Nianyang looked at Li Tingyan running over, her expression hovering between a smile and not, while the anxiety on the man’s face was blatantly obvious.

She just didn’t know, this kind of anxiety—who was it really for?

Very quickly, Nianyang’s tiny shred of hope was shattered, because the next second, that anxious-faced man squatted directly in front of Yin Tang, carefully helping her up.

"Xiaotang, are you okay?" The man’s low voice was filled to the brim with concern, making Nianyang feel like she was falling into an ice cave.

He called her Xiaotang—how intimate that sounded. Was this really just for the sake of the project?

Nianyang had thought her heart was already cold enough, numb from the pain, but seeing this scene she realized it could get even colder—so cold that even her breath trembled.

There was a tsunami raging inside her chest, but she was using every ounce of strength to hold it back, so no one could see it.

Taking advantage of Li Tingyan’s inattention, Yin Tang shot Nianyang a triumphant look, then said in a pitiful, delicate tone,

"I was pushed down by Miss Chu and accidentally twisted my ankle."

Li Tingyan frowned slightly and looked over. Nianyang’s heart gave another stab; she folded her arms across her chest and didn’t deny it. "What, Master Li, are you going to teach me a lesson for the sake of your little homewrecker?"

Yin Tang said aggrievedly, "Mr. Li, look at her, she’s calling me a homewrecker..."

Li Tingyan’s tone darkened with displeasure. "Nini, why are you talking so nastily? Everything was fine—why did you push Xiaotang?"

Before Nianyang could speak, Yin Tang seized the initiative and cut in,

"Because Miss Chu did something that betrays you, and I happened to discover it, so she wanted to destroy the evidence—that’s why she went after me!"

Li Tingyan’s brows knitted tighter. "What did Nini do?" 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Nianyang looked at her with a calm face, as if saying: I’ll just see how far you can spin this.

Nianyang had thought Yin Tang was just making things up at random, but the next second—

She actually pulled out a few photos and handed them to Li Tingyan. Nianyang was still wondering what they were when Li Tingyan glanced down, and his expression instantly changed.

"Chu Nianyang, what the hell is this?" Li Tingyan

roared furiously.

"What are you talking about?" Nianyang stared at Li Tingyan, completely at a loss.

With a dark face, Li Tingyan shoved the photos into Nianyang’s hands. She lowered her head and took a look, and froze on the spot. They were actually photos of her and Shi Feng; the background was the traditional medicine clinic, the two of them standing very close, practically in an embrace.

Nianyang was stunned only for a few seconds before she reacted. Wasn’t this exactly the moment from the day Madam Li made a scene, when Shi Feng stepped in front of her to shield her?

She hadn’t expected someone to snap a photo, and it even looked very intimate. Just from the photos, you couldn’t tell the cause and effect of that day at all—it would only mislead people.

"This..." Nianyang’s mind instantly turned to mush. She wondered when these were taken, and who took them, then deliberately mailed them to Li Tingyan. Could it have been Shi Feng?

"’This’ what? The people in these are you and Shi Feng. You two look pretty reluctant to part, hmm?"

Li Tingyan lost control of his emotions, gripping Nianyang’s hand as he growled the question.

Yin Tang spoke softly, "Tingyan, I really didn’t mean to look at those photos. When I went to get the mail for you, the envelope suddenly tore on its own and they fell out, so I saw them. I really never would’ve thought Little Sister Chu could do something so disloyal to you."

Nianyang still didn’t say a word, the expression on her face impossible to read.

Li Tingyan took a deep breath, told Yin Tang he’d see her later, then yanked Nianyang back into the room.