After I Wrongly Chose the Strongest Alpha in the Galaxy on a Blind Date!! - Chapter 29 PT1

Chapter 29 PT1 – An Incident from the Past

Lin Jing was stunned when he heard Ji Anli’s words, obviously not expecting that the other party would offer to go with him.

There wasn’t anything dangerous about the mission this time. He only had to accompany the old duke and protect him in case of any unexpected situation. Besides, it wouldn’t even take that long.

But thinking of one thing, Lin Jing hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke: “Are you worried about your fever period? I already asked the doctor. The effect of the mark is strongest right after the marking, so there will be no accidents in the next few days, so your fevers or the disorder will not be triggered frequently.”

Thinking of what the doctor had told him about the other party being clingy and developing dependence, Lin Jing spoke in a soft and slow voice, fearing that Ji Anli would misunderstand that he didn’t want to take him along.

Ji Anli didn’t notice the strangeness in Lin Jing’s tone. Thinking that Lin Jing might end up in danger, he insisted, “I want to go with you.” He lowered his eyes and sighed, “Besides, I’m a 3S healer. If there is any unexpected situation, I will be the best backup for your mission.”

There weren’t many healers, especially 3S healers. Even though the old duke would be with them, his convoy might not be equipped with such a high-level healer.

But Ji Anli was different, he was Lin Jing’s partner, and they were both still in their honeymoon period, so it was reasonable for them to go together at this time, and no one could say no.

Lin Jing hesitated, thought for a moment, and asked again in a low voice: “Are you sure you want to go? The content of this mission is mainly about accompanying the old duke. If you come along, you will inevitably have a lot of run-ins with the old Duke.”

He was not sure whether Ji Anli’s parents had mentioned what had happened that year to Ji Anli, but judging from the fact that he didn’t even know how many old dukes there were in the empire, he probably didn’t know.

Sure enough, Ji Anli could sense something was wrong this time. Lin Jing emphasized on the old duke several times and looked at him in confusion: “I know, you just mentioned that you were accompanying the old duke. What’s the matter? Is there any problem?”

Lin Jing had gotten to know Ji Anli quite well after spending the past few days they spent together. He was afraid that he couldn’t change Ji Anli’s mind about what he had decided. He would eventually know about it one or the other way, so Lin Jing decided to not hide it from him: “The old duke is your uncle.”

“What?” Ji Anli was stunned. He had never heard of this strange thing, nor had he ever heard of the Old Duke from his parents, let alone that the other party was his uncle?

Ji Anli has lived a simple life in the past eighteen years, almost going between three places: his home, school, and Wen Zhen’s home. Therefore, few people on Starnet knew about his existence in the Ji family, and instead paid more attention to Ji Chenhao.

In addition, Ji Anli had no mental power since birth and had been betrothed at an early age. He worked in confidential scientific research, so Ji Anli was also very low-key. He didn’t socialize much and didn’t attend parties. This was also the reason why he didn’t doubt and believed what his Uncle Ji and others had told him after his parents went missing in his previous life.

But now Lin Jing told him that the old duke was his uncle?

“He’s my uncle?” Ji Anli had a guess. His parents never mentioned him in all these years. That could only mean that the two families had a falling out, and this uncle might even be involved. The two families would never have any contact with each other again.

Lin Jing didn’t hide it from Ji Anli. If he had to go this time, he should clarify the grudge between the two families before that: “The old Duchess passed away many years ago, which is also the reason why the two families have a grudge.”

Ji Anli frowned: “Is it because of the old Duke?” He knew his parents’ personalities very well. If it wasn’t the other party’s fault, they wouldn’t vent their anger on them.

Lin Jing nodded and shook his head: “Not really, but the death of the old duchess was indeed caused by him, or rather… the incident back then involved too many people and the result was too tragic, so it didn’t take long for His Majesty to suppress the matter. Few people mentioned it on the Starnet, and no one dared to mention it again. After that incident, the old duke fell ill and has been looking for his son who has been missing for the past few years. It was not until the past two years when his condition worsened that he chose to recuperate in the First Star’s Castle.”

At this point, Lin Jing lowered his eyes, and it was at this moment that he suddenly remembered that his fate with Ji Anli was not just about his subordinate being saved by him, but it seemed to have started many years ago.

Ji Anli had a lot of questions in his mind. He really didn’t know these things. Or rather, his parents and even the Ji family had never told him these things. He had never heard of them and therefore never asked: “His son who is missing? Has the old duke’s heir not been found yet?”

What about the noble new duke that Ji Chenhao mentioned in his past life? Was it a two-for-one exchange? Did Lin Jing and the old duke exchange their lives for the new duke?

