My Mister Ostrich

Chapter 26

Pang Qian couldn’t stop herself from interjecting, “Gu Mingxi is the 1st in our grade. He always is, after every test.”

Gu Mingxi pursed his lips, without a sound. Lin Weibin continued, “That’s even more difficult then. Little Gu, how did this happen? Your father never mentioned it to any of us that something happened to you. Was it from the transformer incident when you were younger?”

“Mm,” Gu Mingxi said quietly. “When I was 6 years old.”

“That was many years ago!”

“Nine years,” Gu Mingxi said with a smile.

Lin Weibin sighed, then asked, “Nine years… Then, are you used to it now?”

“It’s alright. I can take care of myself.” Then shyly, “But of course there are things I can’t do on my own, and I need someone to help.”

Lin Weibin frowned as he looked at him. His eyes had some doubt as he asked, “Then… Do you have a younger sister?”

Gu Mingxi looked at his eyes, and gradually understood his meaning. He considered how to word it, then said, “My parents decided to have another kid, but they haven’t had one yet.”

“Oh, oh,” Lin Weibin said with understanding. “Engineer Gu is 40 years old this year, a year younger than me. He’s still young, still young. He’s so outstanding, of course he should have another child. And having another one isn’t considered exceeding the birth limits, right? With your condition, your parents can still have another child, right?”

Gu Mingxi nodded, then answered calmly, “Right. Since I have a certificate of disability, they can have another child, and it won’t be considered exceeding the birth limit.”

Lin Weibin started talking about the unreasonableness of the Family Planning Policy (one child policy). For example, in his case. Like Gu Guoxiang, he was an employee of a large state-owned enterprise. He’s risen through the rank to get there. If he were to break the policy, he would either be demoted or directly dismissed. And he would even have to pay heavy fines.

Pang Qian was extremely angry listening to this, but since he was Gu Guoxiang’s friend, she knew to hold back her anger, and she didn’t released her anger onto him.

The elevator arrived to their floor, and Lin Weibin swiped the room card to unlock their room door. Pang Qian stared in surprise when she saw the room. She’d never stayed in a starred hotel before, so she could never expect how luxurious the inside of the room would be.

Lin Weibin spoke quietly to Gu Mingxi for a bit. In the end, Gu Mingxi said that is wasn’t early, and mentioned that he and Pang Qian had to return to the comic convention. When Lin Weibin invited them out for dinner, Gu Mingxi declined.

Lin Weibin saw that Gu Mingxi had no arms, so he wondered if the child could even feed himself. By declining his offer for dinner, his suspicion was confirmed. Gu Mingxi was Gu Guoxiang’s son after all. Lin Weibin couldn’t bear to see him make a spectacle of himself.

He sent the two kids back to the convention center, then left after giving them a few words. After he left, Pang Qian’s face fell down. Angrily, she told Gu Mingxi, “The way that man talked was so hateful. Your dad’s known him for ten years, why didn’t he ever tell him about you? He looked so surprised. It was so annoying.”

Gu Mingxi and Pang Qian walked back into the exhibition area with their afternoon tickets. He said indifferently, “Actually, probably none of my dad’s friends know about it.”

Pang Qian was very surprised, “Why?”

“Who would bring that sort of things up? My son is disabled, he’s missing his arms,” Gu Mingxi joked. “Those people wouldn’t ever see me. My dad would definitely only talk about praiseworthy things.”