21st Century Necromancer

Chapter 158: Future Planning (2nd update, seeking subscriptions, seeking monthly tickets)

"Hiromi, when do you get off work today?" With a little time left before the end of the workday, Chen Yu finished up his tasks and went to the surgical office, strolling over to Jounouchi Hiromi’s desk.

Hospitals are probably the least likely places in the world where one can leave work on time, as you never know when a patient will show up, necessitating overtime.

Fortunately, Japan’s tiered healthcare system means that emergency cases are usually concentrated in community hospitals and such, with fewer emergency patients being sent to large university hospitals like Eastern University Affiliated Hospital.

Of course, if there is a sudden emergency, ambulances will still bring in patients, and there can be crises with inpatients, so there are still occasions when patient rescues are needed.

"Professor Chen, you pamper your girlfriend so much, you might as well marry Dr. Jounouchi and take her home early!" Seeing Chen Yu’s demeanor, other doctors in the office immediately started teasing him.

Faced with everyone’s teasing, even Jounouchi Hiromi herself felt a bit embarrassed, her face flushed with redness.

Upon hearing the other doctors’ taunts and seeing the shy expression on Jounouchi Hiromi’s face, Chen Yu waved his hands to signal everyone to stop teasing: "Hiromi hasn’t even met my parents yet; it’s too early to talk about marriage. Don’t worry, everyone will be invited when we do get married."

"Oh~!" Chen Yu’s words immediately drew a chorus of "ohs" from everyone in the office, making Jounouchi Hiromi feel even shyer. Her face was burning hot as she couldn’t help but pinch Chen Yu at his waist: "Who said I’m marrying you!"

"Hahaha!" Jounouchi Hiromi’s pinch elicited another round of good-natured laughter from everyone.

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But the city where my family lives does have an airport, and it’s not too inconvenient to fly back, so we’ll just visit them more often in the future."

With Chen Yu’s persuasion, Hiromi Jounouchi finally cast aside her worries and went with him to the sushi restaurant in Ginza where they had agreed to meet with Chen Yu’s third aunt, Xu Xiaohong.

"Yu, Miss Jounouchi, you’re here! Come sit!" Upon seeing Chen Yu and Hiromi Jounouchi arrive, Xu Xiaohong quickly called out to them, "I didn’t know which restaurant was good, so Xiao Min said she was familiar with this one and picked it for me. You two are more familiar with Tokyo, what do you think of this place?"

"A sushi restaurant like this costs at least ten thousand yen per person, and if you really indulge, a single person could spend twenty to thirty thousand yen.

Hiromi and I usually can’t afford to come to places like this; we are really taking advantage of your treat this time!" Chen Yu quietly mentioned the cost of eating at such a restaurant in Chinese, before finishing the latter half of his statement aloud in Japanese.

However, since Xu Xiaohong had chosen this place to treat Chen Yu to a meal, she naturally had a prior understanding of the restaurant’s costs, and she could explain the expense as a work necessity, filing for reimbursement later and not having to pay out of pocket. So even after hearing Chen Yu’s reminder, she maintained her composure and said, "Is that so?

Then today, Yu, you can eat as much as you want!"

"Then today is going to be a real treat! I’ve been wanting to try the high-end sushi in Ginza for a long time." Chen Yu laughed, and he and Hiromi Jounouchi took their seats: "Where’s Xiao Zhao? You didn’t make her fend for herself, did you, Auntie?"

"No, her sister came to visit her from Kyoto, and the two sisters haven’t seen each other for a long time, so I let her spend time with her sister," Xu Xiaohong explained to him.

"Xiao Min? Xiao Zhao’s sister? Come to think of it, I haven’t seen her in a long time. She came to see me when she first arrived in Japan," Chen Yu paused for a moment, then remembered who Xu Xiaohong was talking about, Xiao Min.