Beast World: From Villainess to Cub-Raising Chef
Chapter 135 - 134: Bai Su Is Not a Child of the Bai Family
When Yan Qingya saw the news, she went ballistic. Pregnant belly and all, she was at home on a burner account, waging war against the trolls.
Bai Su had tried to comfort her and told her not to get angry, but every time she scrolled through her feed, she couldn’t help but seethe with rage.
’What did those fucking idiots online know?’
’What was all this talk about "female competition"?’
’It’s all they ever talked about. Did they even have brains?’
’Had Bai Su ever gone out of her way to provoke another female?’
’She just had bad luck. The females she’d encountered before had all been awful, always starting trouble and targeting her. And that was supposed to be "female competition"?’
’What about the women at the foot of the mountain who were healed by Bai Su’s food? Why was no one talking about them?’
’What about the females who traveled from far and wide just to eat her food and were cured of their illnesses? Why was no one mentioning them?’
’What about her, Yan Qingya, having quadruplets in a single pregnancy? Why did they never bring that up?’
’A bunch of mindless idiots. All they could parrot was "female competition." They learn one new term and suddenly think they’ve unlocked the secrets of the universe?’
’Their stupidity was simply painful to watch.’
’And that bunch from the Bai family are no better!’
’Sucking up to the powerful and stomping on the weak—not a single one of them is any good!’
Terrified that their sister’s anger would affect her pregnancy, Yan Tai and Yan Jiu hurried to soothe her, urging her to calm down.
Yan Qingya was so furious she threw her phone. "Just look at this! What is wrong with those people from the Bai family? They turn on Susu and attack her just because they couldn’t suck up to her?"
"They’re trying to cyberbully her to death!"
Yan Jiu quickly pulled the little troublemaker down to sit. "Alright, alright, don’t be angry. The Bai family won’t be getting away with this for much longer. Don’t you trust your big brother to handle things?"
"Leader Lu has been working hard to deal with the Bai family. Trust me, their days are numbered!"
Yan Qingya was tormented by anxiety. "What did you find out? Just tell me! I swear I won’t tell anyone! At the very least, shouldn’t Susu know?"
Yan Jiu quickly shook his head. "I can’t tell you. Just don’t work yourself up over it. This will all be resolved soon!"
Yan Tai nodded in agreement beside him. "That’s right, little sister. You just focus on your pregnancy. Miss Bai Su has Leader Lu and several other powerful factions looking out for her. Nothing truly disastrous will happen."
At that, Yan Qingya shot up from her seat again. "Nothing disastrous has happened? What would you call a disaster, then? This pack of unhinged trolls is one step away from hounding her to death!"
Even the elderly servants in the house had heard Bai Su’s name and thought she was a demon who killed without batting an eye.
Children on the street were so scared by the mention of her name that they would obediently shut their mouths and run home.
And this wasn’t a disaster?
Bai Su was such a good, kind little rabbit. Why did she deserve to be slandered like this?
Yan Tai and Yan Jiu once again scrambled to comfort her.
Meanwhile.
Seeing that Bai Su had yet to respond, the Bai family grew even more aggressive.
Bai Junlan even posted a new update on the Female Protection Institution’s official account, publicly calling out Bai Su.
On camera, she was dressed in her usual white blouse and black suit, the Female Protection Institution’s brooch pinned to her chest. She stared grimly into the lens. "I apologize for taking up public resources, but the situation has spiraled out of control."
"My voice alone is small. I need your support."
"Those who know me know that I, Bai Junlan, have never done a single thing for myself in my entire life. Everything has been for the Bai family and for the interests of all females."
"Throughout my life, I have held a clear conscience before the Bai family, before all females, before the Federation, and especially before the four great families."
"So, I am calling on Bai Su now: immediately release Bai Rongrong! She is a filial, well-behaved, and law-abiding female of the Bai family. You have no right to detain her!"
"Bai Su, you cannot abuse your power and deceive the public in the Federation! You cannot detain Rongrong for days on end simply because you dislike her!"
The news that Bai Su had detained a female without cause sent the public into an even greater fury.
[Damn it, she thinks she’s above the law! A total untouchable!]
[What the hell are we waiting for? Why aren’t we doing something?]
[Brothers, I have an idea! We can call the International Federation and report her using our real names!]
[Since the Federation within Snow Country won’t do anything about this, the International Federation has to step in!]
[Yes, yes, yes! Let’s call right now!]
[Damn it, I’m going all in against Bai Su now! We won’t rest until she’s kicked out of the Federation!]
The International Federation’s phone lines were blown up with calls.
As if things weren’t chaotic enough, Bai Ruyan dropped another bombshell: "Bai Su isn’t a child of the Bai family at all. I only took her in because I found her abandoned in a trash can and felt sorry for her."
"She’s not my own flesh and blood, and you can really tell. An ungrateful viper we raised, letting an outsider harm our family’s children!"
His words instantly sent shockwaves through the public.
Even Bai Junlan was stunned. She called Bai Ruyan to demand an explanation. "What do you mean? Bai Su isn’t your child?"
Bai Ruyan stammered for a moment before nodding, admitting it was true.
He had seen Bai Su get close to Lu Tingyan and had hoped to use that connection to elevate his own status.
