The Bourne Counterattack

Chapter 472 Teacher-student meeting
"Is that Cheng Mo-jun?" Morita Hideo opened his arms, walked straight towards Cheng Mo and gave him a big hug.

The two grown men hugged each other as soon as they met, which shows that the friendship between them as teacher and student is quite deep.

This is the friendship of the original body.

After a while, they separated. Morita Hideo said happily, "When you left after leaving a letter, I was worried for a long time. I was really afraid that something would happen to you on your way back."

"I made the teacher worried."

"Please take a seat."

"Dad." Chiyo finally got the chance to step forward and bowed slightly.

"Ah, Chiyo, I haven't seen you for more than a year. Let daddy take a good look at you." He missed his daughter very much who ran away from home on her own. Chiyo was his youngest daughter and naturally the most favored one in the family.

Hideo Morita once studied in Europe and has an open-minded vision. Although he has some old-fashioned styles, he is much less patriarchal than many traditional Japanese families.

Chiyoko has two older brothers and an older sister. Her older sister got married very early and stayed at home to take care of her husband and children. Her two older brothers both graduated and started working, one in a government department and the other as a lecturer at a university.

Chiyoko's mother was the daughter of a declining samurai family and a junior fellow student of Morita Hideo, and the two were in a free love relationship.

Such marriages are still rare in Japan.

Hideo Morita had seen the outside world and had a considerable degree of egalitarian ideas. He himself hated war and did not allow his descendants to join the army.

His original plan for Chiyo was to find a job after graduating from university, whether it was in a government department, a school, or a research institution, and then find someone he loved to marry and live a peaceful life of raising a family.

With his ability as a father, he is definitely able to do it.

Unexpectedly, he did not expect that Chiyo was the quietest yet the most rebellious of his four children.

She actually came all the way to China for love.

In fact, he considered for a long time before deciding to accept Cheng Mo as his student. Although he was only a university professor and hated war, he was not unfamiliar with the international political situation. Before he accepted Cheng Mo, he realized that the war between Japan and China was inevitable.

As Cheng Mo's teacher, how could he not see the talent and patriotism that were engraved in his bones?

If he accepted such a student, they might become enemies in the end, which was something he didn't want to see.

But after thinking it over, I agreed to accept it.

War and hatred are only temporary. What will we do when they are over or fade away?
Therefore, he did not intentionally go easy on Cheng Mo in his academic guidance, and was even stricter and more demanding than with other students.

Because of this reason, he also involved his youngest daughter. The more attentive he was to Cheng Mo, the more often Cheng Mo naturally went to his house, and it was natural for him to get to know Chiyoko.

For a young girl in love, she instinctively feels curiosity and closeness towards her father’s students.

If the war had not broken out, perhaps he could have kept Cheng Mo and married Chiyoko. Now, everything has changed.

But his daughter didn't seem to give up and even came to China to pursue him. Love is irrational. When he was young, he and Chiyoko's mother were the same. Fortunately, his parents were more open-minded and did not despise the family like Chiyoko's mother. Otherwise, his marriage would also be a tragedy.

A harmonious and stable family is the cornerstone of his brilliant academic achievements today. Therefore, having a good family is extremely important for a man.

He hoped that Chiyoko could have such a family and life, but now it seems that his wish was wishful thinking. What kind of institutions are the embassies and consulates of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stationed abroad? How could he, who has studied political economics all his life, not know about them?

He didn't know how many of his classmates worked in government agencies, which were involved in a lot of confidential information, but he naturally understood the position and nature of his daughter's job at the Japanese Embassy and Consulate in Shanghai.

The father and daughter had not seen each other for a long time, so naturally they had a lot to talk about. But after all, there was an outsider like Cheng Mo present. Chiyoko only asked about her mother and brothers and sisters, and left the time to her father and Cheng Mo, the teacher and student pair.

I'm afraid there is more to talk about between teachers and students, especially since Cheng Mo can't stay for too long.

"Mr. Cheng Mo, after you left, your project was suspended. I wanted to find someone to continue it, but after I looked at the information and data you left behind, I felt that if I wanted to do it, I had to start over again. So, I simply stopped the project. But I know that you probably don't have time to continue it now. Alas..." Morita Hideo couldn't help but sigh in the face of this outstanding Chinese student. He thought Cheng Mo would continue to study for a doctorate with him.

As a result, my study was terminated just after I reached the master's degree.

"I haven't completed my project, so the school won't give me a degree, right?" Cheng Mo asked. He hadn't completed his master's thesis, and given the university's strict degree awarding, they would definitely not give him this backdoor, even if he was Hideo Morita's student.

"I insist on retaining your student status, but only for three years. If you can submit a qualified graduation thesis and participate in the defense within three years, the school can grant you a master's degree."

Cheng Mo looked at Chiyoko, wondering why he had never heard Chiyoko mention this matter.

Chiyoko looked confused. Her father had never mentioned this to her, and she didn't know that her father had secretly left such an opportunity for Cheng Mo.

"Teacher, how can I have the time to write a paper now? Besides, two and a half years have passed, and there is still half a year left. How can you expect me to write a qualified graduate thesis?"

"I wrote a first draft for you. Take a look at it. If you think it's okay, you can make some changes based on my draft." said Hideo Morita.

"Teacher..." Cheng Mo was shocked. The teacher who had always been against academic fraud was actually willing to write his paper himself just for him.

"This is actually a summary of your investigation report. So, it originally belongs to you. I just wrote it for you." Morita Hideo said, "If you agree, this paper will be published in your name as your graduate thesis."

"Teacher, you are so kind to me. I am deeply grateful. Can you let me consider it?" Cheng Mo really couldn't make a decision for a moment.

He had no reason to refuse this generous gift from Hideo Morita.

He studied political economy, and his natural research topic was related to this. Politics and economics are inseparable.

Cheng Mo's research topic is related to planned economy, with the focus on comparing the political, economic and social structures of the Soviet Union, Japan and the United States.

My understanding of myself two years ago is definitely different from my understanding of myself now. Even if Hideo Morita wrote such a paper according to his original views, it would be completely different from his current ideas. He has the actual development experience of decades since then in his mind to verify it, so many of his previous views are naturally unrealistic.

The question is, can these things that predict the future be written down?
"No rush, you can tell me your decision before I return to Japan." Morita Hideo smiled and showed no dissatisfaction with Cheng Mo's immediate decision.

(End of this chapter)