My Mister Ostrich

Chapter 69.2

At 11 o’clock, Gu Mingxi returned to the Golden Compound soaking wet. He went to the bike storage and saw Pang Qian’s bike. He stood in front of her bike, a small briefly appearing on his face, before he turned around and walked up the stairs.

Students chose their university and major from June 26th to 28th. Gu Mingxi and Li Han waited for news from SHUFE, but in the end, the recruiter called Teacher Dai and said there was no way to guarantee admission for Gu Mingxi. He could fill in the school as his choice, but it was possible he would be rejected.

Hearing this news, Gu Mingxi thought it over for an hour, and then said to Li Han, “Mom, I decided to choose B University.”

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Pang Qian had tossed that frame into a drawer because she’d pricked her hand on it. But it was also because she didn’t usually put up photos. In any case, Pang Qian entirely forgot about this matter.

After she handed in her university choice form to Teacher Zhong, she ran up to the fourth floor to find Gu Mingxi. Gu Mingxi and Zhou Nanzhong had stepped out to the bathroom. When Xie Yi saw Pang Qian, he slipped out to talk to her.

“Hey, did you tell him which school you picked?” Xie Yi folded his arms in front of him and leaned against the door frame. He smiled happily. “If he finds out you picked SHUFE, he’ll be happy to death.”

Pang Qian blushes. “I might not be able to get in though. I looked up the admittance scores from previous years, and they’re always something like 50 points above the minimum for tier-1 schools. If I can’t get in, I guess I’ll have to change my major. I picked a pretty popular one.”

Xie Yi asked, “What did you fill out?”

“Financial engineering.”

“You’ll probably have to switch.”

“I know!” Pang Qian grabbed her cheeks and said a bit vexed, “I just filled it like that because my brain was momentarily in a fever. Later on, if I get dropped into a really unpopular major, I’m going to be doomed.”

“It’s not for sure. See how your luck goes.” Xie Yi smiled to comfort her.

That’s when Gu Mingxi and Zhou Nanzhong returned. When he saw Pang Qian and Xie Yi chatting and smiling happily, his eyes immediately dimmed. Pang Qian turned around and saw him, “Gu Mingxi, did you fill out your school?”

“Yeah,” he responded.

“Where did you pick?”

“B University.”

Xie Yi and Pang Qian were both stunned.

Pang Qian asked, incredulous, “B University?”

“Wait, wait, wait, where’s B University?” She turned back to Xie Yi. Her voice hopeful, she asked, “Is B University in Shanghai?”

Xie Yi shook his head. “No, it’s in Z City.”

“Z City? Up north?” Pang Qian turned back to Gu Mingxi, eyes wide. “Gu Mingxi, did you already turn in your form? What kind of joke are you playing? Are you tricking me? You…”

“I don’t have arms, so SHUFE wouldn’t want me.” He said this sentence very lightly. Pang Qian’s face paled. He said, “I’m not tricking you, Pang Pang. No matter who I trick, I wouldn’t trick you.”

Although he said that, Pang Qian was angry. She was so angry that she ignored him and sat in her room for several nights crying. She was angry that Gu Mingxi hadn’t even mentioned anything about choosing B University to her. B University was so far away, so she’d never even considered choosing it. When she told her parents that she wanted to change her application, she was directly rejected.