Beast World: From Villainess to Cub-Raising Chef novel Chapter 18

Chapter 18: Chapter 18: The Cub as Bait in a Clever Trap to Catch the Bad Guys

Before Lu Tingyan could get angry, Yodel and his assistant tactfully pulled Bai Xue aside.

Lu Tingyan’s sharp gaze swept over everyone present.

The people present were all villagers, and even the investigators had never seen such a high-ranking official. Everyone uncontrollably lowered their heads, not daring to speak another word.

Bai Su’s mouth twitched as she followed Lu Tingyan away.

She knew what Lu Tingyan wanted to do.

’If he wants to round them all up at once, he can’t alert the enemy.’

’That’s why he deliberately put on an act of protecting his little lover, letting the matter drop.’

’The local criminals hiding in the shadows would surely let their guard down.’

With a dark expression, Bai Su felt a headache coming on as she endured Bai Xue’s furious glare from behind.

Just as she expected.

Bai Su returned to the orphanage without incident, and that very day, rumors spread like wildfire at the foot of the mountain.

The gossip was all about how she’d hit the jackpot with a rich backer. Not only was she about to enter the Federation as a legal resident, but all her past misdeeds were being wiped clean.

The tales grew so wildly exaggerated that they stopped just short of calling her Daji, the femme fatale who could topple a nation.

That night, Bai Su snuck out of the orphanage to meet Lu Tingyan at the foot of the mountain. Under the cover of darkness, the two of them went to Xiao Mi’s house.

Xiao Mi was sitting in her rice storeroom, clutching her Little Beastman and weeping. It clearly wasn’t the first time she had cried.

When she saw Bai Su and Lu Tingyan, she quickly wiped away her tears and nudged her child. "Quick! Kowtow to your godmother and Major General Lu and thank them!"

The child acted swiftly, kowtowing three times with loud THUDS.

Bai Su quickly pulled the child up, her mouth twitching. "Don’t worry. I will definitely save your child."

Xiao Mi stared at her with bloodshot eyes. "If you can really save my child, from this day on, you’ll be my dear older sister, and I’ll never cross you again! As for those idiotic males, you can have them all if you want! They aren’t worth anything, anyway!"

Lu Tingyan raised an eyebrow from the side.

Bai Su waved her hand dismissively, amused. "No, thank you."

Lu Tingyan got straight to the point. "Where is the exchange point?"

Frightened, Xiao Mi tensed up. "T-To answer, Sir... it’s at the entrance of a cave on the back mountain. The child has to be brought to them at nine o’clock tomorrow night."

Lu Tingyan nodded. "Understood."

Bai Su said, "We can follow them secretly, then surround and capture them when the exchange happens."

Lu Tingyan thought for a moment before saying in a low voice, "If we want to catch them all in one fell swoop, we can’t make the arrest at the exchange point. It would alert the others."

Bai Su looked at him. "You mean?"

Lu Tingyan replied, "Let them take the child back to their hideout. Then we’ll round them all up."

Hearing this from the side, Xiao Mi frantically shook her head. "No, Sir! You can’t do that! What if you’re too late and my child gets shipped off and sold?"

She was terrified and quickly hugged her child, her eyes welling up with tears again.

Bai Su frowned, trying to reassure her. "If he’s going to be the bait, we’ll definitely put a tracker on him. We won’t let anything happen to him."

But Xiao Mi just kept shaking her head. "No, no, no!"

"You said you would save my child, not send him to his death!"

"If a fight breaks out, who will protect him? He’s just a child! What if he gets hurt?"

Bai Su gave Lu Tingyan a helpless look and shrugged.

Lu Tingyan’s brow furrowed. "If we want a permanent solution, this is the best way."

But Xiao Mi just kept shaking her head, listening to no one. She hugged her child, tears streaming down her face.

"Let me go. I can be the bait," a young voice suddenly said from the doorway.

They all turned toward the sound and saw Bai Xiaolang.

VERIFYCAPTCHA_LABELVerify