Beast World: From Villainess to Cub-Raising Chef
Chapter 118 - 117: Experimental Surgery Using a Clone
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The people Yodel sent to investigate lost the trail.
The Little White Spider’s movements had been deliberately erased, leaving no trace.
Yelias wasn’t surprised.
If the Medical Alliance didn’t have some real power, they would have been wiped out long ago, not survived for several hundred years.
Bai Su was anxious. "Then what do we do? He... he can’t be having a good time at the Medical Alliance. We have to find a way to get him out of there, quickly!"
As a mother, she could clearly sense the deathly stillness clinging to him.
It wasn’t like a child his age at all.
If he were well-treated at the Medical Alliance, he wouldn’t be in this state.
Yelias patted her head reassuringly. "Don’t be anxious just yet. If he’s with the Medical Alliance, then I think I know how to lure him out."
Hearing this, Bai Su’s eyes lit up as she looked at him.
Lu Tingyan pondered for a moment. "You mean... use Bai Xue as bait?"
Yelias nodded, looking at them both. "The Medical Alliance’s ultimate goal is likely Susu’s uterus. They want to study her body. If we were to perform the surgery, it would mean removing Bai Xue’s uterus. They’ve invested a lot of effort into her; they’ll surely come for her."
He looked at Bai Su, a hint of worry in his eyes.
Bai Su suddenly understood. This was all aimed at her!
She suddenly turned to Yelias. "Can you perform a uterine transplant for me?"
Lu Tingyan frowned. "No!"
Yelias also hesitated. "Susu, you know that I..."
Bai Su grabbed his arm. "You can do it, I believe in you! Didn’t you operate on my clone last night? I saw the stitches on her stomach."
Yelias replied, "But simply stitching a wound isn’t the same as a uterine transplant, Susu. I can’t take that risk."
Especially not when the person was Bai Su.
A uterine transplant could be life-threatening.
He didn’t dare...
A flash of pain crossed Yelias’s eyes. "Susu... I can’t."
Bai Su’s expression turned pleading. "Please? Don’t you want to save our child? He’s so brilliant, he inherited your talent."
Lu Tingyan pulled at Bai Su from the side. "Susu, don’t be like this..."
He didn’t feel at ease either.
Back when he first learned the truth and needed to find a doctor to perform the transplant for Bai Su, his search had led him to Yelias.
The reason he never recommended him was because he knew Yelias had failed an operation years ago. After that surgery, he’d never been able to pick up a scalpel again.
How could he trust someone who hadn’t held a scalpel in years to cut open Bai Su’s stomach and do something so dangerous?
Bai Su’s eyes reddened and she began to tremble. Her drooping ears quivered as she leaned against the tall Lu Tingyan’s chest, looking like a pitiful little rabbit.
She couldn’t help but start crying. "Please, Yelias! We just have to save him. It took me so long to find him. Please, just trust my intuition, okay? He must be suffering. I want to save him!"
Yelias, his heart aching, soothed her. "Don’t cry, Susu. Don’t be anxious. I know you’re upset, but I can’t gamble with your life, right?"
The two men simultaneously released their spiritual power to envelop the little rabbit.
It was the first time the two males’ spiritual powers had coexisted so harmoniously, wrapping the little rabbit within.
Bai Su’s emotions were soothed, and she quickly stabilized. "Okay..."
She grabbed Yelias’s hand again. "I have another idea, then. Are you willing to try it?"
Yelias and Lu Tingyan exchanged a glance before looking at her gently. "Tell us."
Bai Su said, "You can use my clone to practice on. That way, even if you fail, there’s no harm done to me."
"This..." Yelias hesitated.
The image of his sister dying on the operating table flashed through his mind again and again.
He had already lost too much. Now that he had finally found someone he wanted to protect again, he didn’t have the courage to face another loss.
Bai Su squeezed his hand. "Yelias, I believe in you."
Yelias met her ardent gaze, and something long-buried deep within him began to stir, trying to break free.
Hailed as a genius since childhood, how could he not yearn to hold a scalpel again?
Lu Tingyan suddenly asked from the side, "Susu, do you and your clone have a sensory link? If she gets hurt, do you feel it?"
A flicker of guilt crossed Bai Su’s eyes. She was about to deny it but met Lu Tingyan’s sharp, resigned gaze.
