Dong Qiangqiang's Story of Leaving Germany

Chapter 1141. The body is in the quagmire, but the heart cannot be in the quagmire

Dong Qiangqiang walked out of the professor's office with heavy steps and a lost mood. The next student who came in looked at him as if he were a monster. He realized that there was a picture on his face, and guessed that the other person's thoughts at the moment were most likely the same as what he saw in the previous person's mind, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

But before he had even taken two steps, a familiar face came up from nowhere and called his name in a deep voice: "Old Dong..."

Dong Qiangqiang was upset that his class status had not been changed. The professor's answer did not completely convince him. He was caught red-handed. He did not expect Li Lei to have not left yet. He unconsciously revealed a little impatience in his tone: "How is your situation? Have you changed it?"

Hearing Dong Qiangqiang's concern, Li Lei shook his head in frustration and stammered, "I...didn't make the change."

"The professor refused to change the time?" After hearing what Li Lei said, Dong Qiangqiang suddenly felt that "we are all wanderers in the same world", and his tone softened immediately.

"I didn't see the professor. The teaching assistant said that after I agreed yesterday, she confirmed my time with the professor immediately, and also confirmed the time of everyone after me. If I insist on postponing the free talk, the earliest time will be mid-September, but by then it will be close to the start of the school year, and the professor's time cannot be guaranteed. If the professor is not available by then, the talk will be cancelled. Oh, it's all my fault for my slip of the tongue yesterday, a change of mind..."

"Can an appointment be canceled?" Dong Qiangqiang felt that this sounded like a fairy tale. "The teaching assistant said that? Are you sure you heard it right?"

"I confirmed it with the other party twice, it should... it should be correct." Dong Qiangqiang's questioning made Li Lei doubt whether he had heard it wrong. He asked unconfidently, "How about you help me confirm it again?"

Dong Qiangqiang instantly felt that Li Lei was a bit useless. Even if he could help Li Lei confirm this, would he have to show up when he met with the professor? He tried hard to restrain his resentment and did not say anything bad: "Since you have confirmed it twice, it should be correct. Don't think about other useless things now. Make full preparations and win it in one fell swoop."

Seeing that Dong Qiangqiang rejected his proposal, Li Lei had no better idea. He hesitated for a few more words, and when he saw that Dong Qiangqiang had no intention of leaving with him, he knew that he could not get a ride with him, so he left with disappointment.

After sending Li Lei away, Dong Qiangqiang somehow found his way to the cafeteria.

Today's special set meal was his favorite curry steak rice, but he found it tasteless and bland. Several classmates he knew greeted him, but he just nodded from a distance and didn't go over to have a good chat like usual. He knew in his heart that he had not yet accepted this result.

He felt ashamed. The mentality that he had felt like a winner yesterday was now gone. His wonderful vision of graduating early became increasingly blurred because of this accident. He was too embarrassed to tell his parents and Du Lan. After all, he and Dong's father had boasted before that they would not only pass the exam but also get high scores. Now he was slapped in the face. He couldn't imagine how his parents would react to the news. What should he say? He scored 1.3 points in one subject, 1.7 points in another, and failed another subject. Who would believe it? At this point, he could only honestly admit that he was too arrogant. Too many business trips in June and July eventually affected his studies. Unexpectedly, Du Lan's words came true. Thinking of Wang Shunan who passed all the exams this semester, Dong Qiangqiang blamed himself even more. How could he praise others with his grades? There was already a huge difference between the two.