Lin Jing thought that this trip was not a confidential mission, and their mission was more towards protecting the old duke’s safety, so he spoke: “A few days ago, we received news about the old duke’s son. This time, my mission is to escort the old duke safely to verify it.”

Ji Anli: “Can you tell me about what happened back then?” If it really involved that uncle whom he had never met, then this time… he really didn’t know whether he should go against his parents’ wishes and come in contact the old duke.

Since Lin Jing had brought up the subject, he did not hide it from Ji Anli and told him roughly what happened that year.

If they really wanted to trace the matter, they would have to trace it back to more than 20 years ago, when the Lin brothers were not yet born. During that period Lin Jing’s mother, Ji Anli’s mother and the Duchess had a very good relationship. When Lin Jing’s mother was pregnant with twins, the three of them even joked that if Ji Anli’s mother and the Duchess also had children in the future, the three families would just be able to form two pairs. If not, they could just be brothers with different surnames.

It’s a pity that this verbal joke was never mentioned again. When Lin Jing’s mother was seven months pregnant, the old marshal and the old duke fought a desperate battle with an interstellar rebel general. Unexpectedly, someone took advantage of the opportunity in the rear and Lin Jing’s mother, as the marshal’s wife, was captured. Lin Jing didn’t know what happened afterwards. All he could find out was that they won the battle in the end, but the rebel general escaped with serious injuries.

His mother gave birth to the twins prematurely. She was seriously injured and died soon after.

Lin Yu had a serious illness since birth, and Lin Jing had a genetic defect. However, from childhood to adulthood, Lin Jing only knew that Lin Yu had a disease, but the old marshal had always kept it a secret as to what kind of illness it was.

At that time, they thought the matter ended there, but five years later the rebel general who had escaped termed and his men kidnapped the pregnant Duchess.

“At that time, the old duke knew that if he let the escape this find, it would cause irreparable damage to the entire empire, so he had no choice but to hunt down the man first. By the time he got rid of him and rescued the duchess, it was too late. The rebel general’s men had already fled the Prime Star with their men. After chasing for several days and nights, they found the duchess, who was only breathing her last. She only had time to say that the Omega baby boy she gave birth to was snatched away before she died.”

“The rebel general was carrying lethal weapons. If they were to perish together, tens of thousands of people would have died. So the old duke was determined to chase him and gave the important task of rescuing the duchess to my father. As a result… the old duke succeeded in killing the rebel general but was seriously injured, causing him to lose all his mental strength and become a cripple. At the same time, your majesty’s second son also lost his life.”

“Later, the old duke went to look for his wife before he had recovered from his injuries. He was seriously injured and lost his family, so he never recovered…”

Lin Jing didn’t know what to say when he said this. He understood the old duke’s choice at that time, and also understood his parents’ choice. This matter the fault of the old duke, but in the end it was still his wife who lost her life and sons whereabouts were unknown. It was understandable that he would vent his anger on others.

Not to mention that Ji Anli’s mother was also at the scene at thattime. She was also forced to witness the death of her cousin and ended up giving birth prematurely out of grief. It took her several months of recuperation before she recovered. That was probably why she was so overprotective of Ji Anli. She was also angry at the Lin family, so they never had any contact with each other and even arranged a marriage for Ji Anli early on.

After hearing this, Ji Anli did not say anything for a while. His aunt was not killed by the old duke, but she died because of him. His mother knew that she was just venting out her rage, but her cousin was gone. Mrs. Ji was probably afraid that seeing the old duke again would remind her of her cousin who died tragically.

No wonder he didn’t know about the existence of this uncle all these years… Then, in his previous life, the new duke that Ji Chenhao mentioned was his blood cousin?

Ji Anli felt complicated while thinking about this. Fortunately, his cousin had not been found yet, and he did not know Ji Chenhao and had never helped Ji Chenhao, so there was no grudge between him and Ji Anli.

In addition, this trip might cost the lives of Lin Jing and the old duke, so he thought about it and decided to put aside the old grudges and save the people first: “I still want to go with you.”

Lin Jing guessed it would be like this: “Okay, then I’ll report it first. If it’s okay, you can go with me. But don’t you need to ask for leave from school?”

Ji Anli shook his head: “I went to attend my last class this afternoon and I plan to apply to change my major next semester.” Even if he didn’t follow Lin Jing on the mission, he didn’t plan to continue with his current major.

The major he is studying now is an ordinary information-related major, which is the best choice for someone who had no mental power. However, he has now evolved a second time and become a healer, so this major is obviously not suitable. Even if he did not change it, President An would suggest that he transfer to special medical care later.

