At the end of those ten years, Chen's younger brother had grown up. Chen then married Noel Yiang Fon Lin, a woman who had, at the age of 22, received Belgium's National Piano Professor Diploma. After the marriage, he and his wife went back to Belgium together where his wife continued her studies. Chen also took advantage of this time to get a Ph.D. in Journalism from Louvain University.
十年後，弟弟成人，陳述與在比利時修音樂、二十二歲就取得比利時國家鋼琴教授文憑的林豔芳結婚；婚後一起回到比利時，陳述陪太太攻讀學位的同時，也利用時間在魯汶大學拿到新聞博士學位。