Dong Qiangqiang's Story of Leaving Germany

Chapter 1147. Complete Defeat
Father Dong rarely showed concern for his son's health and then hurriedly handed the phone back to Mother Dong and went back to the house to rest.

Although he and Dong's father are rarely together and they mainly rely on phone calls to keep in touch on weekdays, for Dong Qiangqiang, who has been educated by Dong's father about setbacks and grew up in criticism, even if he no longer spends time with his father as before, he can find that Dong's father's words and deeds are very different from before he fell ill. In the past, Dong's father always put on an attitude of "I have walked more roads than you have eaten salt, just listen to me obediently", but since Dong's father experienced the SARS disaster in the first half of the year, although he still can't help nagging in his daily speech, he seems to be a lot gentler. For example, to his son who disobeyed his will and rashly returned to China during the SARS period, he only said a few harsh words with a stern face and then stopped abruptly. He bought a second-hand car in full without asking for his son's permission, and even did not mention his dissatisfaction afterwards without reporting it. Not to mention that this time he neither severely criticized his son's mistakes nor fed him a lot of spiritual arsenic. He only mentioned it carefully and restrainedly and then left quickly and quietly.

Dong's mother was very pleased with her son's keen observation. As his wife, she naturally noticed earlier that Dong's father not only lost his temper less often, but also spoke less in normal times. He was no longer keen on watching international events on TV every day. Most of the time, he would silently turn over and over Dong Qiangqiang's childhood photos and homework books, muttering from time to time. Dong's mother was so scared that she didn't even feel at ease leaving him alone at home when she went out to buy vegetables during the day, and she would force him to go to the vegetable market with her to feel at ease.

The man who was like the pillar of the family seemed to be really old. Dong Qiangqiang sighed silently. He thought that he would feel refreshed without having to lie to his parents anymore, but after the conversation, he found that it was just like removing a huge stone and replacing it with a bigger one.

The library was exceptionally empty in the mornings during the holidays. Except for the administrators sitting at the entrance, there was no one to be seen. Dong Qiangqiang's efficiency in reading the report quickly reached the standard speed. By the time he had finished studying the report, checking the information, and extracting most of the useful content, Li Lei's call came, much earlier than he expected. Could it be that he got a bargain?

"Where are you? I'm done here." Li Lei's voice sounded sick, completely different from when he set out in the morning. He even spoke weaker and more exhausted than Dong's father.

"It's still the library," the other party said before he came up. The result of the conversation sent a negative signal. Dong Qiangqiang knew that he had just been abused and felt unhappy. He changed the question when the words came to his lips, "Do you want to continue to stay in the university or go home?"

"I'm in a bad mood, let's meet and chat. I'll be waiting for you in the open space in front of the cafeteria."

The distance from the library to the cafeteria is closer than from the teaching building. Dong Qiangqiang was standing by the fence thinking about the data and opinions in the report he had just read, when he heard someone calling his name from behind.

He turned around and saw Li Lei walking towards him from a distance with a look of grief-stricken look on his face, which seemed to be covered with a layer of dust, and was even gloomier than the sky when it rained a few days ago.

"Do you have cigarettes?" Li Lei approached and asked Dong Qiangqiang, "Give me one."

Dong Qiangqiang had sharp eyes and saw that Li Lei's palms were glistening with sweat. He patted his shirt and trouser pockets to indicate that he had no cigarettes.

"Then wait for me for a while." Li Lei turned expressionlessly and walked into the cafeteria nearby. After a while, he came out holding a pack of cigarettes.

As soon as he walked out of the cafeteria, Li Lei couldn't wait to put the cigarette in his mouth, took a deep puff, and then exhaled a puff of smoke towards the dormitory building on the other side of the cafeteria.

He handed the cigarette box to Dong Qiangqiang, who waved his hand and declined: "How do you feel?"

Dong Qiangqiang certainly knew that the result of exempting the class could be decided on the spot after talking with the professor, but he knew from listening to Li Lei's words that the conversation about exempting the class would not be ideal. This was also a result that was expected and not surprising, so he tactfully did not ask the other party "what was the result."

Li Lei looked sad and turned his gaze from the dormitory to the library. He suppressed his anger and didn't cry in front of Dong Qiangqiang. He felt very wronged, but more of it was unwillingness and indignation: the damn Germans ignored his careful preparation, and all the corners and details that he had overlooked during the review were interrogated one by one, and he was required to answer in English. The other party was just looking for trouble! Bullying him because he was a foreign student. Yes, it must be like this. It started from the secretary not changing his conversation time. He came to correct the wrong time due to a slip of the tongue the next day, but the secretary insisted that the professor's time was full and could not be changed. And Dong Qiangqiang, this kid pretended to help him, but refused to share the review materials in his hand with him. He was so kind and generous to Dong Qiangqiang many times, but the other party didn't appreciate it. From the professor to the secretary to Dong Qiangqiang, everyone was bullying him. Why was he so unlucky?

The cigarette box was handed to Dong Qiangqiang again, and the other party's tone was between begging and commanding: "Give me one."

Dong Qiangqiang couldn't resist, so he took the cigarette, lit it but didn't smoke it, just held it between his fingers.

"I didn't get away with many things," Li Lei was stunned for a while, and with a trembling lip, he managed a bitter smile, "Brother, I failed this time, a complete defeat."

"What do you mean? You prepared so much, but you weren't asked a single question? You didn't use the review materials at all?" Seeing that Li Lei seemed very tired and seemed to be thinking about something, Dong Qiangqiang didn't know that he was holding a grudge against him. He just felt it was unbelievable. If it was really as he said, it was too bad. He could have bought a lottery ticket. "Calculus wasn't tested? Prisoner's Dilemma? Liquidity Trap? BS Option Pricing Model wasn't tested? What about exchange rate? Supply and demand curve? Inflation? Market equilibrium? Do you remember what was tested? Did you understand the questions?"

