You don't have to 'make up' anything. Your education and your career are important. I would never ask you to choose me over them.

[He didn't ask back then, either. It was a choice that Dan Feng made on his own.]

I will wait as long as it takes. I promised, after all.

[He looks away for a moment.]

... Besides, two degrees? It's impressive... [quietly] and a little hot.

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