Reflection of Two Shadows

Lan Zhan is an eighteen year old high school student. He is an introvert and a nerd. His best friend and cousin Lan Sizhui has a new boyfriend. Lan Zhan is angry that his friend is busy elsewhere. Lan Sizhui calls Lan Zhan self centred and unable to form a relationship either now or in the future. Lan Zhan challenges him that he'll have a very fulfilling relationship when he is ready, that is after a college degree and a job. Lan Sizhui challenges him that with his personality no one will be interested in him. Accepting the challenge Lan Zhan sets up an online dating profile for his thirty year old self. Through the profile he meets Wei Wuxian.

Wei Wuxian is a thirty five year old father of one. His son lives with him. And is estranged from his wife with whom he has been divorced for ten years. He is a professor of Chemistry at a local college. His colleagues know him as sincere. His students know him as boring. When Wei Wuxian's cousin opens a dating profile for him he is indignant but reckons that he may end up making a friend. A faceless profile interests him and he starts chatting.

Wei Wuxian challenges Lan Zhan intellectually and he finds himself desperately craving his messages and phone calls. But Wei Wuxian knows him as a thirty three year old closetted gay man who couldn't get into a relationship because of family constraints. He respects him as a peer and often shares his life struggles with him. Lan Zhan adores being treated as an adult for the first time in his life. They decide to keep their friendship platonic and virtual so as not to corrupt it. What will happen when on the first day of college Lan Zhan finds Wei Wuxian as his Chemistry professor?

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This is based on an original work of mine. I am the author. The characters have been replaced with those from MDZS because I am a Wangxian fan. Do not copy the story line. If you find my work in another profile or app please let me know.

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