Pang Qian and Gu Mingxi returned to the hotel room for a while. When it was dark, the two of them went out to find food.

Gu Mingxi took Pang Qian to the City God Temple according to her memory and invited her to eat the famous Nanxiang Xiaolongbao. Pang Qian ate a lot, and her belly was full. After the meal, she took a walk with Gu Mingxi to digest food and walked to the Bund of Renmin Road.

This was their second night in Shanghai. Pang Qian truly understood the meaning of an international metropolis. Looking at the dazzling night view across the Huangpu River, the almost magnificent Oriental Pearl was a little intoxicated by her.

She could no longer remember the fear and panic of the first arrival in a strange place the night before. At this moment, she was full of excitement and pride. She felt that she was an adult. Look, she took the train, took the subway, played the comic exhibition smoothly according to the plan, visited the Chenghuang Temple, and ate the famous Xiaolongbao. Now, she came to the legendary Bund again, and Gu Mingxi also said that they would walk along the Bund to Nanjing Road.

The Bund is really beautiful. The Huangpu River flows quietly. The colorful night scenes by the river are as fascinating as movies. There are also buildings full of the sense of the times. Fourteen-year-old Pang Qian couldn't find suitable words to express her excitement. She could only look around greedily and talk about her feelings to Gu Mingxi with her hands and feet.

The Bund is full of tourists and it is very noisy. The night sky of Shanghai is still gray, but you can see a bright moon hanging in the air. At some point, Pang Qian became quiet. She put her hands behind her, her feet jumping, and occasionally she walked backwards beside Gu Mingxi, tilting her head and smiling at him.

A breeze blew across her hair. She wore a pink T-shirt and white mid-trousers, dressed up as an ordinary little girl. But Gu Mingxi felt that her eyes were brighter than the Oriental Pearl on the Huangpu River.

Looking at her bright smile, a song suddenly popped into his mind:

The evening breeze on a summer night

Blowing you in my arms

Your hair is fluffy

Wrapped around me and swing with the wind

The moon hangs in the stars

Ties you to express your love

The wind that smells like you

It's the love I'm still waiting for

Love in a summer night wind

Love of a lonely heart

A love that's still waiting

...

It was already past nine o'clock when Pang Qian and Gu Mingxi returned to the hotel. They were both exhausted and had almost no rest during the day. They kept walking again at night. Pang Qian didn't care about sweating on her body, kicked off her sandals, and threw herself on the bed in a large shape, shouting: "I'm so tired."

Gu Mingxi said: "Take a shower and go to bed early."

"You wash first..." Pang Qian rolled around on the bed, "Let me rest for a while."

Gu Mingxi smiled and said, "Okay, then you watch TV first."

The bathroom in the four-star hotel room was spacious and clean, and Gu Mingxi took a comfortable bath. His legs were very flexible, his feet could reach the top of his head. When he sat in the bathtub, he could even wash his hair by himself.

After taking a shower and standing in front of the mirror and putting on his pants, the water vapor on the mirror gradually dissipated, and Gu Mingxi once again saw his body. He turned left and right, and saw his shoulders, where there should have been a pair of arms, now only growing, vibrant bones and the hideous scars on the surface of his skin.

Naturally, he felt a little depressed because of his uniqueness. The fifteen-year-old Gu Mingxi lowered his head, closed his shoulders, and the water dripping from the ends of his hair fell down. Suddenly, he saw the ankle on his right ankle. Before taking a shower, he wanted to untie it, but the fool Pang Qian tied a knot for him. Gu Mingxi could not untie it with his left foot, so he had to give up.

Now, he looked at the goose yellow on his feet, the warm colors and the round design of the beads, and the corners of his mouth gently raised.

Actually, it's not that bad.

Gu Mingxi shrugged and thought so.

When he returned to the room with his upper body naked and biting "Buqiu Ren" in his mouth, Pang Qian was already asleep on the bed. Gu Mingxi walked to her, bent down and called her softly. Pang Qian slept very well with her eyes closed, and even made a slight snoring. Gu Mingxi knew that she was really tired.

