21st Century Necromancer

Chapter 153 Third Aunt

rena shirai and others who had come to find chen yu re-entered with embarrassed expressions, after jounouchi hiromi stepped out to pass on the message.

"professor, these two are journalists from asahi shimbun, here for an interview with you," rena shirai introduced with a blushed face. even though she had realized that the prior incident was a misunderstanding, the sight of chen yu and hiromi jounouchi being so intimate still caused the boyfriend-less rena to feel her face burning.

despite feeling her face burning, rena shirai wouldn't let such matters affect her work, and she continued with the introduction, "professor, these journalists are here to interview you regarding the publication of your paper in the lancet, as the administrative department has already notified you."

"professor chen, good day. we are journalists from asahi shimbun, and we would like to conduct an exclusive interview with you concerning the publication of your paper in the lancet from the united kingdom. would that be convenient for you?" the two journalists took out their credentials, greeted chen yu, and then asked.

after glancing at the journalists' credentials, chen yu nodded slightly, returned their greeting, and said, "i have been notified of this matter before. where would you like to conduct the interview? here, or should we find a conference room?"

"this..." the two journalists clearly saw the redness in chen yu's eyes and weren't sure about the professor's condition for the interview, but as their original plan couldn't be changed, they exchanged glances before saying, "if it's convenient for you, professor chen, let's find a conference room for the interview."

chen yu didn't object; although his office could be used for the interview, it still wasn't that formal, and without a table, it wouldn't be convenient for the journalists to take notes. although they could write with a notepad on their laps, it certainly wasn't as comfortable as writing on a table.

chen yu wasn't one to mistreat others; it costs him nothing to facilitate things for the journalists—better that than they embellish the story in their reporting.

"shirai-san, please prepare a small conference room for me," said chen yu to rena shirai at his side.

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as chen yu was being interviewed by the journalists, a flight from the celestial empire had also landed at haneda airport.

why would someone give up being a professor at the university of tokyo to go back and develop his career? it's not like right after the founding of the nation when people talked about contributing to national development. now, with the kind of offer our leaders are giving, only an idiot would agree to return!"

"if you understand all this, there's no need for more talk." the woman, already frustrated, darkened in expression when she heard the lackey say this, "anyway, we'll do what we need to do. whether he agrees or not is his business."

"oh," hearing the woman say this, the lackey immediately dared not say anything more. although the woman had always taken good care of her and was her mother's best friend, the lackey knew better than to talk back when the woman was obviously very angry.

the woman and her little lackey were staff from a certain medical college in the celestial empire, but they were not teaching staff, they were administrative staff. although they were also called professors, they didn't teach students.

as for the purpose of their trip to japan, some vice president in charge of administration at their medical college happened to see an academic paper published in 'the lancet' from the united kingdom.

normally, such affairs would have nothing to do with their college, which wasn't a top-tier or even close to third-rate institution within the celestial empire, especially since there weren't many academics capable of publishing in 'the lancet.'

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but unfortunately, the paper was published by chen yu, and it even had his photo on it, and the vice president just happened to recognize chen yu.

yes, chen yu, when he was in the celestial empire, studied at their medical college, and the vice president had a memory of him as chen yu was the only one to be admitted to the doctoral program of the university of tokyo medical school from their relatively young medical college, an achievement the vice president had once boasted about as his own merit.

so naturally, the vice president thought he could leverage his connection to persuade chen yu to return and teach in the celestial empire. this would not only raise their college's teaching standards but also siphon, yes, siphon—not merely benefit from—chen yu's research, which is why the woman was sent to convince chen yu.

as for why the woman was sent... she took out her phone, dialed a number, and spoke into the phone: "ah-yu, it's your auntie. i'm in japan now, in tokyo."