C296 I Don't Want to be a Spy(18)
As for "why", Lu Qingwan really couldn't say it, but it wasn't that she couldn't tell him. She just couldn't tell him about it because she wanted to nurture Shieh Shengxian's kindness so that she could maintain her kindness when she encountered setbacks in the future. Lu Qingwan's mission was much easier.
However, Shieh Shengxian didn't know what Lu Qingwan was thinking