The Crazy Son-In-Law

Immediately, Xiao Shun went to ask the few employees about the situation at that time.

This cave was one of the famous attractions in Mount Kumi. Upon hearing that it was a cave, he could approximately picture it in his mind. In fact, there were several caves like this throughout the country.

The situations described to him by the employees after they carefully recalled were more or less the same.

“We had just entered and heard a strange low growl. The sound was very strange and unlike anything we had heard before. But no one paid much attention to it at the time, as it was quite short and quickly disappeared.”

“Then, as we walked further, we seemed to smell a stench. Some people who were walking ahead of us complained of dizziness. At that time, I felt a bit like vomiting. The smell was like something was moldy.”

“Ah, at that time, we thought about not going any further and were preparing to come out. Who would have thought that with hundreds of tourists visiting the cave every day, we would never have thought that anything dangerous would happen.

“We were just unlucky. We were just about to turn back when we heard a loud rumbling noise. Everyone panicked. I quickly covered my head. The sound was terrifying. Women and children were probably very frightened. There was just that one sound, then I heard someone ahead of us shouting that the ground had collapsed into a large hole and some people had fallen in.”

“After that, it was like there was an earthquake. Under those circumstances, who had the mind to save people? Everyone was panicking and running out. Some people were injured while running out, and some were injured by rocks falling from the cave.”

“It’s really unlucky. We almost lost our lives on this trip. I will never go into a cave again, it’s too scary. I don’t know how those guys who fell are doing now, whether they were rescued or not.”

“I think it’s more likely to be bad news, but it’s too weird. How could it suddenly collapse?”

The few injured employees were bandaged up and not too badly hurt, but they needed to be observed in the hospital for a couple of days. They chatted with Xiao Shun about the situation in the ward.

“Alright, don’t think too much about it. As long as everyone is okay, there should be an investigation result soon.” Xiao Shun stood up and said.

“Mr. Xiao, will the scenic area reimburse our medical expenses?” someone asked.NôvelDrama.Org © 2024.

“Nonsense, they also have to compensate us for our lost wages and emotional distress.”

Xiao Shun smiled lightly, “That’s for sure. It’s getting late, rest. The scenic area will give you an explanation.”

The incident in the scenic area quickly became the national hot news of the day. If it wasn’t handled promptly, it would inevitably affect the reputation of the scenic area. Who would want to visit a place where danger could strike at any moment?

This scenic area was a major source of tax revenue for the local government, which took it very seriously.

The next day they stopped receiving tourists, temporarily closed for subsequent investigations and to eliminate hidden dangers. The city specifically sent an investigation team to investigate the situation in the scenic area.

Xiao Shun stayed to help the injured employees handle the aftermath, while Yao Cen took the others back to Stillwater.

In the afternoon of the same day, in a meeting room of the scenic area, it was filled with smoke.

The head of the investigation team sent by the city was the second in command of the city government, named Fang Jinglun, in his forties, with a flat head and a square face.

Other attendees included relevant leaders of the scenic area, specially invited geologists, and local police leaders.

When everyone had arrived, Fang Jinglun lightly tapped the conference table with a serious expression, “Who can introduce me to the current situation? Start with the key points, casualties.”

The person in charge of firefighting in the scenic area was a middle-aged man named Tan Ping. He hesitated and said, “At present… it is still uncertain.”

“What do you mean? It’s been nearly twenty-four hours since yesterday afternoon, and you still can’t determine the number of casualties. What are you doing? How do you usually do the fire protection in your scenic area? Do you regularly maintain the attractions? Is human life a joke to you?”

Fang Jinglun’s rapid-fire questions made the leaders in charge of the scenic area operations look very embarrassed.

Such an emergency was indeed beyond their anticipation, especially in the case of this natural cave.

Twenty years ago, when this scenic area was just developed, they invited experts to examine it specifically and there were no issues at all. Who could have imagined that it would suddenly collapse?

“Mr. Fang, the collapsed cave inside is more than twenty meters deep. According to the data reported by the tour group, we can only confirm three people.”We sent firefighters down to check the situation…” Tan Ping hesitated.

“Why are you stammering? Speak clearly, what can’t be said at this time?” Fang Jinglun said impatiently.

“Two firefighters have sacrificed… There may be… there may be something inside.”

Tan Ping furrowed his brow, bravely saying, “The two firefighters lost contact shortly after they went down. When they were pulled up, their faces were pale and they were already breathless. Now, no firefighter dares to go down again. I really don’t know what to do.”

Everyone present looked at each other, all with difficult expressions.

Fang Jinglun softened his tone and asked, “What does the hospital say?”

“Poisoning, but they don’t know what poison it is. They’ve never encountered it before,” Tan Ping said.

Fang Jinglun pondered for a moment and turned to an elderly man in his sixties sitting to his left, Xu Hainian, a geologist he had specifically brought along.

“Professor Xu, what do you think?”

After pondering for a moment, Xu Hainian said, “I can’t conduct an on-site investigation right now. I think the main task at present is not to figure out the geological problems, but to figure out what caused the two firefighters to die of poisoning.

He paused and then continued, “We can boldly speculate, could there be an ancient tomb underneath?”

Upon hearing this, everyone was taken aback.

“I’m not an expert in archaeology, but I’ve heard that some ancient people placed poisons in their tombs after death to prevent their tombs from being robbed. Based on the current situation, I think we might as well invite an archaeology expert over,” Xu Hainian said seriously.

“Rest assured that the medical expenses of the injured personnel will be fully covered by our scenic area. As for the subsequent compensation issues, we will negotiate with the leaders and give everyone a satisfactory answer…”

While the scenic area conference room was still worrying about confirming the identities of the missing tourists, in the hospital conference room, Xiao Shun was discussing compensation matters with the person in charge of the scenic area at the hospital side, along with a group of relatives and friends of the injured tourists.

The employees of Starline Bio were only slightly injured, and the medical expenses they needed were not too much. Xiao Shun had no problem covering these costs with his wealth.

Although the cost wasn’t much, this accident was entirely the responsibility of the scenic area. They should bear all the costs and compensation. So, he came over with a group of family members.