Struggle Life in the 1970s

In fact, he had mentioned this before. He was admitted to the college with one of the top scores. He also maintained good study habits after admission, so his grades have always been very good.

In addition to his mixed-race identity and the fact that he has been exposed to a foreign language environment at home since childhood, his mentor has high hopes for him and has been actively cultivating him during his four years in college. Now that he is approaching graduation, he hopes that he can continue his studies on this path and enhance his professional qualities.

At this moment, Chu Ye's eyes swept across his eyebrows with great affection, carefully not missing any changes in his emotions.

This person has accompanied me from a rural girl to today's urban teacher. He has walked with me through the dark country roads and seen the magnificent scenery of the city.

He is a very, very good person. He always encourages and praises himself. He always says that he learned from Chu Ye how to stick to his dreams, but didn't she also learn from him how to stick to being herself?
Now that she has broken free from the constraints of her family and can live her life to the fullest, she doesn't want Mu Jiajun to give up studying abroad because of her.

Mu Jiajun in front of him was only worried for a moment, but soon made up his mind.

But at this moment, Chu Ye asked, "Will studying abroad help you with translation?"

Although she was asking, her tone was full of affirmation.

In fact, this is a question that does not require an answer at all.

Both men knew it.

So without waiting for Mu Jiajun to answer, Chu Ye continued to ask, "What is your parents' attitude towards this matter?"

Upon hearing this, Mu Jiajun was silent for a moment. He opened his mouth to say something, but swallowed it back. He didn't want to lie to Chu Ye.

Chu Ye instantly understood from his reaction that his parents definitely hoped that he could continue his studies. His background meant that he didn't have to worry about making money to support his family too early. Moreover, for his family environment, continuing to study and hone himself was the best choice.

She made up her mind, endured the pain in her heart, and said lightly, "You finally found what you want to do, so you should do it well."

She still remembers the bright moon hanging high in the sky when the two of them were walking on a country road. Mu Jiajun smiled and said that he found his dream in her, which was to bring more good translation works to the motherland.

This is obviously a good opportunity right now.

Mu Jiajun just shook his head when he heard this. He understood what Chu Ye meant, but he didn't want to choose this path. Although dreams were important, without Chu Ye, everything would become meaningless.

He took a step forward and hugged Chu Ye tightly, burying his head in Chu Ye's neck. His voice was hoarse and full of pleading, "Let's get married, okay?"

Chu Ye's heartbeat paused for a moment because of these words. After a while, she patted the man's back and softened her voice, "I can't let you delay yourself because of me. If you really miss this opportunity, I don't think I will be happy either."

The hand holding Chu Ye slowly loosened, and Mu Jiajun's eyes were full of pleading, "In fact, my current translation level is enough, and I can also find a job in China. I can make money to support you."

"Jiajun, I also have a job, I don't need you to support me." Chu Ye stared into his eyes and said seriously, "I would rather you do what you like, instead of stopping because of me."

"Liking you is the most important thing to me." Mu Jiajun avoided the main point and deliberately confused the concepts. He was unwilling to listen to what Chu Ye said, and was cold as if he wanted to abandon him.

Chu Ye sighed softly. Although he was reluctant, he still made up his mind, "You know what I mean. Studying abroad is the best choice."

Mu Jiajun stopped talking again. He held her in his arms again. After a long while, he felt cold water droplets on her neck, and said reluctantly, "Let's get married."

"let's break up."

Two voices sounded at the same time. Mu Jiajun's eyes were full of disbelief. He pushed Chu Ye away, his voice trembling.

"What did you say?"

"Let's break up." Chu Ye repeated word by word with a firm tone and without any hesitation.

"No! You blame me for studying abroad, right? I'm not going, don't break up with me, I'm not going, let's get married, get married, okay?" Mu Jiajun's voice broke and tears instantly rolled down his cheeks. He wanted to reach out and hold Chu Ye's hand, but she dodged him.

"Mu Jiajun, if you don't go abroad to study, I will look down on you even more and will not be with you." Chu Ye hardened his heart and spoke in a cold tone.

If being together requires Mu Jiajun to sacrifice his opportunity to study abroad, then she would rather not have it.

Chu Ye was not someone who could not live without love. In her second life, she was very fortunate to have met Mu Jiajun and received almost perfect love from him.

She had no doubt that Mu Jiajun would give up the opportunity to study abroad for her. He was just that kind of person, clear and transparent, sincere, and his love was always presentable.

But precisely because of this, she had to push him away. Mu Jiajun's dream was to become an excellent translator. He was determined to translate excellent foreign works and bring them back to China so that more people could learn about foreign things.

This requires him to go deep into these countries, experience the local customs and practices firsthand, and understand the different language habits abroad and at home. He also needs to study abroad to better hone himself.