But Ji Anli didn’t want to study this major. Ji Chenhao was already there, and he didn’t want to deal with the trouble caused by the other partyall day long.

These past few days, he said that he was not interested in the ancient medical books of Blue Star in the system, but he still took the time to read some of them. They were all unique copies, and with Lin Jing’s poison, it didn’t make sense for him to earn touch points and finally contribute them to medicinal materials. He might as well use them reasonably.

So he decided to transfer to the Traditional Chinese Medicine major of the Ancient Blue Star.

Lin Jing didn’t ask much, thinking that it was President An who proposed it, so he responded and quickly went out to report the news that Ji Anli would be accompanying him on the mission.

Ji Anli received a message from President An not long after, asking him whether he really wanted to go with him and instructed: “Your current situation is special, and it is your wedding period, so it is not good to be separated from Admiral Lin for too long. I have already thoroughly enquired about this mission. It is not dangerous. They have found the person there, and we only need to verify that his bloodline is indeed the Duke’s. So, you will be back in a few days. The old Duke’s health is not very good, and it is estimated that… he only has a year or two, so if possible, classmate Ji, please pay more attention.”

President An obviously knew about what happened that year. He did not force Ji Anli to help with the treatment. He just said that he would take care of it and it all depends on Ji Anli’s mood. The Duke would also bring S-level healers with him, so at least he was safe.

Ji Anli agreed without saying much. After all, this trip… was really not safe. If the lives of an admiral and a duke could be lost, then all the people brought along might also be dead.

He couldn’t tell anyone else about this. Should he tell Lin Jing, “I bet you might die on this trip?” Not to mention that Lin Jing wouldn’t believe it, Ji Anli himself didn’t believe it either, so… he could only deal with it as it came, and store up more touch points first.

Ji Anli changed his major after finishing his last class in the afternoon. The principal was stunned when he found out: “What? You want to transferred to Ancient Blue Star Traditional Chinese Medicine? Are you sure, Ji Anli? That’s the most unpopular major.”

The principal couldn’t help but use the word “most” several times in a row, which shows that there are more cold people and fewer people.

But the rising star of their college wanted to study such a major? Was this reasonable? It is unreasonable!

Ji Anli: “I am very interested in this major. What’s more, I am now a 3S healer, and the major of special medical care is not suitable for me.” His situation is special. There is currently no suitable academic program for 3S healers, and he will not be able to learn anything if he went there.

The principal only agreed to change Ji Anli’s major first, but refused to approve where to change to. He asked Ji Anli to take a few days to think about it carefully, and then discuss it with his superiors.

Ji Anli was not in a hurry and agreed.

Ji Anli was busy for the next two days. He used the excuse of the outbreak of his hidden disease to increase a lot of touch points, and his touch points, which were originally more than one thousand, increased directly to nearly two thousand.

Ji Anli was ready early that morning. He wore simple black pants and a white shirt, and carried a backpack. He followed Lin Jing to the starship base.

Because Admiral Lin and a dozen soldiers were present, Jie Lie and the other two did not follow.

When they arrived at the starship, everyone was already waiting there and ready. They had already received news from their superiors, so they were not surprised by Ji Anli’s appearance. They just thought that he was taking care of the old duke’s health.

Ji Anli followed Lin Jing onto the starship. The old duke was already sitting there. He turned his head when he heard the noise and was stunned when he saw Ji Anli. Then his wrinkled, pale and haggard face showed some emotion. His expression changed several times and he finally smiled softly: “Xiao Li, come and sit. The last time I saw you, you were still a child. In the blink of an eye, you are already married.”

Ji Anli looked at the old duke’s completely white hair. He seemed to be only in his fifties, but he looked like he was in his seventies or eighties. He sighed in his heart, but said nothing on his face. He just replied softly, “Your Highness the Duke.”

There was a sense of loss in the old duke’s eyes. He wanted to say that he could call him uncle, but thinking that the two families had no contact with each other now, he pretended not to notice Ji Anli’s refusal, smiled and responded, asking them to sit down.

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly started coughing and a healer immediately came forward to help treat him.

Ji Anli had already looked over, and when he saw the healer with him, he sat down again. He sat a little further away from the old Duke. Lin Jing was afraid that he would feel uncomfortable, so he walked up to the old Duke and whispered a few words to him, then came back and sat next to Ji Anli.

“The old Duke has an old illness. Those two are very experienced S-level healers. They know the old Duke’s condition very well and there is no big problem.” Lin Jing explained the situation and was relieved when he saw Ji Anli nodded and showed no other emotions. Although the old Duke was his uncle, Ji Anli had never met him before, so they were actually strangers.