Chapter 108 Epilogue: The Story Never Ends (1)
Pang Qian's due date is mid-October 2013. During National Day, she and Jin Aihua packed up their delivery bags. There were many more things at home, including cribs, strollers, bathtubs, bags of new clothes, new toys, and diapers... Although it was messy, it was full of happiness.
During the seven-day holiday, Gu Mingxi and Pang Qian were inseparable from each other, buying vegetables, taking a walk together, and occasionally gathering with old friends. Li Xiaoyan and Wang Song came to their house with their daughter Huahua. After a long time, Gu Mingxi and Pang Qian only saw the young couple busying their daughter's affairs. The little guy shitted, cried, and was about to go to bed again.
When Li Xiaoyan went to the room to feed the child, Pang Qian accompanied her. Seeing the little baby having a happy meal, she asked curiously: "Don't you feel pain when Huahua eats your milk?"
"Of course it doesn't hurt anymore, she doesn't have teeth." Li Xiaoyan patted her daughter's back and said teasingly, "Have you never eaten Gu Mingxi in your family?"
"Hey!" Pang Qian's face was flushed with shame, and Li Xiaoyan kept laughing: "To be honest, no pain is as good as having a baby. Oh my mother, it really hurts me to death."
Pang Qian was worried when she heard it: "Don't scare me."
"Wang Song and I plan to have a second child, so I made up my mind to have a child by myself for the next one to be smooth. This time I really felt so painful that I wanted to go for a child. Unfortunately, the doctor refused to let me." Li Xiaoyan cheered Pang Qian, "Come on, strive for a natural birth, and have another one in two or three years."
"We don't plan to have two." Pang Qian whispered, "You know, Gu Mingxi has no mother, and none of his relatives are reliable. When we have children, only my parents will help me take care of them. Gu Mingxi himself has no arms, so there is no financial problem. It's very tiring to raise children, and I don't want to hire a nanny. If I have two, my parents will have too much effort. Gu Mingxi and I have also told me that regardless of gender, we will give birth to one."
Li Xiaoyan smiled and said, "Don't talk too early. When I gave birth, I yelled and said I would never give birth to a baby again. But now seeing Huahua so cute, I can't wait to have another baby."
On the terrace, two men were chatting. Wang Song opened his phone and read Gu Mingxi a hundred-day cute photos of his daughter.
"I'm tired, really tired." Wang Song pointed to his dark circles. "Since I had this little girl, I haven't slept well. I went to work during the day and came back to be a dad at night. I had to change my diapers in the middle of the night. The stinky girl refused to sleep. I had to hold her and coax her, singing one song after another. Xiaoyan feeds the children, and I have to fan and slap them on the side. I really look like a palace maid next to the emperor."
Gu Mingxi laughed to death and said, "But I think you are very happy."
"There's no way, who told me that we are my dad?" Wang Song looked at the phone screen and laughed, then patted Gu Mingxi on the shoulder, "It's your turn next, brother, you must be prepared for a protracted war!"
That night, Gu Mingxi and Pang Qian slept in the bed and started chatting. Pang Qian lay on her side and placed her legs on Gu Mingxi's legs. They had never known the gender of the child, so they just waited for the lottery to be drawn. When chatting, they liked to say something unnutritious and kept making noises.
"People say that the son looks like a mother, the daughter looks like a father, and the husband, if we have a son, wouldn't we be tall? Because I'm so short." Pang Qian muttered, "If I had a daughter, I would look like you. I would be a school beauties and a big star in the future! Hehehe..."
Gu Mingxi smiled and said, "What if our daughter and Xie Yi's daughter are in the same school?"
"Um?"
"The school beauty probably won't have a lifetime."
"Hahahaha... You hate it! You have to have confidence in our daughter!" Pang Qian leaned against him with difficulty and kissed his cheek, "By the way, Xiaoyan told me today that having a baby hurts."
