Meanwhile, in the prefab building at the construction site, Liu Shang, who had not gone to sleep until midnight, was still lounging in bed, exchanging flirtatious texts with Jiang Ruolin and telling each other how much they missed one another.
In the prime of his youth, stuck out in this godforsaken wilderness, Liu Shang had been teasing Jiang Ruolin over text and soon found his desire rising.
Why was I putting myself through this? I had a great university and such a beautiful, lovely girlfriend, yet I came running out to this desolate place.
Just then, the sound of two cars braking sharply in succession came from outside the prefab building.
A few figures then rushed into the building.
The man in the lead was Han Ping, captain of Production Team Five, whom Liu Shang had met the night before.
Han Ping, his face full of anxiety, quickly fixed his gaze on Liu Shang in the top bunk.
"Hey, brother! It's already ten in the morning! Why are you still in bed?"
Liu Shang poked his head out helplessly. "Captain Han, you know what time we went to sleep last night."
"Since early this morning, I don't even know how many groups have come to the site. I barely got any sleep."
"But you—you went to bed just as late, so how are you still this energetic?"
Han Ping gave a bitter smile. "Do you think I'm not tired? Do you think I don't want to get a proper night's sleep?"
"But do I dare?!"
"If anything goes wrong on my end, President Pan will have my head!"
"Early this morning, before I could even assign today's work, the Engineering Department from the plant had already come charging in. I've been busy all morning!"
"Never mind that for now. Time