Wangji remains quiet as he thinks over how best to answer the question. He believes in telling the truth but he also doesn't believe in emotionally torturing people. There is nothing Yuan can do but worry about Jin Ling just as there's little Lan Zhan can do but worry about Wei Wuxian. In the end, though, the truth was the most important.

Therefore, he goes classic Lan Zhan. "He was helping someone."