Dong Qiangqiang's Story of Leaving Germany

Chapter 1090. The low land becomes the sea, the low man becomes the king

Zhao Ke was embarrassed to be confronted by Ji Fengping. He said with a guilty conscience: "I didn't reply because I was preparing for the exam."

"Then you didn't go back after the exam?" Ji Fengping insisted, "Dong Qiangqiang and Gu Xin both went back after the exam, right?"

Zhao Ke was so choked that he had nothing to say. He glared at Ji Fengping angrily, stood up, picked up an empty plate, turned around and left, saying without even looking back, "I can't talk to you anymore. I'm going to get some fruit."

"Hey, have you signed up for the exams?" Seeing that the atmosphere was a little tense, Gu Xin quickly changed the topic to exams. This topic would become popular at the end of each semester. "I'm worried about how many courses I should sign up for this semester."

"Were you too busy working to attend classes?" Fang Shuang stuffed a strawberry into his mouth.

"I have hardly ever played. The visa states that I am allowed to work part-time for 180 half-days a year, and the number is still the same now," Gu Xin frowned and sighed. "It's the same as last semester. I can't even keep up with the books. The professors' lectures are so fast that I can't understand them at all. I can't even say a word in the group discussions during the practice classes, like a mute. There's nothing I can do except practice questions, but practice doesn't always work. It's especially painful when I encounter essay questions. I always feel like I can't do anything. I can't remember how many semesters I've been hit so hard. I'm really a little desperate."

"Didn't you ask the teaching assistant?" Jiang Tiange, who had been eating for a while with his head down, mustered up the courage to ask softly, "When we encounter this kind of thing at the University of Applied Sciences, we ask the teaching assistant or good students. If you can't find the professor."

"I did look for it, but the teaching assistant's speaking speed wasn't that slow, so he told me to read more." Gu Xin was aggrieved and it seemed like tears would burst out at any time. "I have tried very hard to read, but many reference books are either not in the library or have been borrowed out. I can only wait for them to be returned before I can borrow them. Usually, people start returning books when there are two weeks before exams. By then, even if I borrow them, it will be too late."

"If you really can't borrow it, you have to buy it. Of course, the books here are very expensive. You can try second-hand books." Dong Qiangqiang couldn't help but sigh after making the suggestion. He also encountered this situation last semester. It seems that the troubles of Chinese students are similar.

"Then sign up for the subjects you are sure of, and try to pass every one of them." Zheng Chunhua said seriously, "Otherwise, there will be too many make-up exams, which will either scare you to death or tire you out. Not to mention that the make-up exams will take up your vacation time, so you can neither work nor go home, and you can only study hard."

"I agree." Fang Shuang sipped his soda water. "I spent the first two years of my senior year just like you. It's hard to avoid reading more books, but in fact, newcomers don't need to be so anxious. Don't act as if you have to sign up for five or six courses at a time to avoid wasting your studies and time. For example, the economics major has two written exams and one oral make-up exam for each course. If you fail any of them, you can only transfer to another school or return home."

"Don't scare her." Zheng Chunhua shook her head gently at Fang Shuang, signaling her not to talk too deeply. Fang Shuang understood and immediately shut up.

"The key is that I'm not sure about any of them," Gu Xin became sadder and sadder. She pushed the food in front of her away slowly and frustratedly, as if she was disgusted. "It feels the same no matter which one I apply for."

"Then just flip a coin and leave everything to fate." Ji Fengping helped Gu Xin make up his mind. Just as he was about to say "When a person dies, the birds fly up to the sky; when he lives forever, he suddenly realized that the other person was a girl. This slang was too vulgar, so he held it back.

"Don't give me such bad advice," Zheng Chunhua corrected him, putting down the chopsticks she had just picked up. "The economics major is not the same as your computer major. You shouldn't be careless when applying for or taking the exam."

Ji Fengping stuck out his tongue and took a bite of the braised meat. He just chewed it and spat it out again, staring at the braised meat: "Who got this? Why is it so hard?"

"Deer meat, right? I ate a piece just now." Zhao Ke said, "I couldn't chew it, so I secretly... spit it out." The last two words were so light that they were almost inaudible.

"It tastes like rabbit meat." Fang Shuang said, then immediately denied it, "But rabbit meat is usually not this hard."

The conversation of several people was interrupted by the sudden appearance of braised meat. They all lowered their heads to study it. Dong Qiangqiang knew what it was after just one look, but he smiled and said nothing. He just put in a few pineapple chunks and watched the fun from the side.

Everyone was confused and had to give up and continue discussing the previous topic.

