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

The roar of the car engine and the screeching of the tires made Lin Tinghan and Chen Bitong instinctively take a few steps back.

Chen Bitong picked up the child, frowning, and said, "How can this person be so rude! They scared Hengheng!"

Lin Tinghan subconsciously looked in that direction, but Si Nian was driving very fast, so he couldn't be sure if it was Si Nian.

"It looks like Niannian's car," he said.

Chen Bitong looked away. "You must be mistaken. Niannian should be reminiscing about Zhou Huai with Elder Liang right now, right?"

"..."

"Actually, as an only child, I really envy Niannian. She had such a doting older brother. I heard that her brother didn't even want to date for a while because he wanted to take care of her."

Lin Tinghan clenched his fists, his voice slightly deep: "What's there to envy? I can give him anything he can give me."

Chen Bitong's pupils trembled slightly, tinged with emotion: "Tinghan, why are you so good to me? These past few days since we reunited have been like a dream."

Lin Tinghan was stunned for a moment, and only after he came to his senses did he look at Chen Bitong, who was standing to the side with tears in her eyes.

He moved his lips, but the words didn't come out. Oh well, let it be a misunderstanding.

Si Nian picked up her phone and called Attorney Zhao.

Once the call connected, she got straight to the point.

"Attorney Zhao, could you please draft a divorce agreement for me?"

Regardless of Lin Ziheng's existence or what exactly happened.

She didn't want to be with Lin Tinghan anymore.

……

After printing out the divorce agreement, Si Nian ran her fingers over the signature area.

The year after her father's death, her mother remarried and moved to the Zhou family with her.

She was nine years old that year, and her stepfather never gave her a kind look.

Especially after discovering that her mother was essentially a timid and patient woman, she became even less able to control her temper and malice.

During that period, Si Nian often became the target of her stepfather's violence.

When Zhou Huai was at home, he would protect her. Sometimes he would have heated arguments with his father, and sometimes he would quietly take Si Nian out to hide.

One day, when Si Nian was taking a shower, her stepfather barged into the bathroom, dragged her out, and accused her of stealing money and having an early romance. Si Nian was so frightened that she almost cried herself to death, just as Zhou Huai, who had just returned home from training camp, witnessed the incident.

This was the first time Zhou Huai had a physical altercation with his father. Amidst his angry shouts and threats, he took Si Nian out of the house.

Both of them sustained injuries to varying degrees, but Si Nian's injury was more severe; Zhou Lin had broken her arm.

Zhou Huai sold a necklace he had worn for many years to raise the money for Si Nian's hospitalization, allowing Si Nian to stay in the hospital and recuperate without worry. He, on the other hand, would go out to perform during the day and return to the hospital to accompany Si Nian at night.

It was around that time that Lin Tinghan entered Si Nian's world.

She still remembers the first time she met Lin Tinghan. The boy was sitting in a wheelchair, his skin reflecting the sunlight.

At that time, Lin Tinghan's health was not very good. Her face was pale from years of illness, and she looked very fragile. However, when her stepfather Zhou Lin found her at the hospital and dragged her to abuse him, she kicked him down the stairs.

In Si Nian's mind, that vicious and terrifying villain was kicked over by a boy, a boy in a wheelchair, which completely overturned Si Nian's worldview.

Under Si Nian's astonished gaze, Lin Tinghan slowly sat back in his wheelchair.

His tone was indifferent, as if it were just a small favor: "He disturbed me. Tell him to shut up."

The bodyguards behind him rushed forward immediately, pinned down Zhou Lin who was trying to resist, gagged him, and dragged him away from the steps.

"Your legs..." Si Nian looked at the boy sitting in the wheelchair with a puzzled expression.

The boy tapped his wheelchair with his long, slender fingers. "I'm too lazy to walk. I'm not disabled."

Si Nian was even more astonished.

Later she learned that Lin Tinghan was not lazy to walk, but that his serious heart disease limited his movement. Even something as simple as climbing stairs could easily trigger his condition.

The kick he delivered successfully kept Lin Tinghan in bed for several days before he could leave the intensive care unit.

As Si Nian's memory of Lin Tinghan's teenage years gradually faded, she picked up a pen and placed it on the divorce agreement's signature line, signing her name for the last time.

She once thought that, as Lin Tinghan had promised, they would be together forever, and he would always protect her.

Just like before, she also thought that a villain like Zhou Lin was impossible to resist.

Later, as she grew up, she realized that Zhou Lin was not strong at all, and that Lin Tinghan could not be her safe haven.

When we returned to Jingheyuan, Lin Ziheng's children's room was already more than half completed.

With a large sum of money invested, even if you want to renovate a palace, it won't take long.

Si Nian stood aside, watching the construction workers come and go, and suddenly felt like an outsider who shouldn't be here.

She went back to the second-floor dressing room, put the divorce agreement aside, then took out her suitcase and started packing her clothes.

Just as a few items were put in, Lin's mother knocked on the door of the walk-in closet.

Si Nian subconsciously called her, "Aunt Lan."

Lin's mother frowned, "You've already married Tinghan, how come you still can't change how you address her?"

Si Nian moved her lips, but she still couldn't bring herself to say "Mom".

Zhao Yulan said to her, "I heard from Han that you and Hengheng don't get along very well. You're not a child anymore. Isn't it a bit unreasonable to argue with a child like this?"

"It's not that we don't get along, it's just that Hengheng doesn't like me very much."

"It's understandable that he's a little kid and shy in a strange place. You'll have plenty of time to spend with him in the future, so please be understanding and patient with him. That way, we can feel more at ease letting Hengheng stay with you."

Si Nian put down the clothes, stood up, and said, "Aunt Lan, Hengheng is a very naughty child. This is not something that can be solved by me being more tolerant. The reason we can't get along is essentially because he doesn't like me as a person."

"Then you should behave well and make him like you." Zhao Yulan's gaze suddenly fell on the divorce agreement on the table.

She stepped forward, took the papers in her hand, and looked at them with some surprise. She asked Si Nian, "You want to divorce Ting Han?"

Si Nian didn't intend to hide it, and she hummed in agreement.

"Why? Just because Hengheng exists?"

Si Nian said in a hoarse voice, "I guess so."

Zhao Yulan subconsciously defended her son: "How Tinghan has treated you all these years, others may not know, but don't you know in your heart?"

"He went to great lengths for you back then, even going on a three-day hunger strike to bring you and your siblings to live with the Lin family, nearly becoming critically ill. Have you forgotten all that?"

Zhao Yulan continued, "After you and your brother came to the Lin family, the Lin family gave you money and resources, and did not wrong you in any way."

Tinghan went to great lengths to marry you, causing a huge scandal. Now, less than three days into your marriage, you want a divorce. Where does that leave the Lin family's reputation?

Si Nian felt a dense, aching sensation in her heart, but Zhao Yulan's accusations made her harden her heart.

"Aunt Lan, I know you've been very kind to me and my brother, and I'll always remember your kindness. It's just that Lin Tinghan and I aren't suited to be together..."

"Tinghan isn't keeping a mistress or cheating on his wife all the time. The only thing is they have a child. Can't you even tolerate that? Don't you want Tinghan to have a child?"

Si Nian suddenly felt powerless; she didn't want to argue about this.

Just then, her phone rang.

Zhao Yulan sighed and gestured for her to go and pick it up.

Si Nian felt as if she had been granted a pardon and went to the side to take the call.

"Little sister-in-law, when are you getting a divorce?" A teasing voice came from the phone.