Forced to be honest, Bai Su confessed, "I do feel it."
’He must have known all along,’ she guessed.
She had probably given herself away when she went to find Lu Tingyan.
At that time, her clone had just had its wound stitched up by Yelias, and the pain had been particularly intense.
Bai Su tried to recover. "But Yelias can use anesthesia! Then I won’t feel a thing."
Of course, it wasn’t that the two men didn’t want to get their cub back.
It was just that compared to the cub, the little rabbit before them was the focus of their protection.
Seeing her eyes filled with nothing but trust, Yelias had no choice but to nod. "Okay, I’ll try..."
Bai Su finally broke into a smile. "Great!"
「On the operating table.」
The clone lay down nervously.
Yelias injected her with an anesthetic.
The little rabbit on the table frowned in pain.
Yelias soothed her in a gentle voice, "Don’t be afraid. The anesthetic will sting a bit, but it’ll be over soon. Relax."
The clone nodded.
Nearby, Bai Su and Lu Tingyan sat to one side.
Bai Su was completely focused on Yelias’s actions, her eyes filled with trust.
Lu Tingyan frowned slightly, feeling a little displeased.
’Even though I was the one who brought this Yelias guy in, that doesn’t mean he can steal so much of Bai Su’s attention.’
’After all, he’s just a good-for-nothing who was so scared by one failed surgery that he didn’t dare pick up a scalpel for years.’
Lu Tingyan wrapped his arm around Bai Su and shot him a glance. "Are you sure you don’t need a nurse?"
Without looking up, Yelias said, "No."
Lu Tingyan: "How sloppy..."
Yelias: "..."
He revealed the four spider legs on his back, and along with his forelimbs, they morphed into an array of surgical tools, creating an imposing sight.
Bai Su’s eyes lit up. "Wow! Yelias, you’re amazing! You can definitely do it, I believe in you!"
Lu Tingyan: "..."
’How could he describe this feeling? It was a mix of regret and helplessness.’
If Bai Su were just an ordinary Beastman, he was confident he could protect her.
But after she gets her uterus back, it’s highly likely she will slowly evolve into a Level 9 female, and the entire Beast World will be thrown into an uproar.
With his current power, he might not be able to protect her.
That’s why pulling the Lanton Family to her side as her backing was a concession he had to make.
Lu Tingyan’s arm around Bai Su tightened slightly, and he let out a faint, almost imperceptible sigh.
Just as Bai Su was staring intently, she was startled by the system’s voice in her head: "It’s rising, it’s rising! Lu Tingyan’s favorability is going up again!"
"SOB SOB SOB, Host, he really loves you so much."
Bai Su was stunned for a moment, then smiled. ’I know.’
Love was never something ephemeral. If love existed, the one being loved would surely feel it.
She hugged Lu Tingyan back, nuzzling her head into the crook of his neck.
Lu Tingyan suddenly asked, "Do your clones share senses with each other?"
Bai Su nodded. "Yeah, why?"
Lu Tingyan suppressed the flickering emotion in his eyes, his voice turning a little hoarse. "Nothing."
At the adjacent table, Yelias was staring intently at the clone, the light in his eyes growing brighter and brighter.
「Half an hour later.」
The light in Yelias’s eyes dimmed. "Sorry, I failed."
Bai Su recalled the clone and patted his shoulder. "It’s okay. If you want to keep trying, you can do it anytime! My clones are inexhaustible!"
Yelias pursed his lips. "Susu..."
Bai Su said, "What’s one failure? There was no real loss. Yelias, don’t be like this."
"When I was learning to cook, I don’t know how many times I cut my fingers or burned my skin."
"But when you love something, you love it. How can you give up so easily?"
"Yelias, that was the first time I’d seen you like you were just now—shining, finally looking grounded, like a truly living person."
Yelias stared, stunned, into her beautiful eyes.
Bai Su possessed just this kind of powerful Life Force, like a little sun. She didn’t just shine and radiate heat on her own; she could also nurture all things, influencing everything her light touched.
Suddenly, the sunlight was covered by a large, dark cloud.
Lu Tingyan squeezed in between the two, blocking Yelias’s view with a smile that didn’t reach his eyes. "That’s right. I’m sure Doctor Yelias isn’t really a wimp who would give up so easily, right?"
Yelias: "..."