After leaving the cafeteria, Dong Qiangqiang looked up at the sun in the sky, which was still as usual. After a few seconds, he closed his eyes and felt the temperature of the sun on his eyelids, face and body. He pretended to breathe a few breaths of fresh air brought by the wind from the forest behind the cafeteria, and repeatedly reminded himself that it was useless to complain and curse at this point. In the final analysis, it was because he was not well prepared. The most urgent thing was that he must break away from the self-pitying victim mentality of "Why did I fail?" and start to concentrate on reviewing again, in order to successfully pass the make-up exam next week. If he did not turn the page as soon as possible, it would only drag down the make-up exam. At the same time, he began to reflect on what other exam regulations he did not know, and he must figure them out as soon as possible, so as not to bury hidden dangers for the make-up exam. However, most things in the world are easier said than done, and the one that Dong Qiangqiang encountered was no exception. He thought it was beautiful, but the feeling of loss was not so easy to completely calm down, just like a stone breaking the mirror-like lake surface. Even if the stone sank into the lake, the ripples on the water surface still existed. He had encountered many bad things in the two years since he came to Germany, but failing an exam was the first time for him. He couldn't get rid of the depressed mood in his heart, and he couldn't get over the failure.

He knew that he could not get out of the situation by just consoling himself, and he had to find something to keep himself busy so as to get rid of his wild thoughts as soon as possible. He was angry that he failed the exam but he was not confused. He knew that he had to hand in a final draft of the report that would satisfy Duanmu tonight. The benefit of revising the report was not only to complete his job, but also to divert his current attention and avoid the endless pain of failing.

Before heading into the library, he went to the examination center first and got all the university examination regulations that were troubling him. He didn't want to fall into the same pit twice.

After leaving the examination center, he still did not return to the library, but rushed back to the Economics Department without stopping. However, this time his target was not Professor Jörg, but Professor Thomas, the head of the Economics Department.

Dong Qiangqiang remembered that the professor had become a think tank expert in the field of German national economy when he was less than 30 years old, and had asked him about the RMB exchange rate when he was free from class. So he could just ask the professor for his views on the exchange rate between the US dollar and the euro. If the professor could confirm his and Duanmu's guesses, it would be of great benefit to the report.

His idea was good, but he forgot one thing: there were just as many students who came to Professor Thomas to discuss the test and try to get their scores as there were who came to Professor Jorg. There were more than 30 people in front of him in line, and seeing that it was hopeless to talk to the professor, he could only settle for the second best and place his hope on Professor Thomas's assistant.

But the teaching assistant was also very busy these days and had no time to discuss with him. However, the teaching assistant did not fire him off. Instead, he recommended a number of books and articles on exchange rates in detail, so that he could first grasp a certain academic background, so as to avoid wasting time when communicating with the professor later.

Dong Qiangqiang copied the recommended catalog and checked it again before leaving the Economics Department with satisfaction.

In the afternoon, when he was writing very hard, he unexpectedly received a call from Lu Shan.

The flood in Munich began to recede, and public transportation such as trains began to partially resume operations. Lu Shan wanted to invite Dong Qiangqiang to Munich, and he would pay for the train ticket because he wanted to treat Dong Qiangqiang and Du Lan, who had made great contributions to his successful application to the Technical University of Munich, to dinner. It just so happened that Lu Wei was also going to Munich to play in the next few days. They hadn't seen each other for a long time, so they could take advantage of the end of the summer vacation to get together. He also invited Lao Bai and others, but Lao Bai was in China and couldn't come this time.

Dong Qiangqiang was still depressed, and he couldn't tell Lu Shan directly that he had to prepare for the make-up exam next week, so he had to find a few excuses to fool Lu Shan: the flood in Trier had not receded yet, he had a regular hourly job at the university and couldn't leave, Le Bai and Bu Chan also had urgent work to hand in, so he really couldn't leave this time, so he wished them a good meal and fun first, and he would try to go before school starts in mid-September.

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Lu Shan knew that Dong Qiangqiang had a lot of things to do, so she exchanged polite words for a long time before she reluctantly hung up the phone.

Not long after, Du Lan also called and asked him why he didn't go. Dong Qiangqiang repeated it, and Du Lan asked him if he had the test results. Dong Qiangqiang was not worried that Du Lan would laugh at him after telling him, but he felt embarrassed and lied against his will. Du Lan didn't doubt him, but gently reminded him not to be too tired, to pay attention to the balance between work and rest, to take advantage of the rare holiday to relax, take care of his body, and recharge himself to welcome the upcoming winter semester.