You have to choose. "Perhaps life would be easier if he were married and there were someone to look after him. But scholarship takes undivided attention, so maybe being single is better after all. Not that his relatives agree with Lin's choice.
他說，「有一好，就沒兩好」，結婚生活有人照顧，日子可能比較好過；但做學問要心無旁騖、沒有干擾，單身比較適合。