Ize and Carter's hearts were complex; they felt thoroughly swindled by Xu Mo.
As Elizabeth's attention on Xu Mo grew, if she found out the truth in the future, would she not feel like a fool?
She was the only one kept in the dark!
If they could, Ize and Carter would rather not have known it was Xu Mo, although he never mentioned it himself, it wasn't hard to guess.
Now, other than continuing to play dumb, there was no other way; if the truth came out in the future, they could only claim ignorance and could never admit to it even if it killed them.
Moreover, they needed to persuade Xu Mo that it might be time to come clean. Continuing like this was not a solution; the longer the deception went on, the less controllable the situation would become, and Elizabeth would think that they were playing her.