Gu Mingxi looked up at her and murmured, "I'm a little scared."
"I've been accompanying you on the stairs and doing prenatal exercises." Gu Mingxi comforted her, "The doctor said that your physical condition is very good and is very suitable for your childbirth."
"Well..." She put her hand on his waist and asked in a low voice, "Can you be with me then?"
"That depends on the hospital's regulations." Gu Mingxi and her forehead pressed against each other, "Even if I can't go in and accompany you, you must know that I must be waiting for you outside."
"What if I encounter danger?" Pregnant women are always prone to random thoughts. "Just like the drama, the doctor asks you, how do you choose to protect adults or children?"
"Don't say such things." He frowned slightly, "This won't happen."
She refused to say: "What if?"
He closed his eyes and kissed her cheek: "Sir Bao, I will do my best to protect you, as long as you are well."
"The baby is about to cry." Pang Qian cried like a child, "Woooooo... Dad doesn't love me, Dad is so cruel, Dad..." Her body suddenly stiffened, and her expression became very strange. Gu Mingxi looked at her for a moment, and Pang Qian suddenly asked, "Do you feel it?"
He didn't understand: "Ah?"
"It's over, the baby is really angry." She sighed slowly, "Gu Mingxi, why are you still standing there? Go and call my parents!"
"Oh!" He hurriedly got up, clamped his toes over the phone beside the bed, bite a pen with his lips and pressed the button to dial the phone, and then asked Pang Qian vaguely, "Dad asked what happened, what should I say?"
Pang Qian lay on the bed and didn't dare to move: "Just say, my amniotic fluid has broken."
Gu Mingxi: “…”
Fortunately, she had prepared a delivery bag, and Pang Qian was quickly sent to the hospital by her parents and Gu Mingxi. At this time, she was still ten days before her due date, but the baby was eager to come out.
In the hospital, Pang Qian felt a little relieved, closed her eyes and slept for a while, and finally woke up by the increasingly severe contractions. Gu Mingxi never left, nor closed her eyes. In the middle of the night, he kept observing Pang Qian. Seeing her awakening with sweat on her head, he asked anxiously: "Pang Pang, what's wrong with you?"
"It hurts..." Pang Qian raised her hand and put it heavily on his shoulder.
She gasped, recalling the breathing method she learned from the class. She took a deep breath and then took a deep breath, but her nails pinched into the skin of his shoulder: "Gu Mingxi, I feel so painful... It's really, it hurts so much."
"If you feel the pain, just grab my shoulder and grab it harder. It's okay." He leaned closer to her again, "Pangpang, come on, our baby is about to be a mother."
Pang Qian's facial features were twisted, and her messy hair was wet against her cheeks. At this time, the woman had long lost her image. She abandoned all the elegant, reserved, beautiful and generous. She frowned, and her fingers really pinched Gu Mingxi's shoulder again, and hummed in her mouth: "It hurts so much, it hurts me to death..."
Gu Mingxi had no choice but to see Pang Qian in pain, he couldn't help but raise his foot and press the call bell.
The nurse rushed over quickly. After examination, Pang Qian's cervix had opened two fingers and was about to be sent to the labor room.
Gu Mingxi followed the gurney until Pang Qian was about to enter the door, and then bent down and kissed Pang Qian on the forehead and said, "I'm waiting for you outside, wife, I'll wait for you and your baby to come out safely."
After that, time became long.
Gu Mingxi signed a lot of words, but his mind was blank. He didn't have time to look closely. He just asked the nurse to put the paper on the ground. He held a pen on his right foot and signed it quickly.
When the nurse was about to leave, he called her and said seriously: "Nurse, if you encounter a problem, please be sure to protect your elders and my wife."
The nurse comforted him: "Don't worry, there is generally no danger."
Pang Shuisheng sat down beside Gu Mingxi. There were other relatives and friends of the mothers waiting outside the door of the delivery room. It was vaguely heard the wailing of a woman coming from the door. Some were depressed, while others shouted loudly, but without exception, they were heart-wrenching sounds, which were obviously extremely painful and touched the nerves of everyone outside.
