[Now] I want to hold your hand tightly

Xu Haoran was slightly taken aback looking at the phone number displayed on the phone.Seeing that Xu Haoran was holding the phone for a long time without pressing the answer button, Zhou Jisheng asked Xu Haoran, "Who is calling?"

Xu Haoran came back to his senses: "Professor Lin..."

Zhou Jisheng raised his eyebrows. He already knew about the secret collusion between Nie Mi and Professor Lin from Xu Haoran. He didn't expect Professor Lin to be the first to call.Zhou Jisheng nodded to Xu Haoran, and Xu Haoran pressed the release button so that Zhou Jisheng could hear the other party's words clearly.

"Professor Lin?"

"Hao Ran, it's me, Nie Mi." Nie Mi's tired voice came from the other end of the phone.The phone number that was called to Xu Haoran showed Professor Lin's number, and the caller was Nie Mi, which showed that Nie Mi and Professor Lin happened to be together.

"Teacher..." Hearing Nie Mi's voice, Xu Haoran had mixed feelings.Nie Mi can be said to be Xu Haoran's benefactor. Without Nie Mi's support, Xu Haoran, who offended Zhao Geyi, would not have stayed in Jingnan Dali.Xu Haoran was named an associate professor the year before last because of Nie Mi's credit. Although Zhou Jisheng or Zhao Geyi and others thought that Nie Mi's personal virtues were lacking, Nie Mi was really Xu Haoran's benefactor.However, now this benefactor is likely to be the black hand who made his relationship with Zhou Jisheng public. Xu Haoran held the phone and couldn't say "Happy New Year" to the teacher on the other end of the phone on the first day of the new year.

"Hao Ran, are you in your hometown or Jingnan?" Nie Mi's voice sounded a little anxious, and Zhou Jisheng could hear the trembling in Nie Mi's voice. Is it because of guilt?

"I'm on my way to Jingnan."

"..." The person on the other end of the phone was silent for a while, probably because he didn't expect Xu Haoran to know about it so soon.

After a while, Nie Mi's voice came again: "When you come to Jingnan, come to my house first, I have something to tell you."

Before Xu Haoran could agree, a busy tone sounded on the other end of the phone, and Nie Mi hung up the phone.

Xu Haoran held the phone, his brows were tightly knit together.He wondered if it was Nie Mi who did it, but Xu Haoran made a judgment from Nie Mi's secretive words just now, even if Nie Mi didn't directly put the intimate photos of him and Zhou Jisheng on Jingnan University. According to the website, Nie Mi may also be one of the black hands.

"What are you going to do?" Zhou Jisheng asked Xu Haoran while holding the steering wheel.

Xu Haoran thought for a while and said: "I must go to see the teacher and persuade him to rein in the precipice."

Zhou Jisheng nodded, agreeing with Xu Haoran's decision.

Zhou Jisheng first sent Xu Haoran downstairs to Nie Mi's house. He looked at Xu Haoran's straight back and silently cheered for Xu Haoran.When Xu Haoran's figure was completely out of sight, Zhou Jisheng turned the car around and drove in the direction of the home he hadn't been to for a long time.

Zhou's mother opened the door and saw Zhou Jisheng standing outside the door, and cried out excitedly.Since Zhou Jisheng ran away from home, she and Zhou Bo spent every new year in a deserted place. When she saw her son on the first day of the new year this year, Zhou's mother hugged Zhou Jisheng tightly and kept repeating: "Son, you are finally willing to come back."

Since Zhou Jisheng told his parents about being together with Xu Haoran, his mother did not object as strongly as his father did. Zhou's mother just watched her son pack up with tears in her eyes, and told her son that she would Talk to Zhou Bo again.Zhou Jisheng knew that although Zhou Bo was obsessed with academic research, he had a stubborn temper, and his mother could not persuade Zhou Bo.

In the end, Zhou Jisheng left the Zhou family under the tearful eyes of his mother.

"Mom...is dad at home?" Zhou Jisheng hesitated for a moment. Even though he came back several times after he left home, he always avoided Zhou Bo. He hadn't seen Zhou Bo for several years, and he didn't say anything It's been a while.

Zhou's mother knew the reason for Zhou Jisheng's sudden return, she held her son's hand and welcomed him into the house, at the entrance, while helping Zhou Jisheng with slippers, Zhou's mother said worriedly: "Xiao Xu didn't come with you? "

"He's going to take care of it first, and Dad doesn't want to see him either." Zhou Jisheng said.At this moment, he didn't want to cause any more unhappiness. If this matter only concerned him and Xu Haoran, Zhou Jisheng would not rush back to the home he didn't want to return to.

Zhou's mother responded, and then said to Zhou Jisheng: "Professor Zhang and Dean Zhao are here early in the morning. Say hello to them when you go in."

Zhou Jisheng hummed. Zhang Shouzheng and Zhao Geyi took good care of him when he was very young, and he also knew that the matter between him and Xu Haoran would not have been put on the table for so many years without the help of these two professors. .These two greetings were naturally necessary, but for Zhou Bo, Zhou Jisheng still had some resistance in his heart.

