My Mister Ostrich

Chapter 47

A bit past 8 o’clock, Pang Shuisheng couldn’t refrain himself from calling Li Han. She was waiting at home, not daring to go out, but Gu Mingxi still hadn’t returned.”

Pang Shuisheng decided right then, “Stay at home, I’ll go out to look for him.”

After a moment’s hesitation, he asked, “What about Guoxiang?”

“He…” Li Han told the truth, “He didn’t come back.”

“Did you try calling his phone?”

“I did, it’s off.”

“…” Pang Shiusheng didn’t ask anymore. “I’ll bring my cellphone with me. If you get any news, call me. I’ll go out to look for Mingxi. Ah Han, don’t worry. Mingxi is a smart kid, nothing will happen to him.”

Seeing her father about to leave, Pang Qian grabbed the bike(?) keys. “Dad, I’ll go with you!”

Pang Shuisheng looked at her, “Why would you go?”

“I know the path that Gu Mingxi usually takes.” Pang Qian said anxiously, “There are some places you guys don’t know about!”

Pang Shuisheng thought about it. Seeing his daughter so firm about it, he said, “Be careful then.”

“Mm!”

Pang Shuisheng and Pang Qian biked to First High together. The seniors were still at school self studying. Pang Qian went inside the school and took a walk around, but didn’t even see a glimpse of Gu Mingxi.

After that, she suggested going to the park nearby the school. In the past, she often went there with Gu Mingxi.

The father-daughter pair walked into the park. The sky was already dark, so the people who exercised there and the vendors had already dispersed. Pang Qian rode her bike and called out, “Gu Mingxi! Gu Mingxi!”

Ten minutes later, they were certain that Gu Mingxi wasn’t there.

Pang Shiusheng asked Pang Qian about the route Gu Mingxi took. Pang Qian gave herself a smack on the head, “He definitely didn’t take the bus. He would have walked and then taken the 236 bus. You have to walk for half an hour, and on the way is the machinery factory!”

“Machinery factory?” Pang Shiusheng pondered for a moment, then said, “Then let’s follow the path he usually takes. We can ask anyone we see about it. Gu Mingxi doesn’t have arms, so perhaps someone took note of him.”

Pang Qian followed her father as they walked along the road, searching. She started calling out his name, “Gu Mingxi! Gu Mingxi–”

They asked a few shop owners along the way. Some said that they hadn’t seen any such person, while others said that they had some impression of seeing him. This armless boy would often walk through the area with his backpack on his back, but today, no one had seen a trace of him.

The two of them passed through the factory area, riding their bikes to the 263 bus stop. Pang Qian pushed her bike to the side of the road and looked around. It was already 9:30 at night. Gu Mingxi hadn’t gone home, so where did he go?

Pang Shiusheng lifted his hand to wipe at his daughter’s eyes. “What are you crying for.”

After her father said it, Pang Qian couldn’t hold back, and started crying out loudly.

She was deathly afraid. This was something that had never happened before. The factory area here was very disorderly. There were thieves and hooligans everywhere. Gang wars often happened there. The news even broadcasted that someone had been killed there before.