Beast World: From Villainess to Cub-Raising Chef
Chapter 150 - 149: Can You Kidnap Her and Make Her a Cook?
Li Yue suddenly spoke up. "The samples I’ve analyzed the last few times—the food didn’t look fresh. It looked more like meat taken out of a can."
"Moreover, the previous data showed residual chemical agents in the food—preservatives commonly found in canned goods."
She hadn’t mentioned it before because she hadn’t known the difference between fresh and canned food.
At this point, the people in the research lab weren’t fools.
Flar and McKoff turned to Sai’er, their expressions displeased. "Sai’er, do you have anything to say for yourself?"
Sai’er’s face turned ghastly pale. "I... I..."
Bai Su looked at the group. "It’s obvious, isn’t it? Sai’er has been trying to prevent you from discovering the truth about my food samples. He abused his authority for personal reasons and couldn’t care less about this project’s outcome."
She then turned to Flar and the others. "Are you really going to keep a bad apple like him in your lab—someone who abuses his power like this?"
Sai’er, with nothing left to lose, shot Bai Su a dark glare. "Shut up!"
Bai Su shot a disgusted glance at the pathetic stray. "What? Did I strike a nerve?"
Sai’er looked at the two old men. "Grandpa Flar, Grandpa McKoff, I’ve worked by your side for so many years. Have I ever made a mistake?"
"I admit what I did this time. I... I just wasn’t thinking straight."
"I thought Bai Su was incompetent—that Yelias had planted her here to steal the fruits of our research."
"I was just trying to protect our project! That’s why I targeted Bai Su."
"I’ve worked diligently in this lab for years. Are you really going to kick me out over one little mistake—swapping the samples today?"
The two old men were, after all, getting on in years. Sai’er had been with them for so long, he was almost closer than their own grandsons. How could they remain unmoved?
Bai Su sneered, crossing her arms. "What’s this? A moment ago, Sai’er had you all stirred up. You thought I brought you substandard food and were so righteously indignant you were ready to throw me out. Now that you know it was his fault, you’re just going to pretend nothing happened and cover for him?"
"I guess you old men aren’t as serious about this research as you claim. What happened to that ’everything for the project’ nonsense? Such posturing, such hypocrisy!"
She grabbed her remaining fried shrimp and turned to leave.
Flar hurriedly chased after her. "Miss Bai! We were wrong. We old men listened to Sai’er’s provocations and developed a prejudice against you."
"If you’re willing to stay and help with our research, we’ll agree to any condition, as long as it’s within our power! That includes kicking Sai’er out of the project!"
The onlookers couldn’t help but be astonished. What on earth had this Miss Bai offered the two doctors?
She had even managed to oust Sai’er.
Everyone knew that Sai’er was usually the two old men’s mouthpiece. His opinion was effectively their opinion.
Plenty of researchers from other teams had suffered at Sai’er’s hands, but complaining to Dr. Flar and Dr. McKoff had always been useless.
This Miss Bai had been here for what, a week?
And she was already capable of getting Sai’er kicked out?
Truly, you can’t judge a book by its cover.
Bai Su stopped and turned to look at Flar and McKoff. "You’ll agree to any condition?"
The two men nodded eagerly.
Bai Su studied them for a moment. Seeing that their expressions were sincere enough, she said calmly, "You want me to stay? Fine. I have a few conditions."
The two old men nodded quickly. "Name them!"
Bai Su said, "First, kick Sai’er out. He is to be barred from all medical research labs and hospitals under the Lanton Family’s umbrella. The Lanton Family is not to provide him with any form of employment."
At these words, Sai’er practically jumped in agitation. "On what grounds?! Bai Su, you’re pushing things too far! I just made one small mistake! What gives you the right to blacklist me like this?"
’Does she have any idea how much influence the Lanton Family’s hospitals have globally?’
’With a single, casual sentence, she’s trying to ruin my life?!’
Bai Su crossed her arms and looked at Sai’er coldly. "Weren’t you the one going around, telling everyone that I was abusing my special privileges?"
"I think it’s time you learned what ’special privileges’ really look like."
In her few days at the institute, she had asked around and learned a few things from the other researchers.
She’d learned about Yelias’s past—how Sai’er had exploited an opportunity, using a mistake Yelias made during his sister’s surgery to swoop in and take his place.
Sai’er was nothing more than a slimy sycophant. He was three parts talent and seven parts bootlicking, yet he had managed to climb so high among this group of simple-minded medical researchers.
He had simply taken advantage of the fact that the two old men, Flar and McKoff, were so advanced in age that they only ever had their heads buried in their research, oblivious to the world around them.
She turned back to the two old men. "My first condition. Do you agree?"
Without a moment’s hesitation, the two old men replied, "We agree!"
Sai’er felt a surge of nameless rage.
’How could these two old men be so heartless!’
’He’d slaved away for them in this lab for so long!’
’How could they just kick him to the curb like that?’
Bai Su nodded. "Very good. Now, the second condition. I want the two of you to go to Yelias, with gifts, and apologize. You will then sincerely invite him to join this project. I’ll agree to stay only if he agrees to participate."
The two old men hesitated for a moment before finally nodding. "Alright, we promise."
To them, such conditions were a bit humiliating, but not difficult to carry out.
As long as the research could move forward and the world’s females could benefit from it sooner, nothing else was too difficult.
When Sai’er heard that Yelias was coming back, his pupils contracted sharply.
’He had gone to so much trouble to push him out, and now Bai Su was going to bring him back?’
Sai’er was furious. "Why should he be allowed back? Grandpa Flar, Grandpa McKoff, have you forgotten the mistake he made all those years ago?"
Bai Su shot him an icy glare. "If a parasite like you can stay in this lab for so long, why can’t he?"
She turned to Flar and McKoff. "Since when does an irrelevant nobody like him get a say in the lab’s affairs?"
Sai’er glared at her. "You!"
Bai Su looked away in disgust, as if another glance would soil her eyes.
Sai’er clenched his fists. More than anything, he hated being looked at like that.
A shadow of gloom passed through his eyes. He turned, gathered his things, and scurried away.
Bai Su arranged a time with Flar and McKoff for their apology the next day, then left the research lab.
No one noticed Li Yue in the corner, recording everything that had just happened, the chip in her brain transmitting it all in real time.
Li Yue’s lips curled into a silent smile. She turned and went back to work in the lab while the chip in her brain carried on a casual conversation. [Boss, this sister of yours is really something else.]
[I have a feeling you’ll be meeting her very soon.]
Leia was the world’s most mysterious number-one female assassin. "Meeting her" meant you were on death’s list—it was never a good thing.
Leia: [Oh?]
Li Yue: [The food she provides really can advance this experiment’s research. You know what that means. This project is a fatal blow to the Medical Alliance.]
’And that useless Sai’er... his petty little tricks were no match for Bai Su. He just let her integrate herself completely into the research lab.’
’The images and data from her chip were being transmitted to the Medical Alliance in real time.’
’Before long, the Alliance would surely issue an assassination order for Leia to carry out.’
’Bai Su’s existence had already become a major threat to the Alliance.’
Leia: [I’m actually looking forward to it a little~]
Li Yue chewed on a shrimp with a hint of regret. She thought for a moment, then suddenly asked, [Boss, if the Alliance issues a kill order, could you... not kill her?]
Leia raised an eyebrow. [Got a crush on my sister?]
[Not really. It’s just... her cooking is so delicious.] Li Yue licked her lips, suddenly excited. [Could you kidnap her and make her our personal chef?]
Leia: [...Are you insane?]