Standing under a locust tree, Du Gang waited quietly at the location which they had agreed on as their first circle center in the second phase.
After a short while, Tao Xuanzhu arrived.
"No tail, right?"
He habitually asked.
Tao Xuanzhu offered a faint smile, "None!"
"Do you want to see the data I brought back first?"
"I'll take a look first!"
Soon, Tao Xuanzhu began confidently to recount what she had observed.
They had carried out this process many times, always smoothly.
She had thought that this time, as usual, the data would serve only as a record. Yet to her surprise, Du Gang frowned as soon as he heard it.
"What's up?" Tao Xuanzhu asked curiously. She somewhat understood the method of data analysis, so she looked to Du Gang for his interpretation.
Du Gang glanced at her, his brow furrowed. "Lan Zhize went west, Kou Yingwu went north, you went south, and Jia Xiangming went east..."