Let her sleep for a while, he thought, lifted up a corner of the quilt and gently covered Pang Qian's body.

Gu Mingxi did not turn on the TV, and sat on the bed with his bag, took out the things in the bag one by one, and then sorted them out in different categories.

He saw the things he bought at the comic exhibition, paintbrushes, imported paints, colored leads, and an illustration collection of illustrations by the illustrators he liked. Gu Mingxi sat cross-legged, flipped a few pages on his toes, and satisfiedly stuffed these things into his bag together with the tickets and the notebooks from the comic exhibition.

Then, he saw the small box with anklets, smiled gently, and put it in the bag. The remaining few comics were all from Pang Qian. The reason why they were in his bag was because Gu Mingxi felt that these books were very heavy, and he was a boy and should take care of girls.

Finally, the one that was spread on the bed was a photo. A plastic-sealed Polaroid photo taken at the Bund was quite small, and the color was not bright, but it was still quite clear.

This is a photo of him and Pang Qian. At that time, Pang Qian took several photos for him with her point-and-shoot machine, but he couldn't take one for her. Pang Qian seemed to be quite indifferent and told Gu Mingxi that this was her second volume of film. The previous volume, she took photos with the cartoonists in the morning.

Later, Gu Mingxi saw a photo spot. He asked the boss to take thirty yuan from his pants pocket, took a single photo of Pang Qian with the background of the Oriental Pearl, and took two more photos.

He took one of them. In the photo, he and Pang Qian stood side by side by the railing. The wind blew by, and his sleeves were blown up. In addition, Pang Qian had a scattered hair after playing for a day.

She smiled very well. Gu Mingxi looked at the photos carefully and thought that Pang Qian was actually very cute, not worse than Zhao Jing, Qiu Lina and the like.

She is just too young. Whether she is tall or psychological, she is still a child.

Gu Mingxi carefully put the photo in his bag. He thought, if possible, I hope Pang Qian can grow up slowly.

At around 11 o'clock in the evening, Pang Qian woke up by urine and forced herself to take a shower and wash her hair. After washing, she didn't wait for her hair to dry, and she fell on the bed again. She slept until nine o'clock the next morning. Pang Qian and Gu Mingxi got up happily, went to the buffet restaurant for breakfast and went back to the room. The phone in the room suddenly rang.

The caller was Lin Weibin. He asked Gu Mingxi what time the train was. Gu Mingxi said that it was three o'clock in the afternoon, and Lin Weibin said that he would invite Gu Mingxi and Pang Qian for lunch and then take them to the train station.

The reason why Lin Weibin acted like this was because he felt that he was a little out of control in front of Gu Mingxi the day before. He could not tell Gu Guoxiang's attitude towards his son. If this child without arms was the treasure of General Manager Gu, then when he went back to complain, it would be difficult for them to ask Gu Guoxiang to do things in the future. So after discussing with his wife, Lin Weibin came up with such a remedy to show his importance to Gu Mingxi.

Gu Mingxi felt that he could not push the other party's invitation. Lin Weibin was Gu Guoxiang's friend. Gu Mingxi could not refuse him again and again. But... Originally, he agreed to take Pang Qian to the Pearl of the Oriental Pearl, so he had to waste it.

During lunch, Pang Qian turned into a dark face as Bao Gong, and Gu Mingxi politely talked to Lin Weibin. Because it was Sunday, Lin Weibin brought his wife and daughter. His daughter was named Lin Xuan, who was in the fifth grade of elementary school. She was a charming young girl in Shanghai. I wonder if this lunch also ruined her original activity. Her dark face was comparable to Pang Qian.

Gu Mingxi used his feet to eat, and Lin Xuan kept pulling the corner of her mouth to look at him. She carefully observed whether his feet were dirty. As long as Gu Mingxi had picked up any dish, she would never move again.

