Crossing the Western Tianshan Mountains

Ayala remained calm despite being yelled at by Hanati. She said, "I'll go make you some food, but you're not allowed to quarrel anymore. If you continue, I'll send Secretary Ling back to the camp right now."

In fact, Ling Fengxi was originally planning to leave, but now he was surrounded by Hanati and others, so it was really difficult for him to leave. Moreover, he was feeling a little unwell and the effects of the alcohol had not completely worn off.

Ye Minglang also said, "It's a bit dangerous to go down the mountain now, Secretary, why don't you just stay for another day."

Ling Fengxi nodded, "Okay."

In fact, the higher-ups are now aware of the project stagnation. After all, it is a project that has invested so much money and manpower, and its sudden stagnation will not be beneficial to many aspects. But for the local government, it actually has the effect of cutting off one's arm to stop the loss, so it is normal for there to be controversy.

Moreover, if the survey of the underground glacier zone cannot be resolved, the project will definitely have to be stopped. There is no point in being anxious now, and he can only continue to wait for news. He is also happy to hide in Hanati's house for peace and quiet, because in the camp, he and Wu Yongjie see each other every time, and he always feels like fighting.

Wu Yongjie blamed himself for not being able to apply for funding for geophysical surveys, and he also felt that the engineering team was largely responsible for not discovering the underground glacier in advance.

Both of them are upset when they see each other now.

As if sensing Ling Fengxi's inner thoughts, Wu Yongjie sneezed and said to Lin Jinghui beside him, "Ling Fengxi just hid away like that? Haha, it turns out he's just like that. He just hides when he encounters trouble."

Wu Yongjie grew angrier and angrier as he thought about it. He slammed his fist on the table and said, "I should have known not to take this project earlier. Now I regret it. This project is going to become a stain and a failure in my life."

Lin Jinghui said, "It's just a funding gap. Should we give up such a huge investment for such a small amount of money? Who will take responsibility for this?"

"Undoubtedly, Ling Fengxi still bears the greatest responsibility. Should we, the engineering team, be held responsible?"

In fact, if the project is stalled due to underground glaciers, the construction team should be held responsible.

After Wu Yongjie finished his grumble, he called the engineering headquarters directly. Lin Jinghui, who was quietly listening outside the door, heard Wu Yongjie's humble and submissive explanation at first, but then he gradually became furious. He shouted loudly, "You are all talking nonsense. You haven't seen the actual situation. Don't you know the level of our engineering team? Even with our level, we are facing such difficulties now. Everyone else will encounter it. Why can't we solve it?"

"We ourselves are also responsible. Due to the lack of our survey technology and equipment, we did not discover the underground glacier zone in advance. The current construction is at our highest level."

"Okay, if you insist on saying that, I'll admit it, okay? You don't care, right? Okay, let's all just give in."

Wu Yongjie became more and more angry as he spoke, and simply hung up the phone.

Although Lin Jinghui did not hear what was said on the other end of the phone, he only heard what Wu Yongjie said and understood that Wu Yongjie was trying to improve the equipment within the engineering team.

But obviously, he failed again.

The entire camp fell into extremely low air pressure.

This is a low pressure that cannot be saved even by ten Gulinars. Almost everyone knows that the construction of the West Tianshan super-long tunnel is about to stop and all the people here are about to disband.

Previously, there were still some workers maintaining the tunnel infrastructure who were still maintaining the most basic construction process, but in the past two days, they have also become idle personnel. When they have nothing to do, they stand in the yard of the cafeteria waiting for meals, chatting in groups of three or five, or looking at the scenery in the distance.

Most of the workers were still clearing snow from the road. This time, it wasn't Ling Fengxi's request, but rather their own initiative. Well, since everyone was about to leave, the road couldn't be closed, right? If it was closed, wouldn't everyone be stuck here, suffering, unable to get down the mountain?

The key is that the project cannot be completed.

Yan Zhuoyu and Li Jianguo were in an unprecedentedly depressed mood. They both stared at the drawings in front of them in a daze. Occasionally, they looked at each other, then turned their heads away and continued to focus their eyes on the drawings.

Later, Li Jianguo tried to say, "Brother Yan, do you think it's possible for us to continue the workers' survey? The last time Captain Wu and his team entered the glacier, they also came out smoothly."

Yan Zhuoyu's heart skipped a beat. He raised his head and looked at Li Jianguo for a long time without saying a word.

Both of them seemed to have made a decision in their hearts, but they were still persisting, waiting for something.

After all, it's too dangerous.

……

After dinner, Wu Yongjie went to the medical room and said that his legs hurt a lot, so he asked Fang Ya to treat his legs.

In fact, this has been a routine procedure recently. Fang Ya had prepared the ointment long ago, asked him to half-lie on the bed, and then applied the ointment on his legs. Fang Ya's movements were gentle and comfortable. The pain in Wu Yongjie's legs was immediately relieved a lot, and he felt relaxed and breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Yaya, my leg won't need to be amputated in the future, right? Will I become paralyzed in the future?"

Fang Ya shook her head. "Not really, but it will hurt a lot, and it won't go away completely. If I want to get better, I might have to persist in treatment for two or three years."

Wu Yongjie smiled and said, "With you here, I'm not afraid of it being bad."

Fang Ya said, "I'm also very busy back in Shanghai. You need to make an appointment for leg treatment, or go to a larger hospital for long-term treatment. It's the same."

Wu Yongjie was stunned for a moment. "What's wrong? I won't see you often now that I'm back in Shanghai?"

"What do you say?"

Wu Yongjie knocked his head. "Yeah, if you return to Shanghai, you'll have to go back to work. How will you have time to see me? And I can't stay in Shanghai all the time. I have to take on other projects, and my team can't be idle. So, we won't have much time to see each other."

Not only do they have no time to meet, but even if they get the marriage certificate quickly, they will still be separated and won't see each other for a year or two, just like his first marriage.

We still have to separate in the end, right?

Wu Yongjie suddenly felt depressed when he thought of this and was speechless for a long time.

Fang Ya seemed to guess what he was thinking and said reassuringly, "Maybe I'll be busier than I am now, but it's not like I won't have time to meet you. We can arrange things in the future if we want to."

But now, the engineering problems cannot be solved and breakup is imminent.

Wu Yongjie suddenly said, "Yaya, what do you think would happen if I took everyone on another manual survey? We didn't have these advanced machines and equipment back then, but we were never behind others in geotechnical engineering. What did we do back then? What can we do now? Underground glaciers are just like that. I went there, but I came back, didn't I?"

Fang Ya was startled and said quickly, "Give up this idea quickly. Ling Fengxi won't agree to it. Although he hopes that this project can proceed, he doesn't want to risk human lives."