Love Affairs in Melbourne-Chapter 93 - 90 Romantic Date Spot

Every time they got to crucial questions, Yan Yan always intentionally shifted the topic, a matter that particularly frustrated Qi Yi.

Usually, Qi Yi would be patient and cooperative, waiting for Yan Yan to finish her suspenseful teasing.

But today, Qi Yi really did not want Yan Yan to diverge from the important topic they had begun discussing.

"Ah, my grandfather is getting old, and he’s no fun at all," sighed Yan Yan, shaking her head.

"If I were old, I would sit down and listen to you talk about architectural stories. It’s precisely because I’m young that all I want to do is kiss and hug," Qi Yi said honestly, his expression both handsome and cute.

"What do you want Bao Bao for? Bao Bao belongs to Shen Xi," Yan Yan expressed her dissatisfaction, and conveniently shifted the topic yet again.

"Can you stop letting your imagination run wild, Miss Yan!" Qi Yi protested earnestly.

"Uh, sure, I know when to stop," Yan Yan quickly switched from a displeased expression to a cute one, then continued:

"I remember lots of love movies shot in New York feature the famous outdoor ice rink at Rockefeller Center. I heard it stays open until midnight. It’s still early, let’s go have some fun!" Yan Yan wanted to choose a date spot that seemed particularly romantic to her.

Yan Yan travelled from Wenzhou to Shanghai, and then took a fourteen or fifteen-hour flight from Shanghai to New York to see Qi Yi; she couldn’t possibly return without creating some special date memories.

"You’ve researched this quite thoroughly, huh?" Qi Yi’s smile was even more attractive than usual.

Yan Yan could tell that Qi Yi was delighted by what she had just said, but it seemed there was also something else mixed into his happiness.

"That’s right, choosing a good date spot is key to a successful date," Yan Yan liked Qi Yi’s just-now smile, although she didn’t fully comprehend its meaning at the moment.

"So this means if we go to that outdoor ice rink at Rockefeller Center, I can casually embrace and hug you all I want?" Qi Yi asked Yan Yan.

"When I was a child, I loved reading comics, especially ’Skating Angel.’

That book made me fall in love with real ice.

But I’ve never actually skated before; I only watched.

There, I would mostly be falling down.

I would definitely need you to help hold me up," Yan Yan admitted somewhat bashfully, revealing the unavoidable truth of the need for hugs.

"How do you know I can do that?" Qi Yi asked meaningfully.

"Well, Peking University’s Weiming Lake turns into an ice rink in winter, doesn’t it? With your athletic talent, you must know at least a bit," Yan Yan still didn’t fully grasp Qi Yi’s implied meaning.

"You have that much confidence in me?" Qi Yi continued with a deep meaning in his voice.

"Of course, I have more confidence in you than I have in myself," Yan Yan answered with certainty.

"Alright, then I’ll take you there, and as long as you don’t change your mind when we arrive, just agree to let me hug and hold you as much as I want," Qi Yi said, appearing particularly agreeable.

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The outdoor skating rink at Rockefeller Center is built in the center’s sunken plaza.

It didn’t take long for Qi Yi to bring Yan Yan to the spot she had chosen.

"What is this place?" Yan Yan didn’t recognize the presence of an ice rink at the "designated spot."

"This is the famous sunken plaza ice rink at Rockefeller Center. You see that statue there, Prometheus holding the fire? Have you seen it in any of the romance movies set in New York?" Qi Yi asked Yan Yan, pointing at the golden statue.

"I recognize the statue, alright, but where is the ice rink? Does Rockefeller Center have more than one Prometheus?" Yan Yan felt Qi Yi hadn’t brought her to the right place.

"In this plaza, during late autumn, early spring, and winter, it is an ice rink; in the summer, it just becomes a normal outdoor dining area.

Let’s go over, didn’t you want me to casually hug and hold you in the middle of the sunken plaza?

I have been looking forward to it all the way here," Qi Yi said with a grin that spelled trouble.

"Are you sure you want to engage in such frivolous activities in public?" Yan Yan finally understood the mysterious smile that had started when she mentioned the ice rink at Rockefeller Center.

"What frivolous activities? Look, everyone is openly kissing and hugging here," Qi Yi’s face was full of envy.

With a casual point from Qi Yi, Yan Yan saw an American couple in the middle of a passionately French kissing in the center of the plaza.

"Uh, I think I’ll not go in. I suddenly feel like I’ve been possessed by the Big Grey Wolf."

Yan Yan was quite frustrated.

It had taken Yan Yan half a day to get a chance to "outsmart" Qi Yi, and now it was all in vain.

In her heart, there was only one voice, like the Big Grey Wolf shouting, "I will definitely come back."

"You owe me a kiss, a hug, and a cuddle," Qi Yi felt he had to keep track of what Yan Yan owed him.

"Just remove the kiss; at most, a hug and a cuddle," Yan Yan thought the account needed to be clear.

"If you remove the kiss, then it means many hugs and cuddles, and it has to be in the center of this plaza, you need ’constant falling,’ and I need constant hugging and cuddling." Qi Yi was clear about crucial matters.

"Hadn’t we agreed to be patient?" Yan Yan glared at Qi Yi.

"For you, yes, but I never made such a promise," Qi Yi always had a way to shift the topic back to where he wanted it, and today he wanted to discuss "kisses."

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Note 1:

The outdoor skating rink at Rockefeller Center is one of the world’s five most beautiful outdoor ice rinks.

But when you actually visit, you might find the rink somewhat small.

Compared to the other four most beautiful rinks, the outdoor rink at Rockefeller Center, surrounded by tall buildings, feels slightly like a "pseudo-outdoor" environment.

Ranked before Rockefeller are Canada’s Banff Lake Louise, Rideau Canal, Russia’s Red Square, and Austria’s Ice Dream Ice Rink—these truly embody the essence of outdoor ice rinks.

In Xiao Mo’s opinion, the largest and most beautiful rink at Vienna City Hall is the epitome, visible during the CCTV broadcast of the Vienna New Year’s Concert. freēwēbnovel.com

The last shots before the concert officially starts often feature this ice rink.