"Oh, oh, so that brat Mingfei ran off to Japan too. No wonder I couldn't get in touch with him." Uncle let out a long breath, finally setting his mind at ease, before asking, "Did none of you students get temporary Japanese phone cards? And you didn't even check in with your families before coming here?"
"Oh, because our academic research is classified this time, the school doesn't allow us to disclose any specific details about the exchange to anyone. They advised us to make up an excuse for our families so it wouldn't be awkward to explain," Chu Zihang covered for Lu Mingfei without batting an eye. "I only sent an email to my mom telling her I'd be away on a business trip for a while and might be out of touch. Our team leader Caesar didn't mention anything about this academic exchange to his family either; his father probably has no idea what he's doing right now."
"That child Mingfei is just the same, never saying a word and always leaving people to worry. He's lived at our house for so many years, yet he still treats us like outsiders!" Aunt complained with dissatisfaction.
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