Crossing the Western Tianshan Mountains

This time, the message did not circle or pause, but was sent smoothly. He also saw the message "The other party is typing" displayed above the chat box.

So, Gulnar's phone was working? She was receiving messages? And she wasn't asleep even at this late hour.

Ye Minglang quickly called, and Gulinar was indeed there, and answered his call, "Ye Minglang, I was just thinking about how to answer your question."

Her voice was as sweet and bright as ever, and it seemed as if everything between them was still the same as before, without any gloom.

Ye Minglang laughed, "You haven't slept so late, are you worried about something?"

Gulinar said frankly, "I do have some worries, but I miss you too. I miss you very much."

Ye Minglang suddenly felt his own narrow-mindedness. Under Gulinar's unresisting admission and frankness of her own emotions, his inner struggles and calculations of the past few days, as well as his fear and worry about the future, all became ridiculous self-restraint and cowardice.

Ye Minglang didn't speak for a long while. Gulinar seemed to have turned over, and her voice was a little unclear. "I'm not in the mountains today. I'm in the county. My brother broke his leg, and I'm taking care of him."

"But it's really uncomfortable here. It's very uncomfortable here. There's no separate bed for me to rest on. I'll borrow someone else's bed..."

"Is Nurlan sick?"

"Ah."

"You have to take good care of yourself. I'm going to the county tomorrow. Secretary Ling is also in the hospital, and I have to go see him."

"Then can we meet?"

"Yes." When Ye Minglang said this, his heart was beating very hard, as if it had flown out of his chest and was already beside Gulinar.

He then realized that he actually really missed Gulinar.

But he never said, "I miss you too," and just hung up the phone.

The next day, Ye Minglang drove down the mountain without even having breakfast. It was already noon when he arrived at the county hospital. Ling Fengxi's lunch was placed on the bedside table, but he didn't eat it. He just stared at the food in a daze and didn't even notice Ye Minglang coming in.

Ye Minglang placed the baked buns, milk tea, and pilaf he had bought on the counter. "Secretary, this meal doesn't taste good, does it? I happened to bring some food from outside. Try it."

The hospital does not have "luxury meals" such as baked buns and pilaf.

Ling Fengxi took a bite of a toasted bun and asked, "Am I going to be discharged from the hospital today?"

Ye Minglang shook his head. "I just came to see you. I just went to the doctor's office and asked, and you need to stay in the hospital for at least four more days before you can be discharged."

"Ah."

Ye Minglang was surprised that Ling Fengxi suddenly became so obedient, but of course he would not ask him why he suddenly became so obedient. He continued to report to Ling Fengxi what had happened in the project in the past few days.

"Although everyone was drunk that day, it did not affect the progress of the project the next day. The filling went very smoothly, and I also went to watch it. They just filled in layer by layer of sand and gravel according to the proportion, and then injected grout to let it solidify. After that, glue was injected to fill all the gaps and not leave any flaws.

I heard this glue is permanent. I have a feeling it's permanent, but I'm not going to say whether it's permanent or not, but it's definitely going to last a hundred or eighty years. By the time you leave, the cavity problem will have been fixed, and we can drive the shield machine forward again."

Whenever he reported on his work, Ling Fengxi would listen very carefully.

But today he seemed a little absent-minded, still staring at the lunch box on the table.

Ye Minglang was curious, so he opened the lunch box and found a box of pilaf inside. This pilaf looked much tastier than the one he had bought. In addition to meat, it also contained raisins, walnuts, and even goji berries, a tonic for the body.

And the fragrance is very strong.

Ye Minglang was very surprised. "Secretary, this pilaf is really good. Why don't you eat it?"

Ling Fengxi said, "This isn't hospital food. I know hospital food; it's bland and tastes nothing special. The pilaf only has yellow radish and mutton, not this kind of lean diced meat."

In this world, there is only one person who can make pilaf with pure lean meat cubes for him to eat.

……

Ye Minglang asked doubtfully, "It's not the hospital's meal, it was sent by your friend?"

Ling Fengxi nodded, "Yes, that's the only explanation." He added, "Since I was hospitalized, at least one of my meals every day has been sent by friends."

"Secretary, you are popular and have people looking after you wherever you go. When you are discharged from the hospital, I will arrange a table for you. Please invite that friend over for dinner."

"No, I'm not sure who she is."

This time Ye Minglang didn't dare to ask any further questions.

If a leader doesn't talk about his private affairs, it is definitely not a good thing if his subordinates ask about them.

After seeing Ling Fengxi, Ye Minglang called Gulinar and learned that she was in the ward on the fourth floor. However, Gulinar did not let him go up to the fourth floor, saying that there was a pavilion on the side of the hospital and they should meet there.

Ye Minglang responded, went back to the car, took out another serving of steamed buns, pilaf and naan, and went to the pavilion to wait. After a while, Gulinar also arrived. She was still dressed neatly, still in a bright red dress, but dark circles and pale lips were clearly visible on her bare face.

Taking care of patients is the most tiring job, and I've been exhausted recently.

But that smile was still as bright as the strongest sun, dazzling people's eyes. Ye Minglang went straight forward and wanted to hug her, but she dodged like a rabbit, still giggling sweetly, and said, "I heard that there is poisonous gas on your mountain. I dare not touch you. I'm afraid that your poison gas will kill me!"

Ye Minglang said with a smile, "You are well-informed. Since you know there is poisonous gas on the mountain, why don't you go to the mountain to see me? Aren't you afraid that I will be poisoned to death?"

As he spoke, he took out the baked buns and handed them to Gulinar. "Eat it. You seem to have lost weight."

Gulinar sat next to him, took the bun and ate it, then said, "This is Mayila's bun. Her buns are the best in the whole county."

While eating, she leaned her head on Ye Minglang's shoulder, looking like a naughty little girl, but at the same time she seemed very satisfied with the meal.

After eating the buns, she drank milk tea. It was a little cold, but it didn't affect her. She said, "When I was herding sheep in the mountains, I always ate cold food. I would eat some spoiled food because even spoiled food was very scarce in the mountains. Most spoiled food would not kill people, but without food, people would starve to death."

After eating and drinking, she said, "I have prepared a gift for you too."

Then he took out a peculiarly shaped lighter from his pocket and handed it to Ye Minglang, "I know you smoke, so I'll give this to you to light your cigarette."