Good Pregnancy

Chapter 3: Missing for no reason

This incident has caused a lot of psychological damage to Pang Xia. He took a one day leave and now he is lying on his bed in his bedroom, motionless, thinking about it and wondering why did this happen. His last memory was drinking that bottle of wine, after that? Where did he go after that?

Oh that's right! Gao Yang! He went looking for Gao Yang!

Pang Xia got up from his bed and hobbles his way to the school canteen. Pang Xia has already memorised Gao Yang mobile phone number and his fingertips eagerly pressing the familiar number, but when he dialled the Gao Yang mobile only voice messages came over, Sorry the number you have dialled is unavailable...

Pang Xia keep redial the number but he still got the same reply. Pang Xia was standing still and his body when paralysed mode. What the hell is going on, why is Gao Yang phone was off.

Pang Xia took a rest for a day. Although he was reluctant, he went back to the bar. If he didn't go in, he can't work here anymore. He stayed at the bar and concentrating watching the door that connect to Gao Yang hallway. He saw a few of small fan girls of Gao Yang came out from the door, looking lost while holding a wrapped gift in their hand. He recognises some of the girls because they are Gao Yang fan.

"That...I'm sorry. Can I ask you some question?

The girls were shocked, when they saw Pang Xia. Pang Xia look at them and guesses the girls were college student. The nodded and said," Sure, ask away."

Pang Xia smiled and said: "Is Gao Yang at the lounge? Can you call him for me? Just say that Pang Xia is calling for him. I'm his friend."

The girls looked at each other and someone said: " Gao Yang didn't come today. We also waited for him for a while already. He never appeared. Later, we went looking for his manager. The manager said that Gao Yang wouldn't appear for a while."

The smile on pang Xia's face when stiff: "Yes...is it? Did the manager said where did he went?"

The girl shook her head." No, are you not his friend? Let's call and ask. We really like him. If he went to sing in other places, we will go there and support him."

Pang Xia didn't know what to say, and said to them." I did call him but I can't get through, so I came here..."

Pang Xia said that and he turned around and left. Anyway, his heart is clear on one thing when Gao Yang didn't turn up for work. It means that his absent was really related to him last night, so the one who send him to that room is Gao Yang? Why?

After Pang Xia was feeling lost for a week, he forced himself to forget this matter. Anyway, he was a man, and there was no problem of chastity. Consider it as bitten by a dog. After that, Pang Xia never mentioned Gao Yang names and he did not went and find him again. Finally, his days gradually returned normal but every time he sees Xu Wei, it would make Pang Xia very unhappy. His relationship to Xu Wei turns sour.

After that incident, every time he sees Xu Wei, he never gives face to Xu Wei. Xu Wei did try to mend their relationship and every time he tried to talk to Pang Xia, he got scared by Pang Xia fierce eyes. Nowadays, didn't dare tried to seek out Pang Xia anymore. Xu Wei only speak to Pang Xia if needed only.

Can't blame him being like this, if that day did not happen because of Xu Wei, he will not treated Xu Wei like this.

On the day of the summer vacation, Pang Xia, who had not returned home for half a year, quickly packed his bag and happily embarked on his journey to home. From the capital city to his hometown Anhui, he took the train in order to save some money. Because there is no train station will take him to his hometown, so he took a bus to go back to his hometown. The bus that he took looks battered and they're no air conditioner on the bus. Pang Xia cannot stands the heat so he fan himself with one of his hand while his other hand holding onto his bag.

"It is very hot this summer, if it's not going to rain, I have to give my family's cotton field to drought."

"You don't say, I'm also worried, it seems that this year's harvest is not too good."

After listening to the dialect of his hometown, made Pang Xia feel uncomfortable at the moment. In order save some money, he didn't come back to his hometown for nearly two years. After a few months staying in the capital, some of his friends pointed out that he has lost some of his hometown accent. But compared to the Shanghai dialect, he still can't understand some of the words and slang they use in the capital although he has been staying there for two years. Even now, thinking those people in the capital that constantly talking non-stop, he feels irritate.

"Hey, we have stop at the last terminal here, get ready to go down!"

Pang Xia discovered he had arrived when the fat aunt who sold the ticket yelled. He look around through the window, there he saw short, fat, old man in his fifties standing near to a few cars that park in the cement open parking lot. Pang Xia immediately smiled at the pair of mahogany eyes. Half of his head and arm were out at the window and waves his towards the man: "Dad! Dad! I'm here!"

Pang Youcai turned his head and looked. He immediately throws away his cigarette butt and he lifted his arm toward Pang Xia and made an inward moves with his hand. He stretched his face and said urgently: "Oi, take out your head from the window, don't stick your head out and go back inside."

Pang Xia smiled and shook his head back. As soon as the bus stop, he stood up and followed the queue out and hurriedly goy off the bus. When he saw his dad, he rushed to him and give him a hug.

"Dad!"

Daddy Pang was hugged by his younger son and he immediately pushed him away while giving horrific look at Pang Xia. He said, "What are you doing? No, don't do this thing here, it gives me the Goosebumps!"

Daddy Pang immediately reached out and grabbed his son's suitcase. He skilfully tied the suitcase behind his motorcycle and asked: "How was your journey? There's nothing wrong in school? No? Are you hungry? Do you want me to buy you steamed bun? Two? Your mom cooked Mung bean soup at home early in the morning. I've put a block of ice in the well. Once we reached home, quickly eat the soup with the ice. Today weather is hot and your skin can easily get sun burned."

Pang Xia nose instantly turned sour. He looked at his dad's black-red face, which was baked by the sun and his sweat dripping from his face like rain. His white shirt and collar of his shirt were soaked with sweep while helping with the luggage. His hands are full of deeps fold and yellow rough calluses are still the same teacher. Compared to the teachers in his school, Daddy Pang is more like an old farmer whole his life in fact this is true. In the past few years, Pang Xia's parent has been working hard to get all their three children to go to college. Pang Xia's mother opened a grocery store where she sells fruits, vegetables and farmed chicken and variety of thing there. His dad is almost 60 years old and his head is full of white hair, and he still hasn't taken any break yet to enjoy his life for the sake of his children, it really broke Pang Xia's heart.

Daddy Pang ties the luggage and pushed the motorcycle to sit up. Seeing his son didn't respond for a long time, he looked back and wondered: "How about this...? You go take a ride on the bus, the weather is really hot, take the bus that has air-con to go home and I will follow you from the back, ok?

Pang Xia took a big breath of air to his chest because he was moved by his father words and consideration. He walked to his father's motorcycle and sat behind his father's back while not forgetting to poke fun at his dad: "Oh! So generous, Dad, are you willing to pay the bus fare for me?"

Pang YouCai gritted his teeth: "Little bastard, what did you say? I whacked your head if you don't behave!"

Pang Xia who sat behind laughed. He knew his dad only talk but he never takes any action. From small until they turn into adult, he never once hit him and his siblings.