"I did take the advanced math test. I did what you said. I wrote formulas if I could, and drew graphs if I could. As for the ones I really couldn't understand, I'm not complaining. The old man spoke too fast, faster than any German I've heard in the preparatory class, just like the host on TV. Oh, and he had an accent. Plus, they all spoke English afterwards, so I... got confused..."

"Them? How many people are testing you?" Dong Qiangqiang raised his eyebrows, not bothering to point out the fact that Professor Thomas has no accent, and asked, "Did people from the university examination committee also participate?"

Li Lei nodded and said: "In addition to the professor, there are a man and a woman, both of whom are from the examination committee." Dong Qiangqiang thought to himself: It is exactly the same as what happened when I was exempted from class. It seems that it is a normal operation for people from the university examination committee to intervene in the conversation for the first time.

"I reminded you before that our transcripts have the results of the two courses "Spoken English" and "English". You will also have English courses in class here. The professor will definitely test you in English during the free class hours. Even if he doesn't do it, the people on the examination committee will not stand idly by. Besides, there is "English" in the Hanover Preparatory Economics Course. Even if you are asked to speak English, you can't be unable to speak a word, right?"

Dong Qiangqiang thought to himself: If I can't even understand the professor's questions, not only will I be worried about being exempted from class, but I will also find it very uncomfortable to attend classes in the future. However, now is not the time to pour cold water on him, so I should focus on encouraging him.

"It's not that I couldn't answer a single question, but whenever I could answer one, they would stop me immediately and start a new question. If I couldn't answer one, two, three, they would keep asking me questions until I was completely confused..."

"At that time, I was also asked the same question over and over again." After Dong Qiangqiang finished speaking, he suddenly felt as if the exemption from class happened just yesterday.

"You have no idea. The people on the examination committee didn't give me any time to think or catch my breath. In the end, I even started speaking Chinese. I knew they were not satisfied with my answers because I saw that the courses where I answered well were marked on the transcript, and the ones where I answered poorly were all annotations. I knew at that time that the game was over. I became a little anxious, and my mentality collapsed. I spoke... without thinking." When he got to the point of grief and indignation, Li Lei threw the half-smoked cigarette to the ground and sighed.

The trash can was less than one meter away from Li Lei. Dong Qiangqiang felt a little sorry for Li Lei, but his behavior made him feel disgusted. Before he could correct him, other smokers came up to express their dissatisfaction and asked Li Lei to pick up the cigarette butt and throw it into the trash can. Seeing that the situation was not right, Li Lei picked up the cigarette butt and threw it into the trash can with a sullen look on his face. Only then did the German give up and leave.

"Pah." Li Lei spat at the German's back, but was afraid of alerting the German, so he moved very quietly. His actions made Dong Qiangqiang at a loss for what to say to this old classmate. He didn't know when Li Lei became such a person.

"Now that it's over, don't think about it anymore. Look forward. You still have one more chance. Prepare well. This time is just a training exercise. Remember to prepare well for all the questions you're asked this time. You may be asked again next time. If you need to find information, feel free to tell me."

"Forget it, there won't be a next time. Let's just leave it at that. I don't want to suffer anymore." Li Lei said calmly.

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"What do you mean? Don't want to talk about it anymore?" Dong Qiangqiang asked in surprise, "You won't lose anything if you talk about it again. Even if it gets worse, it won't be worse than your current result. Why don't you try again?"

"Tired. Mentally tired." Li Lei poked his chest with his finger and said sourly, "I can't compare with you. I envy your good language skills and good luck, but I can't do that. It's true that people compare themselves to each other. "Looking at Dong Qiangqiang, Li Lei couldn't help but feel mixed emotions: they graduated from the same university in China and studied in the same German preparatory school. He has all the resources that Dong Qiangqiang has. How is he worse than Dong Qiangqiang? It seems that Dong Qiangqiang must have the information for exemption from classes but he just won't give it to him. He wants to blame Dong Qiangqiang for not helping him, but he can't say it. First, he has no evidence. Second, looking at the posture of today's questioning, even if Dong Qiangqiang has the information, he has no confidence that he can pass it with ease. What's more, he asked Dong Qiangqiang to stay up late to help him write the information, and Dong Qiangqiang did it quickly. Alas, it's time and luck, or bad luck.

Dong Qiangqiang was completely speechless. He didn't expect that the first lesson that Trier University gave him and Li Lei was actually frustration education.

He paused for a few seconds and asked, "So which semester will you start from after you are exempted this time?"

"Second." Li Lei made a "V" gesture to him.

Freshmen start from the first semester, and he started from the second semester, so he really didn't get exempted from anything.

"You really won't try again?" Dong Qiangqiang advised earnestly for the last time, "There are a lot of courses in the elementary stage, the less courses you can take, the better."

"Do you think I don't know? I want to, but the problem is that they don't agree. What can I do?"

"It's better to prepare as many dishes as possible. It would be a shame to just give up. Aren't you afraid of regretting it later?"

"No regrets, no regrets," Li Lei waved his hand nonchalantly, "If I knew all the questions, it would be a shame not to go. But now I can't even understand what they ask. I have to prepare for German and English at the same time. How can I prepare for it in just two weeks? Forget it, I won't bother with it. This is my fate, I accept it."

Looking at Li Lei's gradually receding back, Dong Qiangqiang realized that he was actually quite good. At least he had the courage to face setbacks. He was busy boasting about himself and didn't expect that Li Lei never thanked him for staying up late to help prepare the review materials.