It's like he gave him a chance to "deny that he kissed him intentionally and act as if nothing happened'' yang could have answered something like"oh... I see" and go with Zhen's excuse even if he knew it was intentional but he didn't
(So that's just how I understood it given the situation so it's only my understanding)
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