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

Si Nian spent nearly 24 hours in the interrogation room, and was close to the point of being criminally detained.

As time passed, every minute Si Nian spent in the interrogation room was excruciating.

Unexpectedly, at the last moment, the police chose to let her go.

Si Nian looked around, her face pale, then asked the police officer beside her, "Where's Xie Jingyao? He..."

Si Nian's voice was abruptly interrupted by Lin Tinghan.

"Nian Nian".

He called Si Nian's name, came to her, and reached out to take her hand.

"Are you alright? Were you scared?"

Si Nian did not answer Lin Tinghan's question, but wanted to continue questioning the police.

Lin Tinghan said coldly beside her, "Xie Jingyao is the one who committed the crime, so naturally he cannot be released."

"It wasn't him, I was the one who stabbed that person."

Lin Tinghan forcibly grabbed Si Nian's arm and dragged her out of the police station, saying to her, "Xie Jingyao admitted it himself; he did it."

"What does it mean that the police just said the injured person has woken up and changed their story?"

Lin Tinghan tightened his grip slightly, a smirk playing on his lips: "After the injured person regained consciousness, he identified Xie Jingyao as the perpetrator to the police. Combined with Xie Jingyao's own testimony, you were naturally released without cause."

Si Nian frowned; something was wrong.

"How could he only be pointing fingers at Xie Jingyao? I was the one who struck first..."

Then she realized what was happening and looked at Lin Tinghan in disbelief.

"Did you arrange all of this?"

Lin Tinghan loosened his tie, sat back in the back seat, and said, "Yes."

"Lin Tinghan, you bastard!"

Si Nian, unable to bear it any longer, slapped Lin Tinghan across the face.

A sharp "crack" rang out inside the car.

Lin Tinghan turned his face slightly away, his eyes blazing with barely suppressed anger.

He grabbed Si Nian's wrist with such force that he almost broke it.

"Si Nian, you hit me for that other man?!"

Hearing Lin Tinghan's low growl.

Si Nian struggled violently, trying to pull her wrist away. She angrily shouted at Lin Tinghan, "You'd stop at nothing to get Xie Jingyao! You even had someone assault me! Lin Tinghan, how come I never realized you were such a shameless scoundrel!"

"Am I a villain?" Lin Tinghan laughed angrily, then pressed down on Si Nian, pinning her firmly to the seat to prevent her from struggling.

"He, Xie Jingyao, slept with my wife. Is that gentlemanly behavior? Don't think I don't know about the dirty dealings between you two! Si Nian, my tolerance for you has its limits. I spoil you and indulge you, but that doesn't mean you can cheat on me!"

Si Nian's chest heaved violently, as if she were meeting Lin Tinghan for the first time.

Lin Tinghan was also breathing heavily. He patted Si Nian's cheek and said to her, "Niannian, I used you in this matter, and I want to apologize. But you also owe me. If you hadn't been secretly having an affair with Xie Jingyao, how could he have gotten involved?"

"I don't owe you anything. I already said I didn't sleep with him."

"It's not just about having sex that constitutes infidelity." Lin Tinghan reached out and pressed her hand against Si Nian's heart. "Your heart is no longer pure. You wouldn't have argued with me so fiercely over a man before, and you certainly wouldn't have hit me."

Si Nian looked at Lin Tinghan with a pained expression, tears welling up in her eyes, which distorted Lin Tinghan's face.

"What are you complaining about? I'm the one who should be complaining, right? I'm the one who got cheated on." Lin Tinghan slowly released his grip. "Niannian, although you wronged me first in this matter, you also helped me a lot in the end, so I won't pursue it any further. But you and Xie Jingyao need to completely cut ties, and don't let me find out that you two still have any relationship."

It took Si Nian a long time to find her voice again.

"You said you wanted a fake divorce a while ago, but then you changed your mind and said you wouldn't. Is that because you're trying to set things up? Are you trying to use our still-marital relationship to use public opinion to get Xie Jingyao out of the Lairui Technology project?"

"Not only that, I also feel that I can't give you the opportunity to leave me."

Lin Tinghan reached out and hugged Si Nian tightly. "Niannian, we've known each other for thirteen years. So many years of friendship have bound us together completely. You used to have me in your heart and eyes. You loved me so much. How could you lose your mind when you saw Xie Jingyao?"