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

Si Nian belatedly realized that Lin Tinghan had deliberately replaced everyone in the Lin family's old mansion with his own people.

Lin Tinghan had never paid attention to this before, and she didn't know why the personnel had suddenly been changed.

After returning to her room, Si Nian couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

Besides being upset, the pain in her fingers was also unbearable for her.

Looking at her fingers, which were still red and swollen after a day and a night, Si Nian moved her joints and found that her bones were also in great pain.

While in the interrogation room, the ring and middle fingers of my left hand were painful, but tolerable.

But now the swelling seems to be getting worse.

She was a little worried, fearing that she might have broken a bone.

So Si Nian knocked on the door and called the nanny back.

"My hand hurts, I need to go to the hospital to get it checked out."

"I'm sorry, Madam, but the master instructed that you cannot go out."

Si Nian held up her swollen, red fingers. "I suspect I've broken my hand. If this delays my treatment, can you take responsibility?"

When the nanny saw that Si Nian's fingers, which should have been slender and fair, were now red, swollen, and deformed, she hesitated for a moment, but did not dare to delay. In front of Si Nian, she made a phone call to Lin Tinghan and explained the situation.

After receiving the other party's consent, the nanny stepped aside slightly.

"Madam, we're taking you to the hospital now for an X-ray examination."

Besides a nanny, two bodyguards accompanied Si Nian to the hospital.

The three people kept a close eye on Si Nian, afraid that she would take the opportunity to run away.

After arriving at the Lin family's hospital, she had an X-ray taken and then saw that two of her fingers were fractured, which immediately made her nervous.

"Doctor, how long will it take for my hand to recover? Will I be able to play the cello again?"

"Judging from the extent of the damage shown in the film, it will take at least two months to heal, but to return to normal playing the violin as before, it will take at least three months."

Upon hearing the doctor's words, Si Nian's pupils suddenly contracted.

Three days later, it will be time to go abroad for the competition.

She had considered whether Lin Tinghan might still be causing trouble that day and wouldn't let her out easily, thus affecting the competition.

But unexpectedly, her fingers had already determined that she would miss this international competition.

"Now we'll put a splint on you to immobilize it. You have to be very careful with your hands to avoid further injury. If the bone grows crooked, you'll need surgery to insert steel pins, which will take longer to recover. And once steel pins are inserted, your flexibility will never be restored to what it was before."

Si Nian's face turned deathly pale, and her breathing became heavy.

Seeing this, the doctor reassured her, "Don't be too nervous. With your current condition, as long as you rest well, it won't affect your ability to continue playing the violin."

Si Nian had a ringing in her ears, and listening to the doctor's words became difficult. Only one thought remained in her mind.

She was unable to take her brother's posthumous work to the international competition.

Lin Tinghan arrived at the hospital after Si Nian's finger was put in a splint.

He took Si Nian's hand, frowned, and asked her, "Why didn't you say so sooner that your finger was injured like this?"

Si Nian snapped out of her daze and moved her bloodless lips, "I can't go to the competition..."

"Niannian, just rest and recover. There will be other opportunities after you've fully recovered."

"All of this is thanks to you, Lin Tinghan." Si Nian stared at him coldly, her eyes chillingly cold.

Lin Tinghan frowned even more: "I specifically instructed him not to hurt you. I really didn't mean to make things turn out this way."

Si Nian's gaze grew increasingly cold.

A cold glint appeared in Lin Tinghan's eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "I'll have someone cut off two of his fingers to compensate you right now."

"Why don't you cut your own hand?"

"..."

"You're the one who orchestrated this. If you want to compensate me, shouldn't you cut off your own?"

"If you're willing, I can do whatever you want with it." Lin Tinghan turned around and searched, but couldn't find a knife, so he called the doctor to bring a scalpel.

He then shoved the scalpel into Si Nian's hand.

"Niannian, do it. I'm willing to give you my finger in return."

Si Nian seemed to be amused by Lin Tinghan's action.

She casually tossed the scalpel aside.

Lin Tinghan slightly raised his lips, "Niannian, you're reluctant to part with her, aren't you?"

Si Nian stared at Lin Tinghan's face.

She suddenly let out a light sneer, "After all these years, I've only just realized that you're such a hypocritical and disgusting person."

Lin Tinghan's smile froze.

"I feel disgusted?"

Si Nian turned around, looking extremely tired, as if she couldn't be bothered to argue with him.

On the way back to Jinghe Garden, Lin Tinghan tried to speak to her several times, but Si Nian ignored him.

It wasn't until Lin Tinghan said, "Niannian, just name your price, and I can compensate you," that things changed.

"..."

Lin Tinghan's malicious probing was about to begin.

He even proactively reminded me, "Even if you propose to divorce me, or ask Wang Peng to change his testimony and drop the case, I will agree to anything you ask."