Listening to the heart-wrenching moans, Jin Aihua's eyes turned red and she said, "Being a woman is a disaster. Mingxi, you must treat Qianqian well in the future."
Pang Shuisheng said "tsk": "What are you saying! Is Mingxi good to Qianqian? Can't you see?"
Seeing Gu Mingxi's worried and anxious look on his face, Pang Shuisheng patted his back and comforted him: "Don't worry, Mingxi, there will be no problem. Qianqian is in good health and has always had no problems with the prenatal examination. It is definitely going well. However, when Aiwa was in danger, Qianqian was 9 pounds and 8 ounces! Aiwa hurt for a day and a night, she was pulled in and cut off her. She asked me to sign a lot of words at that time. I was so scared that I ran to the corridor to smoke three cigarettes before calming down."
Speaking of this, he seemed to suddenly remember something, sighed and said slowly, "At that time, you were only one year old, Aihua was about to give birth, but your father went to borrow a tricycle and took me and Aihua to the hospital. On the night when Qianqian was born, your mother brought you to the hospital to see her. You must not remember it. At that time, you took Qianqian's little hand, and we were all saying that you would make a baby kiss for you. In a blink of an eye, twenty-eight years have passed, and Qianqian and you have really become husband and wife, and they have to be parents."
Life is so magical, fate seems to be destined.
Gu Mingxi couldn't sit still, so he simply stood at the door of the delivery room and waited. After three hours, another nurse pushed a baby gurney out and said to the person at the door: "Mom Pang's baby, boy, mother and son are safe, where are the family members?"
Gu Mingxi was stunned, but Pang Shuisheng and Jin Aihua reacted quickly and immediately surrounded him. Pang Shuisheng turned around and saw Gu Mingxi still being stupid, and stamped his feet and said, "Mingxi, come and see your son!" A sentence finally awakened Gu Mingxi. Joy and satisfaction slowly overflowed from his eyes, and a gentle smile appeared on the edge of his mouth. He quickly walked to the baby's bed and leaned over to look at the strange little thing. He looked so small, soft, with red skin. He closed his eyes, had thick black hair, eyebrows like him, and his mouth like Pang Qian. His two chubby little hands were moving there. Pang Shuisheng reached out to touch his little hand, and the little thing held his index finger in a moment.
Pang Shuisheng was so happy that his mouth couldn't close. He turned to look at Gu Mingxi: "Hey, the little guy has strong hands!"
Then he was stunned, sighed, and patted his son-in-law on the shoulder: "Why are you crying? You are all dads."
But I couldn't stop the tears. Gu Mingxi whispered: "Dad, I really want to hug him."
"What's the hurry? When he grows up, he will come to hug you. You can't even shake him off!"
Gu Mingxi was amused by him. Jin Aihua took out a tissue to wipe his tears and took the baby to the ward with the nurse. Gu Mingxi was still waiting at the door of the delivery room. After a while, Pang Qian was finally pushed out.
She was very weak after experiencing natural birth. Gu Mingxi accompanied the gurney to take her back to the ward. In the elevator, Pang Qian opened her eyes and turned to see Gu Mingxi beside her, and a tired smile appeared on her face.
She reached out to pull his empty sleeve and called him: "Hi, Dad Haichuan."
Gu Mingxi looked at her gently and smiled: "Hi, Haichuan's mother."
Seeing that she was about to speak, he leaned over and kissed her sweaty forehead: "Stop talking, have a good rest, I will always be with you, Pang Pang."
She calmed down and closed her eyes.
Kid Gu Haichuan came to the earth and grew up healthily day by day. He is a curious baby, full of energy, loves to eat, sleep and make trouble. Although he often exhausts the new parents, he brings them more happiness and laughter.
