The light of the flashlight flickered around Dong Yiqing, and she heard the sounds of brushing and trampling on branches coming from a few meters away. She held her breath and did not dare to move.
Suddenly, all sounds and flashlight light disappeared in an instant.
Dong Yiqing didn't know what was going on. She wanted to see it but didn't dare to. After hesitating for a moment, she boldly poked her head out slightly. Just when she wanted to poke out a little more to see more, she suddenly saw two figures moving among the trees and bushes not far away.
Big drops of sweat oozed from her forehead. She looked at the student dormitory not far ahead, her mind spinning rapidly. Suddenly, a bold idea flashed through her mind.
She took off the backpack behind her and put it as lightly as possible into the bushes beside her legs. Then she quietly took out a few pieces of dark chocolate from her pocket, which she originally ate in the library to replenish her brain and physical strength. of. Her palms were sweaty. She listened carefully to what was going on around her. Suddenly she gritted her teeth and stepped out from behind the tree. She threw all the chocolates in the opposite direction of the student dormitory, then immediately lowered her body. Run towards the student dormitory.
The chocolates drew graceful arcs in the air and fell to the ground one after another, making a slight plopping sound. Hearing the noise, there were immediately footsteps running towards the direction where the chocolate fell, and the light of the flashlight flickered again.
Dong Yiqing didn't dare to stop at all. She hunched over and moved around among the bushes. The thorns on the branches of the bushes occasionally scratched her arms and calves. She endured the pain and ran to the familiar path, and then He straightened up and ran quickly towards the dormitory door.
She suddenly heard shouts from behind her, and then saw the light of a flashlight flickering on the grass beside her. She ran faster and faster, getting closer and closer to the door. Finally, she couldn't control her speed and hit the dormitory's glass door with a loud bang.
Panting heavily, she looked in the direction she was running from and saw two men in black running towards her.
She quickly reached out to touch the access control card in her trouser pocket. Because her hands were shaking so badly, the access control card fell to the ground. She quickly knelt on the ground to pick up the card and shook it back and forth on the access control device, but the access control device did not issue the usual sound. She was startled by the familiar "beep" sound. She slapped the glass door hard with her hand, hoping to attract the attention of the people inside, and kept shaking the access card.
When the man in black was only twenty meters away from her, the red light on the access control finally turned to green. When she heard a "beep", she opened the glass door almost at the same time, then quickly locked the door from the inside, then she passed through the second glass door and ran upstairs.
The men in black on the grass stood outside the dormitory, looked at the glass door bitterly, and then looked around. After discovering a camera hanging under the eaves, they lowered the brim of their hats and quickly ran into the depths of the woods.
Dong Yiqing ran and jumped to the corridor on the second floor. There were dim orange lights on the walls of the corridor. She managed to open the dormitory door with trembling hands. As soon as the door opened, there was a gap like a catfish. Got in.
She leaned against the door of the dormitory, looking at everything familiar in the dormitory, breathing heavily, feeling only constant fear in her heart.
Behind a wooden shelf in a corner of the logistics factory, two cigarette butts flickered in the darkness.
"Then neither of them will come." It was the voice of an Eastern European man.
"Well, I have already found someone else for you." Yu Jianghai said.
"What you found is far worse than the big guy you left. To be honest, I really can't bear to let him go. He is the fastest worker I have ever seen. It's a pity..."
"You don't charge by the piece, why do you need your hands to be so fast?" Yu Jianghai's face sank, "When can you give me the money?"
"Haha," the Eastern European man chuckled, "Don't worry, I will give it to you as soon as the Germans pay."
Yu Jianghai didn't say anything. He threw the cigarette butt on the ground, crushed it with his foot, picked it up again, threw it into the trash can next to him, then turned and walked towards the factory.
The Eastern European man stared at his back with a sneer on his lips.
At nine o'clock in the morning the next day, Dong Qiangqiang and Lei Lanting stood at the gate of the logistics factory.