But now, not only had Bai Su failed to bring the Bai family any benefits, she had become a public pariah that everyone wanted to condemn.
He couldn’t let himself be dragged down with her, which was why he had come forward to reveal the truth.
Years ago, the Bai family had been desperate to prove their fertility by producing a female heir.
As the only male in the family, Bai Ruyan wanted to compete with his two older sisters, Bai Ruxin and Bai Jiayue, and the only way to do that was to quickly produce a female heir.
But Rachel’s womb remained empty. Then, by a stroke of luck, they happened to find Bai Su in a trash can.
Even though she was a Dutch Lop-eared Rabbit, she was still a rabbit, and they figured they could pass her off as their own.
So he orchestrated a grand deception, having Rachel fake a pregnancy before bringing Bai Su home to the Bai family.
They never expected that in the third year after adopting Bai Su, Rachel would become pregnant with Bai Xue.
With two females in his household, Bai Ruyan finally began to earn Bai Junlan’s esteem, allowing him to stand on equal footing with his two older sisters.
When Bai Su saw the news, she wasn’t particularly surprised.
’The original owner of this body had suffered so much in the Bai family. If she wasn’t their biological daughter, then everything made sense...’
’It’s better this way,’ she thought. ’At least I don’t have to carry the bloodline and name of the Bai family, which just disgusts me.’
*
Lu Tingyan updated Bai Su on the progress of his investigation.
With a clearer picture of the situation, Bai Su finally stepped forward to respond.
She posted a video, publicly responding to Bai Junlan. "You claim over and over that the Bai family has done no wrong to the Federation. If I can prove that all the slander against me is false and that the Bai family has in fact wronged the Federation, how will you handle it?"
The video’s release immediately sent the internet’s trolls into a frenzy.
This was the first time Bai Su had responded directly since the scandal broke.
The netizens went wild.
[Prove it? The case is already closed! What the hell is there to prove?!]
[Go on, prove it! If you can’t, you can eat shit and get the hell out of the Federation!]
[How does a vicious woman like you have the nerve to confront the esteemed President?]
[President Bai Junlan has worked diligently her entire life for the females of the Federation. Who the hell do you think you are?]
[So arrogant! Just what you’d expect from an untouchable with powerful connections.]
Riding the wave of public attention, Bai Junlan quickly responded: "If we have slandered you, and if the Bai family has truly wronged the Federation, then I, Bai Junlan, will personally get on my knees and kowtow to you in apology."
The netizens were heartbroken: [No, no, venerable President, she’s not worthy of that!]
[You’ve worked so diligently for the females of the Federation for all these years. We’ve all seen it! How could Bai Su possibly be worthy?]
[We’ll always support President Bai Junlan! The President is always on the front lines, fighting to protect the interests of females!]
[With President Bai Junlan here, we females can finally feel safe.]
Bai Su posted a reply beneath her comment: [Kneel and kowtow. Fine. Remember what you said.]
Naturally, this reply was buried under hundreds of thousands of vitriolic sub-replies.
But Bai Su couldn’t be bothered to care anymore.
She was too busy reading the information Lu Tingyan was sending her in real time, and what she saw was horrifying.
With Lu Tingyan and Yelias investigating from two different angles, their efficiency was much higher.
No matter how flawless the Medical Alliance’s plans were, Bai Rongrong was a breach in their defenses that they couldn’t conceal.
Bai Rongrong was a recent defector. She had never met anyone from the Medical Alliance in person and didn’t have a chip implanted in her brain, so she was not under their control.
Combined with the fact that she had seen all the files on Rachel’s computer, Lu Tingyan was able to slowly unravel a great deal of information.
Meanwhile, after Yelias returned to the Lanton Family, he had only to disguise himself as his grandfather and ask a few probing questions before the traitors in their midst couldn’t hold up and exposed themselves.
Following that lead, Yelias acted swiftly and decisively, uncovering new clues from them.
When they combined the clues from both investigations, they finally understood the shady dealings between these great families and the Medical Alliance.
Whether it was the mother and daughter pair of Bai Xue and Rachel from the Bai family, or the traitors within the Lanton Family, they were all providing the Medical Alliance with live female specimens.
In other words, they were trafficking females from within the Federation, selling them to the Medical Alliance at exorbitant prices.
By endlessly studying the uteruses of these females, the Medical Alliance was trying to replicate Bai Su’s own extraordinary fertility.
This had been their primary research project for years.
As a member of the Medical Alliance herself, Bai Xue underwent monthly check-ups and experiments for them.
That was why the Medical Alliance was willing to do anything to get Bai Xue back.
Over the years, the list of female victims that Lu Tingyan and Yelias had compiled so far already numbered in the thousands.
Females were already scarce in the Federation; this number was devastating, adding insult to injury.
Countless beast-kin clans had already gone extinct for lack of suitable females to carry on their bloodlines.
Once this information was revealed, not only would Bai Xue and Rachel be implicated, but the entire Bai family that had defended them—with Bai Junlan, who was at the forefront, bearing the brunt of it—would become enemies of the entire Federation!
And that was why Bai Su was finally ready to stand up and confront Bai Junlan head-on.