Accidentally Choosing the Strongest Alpha in the Galaxy on a Blind Date
Ji Anli looked at the person’s gray hair and features somewhat resembling Lin Jing’s, suspecting this was the old marshal Lin that Lin Yu mentioned in the elevator, here for a check-up.
Lin Jing’s father, who was only known through rumors.
Ji Anli hadn’t expected to meet the family so soon, unprepared as he was.
Soon enough, as the four of them stood at the end of the corridor outside the doctor’s office, Lin Jing’s call of “Father” confirmed Ji Anli’s suspicion.
It really was him.
But given everything Lin Yu had done to Lin Jing and the father’s apparent indifference, Ji Anli had no intention of treating him as an elder.
In his past life, Ji Anli might have been respectful and polite to elders but things were different now.
After being burned, he believed respect should be earned.
First, the person had to be worthy of it.
In his past life, he had respected and loved his Uncle Ji as an elder, only for the “good uncle” to seize the opportunity to kick him out. Even going so far as to fabricate that he wasn’t a Ji family descendant to seize power and forcibly taking away his rightful marriage for personal gain.
His cousin Ji Chenhao whom he loved and cared for like a real brother, imprisoned him in the basement and used him as a vessel for extracting healing power, never treated as a human being.
After suffering losses, Ji Anli had become quite indifferent.
Whatever happens, happens.
In this life, he refuses to be taken advantage of, especially since he and Lin Jing are not true partners, just a marriage of convenience.
If the old marshal, who is only a nominal elder, is polite then he will be polite too.
Otherwise, don’t blame him for turning into Ji the Retaliator.
Father Lin carried an air of authority, dressed in a well-fitted ash-gray suit, standing straight with sharp eyes like a hawk.
His gaze first fell on Lin Jing, his brows furrowed with a hint of restrained displeasure.
When he looked at Ji Anli, his demeanor softened slightly and his expression became much more gentle, “You must be Xiao Ji, I’m Lin Jing’s father.”
Ji Anli was still playing the role of a bystander but suddenly heard Father Lin say this, directly bypassing his own son to talk to him. The son is an unseen partner?
Ji Anli didn’t show any other emotion, politely nodding, “Hello, Mr. Lin.”
Father Lin explained their presence, “I came here for a check-up and after it ended, I heard from Yu that you and Xiao Jing were here for a premarital check-up. I didn’t know about your engagement before so I thought I’d come by to see. I happened to overhear your conversation with the doctor, and I apologize for that. I hope our first meeting didn’t leave a bad impression.”
Father Lin was quite courteous, even explaining his sudden appearance to avoid any misunderstanding of them being rash people.
Ji Anli’s attitude towards Father Lin softened a bit but only slightly, “You’re too kind, Mr. Lin. This is a hospital. Anyone can come here. Since it wasn’t intentional, I won’t hold a grudge over such trivial matters.”
Father Lin smiled, his stern face appearing much kinder. But then he shifted the topic, “I’ve been unwell lately, so I’m not very clear about Little Jing’s marriage to you. I just learned some details from Yu. He has a genetic defect which I’m sure young Mr. Ji is aware of. During the premarital check-up, his other form didn’t scare you, did it?”
Ji Anli didn’t speak this time, instinctively looking at Lin Jing before shaking his head, “No, it didn’t.”
The smile on his face had disappeared but considering this was Father Lin, he didn’t say anything further.
Father Lin finally relaxed, relieved that he hadn’t frightened the other party. He then turned to Lin Jing, his brows furrowed, showing his dissatisfaction, “Have you become so independent that you don’t inform your family about something as significant as marriage? You have a genetic defect, yet you still agreed to this marriage. Do you know how much trouble it could cause the other party if something goes wrong in the future?”
Lin Jing had been watching Father Lin with indifference but his expression darkened at these words.
He wanted to ask the other, if he shouldn’t agree, should Lin Yu agree instead?
Knowing Lin Yu’s situation, would he still choose to let him harm innocent people like a blind man?
Lin Jing didn’t know the extent of Lin Yu’s current physical condition but it couldn’t be much better than his own, supposedly genetically defective status as an interstellar person.
Otherwise, Lin Yu wouldn’t be so desperate to take his life just to achieve some psychological balance.
Before Lin Jing could speak, a hand grabbed his wrist.
He instinctively tried to pull away but realized it was Ji Anli’s hand so he allowed the gesture.
Ji Anli held Lin Jing’s wrist to stop him from speaking.
After all, the person in front of them was his biological father.
Ji Anli didn’t know why Lin Jing left the Lin family but outsiders were unaware of the situation.
If Lin Jing spoke disrespectfully, given the other person’s respected status as the old marshal, no matter the reason, Lin Jing wouldn’t come out on top.
But he, as an unregistered… insider, was a different story.
Ji Anli stepped in front of Lin Jing, fearlessly meeting Lin Father’s sharp gaze.
“What’s wrong with a genetic defect? It seems like in Mr. Lin’s eyes, having a genetic defect means you’re not worthy of marriage. Are you discriminating against people with genetic defects?”
Ji Anli’s words were like a heavy hat dropping down, surprising Father Lin and making his gaze deepen.
“Mr. Ji, you must be mistaken. I didn’t say that. I was just reprimanding my son.”
The last sentence implied that he was disciplining his own son and what right did an outsider, who hadn’t even officially joined the Lin family, have to stop him as a father?
Ji Anli replied, “I know, you’re reprimanding him but as Lin Jing’s certified fiancé, I can’t stand by and let my partner be wronged without saying a word, right?”
Lin Father frowned but didn’t say anything this time, just quietly watched Ji Anli.
