Beast World: From Villainess to Cub-Raising Chef novel Chapter 38

Chapter 38: Chapter 38: Dragging Her Back to the Bai Family

Having had her fill of the drama, Bai Su finally roused herself and got back to running her little shop.

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Bai Su was in the kitchen prepping ingredients when Bai Xiaolang pushed the door open to announce a visitor.

Without looking up, Bai Su asked, "Who is it?"

Bai Xiaolang said, "A first-time customer. She looks like a wicked witch, even meaner than you used to be."

Bai Su shot him an amused glance, then made a face as if to smear chili water on him. Bai Xiaolang made a face back and scurried away.

Bai Su washed her hands and came out of the kitchen. When she saw Mrs. Bai standing in the courtyard, she raised an eyebrow.

’How should I put this? It’s not exactly a surprise.’

Mrs. Bai was dressed in a lavish gown, her hair piled high in an updo. Her two rabbit ears were impeccably groomed and woven into the braid at the back of her head. At first glance, it looked like she was wearing a fluffy headband.

Her hair was elegantly braided and coiled at the nape of her neck, secured with a white, jeweled comb. Simple, small jeweled flowers decorated the bun.

Her nails were painted with a red velvet cat-eye polish, her makeup was exquisite, and beneath her expensive day dress, she wore a pair of elegant high heels.

She looked completely out of place in the mountaintop shop.

Mrs. Bai was holding a small, champagne-colored handkerchief to her mouth, her brows tightly furrowed. Her eyes were filled with disgust, as if staying a second longer would infect her with a poverty virus.

Bai Su mentally rolled her eyes. "You don’t visit a temple without a cause. What ill wind blew you in?"

Mrs. Bai glared at her, her face a mask of displeasure mixed with a hint of wariness. "It’s been a while. Xue’er said you’ve changed a lot. I didn’t believe her at first, but now I see it’s true."

"You’re even more unruly than before!"

She lifted her head high, looking down her nose at Bai Su. "I’m here today to take you back to the Bai family. Are you satisfied now? Didn’t you cause all this ridiculous trouble just to get the family’s attention?"

"Even if I let you return to the Bai family, don’t think for a second you can become the eldest young miss. The only eldest young miss of the Bai family is Xue’er."

"Even though you’re the firstborn daughter, don’t even think about coveting what doesn’t belong to you!"

"And this cheap, filthy shop of yours—shut it down after you come back. Then, copy down those recipes for Xue’er."

"You should consider it your good fortune that she’s taken an interest in your recipes. Otherwise, did you really think you could come back to the Bai family?"

"You’d better thank Xue’er properly when you get back!"

A wave of physical revulsion washed over Bai Su. ’It’s happening all over again.’

They were clearly sisters, born of the same mother, yet their parents always favored the younger one.

In the novel’s plot, Bai Xue was the "true, good, and beautiful" heroine of an old-school Beastman romance, while Bai Su was the unloved elder daughter who developed a dark and withdrawn personality out of jealousy for Bai Xue.

But the novel’s narrative was infinitely biased toward the heroine.

In the memories Bai Su had accessed, the original Bai Su would never have turned out this way if not for their parents’ extreme favoritism throughout their childhood.

The extreme favoritism in food, clothing, housing, and transportation was one thing.

Just because Bai Xue once said she didn’t like seeing her sister dressed more beautifully than her, Bai Su was forever forbidden from wearing pretty clothes, forced to wear the servants’ drab, gray uniforms.

Even though Bai Su was clearly the one with a talent for painting, the family pushed Bai Xue to take her place, allowing her to win a major art award and bask in all the public praise.

Because Bai Xue said she didn’t like people knowing the Bai family had two daughters, Bai Su had to enroll in her all-girls high school under the guise of being a servant’s daughter, where she was ostracized and bullied by everyone.

Even when she was cornered and bullied and came home to complain, Bai Xue would condescendingly accuse her of being petty and unkind, saying it was no wonder her classmates disliked her.

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