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

Lin Ziheng had only run a few steps when he bumped into someone.

Lin Tinghan quickly helped him up.

He suppressed his urge to get angry and looked at Si Nian.

The woman, whom I remembered as a very well-behaved and sensible person, actually grabbed her son by the collar and threw the child onto the floor!

He almost thought he was seeing things.

Lin Ziheng covered his head and cried loudly, "That bad woman is going to twist my head off, waaaaah!"

Lin Tinghan looked at Si Nian with dissatisfaction.

The woman beside him exclaimed in surprise, "You're Hengheng? I'm her mother!"

Chen Bitong looked at Lin Ziheng in surprise. After taking the child in her arms, she saw his little face was red from crying and couldn't help but feel sorry for him: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. Mommy and Daddy will protect you. No one can hurt you."

Lin Ziheng blinked his eyes and immediately hugged Chen Bitong after seeing her, burying his face in her arms: "Mom, I missed you so much."

Lin Tinghan strode towards Si Nian, her tone accusatory, "Why did you scare Hengheng just now? I asked you to take care of him, and this is how you take care of him?"

Si Nian looked at him with the same cold expression, "You think I'm abusing him? If you're worried that I'm bullying him, we can get a divorce."

"What did you say?"

I told him I couldn't take care of him, and we could get a divorce.

Si Nianyang's face showed a hint of stubbornness, and Lin Tinghan's eyes flickered.

He hadn't seen that expression on Si Nian's face in a long time.

Even when they weren't together, Si Nian would argue with him without restraint, arguing until their faces turned red and they even started cursing.

On the contrary, after being with him, Si Nian became the one who took care of him in the relationship.

"Niannian, don't say hurtful things anymore. Is divorce something you can just say so easily? Hengheng is my son, and he's your son too." Lin Tinghan took Si Nian's hand.

Si Nian forcefully shook him off and turned to leave.

A woman's voice suddenly rang out: "Niannian, long time no see."

Chen Bitong took the initiative to strike up a conversation.

Si Nian did not respond.

Lin Tinghan looked at his hand that had been shaken off, a hint of displeasure on his face. He said to Si Nian, "Stop! Didn't you hear your sister Bitong greeting you? Don't you have any manners?"

Si Nian looked at Chen Bitong.

At this moment, Chen Bitong was holding the child with her intact arm.

She came to Lin Tinghan's side, put the child down, and tugged at Lin Tinghan's sleeve.

"Tinghan, don't be so fierce to Niannian."

After saying that, she said to Si Nian, "If Hengheng makes you angry, I apologize on his behalf. Don't take it to heart with a child. Hengheng will need your help in the future."

Si Nian said with a straight face, "The Lin family has many nannies, they don't need me to take care of them."

Chen Bitong blocked her way, saying, "I hope you can treat Hengheng like your own child, otherwise I won't feel at ease."

"I'm afraid I'm not up to the task of taking care of my husband's illegitimate child." Si Nian gave a sarcastic smile and got up to leave.

Chen Bitong looked worried: "Tinghan, I'm afraid she won't be able to take good care of the child."

"She's been spoiled rotten by me these past few years, so don't take it to heart. I'll talk to her in a bit."

"My arm injury will probably take more than a month to heal. I'll have to bother you during that time."

"It's alright, just make yourself at home here. This is a good opportunity for you to get to know Hengheng better."

"Tinghan, thank you!" Chen Bitong then looked at Lin Ziheng, "Hengheng, come here to Mommy, Mommy will play with you, okay?"

Watching Chen Bitong patiently help Lin Ziheng tidy up the Lego pieces scattered on the ground.

He couldn't help but say, "If only Niannian could be as patient with children as you are."

"She's young, so there are bound to be things she doesn't do well. I'll teach her properly during this time, after all, I took good care of you back then."

Chen Bitong came to Lin Tinghan's side as a nutritionist.

