Chapter 162 New Situation

  Wang Xu is now anxious, from the patient's condition, he temporarily can't see anything, everything is under control, but some plague infections have a latent period, and before the outbreak of the disease, relying on pulse diagnosis and symptoms cannot be finally determined. As for Tang Fei's test results, it will inevitably take some time.

  In this process, these patients who are sick absolutely cannot take any isolation measures. If this is ultimately a severe epidemic, this period of time is undoubtedly the most uncontrollable infectious period.

  Not to mention other places, just Jiangyi District alone has a large population. Zhongjiang City is the provincial capital of Jiangzhou, with extremely high traffic volume. With convenient transportation nowadays, it's possible for people in Zhongjiang to travel all over the country within a day.

  So the top priority now is to find the source of infection as soon as possible. How did this tap water get infected? What kind of contamination was it exposed to? Where did these contaminants come from and whether they are contagious or not, all these are extremely important.

  Waiting for several plumbers to arrive, this process made Wang Xu feel like time was passing so slowly that he couldn't help but pace back and forth.

  The manager and the young man were standing at the side, not even daring to breathe. Since Gao Jiangwu arrived, they knew how serious things had become. The director of the Water Conservancy Bureau came directly and was so polite to Wang Xu, that the manager who had spoken out of turn was now shaking with fear in both legs.

  About fifteen minutes later, four young men in uniform pushed the door and walked in. Their clothes were dirty and they seemed to be working. As soon as they entered, they saw several people from the Water Bureau wearing uniforms inside. Everyone was stunned, looking at the manager and the young man with suspicion.

  Before several people could speak, the young man hastily asked: "Are you the ones who maintained the pipes under Jiangyi District High-tech Park yesterday?"

  "Not bad, may I ask who you are?" one of the maintenance workers asked. Their leader was not a young man, so he didn't recognize the youth either, and had just rushed over after receiving the notification.

  "I am Qi Ke, the general manager of Biqing." The young man said, and then quickly looked at Wang Xu: "Doctor Wang, it's them."

  "Uh-huh." Wang Xu nodded and hastily walked to the front of several people, saying: "You immediately take us to where you maintained the pipeline yesterday."

  The leading pipeline worker heard that the young man was his own boss, and he was stunned. They were just the lowest-level maintenance workers, doing the most bitter and tiring work, basically without the qualifications to see the general manager.

  Upon hearing Wang Xu's words, the other party suddenly snapped back to reality, nodded and said: "Alright, I'll take you there right away."

  The boss of his own home is so polite to others, and with several people from the water conservancy bureau by their side, these few people dare not slack off, busily nodding in agreement.

  Wang Xu and several others did not dare to delay, hastily got on the car, brought a few pipeline maintenance workers and rushed to the place where they maintained the pipeline yesterday.

  All the way, Wang Xu didn't care about those few people's dirty clothes and squeezed together with two pipeline workers, asking about the situation at that time.

  Through understanding, Wang Xu became even more certain of his guess that this time's incident was probably caused by the pipeline rupture leading to other sewage mixing in.

  From the mouths of two pipe repair workers, Wang Xu roughly heard that the damaged part of the pipeline belonged to the hub of the entire high-tech zone's underground waterway, with many mixed pipelines. This time, the rupture of the Biqing pipeline was also caused by another company.

  This company is called Red Man's Home, a cosmetics manufacturing company. The factory that produces cosmetics is located in the High-tech Science Park. Yesterday morning, there was a water leak in the pipeline. During the repair, the clear water pipe of Biqing was accidentally broken.

  It is said that the water supply pipes and sewage discharge pipes are all underground pipes, but they are clearly distinguished, and the two will not be too close to each other. There is an isolation zone in between, which is also to prevent pipe rupture and contamination of tap water.

  However, this Hongman company is very overbearing. The personnel below, in order to save pipeline, directly passed by the self-water pipe of Biqing at the beginning, which saved a lot of time. Originally, it would have taken a detour from another direction and walked along Biqing's self-water pipe, which was a straight line.

  Understood the situation, Wang Xu didn't have time to think much and hurriedly called Luo Tongquan to ask about the Red Man company's situation. Such an irresponsible arrangement of sewage pipes and water supply pipes being adjacent was completely irresponsible behavior.

  Luotongquan received Wang Xu's phone call and had someone investigate, telling Wang Xu that the Hongman Group was a French-funded enterprise with a large scale, which started building a factory in Zhongjiang just last year.

  After hanging up the phone with Luo Tongquan, Wang Xu and others finally arrived at the place where the pipeline ruptured yesterday. They opened the manhole of the underground pipeline, and several maintenance workers went down first. Wang Xu followed without hesitation.

  When Wang Xu led the way, regardless of whether it was the water conservancy bureau or the manager of Biqing, they all followed and carried on. Below was a pitch-black expanse, several pipeline workers turned on their flashlights, and Wang Xu and his team walked forward one by one.

  This underground well, Wang Xu was the first to come in, the smell inside was very unpleasant, below were all water marks, sticky and slippery, several people walked forward with their waists bent, and there were still many optical cables above their heads and under their feet.

  The leading pipeline worker introduced: "There are many types of underground wells, basically those close to the ground surface have optical cables, sewage pipes and water supply pipes and so on below."

