And in a more subtle way, I think, this works for all of the veiled speech acts involving plausible deniability: the bribes, threats, propositions, solicitations and so on.
我认为这样挺微妙，效果也不错 种种含蓄的言行 保留了拒绝的可能： 贿赂、威胁、提议 恳请等等