Shen Qingqiu sighs, crossing his arms. "Queerbaiting is when, like, you pretend to be gay to get stuff you want, but you're actually straight so you can't actually make the people you're baiting happy,"¹ he explains, patiently. "The pollen will make me gay and mean it, even if it wears off later. But by then he'll have moved on to someone else, so it's fine."

¹ IS IT??? IS IT, BUDDY???