Play to the gallery?

"The Great Elder has joined hands with the Dark Shadow Clan to facilitate the God Clan's invasion?"

Bettina gave a faint smile. With her prejudice towards Shi Yan, she didn't have any favorable impression of him, so she didn't believe him. "Nonsense! Although Great Elder has a big wild scheme, he knows what not to do. Letting the God Clan invade our place, what's good for him in this? He's willing to be the God Clan's hound?"

Bettina shook her head, not believing Shi Yan at all. 

Zha Duo and Fu Wei were also surprised, but they thought Shi Yan was just acting. Fu Wei felt that Shi Yan's today performance was too bad. She assumed he was playing the gallery to earn their attention. Thus, she didn't buy it.