听你这么一说
“After hearing what you said,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
来保护自我
“by keeping distance.”
听你这么一说
“After hearing what you said,”
“I think the second is better.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Acknowledging the other person's input with '听你这么一说' is a polite discursive move in Chinese to validate the speaker's logic before offering one's conclusion.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
now that you mention it / hearing you explain it like that
A very common conversational transitional phrase used when an interlocutor's remark prompts new agreement or reconsideration.