Lei Lanting looked at Dong Qiangqiang's dark blue suit, then at his own light gray suit, and asked in confusion: "We are not interviewing with them, do we still need to dress like this?"
Dong Qiangqiang pressed the doorbell on the access control next to the door a few times, and whispered: "Neither of us has signed a contract with the company, so it is unreasonable to communicate now. Wearing suits makes us very formal, which at least shows our respect for them. respect."
"But this and..." Lei Lanting was about to refute him when a German voice suddenly came from under the access control: "Good morning. What can I do for you?"
Lei Lanting quickly shut his mouth and signaled Dong Qiangqiang to answer the other party's question quickly.
"Well, hello, we were working here last week, and now we have some issues with Mr. Otto..." Dong Qiangqiang suddenly saw Lei Lanting lip-syncing at him, and suddenly remembered that Otto had gone on vacation last week, and quickly changed his words, "Or Mr. Stephen communicates."
The other party was silent for a while. Dong Qiangqiang glanced at Lei Lanting, but before he could speak, a small iron door next to the access control suddenly opened with a "snap" from the inside, and a male voice said: "You go to the reception room."
As soon as Dong Qiangqiang and Lei Lanting passed through the small door, they saw a guard in blue and yellow uniforms walking out of the reception room behind the small iron door. The guard looked at them and asked: "You are here to see Dr. Stephen." ?"
Dong Qiangqiang and Lei Lanting nodded quickly.
"This way." The guard led the two people to a room ten meters away. As soon as they sat down, the guard handed Dong Qiangqiang a notebook: "Please register your identity."
After watching Dong Qiangqiang and Lei Lanting write their names, passport numbers and mobile phone numbers in the notebook, the guard put away the notebook and turned around and walked out without saying a word.
Lei Lanting watched him walk back to the communication room from the window. He patted his thigh and said, "Hey, this German is really good. He doesn't know how to pour us some water?"
"Then you can do it yourself." Dong Qiangqiang saw the water dispenser standing in the corner, and stood up to pour water. At this moment, a middle-aged man with a sturdy build opened the door and walked in.
He looked to be about forty-five years old, wearing a safety helmet, a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his nose, and a set of brown overalls.
He looked at Dong Qiangqiang and Lei Lanting and asked in a loud voice: "I am Dr. Stephen. Who is looking for Mr. Otto?"
"Hello, Dr. Stephen. We want to talk to Mr. Otto about something." Dong Qiangqiang responded quickly.
"Who are you?" Dr. Stephen looked at the two foreign boys standing in front of him in confusion, with a wary look on his face, "What's the matter with you?"
Dong Qiangqiang briefly introduced the situation between him and Lei Lanting, and finally added: "Dr. Stephen, Mr. Otto personally asked me once before taking leave if I was willing to work here. I replied to him at that time and said that I need to think about it for a few days. , and he agreed. But last night my work here was suddenly canceled without anyone notifying me in advance. I want to know what is going on? In addition, I also want to know whether Mr. Otto’s suggestion is still valid? "
Dr. Stephen blinked: "Sorry, Mr. Dong, the things you just said are not my responsibility. Regarding what Mr. Otto asked you before, I need to check with him. In addition," Dr. Stephen glanced at the two of them. , "You just said you worked here. Do you have a labor contract signed with our company? I need to take a look."
Dong Qiangqiang and Lei Lanting looked at each other, neither of them said anything.
Seeing this situation, Dr. Stephen already understood what was going on. He turned around and opened the door: "Sorry, if you can't provide a contract, I can only ask you to leave."
Lei Lanting didn't speak for a long time, and then he said anxiously: "Dr. Stephen, we..."
"Gentlemen!" Dr. Stephen stopped him and made a "please" gesture with his hands. Dong Qiangqiang and Lei Lanting had no choice but to walk out of the room.
Standing outside the gate, Lei Lanting kicked the stone on the ground depressedly.
