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"Wei Jin." Li Yi sat at the desk and said without turning his head, "Let that classmate not come to our dormitory in the future."

Wei Jin opened his mouth slightly in disbelief, and the remaining good mood disappeared completely.

"Why?" he asked coldly.

Li Yi paused, turned his head unhurriedly, and looked directly at Wei Jin: "I remember that we made a peace treaty last semester, and we agreed to live together in the dormitory, so don't let me see things that are intrusive."

Wei Jin was stung by the undisguised disgust in his eyes, and forced himself to look back uncompromisingly: "So? Did something hinder your eyes this semester?"

"You know it in your heart."

The anger that Wei Jin had accumulated for a long time finally reached a critical value: "I don't know, tell me, what's the matter?"

"It's about gays!" Li Yi got up suddenly, and walked up to Wei Jin in a few steps, "You can't even hide it? Didn't your parents teach you what it means to be ashamed?"

The writer froze.

Wei Jin has hardly ever quarreled with anyone, and he imagined himself to be as strong as a bamboo, who would have thought that when he got angry, he would stammer: "Father, parents don't need you, you are the beak!" He was caught by his clumsy self He was so angry that he could only raise the volume, and the output depended on shouting, "What happened to you gay? Why are you hiding?"

"At least it's not something to show off, let you swagger in front of normal people every day."

The writer, who had been down for a long time, finally restarted with difficulty, and climbed out of bed in a daze to persuade him to fight: "Hey, we are all roommates, don't be like this... calm down, calm down..."

Wei Jin stood where he was, took a few breaths, and smiled.

Wei Jin asked calmly: "Director, have you ever heard that homophobia means deep closet?"

"...Pfft." The writer didn't hold back.

Li Yi's eyes turned red instantly, and he rushed over to beat him up.The writer frantically tried to stop him, but his thin arms and legs were useless.Li Yi waved his fist awkwardly, broke free several times and was dragged again, his facial features were distorted: "Keep your mouth clean! Who is the same monster as you?"

Wei Jin turned around and looked around, picked up the broom by the door.The writer hastily changed to a blocking object, pressed the gourd to float the ladle.

Li Yi roared angrily: "When I was young, when I was young—it was monsters like you—"

"..."

Wei Jin raised his broom and put it down again.

The farce of the three pecking chickens who failed in sports finally came to an end.

Li Yi panted heavily, and after a while made a concluding statement: "You are only worthy of rotting in a ditch."

Wei Jin's eyes darkened for a while.

-

"And then?" Shen Hai asked in a low voice.

"What else can there be?" Wei Jin said unhappily, "Anyway, there was someone and mud, and then we turned off the lights, and no one spoke. I saw Li Yi's phone was always on, and he was typing non-stop. I don't know who I'm talking bad about me... So I also texted Luo Yu and talked until midnight before falling asleep."

Shen Hai sighed and patted his shoulder.

The first poetry club activity since the beginning of school is a night assembly, organizing everyone to watch a movie about the life of a certain poet.

The movie played on the projection screen is coming to an end, and Wei Jin is still upset: "I don't care if he was molested by some pervert when he was a child, it is really unfortunate, but what does it matter to me? It can't be settled like this? If I was molested by a man of the opposite sex He has been bullied by homosexuals, so should he also be determined to eliminate all heterosexuals?"

"That's true, but you can't convince him." Shen Hai said, "It's too uncomfortable to stay in the dormitory any longer. Why don't you apply to the counselor for another one?"

"It's my turn to apply. Li Yi has already filed a complaint with the villain. I will move to another dormitory next week."

Shen Hai calmed down and said: "It's good to get rid of him. Don't think about it, the more you think about it, the more angry you get. Let's go, I'll take you to drink."

"...Where are you going?" Wei Jin subconsciously stood up and followed him out.

"Rear Window, I mentioned it to you last semester, so you haven't been there once, have you?"

Wei Jin's footsteps hesitated: "It's not so good, I am also a family man..." Shen Hai, who was forcefully stuffed with a handful of dog food, rolled his eyes: "Don't worry, big girl, there is me , will bring you back innocently."

The two slipped out through the back door of the classroom.Wei Jin followed closely behind Shen Hai all the way, trying to hide in the shadow of him being one size bigger than ordinary people, looking back vigilantly from time to time.Shen Hai said incredulously: "Isn't it Wei Jin, Luo Yu started checking posts now?"

