Qin Ling didn't quite understand those complex aspects of human nature.
Qin Ling only understood it after being taught a lesson.
Showing weakness at the start just makes it easy for others to step all over you. Later on, more people will think you're easy to bully, leading to more trouble. Instead, why not make those who come looking for trouble feel frustrated right from the beginning? Today, if it weren't for the Chishui Sect thinking they're superior because they're a grand sect, Qu Tan'er and Mo Liancheng might have met with them.
And yet, they arrived with no courtesy, speaking rudely and arrogantly.
Qu Tan'er deliberately instructed others to neglect them, let alone meeting them.
