"I see," Xiao Luo said, nodding in acknowledgment.
He then immediately cut to the chase. "Oh, by the way, I have to make a trip to Ri Nation in a bit," he told her.
Su Li reacted with surprise and wondered why Xiao Luo kept such unusual schedules. "Why are you going there? And why so suddenly? You have your passport with everything else sorted out already?" she asked.
Not long ago, they had planned to travel to the Maldives together, but suddenly Xiao Luo decided to go by himself. And now, out of the blue, he's telling me he has to go to Ri Nation at such an odd hour! There was no prior mention of the trip at all. There was something fishy about this, she thought.
Xiao Luo gently held her hand and smiled. "I can't give you an honest answer yet, but I will tell you everything one day," he said, expressing his thoughts aloud and shaking his head.
NSA agents could not divulge any of their missions to civilians, and Su Li was, of course, no exception.