Professor Zhou is Shen Wei's academic mentor who joined Professor Ouyang's serum project, then quit after Sha Ya's raid. He's shown taking Shen Wei out for drinks and has great trust in Shen Wei's scientific abilities.


Professor Zhou going "If only Shen Wei were here!" and in other ways treating him as a panacea for research, despite Professor Ouyang's annoyance.


Professor Zhou telling Shen Wei he really should take up boozing for politeness.

1. Do you think Professor Zhou ever thought there was something odd or off about Shen Wei? How would he have reacted if he found out Shen Wei was from Dixing? Did anyone tell him post-canon?

2. What do you think his relationship with Li Qian was post-canon? Li Qian was originally his student's student, and now she's the director of the Institute.

3. How do you think his opinion of Professor Ouyang evolved over the course of the show?

4. What do you think he thinks of Dixingians, and would that change should he find out Shen Wei was one?

Professor Zhou does have a canonical character tag on AO3! It has five fics in it. Two of them are by people other than me: (Do you know of any other untagged ones, or art/picspams/vids etc?)
Peer Review and Purple Smoke by draconicsockpuppet – Shen Wei, Li Qian, and Professor Zhou rewrite a scientific article.
Orange Colored Sky by demitas – pre-canon fic where Shen Wei gets called to assist Professor Zhou in a science thing.

So – come and talk about Professor Zhou! Share links to meta, picspams, and related fanworks, new or old! Self-recs whole-heartedly encouraged. Basically, this is the place for anything you want to say or link to about Professor Zhou.

Professor Zhou is a drama-only character.