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

Hearing Xie Jingyao's voice, Si Nian finally felt relieved.

The tension in my body was released at this moment.

Her strength vanished by the moment Xie Jingyao responded, and almost uncontrollably, her vision went black, and she completely fainted.

Xie Jingyao was already holding her, and immediately caught Si Nian's sliding body.

He touched Si Nian's burning cheek: "Si Nian?"

Seeing the unresponsive woman in his arms, Xie Jingyao quickly placed her on the sofa, then took out his phone to call a doctor to come over.

Si Nian slept in a daze for a long time.

She vaguely heard someone talking beside her in her sleep.

She tried to open her eyes, but her eyelids felt incredibly heavy.

In her dream, she seemed to see Zhou Huai again.

This time, however, she didn't see Zhou Huai's face. She just chased after his back for a long time until she was exhausted.

No matter how much she called out "brother" from behind, Zhou Huai never stopped walking.

Si Nian was completely exhausted and collapsed to the ground. Just when she was in despair, the man suddenly stood up.

But when he turned around, his face turned into Xie Jingyao's face.

"elder brother……"

Si Nian murmured, her voice trembling with tears.

Xie Jingyao placed the water glass on the bedside table, sat down on the edge of the bed, and looked at the woman with her eyes closed on the bed.

He leaned close to her lips and heard her voice trembling with tears.

It seems like she's calling for her brother.

Xie Jingyao knew that Si Nian had an older brother.

The brother and sister have a very good relationship.

When Si Nian was abroad, the only family member she kept in touch with was her brother.

His brother also frequently sent Si Nian living expenses, and gifts were always delivered immediately on holidays.

When Gao Qiunian arrived at Bishui Bay in a hurry, carrying his medicine box.

What she saw was the cold-hearted man from her memory, gently wiping the face and palms of the woman lying on the bed with a damp towel.

Gao Qiu coughed lightly.

Xie Jingyao stood up after seeing this, "She has a high fever."

Gao Qiunian stepped forward to check on Si Nian. He picked up a thermometer to take Si Nian's temperature and then asked about the specific situation.

Xie Jingyao said, "She got caught in the rain when she came, so she probably caught a cold."

Gao Qiunian listened to the sounds of Si Nian's lungs with a stethoscope.

After a thorough examination, he stood up and said, "It's nothing serious, just an IV drip to bring down the fever."

"Um."

Xie Jingyao felt relieved and went to change the wet towel.

When she returned, she happened to see Gao Qiunian holding up his phone and taking a picture of Si Nian.

The moment he saw Xie Jingyao appear, he almost dropped his phone.

He then quickly put his phone away, but his guilty look meant that Xie Jingyao must have noticed.

Xie Jingyao frowned. "What are you filming?"

Gao Qiunian said sullenly, "Chengfeng has been begging me all the way, begging me to show him what this celestial beauty you've been hiding in your golden house really looks like."

Xie Jingyao didn't hesitate at all, "Delete it."

Seeing Xie Jingyao's gloomy face, Gao Qiunian quickly deleted Si Nian's photo in front of Xie Jingyao.

Afterwards, Gao Qiunian breathed a sigh of relief; he really couldn't do such sneaky things.

Xie Jingyao reached out and touched Si Nian's forehead.

"How long will it take for the fever to subside?"

Gao Qiunian: "About half an hour."

"You can get out now."

"Okay."

Gao Qiunian left quickly.

We had just left Bishui Bay not long ago.

Liang Chengfeng then called.

He asked with great curiosity, "Did you see that fairy? Send me a picture of what she looks like."

"I saw it, but I couldn't take a picture; they wouldn't let me."

"You took the picture secretly."

"I got caught taking photos without my consent. Your curiosity almost got me into trouble."

Liang Chengfeng clicked his tongue: "Just how good-looking does he have to be for Brother Yao to cherish him like this?"

"She is quite beautiful, worthy of the title 'celestial beauty'."

"Who's prettier, her or Qin Qing?"

Gao Qiunian thought about it carefully, "Two different kinds of beauty, there's no way to compare them, but this celestial beauty seems to evoke a stronger desire to protect her, she's a sickly beauty."

Liang Chengfeng narrowed his eyes.

Gao Qiunian recalled something and lowered his voice, saying, "The reason Brother Yao cherishes her so much is probably because this sickly beauty is the one who took a bullet for him back then."

"Wasn't it Qin Qing who took the bullet for Yao Ge?"

"It's hard to say. Brother Yao has never explicitly said that Qin Qing was the one who took the bullet for him. Besides, the woman today has a scar on her chest. Although it's covered by a tattoo, you can still see it if you look closely."

……

Si Nian didn't know how long she had slept. When she finally opened her eyes, it was already completely dark.

She vaguely saw the man working on the sofa at the foot of the bed.

She tried to speak, but her throat was terribly dry and painful.

She felt weak and uncontrollably, and even just sitting up made her break out in a cold sweat.

The last time I felt this weak was when I was hospitalized abroad after being shot.

She was in a semi-conscious state for almost three days.

Every time I try to open my eyes and wake up, I find that I don't have the strength to even lift my eyelids.

That feeling of weakness and powerlessness plunged Si Nian into endless fear and panic.

What made her even more uneasy was that during the few times she woke up from her coma, she only saw Xie Jingyao once.

That time, Xie Jingyao's back view was unusually cold.

Even his family members asked about Si Nian in front of him.

His replies were all filled with contempt and disdain.

"Settling down and getting married? To whom? Si Nian?"

"A woman who is neither loved by her father nor her mother is the easiest to manipulate."

"Give her a little taste of sweetness and she's stupid enough to risk her life to take a bullet for me. What's her life worth? She thinks she can gamble on Mrs. Xie's status by taking a bullet? Isn't that wishful thinking?"

At that time, Si Nian never thought about gambling her life for anything.

Her subconscious action was misinterpreted beyond recognition.

At that moment, she wanted to defend herself, to refute him, and to angrily berate him for betraying her sincerity.

But she couldn't speak.

Only cold tears streamed down my cheeks.

Her heart and feelings are worthless.

What she eagerly presents to others is seen as a burden by them.

After that, Xie Jingyao only visited her once more, after she was discharged from the hospital.

Seemingly fearing that Si Nian would make some unreasonable demands for repayment, Xie Jingyao began to deliberately distance himself from her.

During the days she was left alone at his house, she almost constantly wondered what she had done wrong.

Si Nian's eyes stung slightly as she pulled herself back from her memories.

She glanced at Xie Jingyao, who only had a floor lamp on, but didn't say anything and went back to bed.

"Awake?" Xie Jingyao got up and walked towards her.

"Mm," Si Nian responded.

She looked down at her pajamas; they were a perfect size.

But she instinctively clutched her chest. "Did you help me change into my pajamas?"

Seeing her like this, Xie Jingyao scoffed, "What haven't I seen on your body? What are you covering up for?"

Si Nian removed her hand from the blood-red butterfly tattooed on her heart.