Brainoid

However, before Qi Min could figure out how to verify her new conjecture, a phone call from the Academic Affairs Office of the University of Science and Technology of China recalled her from the "Nimbus" center to school.

The content of this phone call is not a big deal to Qi Min, and it has nothing to do with academic research. The only relevant point with her, a new PI who has not yet started classes, is that she is currently practicing in her laboratory. Undergraduate student Bai Rong.

The Academic Affairs Office called Qi Min and told Qi Min that Bai Rong had been complained by another student in the same grade and department and might be punished. However, the punishment of the undergraduate intern in the laboratory had little to do with the laboratory. Originally, this was just a notification to her, and Qi Min did not need to confirm it in person, but she still casually asked why Bo Rong was complained about.

This question didn't matter. The teacher from the Academic Affairs Office actually replied lightly: "Oh, it was a student from another class who complained about his harassment."

"Huh?" Qi Min was a little surprised. Bai Rong seemed to be an ordinary young man who was a little introverted. It was hard to imagine that he would harass a female classmate. "What kind of harassment method? To tell you the truth, he is quite honest in our laboratory."

"It's not harassment, but... the person he is pursuing is also a boy, so the impact is not good." The teacher from the Academic Affairs Office explained.

"Is it because of this?" Qi Min couldn't believe it. Although Bai Rong was gay, it was beyond her expectation, but even if being pursued by a gay was a bit scary for ordinary boys, he wouldn't be punished because of "bad influence" Bar?

"Isn't this enough?" The teacher from the Academic Affairs Office muttered, and then said, "Teacher Qi, don't worry. For this kind of thing, it is a written warning and a recommendation to suspend school. It is mainly to correct this wrong behavior. That's it. Because he may no longer be able to continue his internship in your laboratory, I am notifying you."

Qi Min said that there was really no work for Bai Rong to do, but an ordinary gay man pursuing a classmate was considered a "wrong behavior" that needed to be corrected and faced a written warning, which really made her a little bit uncomfortable. She thought for a while and then said on the phone: "I'm outside now. Could you please wait until I get back before deciding on Bai Rong's punishment? I'll go back right away..."

After she finished speaking, she hung up the phone and rushed back immediately before the teacher in the Academic Affairs Office could persuade her.

While on the subway, Qi Min called Bai Rong, but no one answered. She called Wang Xin again and asked her if she knew about Bai Rong.

"Oh... in the morning, a senior fellow with a Ph.D. 4 came to ask Bai Rong if there was anything strange in the laboratory. He seemed to be the counselor in Bai Rong's class." Wang Xin recalled, "He said he suspected Bai Rong. Rong has psychological problems, but I can't tell - he doesn't come to the laboratory often after all."

"Did he mention anything like punishment?" Qi Min asked.

"There is no disciplinary action. But I said that I would recommend Bai Rong to suspend school." Wang Xin asked quickly, "What's the matter? What happened to Bai Rong?"

"It's okay." Qi Min probably understood what this was, so he comforted her, "It's probably just a misunderstanding."

Qi Min hung up the phone, just thinking this was incredible. Bai Rong's pursuit of a same-sex classmate from another class was so severe that he had to receive a written warning or even be suspended from school? If it is really repeated harassment, it may show some kind of psychological problem, but the teacher in the Academic Affairs Office said that "it cannot be said to be harassment." The more I think about it, the more I think it is discrimination against gay people.

——

When Qi Min rushed to the Academic Affairs Office, he saw that in addition to the teacher in charge of student affairs in the Academic Affairs Office, the head teacher and counselor of Bai Rong's class, there was also Wang Xinghai, the dean of the School of Science. The four of them were originally discussing how to deal with Bai Rong. When they saw Qi Min, the new laboratory PI who had been here for less than half a year, suddenly appeared, their faces showed a little surprise.

"Dean Wang..." Qi Min did not expect that the dean of GAY was also involved in the "conviction" of Bai Rong, "I am the PI of the laboratory where Bai Rong interns. Teacher Hou from the Academic Affairs Office called me before. I--"

"Well, the classmate Bai Rong in your laboratory has serious psychological problems." Wang Xinghai, dean of the School of Science, took over and said, "I personally suggest that he take a break from school for half a year, so he may not be suitable to do his graduation project with you. "

"Can I know why this is?" Qi Min asked politely.

Teacher Hou from the Academic Affairs Office glanced at Dean Wang, and then said after getting permission: "That's right, yesterday we received a report from Zheng Anrong, a senior boy in the Department of Biology, saying that Bai Rong stuffed a letter of love into the crack of their dormitory door. His confession letter. He felt that this behavior was abnormal, so he complained to the Academic Affairs Office."

"Then you think this behavior is abnormal?" Qi Min couldn't help but ask.

Teacher Hou was puzzled by her question, but he didn't know how to answer it for a while. However, Dean Wang spoke again: "There are many harmful opinions on the Internet now, and students will indeed do wrong behavior if they are influenced by them. It is possible that Bo Rong is just imitating now, and he should stop in time and receive education and correction. He’s also more advantageous.”

Qi Min couldn't help but feel that the identity dislocation in this scene was surprising. President Wang is obviously gay, but now he defends homophobia and equates homosexuality with pathology. Bo Rong's head teacher and counselor all acquiesced to this, but the laboratory boss, who had no actual administrative relationship with Bo Rong, took his side.

"Dean, I want to know why homosexuality is a 'wrong behavior'?" Qi Min couldn't help blurting out, "Now that national laws no longer prohibit homosexuality, why does our school still have to compete with homosexuality?"

"The law does not prohibit it, and it does not mean that the school department can allow this kind of behavior." Dean Wang said in a serious tone, and even warned her quite coldly, "Besides, Qi Min, in principle, this matter is You don’t have anything to do with it.”

"Bo Rong and I do not have an administrative relationship, but if he has no other faults, you can't let him drop out of school just because he is gay, right?" Qi Min just thought this matter was very magical, "No matter what In this way, he will be able to complete his graduation project and graduate immediately in his senior year. Now if we ask him to take a leave of absence, won't we have to postpone his graduation? "

"It's for his own good to suspend school. If he has to be influenced by harmful views for the rest of his life, the consequences will be much more serious than delaying graduation." Dean Wang said calmly, "Qi Min, you are too young and have no consciousness. to the seriousness of the matter.”

Qi Min finally understood that Wang Xinghai, as the dean of the School of Science in Shenzhen, had probably made up his mind to draw a clear line between homosexuality. This seemed to her like a self-abuse addiction. However, he may feel that if Bai Rong's "gay access" is blocked now, he can avoid the pain of being closeted for more than ten years like himself. But homosexuality is just a sexual orientation, and it cannot be "cured" at all!

Relying on persuasion was no longer enough. After Qi Min left the Academic Affairs Office, he directly called the emergency contact number left by Bai Rong. The emergency contact person was Bai Rong's roommate, and Qi Min asked the boy to call Bai Rong's parents.

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