"Going by what you said, Old Madam, it wasn't arranged by the state? Then will she still come back?"
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Li Ye's casually spoken remark instantly changed the expressions of everyone in the Xu family.
Mrs. Xu, who had just been smug over her eldest daughter moving to the Lighthouse, was left red-faced by Li Ye's retort. Her director son, who had remained as unmoving as a mountain, furrowed his brow tightly.
Even though the "going abroad craze" had now reached fever pitch, with nearly everyone taking pride in "getting out," this sort of serving two masters with two surnames was ultimately not encouraged by the authorities. At most, people bragged about it in private.
Not to mention that for a public servant like Mrs. Xu's son, he had to devote himself heart and soul at work. He could not go around saying, "If I could get out, I would too."
Even five or six years earlier, if Xu family's eldest daughter had remained overseas and refused to return, it would have affected her younger brother's prospects.
Mrs. Xu feared for her son's sake, which was why she would rather let Li Ye leave her flushed crimson than argue back or throw a tantrum.
But Mrs. Xu's daughter-in-law was displeased. She looked coldly at Li Ye and said, "Comrade, since you graduated from Peking University, then Peking University sends so many international students abroad every year. How many of them come back? What an interesting thing for you to say."
"It is rather interesting."
Li Ye said calmly, "The state sends publicly funded students abroad so that they can return after completing their studies and repay the country. If they stay overseas without authorization, that is disloyalty to the country.
Parents raise children to continue and develop the family. If