Pang Qian giggled and kept giggling. Gu Mingxi asked her to help him take off his hat. She refused to support her. Gu Mingxi blocked her in front of her and stretched out her feet to pinch her skirt. Pang Qian jumped away with a giggle.

At this time, they had already walked to the gate of the primary school. The two were making a fuss, and a voice sounded beside them: "Mr. Xiao Gu is back? Huh? Who is this beauty?"

Pang Qian and Gu Mingxi turned their heads together and saw five people, three young men and a young girl, plus a six or seven-year-old boy.

Gu Mingxi was wearing a big straw hat with a bow on his head, and his face turned red with embarrassment. He shouted to Pang Qian again: "Pang Pang, please help me take off my hat."

Teacher Gu, who went out alone in the morning, brought back a young and beautiful girl when he came back in the afternoon! Several young teachers from Tongzhihua Hope Primary School were shocked. They planned to go to the market to buy ingredients for dinner for the evening. After seeing Gu Mingxi and Pang Qian, they immediately greeted them enthusiastically.

Pang Qian had already taken off the straw hat from Gu Mingxi's head and smiled friendly at the young teachers. Ji Xiu'er stood beside him holding Doudou's hand. The eyes of the two of them looking at Pang Qian were very complicated.

Teacher Chen asked Gu Mingxi with a smile: "Teacher Gu, let me introduce you to you, who is this?"

Pang Qian's eyes were rolling and staring at Gu Mingxi. Gu Mingxi said, "This is an old friend of mine, her surname is Pang."

Last name - Pang?

Several young teachers immediately became excited: "Teacher Gu! Is this your Crab Miss?"

Gu Mingxi smiled softly and nodded: "Yes, it's her."

"Oh! Teacher Gu! Congratulations!" Several teachers were so excited that Teacher Wang and Teacher Song quietly turned their sympathetic eyes on Ji Xiu'er.

Gu Mingxi introduced Teacher Chen, Teacher Wang, Teacher Song, Ji Xiuer and Doudou to Pang Qian. Ji Xiuer was a little forced to laugh and said "Hello" and opened her eyes.

Pang Qian discovered that the little boy named Doudou had been staring at her hostilely. Pang Qian grimaced at him, and the little guy turned red and hid behind Ji Xiu'er.

They took the bus to a large market outside Sanzhan Road, and Pang Qian kept walking with Gu Mingxi. Doudou walked in front, looked back at them frequently, pulled Ji Xiu'er's hand, and asked, "Teacher Ji, can I go to find Teacher Gu?"

"No." Ji Xiu'er said, "Teacher Gu has friends to visit. He has to greet others, so how can he have time to deal with you?" Doudou lowered her head depressedly, thinking that he used to come to the market with Teacher Gu, and he was with Teacher Gu.

The teachers were shopping in the market in groups of three or three and bought a lot of things to eat for the night. Pang Qian didn't understand cooking and had a lot of opinions. He told Gu Mingxi that he wanted to eat this and that. Gu Mingxi kept laughing and said, "Buy whatever he wanted. The money is in my pocket, you can pay for it yourself."

Pang Qian has a good income these years, and she no longer feels sad about what she eats. She usually eats whatever she wants, and orders at a restaurant without much judging the price. When she was walking in the seafood area, she fell in love with big crabs.

Of course I have to eat seafood when I arrive in Sanya. Pang Qian pulled Gu Mingxi's clothes and swayed: "Gu Mingxi, I want to eat big crabs."

Gu Mingxi smiled and said, "Then you choose a few."

Pang Qian didn't ask about the price, and squatted on the ground and counted on the head and picked up seven strong crabs. The boss said, "Three pounds and six ounces, three hundred and eighty yuan."

Pang Qian's luggage was left in the school and she didn't bring any money. She naturally went to take out Gu Mingxi's pocket. When she paid, she found Doudou standing aside. Her eyes were full of dissatisfaction.

"Teacher Gu, big crabs are so expensive." Doudou said to Gu Mingxi, "We don't want to eat big crabs."

