Chapter 434

Runsheng and the others were discharged.

Although their bodies had not completely recovered, on the surface, it could no longer be seen that there were any problems.

Zhao Yi: "Surnamed Li is really something; he didn't even say he would come to pick you up on the day you were discharged; no matter what, he should have set off some firecrackers to get rid of the bad luck."

Tan Wenbin: "Brother Xiaoyuan was busy; he had to accompany Luo Gong to the Ji'an urban area for a meeting all day this morning; this side is about to withdraw, but he still has to arrange for the remaining personnel to keep an eye on the construction progress."

Those who can be transferred wherever needed are field elites, but for most people, being able to stay behind for the project can also be considered a training opportunity to stand on their own, especially this kind of special-nature project.

Zhao Yi: "I prepared a grill and meat on the tractor; let's celebrate ourselves; come, A You, come over and help me move things."

Lin Shu You: "There is a canteen here..."

Zhao Yi: "Where is the canteen as comfortable as grilling it yourself? You believe in my craftsmanship; I have a local worker in the transport team who just brought me a local hard dish from his home."

Lin Shu You: "What hard dish."

Zhao Yi: "A hard dish written on the 'Protection Law' menu."

Not allowing Lin Shu You to refuse, Zhao Yi forcibly hugged his neck and took Lin Shu You to move things for him.

After walking a distance, Zhao Yi took a wrinkled apple out of his pocket and handed it to Lin Shu You.

"Quick, eat it quickly to make up for it, don't let people see; I only have one left, I couldn't bear to eat it myself, specifically left it for you."

Lin Shu You: "This apple doesn't seem very fresh..."

Zhao Yi directly gave Lin Shu You a chestnut on the back of his head and scolded:

"Are you eating or not? If you don't eat, I'll immediately find Tan Daban to ask for advice on how to write different love letters to two wives!"

Lin Shu You lowered his head and gnawed on it.

While eating, he heard the pleasant light humming from the Tongzi in his body.

"Yi-ya-ya-ya~ comfortable~ comfortable~"

Zhao Yi asked with concern: "The skin over there hasn't recovered?"

Lin Shu You was puzzled: "What skin?"

Zhao Yi: "It's okay, it doesn't matter if it grows back; that sword of mine is just suitable for cutting this."

When he returned to the camp after finishing the meeting with Luo Gong, it was already dark; he could have stayed at the military rest house in the city, but Luo Gong insisted on coming back.

The work cutting had already been completed, and the office was empty; actually, there was no work to do after coming back.

Luo Gong said he wanted to drink some wine.

Knowing that the camp canteen must have been closed, when passing by a small town on the way back, Xue Liangliang packed some cooked food and bought two bottles of white wine, plus two bottles of soy milk.

The master and two apprentices ate this delayed dinner in the office.

Xue Liangliang drank some wine with Luo Gong, and Li Zhuiyuan focused on drinking milk.

Luo Gong's alcohol tolerance was still okay, but tonight he seemed to have something on his mind and was easily drunk.

"You go back to rest; it was hard for you to run around for me during the meeting today."

Xue Liangliang and Li Zhuiyuan left.

Luo Gong sat alone on the chair, picked up the first bottle of wine that hadn't been drunk much, and filled his cup.

Silently picking up the wine glass, looking at the pure wine inside, Luo Gong went into a daze.

The project had already entered the right track; although there were some twists and turns caused by extreme weather conditions in the early stage, no major accidents occurred.

At least, the scene he imagined that he had experienced did not appear again.

In his heart, there was actually regret.

After all, this was a knot in his heart that he had been worried about for so many years.

Luo Gong had always wanted to untie it and had made many, many deductions for this; but when this knot was untied so easily, he felt a sense of loss instead.

Let alone pouring it out, this kind of emotion could not even be expressed to his two closest students.

He blamed himself incomparably that he would have such thoughts in his heart.

Staring at the wine in the cup, the wine swayed slightly, and Luo Gong's gaze also followed in a daze.

By his ear, the sound of string and bamboo music came, and figures were moving around him, with laughter and chatter endless.

