"Because the Underground Rat Clan is dealing with you young wizards for the first time, they don't know where the 'safe distance' is, so they created this chart, hoping it could guide future interactions."
"Hmm, according to official rhetoric, you should consider the bigger picture... that way, both sides can leave a good impression."
Considering the bigger picture implied another meaning: awarding fake scores.
Zheng Qing, although not adept at pondering these cunning strategies, easily grasped the underlying message in Old Yao's response. Old Yao meant to suggest that everyone should be more generous when grading the Christmas Mice, avoiding giving too low scores.
This greatly displeased him.
Earlier, the old man had lectured him about not telling lies, nagging him for the better part of the day. Not even a week had passed, and the old man now shamelessly stood on the podium, coaxing everyone to give fake scores!
