Chapter 314 At least thirty years older than her

Lu Youyou told Zhao Xiang about the incident and didn't care about it anymore. Li Mingyue also disappeared after she went crazy.

Time passed quickly and it was already the end of the second year. Lu Youyou used several times more energy than an ordinary person to complete all the credits of the two majors within the normal time. After participating in two thesis defenses, the last thing she had to do at Stanford was the graduation ceremony.

It has been raining for a long time recently, so the graduation ceremony originally scheduled to be held outdoors was moved indoors.

Lu Youyou was too lazy to hold an umbrella and ran into the auditorium in the drizzle. Before she could put on her bachelor's gown, someone patted her shoulder.

"Lu, long time no see!"

Yu Qingtian came over with a smile on her face. She was dressed the same way today.

"Long time no see." Lu Youyou nodded.

Yu Qingtian's eyes were filled with admiration. She was already overwhelmed just studying one major, and she really worked very hard to keep up with the progress.

In the circle of international students, super academic masters like Lu Youyou are like gods.

Both marine engineering and agricultural science are notoriously difficult to learn and produce results, but Lu Youyou handles them with ease. Yu Qingtian simply cannot imagine how she does it.

"They were all wondering if you would delay graduation because you were studying so many things, but they didn't expect you to get your degree first! So, what major do you want to choose for your doctorate? You won't have to take two courses concurrently, will you?"

Yu Qingtian's tone even sounded as if it was a matter of course. Almost everyone who knew Lu Youyou thought that she would stay to continue her studies.

Lu Youyou smiled and shook her head: "I will return home after attending the graduation ceremony."

"Ah?!" Yu Qingtian was totally surprised and couldn't close his mouth for a long time. "You don't want to continue reading?"

Even she was preparing to apply to extend her study abroad, so why was Lu Youyou going back home?

Although she was not one of the best in the physics department, one of her professors was of Chinese descent and was willing to give her a place.

Isn’t it said that Lu Youyou’s supervisor likes her very much? Why doesn’t he even give her a doctoral degree?

“Well, I won’t read it anymore.”

Yu Qingtian was confused by Lu Youyou's nonchalant tone. How could the God of Study not care about something that others valued so much?

In the end, she could only attribute it to the realm of gods which ordinary people could not understand.

According to the gossip she had gathered, Lu Youyou's research progress in the past two years was more advanced than that of the average PhD student, so she had every reason to not stay and waste her time.

Everyone else was more or less reluctant to leave the academic atmosphere and living conditions here, but Lu Youyou was the only one who was completely unmoved. Yu Qingtian had never seen envy in her eyes.

"So you'll go straight to work when you get back?"

This time Lu Youyou was stunned for a moment. After being out for so long, the word "work" seemed to have been excluded from her life.

Government-sponsored overseas students will be assigned jobs after returning to China. Although Lu Youyou has decided to start a private laboratory in the future, he still has to go through the formalities and then apply for unpaid leave or resign directly.

"Well, let's see how to distribute it after we get back."

According to her idea, she would like to return to Tsinghua University to teach, so that she can have more free time and make more preparations for the future.

Although Yu Qingtian did not understand Lu Youyou's choice, the academic god had his own reasons for doing things. If she didn't understand, it must be because she hadn't reached that level yet. Yu Qingtian always took this into consideration.

There was still some time before the ceremony started, and Yu Qingtian couldn't help but talk about a piece of gossip that had recently caused a sensation in the international student community.

"Student Lu, have you seen Li Mingyue recently?"

"No, what's wrong?"

Yu Qingtian looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he leaned over to whisper in her ear: "She took more than a month of sick leave before, so I guess she will have to delay her graduation."

Lu Youyou just nodded. It had nothing to do with her when Li Mingyue would graduate.

Seeing that she didn't react, Yu Qingtian asked again: "Li Mingyue has also looked for you before, right?"

There was no mention of borrowing money at all, but it was obviously about borrowing money.

As soon as Lu Youyou heard the word "also", she understood that Li Mingyue must have borrowed from other people.

"Yes, he came to see me."

Yu Qingtian covered his mouth and whispered in her ear in a lower voice: "Do you know why she wants to borrow money?"

Without waiting for Lu Youyou to respond, she asked and answered herself: "Li Mingyue had a miscarriage and heavy bleeding and went to the hospital for surgery. They said it was uterine perforation or something. Anyway, it was very serious."

Lu Youyou was stunned for a moment. Uterine perforation is one of the complications of miscarriage. Since she has been recuperating for more than a month, it is very likely that her uterus has been removed.

"How do you know?"

This time Yu Qingtian had even more to say, as she was a person who had experienced it personally!

"We didn't know she had a miscarriage at first. We only knew she had borrowed money from people she knew. Then she suddenly fainted at a party. We sent her to the hospital and the doctor said she needed surgery. We were all scared and immediately contacted the embassy..."

We are just classmates. Who would dare to make decisions for others on such a big matter as surgery? Of course, we should go directly to the leader.

But once Li Mingyue fainted, many things could no longer be concealed.

Li Mingyue had an abortion performed somewhere unknown, but due to improper care, her uterus became perforated. Not only did she have to go to the hospital again, but she also almost lost her life.

According to the Chinese concept, people like Li Mingyue are shameless. The era when adultery was paraded through the streets has only been a few years. Even if international students are in the United States, their concepts have not evolved to the point where it doesn't matter if they get pregnant before marriage.

Lu Youyou understood a little bit. She had this premonition when she chose to tell Zhao Xiang.

What Li Mingyue said about being bold is not actually that bold, but some people are like that, they won't turn back until they hit a wall, and even if they hit a wall they won't turn back.

Li Mingyue paid such a heavy price and her reputation in the international student circle was ruined. The cost of silence was so high that she had no choice but to go down this path.

In other words, if she had concerns before, now the last of those concerns are gone, and with no way out, she can only do whatever it takes to stay.

Yu Qingtian had paired up with Li Mingyue before because they were both in a bad situation. After this incident, even though they didn't draw a clear line between them, the two of them had obviously become much more distant.

In the past, Li Mingyue would definitely come along, but today Yu Qingtian made an appointment with another girl from the hometown association, and she and Li Mingyue hadn't seen each other for a long time.

"Student Lu, let me tell you..."

Yu Qingtian suddenly stopped talking halfway, and Lu Youyou followed her gaze...

The woman passing by seemed to be Li Mingyue? She almost didn't recognize her.

Li Mingyue had almost changed her appearance. Not only had she lost a lot of weight, but her clothes and appearance had also changed completely.

She was no longer dressed in the same black, white and gray colors as before, and the Warrior shoes on her feet were nowhere to be seen. Instead, she was wearing a light green dress and a pair of black leather shoes.

What’s more important is that the man Li Mingyue is leaning on looks at least thirty years older than her!