The boss had already collected the money, and Pang Qian was a little embarrassed. Gu Mingxi bowed slightly and said to Doudou: "Doudou, today is Christmas. The teacher's friend is here to visit for the first time. We want to celebrate. The teacher wants to invite you to eat a big crab."

"But big crabs are very expensive, we never eat them." Doudou felt wronged when she thought of her and Teacher Gu's daily life. Teacher Gu was very frugal. Although there were meat dishes for every meal he cooked, he never bought expensive seafood.

Pang Qian was at a loss while carrying the crab bag. Gu Mingxi said to her softly: "Don't mind, Doudou and I don't eat crabs very much. It's not that we can't afford it, but it's that it's inconvenient for me to eat, it's true."

Pang Qian blinked her eyes and looked at him, knowing that he didn't tell the truth.

While continuing to visit the market, Pang Qian paid attention to Gu Mingxi's clothes. He was wearing a white cotton and linen shirt, with ordinary military green casual mid-trousers underneath. His legs were big, and his color was washed white.

Pang Qian suddenly realized that Gu Mingxi's current financial situation must be insufficient. Although he was a primary school teacher and also published picture books part-time, he had no support from his family. Pang Qian knew that his thinking had become qualitative. From childhood to adulthood, Gu Mingxi's pocket money will always be more than her, but now she found that he is no longer the young man who doesn't have to worry about food and clothing.

Pang Qian regretted that she was greedy for buying such expensive crabs. She thought of going back to school to give him the money, but she felt that he would not accept it. She no longer asked to buy anything, but Gu Mingxi refused and took Pang Qian to the fruit stall, asking her to choose the fruit she wanted to eat.

"When you go to Sanya, you must eat the fruit here, it is really delicious." He clicked the mangoes on his chin, "Buy a few mangoes, it's very sweet. There are mangos and dragon fruits, which you like to eat."

Pang Qian shook her head: "No, no, I don't want to eat."

Gu Mingxi said: "Then buy coconuts. There are fresh coconuts here, but they are quite heavy. You can buy a few later and ask Teacher Chen to help me bring them up."

Pang Qian shook her head again: "I don't want to eat, really, I don't want to eat at all."

Gu Mingxi didn't say anything, looked at Pang Qian, and said to the fruit boss directly: "Boss, help me pick a few mangoes, it's better."

Pang Qian went to pull his sleeve: "Gu Mingxi..."

"I want to eat it myself." He said lightly, "Pangpang, please pay for me. If you can't carry it, please let Teacher Chen, Teacher Wang and others help."

Pang Qian had no choice but to pay and took a bag of mangoes.

After buying the vegetables, the group took the bus back to school. Ji Xiuer thoughtfully took Doudou to her dormitory. At the door of the eastmost part of the teacher's dormitory, Gu Mingxi raised his foot and opened the door, turned around and smiled at Pang Qian, "Come in."

Pang Qian entered the house with the purchased vegetables and put all the things in the kitchen. When she walked out, she found that Gu Mingxi had closed the door and the room suddenly became quiet.

He did not look back at her, and went to the bathroom to wash his feet first. A plastic chair was placed in the bathroom. Gu Mingxi sat on the chair, turned on the faucet on the wall, and rubbed his feet with cold water. His soft sleeves were hanging beside him, shaking with his body movements. After washing his feet, he walked out of the living room. Gu Mingxi looked around and murmured to himself: "It seems that there is no boiling water, I'll go and boil a pot."

Before his body could move, a man hugged him from behind.

Gu Mingxi admitted that he was not used to it, but he liked it very much in his heart.

"Gu Mingxi, please explain what an old friend is?" Pang Qian kept in mind his introduction to the teachers and asked dissatisfiedly, "Why don't you say I am your old classmate?"

Gu Mingxi smiled: "I originally wanted to talk about my old neighbor."

"Hate!" She hugged him and suddenly yelled at him. Gu Mingxi twisted his body and couldn't hide. He couldn't help laughing. His laughter was very cheerful, and he laughed and shouted, "Pangpang! Stop!"

