Maybe it’s because I got the AP certificate, maybe it’s because I got encouragement from my father. The night before the exam, Dong Qiangqiang slept extremely deeply and had no dreams all night.
At 7:28 on August 8, Dong Qiangqiang arrived outside the teaching buildings of Hannover University Preparatory School.
This is a traditional German-style building complex composed of several red brick and cement buildings. The appearance of the building is simple and old, like an old photo taken over the years.
There was less than half an hour before the exam started. All candidates were divided into two lines and handed their personal IDs to the invigilator outside the main entrance.
Dong Qiangqiang counted. There were about a hundred candidates. Although there were many people, the scene was not chaotic, and there was no greeting, only the occasional whisper.
He saw the faces of many young compatriots. When their eyes met, he saw the vigilance and alertness in their eyes. There were also some people who were mumbling solemnly, as if they were still silently reciting the materials in their hands.
What surprised Dong Qiangqiang was that he discovered Wang Shunan in the crowd, and he immediately walked towards her quickly.
"Aren't you on a business trip with Jelina?" Dong Qiangqiang shouted when he was still a few meters away from Wang Shunan.
Wang Shunan was startled by this sudden shout. Then he saw Dong Qiangqiang and asked in surprise: "When did you come?"
"I just arrived." Dong Qiangqiang asked, "Jelena's side is over so soon?"
"Ahem, forget it. As soon as Telina and I arrived in Nuremberg, my landlord called me and said she had received an email from Beijing. I asked her to open it for me and take a look. Unexpectedly, It turned out to be an AP certificate. I quickly asked for leave from Jelena, but fortunately Nuremberg is not too far away, and I finally made it back last night."
While the two were talking, Wang Shunan's queue moved forward very quickly. "Hurry up and line up. We'll talk about it after the exam," she said.
Dong Qiangqiang waited in line for about ten minutes and stood at the head of another team. The people who checked the candidates' IDs were his "old acquaintances": Ms. Miller and Mr. Schumacher from the university admissions office.
"Morning. Please show me your ID." Miller still had the same expression in the office, looking half-dead. Dong Qiangqiang didn't know whether she was acting like this because she saw him, or whether she was born with a grimace.
He calmly handed his passport and AP certificate into the other party's hands. Miller took the certificate in his hand and looked at it carefully.
"Your certificate has finally arrived." Schumacher, who was beside Miller, returned the inspected certificate to the student standing in front of him, while giving Dong Qiangqiang a friendly wink and a smile.
"Thank you for giving me the certificate of deferred registration." Dong Qiangqiang bowed slightly to express his gratitude. Schumacher seems more humane than the cold Miller.
After Miller studied Dong Qiangqiang's certificate, he did not return it to him. Instead, he stared at him and asked, "Was this certificate issued yesterday?" His suspicion was self-evident.
"Yes, my father flew for more than ten hours yesterday to bring it here specially for me." Dong Qiang replied loudly. He thought to himself, if it hadn't been for your trouble, my dad wouldn't have had to go through such trouble, but he could only think about it in his heart.
Miller seemed to doubt the authenticity of the certificate, and then called another colleague. The colleague looked at the certificate for five minutes, nodded to Miller, and at the same time lowered his eyelids.
Miller's suspicion was shattered instantly. She returned the certificate to Dong Qiangqiang with an expressionless face. At the same time, she casually pointed to the left with her hand and said: "The Department of Economics (Examination) is over there. Next."
Dong Qiangqiang glanced at Miller with disdain and walked toward the classroom with his head held high.
Before entering the examination room, Dong Qiangqiang took a deep breath and said silently: Come on! Must win!
Two minutes before the exam, the invigilator announced the exam instructions and exam room requirements. There are two exams for the preparatory course of the Department of Economics, including the German test from 8:00 to 10:00. After a 15-minute break, the math test will start from 10:15 to 12:15. Papers can only be handed in 30 minutes after taking the exam. If you are caught cheating, you will be immediately disqualified from the exam and your score will be reset to zero.
At 8 o'clock sharp, the crisp bell rang, and the exam started on time.
Dong Qiangqiang originally thought that the German test would be difficult, but to his surprise, he did not encounter any major problems in grammar, reading comprehension or listening. He guessed that it might be related to the fact that he read newspapers every day, prepared written test questions for the road test, and often communicated in German with the driving school instructors Karina, Fleischer, Hans, and the landlord. Although he had never prepared for the writing topic, thanks to his frequent reading of financial news, he had gradually developed his ability to focus on logic over time. The purpose of the essay in the German exam is not to see how gorgeous the candidates' rhetoric is, but to pay more attention to the candidates' thinking and logic. Dong Qiangqiang made a simple outline on the draft paper, thought about it a little, wrote quickly, and completed the test paper in less than two hours.
He did not dare to ask the university to hand in the paper right away. Instead, he calculated his scores first. After he was sure that he would definitely pass, he was the first to hand in the paper in advance.
The corridor was quiet. He opened the math simulation questions Duanmu found for him and was about to go through the copied math formulas again when he heard someone behind him say in Chinese: "Hey."
There was no one around, and the other person was speaking in Chinese, so he must be greeting him. Dong Qiangqiang turned his head curiously, and saw a round-faced girl staring at him and smiling.
The other party's face and voice seemed to have been seen and heard somewhere before, but Dong Qiangqiang couldn't remember them for a while.
"Excuse me, who are you?" He smiled awkwardly.
"We met outside the admissions office that day, and I asked you questions. Have you forgotten?" the girl reminded.
"Oh, it's you?" Dong Qiangqiang suddenly remembered, "You and your boyfriend also took the preparatory course?"
"Yes, I have to thank you for that." The girl smiled.
"Thank me?" Dong Qiangqiang was confused, "Thank me for what?"
"My boyfriend and I are in the same situation as you. We both came to Germany after receiving the notice for the preparatory entrance exam. As a result, we had to receive the AP certificate as soon as we arrived." The girl explained, "You go in and ask us. Once we got in, the Germans informed us of the postponement of the exam very simply. We only got the certificates last weekend, so we were lucky enough to catch up."
"Then you are quite lucky." Dong Qiangqiang said politely, and he thought of his father who had been on a plane for more than ten hours.
"By the way, I forgot to ask you last time, what is your name?" The girl took the initiative to extend her right hand, "My name is Qu Shan, from Shanghai. What about you?"
"Dong Qiangqiang, from Beijing."
"So we are from the two cities that are said to dislike each other?" Qu Shan joked, "We are both from the same place in the world. I'm glad to meet you."
Qu Shan's good-natured joke narrowed the distance between the two, and Dong Qiangqiang suddenly developed a liking for this girl.
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