However, before Qi Min could figure out how to test her new hypothesis, a phone call from the Academic Affairs Office of the Chinese Technical University recalled her from the "Nimbus" center.

The content of this phone call is not a big deal in Qi Min's opinion, and it has nothing to do with academic research, and the only point related to her, a new PI who has not yet started classes, is that Bai Rong, an undergraduate student who is now interning in her laboratory.

The Academic Affairs Office called to tell Qi Min that Bai Rong had been complained by another student in the same grade and department and might be punished. However, the intern undergraduate student in the laboratory was punished, and it had nothing to do with the laboratory, originally this was just a notice to her, and Qi Min did not need to confirm it in person, but she still casually asked Bai Rong why she was complained.

It didn't matter if it was a question, the teacher in the academic affairs office replied lightly: "Oh, it was a student from another class of theirs who complained about his harassment." ”

"Huh?" Qi Min is a little strange, Bai Rong looks like an ordinary young man who is a little introverted, and it is hard to imagine that he would do something to harass a female classmate. "What's the harassment method? I'll tell you the truth, he's pretty honest in our lab. ”

"It's not much about harassment, it's just ...... The object of his pursuit is also a boy, so the impact is not good. The teacher from the Academic Affairs Office explained.

"Is that because of this?" Qi Min couldn't believe it, Bai Rong was a GAY, although she didn't expect it, but even if being pursued by GAY is a bit scary for ordinary boys, it won't be punished because of "bad influence", right?

"Isn't that enough?" The teacher in 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, mainly to correct this wrong behavior." It was because he might not be able to continue his internship in your lab that I let you know. ”

Qi Min said that there was really no work for Bai Rong to do, but an ordinary GAY courting classmate was considered a "wrong behavior" that needed to be corrected, and she was also punished with a written warning, which really made her a little unbearable. She thought about it for a while and said on the phone: "I'm outside now, can you wait for me to go back and then decide on the punishment of Bai Rong?" I'll be back right ......."

After she finished speaking, she didn't wait for the teacher in the academic affairs office to persuade her, so she hung up the phone and rushed back immediately.

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

"Oh...... In the morning, a senior brother from the fourth year of the Ph.D. came to ask Bai Rong what was strange about him in the laboratory, it seemed to be the counselor in Bai Rong's class. Wang Xin thought back and said, "He said that he suspected that Bai Rong had psychological problems, but I couldn't see it - he didn't come to the laboratory often after all." ”

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

"Punishment is ...... No. But it was said that Bai Rong should be advised to take a leave of absence. Wang Xin hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, what's wrong with Bai Rong?" ”

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

Qi Min hung up the phone, but he just thought it was incredible. Bai Rong's pursuit of a same-sex classmate in another class was so serious that he had to be given a written warning or even suspended from school? If it is true that repeated harassment may indicate some kind of psychological problem, but the teacher in the academic affairs office said that "there is no harassment", how can the more I think about it, the more I feel that it is discrimination against GAY.

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

"Dean Wang......" Qi Min didn't expect that the dean who was said to be GAY was also involved in the "conviction" of Bai Rong, "I am the PI of the laboratory where Bai Rong practiced, and Mr. Hou of the Academic Affairs Office called me to tell me before——"

"Well, Bai Rong in your lab has serious psychological problems." Wang Xinghai, Dean of the Faculty of Science, took over and said, "I personally suggest that he take a half-year leave of absence, so he may not be suitable to do his graduation project with you anymore." ”

"Can I see why?" Qi Min asked politely.

Teacher Hou from the Academic Affairs Office glanced at Dean Wang, and only after getting permission did he say, "That's right, yesterday we received a report from Zheng Anrong, a senior student in the Department of Biology, that Bai Rong stuffed a confession letter to him in the crack of their dormitory door. He felt that this behavior was abnormal, so he complained to the Academic Affairs Office. ”

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

Teacher Hou was inexplicably asked by her, but she didn't know how to answer for a while. However, Dean Wang said: "There are many harmful opinions on the Internet now, and students will indeed behave wrong when they are influenced by them. It is possible that Bai Rong is still only in the stage of imitation, and it is more beneficial for him to stop in time and be educated and corrected. ”

Qi Min couldn't help but feel that the identity misplaced in this scene was surprising. Dean Wang, who is obviously a deep-seated GAY, now defends homophobia and equates homosexuality with pathology. Bai Rong's homeroom teacher and counselor all acquiesced to this, but the lab boss who had no actual administrative relationship with Bai Rong stood on his side.

"Dean, I wonder how homosexuality is 'wrong behavior'?" Qi Min couldn't help but blurt out, "Now that the laws of the country do not prohibit homosexuality, why do our schools still have to compete with homosexuals?" ”

"The law does not prohibit it, nor does it mean that the school department can tolerate such behavior." Dean Wang said in a serious tone, and even warned her rather coldly, "Moreover, Qi Min, this matter has nothing to do with you in principle. ”

"Bai Rong and I really don't have an administrative relationship, but if he doesn't do anything else, you can't let him suspend his studies just because he's GAY, right?" Qi Min just thought it was very magical, "No matter what, he will be able to finish his graduation project and graduate in his senior year now." If you let him take a leave of absence from school, won't you just let him postpone his completion? ”

"It's for his own good. If he were to be influenced by harmful views for the rest of his life, it would be a much more serious consequence than Yanbi. Dean Wang said in a calm tone, "Qi Min, you are too young to realize the seriousness of the matter. ”

Qi Min finally understood a little bit, Wang Xinghai, as the dean of the science school in the deep cabinet, may have made up his mind to draw a line with homosexual behavior. It seemed to her like a masochistic addiction. However, he may feel that if he blocked Bai Rong's "homosexual pathway" now, he could avoid the pain of being in the closet for more than ten years like himself. But homosexuality is just a sexual orientation, and it can't be "cured" at all!

It was impossible to rely on persuasion, and after Qi Min left the Academic Affairs Office, he directly called the emergency contact number left by Bai Rong. The emergency contact was Bai Rong's roommate, and Qi Min asked the boy to call Bai Rong's parents.