Before Dong Qiangqiang had time to speak, the mobile phone in his trouser pocket suddenly rang. He lowered his head and glanced at it. It was an unfamiliar mobile phone number.
"Hello."
"Is this Dong Qiangqiang? I'm Karina from the Shoemaker Driving School."
"Karina?" Dong Qiangqiang was stunned for a moment before reacting, "Oh, hello. Are you okay?"
"Didn't you say you wanted to book a ride yesterday? I would like to ask if you are available on Wednesday, that is, at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning?"
"Yes, yes." Dong Qiangqiang said hurriedly.
"Okay, I'll send the pick-up address to your phone later. Please take a look." Karina paused, "By the way, there's something else I want to tell you. We can't send you 4 hours a week." The theoretical study sessions in the classroom have been adjusted to be longer, please understand that there is a reason for our arrangement."
Dong Qiangqiang actually didn't have high expectations for the increase in class hours. He politely thanked her and hung up the phone.
The two stood in the station analyzing while waiting for the bus.
"You learn a lesson and you gain wisdom," Dong Qiangqiang sighed, "Next time, remember to sign a contract before doing any job, otherwise the job will be gone."
"Do you think they won't criticize you after you signed the contract?" Lei Lanting snorted disdainfully, "I think they are all the same."
"With a contract, you can't be so casual, right?" Dong Qiangqiang retorted, "Don't Germans respect the spirit of the contract?"
"That's not necessarily true. In 1941, wasn't the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact torn up at the drop of a hat?" Lei Lanting argued.
"What you are talking about was during the war, a very special era, and it is not the same as now." Dong Qiangqiang felt that Lei Lanting was a bit extreme, so he quickly changed the topic, "Why do you think we two suddenly lost our jobs this time?"
Lei Lanting's anger suddenly spiked: "Huh, even if you don't tell me, I know who did it. I'll settle the score with that guy after I finish the exam."
"Settling accounts? How can you settle accounts without proof?" Dong Qiangqiang asked.
"Didn't you say that he planned to win over you but you rejected him? Isn't this evidence?" Lei Lanting said righteously.
"What kind of evidence is this?" Dong Qiangqiang laughed out loud.
The bus drove steadily from a distance.
"When you have time, you should think about the job you mentioned to me last week." Dong Qiangqiang said while taking out the ticket.
The bus stopped in front of them, and they got on the bus one after another.
"Hey..." Lei Lanting sighed, "That agency keeps telling me that their person in charge is on vacation. I guess this job is probably a waste of money."
"I want to ask you something. I didn't have a work permit before because I didn't know how to apply for it. But why don't you have a work permit? Didn't you already register at the university?" Dong Qiangqiang asked curiously.
"Who said I don't have one?" Lei Lanting looked out the window and said quietly, "I have a work permit."
"You have?" Dong Qiangqiang asked curiously, "Then why does Yu Jianghai's statement sound like you don't have a certificate?"
"You may not have noticed that our student visa stipulates the total number of working days in a year. I worked relatively smoothly in the first half of this year, and with good luck, I worked the full number of days in one fell swoop. So I can no longer use the one with the lowest tax rate. It’s a level 6 tax card.” Lei Lanting turned to Dong Qiangqiang and whispered, “If you use it, you can only use the level 6 tax card that pays the most taxes.”
"Have you worked all the days stipulated on the visa? Then you have been issued?" Dong Qiangqiang joked, "I thought you had been unemployed."
Lei Lanting smiled bitterly, said nothing, and looked out the window again, looking very worried.
Dong Qiangqiang was thinking about learning to drive tomorrow when the cell phone in his pocket rang again. The number looked like a landline in Hanover.
"Hello?" Dong Qiangqiang said politely.
"Dong Qiangqiang? I'm Thomas. Come to the police station right away. I have something to ask you."
"now?"
"Yes, now."
"Do we three need to go together?"
"No, just you."
What went wrong? Why just let yourself go to the police station? A strange feeling filled Dong Qiangqiang's heart, and he suddenly became uneasy.
