Crossing the Western Tianshan Mountains

Ling Fengxi's fall again nearly wiped out Wu Yongjie's confidence. Enduring the pain in his legs, he ran to the higher slope. Seeing the car carrying Ling Fengxi moving further and further away, he slapped his thigh fiercely. "It's over, it's over! Is this really the end? This project has come to an end?"

He slid down and sat on the snow in a daze. Lin Jinghui helped him up, "Captain Wu, your legs..."

Cheng Yue and Lin Jinghui came together and said, "Your legs can't be frozen like this any longer. You should hurry back to the medical room to continue treatment."

Wu Yongjie seemed to have lost all his energy and spirit, and allowed the two men to carry him back to the medical room.

Although the workers didn't know exactly what had happened, they had a vague idea. The entire Western Tianshan Mountains fell into an unprecedented silence. Gulinar had made a large pot of milk tea and was waiting for everyone to come and get some, with a large ladle. However, even after the gong in the cafeteria had been struck three times, few people came to get their milk tea.

Gulinar was a little dazed, the smile she used to have disappeared from her face, replaced by panic. Seeing Cheng Yue coming over, she hurried over and asked, "Sister Cheng Yue, are you guys leaving?"

"Xiao Ye told you?" Cheng Yue asked doubtfully.

"No, no, that's what they said... No one drank the milk tea today. Actually, no one has sent milk to Hanati and his group recently. This milk was sent by Yeerlan and Nurlan. My father has been discharged from the hospital, and it was he who said that milk should continue to be supplied to the camp... But I made milk tea, but no one came to drink it..."

Gulinar said, "Ye Minglang, are you going to leave too? You will all leave Western Tianshan. There will be no one left in this camp from now on."

Gulnar was about to cry when she said this...

Cheng Yue patted her back comfortingly. "It's okay. The final decision hasn't been made yet. But I have a feeling that Secretary Ling and Captain Wu won't let this project stop. Right now, we're just stuck because we can't solve the underground glacier area ahead. But the problem will be solved sooner or later."

Gulinar seemed to calm down a little and poured Cheng Yue a cup of milk tea. "Drink more today. It will be wasted if no one drinks it."

Cheng Yue hummed, and took out another jar, "Fill one for Xiaolin too."

Gulina immediately became excited and said with a smile, "Cheng Yue, you are just like me, falling in love with the worker."

Cheng Yue blushed. "Look, our situations are the same. If we leave Xitian Mountain, Xiaolin and I will also be separated. But how should I put it? I think it's more important to cherish the present. No one can predict the future."

Gulinar raised her chin and said, "No, I want to be with Ye Minglang. I believe that he and I can grow old together."

In fact, the carefreeness that Cheng Yue described was not actually that carefree.

When he saw Lin Jinghui, he said, "Let the workers make milk tea. Gulinar worked so hard to make it. Besides, if we really break up, it will be difficult to drink Gulinar's milk tea in the future. Why don't you cherish the present and drink more milk tea while you still have it?"

In fact, the workers had already been tempted by the salty and fragrant smell of milk tea, and Lin Jinghui and Cheng Yue needed some space for two, so the people in the dormitory were tactful enough to take their pots and go out. Gulinar's big stove became lively again.

But in fact, Cheng Yue and Lin Jinghui didn’t have anything to say. They just sat opposite each other and drank milk tea silently until the milk tea was almost finished and they felt warm all over.

Cheng Yuecai said, "Do you think Gulinar can go to Shanghai with Ye Minglang?"

"Huh?" Lin Jinghui didn't expect Cheng Yue to bring up this topic. He was stunned for a moment, then shook his head. "I can't go. Shanghai people are very shrewd. Ye Minglang's parents won't agree. Gulinar is a heartless person. There's no way she would agree to be my lover. So I definitely can't go."

Cheng Yue: "You have a problem with Shanghainese people."

Lin Jinghui said, "I'm telling the truth." He then added, "You girls still don't understand. Men can say whatever they want when they're in love, but when it comes to getting married, they just..."

Cheng Yue shook her head. "No, I bet that Gulinar will go to Shanghai, successfully marry Ye Minglang, and become Ye Minglang's wife. Ye Minglang's parents will eventually accept Gulinar."

Lin Jinghui bit his lip, as if he couldn't bear to argue with Cheng Yue anymore, and just nodded, "I hope so."

But in fact, Gulinar already knew the answer today. Before making milk tea, she was going to look for Ye Minglang, but she happened to hear Ye Minglang talking on the phone with his mother. Ye Minglang said in a loud voice, "I don't care. I will marry Hua Duoer. You have to agree even if you don't agree. I want to choose my own lover."

He didn't know what was said on the other end of the phone, but he finally heard Ye Minglang say helplessly, "Mom, why are you forcing me? If I can't even choose the person I like, how much value do I have in this world?"

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Gulinar didn't dare to enter the tent. She ran away before finishing Ye Minglang's call. She ran to the big stove and made milk tea in a distracted manner, using mechanical movements to cover up her inner panic.

Today's milk tea was finally left. The fire under the stove had gone out and the milk tea gradually cooled down. Gulinar squatted in front of the stove, looking at the ashes that had been extinguished in the stove.

When Ye Minglang came over, he saw his flower, like a extinguished fire, squatting at the stove door in a daze, lonely and cold. He didn't know what she was thinking.

He quickly took off his coat and put it on Gulinar. "Are you stupid? Why are you looking at something here when it's so cold instead of going back to the house?"

He also looked into the stove, but Gulinar suddenly hugged his neck when he bent down. Both of them lost their balance and rolled to the ground.

Ye Minglang was startled for a moment, and then he felt Gulinar's hot kiss on his lips. His head exploded with a bang.

His remaining rationality told him that this couldn't happen in public.

But he couldn't refuse Gulinar's enthusiasm at all. He hugged him tightly involuntarily, and the two of them kissed tightly on the ground in the cafeteria yard.

They didn't do any other obscene things, just kissed passionately.

This kiss on the snowy mountain appears touchingly holy.

Many people saw it, and they all did not come out to disturb him, but fell into some kind of deep thought.

The entire snowy mountain seemed to be the only place left with this passionate young couple. They were kissing until they both cried. Gulinar's choked voice echoed in Ye Minglang's ears, "Minglang, I don't want to be separated from you."

Ye Minglang kissed her forehead and hugged her tighter, "We won't separate."

Gulinar smiled, but her tears could not be stopped. Ye Minglang also cried. The two of them lay in the snow for a long time. Finally, the wind gradually grew stronger. Cheng Yue stood in the distance and reminded them, "It's very cold. If you get sick like this, it will be difficult to treat."