One autumn day in 1976, the 20-year-old Hu chaperoned a friend on a date. As it turned out, her friend's date brought along a chaperone of his own, a young man by the name of Chen. Sparks started to fly between the two of them, and in 1977 they tied the knot. Soon after, they both headed to Spain for advanced studies.
一九七六年秋天，雙十年華的胡雅西在一次陪女友約會、充當電燈泡的情形下，與同樣陪伴朋友前來赴約、服務於建築界的陳先生認識，意外擦出了愛情火花，遂於一九七七年結成連理，婚後不久雙雙赴西班牙進修。