Pang Qian ran to him happily. She tied a ponytail, faced with plain face, wearing a simple pink T-shirt, jeans and white sneakers underneath. She was wearing a small leather bag cross-body and spread her hands to show Gu Mingxi: "Look, I didn't bring my cell phone, and no one will disturb us today."

Gu Mingxi said: "Don't you have classes in the afternoon?"

"I am a good student and I hardly skip classes, but it won't matter if I escape occasionally." She smiled and stuck out her tongue, "I asked Yang Lu to ask me for leave, so there will be no problem."

Seeing Gu Mingxi's expression strange, Pang Qian said, "Don't look like this. I know you will definitely not skip classes, but you should always know that it's really nothing for college students to skip classes occasionally."

Gu Mingxi forced a smile: "Well, I know."

He did not tell Gu Guoxiang and Pang Shuisheng about his retirement, and he did not intend to tell Pang Qian at this time. He just told the shark, and the shark expressed his understanding.

Gu Mingxi was a little confused about his future at this time, but there was more time to take care of it. He was more worried about his mother's illness, which was the most important thing in front of him. The doctor said that Li Han still had some help, and as long as there was a glimmer of hope, Gu Mingxi would not give up.

He asked Pang Qian: "Pang Pang, where do you want to go to play?"

Pang Qian curled her lips and said, "Why do you feel like you are the host? You are obviously on my territory now! I should ask you, Gu Mingxi, where do you want to play?"

He couldn't help laughing: "I've been to most of the attractions in Shanghai."

Pang Qian said: "But I still have many places I haven't been to, such as the Oriental Pearl."

Gu Mingxi was surprised: "You have been in Shanghai for more than a year and haven't even been to the Oriental Pearl?"

"I want to go with you." Pang Qian whispered, "When I was in junior high school, you came to Shanghai to play, so you said you would accompany me to climb the Oriental Pearl, but then I didn't go. After I came to Shanghai, my classmates made an appointment to climb the tower together, but I didn't go."

Gu Mingxi looked at her childish expression and said, "Then, let's go to the Oriental Pearl today."

A few years ago, when he came to Shanghai to see the comic exhibition with Pang Qian, Gu Mingxi bought a Shanghai map at home in advance and carefully studied several roads they were going to take. Now, he no longer has to worry about this. Pang Qian became a Shanghai port. He took him several bus stops and arrived at the nearest subway line 3 Jiangwan Town Station.

Along the way, Pang Qian chattered to Gu Mingxi and performed Shanghai dialect for him, "Ala Shanghai Ning", "I am with Nong", "The weather is very good today", "How can I think of it?"... Seeing Gu Mingxi laughing and crying, Pang Qian also covered her mouth and laughed constantly.

"It was all taught by Yang Lu. She said that if I stayed in Shanghai to work in the future, it would be better to learn Shanghai dialect."

Gu Mingxi was a little surprised: "Will you not go back to City E after graduation?"

Pang Qian smiled and said, "If I want to go back, my parents won't agree to stay in Shanghai. However, I have thought that I will work in Shanghai for two years first. In my major, it is easier to find a job in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. If I go back to E City, I am afraid that the starting point will be low. If I work in Shanghai for two years first, I can increase my capital by going back to change jobs."

Pang Qian and Gu Mingxi were waiting for the bus on the platform. Line 3 was a light rail. The platform was on the second floor of the ground. Through the glass window, you could see the light blue sky outside. Pang Qian looked at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window and asked the people around her: "Gu Mingxi, are you planning to work after graduation? Or do you study for a master's degree? If you study for a master's degree, will you stay at B University or will you come out?"

This is a question that Gu Mingxi could not answer. Pang Qian asked very carefully. He was even able to do it perfunctorily, so he had to bite the bullet and say, "I probably can go to graduate school. As for which school I go to, it's hard to say now."

"I also want to study for a master's degree, but a senior sister I know told me that if possible, it is best to work for two years first, and then choose a master's degree based on the shortcomings I found in my work and the direction I hope I can work in. This is more useful than studying for a master's degree directly after graduation. She only came back to study for a master's degree after work, and she even planned to study for a doctorate abroad. It's so awesome."

