Just as Dong Qiangqiang was collecting his student ID card, Dong Yiqing's cell phone rang. She took out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter from her bag and walked out while answering the phone.
"By the way, I want to ask you something." Dong Qiangqiang took a sip of tea.
"Tell me." Lu Wei seemed happier than when he first walked in.
"Have you ever heard of APS certificate?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Dong Qiangqiang saw something flash in Lu Wei's eyes. She turned her head sideways and said nothing, her shoulders seemed to be shaking a little.
Dong Qiangqiang sensed that something was wrong in the atmosphere, and didn't know where he had said something wrong. He didn't dare to continue asking, and quickly lowered his head and took two mouthfuls of rice.
After a while, Lu Weicai whispered: "You were hired by an agency, right?"
"Yes, yes, how did you know?"
"Did your agency tell you that they helped many Chinese students successfully come to Germany?"
"Yes." Dong Qiangqiang became more and more strange.
Lu Wei sighed softly: "Because the threshold for studying in Germany is looser than that of studying in the United States or other Commonwealth countries, domestic study abroad agencies have helped many people who want to study in public universities in Germany. Some of them The academic qualifications are fake. German universities suffered a loss after accepting many such students, so they came up with such a policy. It was actually out of necessity."
"policy?"
"In the past, when applying to a German public university, you only needed to submit notarized German or English documents of domestic academic qualifications and other corresponding documents. Now when applying to a German university, in addition to the documents required before, the most important thing is the APS certificate. Without a certificate, the university Application materials will not be accepted at all.”
"Indeed," Dong Qiangqiang nodded involuntarily, "I also saw it outside the admissions office."
"The organization that issues the APS certificate is called the Auditing Department for People Studying in Germany at the Cultural Office of the German Embassy in China. They are responsible for reviewing the application materials submitted by students who want to study in Germany. If the applicant passes all the audits by the auditing department, they will receive an APS Certificate."
"Then what if the review fails?"
Lu Wei did not answer this question. The answer was obvious.
"Have you heard about the content of the trial?" Dong Qiangqiang immediately changed the question. He suddenly realized that Lu Wei knew a lot.
Lu Wei shook his head: "No one around me has reviewed it yet. I heard that it will only start accepting applications this summer. I guess it may be academic certificates, certificates of German study hours, TOEFL, GRE scores, etc."
Dong Qiangqiang couldn't help but take a breath: "Then, if you are already in Germany, like me, do you still have to go back to take the exam?"
"For applicants who are already in Germany, it seems that they can prepare relevant materials and send them back, but I have also heard that it is better to call and ask the review department directly. After all, they are the issuing agency."
Lu Wei's suggestion coincided with Dong Qiangqiang's idea. Not only did he need to make a phone call, but he also had to go to the university tomorrow to find out what the certificate was about. He couldn't let it delay his university studies. .
After making the phone call and smoking a cigarette, Dong Yiqing returned to the dining table, and the three of them chatted for a while.
As the time approached 21:15, people who had finished their meals began to leave the restaurant one after another. Dong Qiangqiang paid the bill consciously. Including tip, the total was 150 marks, which was much less than he expected. He asked the waiter for two lunch boxes and skillfully packed up all the uneaten vegetables and duck.
The restaurant was still some distance away from the station, and the three of them strolled towards the station while talking.
In mid-May, at the turn of spring and summer, the air is filled with the smell of water vapor and weeds. Dong Qiangqiang felt that it was very similar to the unique smell of summer in his memory, and he unconsciously took a few more puffs.
Looking at Dong Yiqing who was whispering to Lu Wei, he felt a little dazed, as if he saw his Xiao Yu.
The three of them arrived at the station, and the light rail was still a few minutes away.
"Where are you going?" Dong Yiqing suddenly turned her head and asked Dong Qiangqiang.
"Well, I'm going to get some study materials from a classmate." Dong Qiangqiang was too embarrassed to say that he was going to Hippo Street, so he made up a random reason.
Since he was going in the opposite direction to the girls, Dong Qiangqiang insisted on waiting for the two girls to get on the bus first before he left.
The light rail came slowly from a distance, the lights flashed a few times, and everyone subconsciously took a step back.
"Thank you for your hospitality tonight." Lu Wei said softly.
"Thank you too." Dong Qiangqiang said sincerely, "Let's keep in touch in the future."
Before getting into the car, Dong Qiangqiang saw Dong Yiqing and Lu Wei biting their ears and saying something. Lu Wei half lowered his head and his face was red. When he heard what happened, he suddenly stretched out his hand and hit Dong Yiqing. Dong Yiqing let out a strange sound. Laughing, he dodged her attack.
The three of them waved goodbye and watched the light rail go away. Dong Qiangqiang suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart.
Not long after, another light rail car came. As soon as the door opened, Dong Qiangqiang jumped on the car nimbly.
He was thinking in his mind: Tomorrow morning, he would go to the university admissions office to ask about the APS certificate. Once the college affairs are clear, I will immediately find a job, work while going to school, and make money as soon as possible to pay off my family's debts.
His body swayed with the shaking of the light rail. In a car behind him, a man with a Southeast Asian face was staring at him closely through the windows of the two cars.
Looking out the window at the wine-like night, Dong Qiangqiang suddenly wanted to walk home. He got off the car one stop early and walked along the dimly lit street toward home.
A dark shadow loomed behind him.
After walking through three intersections, Dong Qiangqiang vaguely felt that there seemed to be someone behind him. He had an idea and ducked into a Turkish barbecue restaurant on the street. He ordered a Turkish meat sandwich and ate French fries while pretending to watch TV with his peripheral vision. Look outside the window.
But he watched for a long time, and it was quiet outside the window, with no one around. Is it my own illusion? He was a little vague.
He paused in the store for a while before walking back to the street. He was just lighting a cigarette when he suddenly noticed that a dark shadow seemed to be moving behind a parked car diagonally across the road. His heart moved, and he pretended to lower his head to tie his shoelaces while peeking at the car.
There was indeed someone behind the car.
Dong Qiangqiang moved his waist and legs, and then turned his shoulders. Although his left arm was still not flexible, it was no longer as painful as the first day. He walked slowly down the street, the dark shadow behind him following him step by step.
When he reached an intersection, Dong Qiangqiang suddenly turned around and turned into a dark alley next to him.
The black shadow was taken aback and quickly ran to the intersection, where he saw a tall figure running wildly not far away.
The black shadow quickly took out his mobile phone. Not long after, a silver-gray BMW suddenly stopped beside the black shadow. The black shadow gestured in the direction of Dong Qiangqiang. The BMW suddenly accelerated and rushed in the direction of Dong Qiangqiang.
Dong Qiangqiang realized as he was running that he seemed to have lost his way on Hippo Street. Just when he wanted to stop and identify the direction, the roar of a car engine suddenly came from behind him. He looked back and saw a BMW driving towards him. Come.
Dong Qiangqiang had no choice but to start running again, but the road conditions were getting worse and worse, the lighting was getting less and less, and his speed was getting slower and slower. He could already feel the air waves brought by the car hitting his back, and he didn't dare to look back.
At this moment, he suddenly noticed that the door of a store with pink lights not far ahead flashed. Without thinking about it, he ran a few steps and dived in.
The night is still like wine.
