"I was taking an exam when you called me just now." Du Lan's familiar voice came from the phone.
"I guess so. How was the exam? Did it go well?" Dong Qiangqiang walked out of the library door and walked along the corridor towards the psychology department teaching building. There were few people there, and he didn't want anyone to hear him talking to Du Lan. content.
"It's just so-so. Some are prepared and some are not. It shouldn't be a big problem to pass." Dulan paused, "What about you? How do you feel about your first exam?"
"Hey, I want to say it but I feel like I shouldn't."
"It seems that I did well in the exam, why can't I tell you?"
"Things are done in secret, but it won't work if you say it out loud." Dong Qiangqiang explained with a smile.
"Do you still believe this? When I didn't say anything, it was the right thing to do." Du Lan dismissed it.
"Okay, I'm about the same as you. It's okay to pass. As for how many points you get, it depends on luck, but that's not important anymore." Dong Qiangqiang wanted to complain that he couldn't fully open his hand after writing for four hours, but he felt It seemed too pretentious for an old man to say this, so he immediately changed his words and said, "It was an eye-opener for me in the examination room today. I saw all kinds of weird things."
One sentence aroused Du Lan's curiosity: "What did you see in the examination room?"
"First of all, first of all, not only can you go to the toilet during the exam, but you can also eat and drink in the exam room. I can understand going to the toilet, and it is okay during domestic exams, but this is the first time I have been asked to eat during the exam. I have never encountered this kind of thing during the preparatory exam before. You don’t know, the last hour of the exam is when I feel the most hungry all morning. The candidates next to me are eating extra meals, and I don’t dare to look up. , I’m afraid I’ll get hungrier after seeing it.”
Du Lan was so amused by his description: "This picture is indeed beautiful. It's really hard for us, Mr. Dong."
"You're gloating, right?" Dong Qiangqiang pretended to be angry.
"No, no, it's mainly sympathy and understanding." Du Lan suppressed a smile, "Stop meals are indeed allowed during exams here, but this is usually only possible for three- or four-hour exams. Ordinary one-hour exams can You don’t have time to eat even if you don’t eat. If you don’t eat, you won’t be able to finish the answer. If you eat, you won’t be able to finish the answer. Of course, it also depends on the school. Are you so surprised because you didn’t read the examination room instructions before the exam? I remember I reminded you. of."
"Of course I read it, but nothing was said on the website. I just brought water, and I didn't dare to drink it because I was afraid of going to the toilet. I almost didn't finish writing, and my hands hurt after I finished writing." Dong Qiangqiang finally couldn't hold it back and still complained. One sentence.
"If your hands hurt, it means that you usually use the keyboard to type more, handwrite less, and lack practice when doing homework." Du Lan said sternly, "You wrote more in high school and college than you do now? Did you finish the exam then? Your hands hurt too?”
Dong Qiangqiang originally wanted to refute, "Who doesn't type first and then print in class now?" But when the words came to his lips, he felt that what Du Lan said was indeed reasonable, so he had to admit it honestly.
"What about the second one?" Du Lan didn't insist on this point, but was obviously more curious about what else he saw, "If there is one, there must be two."
"I saw Chen Xiaofei cheating."
"The one who blackmailed you for money?"
"Yes, it was just him. When it was an hour before handing in the paper, he had barely finished a single question. Then he told the invigilator that he had to go to the toilet. After coming back from the toilet, he started to answer the questions. I had almost finished writing at that time, so I paid special attention to it. This kid, I caught him red-handed, and I happened to see him take out the cheat sheet from his clothes and copy it like crazy, so I just...hehe..." Dong Qiangqiang ended his sentence at the right time, and at the same time he looked up to see if any Chinese students were coming from him. He passed by.
"You just reported him?" Du Lan followed his description and guessed Dong Qiangqiang's actions at that time.
"No, I didn't report it. I coughed hard. The invigilator came over to see what was going on with me immediately. You didn't see that scene. Chen Xiaofei's face turned green at the time."
"Then he doesn't hate you?" Du Lan was nervous for a while after saying this, "You two won't fight again, right? You didn't do anything to him, right?"
