Bing Shi was always bad at putting on the 'white lotus' act, especially before the cameras, and this room, together with the whole arena, was filled with cameras. It would usually only make people hate her more by how fake it looked, according to her acting coach.
She had other means to gain similar results. The only person on whom her 'pitiful' act worked was her husband. Just to prove that she sniffed in a non-existent snot as if saying: play along with me, please.
Ziek's lips twitched in a barely perceptible movement. She would turn the whole school against him if he refused. Throughout her lifetimes, not once did he see her act 'weak' before the world.
Even if she always ran away from a fight, she would make it look like a tactical retreat. She had carried this particular stance all her life, so good luck with trying to change her lifestyle that helped her survive through every hardship coming at her.
