119: Chapter 119: Ding Meixin’s Biological Father!

119: Chapter 119: Ding Meixin’s Biological Father!

Seeing Xu Qianli stay silent, the man questioned him again.

“I’m asking you a question!

What exactly is your relationship with my daughter?”

This time, his tone was even heavier, mixed with threads of anger.

A man in his thirties standing beside him, tall and burly with an air of murderous intent, spoke rapidly, “We’re asking you, answer quickly!”

Xu Qianli looked at them with confusion.

The middle-aged man, despite wearing casual clothes, carried an authoritative presence that was unmistakable.

Xu Qianli had once accompanied the old County Magistrate to meet the City Secretary and felt that even the City Secretary’s presence was not as powerful as this middle-aged man’s.

The other men, each exuding a fierce and ready-to-act aura, and with an undercurrent of explosive strength in their bearing, seemed to be soldiers.

Xu Qianli couldn’t understand.

Ding Meixin’s adoptive father had died; how could there suddenly appear a so-called ‘dad’?

Could it be…

Xu Qianli suddenly thought of a possibility and blurted out, “Are you Meixin’s biological father?”

The term ‘biological father’ made the middle-aged man’s face show a hint of sorrow.

He didn’t utter a word, taking that as confirmation.

The man in his thirties pulled the car door open and dragged Xu Qianli off it by force.

“Just answer when you’re asked a question, why all this nonsense!”

“What’s your relationship with the Miss?”

Xu Qianli, no slouch in a fight and quite strong, found himself overpowered by the man in front of him and was yanked out of the car.

He fought back with a kick.

The man did not expect Xu Qianli to resist.

A fierce kick to the chest fueled his rage, and he aimed a punch at Xu Qianli’s head.

“Tu Gang, stop!”

The middle-aged man called out to stop him, motioning for him to cease his actions.

The man named Tu Gang, visibly unsatisfied, still retracted his fist, let go of Xu Qianli’s shoulder, and stood to the side, glaring fiercely at him.

“Big deal if you’re strong?” Xu Qianli said irritably, rubbing his sore shoulder and cursing his bad luck for running into these types.

The middle-aged man said, “Young man, since you’ve guessed who I am, you should answer my question now, right?

Who are you exactly, and what’s your relationship with my daughter?”

After hesitating for a moment, Xu Qianli spoke, “My name is Xu Qianli.

I work at the Jiang City County Government, and Meixin is my girlfriend!”

“What?

Her boyfriend?”

“How could that be?”

“I had people investigate; Meixin has never been in a relationship.

How could she have a boyfriend?”

The middle-aged man’s eyes were filled with doubt, his anger mounting, clearly not believing a word Xu Qianli said.

Tu Gang was even more furious, “What are you, punk?

You think you’re good enough for the young Miss?

You think you deserve to be her boyfriend?

Watch your tongue, or you’ll bring yourself a world of trouble!”

Xu Qianli nonchalantly took out a cigarette, lit it up, glanced at the two men as if they were idiots, and dropped a line saying whether they believed him or not, then headed back toward his car.

He couldn’t care less whether the middle-aged man in front of him was Ding Meixin’s biological father or not; given their attitude towards him, he had no desire to waste any more words on them.

Tu Gang took a quick step to block the car, “Don’t you dare leave!

You’re not going anywhere until you’ve explained everything!”

“With the way you’re treating me, I don’t give a damn about you.”

“Move out of the way, or believe me, I’ll run you over!”

Xu Qianli floored the gas pedal, and the engine roared.

He wasn’t just making threats.

Tu Gang, fuming with anger, was about to explode when the middle-aged man gestured for him to calm down.

With a deep sigh, the middle-aged man said, “Young man, I apologize for my attitude earlier.

I was simply overwhelmed by my role as a father, finding it hard to accept such news that I was rude to you, and I apologize.

Now, may I have a word with you in private?”

The other party had given face, and Xu Qianli nodded, “Let’s talk in the car.”

Tu Gang became anxious upon seeing this, wanting to prevent it, signaling that getting into the car with Xu Qianli for a private moment was unsafe.

The middle-aged man waved his hand, telling Tu Gang to back off, and got into the car on his own.

“Young man, what you just said, is it true?

Are you really my daughter’s boyfriend?”

Xu Qianli replied, “I don’t know who your daughter is, but if it’s Meixin, then yes, she is indeed my girlfriend.”

The middle-aged man asked, “When did you start?”

Xu Qianli replied, “We met yesterday in Jiang City on a blind date, liked each other, and then confirmed our relationship.”

“You’re not suited for each other!”

The middle-aged man suddenly blurted out such a sentence, which infuriated Xu Qianli.

Hearing this, Xu Qianli responded coldly, not saying a word, just smoking his cigarette, as if he hadn’t heard anything.

Seeing Xu Qianli’s attitude, the middle-aged man spoke sternly, “Did you hear what I said?

I said you two aren’t suited for each other!”

“I heard.”

“So what if you heard?”

“Whether Meixin and I are suited for each other is for us to decide.

Who are you to interfere and tell us whether we are suitable or not?”

Xu Qianli retorted forcefully, directly confronting the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man slapped the dashboard fiercely.

“Bastard!”

“You know full well that I am her father, and yet to your mouth, I’ve become a stranger?”

Xu Qianli said, “Father?

Don’t you find that laughable?”

“What’s laughable about that?”

“I am her father, that’s an ironclad fact.

Don’t you believe it?”

said the middle-aged man.

Xu Qianli scoffed disdainfully.

“Whether you are Meixin’s father or not, I don’t know, but what I do know is that Meixin has been an orphan since she was a child, raised by her adoptive parents.”

“All these years, she hasn’t heard a thing from her biological parents, not to mention received a sliver of care from them.”

“She’s grown up, graduated from university, has a job, and now even has a boyfriend—everything is developing in a positive direction.”

“Suddenly, you show up out of the blue, claiming to be her father, criticizing the boyfriend she chose as not being good enough for her.”

“On what basis, what right do you have to say that?”

“To beget a child without raising them is to fail as a human.

Looking at you, you seem to be a person of high position and authority, surely not someone who abandoned Meixin because you couldn’t afford to raise her.

You never fulfilled your parental duties for all these years, yet you came here to meddle with her boyfriend.

Don’t you feel incredibly shameless doing so?”

“To put it bluntly, who the hell are you to meddle in Meixin’s and my relationship?”

Xu Qianli unleashed a torrent of angry retorts, lambasting the middle-aged man.

Initially, the middle-aged man was so enraged that he was hopping mad, but then he gradually calmed down, took a cigarette from Xu Qianli’s pack, lit it up, and took a couple of heavy drags before finally speaking up.

“I didn’t mean to abandon her all those years ago, I really had no other choice, due to compelling reasons.”

“Over these years, I’ve had people looking for her.

It was with great difficulty that I finally found her, and today I finally mustered the courage to look for her, wanting to acknowledge her as my daughter.

But I didn’t expect to wait all day without seeing her, only for her to show up in the evening, with you in tow.”

“You’re right, I’m not a good father; I don’t deserve to interfere in her life.”

“But no matter what, we are father and daughter, our bond is thicker than water.

Her affairs are not something I can ignore, especially when it comes to something as important as a romantic relationship!”