Ji Anli remained unfazed, smiling but his words were sharp.
“Mr. Lin, reprimanding how one making decisions without telling their family or for someone with a genetic defect should not get married.
Anyone would think… the interstellar world has regressed thousands of years to arranged marriages controlled by parents, with no freedom in marriage.
Lin Jing and I are free individuals so if we want to get married, as long as we both agree, there’s no need to inform anyone, including his so-called family.”
Father Lin said, “But I’m his father. He should at least inform me.”
Ji Anli replied, “We haven’t registered yet, have we? As for informing, it was announced on the star network yesterday for quite some time. Your eldest son was even one of the original candidates for the matchmaking event. We thought at least he would go back and tell you. Didn’t he?”
Father Lin’s expression changed slightly at these words and he looked at Lin Yu. “You attended the matchmaking event? How could you attend the matchmaking event?”
These two sentences were strange with the latter carrying a tone of unexpected dissatisfaction and disbelief, which made Ji Anli squint and look at Lin Yu as well.
Lin Yu, who always appeared gentle and elegant beside Father Lin, seemed to sigh at this.
“Father, I’ll explain this to you when we get back. At the time, my compatibility with Mr. Ji was over 90% and it was an invitation from the empire’s high officials.”
Father Lin barely managed to suppress the sharpness in his eyes which made Ji Anli believe that the old marshal truly didn’t know about the overwhelming news on the star network.
Or rather, the information he was aware of was very limited.
So, did he know about Lin Yu poisoning Lin Jing?
Lin Jing didn’t reveal the poisoning event to the public, not because he feared Lin Yu but because he was worried that if word got out that he might not have long to live, it would affect his current position and the safety and job security of his loyal subordinates.
He feared that the next successor might be someone from Lin Yu’s faction so he kept the news under wraps.
Also, he probably didn’t have any evidence.
Now, there were only four people here.
Lin Yu, the one who poisoned definitely knew what he had done.
As for Father Lin… even if he knew, he would choose to keep it a secret. After all, the one who poisoned was his more beloved eldest son.
Unless he wanted his eldest son to face investigation and detention.
Ji Anli’s eyes suddenly lit up and this scene gave Lin Yu a bad feeling.
Lin Yu originally thought that bringing his father here would result in Ji Anli being scared by Lin Jing’s transformation, prompting Father Lin to intervene and stop the marriage.
Who would have thought that not only was Ji Anli unafraid but he even passed the pre-marital examination so easily?
He was so surprised that he couldn’t control his expression for a moment.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly and hopefully, Ji Anli, who couldn’t even secure his own inheritance rights, didn’t notice.
But from the moment Ji Anli spoke, Lin Yu knew he was wrong.
The other party was a firecracker. Even the kind that shoots into the sky, not afraid of even his own father whom he feared.
Ji Anli suddenly stepped forward, staring at Father Lin’s face and spoke in a low voice, “And of course, the most important point, Lin Jing is doing this for my sake. Who knows if taking me back would mean leaving both our lives in the Lin family?”
Father Lin abruptly turned his head, his sharp eyes like a hawk, staring at Ji Anli, “Mr. Ji, what… do you mean by this?”
Ji Anli smiled innocently. His voice lowered so only the four presented could hear, deliberately saying, “You should ask your eldest son. You’re so biased that even knowing your eldest son poisoned your younger son with the incurable ancient poison from Ancient Blue Star, you still don’t care. How can we feel safe going back? Are we not afraid of death, or do we think our lives are too long?”
Father Lin’s pupils contracted instantly. Disbelief causing his facial muscles to twitch uncontrollably.
He then sharply turned to Lin Yu. The veins on his neck bulging and his suppressed anger changed his voice, “Is what he said true? Did you really harm your younger brother?”
Lin Yu couldn’t believe that Lin Jing would speak out about his impending death without evidence.
How dare he?
Wasn’t he afraid that once exposed, his position would be lost, and his subordinates would fall into the hands of Lin Yu’s military department for disposal?
Most importantly, Ji Anli actually believed it!
And he said it so openly.
Ji Anli was now certain that Lin’s father really didn’t know about this matter.
He innocently smiled at Lin Yu.
Father Lin had just said how could the other party dare to attend a matchmaking event which indicated one thing… the other party probably had some issues preventing them from getting married.
But Lin Yu went anyway, keeping it a secret.
As a result, just from Father Lin’s side, Lin Yu would have to behave for a while.
At least until he concocted an antidote to detoxify Lin Jing, Lin Yu couldn’t cause any more trouble.
Ji Anli decided to stop while he was ahead, “Mr. Lin, you didn’t know, huh? Then I misunderstood you. I thought… even a tiger doesn’t eat its cubs but you’re biased enough to feed one of your own to the other. That’s just… inhuman, huh.”
Father Lin was trembling with anger, unable to refute being so harshly criticized by a junior.
He didn’t even look at Ji Anli, feeling like he’d never been so humiliated in his life.
He came to question them and what happened?
He ended up being scolded by a junior, losing all face.
Ji Anli was in a great mood, politely said goodbye while watching the father and son duo, one with a livid face and the other pale as a ghost.
He took Lin Jing’s hand and went to the other end of the corridor to tend to the wound.
Lin Jing let Ji Anli lead him forward, looking down at the hand holding his wrist, not reminding him.
Even though it was a long corridor, they quickly reached the end.
The warmth on his wrist was released and for the first time, an unfamiliar emotion surged in Lin Jing’s heart, a sense of loss.
Accidentally Choosing the Strongest Alpha in the Galaxy on a Blind Date