She said in a nagging manner, and found that Gu Mingxi was dumbfounded. Pang Qian leaned on him, put his hand on his shoulder, and said, "What are you doing? Do you think what I said is boring? Our classmates would also say it when chatting. After all, they are sophomore now, I..." She suddenly blushed and whispered, "I have thought about it, I don't know which city you will be in in the future. In fact, I really want you to come to Shanghai to study for a master's degree."

Gu Mingxi looked down at her and said nothing.

There were not many people on the light rail. Pang Qian and Gu Mingxi were standing in the corner, the carriage was shaking slightly, Gu Mingxi's back was against the wall of the carriage, and Pang Qian stood in front of him, gently surrounding his waist.

Anyone who sees them will think that this is a couple. They look so close. Pang Qian quietly put her head on Gu Mingxi's chest and said in a voice that only he could hear: "Gu Mingxi, you are no longer smelly today, it smells fragrant, it smells so good."

He smiled silently, rubbing his chin against her hair.

They took Metro Line 2 and got off at Lujiazui. Pang Qian and Gu Mingxi boarded the Oriental Pearl together.

Under the blue sky and white clouds, the tall TV tower is quite grand. Gu Mingxi climbed the tower with his parents when he was in elementary school. It has been almost ten years since then. It was the first time that Pang Qian climbed the tower. When she got to the second sphere, she lay on the glass curtain wall and looked at the small ant-like vehicle below. The pedestrians shouted and were as excited as a child.

The surrounding tall buildings are lined up one after another, and on the quietly flowing Huangpu River, ships come and go. Gu Mingxi stood beside Pang Qian. Outside the glass window was the prosperous scenery of Shanghai, but in his eyes, he could not match the smiles of the people around him.

Pointing to the Jinmao Building next to him, Pang Qian said to Gu Mingxi: "I will go to work there in the future!"

Gu Mingxi: "Ah..."

She pointed to the other buildings next to her: "It's okay to go there, that one is not good! That one is not good! Who designed it? It's so ugly!" She turned her head to look at him, and she was full of spirit, "Gu Mingxi, Lujiazui is the financial center of Shanghai, and Shanghai is the economic center of China. My ideal is to work here in the future! Make a lot of money! Buy a big house!"

After saying that, she laughed at herself: "Gu Mingxi, when I get rich, you can just come and surrender to me! I'll support you!"

Gu Mingxi blinked and asked, "Do you still remember your ideal ten years ago?"

"Ten years ago? When I was nine years old?" Pang Qian still remembered it. She shook her head and said, "I don't remember, have I told you?"

"Well, you go to a roadside stall to buy something and tell me that you only have 50 cents and can't afford a bunch of fried pork loin for one dollar, so you can only buy fried rice cakes." Gu Mingxi recalled very seriously, "Then, you said that your ideal is to have a lot of money in the future, and you can buy a lot of fried pork loin for not only eating it yourself, but also treat me to eat it."

Pang Qian was stunned: "Ah..."

Gu Mingxi smiled happily, and even her shoulders shook, and her eyes curled up, "Do you still want to eat fried pork ribs?"

Pang Qian patted him: "Hate!"

"Pang Pang." He suddenly said softly, "Thank you."

Pang Qian was surprised: "Ah? Thank me what do you think?"

He said: "Thank you for not forgetting to bring me with you whether you set your ideal ten years ago or ten years later."

It was still early to come down from the Pearl Tower. Gu Mingxi and Pang Qian went to the ocean aquarium next to play. Pang Qian bought two keychain souvenirs, red cartoon crabs, which were very interesting.

They found a restaurant near Lujiazui for dinner. Gu Mingxi was anxious to pee, and Pang Qian calmly accompanied him to the bathroom to help him solve the problem.

This was the second time she helped him pee. For some reason, she didn't feel embarrassed or embarrassed at all. She tried not to look down and only groped with her hands. Her fingers inevitably touched him, without any barrier of fabric. She pressed against him, holding his little sparrow with her fingers, listening to the sound of water pouring down.

