Chapter 31: A Journey to the

Numerous matchmakers in the village had tried to find him a wife, but he held high standards and found no one suitable.

村里说媒的人很多，但是他的儿子眼高于顶，一个都看不上。

Their son had come a long way from being a college student to entering graduate school. At this moment, the couple was waiting by the road for him to come back home.

他的儿子从一个专科生硬是考上了研究生……，此时两人正在路边等候着归家的儿子。

Parents'' love is truly universal. Seeing their hopeful eyes, Gu Xiang thought of her own parents. Weren''t they the same? However, she lacked the ability to make them proud and only caused them to worry.

真是可怜天下父母心啊，看着他们遥遥期盼的双眼，顾湘想到了自己的父母，她的父母又何尝不是如此呢？可是她却没有能力让他们骄傲，反而让他们担心。

And there was one thing that became a stumbling block for her returning home. She once loved this poem by Tao Yuanming:

并且还有一件事情成为了她回家的拦路虎，她曾经喜欢陶渊明的这首诗：

I don''t want status and wealth. I don''t expect to be immortal.

富贵非我愿, 帝乡不可期。

I''d like to appreciate brilliant views or plow and plant in my own yard.

怀良辰以孤往，或植杖而耘耔。

Later, she developed a liking for wealth and prosperity, yet she still believed that she could rely on her abilities and hard work to succeed.

后来她喜欢上了富贵，可是她仍然觉得自己可以靠自己的个人力量通过努力而获得。

But dreams are so beautiful, while reality is so harsh.

可是梦想是那么的美好，而现实是那么的骨感。

As Gu Xiang listened to the couple''s description, she suddenly realized that the son they were discussing was actually her college classmate.

顾湘听着听着这位老夫妇的描述，突然发觉他们口中的这个儿子不是别人，而是顾湘专科时候的同学，她的同班同学。

In her younger days, Gu Xiang loved to play, so she didn''t make it to a well-known university and only attended an ordinary college. Later in life, she recognized her lack of education and attempted to take the graduate entrance exam but failed. However, he succeeded - her previously unknown classmate actually made it.

顾湘小时候贪玩，所以没有考上名校，只读了个普通本科，后来进入了社会，意识到了自己学历上面的不足，曾经尝试过考研，但是也都失败了，可是他却成功了，那个名不经传的他居然成功了。

"Do you have a daughter