"Wait a minute, Zhou Xiaozhou, why are you not surprised at all? Could it be that you've found something?"
"Yeah, we found something, but we have to wait for the test results to find out if our judgment is correct. Cut the crap and quickly tell Director Xu about your progress with decrypting the secret code."
Xu Dayuan leaned in and shouted.
"Translate it and send me a copy, but first, what's the general idea?"
Mr. Zhao sighed, no one complimented him, no one even asked how he translated it, making all the self-congratulatory remarks he prepared go back down his throat.
For a moment, Mr. Zhao felt a little downcast.
"Fine, actually there's a lot of nonsense inside. Their secret code initially was just probing. Afterwards, the exchanges were not frequent; it was all about time and place. They became friends on August 6, and on that day Zhang Wannian asked Liu Xiangrui if he was 'in', to which he replied yes, and then they started chatting sporadically.