In front of Gu Mingxi was a plate of sweet and sour tenderloin, which was a dish that children liked, and it was convenient for him to hold it, so he ate a few more pieces. Lin Weibin didn't understand his daughter's heart. Seeing that she didn't eat it, she thought she couldn't pick it up, so she picked up a piece of tenderloin into Lin Xuan's bowl. But he didn't know that Lin Xuan put the chopsticks "splash" and said, "I'm full, cut it down."

Lin Weibin was stunned and also said in Shanghai dialect: "I just started cutting, how can I cut my fill?"

Lin Xuan pouted and shouted aggrievedly: "Ye'er, I'm wrong, I'm going to cut it!"

Lin Weibin shouted: "Xuanxuan!"

Pang Qian and Gu Mingxi both stopped. Pang Qian couldn't understand Shanghai dialect and stared at Lin Xuan strangely, not knowing what was wrong with this little sister.

But Gu Mingxi quietly put down his chopsticks, put his feet down on the ground, and said, "Uncle Lin, I'm full, you can eat slowly."

Pang Qian turned her head to look at him again. After thinking about it carefully, she was a little confused. She also put the chopsticks on her "splash" and said, "I'm full too!"

The lunch ended unhappily, and Gu Mingxi didn't even take the bag of snacks prepared by Lin Weibin for him, so he said goodbye with Pang Qian and left.

When I took the subway to Shanghai Railway Station, Pang Qian was indignant and asked Gu Mingxi: "What did that little girl just say? Do you understand, right? Tell me what she said? Are you scolding you?"

Gu Mingxi was pestered by her all the way, and Pang Qian recalled the sentence: "Ye'er... I'm so wrong, what does this mean!"

Gu Mingxi turned his head to look at her and said lightly: "What she said is, 'His feet are too dirty, I don't want to eat it anymore.'"

With just one sentence, Pang Qian became quiet. She sat beside Gu Mingxi with her backpack in her arms. The two of them looked at the darkness whizzing past the subway window, and could still see themselves in the glass.

Passengers coming and going would look at Gu Mingxi intentionally or unintentionally when passing by them. Gu Mingxi always raised his head and looked at them calmly. But Pang Qian gradually lowered her head and clenched her bag with her fingers.

Some things that they just haven't encountered do not mean they won't happen.

Some people, just because they haven’t met, does not mean they don’t exist in the world.

Leaving E City, leaving Jincai Courtyard, leaving the familiar streets near the courtyard, leaving Qiuzhi Primary School, leaving Yuanfei Middle School... Leaving the corner of the back window of the classroom that was lonely, but peaceful, and leaving the table tennis table that could stand by and chat leisurely even if you can't play... Pang Qian suddenly realized that when Gu Mingxi left those familiar places, leaving those familiar teachers, classmates, neighbors, neighbors, relatives... he would really become a very "strange", very "special" and "attractive" person.

Although, in her eyes, Gu Mingxi was not even strange, especially and attractive, in the eyes of the general public, he was an alien, a complete alien.

With such a perception, Pang Qian felt very sad. She didn't know whether this situation would get better as time goes by and as they grow up. She didn't know what Gu Mingxi's future would look like. In the past, she didn't want to think about it because he was too powerful! But now, she didn't dare to think about it, really, she didn't dare to think about it at all.

While waiting for the train at Shanghai Railway Station, Pang Qian suddenly said to Gu Mingxi: "Gu Mingxi, I think you should not pass the first exam."

"Why?" Gu Mingxi asked.

"No. 1 Middle School is not good enough, you should take the Guangcheng exam." Pang Qian analyzed it carefully for him, "Last time, when your mother came to my house to chat with my mother, she asked my mother about finance. She said that she wanted you to do financial work in the future, but she didn't have to go to the bank to cost accounting. She just sat at the desk every day, and then you like mathematics, physics and chemistry, and you will definitely learn well. But... if you do finance, you must take a good school and major, which is more competitive."

