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

Si Nian almost thought she had misheard.

Xie Jingyao didn't even look at her, which made Si Nian think for a moment that she had just imagined it.

Xie Jingyao withdrew his wrist, got up and left.

Si Nian stood there for a while before taking her bag back from the sofa and leaving Yanshanting.

On her way back to Yunjin Mansion, Si Nian received a voice call from Song Shuyi.

Happy birthday, my darling!!!

Hearing Song Shuyi's energetic voice, Si Nian felt a slight relief in her suppressed heart.

"Thank you, Miss Song. When are you coming back? I'll treat you to dinner."

"It will take about half a month. You have no idea how strong the ultraviolet rays are here. I feel like I've gotten a tan."

"Then remember to apply several layers of sunscreen."

"I'm not just applying extra sunscreen now, I'm practically covering myself up like a ghost."

Si Nian chuckled twice as she listened to Song Shuyi's exaggerated description.

She then couldn't help but share with Song Shuyi, "I made Lin Tinghan sign the divorce agreement."

"He actually agreed to the divorce? How did you manage that?" Song Shuyi asked, somewhat surprised.

"I slipped the divorce agreement into another contract when he wasn't looking and made him sign it."

Song Shuyi hesitated for a moment, "What if he doesn't cooperate with getting the divorce certificate?"

"If we can get the marriage certificate smoothly, we'll go get it. If they really don't cooperate, we'll take the legal route."

"Niannian, are you really willing to divorce Lin Tinghan? After all, you've known each other for so many years, and you've had feelings for him since you were little."

Si Nian subconsciously gripped the steering wheel tighter. "I've almost forgotten everything that happened when I was a child."

"I've heard that the first person a girl truly likes occupies a large part of her heart and holds the deepest memories; it's the legendary first love filter."

"..."

"Do you still have any romantic feelings for Lin Tinghan?"

Si Nian listened to Song Shuyi's words.

"My first love... but he wasn't my first love."

A face subconsciously popped into her mind.

Whether she still has the "first love filter" for Xie Jingyao is unknown, but her memories of spending time with Xie Jingyao are still quite vivid.

When Xie Jingyao and she first got together.

They were both at an age when they were both very playful.

The two of them can spontaneously decide to go hiking and racing in the middle of the night.

When driving on the most difficult section of the winding mountain road, Xie Jingyao could steer with one hand while simultaneously pressing on her trembling knee with the other, asking, "Do you like it?"

When they challenged the highest bungee jump, as they fell together to the countdown, Xie Jingyao would hold her tightly and lean down to kiss her.

The feeling of weightlessness and suffocation allowed Si Nian to hear her own frantic heartbeat.

The moment the rope taut, she heard the man's fearless, mocking voice: "See, we're not dead."

During her time with Xie Jingyao, she experienced thrilling things and new experiences that she had never encountered in her previous nineteen years.

She came to the Lin family when she was twelve years old.

Due to Lin Tinghan's special physical condition.

Si Nian couldn't even continue with the most basic physical activities.

She had to consider Lin Tinghan's feelings; she couldn't feel at ease seeing Lin Tinghan's envious gaze from not far away.

She once suppressed her true nature, and even thought that she didn't like anything exciting or new.

She designated everything and any sport that could pose a danger to Lin Tinghan as off-limits.

It wasn't until I went abroad to study that I met Xie Jingyao.

Si Nian realized that she was not someone who liked stability.

At that time, Xie Jingyao had only known her for a short time, yet he saw through her true nature in a single sentence.

Si Nian was stubborn at the time, but Xie Jingyao later proved with his actions that Si Nian did indeed prefer danger and excitement.

He pinned Si Nian down, kissing her as he said he wanted to uncover her true nature. He guided Si Nian to stop suppressing her inner self and be her most authentic self.

So the two kissed and indulged in each other's passion on the rooftop, on the mountaintop, and at the racetrack, repeatedly using the hormones of their youth to express how much they craved each other's bodies.

The most unrestrained time was when the two of them stayed in the hotel for three days without leaving. Apart from eating and sleeping, they were practically inseparable from each other the moment they opened their eyes.

At that time, Si Nian often had the thought that she should just die in bed.

"Niannian? I'm asking you a question, don't play dumb with me! Tell me honestly, who else was your first love if not Lin Tinghan? How come I don't know her!"

Song Shuyi's urging voice came through the Bluetooth headset.

Si Nian pulled herself out of her thoughts and quickly banished those blush-inducing memories.

"Um...you don't know that person."

"I don't know him? Over the years, I've seen every man who's been throwing himself at you." Song Shuyi thought for a moment, then quickly realized, "Could it be someone you were dating while you were studying abroad?"

"Um."

"Wow, you were dating back then? Why didn't you tell me?!"

"Because I'm not sure if it counts as being in a relationship."

When she and Xie Jingyao got together, it all happened very naturally, and neither of them confessed their feelings to the other.

I felt it, my heart was pounding, and I didn't resist or even looked forward to physical contact with the other person.

So, she naturally slept with Xie Jingyao.

Back then, when the two of them met, they would either go out to play or sleep together; they never even introduced each other to their friends.

If they are in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, it's more about hormones, but they're not just casual sex partners. They interfere in each other's lives and want more special attention.

In addition, at that time, Song Shuyi was experiencing a very complicated emotional entanglement in China.

She couldn't very well share with Song Shuyi how compatible she was with the new man in bed, or how intense their sex life usually was.

Si Nian was studying in the US at the time. Song Shuyi pressed further, "Was your first love a handsome white guy? Or Chinese? I heard white guys are very good in bed...is that true?"

"He and I are both Chinese who studied abroad in the past."

"Oh, well, I thought you'd try dating a handsome blue-eyed guy to see what it's like."

Song Shuyi pondered, "So, Lin Tinghan wasn't your first love, at most just a fleeting, impulsive romance you stumbled upon when you were just starting to experience puppy love?"

Si Nian didn't want to bring up the emotional entanglement between her and Lin Tinghan anymore.

"I'm too lazy to analyze him anymore. I'm home. We'll talk about it in detail when you get back and we meet." Si Nian parked the car in the garage.

"Okay, when I get back, tell me what kind of person your first love was."

"Actually, it's all in the past, so there's no point in talking about it anymore."

"I'm just curious. Okay, it's settled then. I'm hanging up now."

Looking at her phone screen, Si Nian realized that Xie Jingyao had called her twenty minutes earlier, but she was on a voice call with Song Shuyi at the time, and the call was busy and automatically disconnected.

Si Nian replied, "What's wrong?"

[The line was busy for 27 minutes. Who were you talking to?]