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"...Wen...Professor Wen."

The man nodded calmly: "Come and sit."

The moment Shen Hai stood up, he had the urge to leave directly, but he still sat opposite him with the absurd feeling of floating in mid-air.

Wen Muzhou, associate professor of Chinese Department.Shen Hai hasn't attended his class yet, but he has already heard his name countless times from the excited gossip of the girls in the department.Among the professors who are potbellied or fluffy, Wen Muzhou is indeed an anomaly.It was rumored that this talent was so talented that some students from other departments even sneaked into the class to listen to the lectures—obviously, it was mainly because of his face.

Shen Hai also looked at this character from a distance. He looks about 30 years old, pale and thin, and his facial features are not outstanding, but Shen Hai can understand why the little girls are fascinated by him.

At this moment, Wen Muzhou was sitting with his waist straight, with a gentle and heart-wrenching demeanor on his calm face.He asked Shen Hai: "Do you have any questions?"

Shen Hai spoke with great difficulty: "Ah Zi is you?"

"Yes." Wen Muzhou nodded.

Shen Hai was still in a daze, and confirmed without giving up: "It's you from the beginning to the end. It's you."

"Yes." Wen Muzhou calmly sipped his tea.

Shen Hai had stars exploding, landslides and tsunamis in his mind, so he had to breathe a sigh of relief, and dug out the chat records on his phone: "You——you—you'Auntie is here again, pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain pain'?"

"Ahem..." Wen Muzhou choked violently, showing a little bit of embarrassment, "That's to increase the credibility, and I studied the girls' usual tone of voice."

"You also recommended me those rotten comics..."

"I did a research project, and those are all references."

"Professor Wen." Shen Hai didn't know what expression to make, and leaned back weakly, "I have a lot of questions, so let's ask the most important ones first. At least the things you said to support comrades are sincere, right? "

"of course."

"That's good, that's good." Shen Hai heaved a sigh of relief, at least he won't get into trouble for coming out to a professor.

"Because I am too."

"Ahem..." This time it was Shen Hai's turn to be choked.

He had never heard rumors about Wen Muzhou's sexual orientation.In other words, it was probably the first time the other party came out.

Shen Hai's mood was extremely complicated: "Professor...what are you doing this for?"

Wen Muzhou blinked. In this embarrassing situation, he was as calm and composed as if he was standing on the podium, but his face was a little pale: "What are you doing for? 'Both of them are hard and they didn't do it'— —why write such blatant poems to solicit pen pals?"

Shen Hai was stunned: "Me? I want to chat with someone. I won't be discriminated against because of my orientation, and I won't be misunderstood because of my height. I'm a cowardly person in my heart. I pretend to be too hard in reality, and I only dare to lose face while typing. " He smiled wryly, "Writing poems and making pen pals is usually done by girls, right? So the poems are meant to attract rotten women. But if rotten women know that I am gay, their attitude may be different. I hesitated After a long time, I decided to pretend to be a woman too... That's it."

"Hmm. I have the same reason too." Wen Muzhou said.

Shen Hai stared at him in a daze.

"When I saw your poem, I thought the author was a little girl." Wen Muzhou said very briefly, "I also want to chat with someone, even if it's a little girl."

Shen Hai suddenly felt sad.As a professor, facing all kinds of realistic pressure, it is even more impossible to come out.Wen Muzhou has been quite lonely these years, right?

"Proportionally speaking, there will be one homosexual in every twenty people around us. But in fact, the number of homosexuals we can find is far lower than this number, and we all try our best to hide it." Wen Muzhou seemed to be lecturing. "Actually, after talking for a long time, I can roughly guess your identity from the words and sentences. But if you don't say it, I won't mention it. It's good to just chat like that."

"..." Shen Hai felt a little hot in his ears.Who would have thought that there was a professor of the Chinese Department at the other end!He coughed dryly: "I'm sorry, I was really afraid..."

Wen Muzhou smiled: "There is no need to apologize. You are protecting yourself, which is only right and proper. However, since you have spoken out the truth, I think this courage should be respected. I should return the truth."

Shen Hai opened his mouth and was speechless again.He finally figured it out now.Shen Hai is a cowardly person, so he immediately realized how much risk Wen Muzhou took when he sat across from him in reality, and how much trust he put on his bet.

"Professor, I absolutely, absolutely will keep the secret for you."

"Well, thank you." Wen Muzhou smiled like a refined elder.

Just as Shen Hai's heart warmed up, he heard him say again: "Now that the truth is revealed, our pen pal relationship should also come to an end."

"……what?"

"It doesn't make sense to continue, does it?"

Shen Hai lowered his head and thought, his heart gradually sank: "Indeed, it's meaningless." He can no longer confide to "Ah Zi" without any scruples, and so does the other party.

Wen Muzhou seemed to have anticipated such a development, raised his teacup and said, "Let's have a toast with tea instead of wine. I wish you all the best... forget about me sooner."