...he doesn't care enough to argue against that. Sure, whatever, if Jingyi wants to use that to win this, then sure, Idia responding rather flatly. "Fine. One connection is fine." A little pedantic, but whatever.

Actually, you know what, fine, then tell him this, "If you knew everyone you made connections with would suddenly forget about you one day, would you even bother?" There's some attitude behind that, telling that while Idia gave Jingyi that first point, he doesn't like how it was done. "What's the point?"