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

Si Nian's gaze suddenly stopped when it fell on the phone screen.

She suppressed the surprise deep in her heart.

The "girlfriend" Xie Jingyao mentioned by Lin Tinghan was not referring to her.

The woman in the photo looks somewhat familiar.

Si Nian pondered for a moment, then suddenly remembered that this person was the one who rear-ended Xie Jingyao downstairs at the orchestra building!

When the Porsche crashed into Xie Jingyao's car, Xie Jingyao said it was just an acquaintance and nothing serious, and told Si Nian to go to the orchestra first.

Si Nian looked back at that moment.

The person who got out of the driver's seat was the woman in the photo.

Lin Tinghan narrowed his eyes and raised his lips, saying, "Previously, our Lin and Xie families intended to form a marriage alliance, but Xie Jingyao claimed that he had a girlfriend and refused. At the time, I thought it was just an excuse for him to reject Wen Shuang, but I didn't expect that after sending someone to investigate, they found out about his girlfriend who had been hidden for many years."

"..."

Lin Tinghan reached out and gently scratched Si Nian's cheek, saying meaningfully, "Speaking of which, they are childhood sweethearts, growing up together since they were little, just like us."

Si Nian kept a straight face and didn't rush to reply.

She knew that Lin Tinghan was observing her expression at this moment, and even the slightest abnormality in her expression would be caught.

Lin Tinghan observed Si Nian's expression and asked, "Niannian, aren't you curious why I said... his girlfriend is someone he can't be seen in public with?"

Why?

"Because this woman has a husband, she's a married woman." Lin Tinghan scoffed. "Don't you think Xie Jingyao has some strange fetish? Why does he like staring at other people's wives?"

Si Nian listened to Lin Tinghan's sarcastic words, but her hand involuntarily tightened its grip on the hem of her clothes.

Lin Tinghan continued, "I thought that Xie Jingyao had been abroad for several years and they should have broken up by now. I didn't expect that not only did they not break up, but they didn't even avoid suspicion anymore. Just today, they went to an exhibition together on a date."

As Lin Tinghan finished speaking, Si Nian also saw the latest photo of Xie Jingyao and a woman standing very close together at the exhibition.

The clothes Xie Jingyao was wearing were the same ones he wore when he rushed into the fire to rescue her earlier that day.

"So... Niannian, Xie Jingyao is only being attentive to you because you're my woman. Aside from making me unhappy, what other reason could he have for getting close to you? Is he sincere? He's already given himself to another woman."

Si Nian returned the phone to Lin Tinghan.

Her mind was in a daze at that moment.

The discomfort of her menstrual period and the weakness after escaping the fire left her unable to rationally analyze Lin Tinghan's words.

Si Nian huddled in her seat, her face pale.

Seeing this, Lin Tinghan didn't press her further, but silently put her phone away.

The car's air conditioning was on full blast, and the cold air seemed to be constantly seeping into Si Nian's bones.

This caused more and more cold sweat to accumulate on her forehead.

She had been enduring abdominal pain the whole way, but after the car stopped, she fainted after taking only a few steps.

Lin Tinghan reached out and half-hug Si Nian, only then noticing that her face was so pale that it was almost bloodless.

Upon arriving at the Lin family's hospital, the doctor quickly examined Si Nian.

The final conclusion was that the fainting was caused by hypoglycemia during menstruation.

Lin Tinghan's tightly furrowed brows did not relax in the slightest.

He stared at Si Nian's pale face. Even though she was right in front of him, he felt that Si Nian was getting further and further away from him.

When Si Nian woke up again, she was all alone in the empty hospital room.

Her phone vibrated beside her, so she picked it up and looked at it.

I guess the band leaders and members asked her how she was feeling, and Xie Jingyao also sent her two new messages.

You've been discharged from the hospital?

Where did you go? Why didn't you tell me?

Si Nian was typing and hadn't sent the message yet when Xie Jingyao sent a video call.

After the call connected, Xie Jingyao's somewhat dissatisfied face appeared on the screen.

"Where?" Xie Jingyao asked briefly and somberly.

Si Nian looked around. "I'm at the Lin family's hospital."

"What? You're afraid of upsetting your lover, so you can't even avoid me by going to the same hospital?"

"I didn't leave on purpose to avoid you."

Xie Jingyao snorted coldly.

Si Nian felt a little tired. She stared at Xie Jingyao's face on the screen, many questions stuck in her throat, but she didn't know how to start them.

Seeing her hesitant expression, Xie Jingyao raised an eyebrow. "Speak your mind."