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

"Zhou Lin's death will definitely require an explanation to those behind him. They will not let your mother off easily, nor will they allow Lin Tinghan to oppose them."

Si Nian frowned, and couldn't help but ask, "Who's behind Zhou Lin?"

Xie Jingyao stopped there and then hung up the phone.

Liang Chengfeng sat opposite Xie Jingyao on the sofa. He stubbed out his cigarette, his eyes cold. "The Fang family even married their own daughter into the Lin family in an effort to win them over. Even if Lin Tinghan wants to continue to exert influence in this matter, the Lin family will not allow it."

"..."

"After all, the Lin family's heir is a sure thing, and there's a sickly man who's in poor health and could be abandoned at any time. Anyone would side with Lin Yufeng."

Xie Jingyao held his phone and looked at Liang Chengfeng. "Three years ago, the Fang family and the Lin family formed a marriage alliance. The Lin family took over the mess from back then with their own medical team. During this period, they spent a lot of effort and money. Five years ago, Lin Tinghan's wishes might still have some weight in the Lin family, but five years later, he can only become a discarded piece."

Xie Jingyao turned the teacup upside down onto the tea tray, and the tea poured out, but it flowed onto the dark tea tray and quickly blended into it.

Liang Chengfeng chuckled a few times, then asked curiously, "Anyway, a smart person wouldn't get involved in this mess again. Lin Tinghan probably won't care anymore. I just wonder if Brother Yao wants to be a smart person, or if he's just going to fly into a rage for a woman?"

Xie Jingyao leaned back on the sofa. "I don't care. It's up to her to choose."

"If I remember correctly, this woman is the one who had a fiancé but cheated on you with him, right? Don't you hold a grudge against her at all?"

Xie Jingyao raised an eyebrow. "What kind of fiancé is Lin Tinghan?"

"Among those who get along well with him, everyone in this group knows that he had a child bride."

Xie Jingyao irritably opened his cigarette pack, took out a cigarette, but didn't smoke it.

"She just met me a few years earlier."

"Yes, yes, yes, it's definitely not you who was the other woman." Liang Chengfeng suppressed a laugh and shook his head helplessly.

"But no matter what happened before, that woman is now Lin Tinghan's wife. Even her husband doesn't care, so what are you doing getting involved?" Liang Chengfeng couldn't help but remind him, "Brother Yao, you've been wise all your life, don't let yourself be blinded by love."

"Get lost, I'll never be a love-struck fool in my life."

Xie Jingyao's tone was slightly impatient, and he rudely told people to leave.

Liang Chengfeng pretended not to hear him, but couldn't help asking out of curiosity, "I really want to know, what kind of person is that fairy? Do you have a picture of her? Let me see it."

"What are you looking at?"

"I'm just curious, just how beautiful must it be to still be unforgettable after all these years?"

"Who said I can't forget her?"

Liang Chengfeng got up and sat down next to Xie Jingyao, putting his arm around Xie Jingyao's neck, and asked him, "You're even willing to be the other woman for love, but aren't you still hung up on him?"

"I have principles. I won't be a third party. She and her husband are getting a divorce soon."

Liang Chengfeng clicked his tongue, secretly thinking that she was not going to be a third party, but constantly forcing her to divorce her husband was no different from coercing him into a position of power.

……

Si Nian and Lin Tinghan lost contact for three days. During this time, Lin Tinghan did not answer the phone or reply to messages.

On the fourth day, Lin Tinghan called Si Nian.

He asked, "Why aren't you home? Where are you? I need to talk to you."

Si Nian paused for a moment, then replied, "I'm at Yun Jin Mansion."

"I'm coming to find you." Lin Tinghan hung up the phone hastily.

Half an hour later, Lin Tinghan arrived at Yun Jin Mansion.

He looked somewhat tired. After arriving, he looked at the changes in the room's decor and asked Si Nian, "Why did you suddenly come here? And why do you have so many more household items?"

Si Nian casually made up an excuse and replied, "It's close to the orchestra here, so it's convenient for me to practice there."

"We have a practice room at home, why do we have to go to the orchestra to practice?"

Speaking of the music room at home, Lin Tinghan felt a pang of guilt when he thought of the cellos that Hengheng had ruined.

After Si Nian noticed this, she said, "It's inconvenient because there are small children at home."

Lin Tinghan quickly changed the subject, "By the way, Niannian, the matter of getting your mother-in-law released on medical parole may have to be postponed for now."

"Why? Did something happen?"

"I just received the news. Last night, my mother-in-law got into an argument with someone, which escalated into a physical altercation. She accidentally... seriously injured the other person. He was in the emergency room and underwent several rounds of resuscitation. He is still in the ICU and his condition is not good. If something happens to that person, my mother-in-law may not only be unable to get medical parole, but may also face additional punishment."

"What?" Si Nian exclaimed in disbelief, "How could my mom get into a fight? And injure the other person so badly?"

Si Nian knew Feng He's cowardly nature all too well, which was why she was particularly worried that Feng He would be bullied in prison.

Now, she was told that Feng He had actually beaten the other person so badly that they ended up in the ICU and even faced life-threatening danger.

How is that possible?

Lin Tinghan calmed Si Nian down, "Don't get agitated. I've had someone verify this. It was indeed your mother who did it, and she was injured, but not seriously."

"I want to see my mom."

"I can't see her now, she's under strict guard. Niannian, I'll do my best to get my mother-in-law out. If I really can't get her out, I'll make sure she receives the same treatment in prison as before, and that she's not bullied, okay?"

Si Nian felt a void in her heart.

During the few days she had been out of contact with Lin Tinghan, she had come to a clearer understanding.

If Feng He can avoid being bullied and serve her five-year prison sentence normally, she believes that both Feng He and she can afford to wait.

Now, Lin Tinghan is telling her that Feng He will most likely have her sentence extended.

Si Nian bit her lip, unsure of how to begin.

Just then, Lin Tinghan's phone suddenly rang.

He answered the call in front of Si Nian.

"President Lin, something terrible has happened. That person has passed away, and her family is causing a scene at the hospital. They're even threatening to come to the Lin Group office building to display banners and demand an explanation."

Lin Tinghan subconsciously gripped his phone tighter: "First, calm her family down. If it can be solved with money, then use money. If it can't, then contact me."

"Yes."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Tinghan looked at Si Nian.

Si Nian's face turned deathly pale.

"That person is dead... Will my mother be sentenced to death?"

Lin Tinghan held Si Nian's shoulders and said to her, "Don't panic, things won't be that bad."

Si Nian slightly parted her lips.

But they found that nothing they said mattered.

She even began to regret that if she hadn't told Feng He to fight back when she was being beaten, things wouldn't have turned out this way.

If she hadn't considered applying for medical parole, Feng He's situation wouldn't have become so difficult.

Lin Tinghan's phone rang again. After answering it and hearing what the other person said, his brows furrowed tightly.

After hanging up, he said to Si Nian, "Their family members came to the Lin's Building and made a scene. I'm going over there."