bingran looked at Yan Yan with a hint of confusion.

"You just said you were thinking about buying an apartment, you’ve already bought one? Even if you bought it, we still need to stay in a hotel. Who moves into a house as soon as it’s purchased?" Yan Yan continued making the hotel reservation call.

"Our house was bought almost two months ago, didn’t your cousin tell you? He already had someone tidy it up. He showed us the photos; it’s definitely ready to move in." Lu Bingran once again stopped Yan Yan from making the hotel booking.

"Yan Ling? He never mentioned this to me?" Yan Yan was almost at a loss for words.

"Your cousin is busy too, when would he have the time?

He has a classmate in New York who works in real estate, who just happened to have a duplex villa for sale, so we bought it.

The real estate agency took care of everything excellently.

They said you can move in without even needing to bring a suitcase.

Don’t worry about it.

Both of you are so busy, we didn’t want to bother you with things we could handle ourselves.

Your cousin’s classmate is Chinese, which made communication especially easy." Lu Bingran continued to explain the situation in more detail.

"You guys were swindled by your cousin’s classmate, weren’t you? Just the two of you buying a duplex? Two villas? What for? To raise goldfish?" Yan Yan was speechless, she was indeed busy, but she would still make time to give some advice on something as significant as buying a house in New York.

Moreover, if it’s a villa in New York, it is likely quite far from Wall Street and her studio, which wouldn’t be convenient if the purpose was to stay close to help Yan Yan.

Why would they not even notify her about such a matter?

"We didn’t buy two houses; Aunt Lei and I each bought one." Lu Bingran quickly responded to Yan Yan’s skepticism.

Lu Bingran might have been better off not mentioning it, after she spoke, Yan Yan was even more dumbfounded:

"So, Sister Bing Ran, isn’t scamming yourself enough? Why drag your next-door neighbor into this too?"

It was one thing for her parents to be reckless, but why hadn’t Yan Ling even mentioned a word to her?

Why are Wei family buying houses in New York? The New York real estate market hasn’t been great these past years, and investing isn’t done this way.