{
  "id": 8005563,
  "title": "Chinese professor, 47, had alleged affair with student for 10 years, daughters write 86-page exposé",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/chinese-professor-47-had-alleged-affair-with-student-for-10-years",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T10:32:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/09/chinese-professor-affair-student-86-page-expose/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A 47-year-old Chinese professor, Fu Lei, is facing severe allegations after his own daughters publicly accused him of maintaining a decade-long improper affair with a 35-year-old student, Zeng Mengqi. The 86-page exposé, published by Fu's 15 and 20-year-old daughters, details their mother's struggle after Fu abandoned his family in 2022. Zeng, who is now a professor at Wuhan University, allegedly used Fu's online avatar, Conan, to communicate with her while subtly provoking Fu's wife through messages. The sisters claim Fu misappropriated university research funds and deprived other students of first authorship on publications. Zeng also allegedly used Fu as a ghostwriter for her academic journal articles, depriving them of credit. The family's financial situation deteriorated severely, with the eldest daughter losing 15kg due to the stress of their mother managing the mortgage alone.",
  "summary": "The exposé also contains allegations of the pair's academic misconduct.",
  "key_points": [
    "Fu Lei, 47, accused of 10-year affair with student Zeng Mengqi",
    "86-page exposé by Fu's daughters details financial and academic misconduct",
    "Zeng used Fu's avatar to communicate, misappropriated research funds"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}