3: Chapter 3: Graduation and Breakup, Returning to My Hometown to Become a 'Creator'!

This period of time seemed long, but in reality, it had only been a short five or six minutes since he entered the bathroom.

Inside the dormitory, the dorm leader Qin Ling and the straight-A student Jiang Zhe were still chatting about their development plans after graduation.

Seeing Jiang Jin appear, Qin Ling winked and teased with a laugh:

"Brother Jin, how far have you and Yao Muxue gotten? Are you planning to get married right after graduation?"

"Yao Muxue..."

Hearing this name, Jiang Jin's eyes drifted slightly, and a flash of old memories suddenly welled up in his heart.

Yao Muxue was his university classmate.

From the moment they met and got to know each other when they stepped onto the university campus, to their four years of passionate love, the journey had been bumpy, but they had remained deeply in love.

However...

A month ago, Yao Muxue's mother, dressed in elegant and luxurious clothing, suddenly found him and said that for the sake of her daughter's future, she wanted him to break up with Yao Muxue.

Jiang Jin naturally found it hard to accept. After all, he and Yao Muxue had known each other for four long years, and they had long ago secretly resolved to take their student romance into the... marriage hall after graduation.

But the next sentence from Muxue's mother mercilessly shattered all his fantasies and extravagant hopes.

"Muxue probably hasn't told you about my family's situation, right?"

"Muxue said that you and her father both work in the public sector."

Jiang Jin was taken aback.

He hadn't carefully looked into Muxue's family background.

He had only heard Muxue mention it casually by chance, saying that both her parents worked in the public sector as minor leaders in some department and were very strict with her regarding various requirements.

Because of this, Muxue hadn't mentioned Jiang Jin's existence to her parents, fearing that they would disapprove of them being together if they found out.

If it hadn't been for this elegant and dignified woman with such a powerful Aura coming to find him personally, Jiang Jin wouldn't even have known she was Muxue's mother.

"That's right. Both my husband and I work in the public sector, and she takes her father's surname."

"Yao...?"

Jiang Jin hadn't understood why Muxue's mother emphasized her surname at first, but soon, he seemed to realize something!!

In the past, during holidays, when he went out with Muxue, there were always a few men in plain clothes with exceptional skills vaguely following behind them!

At the time, he thought they were being tailed by strangers. After he quietly told Muxue, her pretty face showed helplessness, and she said they were bodyguards arranged by her parents because they were afraid she would encounter danger.

Hearing this, although Jiang Jin felt suspicious—what kind of position... could allow a family to travel with bodyguards?

But he didn't think too much about it, and gradually, he got used to it.

It wasn't until this moment, when Muxue's mother emphasized the surname Yao, that he suddenly recalled—

The current Governor of Guangnan Province... seemed to be surnamed "Yao"?!

Due to the special nature of Guangnan Province, the Governor was basically a high-ranking position, holding significant influence even in Yanjing!

With pupils shrinking, a trace of shock and doubt appeared in Jiang Jin's eyes.

"Yao... Governor Yao?!"

"That's right, just as you thought!"

Muxue's mother did not hide it and said straightforwardly.

"Hehe..."

After a long while, Jiang Jin finally calmed down.

The various words in his heart finally turned into a bitter sigh.

"I agree to break up with Muxue, and I won't take the initiative to contact her in the future..."

Just like that, Jiang Jin left the coffee shop with a desolate and dejected figure.

He drank alcohol outside the school all night.

Several times in between, he wanted to call Muxue, but the insurmountable chasm in his heart was deeply blocking him.

He came from an ordinary rural family in Xiangnan Province, lost both parents when he was young, and was raised by his grandparents.

Being able to get into Shenwan University, a key national university, was already a miracle, and for a family of that social class, he didn't even have the possibility of fantasizing about it...

Although very few people mention "social status" in this day and age, it is undeniable that humble families and noble families have always... been two distinct class lines.

"Social and economic equality in marriage has been an eternal truth since ancient times."

"Stumbling into a noble family, I advise myself to let go of the thoughts in my heart..."

Drinking the bitter alcohol, looking blankly at the brilliant neon lights, the thousands of words in Jiang Jin's heart finally turned into a silent sigh.

...

"Sigh..."

The past is like smoke; everything has long since drifted away with the wind.

Jiang Jin put away the old memories, shook his head gently, and said to Qin Ling:

"We broke up..."

"Broke up—?"

Qin Ling and Jiang Zhe were both taken aback.

They naturally paid a lot of attention to Jiang Jin and Yao Muxue, that campus couple of handsome man and beautiful woman, but they never expected... it would end in this way.

"Graduation season is truly a cold blade that severs love!"

The two couldn't help but shake their heads in regret.

Although Jiang Jin was not a top student in the Computer Science department, he had a very high level of attractiveness.

On campus, he was considered a popular figure, like a campus heartthrob, and was followed by many fangirls.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to start a four-year relationship with the beautiful and gentle Yao Muxue.

"Alright, let's not talk about sad things."

Qin Ling took the initiative to change the subject and said:

"Brother Jin, when do you plan to leave school?"

Their graduating class of seniors had already graduated, and some classmates had already left school with their suitcases after the class picnic ended yesterday.

As for Qin Ling and Jiang Zhe, they planned to leave school officially tomorrow after processing all the various documents and procedures today.

"I plan to... go back to my hometown today."

"Leaving today?"

"Is it that urgent?"

Jiang Zhe pushed up his glasses and said, somewhat surprised.

"My file documents were already processed last week, so there's no need to wait until tomorrow."

Jiang Jin nodded and replied:

"Besides, something small came up in my hometown, and I need to rush back to handle it."

Of course, this was just an excuse.

In reality, he wanted to go back to his hometown... to focus on evolving the Singularity Universe!

However, this was his most important secret, so he naturally wouldn't reveal a single bit of it to outsiders.

The two immediately understood.

They naturally knew about Jiang Jin's family of origin, so they didn't ask any further.

"Rustle—rustle~"

The bed was packed up quickly.

Except for some clothes, books, and his computer and phone, Jiang Jin threw everything else into the trash can, with no intention of taking them back to his hometown.

Although Xiangnan Province was a neighboring province to Guangnan Province, the straight-line distance between the two was over a thousand kilometers, so he couldn't bring too much luggage.

Jiang Jin carried his suitcase and a large backpack as he walked out of the campus.

At this time, it was about nine in the morning, and the flow of people in the city was still relatively small. He walked all the way towards the station.

By the time he took the high-speed rail and transferred to a bus to return to his hometown, it was already past eight in the evening.

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