Xingyuan putting on a master class in how to defuse the situation for Xiaoen. Creates blunt and obvious distance between this "friend." Then communicates before she's even asked to share. Clearly, she still doesn't like this "old friend," who is also clearly barking up the wrong tree now.

Thanks, that hurt...

"I was eavesdropping." Big respect for instant honesty.

"I was eavesdropping." Big respect for instant honesty.

The blunt candid honesty of someone so childlike they don't know self-consciousness? 9_9

The end of the chapter puzzled me a lil' bit. Xingyuan talks about Tianli then has these ugly memories of confessing to a girl who goes homophobic and rejects her in disgust. Is that girl supposed to be Tianli? Or are we to guess that XY is being flooded by lotsa bad memories from different times?

That ending should come with a PTSD trigger warning.

Ah she made me slap my screen in an atttempt to slap some sense into her.

The way I'm interpreting it is she was close friends with Tianli. When she was outed, Tianli followed the crowd and claimed she was gross. Coming from a friend, that's probably why she feels so down because she didn't have a comrade anywhere.

Based on Tiangli's expression though, it looked like she caved to the peer pressure at the time and didn't actually mean it. Still those are the words she said and this is the repercussion. Now that she's grown up a bit and maybe feels more comfortable detaching from that peer pressure, she's reaching out because she regrets what she said.

Mmhh I wonder how big of a "historical liability" Tianli was, and will be.
Yunduo brutal honestly was amazing, she knows this girl could be trouble for Xiaoen.
Also Xiaoen being herself, as usual. A total dork.
Thanks for the chapter!

Confirmed: Tianli is the bitch who screwed up Xingyuan's life.
Because of her loose lips everyone found out Xingyuan is a lesbian. Her schoolmates, her family, the school authorities, all were horrified and fell on her like a ton of bricks. Xingyuan left the city and started travelling from town to town, and one day she came to Peach Town -- and that's where MDL starts.

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I lol'ed at the pinnacle of sloppiness that is Xiaoen in the last panels, sprawled on the sofa, texting. Poor parents, that's not what you want to see when you look at your unmarried 27-year-old daughter. (⁀ ᗢ⁀)

Some good advice and some dirty thoughts. ^_^

Lol Xingyuan falling for that bait at the end of the chapter. Xiaoen really is being remarkably confident with this arc, huh?

So she really likes older girls? Based.

So Xingyuan's one for three on her ideal type then. Since Xiaoen is sweet, but she's not exactly what you think when people say onee-san/jiejie type and she is most certainly not mature. Love works in funny ways though and I can't blame her for falling for Xiaoen.
The real problem is that it seems obvious Tianli has a sort of crush on her which definitely motivated the outing.

So Xingyuan's one for three on her ideal type then. Since Xiaoen is sweet, but she's not exactly what you think when people say onee-san/jiejie type and she is most certainly not mature. Love works in funny ways though and I can't blame her for falling for Xiaoen.

Mu Xiaoen is a strange blend of manic pixie dream girl, charismatic community leader and perverted old geezer. Definitely an intriguing enough blend to catch (and then keep) the attention of any hurt and confused gay girl on the run.

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Well, nothing bad so far in their past, but something must have happened to cause this rift between them. Maybe Tianli's crush fell for Xingyuan instead?

Well, nothing bad so far in their past, but something must have happened to cause this rift between them. Maybe Tianli's crush fell for Xingyuan instead?

I thought Xingyuan’s “You don’t have to take it [the secret of her sexual preference] that seriously” line was notable. It suggests that Tianli later outs her for some reason but perhaps without anticipating what the full consequences turn out to be.

Well, nothing bad so far in their past, but something must have happened to cause this rift between them. Maybe Tianli's crush fell for Xingyuan instead?

I thought Xingyuan’s “You don’t have to take it [the secret of her sexual preference] that seriously” line was notable. It suggests that Tianli later outs her for some reason but perhaps without anticipating what the full consequences turn out to be.

That, too. She hasn't done so yet, so I don't think she would do it without any reason at all, but this could certainly play part in her decision to eventually do so, for example exactly to explain why her crush would not be able to get Xingyuan to go out with him instead.

I'm not ready for the chapters focusing on the past to get to the painful reveal of what happened, and I'm guessing we're going to see more homophobia soon. Very much uncomfy times ahead, so I hope there's also some present day hugs or something mixed in...

Well, nothing bad so far in their past, but something must have happened to cause this rift between them. Maybe Tianli's crush fell for Xingyuan instead?

From the way she's acting in the flashback and in the present, I'd say odds are greater that Tianli fell for Xingyuan. She might out her, for some reason or another, or by accident, perhaps, but all we actually know is that she said she thinks being gay is gross. It could be something as simple as "the subject came up, Tianli said something terrible to fit in, Xingyuan overheard it (or was even caught in the conversation) and was hurt by it." Time will tell, there's a lot of possible directions this could take.

I'm also shipping Tianlii and Yunduo

Not me. I get why, Yunduo's pain is super relatable and I'd love to see her happy, but there just isn't anything there at this stage, and I'm not a fan of "pair the spares."

Gay baby Xingyuan is so fucking cute OMG. Tracy Hu's art is always great but it especially favors an adorable subject like this.
We got some interesting hints at the story here: in the present Xingyuan is under a lot of homophobic pressure from her family, especially her father, but here she talks about being openly gay to her mom and her mom is chill. And Xingyuan and her mom spent so much time living abroad that her English is better than her Chinese, and not with that father, who stayed in the city the chapter is set in "the whole time for work". It's entirely possible that father was basically a stranger to her when she moved back to China at the start of this flashback. I can't remember Xingyuan's mom coming up before this point, either. Did some tragedy leave her without her mom and isolated with a conservative family from her father's side? Did Tianli play some role in that side of family learning Xingyuan is gay?

Edit: in the last chapter, when Xingyuan is thinking about her past regrets and saying "I wish I hadn't taken things for granted at the time and been so naive," the scene behind that is the same scene from this chapter where Xingyuan first tells Tianli she's gay. This could ether been and regrets getting Tianli, or regrets not realizing Tianli's feelings. Considering Xingyuan has claimed she had no love before the present, that makes the former more likely so far.

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Some preforeshadowing
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/my_dear_lass_ch08#5
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/my_dear_lass_ch31#3

Some preforeshadowing
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/my_dear_lass_ch08#5
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/my_dear_lass_ch31#3

Thanks for this, I'd forgotten some of the details. Man I despise her dad. Such a despicable piece of shit. I hate parents like this.