Dong Qiangqiang's Story of Leaving Germany

"I have something to discuss with you." Zheng Chunhua had already spoken when they were still several meters apart.

"You make the decision." Dong Qiangqiang thought it was another work-related matter.

"It's not about China Week, it's about... a classmate from Trier University of Applied Sciences wants to meet you." Zheng Chunhua seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"Do you know me?" Dong Qiangqiang misunderstood and said, "If the other party wants a travel discount, they still have to find Lao Bai. I don't have the final say."

"It has nothing to do with Lao Bai and Le Bai. She just wants to get to know you." Zheng Chunhua emphasized again.

"Who is the other party? Why does he need to know me?" Dong Qiangqiang became more and more confused and didn't know what Zheng Chunhua wanted to say.

Seeing Dong Qiangqiang's straight male reaction, Zheng Chunhua did not play tricks and directly revealed the answer: "You performed outstandingly this time. Congratulations on having a new female fan."

"Female fan?" Dong Qiangqiang rejected instinctively, "Then there's no need to get to know each other. I have a girlfriend."

"What are you thinking about?" Zheng Chunhua couldn't help but retort, "You are too narcissistic, aren't you? Oh, I want to know you because I want to be your girlfriend? Why are you guys so ordinary yet so confident?"

Dong Qiangqiang was not anxious when he heard Zheng Chunhua's sarcasm. Instead, he laughed: "Isn't this just to prevent trouble? I am also worried about her, afraid that she will accidentally fall into the trap of love."

Zheng Chunhua was amused by Dong Qiangqiang's arrogance: "Stop joking, I'm talking to you seriously."

"There's really no need for an introduction. Why would we need to get to know each other?" Dong Qiangqiang tried his best to not appear so serious. He really didn't know why Zheng Chunhua insisted on introducing him to a female fan.

"Well, you are just being too complicated. What else do you want to do? Girls want to get to know you simply because they admire you, want to make more friends and expand their social circle. You don't have to worry too much. They have boyfriends and won't fall into the love trap set by you." Zheng Chunhua deliberately emphasized the words "set" and "love trap".

"Why would you meet other opposite sex if you already have a boyfriend? Are you looking for a backup?" Dong Qiangqiang asked with a wicked smile.

"You have such dirty thoughts." Zheng Chunhua pretended to be disgusted with Dong Qiangqiang, "Now I'm starting to worry about the girl."

"Then please, Chairman Zheng, reply to the other party for me." Dong Qiangqiang put away his smile and said seriously, "'If she eats an egg and thinks it's good, why does she need to know the hen that laid the egg?'"

"Stop learning Qian's nonsense." Zheng Chunhua said with a disdainful expression as if to say "I'm scared by your look" and turned away.

There was only a little over an hour left before the teaching building was locked. Dong Qiangqiang bought some bread and water from the store in the lobby and borrowed a stool. He arranged the display board area into a circle and sat in the middle of the circle, reviewing and listening to the noise.

It was raining heavily and windy outside the window, but the hall was quiet. Students who had finished their evening self-study passed by the display board one after another. Some stopped to look at it, while others hurried past.

Dong Qiangqiang was reading very attentively when the chandeliers above his head began to go out one by one, followed by the sound of soothing light music, which was a reminder to everyone in the teaching building that there were only five minutes left before the doors were locked.

He gently folded the foot of the book where he read it, stood up and put all the display boards back in their original places, thinking that he would not call Wang Shunan when he got home, and let her study and rest well on the train, but he had to call Du Lan to tell her about today's situation. He knew that Du Lan would not rest too early every day because she read.

He cast his eyes towards the Wanfu booth on the other side of the hall. There was no one there, and all the equipment had been put away in an orderly manner. He seemed to see something out of the corner of his eye. There seemed to be a fancy roll-up banner next to Wanfu, but it was not the Lebai one he had seen before. Could it be for catching cicadas? But Duanmu hadn't told him that he was going to make a roll-up banner to advertise at China Week? Besides, Duanmu hadn't contacted him at all in the past two days, and he didn't know what he was busy with.

Curiosity prompted him to walk towards the roll-up banner, and just as he was about to reach it, the phone in his pocket rang. It was Feng Chong.

"Lu Wei contacted me." Feng Chong said directly the moment the call was connected.

"What did she say?"

"It can be considered a serious apology."

There was no anger, rage or disdain in Feng Chong's tone, which surprised Dong Qiangqiang a little. And from what he said, Lu Wei probably didn't tell the other party that he had contacted him first.

"Then what is her explanation for her previous behavior?" Dong Qiangqiang asked knowingly.

"She said that the university delayed her admission for a semester for some reason, and the next admission letter she sent meant that she could only enroll this semester, so she forged fake documents for me during winter vacation, and I believed her, and of course you."

"So what do you think now?"

"I don't care if she is a college student now. I will not consider being a liar again. I believe that if there is a first time, there will be a second time, so I don't plan to cooperate with her again in the future."

"Have you told her your attitude?"

"Of course, I told her to stop cooperating."

  "What did she answer you?" Dong Qiangqiang felt a little overwhelmed by this kind of prostate-squeezing question and answer. Couldn't Feng Chong just finish what he said in one breath?

"Nothing said."

"Didn't say anything? Didn't ask for your forgiveness?" Dong Qiangqiang thought that Lu Wei came to him late at night to ask him to plead for mercy. Now it seems that he was a bit reckless and arbitrary.

He felt a little regretful that he should have finished talking to Lu Wei before going upstairs to find Lao Bai.

"She apologized and explained, but she didn't ask for forgiveness. I didn't realize she was such a tough guy." Feng Chong's tone seemed to imply some approval.

Dong Qiangqiang thought to himself: It seems that Lu Wei really did as she said, just explaining and apologizing, nothing else.

"It's okay. I just told you." Feng Chong said and was about to hang up the phone.

"Wait a minute," Dong Qiangqiang stood in front of the roll-up banner, looking at the advertisement for the summer Chinese class and Feng Chong's personal profile, "I saw the advertisement for your summer Chinese training class."

"Oh, you mean the one next to Wanfu's stall?" Feng Chong interrupted, "I was just about to tell you, but I forgot about it when I got distracted. How is it? Is it still eye-catching?"

Maybe it was because it was late at night, or maybe he was a little hungry, Dong Qiangqiang's mind suddenly became unusually clear: Since Feng Chong was going to continue teaching during the summer vacation, he theoretically needed help, and Lu Wei definitely met his employment requirements, but he never mentioned it, as if he was waiting for someone to ask him for help. But although Lu Wei called, he didn't say anything, and it seemed that Feng Chong wanted to seek a breakthrough from him. After understanding this, Dong Qiangqiang didn't interrupt Feng Chong's words, and he would not easily ask for help for Lu Wei again. People have to learn from their mistakes to grow.

"The advertisement is very impressive. I wish you a great success in your holiday class." Dong Qiangqiang said and hung up the phone. (End of this chapter)