He didn't want to fall in love and get married. This was very time-consuming. He should spend all his time on work and scientific research.
Yan Yi's father was a teacher in the medical school and would become his father-in-law in the future. He could more or less provide him with some help in his work and studies.
On the other hand, Yan Yi was very vain. What she wanted was money and status. She wanted someone who could be on par with Jin Chen's status, and he happened to be satisfied with this.
This was what he meant by everyone taking what they needed.
Initially, Yang Hua felt a headache coming on. She felt that this wedding might hurt Ji Yu deeply. After all, this son-in-law was very outstanding, not much different from Jin Chen. As her husband's mother, she still liked this son-in-law very much. Now that she heard that the wedding of the two children was not just an exchange of benefits, she decisively decided to end this marriage.