As for the accusations along the road, such as "why are you so dumb" and "I've spoken so clearly, are you stupid if you still don't understand," just accept it all. Once the vast majority of these people think that you don't understand human language at all, you will no longer be the victim of their unrestrained expression of opinions.
As the saying goes, as long as you alternate between the views of "are you crazy" and "am I crazy," interpersonal relations will never be difficult again.
Now, Shiller only wanted to appease Talia's emotions, and did not care at all about her thinking logic. This behavior thoroughly enraged Talia, because it confirmed Talia's previous assumption that Shiller completely ignored her, possibly only treating her like a crying baby.
In fact, Talia is very good at dealing with all kinds of dangerous confrontations because she has rich experience, but she has almost never dealt with this kind of situation where she is completely ignored.
From a practical perspective, Talia is indeed not an easy person to ignore. She is very beautiful and aggressive, the timid men fantasize about her, and the brave men pursuit her.
Even if Bruce only sees her as a straightforward enemy, he has to carefully arrange a banquet, create a toxin that Talia won't detect, and even call up accomplices to be fully prepared.
Because in all aspects, Talia is not easy to deal with, so she has never experienced the situation where the other party treats her like a defenseless baby.
Talia felt a kind of absurd laughter, why does Shiller dare to treat her like this? Does he think that because she doesn't have any weaknesses, she won't worry about others being her target?
Talia, following her dangerous thoughts within her heart, stood up. She rushed to Merkel's back at a very fast speed and grabbed his neck.
"Stay still," Talia said coldly.
A puzzled and confused expression appeared on Shiller's face that made Talia even angrier, as if he had done nothing, and Talia suddenly went crazy.
Talia realized that this was indeed the case. From the angry expression on the face of the butler she's currently holding hostage, it seems to the others that she is the one making a scene without reason.
Shiller also stood up from the sofa. He said in a helpless tone that made Talia mad, "This is a bit too far, miss. Even if I spoke offensively, you should not involve my butler, he is just a commoner. Please let him go, okay?"
As Talia was about to say something, Shiller interrupted her: "Calm down, miss, I understand that you might just be acting out of impulse, I apologize again for any offense."
Talia felt her throat muscles twitching constantly. That unbearable sour and the pressure that kept pressing her made her not know what to say. Why was Shiller still trying to comfort her?! Why didn't he care about the reason why she did this?!
Talia felt like she might have stood in place thinking for a long time, because by the time she snapped back to reality, a hint of cold anger had finally appeared on Shiller's face.
Was he going to make a move? Talia's fingers tightened a bit more, feeling both nervous and excited. She didn't think she could completely defeat this man, but a fight was the best solution to the current confusing situation.
But Shiller didn't make a move. He just angrily walked quickly to the telephone stand next to him. While dialing, he looked at Talia and said, "I'm afraid I must tell your father about your impudence, Miss Talia, it will make me rethink the necessity of cooperating with your father…"
Talia froze in place, she lowered her head to look at the neck of Merkel she was grabbing, then looked at Shiller's dialing motion, almost screaming, "Why aren't you attacking me?! I've kidnapped your butler!!!"
Shiller just shook his head helplessly, sighed, and after the call went through, he seemed to suppress his own anger and said to the person on the other end, "Mr. Ra's al Ghul, I am sorry for contacting you so soon, but there are some situations regarding your daughter that I have to …"
Shiller paused here, while Talia was clearly able to hear that it was Ra's al Ghul who interrupted her.
"Oh, yes, I remember you mentioned something about cooperation... No, I'm afraid we can't talk about that topic for now, because your daughter has done some very impolite things in my manor, she's even holding my butler hostage right now…"
While speaking, Shiller shot Talia a sidelong glance and soon said into the telephone receiver, "Miss Talia, your father wants to speak with you."
"Tell him I won't take it!"
Shiller's slightly widened eyes registered surprise once more. Talia couldn't take it any longer. She was tired of seeing Shiller's innocent look as though he hadn't done anything and was merely dealing with a lunatic. Furious, she tossed Merkel aside, stepped forward swiftly, and grabbed the phone receiver.
Talia couldn't hold back from revealing the animosity between the Assassin's Union and Shiller, and even daringly laid her hands on him.
However, the voice of Ra's al Ghul on the other side of the phone said in a deep tone, "Apologize to Professor Rodriguez."
Talia opened her eyes wide, froze like an ice sculpture beside the phone, and then roared out, "What the hell are you trying to pull? Aren't we…"
"Don't be stupid, you idiot! Professor Rodriguez is our future partner, and you brazenly held his butler hostage. Go apologize to him now!"
"Absolutely impossible!!!" Talia screamed.
"That's an order!" Ra's al Ghul's voice was emotionless. He said, "You know what the consequences of disobeying orders are. We'll discuss your reckless punishment later."
At that moment, Talia acknowledged a harsh reality - her dignity paled in comparison to the benefits Shiller could bring the Assassin's Union.
Even though Talia thought she had long become accustomed to seeing nothing surpass Ra's al Ghul's ideals in his eyes, the instant this metaphorical dagger plunged into her heart in an unprecedented icy manner, she felt a pain engulfing her entire body, accompanied by a chill.
With somewhat delayed movements, she hung up the phone and stood by the telephone desk in silence for a long time.
Suddenly, Talia turned her head and saw Shiller, who had already sent Merkel out of the room, standing silently in the center of the room, silent like a towering mountain.
Talia forced a barely-there smile, attempting to maintain her last shred of dignity. She said dismissively, "You know he doesn't care..."
She could hear the tremor in her own voice, like a vase shattered by a dart.
Talia thought to herself, Shiller must be thoroughly enjoying this. His attitude towards her was entirely correct. Ra's al Ghul's disregard proved that even her biological father would abandon her for benefits. Who needs to value her then?
"Thank you for releasing my butler, miss."
Shiller moved to the side to collect the air conditioner remote from the table. He raised his head to adjust the temperature with the buttons, then glanced at Talia with his hand resting on the back of the sofa, and said,
"I noticed you shivering, perhaps the air conditioning temperature is too low. Are you still feeling cold?"
Talia just huddled herself, hugging her arms and lowering her head. She simply shook her head in silence as Shiller walked towards his office desk.
Talia lifted her head to look at his silhouette, thinking about the metaphor that had previously infuriated her.
At this moment, she derived another meaning from it – the man before her, unlike masters who simply wanted ferocious dogs to attack their enemies, would at least console her, right?