Pang Qian was very calm. He looked up at Gu Mingxi, but his face was messy. When he touched her gaze, he turned his head away gently, and his cheeks were flushed, and Pang Qian's face finally started to burn.

During the meal, Pang Qian asked Gu Mingxi: "Once you went to Shanghai with your parents to get a prosthetic limb?"

"Ah? Well..." They ordered two plates of Indonesian fried rice, and Gu Mingxi slowly ate with a spoon on his right foot, "It was when he was in the fifth grade of elementary school, and he came to Shanghai to customize it."

Pang Qian asked: "Where is the prosthetic limb?"

"Didn't you say it's disgusting, and you've never used it again." Gu Mingxi smiled, "I didn't see it when I moved, probably because I lost it. This thing has to be customized according to my physical development. That prosthetic limb has long been out of my body. Don't say it, it's still very expensive."

Pang Qian hesitated for a while and said, "Gu Mingxi, it has been ten years now, and technology has developed a lot. Are there any more advanced prosthetics on the market?"

"Some, it's been researching and developing abroad." Gu Mingxi said casually.

Pang Qian widened her eyes: "Did you ever think about getting a pair of prosthetics that can do things?"

Gu Mingxi looked up at her and said, "Pangpang, I don't plan to get a prosthetic limb. Let me tell you this. I can definitely do what the prosthetic limb can do with my feet. I can probably do what the prosthetic limb can't do, but I can't do what I can't do, either."

Pang Qian lowered her head in disappointment and had a depressed meal.

Gu Mingxi smiled and said, "Don't do this, am I pretty good now?"

Pang Qian looked up at him and pouted unhappily.

In the afternoon, they basked in the sun on Binjiang Avenue. The sky was blue and the clouds were white, and the air became fresh. On the slope next to the water-friendly platform, the beautiful greening separated the hustle and bustle of the metropolis. Pang Qian and Gu Mingxi were standing by the railings and looking at the elegant buildings on the Bund of Puxi and the boats that kept shuttled through the Huangpu River. They didn't speak, but just enjoyed the ease and tranquility together.

The early autumn wind blew by, and Pang Qian felt deeply satisfied. She quietly looked at the side face of the people around her. Although he had lost weight and darkness, his face showed a sense of perseverance, and even his eyes had a power that was not easy to shake. In Pang Qian's eyes, he seemed to be more masculine than before.

Her little heart jumped up and slowly approached Gu Mingxi, stretched out her fingers and held his empty sleeves.

She understood it as holding hands, and felt a little joy in her heart. Pang Qian once again looked at him, but saw him lowering his head, and a feeling of loneliness in his expression.

Pang Qian had never talked about that topic with Gu Mingxi, but she felt that she was already obvious enough. No matter how outgoing Pang Qian was, she was still a girl, and she hoped that Gu Mingxi would break the relationship between them.

On the other hand, Pang Qian was a little concerned about Yang Lu's words. She and Gu Mingxi were indeed in a different place. Usually, his performance was extremely bad. He didn't bring a mobile phone most of the time, and Pang Qian couldn't contact him at all. Pang Qian knew that Gu Mingxi had feelings for her, just as she had feelings for him, but at this time she was really unable to determine what kind of "like" Gu Mingxi's "like" for her.

If he likes her enough, shouldn't he contact her by chance? SMS, phone number, QQ, email, video... Nowadays, the society is so developed in real time, how could he have not had any news for several months?

If Pang Qian hadn't known Gu Mingxi too much, she wouldn't have lost her temper with him because of this. If it were other girls, who would have been able to withstand such neglect as a boy?

There is another most critical question. Pang Qian has asked Gu Mingxi many times about her plans after graduation, but he has not given her a definite answer so far.

It is impossible for Pang Qian to go to City Z. She is a girl who studies finance and can't find a suitable job after going to such a small city. She thought that if Gu Mingxi could clearly say that he would come to Shanghai for the postgraduate entrance examination, then she would have the confidence to persevere. In the future, whether in Shanghai, back to City E, or going to Beijing or Guangzhou, she would be with him.

