Hearing him say that, she got serious and asked directly, "Were you involved in the assassination of the Si Country agent?"
"...!"
Li Yan was taken aback by her words. Although he had told her his true identity before, how could she know I was involved in this mission? Even those not highly ranked in the assassin realm wouldn't know. Aren't assassins supposed to belong to the dark world? Shouldn't their tracks be more secretive than government spending? How come they seemed more transparent than entertainment stars?
"Talking is denying, not talking is admitting. It seems you really were involved..." His moment of silence immediately let Wen Qianyi catch a whiff of it, and she felt a heavy weight in her heart.