Pang Qian said: "You said, you said, who am I you?"

He laughed and hid from her: "You are my Pang Pang."

"What about the title? What about the title? What about the status?"

Gu Mingxi tried hard to avoid her attack, and his voice was low: "Okay, you are my girlfriend, this is OK. You can let go of me, it's so itchy!"

"What does it mean, 'This is OK'?!" Pang Qian was very dissatisfied. She ignored her long skirt and threw herself on his back, hooking her legs. She pulled his ears, and Gu Mingxi had to bend down. She carried all her weight on her body, which was not easy, but he was willing to enjoy it and enjoyed it.

"Pang Pang, why are you still like a child?" His voice was helpless, and he stood there bending over and didn't dare to move. Pang Qian climbed tightly on him, grabbed the clothes on his chest with both hands, and buried her cheeks deep in his neck, saying, "Gu Mingxi, I miss you so much, I miss you very much. Let me hug you for a while, I'm afraid I'm dreaming, and when I wake up, I will find that all I'm holding is a quilt."

In fact, he was the same. He saw her countless times in his dream. He stood in that small park, with a lush French sycamore tree above his head. His girl stood in front of him, one arm away, but he couldn't touch her.

He wanted her to hug him, but it was raining heavily, and the noisy sound of rain covered his voice. Pang Qian smiled at him and turned around. Her shadow turned into bubbles and disappeared into the wind and rain.

At this time, Gu Mingxi was willing to stand here in such a posture, carrying his girl on her back, just like the cover he drew. The little ostrich carried his little crab. No matter how far he walked, no matter how hard or tired he was, he was unwilling to let go of her.

But why did Pang Qian be willing to make him tired? After making an octopus for a while, she took the initiative to climb down and visited his nest curiously, asking: "Gu Mingxi, have you lived here for the past three years?"

Gu Mingxi straightened his waist and nodded: "Yes, after the Spring Festival in 2008, I started teaching here."

His room was very small, inside and outside, with dining tables, chairs, refrigerators, side cabinets, and a large table that occupied a lot of area. The table was low and filled with paper, paints, brushes, color palettes, and professional books. It was obviously a workbench painted by Gu Mingxi's feet.

There are two single beds in the inner room, a large wardrobe, a TV on the wall, and a writing desk of normal height. The room is a bit crowded, but it is clean and tidy. Pang Qian's eyes swept around and landed on a children's bicycle in the corner.

"Is that Doudou?" She pointed at the bicycle and asked Gu Mingxi.

Gu Mingxi turned his head and nodded: "Yes."

Pang Qian had heard Gu Mingxi say that Doudou was the little boy who lived with him, but she didn't understand why and asked: "Why did Doudou live with you?"

"Because he has no place to go, I eat alone and two people eat too, so I brought him back." Gu Mingxi walked to the refrigerator, opened the refrigerator door with his shoulders and chin, and asked Pang Qian, "There is no water in the house, but there is ice drink. What do you want to drink?"

Pang Qian walked over to see orange juice, cola, lemon tea... She was a little unbelievable: "Gu Mingxi, you didn't like to drink drinks before."

Gu Mingxi was happy: "It's not what I drink, it's all Doudou. He likes to drink, but I don't let him drink too much, he only allows him to drink one bottle a week."

Pang Qian took a bottle of Coke, sat down at the dining table with Gu Mingxi, and was next to him, asking, "What's going on? What about Doudou's parents?"

Gu Mingxi smiled and said, "Doudou's parents divorced. His mother is from Guangdong. He returned to his hometown. His father... has some mental problems and likes to drink. After drinking, he will abuse Doudou." He said slowly, "More than two years ago, when I was in class, I found that there was always a dirty child outside the classroom door eavesdropping. Every time I walked out, he ran away. Until one day, after class, I found that he didn't run away. He stood at the door of the classroom and watched a girl in the class eat snacks. My saliva was flowing. I knew he was hungry."

