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

Si Nian didn't want to push things too far, after all, Zhou Huai's heart was inside Lin Tinghan's body.

Even if they divorce, she hopes it can be an amicable separation.

Instead of never seeing each other again.

But Xie Jingyao clearly didn't think that way.

He retorted, "Once you're married, he's your ex-husband. Why are you still concerned about his feelings?"

Si Nian pushed Xie Jingyao out of the bathroom. "Did you stay up so early just to question me like this? Go back to sleep, sleep a little longer."

"Stop changing the subject." Xie Jingyao grabbed Si Nian's wrist, stopping her movements.

"At least try to be presentable. It's not good to have another man right after a divorce."

Xie Jingyao reached out and grabbed Si Nian's waist, pulling her into his arms and carrying her back to the bedroom.

"What's wrong with that? When he poached my girlfriend, he never thought about how dignified it would be to seamlessly transition into a relationship."

"..."

Si Nian was too lazy to argue with Xie Jingyao about what happened back then.

He was convinced that she had cheated on him with Lin Tinghan, which was why she broke up with him.

The two lay back down on the bed, and Xie Jingyao's hand, which was resting on Si Nian's waist, began to knead it restlessly.

Si Nian hadn't slept well last night, and Lin Tinghan woke her up early this morning. She was still sleepy, and her eyelids were so heavy that she could barely lift them.

In a daze, she patted Xie Jingyao's hand, telling him to behave.

"So sleepy?" Xie Jingyao stopped teasing her, but he didn't pull his hand away either. Instead, he kept his hand over her soft flesh without moving.

Si Nian didn't bother to respond and quickly fell into a deep sleep again.

Si Nian slept until noon, and when she woke up again, she was awakened by the aroma of the food.

She got up following the aroma and walked towards the kitchen, where she found Xie Jingyao stewing something.

Si Nian curiously stepped forward to take a look. "What is this? It smells so good."

"Beef stew with tomatoes".

Xie Jingyao has a real talent for cooking.

Before meeting Xie Jingyao, when Si Nian was studying abroad, her biggest worry was what to eat for every meal.

She couldn't get used to white food, and the food she cooked herself was really bad.

After meeting Xie Jingyao, this problem was easily solved.

All she had to do was go to Xie Jingyao's place for every meal.

Xie Jingyao turned off the stove, poured out the still bubbling tomato beef, and placed it on the table.

Si Nian then realized that Xie Jingyao had also made a bowl of soup.

"You didn't have much food in your fridge, you only found some corn, so I made a corn meatball soup."

Si Nian has a lot of ready-made food stored in her refrigerator, most of which are semi-finished products.

She never expected that Xie Jingyao could find ingredients to make meatballs from her pile of semi-finished products.

"Try it and see if it's bland," Xie Jingyao said.

Si Nian took the soup Xie Jingyao served her, took a sip, and her eyes lit up: "It's just the right amount of salt, it's delicious."

"Then drink it." Xie Jingyao poured himself a bowl as well.

Si Nian buried her head in her drink, the steam rising from her eyes, causing them to redden slightly.

Perhaps it was because her relationship with Xie Jingyao was too close to that of a couple back then that she developed feelings and longings that shouldn't have existed.

Si Nian forced herself not to think about things she shouldn't be thinking about.

After a moment of silence, she spoke first, "Aren't you going to the company today?"

"Let's go this afternoon."

"I also went to the orchestra rehearsal this afternoon."

"I send you."

"No need, I can drive myself."

"It's on my way."

Si Nian remembered that on the way to Xie's Group, she didn't seem to pass by the location of her band.

But since Xie Jingyao said that, she didn't continue to refuse.

After dinner, Xie Jingyao drove Si Nian to the orchestra.

But there was a berry-pink Porsche that kept appearing in Si Nian's line of sight on the road.

Si Nian looked back several times through the car mirror, unsure whether the Porsche was going the same way as them or what.

It was when we got to the downstairs of the orchestra building that we found out.

The car suddenly accelerated and crashed into Xie Jingyao's car.

Startled by the noise, Si Nian quickly grabbed her seatbelt.

Xie Jingyao also stepped on the brake. He glanced at the car through the rearview mirror and his brows immediately furrowed.

He didn't rush to get out of the car, but instead asked Si Nian, "Are you alright?"

"fine."

The car behind them that caused the accident started honking its horn incessantly, seemingly urging Xie Jingyao and Si Nian to get out.