Crossing the Western Tianshan Mountains

Fang Ya called Cheng Yue out and walked to a secluded place behind the tent. When there was no one around, Fang Ya stared at Cheng Yue and said, "You have a crush on Lin Jinghui, right? Taking care of him all night like this is actually very hard work, but when you were in Shanghai before, you were most afraid of hard work."

Cheng Yue blushed, and after a long while she said, "Maybe it's because he's good-looking. You know, I'm a face lover..."

Fang Ya's face turned cold. "This isn't a place where you can act willfully. You don't know him at all. People on construction sites generally don't have a high level of education. They come from all corners of the country and earn their money through hard work. You, a Shanghainese girl, are not suitable to find a partner on a construction site."

Cheng Yue was a little dissatisfied, "We can't underestimate the vast working class?"

"Are you looking down on me? Who do you think I am?" Fang Ya was also angry. "I mean, a delicate young lady like you needs someone to accompany you and take care of you. But people who work on construction sites travel all over the world and don't return home all year round. Do you really want to follow him and work as a construction doctor?"

Cheng Yue thought about it and said, "That's fine."

"But not every project has a medical team. Are you willing, and is the project department willing too?"

This sentence stumped Cheng Yue, and he also realized that the two of them were talking about too deep a topic. They hadn't even started talking about anything yet, so where were they going?

She could only say depressedly, "I will pay attention next time."

At this time, Ling Fengxi and Wu Yongjie had already arrived at the junction. It turned out that Lu Haoyang, the team leader of the Wensu Highway Project, had reached the halfway point.

Looking at the several hundred meters of road that had been excavated, he frowned. "This is terribly unprofessional. It needs to be rebuilt. Furthermore, there's a section of rock formation that's porous. It's bound to collapse if the roller hits it. We need to make a turn. Where are your technicians? Can't they spot such a small problem? Isn't this a waste of everyone's time?"

Ling Fengxi said, "Team Leader Lu, you have such great authority."

Lu Haoyang asked: "Who are you?"

"Ling Fengxi." Ling Fengxi stretched out his hand.

Lu Haoyang's expression softened. "I thought it was someone from the project. Secretary Ling, you see, this section of the road is really not good. All the digging has been in vain. We have to rebuild it, which is even more difficult."

"Lu Haoyang, can you please stop talking nonsense? The people working on the project you're talking about are me, Wu Yongjie! That's right, we're not a professional road construction team this time. We're here to build a tunnel. Isn't what we're facing much more difficult than you building a road? Building a road for us is a dimensionality reduction attack for you. Don't we know that roads can't be built this way? What are you showing off here?"

Wu Yongjie's words made Lu Haoyang's face turn pale. In fact, he had just arrived here and wanted to make some good moves as a new official, so he wanted to give a warning and increase his voice.

So far, it appears that neither of these has been achieved.

Wu Yongjie added, "Just fill up the section that's prone to collapse. Do you think you can find a place that won't collapse if you turn somewhere else? This is mountainous! Look carefully!"

Lu Haoyang wanted to say something, but Wu Yongjie continued, "Since you've accepted this mission, it's yours from now on. The difficulties you face have nothing to do with us, okay? On the contrary, I require that your progress must be able to match the date we dig the hole, otherwise you will be derelict in your duty!"

After Wu Yongjie finished speaking, he turned around and left. He had been thinking that since another official would come today, they would get together for a drink, but now there was no need for that.

There's no point in drinking with people you don't get along with.

Lu Haoyang looked at Ling Fengxi awkwardly, "Secretary Ling, he has such a bad temper. I just said a few words."

"Team Leader Lu, this West Tianshan project is inherently dangerous. Even if something goes wrong with the construction team, everyone can understand. But what you just said is actually trying to put the blame for any future problems on Captain Wu, and he certainly doesn't want that."

"That's not what I meant."

"Alright, Team Leader Lu, now that we're here, we're family. Please let me know if you need any assistance. Also, we have a medical team here. You might not be able to adapt right away, so if you feel unwell, you can contact our medical team."

Lu Haoyang had no choice but to say, "Thank you Secretary Ling for your concern."

The handover procedure was not complicated. The camp of Lu Haoyang's engineering team was located on a lower hillside. In order to express his welcome to them, Ling Fengxi asked the kitchen to cook a small pot of fried chicken and sent it to Lu Haoyang's tent. He also had a few drinks with Lu Haoyang.

Ling Fengxi said, "I don't have any other requests. The machine platform above our camp has been built a long time ago and can now be used to park our machinery. However, our machinery hasn't been brought up the mountain yet. If you can get our machinery to the platform smoothly while you're building the road, it would be a great contribution."

Lu Haoyang had lost face during the day and wanted to find some revenge, so he agreed immediately, "Leave this to me. I will definitely deliver it to you smoothly."

The two of them had a smooth conversation. Ling Fengxi had resolved a worry and was in a good mood. When he returned to the camp, he saw Li Jianguo, who was limping, waiting for him in front of his tent.

Ling Fengxi was a little confused, "Li Jianguo, do you have something to talk to me about?"

Li Jianguo said, "It's about some engineering matters."

Ling Fengxi quickly invited him in. "Your leg isn't healed yet. If you need anything, ask Ye Minglang to call me and I'll go talk to you in the tent. However, for engineering matters, it stands to reason that you should talk to Wu Yongjie. After all, he's the one who understands engineering better."

"Captain Wu said that there are some things he can't decide."

"If even he can't make the decision, it must be a big deal."

"Regarding the marking of the entrance to the cave."

Ling Fengxi poured Li Jianguo a glass of water and said, "The site marking the entrance to the cave was finalized after multiple studies. I remember that you also participated in the discussion and did not object."

"I really didn't object at the time. It's all my fault. I don't know if Secretary Ling still remembers that we came here in the fall to conduct research and investigation. When we were accumulating information in the early stages, something happened to us and we almost froze to death here. That's why we ended the research early because we already had very complete information at the time.

When we later came up with our opinion, we only referred to the original data, so we identified thirteen sites as possible exits.”

"However, this time I personally inspected it and found that neither of these two sites could be used as an exit. However, during my own survey, I discovered that Site 13 was relatively flat and had loose soil. It didn't meet the requirements for the tunnel's shape and texture."

"Do you know that ending the investigation prematurely was a mistake? We chose the exit after multiple rounds of research. If you push the issue now, I'm afraid we'll have to start all over again, consuming countless manpower and funds."