My Mister Ostrich

Chapter 53

Gu Mingxi lowered his eyes and said softly, “It’s not safe for a girl to stay over at a boy’s house that late.”

Pang Qian looked at him strangely. “I used to stay really late at your house all the time.”

He couldn’t refute that.

Pang Qian said, “Alright, I have to go. Why did you come looking for me?”

“It’s nothing.” Gu Mingxi glanced at her. Originally, he wanted to share some news with her, but he’d already decided not to say anything.

That evening was the first time Pang Qian went to Xie Yi’s house. It was a big villa house that stood on its own. You could even call it majestic. Xie Yi’s parents were very welcoming, and they even prepared a sumptuous buffet dinner for twenty-something kids. Pang Qian saw the two dogs that Xie Yi raised, both of them covered in golden fur. When Xie Yi was on the sofa watching the game, the dogs laid down obediently at his feet.

Watching the game with such a large group of people was naturally very lively. Even though Pang Qian didn’t understand any of it, she was still infected with all the fervor of the boys around her. Xie Yi’s TV was ginormous. When the commentator mentioned Hao Haidong, Pang Qian looked to Xie Yi and said, “I know him! Hao Haidong, China’s best striker!”

Xie Yi smiled as he looked at her. “Hey, Crab, you do know a little something.”

Hearing the approval in his voice, Pang Qian felt very pleased with herself.

After the game finished, Pang Qian and Zheng Qiaoqiao rode their bikes home together. There were also two boys that went the same way. When they arrived safely at home, it was already 11 o’clock. Pang Shuisheng still hadn’t slept. Seeing her go into her room, he said, “It’s really too unreasonable for a daughter to come home this late. Hurry and give Mingxi a call. He said to call him when you get back.”

Pang Qian frowned. “Why would I call him? What time is it already? His parents are already asleep.”

Pang Shuisheng figured the same, so he just said, “Alright. Then hurry and wash up and go to bed. I’ll give him a call tomorrow morning.”

The next day, Pang Shuisheng forgot about this already, but the house phone rang.

He picked it up, and it was Gu Mingxi.

“Uncle, did Pang Qian get home safely last night?”

Pang Shuisheng felt a bit apologetic. “She did, she got back at 11. It was late, so we didn’t give you a call.”

Gu Mingxi’s tone changed from tired to relieved. “Oh, that’s fine, Uncle. I just wanted to check in.”

Gu Mingxi put down the phone and walked quietly to the bathroom to wash up.

Li Han was in the kitchen preparing breakfast. And Gu Guoxiang had, once again, not returned home.

When it was time to eat, Gu Mingxi said to Li Han, “Mom, give Dad a call.”

Li Han’s voice was cold. “What’s the point in calling. We’ve already said all there is to say, so what’s the point of bringing unhappiness on ourselves?”

Gu Mingxi, “But…”

“Mingxi, that’s enough.” Li Han looked at him and reached out her hand to pat his head. “I’ve already decided. I don’t want to be so tired anymore either.”

Gu Mingxi lowered his head and let out a light breath.

When the autumn wind started blowing, it was time for the mideterm exams. Pang Qian’s grades dropped quite a bit. She was only 38th in her class.

She and Gu Mingxi sat on the bench in the park. Gu Mingxi had her take out all her exam papers for him to see. He bent to the side so that both his feet were up on the bench, and then looked over Pang Qian’s test papers one by one.

He really understood Pang Qian too well. She was a typical student, only studying when under high pressure and supervision. In their third year of junior high, when she went to Gu Mingxi’s house to study and do homework, her grades were steady and even rose up. When their second year of junior high ended, in order to go to the comic convention over break, she went crazy studying. She even got into the top 10 in their class. After they graduated from junior high, in order for her dad to change their house to a bigger one and continue being Gu Mingxi’s neighbor, she also put in a lot of effort in her studies to get into a good high school.

Although she was always at the bottom of her class in the first year of high school, under Gu Mingxi’s constant supervision, her grades were at least stable. But now, after just a semester of year 2, there was no one to watch over her. Pang Qian’s habits changed back. As Gu Mingxi looked over her test papers, his frown grew deeper and deeper.

Pang Qian didn’t agree with Gu Mingxi. She wasn’t at the bottom of her class, and she felt pretty satisfied with her ranking. Of course Gu Mingxi didn’t think this way. He was completely familiar with Pang Qian, and looking over her tests, he knew what her weakness was – where she didn’t understand at all, where she sort of understood something. She didn’t memorize her English. Did she just guess… He understood it all.

He said with seriousness, “Starting next month, I’ll tutor you again.”

Pang Qian looked at him, baffled. “How?”

Gu Mingxi stared at her, “Devil’s tutoring.”

At the start of December, the pair of young adults that lived across from Pang Qian in Apt. 502 moved out. They were both new recruits to the metals company. They moved in just after the new year, so they’d been living there for nearly a year. Every morning, they would take the shuttle bus with Jin Ai’hua to get to the factory to work. Reportedly, they were performing well at work so the company arranged for them to move into the new apartments next to the factory.

Pang Qian asked her dad who would live in 502. Pang Shiusheng winked at her and said, “You’ll find out later.”

A week later, their next door neighbors moved in. It was the weekend so Pang Qian slept in. Then she heard the sounds of the neighbors moving in and the discussions between some men.

Wrapped up in a thick coat, she snuck over to check out the neighbors. 502’s door was open, and there were some male workers moving furniture inside the house. Suddenly, someone came out from the door. Pang Qian saw him and nearly scared silly.

“Pang Pang, you get up really late.” The youth wore a long down jacket, two puffy sleeves hanging at his sides, as he leaned against the doorframe and smiled at Pang Qian.

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