His father was an engineer in the textile industry, and Jen Li-yu was thoroughly impregnated by this atmosphere, for his powers of reasoning far surpassed his capacity for memorizing. It was therefore quite natural that he should choose to study science.
父親是紡織界的工程師，任立渝從小耳濡目染，理解力勝過記憶力，因此自然而然選擇理工組。