Before I knew it, another week passed, and the temperature did not drop even lower. There were even a long-lost sun. However, the sun shining on my face did not make people feel warm. Instead, I felt like a mask. It was not that I had just opened the new mask that was not used, but that I had been hung overnight, and it had dehydrated and dried because I didn't want to throw it away and was taken back for forced use.

Dong's father followed the Olympic spirit of "faster, higher, stronger", and resolutely completed the book buying and mailing tasks assigned by his son. When Dong Qiangqiang suffered a stomachache in the school canteen, he followed Dong's mother's instructions to pack a few bottles of berberine for Dong Qiangqiang and sent the books and other daily necessities together.

As Christmas approaches, less students in the school can see it in the naked eye. Just as Chinese people automatically enter the holiday mode the week before the Spring Festival, European students will connect the Christmas holiday (December 24 and December 25) and the New Year's Day holiday (January 1). If it happens to be a weekend, the holidays and holidays can be connected into a small holiday. Most non-Trelle students will choose to return home before Christmas Eve, and Sofia and Joanna are no exception.

On the morning before the two left, Dong Qiangqiang finally finished writing most of the contents of the big report independently, and the three of them discussed the shortcomings of the report in the library.

After reading the report, before Sophia could say anything, Joanna's face had already collapsed with the naked eye.

"Is this what you wrote?" Joanna pointed her finger at the screen, questioning unfriendly, "In addition to grammatical errors, you (that part) have a lot of non-standard quotes. Don't you know how to use the quote? Or are you kidding us?"

In fact, Dong Qiangqiang explained this issue to the two people before. For some reason, Joanna forgot about this matter as if she had lost her memory, but he still explained it again patiently: "Joanna, I have written many reports and have long been familiar with the requirements for citations. The reason why there are words in the chapter and the chapter that Ellen should have written without the source for the time being is not because of my negligence or ignorance, but because of the tight time and heavy task. In addition to writing my own part, I also have to write Ellen's. I hope to wait until all the content is determined before getting all the citations as required. Now I am integrating the content written by the three of us alone. If I want to write articles and get all the citations at the same time, and these citations are likely to be deleted in the future. Then I will waste a lot of time and useless work. Do you understand?"

Dong Qiangqiang's meaning is very clear: Although I am willing to work for this team, my time is also precious.

After listening to Dong Qiangqiang's words, Joanna retorted dissatisfiedly: "According to the writing standards of the paper, you should write it clearly (citations) as soon as you come up, so that we can modify it. If you make a half-finished product now, we will definitely not be able to change it. Because I don't know which sentence you wrote and which sentence you copied."

"Although I have not specified the source of the citation for the time being, I have marked all the places cited by other documents in the paper () yellow (color). There is no such thing as you saying, "I don't know which sentence was written by you and which sentence was copied by you." Dong Qiangqiang retorted, "And I don't understand why you are confused about this issue. I didn't say that I will never do it. I just hope that we can first determine the main content of the text and improve my work efficiency."

Dong Qiangqiang's words were reasonable and well-founded. Joanna curled her lips and muttered in dissatisfaction: "If we can't change it, you will never get the main text. I want to know how you can improve your efficiency?"

Dong Qiangqiang didn't like to hear this. He frowned and said righteously: "If you really don't have time, I can change it myself. After all, your native language is not German."

When Joanna's face turned red when she heard "Your native language is not German," she heard Joanna's originally white face. She was about to burst out, but Sophia, who had been listening without saying a word, hurriedly stopped her: "Okay, okay, you both listen to me first."

Sophia's face is a bit older than her peers. In addition, she is tall, which naturally gives people a sense of self-righteousness, which also gives her voice a sense of unquestionable obedience. Dong Qiangqiang and Joanna closed their mouths almost at the same time.

"I understand Dong Qiangqiang's meaning. I can use the holiday to supplement and modify what he wrote, and then send it to him after polishing it, so that he can directly write down all the quotations in the revised manuscript and prepare the final speech as soon as possible. Of course, he also needs to refine the content of the report and make a PPT speech. Can you do this?" She turned to ask Dong Qiangqiang.

"Of course, I'm fine." Dong Qiangqiang looked confident, "As long as I get all the quotes, I will send them to you as soon as possible. Of course, there are also speeches PPTs that can be sent together."

"Very good, do you think this is OK?" Sophia turned her face to Joanna again.

Seeing Sofia taking the initiative to take over, Joanna shrugged and went down the road: "If you change it, there will definitely be no problem."

In the end, Joanna couldn't wait to leave first and did not say hello to Dong Qiangqiang. Instead, Sophia encouraged Dong Qiangqiang and gave him a Christmas gift to express her gratitude for his hard work in writing the paper.