Pang Qian bit her lip, shook Gu Mingxi's sleeve with his fingers. He turned to look at her, and his dark eyes looked into her heart. Pang Qian said, "Are you in City Z for the New Year next year?"

"Yes." Gu Mingxi nodded.

"Can I come to play with you? During the winter vacation," she asked carefully.

Gu Mingxi said reflexively: "It's very cold in winter, so you'd better not come."

Pang Qian said: "I just want to go to winter if I have never seen snow in the north."

"Really, you won't be used to it. It's very cold and you can't eat it either." Gu Mingxi said, "Or, wait until the next year, you will come again."

"What about next summer vacation?" Pang Qian looked up at him, "Can I come next summer vacation? My father agreed, I've told him a long time ago."

She asked aggressively, Gu Mingxi took a deep breath and said, "Let's talk about it then, okay?"

"Gu Mingxi..." Pang Qian lowered her head, "Don't do this, you and you, we... In short, you don't have to think too much, don't worry about anything. I hope... I hope... I hope... I hope you can come to Shanghai for the postgraduate entrance examination. Really, as long as you come to Shanghai for a postgraduate study, I promise you that I will stay in Shanghai with you."

Gu Mingxi could no longer continue this topic and suddenly said, "Last night, Shengfeng, was he chasing you?"

"Uh?" Pang Qian grinned, "He... he is chasing me, what's wrong? I don't like him."

"Actually, Pang Pang..." Gu Mingxi's mind was so hot, and he said, "You can try to accept it. It's so boring to go to college and not fall in love."

Pang Qian's mind "boom" and her face changed suddenly. After a moment of silence, she said, "Gu Mingxi, let's go back."

It was only afternoon, on the subway back to Puxi, Pang Qian fell asleep leaning on Gu Mingxi's shoulder. Gu Mingxi sat stiffly, his heart heavy.

It was a very pleasant day. He hadn't been out for such a long time, but he was depressed to find that there were some topics that he had difficulty talking to Pang Qian.

Her life was as beautiful as he imagined. Pang Qian, who was still studying in high school, has now continued her learning attitude and habits before the college entrance examination. Her homework is not bad, her interpersonal relationships are also good, and her extracurricular life is even more colorful. Pang Qian told Gu Mingxi that she joined the school’s table tennis team, and she is a half-baked player like her, and she actually entered the third round of the Shanghai college table tennis competition.

Her classmates often discuss future developments, whether to study for a master's degree or go abroad. Pang Qian dare not think about going abroad. Even if she can apply for a scholarship, her family will find it difficult to afford the high living expenses. Pang Qian has talked to Gu Mingxi about studying for a master's degree many times, as if studying for a master's degree was a natural thing for her.

How could she know that the boy around her would be able to return to campus or even that he might never be able to go back.

When leaving the subway station, Gu Mingxi saw a cinema and suddenly said, "Pangpang, let's go and watch a movie."

Pang Qian said: "Oh, okay, now I'm playing "Harry Potter 3", I've always wanted to watch it."

Gu Mingxi: "..."

"Have you seen Harry Potter 1 and 2?"

He shook his head.

"Where is the original work?"

He shook his head again, Pang Qian shrugged and said indifferently: "Then let's go and watch Jackie Chan's "New Police Story."

When buying tickets, the ticket seller said that there were only tickets in the front two rows and the couple seats in the last row. Pang Qian said lightly: "Then let's have couple seats, the necks in the front two rows will hurt so much."

With the ticket, she went to buy drinks and popcorn again. Seeing that her expression was always dull, Gu Mingxi's mind became more and more serious.

Pang Qian was sitting next to her with Gu Mingxi for the first time, and she was still a little curious when she sat down next to her.

"This person is quite comfortable." She smiled and handed the Coke to Gu Mingxi. He took a sip and grabbed a few more popcorns and fed them to him.
Chapter completed!