Pang Qian gave his son a nickname, Jiujiu, and Gu Mingxi used a brush to record his son's growth: Jiujiu can raise his head, Jiujiu can turn over, Jiujiu has grown his first small teeth, Jiujiu can sit, crawl, and stand up on the bed... The first thing Gu Haichuan learned is to call him Dad. Every time he sees Gu Mingxi, he is very happy. He crawls to his father's feet like a puppy, and raises his head and smiles at him, "Baba, Baba" keeps calling him.
On the night when I first heard my son call him dad, Gu Mingxi drew a painting - a big gray ostrich running on the grassland, followed by a furry and chubby little ostrich. The dialog box reads: "Dad! Wait for me!"
After watching it, Pang Qian laughed and asked, "Where am I?"
Gu Mingxi picked up the paintbrush with his right foot, brushed it a few times, and drew a big round crab behind the little ostrich. Pang Qian was so angry that she hit him: "It's annoying! I'm not that fat!"
Gu Mingxi often plays with his son, and the two roll into a ball on the bed. His father's body is Jiujiu's favorite obstacle toy. He always climbs up with his hands and feet, sticks his little butt and crawls on Gu Mingxi's belly. Then he stretches out his little hand to pinch his father's face, and finally he obediently lying on his chest.
Whenever this happened, Gu Mingxi didn't dare to move, for fear of falling to his son. He lay quietly on the bed, feeling the warm feeling of the warmth and soft little thing lying on him.
Every day, watching my son grow up with my wife, the satisfaction and happiness cannot be described in words. Although the stranger's eyes when he looks at him are still full of sympathy, so what?
If he gave him two hands again and told him to give up all his current life, Gu Mingxi would not agree even if he died.
In September 2015, when senior year started, Gu Mingxi faced a graduation internship.
His professional foundation is very solid. Because he is much older than his students of the same level, his paintings have a deeper background. Several younger professional teachers even became good friends with him and often asked him to have tea and chat with him in private and went to various art exhibitions.
Gu Mingxi studied painting major in the Academy of Fine Arts. After graduation, her employment direction is usually in the art studio, art planning and design department. Some people apply for a job in primary and secondary schools, or even colleges and universities as teachers.
He is already thirty-one years old. Although he has been writing picture books, Gu Mingxi has never forgotten his original intention of continuing to be a teacher.
At this time, Gu Mingxi was already painting the fourth part of the "Okawa" series. His academic performance was very tight and he had to accompany his wife and son, so he could only guarantee the publication of one work a year. However, the "Okawa" series sold very well. Gu Xiaochuan in the story has been growing up and has grown into a thirteen-year-old boy. Many animation companies have taken a fancy to this story. After discussing with Pang Qian and Jiang Qi, they finally chose a strong company and sold the copyright of the animation adaptation of the first three "Okawa" films.
Over the past few years, he made a lot of money by selling all kinds of copyrights of his works. "Mr. Ostrich" has become a hot spot in the book market, film and television drama market and animation market. However, he never appears publicly. Although many people know about his situation, they all tacitly and kindly choose to keep secrets for him. Therefore, "Mr. Ostrich" has been a mysterious person to this day, which has made countless female fans imaginative and flocked to him.
Gu Mingxi handed over all the money she earned to Pang Qian. As an industry insider, Pang Qian completed this task well. One day, when she opened the online banking and saw the amazing number on the screen, she ran to Gu Mingxi, hugging him and shaking him.
"What are you doing? Pang Pang." Gu Mingxi asked in surprise.
Pang Qian closed her eyes and laughed silly: "I want to understand what it feels like to hold a money tree."
Gu Mingxi asked with a smile: "Do you understand it?"
"It's amazing!"
Because of giving birth, Pang Qianyan went to graduate school for one year after giving birth, and was also facing an internship in graduate school for the third year. Of course, for her former working party, there is no such thing as an internship. The company she chose was the unit she worked for after graduation.
Chapter completed!