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

Si Nian wasn't fully awake; her eyelids were heavy with sleep.

Upon hearing Xie Jingyao's voice, she instinctively covered the phone's earpiece and got up to walk towards the balcony.

She looked down through the window and saw Lin Tinghan holding his phone to his ear and looking up at her.

After Lin Tinghan spotted the woman on the balcony, he slowly spoke, "Let's have breakfast together first, and then I have something to tell you."

"Oh, wait a moment, I'll wash up and go downstairs."

Si Nian figured it was probably related to the press conference.

Since Lin Tinghan had already come downstairs, she naturally couldn't leave with Xie Jingyao. So she quietly changed her clothes, washed up, and left on her own.

Before leaving, she sent Xie Jingyao a message saying that she had to go out first and that he should remember to lock the door when he woke up and left.

After going downstairs and seeing Lin Tinghan.

The other person's gaze first swept across his face, then his neck, before looking away.

Si Nian took a special look at herself in the mirror.

Xie Jingyao didn't leave any mark on her this time.

So she didn't try to hide anything.

The two arrived at a breakfast shop outside the residential area.

When breakfast was served, Lin Tinghan didn't seem to have much of an appetite and just watched Si Nian eat.

Si Nian asked, "What do you want to tell me?"

"Xie Jingyao will also be attending Lairui Technology's press conference today."

"Since both you and he value this project so much, it's natural for him to go to the site."

"But I don't want Lairui Technology to still be wavering between him and the Lin family after the press conference."

"There's no way to control this. As you said yourself, the Lin family's strongest competitor in this project is Xie Jingyao."

"If he had been a step behind me, I might have gained a better advantage. There will definitely be a lot of people at the celebration banquet after the press conference, so Niannian, could you do me a favor?"

Si Nian was somewhat bewildered.

"What kind of help?"

Lin Tinghan whispered a few words in Si Nian's ear.

Si Nian's eyes turned cold, and she couldn't help but sneer, "So this is the opportunity you came up with?"

……

Lin Tinghan and Si Nian arrived at the press conference venue on time.

The two sat down in the seats arranged by the organizers, and Si Nian watched Lin Tinghan talking with the people around him.

The other person would occasionally put his arm around Si Nian's shoulder and introduce her, "This is my wife."

"Mr. Lin is so lucky to have such a beautiful wife."

"Young and promising, with a harmonious family, and married to such a beautiful wife, he's truly enviable. If he can have a child while he's still young, his life will be even more perfect."

"Oh, didn't I hear that President Lin has a son?"

Lin Tinghan had already arranged for someone to spread the word about Lin Ziheng's existence.

Some people who heard this instinctively thought that this was Si Nian and Lin Tinghan's child.

Some people think that this is Lin Tinghan's illegitimate child. If it is a child born to a wife who is married openly, how could he hide it until he is four or five years old before announcing it to the public?

When Lin Tinghan heard someone bring up the topic of children, he remained calm and said, "My wife gave birth to my son a long time ago. Marrying her is truly my blessing."

Upon hearing this, most of the people around Lin Tinghan complimented him and expressed their envy. After all, with the Lin family involved, even if someone disliked Lin Tinghan, they wouldn't dare to show it.

Then a cold laugh rang out from behind.

"If I remember correctly, Mr. Lin's son is four or five years old, right? So your wife got pregnant around the time Brother Han had his heart transplant. Now that you mention it, she really is blessed."

Xie Jingyao's voice suddenly appeared.

Si Nian turned around and looked at the other person. The other person had a cold expression and was sitting casually in the chair, not looking at her at all.

Although Si Nian didn't hear any words of dissatisfaction from Xie Jingyao, she could sense his displeasure.

She tried to ignore the strangeness and remained silent.

The people around him smiled sheepishly, but collectively kept their mouths shut.

After Xie Jingyao's reminder, they realized what was going on.

Four or five years ago, the second young master of the Lin family was seriously ill and underwent a heart transplant, a procedure that nearly killed him, in order to survive.

She's so weak she can barely get out of bed, how could she possibly have the energy to have a child?

Could it be that he's been cheated on without even realizing it?

Lin Tinghan smiled at Xie Jingyao, but the smile was icy and didn't reach his eyes.

"Back then, I was seriously ill and desperately wanted to have an heir, so I underwent IVF. What? Ah Yao seems quite interested in the things between my wife and me?"

"Brother Han, you're overthinking it. Don't misunderstand." Xie Jingyao stood up and whispered in Lin Tinghan's ear, "I'm only interested in your wife."

These words happened to reach Si Nian's ears.

Lin Tinghan clenched his fists almost instinctively, then grabbed Xie Jingyao's shoulder. "What did you say?"