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

"Explain what?" Si Nian asked, her lips moving.

"How long have you and Xie Jingyao been having an affair behind my back? Did it start before or after our marriage?"

"They're not together."

Do you think I'd believe that?

Si Nian turned to look at Lin Tinghan, but her gaze involuntarily fell on his heart.

Lin Tinghan noticed her gaze, and he couldn't help but give a self-deprecating smile.

"What? Are you afraid that if you tell the truth, my heart can't take it?"

"That's the truth, I'm not with him."

Lin Tinghan's cold gaze fell on her neck, and he tossed the phone into Si Nian's arms.

Si Nian took the phone and saw a photo on the screen of her kissing Xie Jingyao in the private room.

The camera angle is from her side and slightly behind.

The people sitting over there were Lin Wenshuang and Qin Qing; it's unclear which of them took the photo.

Si Nian cracked her knuckles and said, "This was the punishment I received when I lost a drinking game."

Lin Tinghan almost laughed in anger upon hearing this.

"You lost the game, and now you, a married woman, have to kiss other men? What brainless person would come up with such a rule?"

"Then you should ask Lin Wenshuang why she punished me by making me drink mouth-to-mouth with other men?"

Lin Tinghan paused, his brows furrowing involuntarily.

"Did Wen Shuang order this punishment?"

"Yes," Si Nian answered frankly. "Since you were able to obtain this photo, it shouldn't be difficult for you to investigate in detail what happened at the scene, right?"

Lin Tinghan closed his eyes, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked.

He hadn't forgotten that it was Lin Wenshuang who initially insisted that Si Nian and Xie Jingyao had an unusual relationship.

Her reason was that Si Nian and Xie Jingyao kissed in front of everyone.

But now Si Nian says that this kiss was a punishment set by Lin Wenshuang!

Lin Tinghan's anger kept surging.

He felt a sense of anger, as if he had been tricked.

Lin Tinghan opened the car window to let in some fresh air, forcing herself to calm down.

Then, as if remembering something, he said in a cold, hard voice, "Si Nian, I don't care whether you betrayed me or not, this is the last time. Don't let me find out that you and Xie Jingyao have any private contact in the future."

"What kind of betrayal are you referring to? Does it mean physical intimacy?"

Lin Tinghan turned her head, her eyes bloodshot as she stared at Si Nian. "What do you want to say?"

"If it's this kind of betrayal, then I didn't sleep with other men."

Lin Tinghan's jawline was tense, but his clenched fist relaxed.

But we also grasped another layer of meaning in Si Nian's words.

"And what about emotionally? Don't you love me anymore? Or are you planning to find another man to get revenge on me?"

"..." Si Nian did not answer directly, but chose to remain silent.

Lin Tinghan's eyes were dark. He reached out and gripped Si Nian's shoulder, his hand tightening uncontrollably: "Answer me!"

Si Nian's expression changed as he pinched her.

Lin Tinghan loosened his grip slightly and snorted coldly, "Don't have any more inappropriate thoughts. Do you think Xie Jingyao approached you because he genuinely likes married women? He's just looking to get revenge on me!"

"..."

Si Nian knew that Lin Tinghan and Xie Jingyao had a lot of friction recently because they both wanted to gain an advantage in the medical AI project.

She wasn't surprised that Lin Tinghan had this idea of ​​being retaliated against by Xie Jingyao.

"The Lin family is determined to gain priority. Xie Jingyao's attempt to make me suffer through such underhanded means is nothing but wishful thinking."

Lin Tinghan removed his hand from Si Nian's shoulder.

He held Si Nian's hand and said to her, "Niannian, we are one. Don't let him use you."

"You're overthinking it. I'm an adult; I won't be easily fooled."

Lin Tinghan exerted a little force, preventing Si Nian from pulling her hand back.

He suddenly added with a hint of amusement, "Actually, Xie Jingyao has a girlfriend he's been dating for many years, but they're not openly dating, did you know that?"

Si Nian's heart tightened.

Lin Tinghan's ability to say such a thing suggests that he must have had someone investigate.

Si Nian had no idea how far his investigation had gone or who he had uncovered.

She and Xie Jingyao did not publicly announce their relationship.

While observing Si Nian's expression, Lin Tinghan said, "As far as I know, he started dating his girlfriend when he first entered university, which must have been eight or nine years ago. I didn't expect him to be so loyal."

Si Nian lowered her eyes and did not refute.

She and Xie Jingyao were together for two years and separated for five years.

Although it wasn't as long as Lin Tinghan had said, the timeline was still long enough.

"However... no matter how devoted he is, it can't change the fact that his girlfriend can never be seen in the light of day, after all, her identity is too special."

Lin Tinghan swiped across the screen of Si Nian's phone.

The screen lit up again, displaying all the investigation data he had just received in the car half an hour earlier.

"Niannian, is his girlfriend pretty?" Lin Tinghan held up a picture of the woman on the screen for Si Nian to see.