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

A flicker of surprise crossed Si Nian's eyes. She almost thought she had misheard and instinctively asked, "What did you say?"

Lin Tinghan's voice became more resolute, "I will tell the public that he is our child, so that we don't need a fake divorce. As for the Lin family genealogy, whether Hengheng is allowed to be listed or not is not important to me. As long as he is our child, he will appear openly in the Lin family genealogy sooner or later."

"Are you planning to act first and inform the public later, announcing Lin Ziheng's existence without the Lin family's consent?"

"right."

The condition given by the Lin family is that Lin Ziheng must return to the Lin family on the condition that Lin Tinghan and Si Nian divorce.

Lin Tinghan changed his mind about the divorce.

He cannot leave.

But Hengheng also had to return to the Lin family.

So he took the risk and made this decision.

As long as the outside world knows that Lin Ziheng is the child of Lin Tinghan and Si Nian, then Lin Ziheng will eventually become a member of the Lin family.

Si Nian pushed Lin Tinghan away, sat up straight, and refused, "Lin Ziheng's mother is Chen Bitong, and Lin Ziheng hates me so much. You want me to claim to be his mother in public? Putting aside the Lin family, I can't even get past Lin Ziheng himself."

"His opinion is unimportant, and I can't let anyone know that his mother is Chen Bitong. Hengheng's real age is what it is. If his biological mother is someone else, wouldn't everyone think he's an illegitimate child?"

Si Nian sneered, "But he is indeed an illegitimate child."

"Si Nian, watch your words. It's fine if you say these things in front of me, but don't let Heng Heng hear them," Lin Tinghan couldn't help but reprimand in a stern voice.

"I'm sorry, I don't have the habit of being a stepmother. Our marriage will proceed as planned. As for what Lin Ziheng says when he returns to the Lin family after the divorce, that's your business and has nothing to do with me."

"Are you being stubborn again? I know you don't like him, but he's my son. You should at least consider me."

Upon hearing Lin Tinghan's words, Si Nian immediately lost all desire to communicate with him.

Seeing that Si Nian turned her face away and seemed to have no intention of talking to him anymore, Lin Tinghan couldn't help but say, "Don't mention the divorce again. As for claiming that Hengheng is our child, I've already made up my mind. I'm here today to let you know."

"So it wasn't a discussion at all, it was a notification that I'm going to have a son who just appeared out of nowhere?"

Seeing Si Nian's obvious resistance, Lin Tinghan lost his patience. "If you want to understand it that way, then understand it that way."

I disagree.

"As compensation, I'll try to get my mother-in-law's family to agree to give her a letter of understanding."

The murder case related to Feng He was mentioned.

Si Nian sneered, "My mother hasn't even confessed yet, and you're already convinced she's the murderer?"

"The facts are there, there's no room for sophistry."

Si Nian's heart sank. She steadied herself and asked, "How do you plan to get them to give in? By offering a heart donation as a condition?"

Lin Tinghan was momentarily confused. "What heart donor?"

Lin Tinghan was indeed unaware that the deceased's son was receiving treatment at the Lin family home.

Si Nian had no intention of hiding anything, and she also needed Lin Tinghan to help her confirm whether the message Xie Jingyao sent was true or false.

She said, "The deceased had a son who suffered from a serious heart condition and was being treated at this hospital. You didn't know that, did you?"

Lin Tinghan seemed somewhat surprised. "I don't know."

He paused for a moment, then asked, "Where did you hear this news? Who told you?"

Si Nian swallowed hard and said, "When I visited my mother last time, she said that before her conflict with her cellmate, she had talked about things related to her son."

Lin Tinghan frowned. "I didn't even know about this."

Moreover, some time ago, the deceased's family made a big scene at the Lin's building. He sent people to investigate, but surprisingly, there was no information related to her son's medical treatment.

Either Si Nian's information is false, or someone deliberately concealed this information.

"So you didn't know? I thought this was the condition you gave that person to take care of my mother in prison, that her son receive treatment at the Lin family hospital."

Lin Tinghan replied, "I only gave her the money; I didn't promise any other conditions."

"So who in the Lin family did this out of kindness, without telling us?" Si Nian asked deliberately.

Lin Tinghan paused.

He didn't think the person who did this behind his back was acting out of good intentions.

If he truly meant well, then why didn't he intervene when the deceased's family caused him so much trouble recently?

There was no mention of providing medical treatment for the deceased's son, which required considerable effort from him in handling the public relations aspects of the matter.

A person came to Lin Tinghan's mind.

It's definitely him!

He suppressed his anger and got up to confront them.