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

Si Nian's eyes narrowed. The only musical score that Zhou Huai had not published was his posthumous work.

Thinking back to how Lin Tinghan recently negotiated the full copyright of "Moonlight" at the exhibition...

Si Nian's heart tightened, and she subconsciously asked, "Is it that piece about moonlight?"

Lin Tinghan hummed in agreement.

"You gave my brother's last work to Chen Bitong?" Si Nian couldn't help but raise her voice a few decibels.

Lin Tinghan looked up at her, "It's not really a gift to her, it's just for her to use temporarily. Bi Tong wants to use this sheet music when she wants to compete."

However, the score was too difficult for Chen Bitong to master.

After practicing for a while, she gave up.

Lin Tinghan added, "I'm still going to give you all the copyrights to Moonlight. Whether it's distribution, performance, or licensing for other purposes, it's all up to you."

"Then why did you give the sheet music to Chen Bitong first? And then have her use it to give to Lin Wenshuang!"

Lin Tinghan felt a headache coming on when he heard Si Nian's series of questions. He said, "I didn't expect Bi Tong to give the sheet music to Wen Shuang. She actually meant well. Wen Shuang kept her accident very well hidden from the outside world back then, and no one knew what really happened. Bi Tong naturally assumed that she still liked Brother Huai."

"The point isn't whether Chen Bitong meant well or not! It's why you took it upon yourself to give the sheet music to Chen Bitong!"

"I told you, it's just for her to use temporarily."

Si Nian felt a restless fire of anger burning in her chest.

She was almost trembling with anger before she managed to suppress the urge to argue with Lin Tinghan.

She clenched her fists tightly and asked in as calm a tone as possible, "Where's the sheet music now? Since you said you planned to give me the full copyright, give it to me now."

Lin Tinghan's eyes darted away for a moment: "I'll give it to you in a while."

"Why do we have to wait a while longer?"

"The copyright is yours, no one can take it away, what's your rush?"

"Why can't you give it to me now?"

Lin Tinghan got a little angry from Si Nian's persistent questioning. "Can you stop going crazy every time Zhou Huai is involved? I said I'd give you the copyright, and I will. What's your rush?"

"..." Si Nian looked at him coldly. Although she didn't say anything more, the expression on her face betrayed her.

Lin Tinghan felt a sudden emptiness in his heart as Si Nian stared at him.

Then, as if he had given up entirely, he said, "Wen Shuang took the sheet music, and she refuses to return it."

"Where's the backup? Don't tell me Chen Bitong doesn't have a backup."

"Bitong isn't a professional pianist; she's quite inexperienced in this area..."

"So you mean the original manuscript was taken by Lin Wenshuang, and she might destroy it in a fit of anger, and there's no backup?"

"If she wanted to destroy it, she wouldn't have taken the original manuscript with her."

Si Nian sat to one side, so angry that she couldn't stop the tears from falling.

Lin Tinghan spoke in a nonchalant tone, seemingly completely unaware of how inappropriate his behavior was.

In other words, he may not have valued this matter, let alone Zhou Huai's posthumous works.

Therefore, he felt it was fine to let Chen Bitong use it first.

It doesn't matter if Chen Bitong casually gives it to Lin Wenshuang.

It doesn't matter much if Lin Wenshuang takes it away, or even destroys it, because it's highly likely she'll.

Seeing Si Nian so angry that she burst into tears.

Seeing her like this, Lin Tinghan stepped forward and put his arm around her shoulder.

He made a promise, saying, "Once Wen Shuang calms down, I'll find a way to get it back. Don't worry."

Si Nian shook off Lin Tinghan's hand.

"Lin Tinghan, if you had even a little bit of consideration for the friendship we three grew up with, or even a little bit of the kindness my brother showed you, you shouldn't have done this."

"I haven't forgotten how good Brother Huai was to me. I didn't do it on purpose. I didn't think that much about it."

Si Nian wiped away her tears. "If you have even a shred of conscience, go to Lin Wenshuang right now and get the sheet music back."

"Um."

Lin Tinghan responded, but made no move to get up.

The two remained silent in the room.

The silence in the room was broken by a sudden ringtone. Si Nian saw on Lin Tianhan's phone screen that it was Chen Bitong calling.

Lin Tinghan picked up her phone and subconsciously headed towards the restroom.

"Where are you going?" Si Nian asked quickly.

Lin Tinghan's hand was on the bathroom doorknob, but even with a bit of force, he couldn't turn it open.

"Is this door locked from the inside?" Lin Tinghan shook the door again, but it remained firmly shut.

Si Nian chased after her, "The door is broken. I couldn't open it when I tried to use the restroom. I was just about to ask a waiter to take a look."

Lin Tinghan looked at the frosted glass door.

His eyebrows furrowed slightly, a look of suspicion flashing across his face.

But his phone kept ringing, urging him to leave the room.

After answering the call at the door, Lin Tinghan gave a few brief "hmm"s, then said to Si Nian, "Hengheng has a high fever. Bitong and I are going over to check on her now. Don't worry about the sheet music, I'll get it back for you."

After saying that, he left without waiting for Si Nian's response.

Lin Tinghan had just closed the door.

Xie Jingyao came out of the bathroom shortly after, his arms crossed, leaning against the door frame with a half-smile on his face.

"You broke up with me back then just for this heartless, fickle man? Si Nian, you have terrible taste."

Si Nian didn't have the energy to argue with Xie Jingyao.

She was powerless to refute what Xie Jingyao said, in particular.

The argument she had just had with Lin Tinghan in the room reached Xie Jingyao's ears, and Si Nian felt a little embarrassed because of it.

It was clearly Lin Tinghan who did wrong.

However, all of this demonstrates that her judgment is indeed extremely poor.

Si Nian concealed the disheveled feeling in her heart.

Somewhat helplessly, he said to Xie Jingyao, "Mr. Xie, now that you've finished your tirade, may you leave?"

"Weren't you just begging me not to leave?"

Si Nian felt even more helpless: "I just hope you won't walk out in front of Lin Tinghan."

The way he said it made it sound like she was so reluctant to part with him.

Seeing that Si Nian looked exhausted, Xie Jingyao didn't bother to continue the topic.

"Considering how many times we've slept together before, I'm just giving you a friendly reminder: your lover is no good, and his whole family doesn't treat you like a human being. If you don't get a divorce, he might have to order you to deliver condoms when he sleeps with other women in the future."

Si Nian naturally wanted to divorce Lin Tinghan, but she didn't need to make a promise to Xie Jingyao.

She gave a perfunctory "hmm," and seeing her dismissive attitude, Xie Jingyao's mockery became even more pronounced.

"It's getting late, Mr. Xie, you should be leaving now."

Xie Jingyao raised his wrist and glanced at his watch.

He watched the pointer move slowly by.

58, 59, 60.

It's twelve o'clock; a new day has begun.

"Happy birthday." Xie Jingyao said calmly, still looking at his watch.