放我一马

(落在你手里了) ── Previous context

“could you do me a favor and let me go?”

(就算我求你了 行吗) ── Previous context

“Please let me off the hook.”

(这么挣钱) ── Previous context

“Please, have mercy and let me go.”

(别别别 别动 别 我第一次来 我什么都不知道) ── Previous context

“Please spare me this time. Zhao Ning?”

(给指导组留点颜面) ── Previous context

“so we can ask them to let me off the hook.”

(我就是要让他觉得 我现在已经山穷水尽了) ── Previous context

“Then he might show mercy and let me go. Did it work?”