"It's not against him, I'm against Li Yi's crazy. I just tore my face, and the ghost knows what he can do. It's possible to follow and take a sneak shot."

"It's not that frenzied, is it? What's more, if it's photographed, you're just going to have a glass of wine." Having said that, Shen Hai quickened his pace calmly.

The Rear Window Bar is in rush hour, and there are many coquettish sluts writhing on the dance floor, but most of them are not students at first glance.Wei Jin glanced around, but he didn't see any familiar faces. He was relieved but also a little disappointed—he had secretly hoped that there were similar people around him.

"Those two over there are from our class, art department." Standing at the bar, Shen Hai ordered, and casually signaled to Wei Jin, "They are warriors who have come out publicly."

"Do people who are not out of the closet also come here?"

"Of course, there are discounts for students here." It was the bartender wearing a vest who spoke, "It's the first time for kids?"

Wei Jin nodded.

The bartender was handsome, with bleached white hair and earrings. He smiled and handed him a glass of martini he had made: "Don't worry, everyone will keep each other secret."

Shen Hai served the wine, and took Wei Jin to sit in a dark corner: "The warrior who dares to come out now is really enviable. Sometimes I ask myself, when will I have the confidence to disclose it? After finding a job? What if my boss is homophobic? What if he talks about his support, but turns around and stops promoting me? Or wait until he is promoted to a senior executive? When I have earned enough money to eat, drink and have fun in this life, I will come out in the morning and resign in the afternoon, and I will love whoever I love."

Wei Jin laughed out loud, and then thought that he had brought the same predicament to Luo Yu, and suddenly couldn't laugh.

Shen Hai can still regard "making enough money" as the ultimate goal, but Luo Yu is a research-oriented talent, and his goal is the stars and the sea.Should he come out in the morning and quit academia in the afternoon?

"What about you, what do you think?" Shen Hai asked.

Wei Jin would rather not mention this, and shrugged perfunctorily: "Who knows? Sometimes I feel that the general environment is already very friendly, but Li Yi appears in the next second. Don't talk about this, you and Professor Wen any progress?"

This time it was Shen Hai's turn to be poked in the sore spot: "Drink, drink."

Wei Jin clinked glasses with him worriedly.

Shen Hai drank his glass and let out a sigh of relief: "He clearly rejected me, saying that he put the professor's job first, so I only dare to be a student in front of him. A few days ago I started looking for a job I had my resume, so I asked him to write a recommendation for me, but he readily agreed. I thanked him very happily, and in the end, he patted my head."

Wei Jin imagined the scene of the 1.9-meter-high Shen Hai being touched on the head, with a complicated expression: "He wants you to know that he treats you like a... child."

"It doesn't matter what he thinks of me, as long as he doesn't hate me. He has a strong sense of justice, and it's impossible for him to marry a girl. I've been waiting. Anyway, I'm young and can afford it."

Wei Jin remained silent.Even as a gay guy, he is not optimistic about the prospect of this secret love.But life has its own difficulties. He didn't want to pour cold water on him, so he just toasted silently.

-

Two weeks later, on Friday night, Luo Yu took Wei Jin out to eat out.Wei Jin was planning whether to take him to the movies on the weekend, or stay in the library with him to finish his papers, when Luo Yu suddenly said, "My parents said they would come to see me tomorrow."

Wei Jin was startled: "Huh?"

"I didn't go home for the whole summer vacation. They were worried and said they would bring me food and clothing." Luo Yu hesitated, "When the time comes, will you come to see them too?"

Wei Jin hurriedly said: "Forget it, don't see each other for now." Although the ugly daughter-in-law would eventually see her in-laws, he didn't want to push Luo Yu into that situation so early.

"It's okay, it's good to meet you." Luo Yu paused, "You can say that you are my friend—I'm not... just, step by step."

Wei Jin immediately and sensitively realized that Luo Yu was also afraid.If they meet, he is afraid that his family members will see the clues and strongly oppose it.If he didn't see him, he was afraid that he would feel left out.How has Luo Yu ever dealt with such a complicated situation?One sentence can be said a thousand times, like walking on thin ice.

Wei Jin suddenly felt worried, how could he be willing to let him do this question, and immediately said nonchalantly: "It's really not a coincidence, I'm going to a nursing home tomorrow, and I signed up a long time ago."

Luo Yu really grinned: "Then there will be opportunities in the future."