Pang Qian rarely speaks so seriously. She carefully recalled the chat content between Li Han and Jin Aihua that she overheard that day, and continued, "If you get into the first-year high school entrance examination, the possibility of getting into a prestigious university in the future will be relatively low. If you take the exam for Guangcheng, with your grades, you may be directly admitted to a high school senior. You can go to a good university and find a stable financial job after graduation. My mother said, "Don't think that there are many women who are accountants, in fact, good finance are all men."

Gu Mingxi looked at her mouth open and close, and talked for a long time, and finally asked, "Then, are you still going to get the first exam with Xie Yi?"

Pang Qian opened her mouth and looked at him speechlessly.

On the train back to City E, Pang Qian fell asleep leaning on Gu Mingxi's shoulder. Gu Mingxi was not sleepy at all and kept turning his head and looking out the window.

The train passed by the city and the countryside. The scene in front of him changed from tall buildings to farmland. Gu Mingxi looked at the rapidly regressing scenery and saw a hint of confusion in his eyes.

Li Han never told him what Pang Qian said to him. Gu Mingxi always took the first place in the grade, and Li Han rarely came to ask about his studies. She had one year left before the high school entrance examination, and she had never asked Gu Mingxi which high school she planned to take.

However, Gu Mingxi once accidentally heard conversations from his parents. They hid in the kitchen. Gu Guoxiang lowered his voice and said to Li Han: "Where do we need to consider which school Mingxi will take in the future? What we should consider is which school is willing to accept it."

Over the years, Gu Mingxi has been studying hard. The words he wrote with his feet were very beautiful, and even wrote very well in English. He would drag a beautiful little tail behind the letters; he pressed the triangle board with his feet, and the geometric diagrams drawn by the protractor were accurate and clean, and the math test papers he made could be regarded as a model of standard answers; his memory and understanding were outstanding, and he even took the secondary class seriously and never perfunctory; he even learned to do experiments with his feet with the help of his classmates.

Gu Mingxi's life is simple and pure, and relatively boring. He spends most of his time studying, and spends the rest of his spare time drawing. The extra time is basically related to Pang Qian.

Watch the TV series recommended by Pang Qian, listen to popular songs Pang Qian likes, and watch the anime of Pang Qian's love. Fortunately, there is a Pang Qian, which makes Gu Mingxi's life richer.

He really didn't think much about what happened in the future. After all, he had not graduated from junior high school, had three years in high school, four years in college, or even longer. How could Gu Mingxi now think about his future job?

But Li Han had already thought of her that she wanted him to do finance. Gu Mingxi knew nothing about this profession. He knew that Jin Aihua was a cashier and had always sat behind the desk to plan. Gu Mingxi felt a little depressed. He planned to plan with his feet, and the speed was very slow.

It was already 7:30 pm when Gu Mingxi and Pang Qian returned home. After these three days and two nights, both children were tanned and looked a little sloppy. Pang Qian was very hungry and clamored to have a meal after returning home. After Gu Mingxi returned home, he immediately asked his father for help and got into a large number.

The night before, he had a feeling of defecation, but it was not strong enough. He kept it in for a long time and night.

Since he was amputated, this seemed to have become one of his special skills. Unless it was diarrhea, Gu Mingxi would have no problem holding it in for two days.

Next door 501, Pang Qian finished eating the fried rice that Pang Shuisheng had fried for her. When she was sitting at the table eating grapes, Jin Aihua sat next to her with a fan and asked her daughter: "Qianqian, tell me the truth, how many of you are going to Shanghai to play?"

Pang Qian spitted out a mouthful of grape skin and replied guiltily: "Didn't you tell you, four of them."

"Are they really four?"

"real."

Jin Aihua took Pang Qian's point-and-shoot camera on the table: "I'll wash out the photos. If there are no four people inside, you can do it yourself!"

Pang Qian was panicked. She didn't expect that Jin Aihua would have this trick. She said pitifully: "Mom, they said they wanted to go at the beginning..."
Chapter completed!