The son was brought up by herself, and Zhou's mother naturally knew what Zhou Jisheng was thinking. She wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said to her son: "After all, he is your father. You and I know your father. He is obsessed with him. Academics are slow to accept some things. Since you ran away from home, he has been caring about you, and he has downloaded and printed out every paper you published in academic journals. And..." Mother Zhou thought of her husband "Some time ago I heard that you were going to give a report in the United States. He was browsing related foreign websites every day, but why didn't there be any reports or papers about your report?" The last sentence Zhou's mother was asking Zhou Jisheng.

Zhou Jisheng lowered his head in embarrassment, and said in a low voice, "Something happened to Haoran, so I'll be back."

Zhou's mother nodded knowingly. In fact, Zhou Jisheng's temperament was exactly the same as Zhou Bo's. Zhou's mother recalled how Zhou Bo was chasing her back then, and she understood why her son ran away from home.But now is obviously not the time for mother and son to talk.

Zhou Jisheng raised his head and was just about to go to the living room when he saw Zhou Bo staring at him with a serious face standing not far away.Zhou Jisheng's heart trembled, and he didn't want to compromise with his father. He directly met his father's gaze, neither hiding nor avoiding, as if he was facing a battle.

"Don't make the atmosphere so tense between father and son. Now you have to stand on the same ground." Zhang Shouzheng, the principal of Jingnan University, is about the same age as Zhou Bo. Unlike the pedantic Zhou Bo, Zhang Shouzheng is elegant and gentle, but Sophisticated and tactful, he came to Zhou Bo's side and saw Zhou Jisheng who was standing in the entrance, looking at Zhou Bo. Seeing the delicate atmosphere between the father and son, he hurriedly opened his mouth to smooth things over.

Only then did Zhou's father and son ease their gazes, and one of them walked back to the living room without saying a word, while the other followed their mother slowly towards the living room.

Zhang Shouzheng smiled and nodded to Zhou Jisheng, Zhou's mother did not enter the living room, but Zhang Shouzheng led Zhou Jisheng into the living room.Seeing Zhou Jisheng appearing, Zhao Geyi nodded to Zhou Jisheng.

Zhang Shouzheng pointed to an empty sofa beside Zhao Geyi, meaning to let Zhou Jisheng sit there.

"Okay, the protagonist is here too, let's start." Zhang Shou was the host of the meeting. When Zhou Jisheng sat down, he opened his mouth to set the scene.

Speaking of which, Zhou Jisheng and Xu Haoran were completely innocent in this matter. They were just used as victims of the factional struggle in Jingnan Dali. Zhou Jisheng didn't want the title of "protagonist" at all.

It seemed that Zhou Bo's eyes on Zhou Jisheng were not as sharp as before after being persuaded by his wife, but Zhou Bo didn't know how to deal with Zhou Jisheng, so he simply didn't look at Zhou Jisheng.

Zhou Jisheng also didn't look at Zhou Bo, Zhang Shouzheng and Zhao Geyi looked at each other, and they both smiled helplessly.

"We came to think of countermeasures on the first day of the new year, and the other party really gave us a big blow." Zhang Shouzheng said with a wry smile.

Zhao Geyi sighed: "I wanted to retire with peace of mind, but it turned out to be a mess."

Zhou Bo didn't say a word. He has been the dean of Jingnan University School of Medicine for nearly ten years, but in these years he has not focused on the factional struggles in the university. The old relationship since studying at Nantah University, the alumni call them the "Jingnan faction", which is also a nickname, not really a faction name.However, the style of study in Jingnan University has gradually changed over the years, and these old alumni who have studied at Jingnan University since their undergraduates really can't see it.Zhou Bo is fine, as long as it doesn’t affect his research, he can turn a blind eye to it, but Zhao Geyi, who was born in the Faculty of Liberal Arts, can’t watch the atmosphere in the school change. Zhang Shouzheng also came out of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Moreover, he is still the principal of Jingnan University, he cannot turn a blind eye like Zhou Bo.

"This is a private matter between Xu Haoran and me. I don't think it will have any impact on the battle for the dean." Zhou Jisheng respected Zhao Geyi and Zhang Shouzheng, but it didn't mean he would agree with everything Zhang Shouzheng and Zhao Geyi said.He, Zhou Jisheng, was aboveboard, and his relationship with Xu Haoran couldn't be more normal. He didn't believe that the publicity of their relationship would affect the battle for the dean.It's just their private business.

Zhang Shouzheng shook Zhou Jisheng with a finger. After all, Zhou Jisheng was not in Jingnan Dali, and he only knew a little about the chaotic factional struggles in Jingnan Dali: "Jisheng, you are wrong. It's up to you and us to see Come on, the relationship between you and Xu Haoran couldn't be more normal, but..." Zhang Shouzheng glanced at Zhou Bo when he was speaking, and Zhou Bo's expression changed slightly. There is nothing wrong with Zhou Jisheng falling in love with Xu Haoran, "In the eyes of someone with a heart, it can be extended to places you can't think of."

"Are you talking about my dad's problems with my tutoring?" Zhou Jisheng's voice didn't fluctuate. Thinking about the actions of those people, it was extremely absurd.

Zhang Shouzheng nodded, then shook his head again: "It's not that simple, tutoring is just a problem of your family, but homosexuality is a social problem."

The well-mannered Zhou Jisheng let out a low "tss". In this world, it's not just the choice of men and women to love each other. Men love men, women love women. Is it wrong to fall in love?