Pang Qian smiled and said, "You must have given him something to eat."

"Well, I took him to the dormitory and gave him some fruit. Then I found that he was covered in injuries." Gu Mingxi sighed, "There are large patches of bruises and scalds on his legs and back. Doudou's middle finger was interrupted by his father and he didn't go to see a doctor. He still couldn't straighten. I called the police at that time, but the police told me that my father was still mentally ill and they had no way to do anything."

Pang Qian asked: "What happened later? Because of this, did you take him back?"

"No." Gu Mingxi shook his head, "I took him back because he was almost beaten to death by his father." He raised his foot and pointed to the coke bottle in Pang Qian's hand with big toes. "His father smashed Doudou's head with a glass wine bottle, and smashed a long hole. Doudou became bloody. It was because his neighbors found out that when the matter was found out, I realized that when I went to the hospital to see Doudou, they said that his father had been sent to the mental hospital. Doudou's grandmother kept crying. She was very old and had bad eyes and could not take care of Doudou at all. No one of their relatives was willing to accept him. The little guy was lying pitifully on the hospital bed. I told his grandmother that when he was discharged from the hospital, come and live with me."

Pang Qian was extremely surprised: "He has been living with you for the past two years?"

"Yes, he has been together every day, and he has never come home." Gu Mingxi said with a smile, "Doudou is very sensible and can help me do a lot of things. Rather than taking care of him, we are taking care of each other."

Pang Qian said: "Gu Mingxi, why are you so great! Then...what will do in the future? What if you leave, what will Doudou do?"

"I'm not great, and I never thought about the future. Pangpang, everyone has a desperate situation." He turned to look into her eyes. "When my mother passed away, I was also at the end of my life. A teacher took me in. He and I were not close to each other and asked me to live in his house. Not only did I teach me how to draw, but I also introduced my work. I lived in his house for a year and a half, and my situation was getting better before I came to Hainan. The same is true for Doudou. He was only five years old at that time and was walking around the gates of hell. If I didn't bring him back, I wouldn't dare to think about what he would become after his father was discharged from the hospital. Really, his father might beat him to death."

Pang Qian put her cheek on his shoulder: "Why didn't you come to me at that time? You can live in my house. Do we think you have more mouth to eat?"

Gu Mingxi pursed his lips and smiled: "Don't talk about the past, I'm pretty good now, really."

"Okay, let's talk about the future." Pang Qian hugged his waist with her arms and looked up at him, "Gu Mingxi, the New Year is coming soon. This year, you go home with me."

Gu Mingxi lowered her head, looked at her shiny hair and long eyelashes, and asked, "Go home with you? In what name?"

"My boyfriend." Pang Qian said, "Gu Mingxi is Pang Qian's boyfriend."

"Pang Pang..." he hesitated, "Don't you... don't you think it would be better if we... need more mutual understanding between us and then decide on something?"

Pang Qian's chin left his shoulder and looked at him strangely: "Learn from each other? You and I? Do we still need to understand each other?"

He nodded, thinking about what happened in the market before, and asked her with a smile: "Did you go to graduate school later?"

Pang Qian shook her head: "No. I have been working since I graduated."

"What job do you do?"

She honestly replied: "In an investment bank, I was in Shanghai at the beginning. After working for three years, I returned to City E. Now I work in a joint venture investment bank."

"Your treatment must be good and there is a good development prospect." Gu Mingxi said, "But, Pang Pang, I have nothing."

Pang Qian was surprised: "What should you have? House? Car? Money? Decent job?"

"That's right." Gu Mingxi's eyes were very open and his tone was calm, "Gu Mingxi had nothing, Gu Mingxi was a pauper. Not only did he not have a house, a car, money, a decent job, no diploma, no arms, no home. Can Gu Mingxi be Pang Qian's boyfriend like this really be Pang Qian's boyfriend?"

Pang Qian's eyes were shiny: "Does Gu Mingxi like Pang Qian?"
Chapter completed!