Even though Nianyang showed no reaction, during this time, thanks to Li Tingyan’s meticulous care, aside from looking a bit dazed, she appeared just like a normal person.

Li Tingyan sometimes felt, just by looking at her, that Nianyang was getting better.

He gently caressed Nianyang’s tender little face, leaned in to kiss her, his voice soft and filled with joy,

"My Nini is truly beautiful. Whose lovely little wife is this? Is she my Li Tingyan’s, right?"

This scene fell into the eyes of Zhang Mingyue, walking not far away, making her quite jealous. That tall, mature, and charming man, behaving childishly with a self-questioning and answering way in front of this woman, who can achieve this level?

It must be such deep feelings.

She clenched her teeth, and the courage she had when she came was instantly halved.

Li Tingyan heard the noise, lifted his eyes slightly, and saw the woman in the distance.

His brow knitted, his slightly somber tone particularly unpleasant, "Who are you? This is the backyard of Tongxin Hall, who allowed you to enter without permission?"

Zhang Mingyue was startled by the coldness in his voice, followed by a sense of unwillingness.

Clearly, just a moment ago, she had seen this outwardly cool and handsome man being so gentle and attentive to Nianyang...

That was clearly a useless person, and yet he was so patient, gentle to the point of being angelic. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

And as for her, being so pretty, she was met with such indifference.

Zhang Mingyue felt aggrieved for a moment, "Sir, don’t you remember me?"

Li Tingyan’s gaze rested on Nianyang, his eyes tender, while his tone towards Zhang Mingyue grew even colder,

"I don’t know you."

He felt that even paying attention to his wife every day took up all his time.

How could he have extra time to remember another woman?

Zhang Mingyue’s eyes widened, "How can that be?

A few days ago, when you were handing out flyers, I even gave you a suggestion?"

Li Tingyan looked over expressionlessly,

"So what? What do you want?"

"I..."

Zhang Mingyue choked, suddenly at a loss for words.

She couldn’t very well say it was because she liked him and wanted to be with him...

If Li Tingyan weren’t so cold, she might still have the face to say it, but under these circumstances, it was clear that his eyes and heart were only for Nianyang, seeing no one else.

Zhang Mingyue was both angry and reluctant; she wasn’t lacking in looks, she was chased by men abroad, so why was she hitting a wall with this man?

With her temper, she would have turned and left long ago, but Li Tingyan’s deep affection for Nianyang made her so fascinated, she desperately wanted to trade places with Nianyang.

Zhang Mingyue gritted her teeth, shamelessly spoke up,

"I—I’m Zhang Mingyue, I wanted to say, is your wife suffering from Puppet Syndrome?"

Li Tingyan’s eyes narrowed slightly, "So what if she is?"

Zhang Mingyue could hear a slight softening in his tone, and a wave of secret joy hit her heart; it seemed that talking about his wife was her chance to strike up a conversation.

Unbeknownst to her, his softening attitude was entirely because the word "wife" pleased Li Tingyan.

Zhang Mingyue rambled on, "Well, I’m also a doctor, studying traditional Chinese medicine just like your wife, and I’ve treated a few cases of Puppet Syndrome like your wife’s."

"Oh? Really?" Li Tingyan seemed to show a bit of interest, though he was aware that Nianyang didn’t have Puppet Syndrome, he couldn’t completely rule out even the slightest of possibilities.

He wouldn’t overlook any potential chance of making Nianyang better.

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updates.

What do you think is the best way to torture the male lead?

Oh, the female lead brings sin upon herself, and the male lead isn’t doing well either.

Poor couple.