My Mister Ostrich

Chapter 64

“Ah?” Pang Qian’s eyes widened. “Pretend it didn’t happen?”

Gu Mingxi nodded. “Yeah, so, you can still have your first kiss.”

Pang Qian’s face reddened again. Gu Mingxi stood up and said, “Pang Pang, it’s almost time for school to let out. We should go back, otherwise the teacher might report this to the police.”

Hearing him say that, Pang Qian finally remembered this. She made Gu Mingxi cut class. She didn’t know what kind of situation they would face when they returned.

Pang Qian, who had boldly left school earlier that afternoon, was now terrified of returning to school. Gu Mingxi comforted her, “Don’t be afraid. Just tell them what I told you, and the teachers won’t be too hard on you. At worst, they’ll blame you for not giving them a call to notify them. Then you just tell that that you were afraid calling would waste time and you’d lose me.”

When did he think up all these things? Pang Qian asked, “Then what if you get in trouble?”

Gu Mingxi said, “Then I’ll just get scolded. Usually, the teachers all take good care of me. They probably won’t scold me.”

When they returned to the school, the guard rushed out and called, “Aiya! You two are finally back!”

The school was in utter chaos. Year 2 Class 1’s Gu Mingxi and Class 2’s Pang Qian randomly disappeared during the lunch break. Their belongings were still at their desks, and they hadn’t left any notes. It seemed like they’d just gone to the restroom, and then they just disappeared without warning.

Their head teachers were thrown into a frenzy, especially since Gu Mingxi was a handicapped student. They called the kids’ parents, but Pang Shuisheng and Li Han returned home without finding a trace of their kids.

In the afternoon, Teachers Dai and Zhong, along with some student council members and Pang Shuisheng and Li Han, started searching around the school. Xie Yi even went to Shark’s barbecue shop, but it wasn’t open yet. He ran around to check some internet bars in the area, but he still didn’t find and trace Gu Mingxi or Pang Qian.

Xiao Yujing went to check the small park nearby the school. After being deskmates with Gu Mingxi for a year, she knew that Gu Mingxi and Pang Qian sometimes sat at that park for awhile to eat snacks before heading home. Of course, she didn’t find anything.

When it was nearly time for school to let out, everyone met back up at the school. Jin Ai’hua stayed at home, waiting for any news. Pang Shuisheng was extremely confused by the fact that Pang Qian and Gu Mingxi left their bags behind. Li Han was already weeping quietly. Gu Mingxi was a very sensible person. Even if he was feeling some pressure at school, he’d never skipped class before, especially without leaving any notes before disappearing.

As the group of people were discussing whether they should make a police report, Gu Mingxi and Pang Qian returned.

In front of her teachers, classmates, and parents, Pang Qian couldn’t lie. But neither did she speak the truth. She just stood there silently with her head down. Gu Mingxi stood beside her, slightly blocking her. Then he methodically went over “the happenings of the day” with everyone.

He saw a flash of suspicious cross Xiao Yujing’s eyes. Teacher Dai stared at Gu Mingxi and said, “Gu Mingxi, if you felt pressure, you could have come talk to me. If you just disappear without a sound, everyone will worry about you, don’t you know?”

“Teacher Dai, I’m sorry. I won’t do it again.” Gu Mingxi chuckled lightly. “Pang Qian kept trying to make me come back. Thanks to her, I’m fine now.”