At that time, Lin Tinghan had to take a handful of medicine and have heart checkups every day, and he was always listless.

It wasn't until Chen Bitong appeared that he regained his appetite and started eating more.

Recalling the time when Chen Bitong took good care of her, Lin Tinghan's gaze softened. "Then I'll trouble you to teach her properly."

……

Si Nian was cleaning up the mess in the music room.

After placing the cellos side by side into their cases, the sheet music was unfolded and flattened.

If the torn pieces can be pieced together, then do so; if they cannot be pieced together completely, then simply clip them together as tattered pages.

Lin Tinghan pushed open the music room door and was surprised for a moment when he saw the scene inside.

"What happened here?"

Si Nian didn't turn around, continuing what she was doing, and said, "Your son broke it."

Lin Tinghan immediately realized why Lin Ziheng had been crying so much.

"He's actually so mischievous?" Lin Tinghan wanted to help Si Nian tidy up.

Si Nian stopped him, saying, "I'll do it myself."

"Don't be angry, Niannian. I'll buy you new pianos, okay?"

"Many of them are collectible antiques, one of a kind."

"Then I'll find someone to fix it..."

Before Lin Tinghan could finish speaking, Si Nian interrupted him, saying, "Compensate me in cash according to the market price."

Lin Tinghan paused for a moment, then said, "Then calculate how much it costs."

Si Nian stood up, pressed the calculator, and after calculating, said to Lin Tinghan, "Round the bill to thirty million for you."

"Fine, here you go. Thirty million is worth it to make you happy."

Si Nian was unmoved: "I'm not happy, and you should compensate me for that."

Lin Tinghan was a little annoyed. He filled out the check and threw it at Si Nian, saying, "I can't be bothered arguing with you."

Si Nian picked it up and put it in her bag.

Lin Tinghan couldn't help but say, "You should be more patient with Hengheng. Bitong will be staying at our house for a while. You can learn from her and let her teach you how to take care of the child."

Hengheng's upbringing may have its problems, but what you should do is teach him carefully, not scare him to tears.

Si Nian pushed him away: "Keep your son away from me. I like to hit children when I'm emotionally unstable."

Lin Tinghan frowned, suddenly finding some credibility in Lin Ziheng's words at the wedding, where he cried and said that Si Nian's beating of children was very painful.

"He's just a child. What problem can violence solve? Besides, he's my son! Si Nian, can't you think about me for once?"

"..."

"In short, you are not allowed to mistreat him, or don't blame me for being rude to you."

Si Nian snorted coldly: "You're already imagining me, your stepmother, abusing children? What kind of child am I supposed to learn to take care of?"

"You..." Lin Tinghan's face turned pale, and he subconsciously covered his chest.

When Si Nian saw him like this, her temples throbbed violently.

She helped Lin Tinghan up, settled him in a chair, and quickly took out the medicine from his pocket and fed it to him.

Lin Tinghan closed her eyes, her fingers tightly clenched and intertwined.

Si Nian half-squatted in front of him, forcefully prying his fingers open to prevent him from scratching her palm.

"Tinghan, Tinghan? I'm sorry, don't be angry..." Si Nian's voice was a little panicked. She comforted Lin Tinghan while making an emergency call to the Lin family's doctor.

The noise upstairs startled Chen Bitong, who came back upstairs.

"Tinghan! What's wrong with you?" Chen Bitong pushed Si Nian away.

After pushing Si Nian away, she questioned, "Niannian, you clearly know Tinghan has a heart condition, how could you still make him so angry?"

Si Nian didn't have time to argue with Chen Bitong.

She urgently urged the doctor on the other end of the phone, "Please come as soon as possible!"

After hanging up the phone, Si Nian hurriedly went downstairs.

Chen Bitong caught up with them at that moment.

"I heard from Hengheng that you would cheat on Tinghan after you got married. I didn't believe it at first, but I received this this morning..."

Chen Bitong raised her phone, her face displaying a defiant air of certainty.