Lu Yuanming pondered for a moment and said, "That's not unjustifiable, for they're also guarding against us as potential malefactors. As long as they don't intend to capture us for dissection and reconstruction, or use bait to annihilate us, it's really just a precaution."
At this moment, Tang Zhe'an suddenly asked, "What, then, is the predicament they face? Earlier, they refused to explain, even preferring to sever trade rather than clarify. Do you know now?"