  Several pipe workers led the way in front, and Wang Xu and others carefully followed behind. After walking for five or six minutes, they came to an opening ahead. Through the light, they saw that below was another layer of underground passageway.

  A few people carefully went down, and after walking for another five minutes, they finally arrived at the place where the pipe burst yesterday. There are indeed many pipes on this floor, all of which are thick pipes. The plumber pointed with his hand: "This is the sewage pipe, that is the tap water pipe, and this tap water pipe is not just our family."

  As the pipe worker's fingers Wang Xu, the sewage pipe on this side is dirty, and the distance from the tap water pipe is about two meters, and the tap water pipe is still a little higher.

  This section is indeed the underground pipeline hub of the entire high-tech zone, with seven or eight thick pipes intersecting in the middle, and on top of one pipe is written "Biqing".

  "This is the pipe of Hongman, originally they should have gone down thirty centimeters, but from this direction, there is no passage below thirty centimeters, they must go around from that side." The pipeline worker said, pointing to Wang Xu's back and continued: "Now their pipeline directly overlaps with our pipeline on the same route. Yesterday during construction, it caused the entire pipeline to rupture. This section is the new water pipe we connected yesterday."

  Wang Xu took a closer look and indeed, the section of pipe that the maintenance worker was pointing to was new, with interfaces on both ends and a distinctly different color, making it obvious at first glance.

  "Dr. Wang, it seems now that this matter has nothing to do with us, it's all the responsibility of that Hong Man." At this time, Situ Qi said to Wang Xu.

  "This is not the time to shirk responsibility, why did Redman's pipeline pass through your route, do I need to say the reason?" Wang Xu snorted and ignored them, instead looking at the three pipe workers and asked: "Yesterday when the pipeline burst, did Redman's sewage mix in?"

  These pipeline workers didn't understand what was going on all the way, nor did they know what Wang Xu meant by calling them. At this point, upon hearing the words, they instantly guessed something and the leader of the pipeline workers said cautiously: "There are some mixed in, but this kind of thing is also unavoidable."

  "Why didn't you inform the company?" Wang Xu asked.

  "We told our foreman and he said he reported it to Iron Manager." another pipe fitter spoke up.

  "Thud!" Hearing the plumber's words, the middle-aged manager of Biqing who had come up with Wang Xu and several others suddenly went limp in both legs and fell to the ground.

  "Tie Xue Jin, you knew about this matter and actually dared to conceal it." Si Tu Qi looked at the other party and kicked out with one foot.

  "Manager Sito, I think this matter is not a big deal, that's why..." said the middle-aged man with a sobbing tone.

  "Hmph, it's no big deal, do you know how much impact your concealment has caused? The polluted water has mixed with the tap water, and if things go wrong, it could be fatal." Gao Jiangwu said coldly.

  Several pipe workers suddenly turned pale upon hearing this, standing on the spot and not knowing what to say. At that time, they wouldn't have considered so much, but were only responsible for completing their tasks.

  Wang Xu's face was gloomy, and he really didn't know what to say. People who are pitied must have something despicable about them. Some people shout about their own misfortune all day, but in fact, they don't consider why they are pitied.

  This middle-aged man, who was just shouting the loudest, has been denying it all along, but it turns out he knew the inside story. What a big nerve he has!

  At this time, Wang Xu also didn't bother to reason with the other party. Naturally, someone would investigate the middle-aged man's responsibility. He silently took out a bottle he was carrying and filled it with some polluted water near the Red Man's pipeline, then left the underground well with others.

  Just after arriving upstairs, Wang Xu's mobile phone rang. The call was from Tang Fei. As soon as he answered it, Tang Fei's urgent voice came over: "Dr. Wang, why can't I get through to your phone?"

  "Wang Xu hastily asked, 'I was just in the underground pipe, have the test results come out?'"

  "Hmm, great, finally got the test results out. Although there are quite a few substances in the water that are harmful to humans, none of them are contagious." Tang Fei said with good news.

  "Ah!" Wang Xu finally let out a deep breath, the huge stone in his heart was finally put down, as long as it wasn't contagious, everything would be easy to say, and as for investigating who was responsible, that could wait.

  "Director Tang, thank you. I've just collected some pollution sources here, and I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you again. Although it's not infectious, such a big thing has happened this time, and we can't just let it go like that." Wang Xu said.

  "It's fortunate that it's not contagious, if it were, this incident would be huge and those responsible would be severely punished." Tang Fei said, sounding relieved.

  After hanging up the phone with Tang Fei, Wang Xucai turned around and said to Gao Jiangwu: "Director Gao, the investigation of Hong Man will be handed over to you. If there is any situation, please report to Mayor Luo at any time."

  "This is our duty," said Gao Jiangwu.

  After instructing Gao Jiangwu, Wang Xu was about to drive to the Provincial People's Hospital when his mobile phone rang again. The call was from Zhao Kai. As soon as he answered the phone, before Wang Xu could speak, Zhao Kai said urgently: "Master, the patient who fell ill has suddenly developed a new condition, and some patients have small red rashes on their bodies."

  As soon as Wang Xu heard Zhao Kai's words, his heart, which had just calmed down, was lifted again in an instant. Without thinking much, he hastily reminded Zhao Kai of something and rushed to the clinic in a hurry.