"My name is Jiang Lijin. I'm an orphan, born in a very remote fringe galaxy." Jiang Lijin recited the original owner's file information. As for the fact that the original owner came from the Blue Star that was destroyed ten years ago, and her mysterious parents, she wasn't foolish enough to tell these two unfamiliar beast husbands right in front of her.
Baal and Tinia remained silent, listening quietly.
"Later, the Main Brain matched me with three S-rank males." Jiang Lijin threw her hands up. "So I came to the Capital Star. You should know that at that time, my file stated my mental power was C-rank."
"Before you came, you must have checked my background. I've already divorced those three dog... those three."
"They set their sights on an S-rank female." Jiang Lijin's tone carried a hint of mockery. "Her rank was higher, so she could give them better mental purification, which was why they insisted on divorcing me."
"And then?" Tinia frowned, the smile vanishing from his blue eyes.
"And then? Then I don't know if it was because I was forced to sign the divorce agreement, causing an emotional breakdown that triggered some hidden potential, but my mental power inexplicably began to rise." Jiang Lijin shifted the blame without batting an eye. "The Main Brain detected the anomaly and requested that I be retested."
She spread her hands. "You saw the results. A C-rank turned into a 3S-rank."
The logic of her story formed a perfect loop. She pinned all the grievances the original owner suffered and the anomaly of her mental power skyrocketing after her transmigration onto those three scumbags. It not only explained the whole sequence of events but also took the opportunity to trample all over them.
Jiang Lijin turned her head to look at Baal. "As for why I previously lived at Lord Chiron's house. At that time, I was still a C-rank, and my ex-husbands demanded I move out of their residence immediately."
Recalling the original owner's miserable state, her tone remained flat. "I didn't have any property under my name on the Capital Star, and the paperwork for the house in the fringe district allocated by the Protection Center hadn't been processed yet. I didn't even have a place to stay."
"While I was receiving psychological counseling at the Central Hospital, Director Chiron learned about my situation. He took pity on me and took me in for a few days, it's as simple as that."
Tinia had previously found out that Jiang Lijin was staying with Chiron, and he thought that the Imperial Academy of Sciences academician was using his proximity and position to seize the upper hand. Now, after hearing this, he realized things weren't what he thought at all.
When Jiang Lijin was at her most helpless and had been kicked out on the streets, it was Chiron who extended a helping hand. This kind of timely assistance was far more effective than any sweet words.
Alarm bells rang loudly in Tinia's heart. He originally thought that by relying on his relentless pestering and sheer wealth, securing the position of the primary beast husband was a sure thing. Now it seemed Chiron was the biggest threat!
"Wifey, I didn't expect you to have suffered so many grievances before." Tinia leaned forward, his voice very soft. "Those guys are real pieces of trash."
Jiang Lijin stared at him for quite a while. At first, she had pegged this guy as a rich kid full of hot air, just pretending to be affectionate now to win her favor.
But after observing him for a long time, Tinia's icy blue eyes were filled with genuine emotion. There was no trace of acting, no deliberately assumed posture—just real, solid heartache.
If he was acting, he really ought to compete for the Interstellar Oscar; even Felwin's acting skills would pale in comparison.
What Jiang Lijin didn't know was that Tinia was truly heartbroken. From a young age, his mother Eileen had taught him that no matter what, he must always protect his family. From the moment the Main Brain matched Jiang Lijin to him, he had already drawn her into his protective circle in his heart.
His own person, whether in the past or present, being bullied to this extent by a few garbage S-ranks—he couldn't swallow this anger.
Baal similarly couldn't swallow this anger, his brows twisting into a tight knot.
The files of Jiang Lijin's three ex-husbands flashed through his mind. He remembered that one of them, named Kieran, was currently serving in the Federal Military and was a colonel in the Third Legion...
Jiang Lijin acutely caught the change in Baal's expression.
She suddenly remembered the original plot Xiao Yi had mentioned before, where Baal would die at Kieran's hands. She had casually promised at the time that if Baal became her beast husband, she would figure out a way to give him a hand.
Now that the person was actually sitting right here, she found herself not knowing how to bring it up.
Just tell him directly, "That Kieran under your command is going to kill you in the future"? It would be a miracle if Baal didn't have her locked up as a lunatic.
Jiang Lijin looked at Baal, an extra layer of scrutiny and hesitation in her eyes. Baal met her gaze and read that hesitation.
"Jiang Lijin." He sat up straight, calling her by her full name, his tone serious. "We are now in a partner relationship. I will not sit idly by regarding the bullying you suffered in the past. I will seek justice for you."
Hearing these words, Jiang Lijin's heart skipped a beat for no reason.
To say she wasn't touched would be a lie. No one had ever told her in such a matter-of-fact tone: I will seek justice for you.
But her struggles across two lifetimes had long since etched defensiveness into her very bones. She wasn't used to relying on others, much less handing over her weaknesses.
She raised an eyebrow, suppressing that slight, unusual emotion in her heart, and put on a careless posture.
"Lord Baal," Jiang Lijin began, "is there a colonel named Kieran working under you?"
Baal nodded. "Yes. There are issues with his conduct, and I will settle the score with him privately. But the military has its rules; I won't do anything underhanded to him at work."
He thought Jiang Lijin wanted to borrow his hand to ruin Kieran from within the military.
Jiang Lijin laughed out of sheer exasperation.
"In your heart, is that the kind of person I am?" she asked in return, her tone carrying a bit of a sting.
Baal didn't reply. Having been in a high position for many years, he was used to seeing people borrow another's knife to kill. For that brief moment just now, he had indeed thought so.
"I will return those humiliations bit by bit myself." Jiang Lijin withdrew her smile and looked directly into Baal's eyes. "Relying on you guys to do it is completely meaningless."
Baal was stunned for a moment. He truly hadn't expected Jiang Lijin to say such a thing. Most of the females he had interacted with were delicate and fragile, accustomed to hiding behind males to seek protection when they ran into trouble. He thought Jiang Lijin was the same, needing him to step forward and settle everything.
"Then what did you mean by bringing him up just now?"
"I'm just warning you." Jiang Lijin leaned back against the sofa cushions. "Be careful of this man under your command. He has deep, scheming thoughts. Don't let him bite you back one day and leave you dead without even knowing how it happened."
Baal completely did not anticipate her saying such words. A weak female had not only rejected his protection but also turned around to warn him, the Federal Supreme Commander, to be careful of his own subordinate?
Tinia, who hadn't been able to get a word in, finally found an opportunity.
"Wifey, what you're saying isn't right." Tinia leaned his body forward, directly squeezing into their line of sight. "We are both your beast husbands, we are a family. When one's own family is bullied, how can there be any reason to stand by and do nothing?"
He blinked those beautiful blue eyes, his tone entirely self-righteous. "Think about it from another angle. If one day I got bullied by someone else, would you really just ignore me?"
Jiang Lijin was left completely speechless by his clever twisting of words.
Talk about the art of language. With just a few casual remarks, he had seamlessly transformed the patronizing undertone of "the strong protecting the weak" into a heartwarming bond of "family helping each other," leaving her without a single excuse to refuse.
[Host, he is so smooth!] Xiao Yi cheered wildly in her mind. [Such emotional intelligence and eloquence, he truly lives up to his title as the heir of the wealthiest family! He is way better than that stiff commander! I hereby declare him my second favorite. Of course, Chiron is still number one in my heart!]
Jiang Lijin mentally rolled her eyes at Xiao Yi and ignored it.
