My Mister Ostrich

Chapter 46

He put on his coat and headed to the front door. Li Han cried out, “Gu Guoxiang, where are you going?”

“Do I need to report to you where I go?” His gaze was cold and could pierce into someone’s heart. “In your heart, I’m no better than a dog, right? Ah.”

With that, he opened the door and left.

Li Han’s body swayed, and she sat down gently. These past few months, her relationship with Gu Guoxiang was like walking on a tightrope in mid-air. On the surface, they appeared calm and stable, but in reality, just a slight trace of wind would knock her down to hell.

Gu Mingxi crouched down next to Li Han. He called to her with concern, “Mom.”

Li Han sat still for a moment and then responded, “I’m fine. Don’t worry, Mingxi. I won’t leave you.”

During the winter break, she’d gone back to her parents’ home to distract herself a bit. When she came back and heard that Gu Mingxi hadn’t actually gone to his (paternal) grandparents’ house, but had instead gone to stay with Pang Qian, and even got sick from being out in the rain, she felt extremely guilty. She swore that from then on, no matter what happened, she wouldn’t leave her son on his own again.

That night, Gu Guoxiang didn’t return home. Gu Mingxi didn’t know where his dad would have gone. Li Han returned to her room pretty early, and she even locked her door. Gu Mingxi tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep all night.

His heart was filled with confusion as he though back to when he saw himself on TV. It was the first time he watched himself moving through his day. So as he was using his feet to do things, that was what peoples saw. Was it really like his father said, pitiful and laughable?

When they sky outside his window started glowing white, Gu Mingxi decided to get out of bed. He stood looking out his window and saw a flock of birds fly past. His gaze fixed on those little things with wings, until they flew faraway and disappeared into the distance.

That day, when Gu Mingxi arrived at school, he could feel that the students and teachers were looking at him peculiarly. A lot of people had seen the TV program. Usually, a lot of people were very curious about Gu Mingxi’s lifestyle, but since they weren’t in his class, they couldn’t understand it. This program was able to quench much of their curiosity, and when these people saw him in the flesh, they couldn’t help their whispers.

First Year, Class 2’s students were comparatively calm. They’d quickly forgotten about this matter, continuing on with their own studies.

The physics teacher handed out the unit test exam paper. When Gu Mingxi bent over to look at the sheet of questions, he realized that he was unable to settle down.

He picked up his pen with his foot, then stared blankly for awhile. Beside him, Pang Qian was working on the questions. She glanced over at Gu Mingxi’s paper and saw that it was completely blank. Startled, she reached out her right hand to poke him. Gu Mingxi didn’t react, which scared Pang Qian even more. No longer worried that the teacher might think she was cheating, she inched closer to him and gave him a pat. Quietly, she said, “Hey, hey, Gu Mingxi…”

Gu Mingxi suddenly turned to look at Pang Qian. The physics teacher at the front of the room shouted out a reprimand, scaring Pang Qian to lower her head. Gu Mingxi finally came back to his senses and randomly answered a few of the questions.

When school was over, Pang Qian was about to head to ping pong practice, but she was still worried about Gu Mingxi. She asked, “Are you okay today? You seem a bit strange.”

“I’m fine.” Gu Mingxi put away his things into his backpack. “I’m going first. Bye.”

Pang Qian said, “Why don’t I skip practice today and go for a walk with you?”

“No need.” Gu Mingxi stood up, bent over, and hooked the right strap of his backpack on. He shrugged back, stretching his left shoulder into the strap. Once, twice, but he still didn’t get it on.

Pang Qian stood in front of him, then helped him put his backpack on. She even pulled out and tidied his shirt sleeves. Gu Mingxi lowered his head, “Thanks.”

“What’s the need to say thanks to me.” Pang Qian pouted, thinking that Gu Mingxi was acting very strangely today. She watched as he walked out of the classroom, wondering what he was thinking about.

Gu Mingxi didn’t get on the bus. With his head bowed, he walked along the road. When he got to the area by the machinery plant, he saw Shark’s barbecue shop again. Unexpectedly, Shark was standing right in front, sweeping the floor.

He was the same as before, but with fewer clothes on now, he looked more strong and powerful. He was humming a song, with a cigarette sticking out from his mouth. He turned around and saw Gu Mingxi standing in front of him.

“Ey, kid!” Shark hadn’t seen Gu Mingxi in two months. He asked, “Is your leg better?”

“Yeah,” Gu Mingxi lifted his leg slightly. “There’s just a scar left.”

“Did you run into those hoodlums again?”

“No.”

“What’s wrong? In a bad mood? Did you just get off from school?” Shark looked at Gu Mingxi, then asked, “Should I send you to the bus stop?”

Gu Mingxi shook his head. He lowered his eyes, and after a moment said, “Shark, can I sit in your shop for awhile? I don’t want to go home.”

“?” Shark was caught off guard. Then he immediately grabbed onto Gu Mingxi’s shoulders, “Of course, no problem. Eat and then go. My treat.”

He brought Gu Mingxi inside his shop. Clam and Oyster were, again, skewering meat. This pretty, armless boy had left a deep impression on them. When they saw him, they smiled. Gu Mingxi saw the two of them stringing the skewers together at a lightening pace, and was intrigued by it. He stood next to them, watching awhile. Shark asked, “Kid, what do you like to eat? Tonight, I’ll personally cook for you.”

Clam had a baby face and only looked to be slightly older than Gu Mingxi. With a smile, he said, “Shark hasn’t grilled anything in a long time. Kid, what an honor it is for you.”

Shark gave Clam a smack on the head. “Who are you to call him ‘kid’? You’re hardly any older!”

He turned with cigarette in mouth and asked Gu Mingxi, “Kid, how old are you?”

“I’ll be 17 in August.”

“Oh, only a year younger than me.” Clam was very happy, “I just turned 18.”

Oyster called out from the side, “I’m 19!”

“He’s still a student. Move aside, the two of you.” Shark squinted and reprimanded them. “Listen up. Don’t give him an cigarettes to smoke. Don’t give him any alcohol to drink. If he wants to eat some meat, give him as much as he wants!”

Gu Mingxi watched their clamoring from the side. Shark never spared these two guys when he was scolding them, but the young Clam and Oyster both seemed to take it well. Gu Mingxi found a chair and sat down. Staying in this unfamiliar barbecue shop, he suddenly felt at ease.

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