But Chu Ye didn't want to become a burden to him.

Mu Jiajun almost couldn't stand. He hoped Chu Ye was joking, but she said it so seriously, without a trace of joking. He knew that she had made up her mind on this matter.

"I can go abroad to study, but can we not break up?" Mu Jiajun wanted to fight for himself one last time.

Chu Ye sighed. Looking at his appearance, she couldn't bear it after all. She reached out and stroked Mu Jiajun's cheek. "This is good for both of us. A lot of things have happened in three years."

Mu Jiajun shook his head, his face full of tears, "Believe me, my heart will always be with you, I won't change. Let's not break up, okay?"

Chu Ye followed his words and asked back, "Then I'm even less worried. I just want you to study hard and wait for you to come back with the same feelings. We can still be together."

"how about you?"

Chu Ye was stunned for a moment, then she understood what he meant. He was asking her if she had changed her mind.

She was about to reply, but saw Mu Jiajun hanging his head, "Forget it, I'm gone now, why would I care so much? If you really find someone else, I can't blame you."

Chu Ye:......

His tone was disgusted, like an eggplant hit by frost. Seeing that Chu Ye really didn't intend to defend herself, he gritted his teeth and said, "No! You can't be with others while I'm away, even if we've broken up."

"I can go abroad to study, but you have to write me a letter of guarantee."

Chu Ye tilted his head and glanced.

Mu Jiajun gritted his teeth and continued, "If I promise to break up with you and go study abroad, you have to promise not to be with others or be attracted to other men."

"Me too! I'll write you an identical pledge!"

Chu Ye was silent, thinking that he was out of his mind. Not to mention that she didn't want to date again, even if she really wanted to find another one, how could such a thing be decided by a letter of guarantee?

Mu Jiajun didn't care. He took out the banknotes and quickly wrote two copies. After he finished, he checked them and signed one of them.

Then he handed over another one. Chu Ye glanced at it and found the guarantee on it was surprisingly childish. However, Mu Jiajun stood aside and looked at her with expectation.

Chu Ye held his forehead helplessly, took the pen and prepared to sign. At this moment, Mu Jiajun seemed to have thought of something.

"Wait, let me add a few words." Mu Jiajun interrupted her, grabbed the pen and started writing and drawing on the paper.

After a while, the paper and pen were pushed over again, and under the original words, another sentence was added:
If Chu Ye starts dating someone new while Mu Jiajun is studying abroad, he must give him a fair chance to compete after Mu Jiajun returns to China and he must not be partial to the other person.

Chu Ye looked at the extra words, and then at Mu Jiajun who was standing beside her with his hands on his hips. She didn't understand what he was so proud of at the moment, but she still silently swallowed the childish words she wanted to say about him and signed her name neatly.

Then, Mu Jiajun took the paper, folded it and put it in his arms as if it were a treasure, and handed his own paper to Chu Ye. Chu Ye was silent and then put it away as well.

Once you decide to study abroad, other procedures can be completed in a very short time.

The day of departure soon arrived. On this day, Mu Jiajun's father drove to the school to pick up Chu Ye in person. In the car sat Mu's mother and Mu Jiajun.

Mu's parents were also very touched by Chu Ye's persuasion of Mu Jiajun to study abroad. Although they hoped that their son could have better development, they also understood his reluctance.

If Mu Jiajun really chose to stay in the country and find a job directly, they would fully support him. However, Chu Ye persuaded him to take another path. This was certainly beneficial to his development, but they also understood in their hearts that the two of them had given up something. Therefore, they felt even more pity for Chu Ye.

After sending Mu Jiajun on the plane, Mu's parents kept asking Chu Ye to go shopping. Although Chu Ye kept refusing, the old couple persuaded and coaxed her, and finally Chu Ye went back to school with two big bags of things.

Here, although the two of them broke up, Mu Jiajun understood the deeper meaning behind Chu Ye's actions. He wrote a long letter and sent it to the school where Chu Ye was studying.

In the letter, as usual, he wrote about his experiences since coming here, his recent situation, his longing for Chu Ye, and the small gift he bought for her here.

Because there were too many things, the customs suspected that they were smuggled goods and asked them to reduce the weight. Mu Jiajun argued with them for a long time, and finally he had no choice but to pick out a few interesting gifts and stuff them all into the envelope.

Because the two of them were separated by thousands of miles, it was not as convenient to send letters as before, so this bulging envelope was delayed for a long time on the road before it was delivered.

However, the scene that Mu Jiajun expected did not appear. He did not wait for Chu Ye to receive the gift he sent, nor did he wait for Chu Ye's reply.

This letter was returned with the reason: no such person exists.

(End of this chapter)