After saying goodbye to Sophia, Dong Qiangqiang sat alone in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window of the library, looking out the window with a sense of depression: just a year ago, he was still rushing around every day, or waving around, or busy, and was so happy, but he didn't know that time had changed. Now he had only a small desk as big as a palm in front of him, and was ridiculed by Eastern European women for being unable to speak German.

Although everything has been going well so far, he is not as panicked and confused as he was when he first entered school, and his almost Puritan regular life also makes him have no time to feel lonely. However, when a lot of questions, reading books and writing reports become the whole of his daily life, he often feels completely wrapped in an invisible sense of depression, and sometimes even experiences of being breathless when he dreams at midnight.

This indescribable emotion lingers around him all the time. Even if you chat with friends or family, go shopping or drive to a faraway place, you can't express your feelings.

After communicating with Zheng Chunhua, Zheng Chunhua threw him a depression test form for him to fill in. The results showed that Dong Qiangqiang had clinical symptoms of mild depression.

"This is ridiculous," Dong Qiangqiang held the watch in his hand and looked over it over again, and said aggrievedly, "I am strong, positive and sunny, and studying hard, so why do I feel depressed? Besides, I still read books, newspapers and clean the courtyard every day, and I don't have time to be depressed."

"Yes, you are indeed positive and sunny, study hard, and have no emotional instability, and are prone to crying, but..." Zheng Chunhua changed her tone, "Mixed depression is not just those, many students' performance is actually one: long-term depression caused by huge contrast."

Dong Qiangqiang was stunned when he heard this, and he stammered and wanted to refute it, but in the end he swallowed the words back.

Zheng Chunhua said seriously: "Actually, this is nothing strange. Many people are the prides of heaven in China. They are academic masters at school and treasures at home. They are definitely not used to being in foreign countries, even if Germany is a developed country. But you still surprised me. I used to think that you are different from others, and your adaptability is the kind of person I have ever met. Have you ever felt like this in preparatory courses before?"

Dong Qiangqiang shook his head: "Hanover is much more lively than here, and it's like... to put it bluntly, a big countryside where birds don't shit."

"Then you are in trouble," Zheng Chunhua teased with a smile, "You have to stay in this big countryside for several years. If you always do this, you won't be able to graduate."

"What should I do?" Dong Qiangqiang asked with a frown, "Do you have any advice for patients like me?"

"Of course, experts recommend that for patients with mild depression, they should maintain at least 30 minutes of physical exercise every day, sweat and detoxify, release more dopamine through exercise, and make themselves feel more happy. At the same time, participate in more group activities and try to stay alone as little as possible."

"It's impossible not to be alone. I have always wanted to set up a study group and posted it on the forum, but no one paid attention to me."

"Maybe everyone thinks that learning together is inefficient, and time is difficult to synchronize. Many people still have to work." Zheng Chunhua analyzed.

"It's true as you said. But it really reminded me that you should exercise more."

"As soon as the next semester starts, you can sign up for various sports clubs in the university, which are free and you can get to know more people. It is estimated that it is too late to report to the club this semester, but there is a swimming pool at the foot of the mountain. If you know how to swim, you can go and see it first. If you can persist, you can apply for a monthly card. In addition, you also have bicycles, and riding is also a good choice, or running. Otherwise, if you take a motorcycle license, I can introduce you to the motorcycle club I am in."

Dong Qiangqiang lowered his head thoughtfully for a while: "I'll go back to the swimming pool and see how the swimming lanes are. This month, I'll try to run every morning and evening every day to see the effect."

One day before Christmas Eve, there was no one in the university. Sitting in the empty classroom and watching the white-haired public law professor on the podium still teaching with all his heart and strength in the face of a handful of students, Dong Qiangqiang suddenly felt a sense of magic and absurdity.

The professor rarely dragged the hall and started a family conversation with a limited number of students. Dong Qiangqiang was about to ask the teacher about the problem he encountered while he was working on the questions, but his cell phone suddenly vibrated. It was a local landline number that he had never seen before. He pressed the call, but in less than ten seconds, the cell phone made a buzzing sound again. The foreign girl sitting under his seat looked up and knocked on the back of his chair with a pen, signaling Dong Qiangqiang, "Your cell phone is ringing."

He had to take out his cell phone again, and after answering it, he lowered his voice and asked in German: "Hello, who?"

"Are you Mr. Dong Qiangqiang?" The other party spoke very standard German, "I am the police station of Trier Customs, and you have a package with us."

Dong Qiangqiang calculated the days, and it must have been sent by his father. He was a little surprised. Why was it not German Post but the customs police station calling him? He also asked his home to send things when he was in Hannover, but Hannover Customs never called him. What happened to the customs police station?

"Well, can you send it directly to the address on the package? Or do you need me to pick it up?" he asked.

"Please wear your personal valid ID and come to the customs as soon as possible. We have a few questions to ask you." The other party's official accent was very serious.

"Can you ask on the phone?" Dong Qiangqiang asked tentatively, but the other party hung up the phone directly
Chapter completed!