Boyfriend's passive-aggressive behavior, she turns the tables and makes him her backup option.

Si Nian's clear eyes looked at Lin Tinghan, and although there was no anger in them, her gaze was like an icy blade.

His statement that "my son" "paid the price" seemed to have already pronounced judgment on her crime.

For some reason, Lin Tinghan felt a sharp pain in his heart as Si Nian stared at him, and even his breathing became slightly suffocated.

He stiffly turned his head away, avoiding Si Nian's gaze, and dared not look into her eyes again.

Seeing this, Chen Bitong hugged his waist, almost burying her face in his chest, and cried as she said to him, "Tinghan, Hengheng is so young, won't he be able to make it?"

Lin Tinghan frowned: "No, our child will definitely be blessed with good fortune."

Outside the emergency room, apart from Chen Bitong's uncontrollable sobs, the only other sounds were the breathing of the others.

Finally, the door to the emergency room was pushed open, and Hengheng was wheeled out.

"Doctor, how is my son?" Lin Tinghan asked immediately.

"They were saved. If they had arrived at the hospital five minutes later, it would have been too late."

Upon hearing this, Chen Bitong immediately collapsed, unable to stand, and fell into Lin Tinghan's arms, glaring at Si Nian with undisguised resentment in her eyes.

Lin Tinghan quickly pulled her back: "It's alright, Bitong, let's go check on Hengheng."

After Lin Ziheng was transferred to a ward, Si Nian went with the others to check on him.

Lin Tinghan and Chen Bitong stood by the bed, watching the child with worry and anxiety.

After the IV drip was halfway finished, Lin Ziheng slowly woke up and looked around the ward.

Then he landed on Lin Tinghan, reached out for Lin Tinghan to hug him, and burst into tears again.

"Daddy, waaaaaah, that bad woman is going to kill me!"

Lin Tinghan's arm around Lin Ziheng stiffened. He asked Lin Ziheng in a tight voice, "Don't be afraid, Hengheng. Daddy's here. No one will kill you. Tell Daddy, did you eat the cake when Aunt Niannian wasn't looking, or...?"

Before Lin Tinghan could finish speaking, Lin Ziheng hurriedly said, "It was that bad woman who made me eat it. She said if I didn't eat it, Mom and Dad would think that Hengheng is a picky eater and wouldn't like Hengheng anymore."

Lin Tinghan's eyes turned cold, and his gaze was like a sharp blade as he looked at Si Nian.

Upon hearing Lin Ziheng's words, Chen Bitong immediately rushed towards Si Nian.

She grabbed Si Nian's collar angrily, "What else do you have to say to defend yourself! Are you trying to kill my son and Ting Han's son?"

Si Nian was being shaken by Chen Bitong. She moved her lips and said dryly, "I never said any of these things. Whether Hengheng ate it when I wasn't paying attention or I forced him to eat it, isn't there surveillance footage? We can find out by checking the footage."

"Yes, you know there are surveillance cameras, so coincidentally, the cameras were turned off this morning." Lin Tinghan's tone was very serious.

Si Nian clenched her fists and couldn't help but sneer: "So you're so sure I turned off the surveillance cameras and wanted to harm Hengheng?"

"..."

Lin Tinghan remained silent, but his silence confirmed that Si Nian's question was exactly what he was thinking.

Si Nian moved her mouth, but couldn't make a sound.

At that moment, she felt as if the person in front of her had become extremely unfamiliar, so unfamiliar that she had never known him before.

Perhaps in Lin Tinghan's heart, she had already decided that her so-called "stepmother" must be vicious.

As she was lost in thought, Chen Bitong whispered in her ear, "Trying to kick me out of Jingheyuan? Dream on. In Tinghan's heart, Hengheng is far more important than you."

Chen Bitong concealed her cold expression and feigned heartache as she questioned, "Niannian, since we met, I've always treated you like a younger sister. Why are you so heartless? How can I leave Hengheng in the Lin family, in front of you, without your consent...?"

Si Nian didn't want to listen to Chen Bitong act anymore.

Almost without hesitation, she raised her hand and grabbed Chen Bitong's wrist.

Chen Bitong tried to struggle, but she didn't expect Si Nian to be much stronger than she had imagined.

Her body was pulled forcefully, forcing her to release her grip on Si Nian's collar!

Chen Bitong stumbled and fell, crashing straight into the corner of the bed.

"Ah..." She fell to the ground, clutching her forehead, watching blood seep through her fingers, her voice trembling, "My face..."

When Lin Ziheng saw Chen Bitong injured, he immediately burst into tears, "Mommy, Mommy, waah, you bad woman, you're not allowed to hit my mommy."

Lin Tinghan's patience seemed to have reached its limit: "Enough!"

After putting Lin Ziheng down, he was filled with anger: "Si Nian, what are you doing here? Hengheng was just pulled back from the brink of death. He's not your child, don't you care at all?"

"I really don't feel sorry for a child who keeps lying."

Si Nian finished speaking coldly and got up to leave.

He stood up and grabbed Si Nian, his eyes bloodshot, his grip tightening involuntarily. "Say it again."

"Lin Ziheng is just a kid who keeps lying."

Lin Tinghan seemed to be trembling with anger: "Apologize to Hengheng."

"..."

"Si Nian, I'm saying this one last time: apologize to Heng Heng."

"I did nothing wrong, why should I apologize?"

"You almost killed him."

"I didn't do it."

Si Nian forcefully pulled her hand away, coldly staring at Lin Ziheng, who was glaring at her from the hospital bed, and Chen Bitong, whose forehead was covered in blood.

She suddenly found it all quite funny, as if she were a bad person who had barged into the lives of this family of three and was causing all sorts of trouble.

Si Nian rubbed her wrist, which Lin Tinghan had pinched red, and said to him, "I'll have the lawyer send over the divorce papers."

Facing Si Nian's retreating figure, Lin Tinghan's voice was colder than ever before: "Si Nian, adults must bear the consequences of their choices. Don't regret it."

Si Nian's steps did not falter in the slightest.

It was as if Si Nian could breathe again after finally leaving the ward.

She staggered into the elevator, her eyes red and her palms clenched tightly.

She felt her heart sink to the bottom, dead silent and icy, with Lin Tinghan's cold words.

The last glimmer of hope I had for him was completely shattered.

Ding.

The elevator doors were opened.

A tall and familiar figure suddenly appeared in Si Nian's line of sight.

Si Nian subconsciously lowered her head to hide her red eyes.

She turned her face to the side, trying to shrink into the corner of the elevator and keep her presence to a minimum, but in the huge elevator, there were only the two of them, Xie Jingyao and she had nowhere to hide.

Xie Jingyao pressed the elevator button somewhat slowly.

Although Si Nian did not look up, she felt a burning gaze falling on her head.

As the elevator descended, Si Nian prayed that time would pass faster, even faster.

Finally, the elevator doors opened again.

Si Nian walked out quickly without even thinking.

Unexpectedly, the man who had been standing silently to the side suddenly moved.

She bumped into the other person's somewhat hard chest without warning.