Everything seemed to have returned to the reality nightmare of his youth.

Luo Gong raised his head; he saw that those sitting behind the tables all around were not nobles wearing Goguryeo costumes, but colleagues who had joined the first investigation plan with him when he was young.

Back then, they were just like him, still very young.

Everyone had also held this kind of gathering under the strict regulations; at that time, how could the conditions compare to now? Getting a bit of wine for everyone to wet their lips was already not easy, and it was even more about using stories told in different accents of Mandarin from all over to serve as side dishes for the wine.

Luo Gong's gaze swept across their faces one by one; these young faces had not survived the first investigation accident back then.

At this time, many people joined here holding wine glasses; their ages were generally older.

Some of them had survived, but they had mental problems, and many committed suicide; others were like him, having come out relatively complete and normal, and later continued to participate in work; in recent years, they had left due to various reasons; Luo Gong had visited them in the hospital, and without exception, after seeing him, even if they were plagued by illness, they all grabbed his hand and poured out the investigation back then; this was a hurdle buried in everyone's heart that could never be stepped over.

Failure is actually not worth commemorating; what truly makes people unable to let go is the comrades who forever remained in that failure.

At this moment, everyone was raising their glasses, celebrating, as if holding a celebration party.

Luo Gong smiled.

Yes, it should have been smooth, it should have been safe, there shouldn't have been any damn things happening, everyone should have been fine.

Raising the wine glass in his hand, Luo Gong celebrated with them.

Li Zhuiyuan, who had gone and returned, stood not far away.

The reason for returning was that he sensed ghost aura here.

The youth did not panic, because this ghost aura was very pure and orthodox, giving people a feeling of having an official establishment.

The fact was indeed so; Li Zhuiyuan saw Zhai Lao standing in the shadow at the tent entrance; behind Zhai Lao, it seemed like a gate was standing.

The ghost in Luo Gong's office was released by him personally from the Ghost Gate.

After a very, very long time, the gate shadow behind Zhai Lao dissipated, and he walked into the tent.

Looking at Luo Gong, who was drunk on the table and unconscious, Zhai Lao raised the bag he was carrying:

"Knowing you were about to withdraw, you wouldn't be happy tonight, so I specifically prepared wine to accompany you for a drink; didn't expect you to secretly run away and get drunk yourself."

"Teacher." Li Zhuiyuan walked into the tent.

"Xiaoyuan, come, help a bit, move your drunk teacher to the bed."

With the joint efforts of one old and one young, Luo Gong was settled on the bed.

He opened his eyes, looked at Zhai Lao; the wine had not yet worn off, and when he spoke next, it carried a slight tremor:

"I just saw them... they are all still here... they said they are leaving... they are leaving after tonight..."

Zhai Lao sat on the edge of the bed, like a kind elder, gently patting the back of Luo Gong's hand:

"It's good that they left, it's good; being able to leave means they let go."

Luo Gong: "They said, our current construction conditions are much better than in the past, much better..."

Zhai Lao smiled: "This is only where it is; when these children grow up, you will also say the same thing to them."

Luo Gong nodded, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

Zhai Lao covered Luo Gong with the quilt and walked out of the tent with Li Zhuiyuan.

"Xiaoyuan, you are withdrawing tomorrow."

"Hmm, what about you, Teacher?"

"Me, I still have to stay for a while, continue to do research in this area; in a while, I still have to go to Changbai Mountain Tianchi."

"You must take care of your health."

"I am old, taking care or not is the same; it's you, you must treasure your body well; you are still young, remember, the body is the capital of revolution."

"I will, Teacher."

"Hehe, it's cold at night, the wind is strong, remember to close the tent curtain before sleeping."

"Hmm, I remember, Master."

Zhao Yi took his people and continued to stay for construction.

Except for the remaining group, everyone else in this project team was arranged to return to Jin Ling.

Li Zhuiyuan did not intend to go to a nearby big city to take a plane but rented a car, intending to return the same way; there were some things that still needed to be finished.

Xue Liangliang missed his wife and children, so he returned to Nantong by himself.