Master Yi was both ashamed and embarrassed; even an uneducated rural woman like Old Granny Zhang understood this reasoning, so how could he not know?
As a scholar, he had always valued propriety and integrity, but if there was any way out, he wouldn't be in this state, would he?
So he just lowered his head and smiled bitterly: "Madam, I understand everything you are saying. But now, I am at the end of my rope, with no other option. So even though I know it's utterly improper, I still have to thicken my skin to beg. If there's a glimmer of hope, even if it means being called worse than pigs or dogs, or having a heart as evil as wolves and dogs, I'll accept it all!"
He was lying down accepting mockery, but resolutely refused to give up.
Old Granny Zhang didn't expect that a scholar could be more shameless than those country folk.
