Love Affairs in Melbourne-Chapter 81 - 78: Sudden Arrival (Extra for @Lust Emperor’s 4th Alliance Hierarch)

Chapter 81: Chapter 78: Sudden Arrival (Extra for @Lust Emperor’s 4th Alliance Hierarch)

Beijing Time, 6:15 a.m.; New York Time, 6:15 p.m.

Yan Yan called Qi Yi.

"Xiao Qizi from the investment banking department that doesn’t require overtime, have you had dinner?" Yan Yan had promised to call Qi Yi to accompany him for dinner, and it was time now.

"Just six o’clock, nobody eats dinner this early. I’ve just finished training," Qi Yi said, not surprised to receive Yan Yan’s call because he had been forewarned.

"Is that so? Have you finished training for the day? Do you have plans to dine with some beauty you just met?" Yan Yan asked, her tone brimming with curiosity.

"Where would I find a beauty?" Qi Yi asked, quite puzzled.

"During the orientation training, you can’t tell me it was only people from your department. It must have been a group of new hires together, regardless of the department, first completing the orientation before moving on to their respective positions," Yan Yan continued "inquiring" for information.

"Apart from you, my eyes simply can’t see any other person of the opposite sex. Don’t you know I’m a standard repeller of the opposite sex?" Qi Yi was used to Yan Yan occasionally asking him if he was going to have dinner with a beautiful woman.

Anyway, whether Yan Yan was serious, Qi Yi would always painstakingly explain, seriously clarifying his stance.

"Uh, when I met you, you were a magnet for the opposite sex, okay! Now you’re suddenly a repeller?" Yan Yan challenged Qi Yi’s dubious assertion.

"Then what would make you believe that I’m now a repeller?" Qi Yi asked very seriously.

"That’s exactly what I’ve been waiting for you to say~" Yan Yan suddenly laughed filled with joy.

"What do you mean?" Qi Yi didn’t understand what was funny about his question.

"I~need~to~see~to~believe~" Yan Yan enunciated each word, speaking rhythmically with happiness.

"What’s gotten into you?" Qi Yi was completely confused by Yan Yan’s abnormal way of speaking. freewёbnoνel.com

"I am~now in New York~

But~

When I bought the ticket I didn’t pay attention. I am not at Kennedy Airport~

Rather, I am at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey.

However, I looked at the flight path on the plane, and it seems that Newark Airport is about the same distance from the New York City Center as Kennedy Airport.

Metropolises like New York have quite a few airports~" Yan Yan deliberately spoke slowly as she explained her situation.

"You’re at Newark Airport? Are you serious?" Qi Yi was completely taken aback and couldn’t believe what he was hearing.

"Pearls couldn’t be more genuine," Yan Yan repeated her catchphrase.

"Are you really not joking with me?" Qi Yi still found it hard to believe.

"Why would I lie to you about this kind of thing? Otherwise, what would you think I was so busy with yesterday that I couldn’t even find time to make a call?" Yan Yan responded with a question.

Qi Yi didn’t know how to answer.

To believe or not to believe?

"I’m still at the airport, haven’t passed through customs yet, not sure how long it will take.

I intended to call you when I got downtown.

But I’m worried about a long wait getting through immigration here.

Plus, it’s now rush hour, and I think by the time I get to you, you’ll have already finished eating dinner by yourself.

So, I decided to tell you a bit earlier, now.

Do you need me to let you listen to the airport announcements here before you’ll believe I’ve arrived?" Yan Yan felt that if she didn’t put it more directly, Qi Yi might really not believe she had come.

"I believe... it’s just hard for me to believe it," Qi Yi felt that the surprise was too big and too sudden.

"You need to be strong~ be brave~ be bold~

I couldn’t make it to my boyfriend’s graduation, could I miss out on seeing him start his job?

After all, my boyfriend is about to work in a place swarming with beauties," Yan Yan didn’t know why, but she felt like she missed something if she didn’t mention how many beauties Qi Yi was working with every day.

"There’s really no one even a tenth as beautiful as you, you don’t believe... I’ll take you to see, you... wait for me, wait at the airport, I’m coming to pick you up right now," Qi Yi was speaking somewhat incoherently.

"Don’t get too excited, coming to fetch me might mean that I have to wait for you.

After picking me up, we’ll still have to go back to Manhattan.

That would be too much trouble and a waste of time.

Tell me the fastest way to get to Manhattan from Newark Airport.

You go back first, take a good bath, get dressed, and prepare for my arrival.

In the meantime, you should also consider such key issues as where to take me for dinner.

United Airlines’ meals aren’t to my taste at all," Yan Yan suggested the most appropriate arrangement.

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The distance from Newark Airport to Manhattan is over twenty kilometers. It doesn’t seem far, and taking a taxi is the most convenient and worry-free method when it’s not rush hour.

But the time Yan Yan had arrived wasn’t really suitable to take a taxi to Manhattan.

The airport shuttle would be even slower.

There’s no direct rail transit either.

Qi Yi had just arrived in New York not long ago and he wasn’t too clear on the fastest way to get from Newark Airport to Manhattan.

However, Qi Yi studied mathematics, and mathematics is meant to solve problems, especially applied mathematics, which he excels at.

The notion of mathematics students being poor in practical living skills is actually a minority.

Otherwise, there wouldn’t be mathematics methods like Hua Luogeng’s "Comprehensive Method," devised to solve real-life problems.

For someone in investment banking, the most common activity is flying, and their most valuable asset is time.

Asking any investment manager about the fastest way to the airport is certain to get a direct and effective response.

Qi Yi just hadn’t left the orientation venue yet.

The VP Ian responsible for giving the new hire training had mentioned that following the end of training, he’d be resuming the daily life of an investment banker – if not on a plane, then on his way to catch one.

Qi Yi caught up with Ian before he left, walking and inquiring about the quickest way to get from Manhattan to Newark Airport at the current time, and roughly how long it would take.

Qi Yi also felt that Yan Yan’s plan she had just laid out was the most sensible, but he still wanted to see if there was a way he could make it to the airport to pick up Yan Yan.

At this moment, Qi Yi was eager to see Yan Yan as soon as possible, even if just half an hour sooner – to Qi Yi, it meant a great deal.

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(Requesting tips, seeking monthly tickets)

The previous part focused on setting the background, including the notion that they had just reunited only to be separated across the Northern and Southern Hemispheres – thus, there was a preponderance of groundwork.

Xiao Mo feels it’s been somewhat bland and is a bit embarrassed to ask for monthly tickets.

Did this sudden reunion surprise you?