So-called professor

Author: Shi Shengrong
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: High academic institutions are not a paradise; in this grand garden filled with knowledge, wisdom, ideals, and love, how do professors live, and how do they choose when faced with status, money, and love? Professor Bai Minghua and Liu An ding are charming and charismatic, while the beautiful and insatiable talent He Qiusi is even more enchanting. Behind their seemingly peaceful lives, however, lie thrilling emotional entanglements and power struggles. If you have read Mr. Qian Zhongshu's Fortress Besieged, you must also read The so-called Professors. The vivid characters, realistic and dynamic stories, sharp and dramatic conflicts, exhilarating fates of the characters, humorous and witty language, and profound and wise scholarly thoughts will definitely leave you refreshed.
The experimental results are still unsatisfactory, with no progress at all, and Liu An ding can't help but feel a bit anxious. Sitting there, he closes his eyes and thinks for a while, deciding to look up more information and analyze the reasons carefully before formulating a new approach. The phone rings, startling Liu An ding. It's the voice of a young woman. The woman says she is He Qiushi. Liu An ding immediately snaps to attention, feeling an inexplicable tension, and his expression becomes serious. He Qiushi says she is at the Municipal Maternity Hospital and asks Liu An ding to come over quickly. She doesn't specify what she wants him to do or what the matter is and hangs up the phone. The maternity hospital makes Liu An ding immediately think of women, gynecology, and reproductive systems. Liu An ding is an associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Reproduction at the Veterinary Department. Strictly speaking, he should be considered a veterinarian, but when it comes to reproductive systems, there is little difference between humans and cattle or sheep. Liu An ding thinks that He Qiushi wants him to come, it is likely related to gynecology, and perhaps she wants him to use his expertise for something. Liu An ding can't help but feel a flutter of excitement in his heart.
He Qiushi is the wife of Li Yu. Li Yu and Liu An ding are classmates and hometown friends, both entering the school together and staying at the same university. After staying at the university, Li Yu worked in administration as a counselor but once felt frustrated and devoted himself to learning foreign languages to find a way to go abroad. The classmates have all gotten married and had children, but Li Yu remains single, still waiting patiently, still writing letters to foreign universities to recommend herself. After more than ten years with no results, her dream of going abroad died, and she could only marry and live a normal life.
No one is always unlucky, and while Li Yu failed to go abroad, love bore fruit. Soon after, he married He Qiushi, one of his students. The first time Liu An ding saw He Qiushi, he was utterly astonished. What moved him was He Qiushi's graceful figure. He believed that any man would feel a bit tempted upon seeing such a figure, and while the term "sexually attractive" might be a bit disrespectful, it was entirely appropriate, as her slender legs and well-proportioned body exuded a fullness even through her clothes.
Not long after Li Yu and He Qiushi got married, a university in Australia suddenly sent Li Yu an admission notice. On the day he left, Li Yu invited his classmates at the university to his home for a gathering. After a few drinks, Li Yu raised a glass and came to Liu An ding, saying very seriously that he was entrusting He Qiushi to him, hoping he could take good care of her. Since they were classmates, they made jokes. Some said Liu An ding had gotten a good job, while others laughed and said Li Yu was foolish, suggesting that entrusting his wife to "the pervert" was like inviting a wolf into the house. Though it was just a joke, Liu An ding subconsciously blushed.
Liu An ding specializes in animal reproduction in the Department of Obstetrics and Reproduction at the Veterinary Department, and people gave him the nickname "the pervert," meaning his work was unrefined and that he spent his days playing with the reproductive organs of cattle and sheep. At the time, Liu An ding feared He Qiushi didn't know the origin of his nickname and might mistakenly think "the pervert" referred to his moral character, so he half-joked and half-explained, "My work may be in obstetrics, but it's high-class—it's where we all come from, it's our beginning. You should call me 'high-class.'" He remembered clearly that He Qiushi smiled and raised her glass to him, saying that since her husband had entrusted her to him, she was now his, and she hoped he would take good care of her.
Liu An ding knew this was all just a joke and didn't take it seriously, but Li