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

Si Nian had no interest in arguing with Xie Jingyao about how inappropriate his choice of words was.

She didn't want to see Lin Tinghan at this time.

She also didn't want to face Lin Tinghan and explain to him why she was here with Xie Jingyao.

"Don't tell him I came here to pick up my instrument." Si Nian hid on the second floor, looking like she didn't want to see Lin Tinghan.

Seeing this, Xie Jingyao calmly lit a cigarette, the swirling smoke obscuring his face.

He raised his chin and pointed to one of the rooms, saying, "Want to hide in a room?"

Si Nian didn't hesitate and turned to walk into the room Xie Jingyao pointed to.

Just as he was about to close the door, a threatening whistling sound came from behind him.

"Woof woof—"

A silver-grey Blue Bay Shepherd, almost half a person's height, growled warily toward the door.

Seeing the familiar dog, Si Nian subconsciously called out, "Polly?"

Baoli's fierce expression faltered upon hearing Si Nian's voice. It tilted its head and stared at the woman at the door with its icy blue eyes.

Although it stopped howling, it still watched Si Nian warily.

"Polly, it's me, Polly!" Si Nian approached Polly with some surprise.

After five years apart, Bao Li seemed to take a moment to realize who was in front of her before pouncing on Si Nian with her massive body.

Si Nian caught Bao Li with all her might, but she was still slammed against the door. She rubbed the huge dog's head and listened to Bao Li making a whimpering sound, which seemed to be very aggrieved.

Si Nian's nose stung with tears. She rubbed Bao Li's nose and said, "You remembered me, didn't you?"

She and Xie Jingyao bought it when Baoli was two months old.

They originally intended to go to the horse farm to buy miniature horses.

When they arrived at the horse farm, the first thing that caught their eye was a dog that looked like a wolf cub.

She and Xie Jingyao both fell in love with it at first sight, so they bought it.

Until Baoli was one and a half years old, Si Nian was the one who fed her and took her out for walks most of the time.

When she and Xie Jingyao broke up, the person she missed the most was Baoli.

Compared to five years ago, Baoli has become much stronger, but she is still quite lively. She keeps trying to get into Si Nian's arms, jumping around and ignoring her own huge size, almost stepping on Si Nian and knocking her to the ground.

Si Nian hugged it tightly, trying to calm it down.

Finally, Bao Li buried her face in Si Nian's neck, whimpering incessantly.

The sounds coming from upstairs aroused Lin Tinghan's curiosity as he sat on the sofa.

He thought he just heard a dog bark, and then a woman's voice calling something like "Polly" in broken sentences.

The woman's voice sounded somewhat familiar.

Lin Tinghan inquired of Xie Jingyao, "Ayao, are there other people in your family?"

"Um."

Lin Tinghan recalled the pair of high heels outside Xie Jingyao's door; the style was clearly that of a young woman.

"Are you in a relationship?"

Xie Jingyao stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray and said meaningfully to Lin Tinghan, "I've always had a girlfriend, didn't you know?"

"Don't joke around. Everyone knows that the girlfriend you're talking about is just an excuse to reject my Wen Shuang. My sister is indeed spoiled by her family, but she has a good heart. The reason I came to see you this time is because it's Wen Shuang's birthday the day after tomorrow. I asked her what her birthday wish was, and she only said one thing: she wants you to attend her birthday party."

Lin Tinghan stood up and put his arm around Xie Jingyao's shoulder: "We've known each other for so many years, and I've never asked you for anything. This time it's Wen Shuang's birthday, so please give her a good look and don't upset her again, okay? Her mental state has only stabilized a little in the past two weeks."

Xie Jingyao neither agreed nor refused, but instead changed the subject and asked Lin Tinghan, "I heard you're getting a divorce?"

Lin Tinghan's face stiffened. "Who told you that?"

"After causing such a scene at your wedding, you practically cuckolded her. Do you think she won't file for divorce?"

"No." Lin Tinghan touched his nose and said somewhat awkwardly, "That child was an accident, and we can't divorce each other because of a child."

"Is she willing to accept your illegitimate child?"

"We'll work things out gradually. My wife is quite childlike, so it's definitely a bit difficult for her to take care of the kids, but..."

Xie Jingyao's expression remained unreadable as Lin Tinghan mentioned Si Nian.

He heard Lin Tinghan continue, "After all, we've had a relationship for over ten years. I'll just continue to be tolerant of her."

Xie Jingyao removed Lin Tinghan's arm from his shoulder and turned his head to ask slowly, "More than ten years?"

"Yes, we were betrothed as children, it's been more than ten years since we were little."

"How come I've never heard of you having a child bride before?"

"Although she was living at my house at that time, she was still a young girl and not yet an adult. Even if I were a beast, I wouldn't have been able to do it," Lin Tinghan smiled meaningfully. "But she has always liked to cling to me since she was little."

After Lin Tinghan finished speaking, Xie Jingyao did not reply. Instead, he rubbed the already extinguished cigarette between his fingers, grinding the tobacco into powder.

"I have something to do, so I won't stay here any longer. Wen Shuang specifically asked me to deliver your birthday invitation, so don't forget to come and support her. It's been a while since we've had a proper drink together, so let's have a good get-together sometime."

The moment Lin Tinghan got up and left Xie Jingyao's house, his eyes became more serious.

Regarding Hengheng's prediction at the wedding, although he didn't believe Si Nian would cheat on him, and even less did he believe Xie Jingyao would be her lover, for some reason, he always had an inexplicable strange feeling when Xie Jingyao mentioned Si Nian to him.

While Si Nianzheng and Baoli were having fun, Xie Jingyao returned to the second floor at some point.

He caught the frisbee that Si Nian had thrown into the air and said coldly to Bao Li, "Go back."

Polly's tail, which had been wagging, suddenly drooped down, and she carried the frisbee back to her room.

Si Nian was somewhat displeased, "Why are you being so harsh with him?"

"I don't like my dog ​​wagging its tail at other people."

Si Nian was speechless: "Is it normal for you to be so possessive of a dog?"

"Or should I put it on you?"

Si Nian, too lazy to argue, stood up and asked, "Where's my piano?"

Xie Jingyao suddenly stepped forward, grabbed her wrist, and pulled her in front of him.

"Si Nian, when did you and that guy surnamed Lin get together?"

Si Nian didn't know why Xie Jingyao suddenly asked this question. She frowned and replied, "I don't remember."

Xie Jingyao leaned closer to her, almost gritting his teeth: "Don't you remember, or are you afraid to tell me?"

Si Nian instinctively backed away, "Mr. Xie, when my husband and I got together is none of your business, is it?"

Xie Jingyao sneered: "Are you treating me like a fool? You were already having an affair with Lin Tinghan before you were with me. What was I to you all those years, the other woman?"

Si Nian didn't know what he and Lin Tinghan had talked about downstairs, or why he suddenly brought these things up with her.

"In all my years, I have never been played like this by a woman. Si Nian, you have truly opened my eyes."

After saying that, Xie Jingyao seemed even more indignant.

He pinched Si Nian's cheeks and lowered his head to bite them.

Si Nian's pupils contracted in shock.