"Hey, you are also in the advanced stage, right?" Fang Shuang, a classmate majoring in economics, turned to Dong Qiangqiang and asked, "What semester are you in? How many subjects have you signed up for?"

"The second semester of the advanced stage, the sixth semester in total." Dong Qiangqiang answered casually, "In addition to the one subject for which you need to submit a report, you have to take five more exams." Everyone at the table except him was stunned for a few seconds when they heard this.

"Did I hear you right?" Gu Xin's eyes widened and she forgot to close her mouth. "How many subjects did you sign up for?"

"Oh my god, so fierce?" Zhao Ke, who had just come back from serving the fruit, shouted from behind the crowd, startling Fang Shuang in front of him. He threw his plate on the table, "I thought I was awesome enough to report three goals, but I didn't expect you to be so ruthless. You're awesome, buddy. Hey, is this true or not? You're not bragging, are you?"

"Boss, we all know you're good at German, but taking so many subjects at once..." Ji Fengping reminded him subconsciously, "This is an exam, isn't it a bit too much?"

"You really believed what he said?" Zhao Ke shook his head, disapprovingly, "Hey, Mr. Chairman, I'm not doubting your character. Anyway, I've been here for so many years, and I've never heard of, let alone seen, anyone enrolling in so many subjects in one semester. Not even one."

Zheng Chunhua chewed the piece of unknown braised meat in small bites, and the expression on her face looked like she knew what braised meat was.

“Although Lao Zhao likes to talk nonsense, what he just said is true,” Ji Fengping agreed, “I have never encountered such a thing.”

"Hey, how can you talk like that? What do you mean by talking nonsense?" Zhao Ke pretended to be angry.

"I believe it." Fang Shuang's eyes were filled with both admiration and respect. "Every time the Economics Department has a large class, you are definitely in the first three rows. After class, you are the most active Chinese student in communicating with foreign college students. I heard that you often go to the teaching assistant's office. If you are so active in large classes, you are probably even more active in small classes, right? So I believe you signed up for so many classes. I wish you good luck."

Dong Qiangqiang was not surprised that Fang Shuang knew so much about him, because the national economics he studied and the business administration Fang Shuang studied had the same large class exam. Although the final exams were different, some courses in the large class were exactly the same. It was just that he never paid attention to the students sitting in the back row during class, and he thought Fang Shuang was one of them.

  "Having said that, I'm actually not as awesome as you guys say. Being daring to sign up for the exam isn't a big deal, it's not like I'm guaranteed to pass with a high score." After Dong Qiangqiang said this, he thought to himself: Why would I sign up if I'm not sure I'll pass?

"Then did you understand every subject?" Gu Xin couldn't help but feel curious. She believed that Dong Qiangqiang was so arrogant because he didn't understand the difficulty of the exam. After all, he had never taken an advanced exam. "Have you read every reference book listed by the professor?"

"How is that possible?" Dong Qiangqiang replied with a wry smile, "I have a cliff in my life, but I know there is no cliff. To seek no cliff with a cliff is dangerous."

"What do you mean?" Gu Xin looked at everyone blankly, "Who can help me translate Chinese into Chinese?"

"I definitely don't have time to read through it all. I must learn to pick out the key points, otherwise I will die of exhaustion without being able to finish reading." Dong Qiangqiang explained, "After reading the key points, do exercises. If you don't have exercises, make up big questions for yourself, or let others test you." Dong Qiangqiang has times in every subject when he is asked questions that leave him speechless, but he is always happy when this happens, because with more people asking him questions, the probability of them deliberately making things difficult for him by asking trivial and insignificant questions will decrease, which is equivalent to drawing on other people's wisdom in disguise.

Just as Gu Xin was pondering the truth behind Dong Qiangqiang's words, Ji Fengping was busy eating meat, and Zhao Ke was racking his brains to find more questions to ask Dong Qiangqiang, everyone suddenly heard a familiar male voice behind them: "Have you all finished eating?"

Everyone looked up when they heard the voice. It was Boss Li. He pointed to the buffet table not far away and said, "There are a few new dishes over there. Everyone go and try them."

"Boss Li, is this wild boar meat you are stewing?" Zheng Chunhua, who had not participated much in the discussion, suddenly spoke up.

"Oh, you are worthy of being a leader. You are really knowledgeable." Boss Li complimented hurriedly.

Zheng Chunhua guessed the correct answer and smiled brightly.

Seeing that everyone was busy with their own work and no one was taking the initiative, Boss Li smiled tactfully: "Everyone, please go ahead and call me if you need anything. Leader, can I trouble you? There are a few reporters from the newspaper over there. They should be your friends..."