"He hated me, so he started to provoke me right after the exam, even before the invigilator even left the exam room, but I was too lazy to pay attention to him. He was like a junior high school student who wanted to fight me, so I asked him to wait outside the exam room. , I actually wanted him to go out to cool off and calm down, but he was probably also angry, so he really believed it and said a few harsh words before going out."
"What happened next?" Although he already knew that Dong Qiangqiang did not take action against the other party, Du Lan was still curious about the subsequent development of the situation.
"I saw that he was blocking the classroom door and holding back from hitting me, so he ran away through the window."
"You...ran out of the examination room window?" Du Lan said as if listening to a book from heaven, "Is it true or not?"
"Why are you lying to me? He's blocking the door. You're bound to run into him when you go out. He will most likely take action if you run into him. But there's no point in fighting. Forget it. If you can't afford to offend him, why can't you hide from him?"
"Tsk tsk, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, the sun is coming out in the west..." Du Lan joked, "It's not like Mr. Dong's style."
"What's my style?" Dong Qiangqiang asked knowingly, "Besides, if I hurt him, I have to pay for it, and I'm not willing to be beaten by him. After thinking about it, the only way to do it is to take the best approach, and being acquainted with him would only be a waste of time and money. "
"You finally figured it out." Du Lan was quite pleased. "Not bad, it seems like you have grown a lot. But having said that, there are a lot of people like this. Don't waste your time on such sneaky people and things." Yes, your time and energy are more valuable.”
After Dong Qiangqiang finished complaining, he was in a good mood. He changed the topic and asked casually: "How much did you sell the car for when you raised money for Lao Bai?"
"It's been so long, why do you suddenly think of asking this?" Dong Qiangqiang's abrupt twist made Du Lan suddenly alert.
"Why not?" Dong Qiangqiang didn't want to show his feelings and deliberately gave a reason, "I just suddenly thought of asking."
"What are you going to do after the exam? Lead a group or work part-time? Are you coming to Munich?" Du Lan answered the question.
Dong Qiangqiang was stunned for a second before he woke up. Du Lan was looking around and said, "Hey, you haven't answered my question yet."
"What are you asking?" Du Lan pretended to be confused.
"How much did you sell your car for?"
Seeing that Dong Qiangqiang was not fooled, Du Lan responded with silence.
Seeing that Du Lan was very secretive about the money for selling the car and was unwilling to talk about it, Dong Qiangqiang had no choice but to make his intentions clear: "Last time you sold a car to help me raise money, I actually always felt sorry for you. At the end of last year, Lao Bai paid me back the money. I gave you some interest. Just now, Duanmu also transferred the dividends from last year's investment to me, so I want to replenish you with the money from selling your car, but I don't know how much you sold the car for at that time."
Du Lan didn't say anything, as if he was making a decision. Just when Dong Qiangqiang was about to express his feelings again, he heard her whisper: "You don't need to give me money."
Dong Qiangqiang was full of doubts: "Why?"
"Because... Lao Bai has already paid it back."
"He paid it back?" Dong Qiangqiang quickly recalled all the phone calls he had with Lao Bai. In his impression, he never heard Lao Bai talk about paying back the money to Du Lan. "When did he pay you back?"
"It was about the same time he paid you back, around Christmas last year. At that time, he transferred the money to me. In addition to the money he originally lent him, it was almost 10% more. We are all friends, so I didn't plan to ask for any interest at all. I transferred it back to him as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, he transferred it to me again not long after, and also said a lot of things like he was sorry for taking a long time to pay back the money, and told me to accept it, otherwise I would not pay back the money in the future. We have been in contact. You also know that Lao Bai will never give up until the goal is achieved, so I had no choice but to accept it, but he didn't want you to know, so I never told you."
"Why didn't he let you tell me?" Dong Qiangqiang couldn't figure it out.
"What's so hard to guess? He has a good reputation. Of course I don't mean that in a derogatory way. He doesn't want to owe us money, let alone a favor, so he will not only pay back the money, but he will definitely pay back more. As for why he won't let us Let me tell you, he must be afraid that you will give in to him. You two are quite stubborn sometimes, and of course you are more stubborn."
(End of chapter)
