Beast World: From Villainess to Cub-Raising Chef

"So disappointing. She’s so beautiful, but is there something wrong with her head? Of all the things she could do, why this?"

"If she’s that desperate for fame and money, why not become a singer-dancer influencer? Why resort to such crooked methods!"

"I saw the news about her helping Major General Lu rescue over 100 Beastman cubs, and I had a really good impression of her. I guess I was wrong about her!"

Among the male Beastmen were several online tabloid bloggers who had come specifically to follow this story.

Seeing this, they grew secretly excited. They had started recording a video the moment they walked in, just waiting for this story to break so they could cash in on all the views.

Just as they were using their smart devices to edit their sensationalist content and prepare the video for posting, Yan Xiaoliu burst in.

"She didn’t poison it! I was wrong! I ate her food, and all my illnesses are completely gone!!"

The crowd stared dumbfounded at the excited Yan Xiaoliu. "Huh?"

"It’s a miracle!" Yan Xiaoliu exclaimed. "After I ate yesterday, I went back to my hotel and had a terrible case of diarrhea. But when I woke up today, not only was my stomach ailment gone, but my kidney stones are gone too! Even some of my old injuries feel much better! It’s a miracle!"

The crowd was even more dumbfounded. "Huh?"

"It must have been yesterday’s food," Yan Xiaoliu insisted. "I haven’t eaten much these past few days, just canned stuff. I ate her food yesterday, and when I got back last night, my body started detoxing. This morning, I feel completely refreshed and invigorated. Even my nearsightedness is gone!"

Bai Su had a good idea of what happened. His Spiritual Power Level must not be very high.

The lower the Level, the simpler and easier it was for her to heal them. It was only healing someone of Lu Tingyan’s Level that was a bit more difficult.

The crowd looked at him strangely. "This is getting more and more far-fetched. Are you for real?"

Afraid they wouldn’t believe him, Yan Xiaoliu nodded frantically. "I’m not lying! You can all try it for yourselves!"

The food safety officer who had eaten the food gave a fair assessment, nodding. "I can’t say whether it has any healing effects, but the flavor was genuinely excellent. I’ve never tasted meat with such a marvelous flavor. It’s simply incredible!"

The crowd was still skeptical. "But what’s the principle behind it? Logically, it should be impossible. How could ingredients prepared like that have such an effect? She didn’t add any medicinal herbs or reagents when she was cooking."

"Yan Shen, you didn’t actually take her money, did you? You can’t earn that kind of dirty money!"

The crowd chattered noisily, all guessing at once. They all thought Yan Xiaoliu was exaggerating.

His descriptions of the food’s flavor during yesterday’s livestream had been over-the-top from the start. It was almost as if he’d been hired to put on a show.

Seeing the argument between Yan Xiaoliu and the crowd straying further and further off-topic, Bai Su stepped forward at the right moment and said meekly, "Actually, could it possibly be... because I have a Healing Superpower?"

The moment she said this, the entire place fell silent.

After a long moment, Yan Xiaoliu stared at her in disbelief. "You mean, you have a superpower?!"

Bai Su nodded. "That’s right. The residents downhill often eat my food. If you don’t believe me, you can go ask them. My child’s left eye was blind before, and it was slowly healed by eating my food."

She had previously asked Lu Tingyan to keep it a secret because she was a deported exile from outside the Federation. With her own status not yet settled, rashly revealing this would have made it difficult for her to protect herself.

But things were different now. She was a legal citizen of the Federation. Moreover, revealing it on the internet through a high-traffic channel like Yan Xiaoliu provided even more security.

The food safety officer was ecstatic. "You really have a superpower? Heavens, we’ve been so presumptuous."

Yan Xiaoliu’s eyes widened even more. He subconsciously wanted to start his livestream and turn on his camera, but the thought that the young female before him had a superpower—and therefore an incredibly noble status—stopped him from daring to offend her.

The crowd was utterly baffled, but they couldn’t help sizing Bai Su up with curiosity.

Several male members of the media hidden in the crowd secretly turned on their cameras to record the scene.

It was just that females in the Empire were already rare to begin with; it was almost unheard of for a female to possess a superpower.

In the history of the Interstellar Federation, the number of females who’d had superpowers could be counted on one hand.

If Bai Su really did have a superpower, this would be a bombshell story!

Bai Su said, "But my superpower isn’t high-Level. I’m just a Second-level Beastman, and I only awakened my superpower recently. After I discovered my food had a Healing Ability, I opened this restaurant, hoping to help more people."

A flash of understanding crossed Yan Xiaoliu’s eyes. ’No wonder.’

Generally speaking, a female with a superpower would surely be highly valued by the Federation. How could she end up stranded in a place like the Jing Suburb?

And she was completely ignored, too. From that previous news about the child trafficking, it seemed her place used to be an orphanage, and her life was quite difficult.

The food safety officer quickly waved his hands. "You shouldn’t blame yourself. Just awakening a superpower is an incredible achievement!"

Yan Xiaoliu also chimed in, "Your cooking is truly delicious! It’s magnificent! This is a divine miracle! Even if you didn’t have a Healing Ability, you would still be a very great female!"

Bai Su let out a laugh and looked at the crowd. "Well, if there are no other problems, I need to open the restaurant. It’s almost time for lunch, and the residents from downhill often come up to order takeout."

Yan Xiaoliu nodded quickly and stepped aside.

The crowd swarmed out of the courtyard.

Bai Su could feel someone secretly filming her, but she pretended not to notice and called for the little cubs to get ready to open up shop.

The tables and chairs were set up, the various ingredients were prepared, and Bai Su began livestreaming from the kitchen with her equipment set up.

Seeing this, the people outside remembered they had come across her account before. They all rushed to follow her and send her gifts.

Yan Xiaoliu came back in and ordered the same meal as yesterday, even sitting at the same table.

He decided to record a mukbang video to help the young female clear up the online rumors.

He would also make sure to mention that she had a superpower and that her food had healing effects.

As soon as the video was posted, it caused a massive stir.

This was because Yan Xiaoliu’s title was: "SHOCKING! Female with Superpower ’Cooking Drugs’ in the Jing Suburb?!"

He was a veteran of the internet, after all.

His account on the Interstellar Federation’s network already had nearly ten million followers, and when combined with the explosive title...

The moment this video was released, it received thousands of likes in a matter of seconds.

Within just a few minutes, the number of likes had surpassed ten thousand.

In less than ten minutes, his video was trending.

The video he posted included a location tag, and soon, more and more people were drawn to the orphanage on the mountaintop.

The villagers from downhill didn’t know what was happening. Even those who had just come to order takeout couldn’t resist the spectacle and decided to order food and eat in the restaurant.

The restaurant ran out of seats. Many people hadn’t really come to eat anyway, so they just crowded outside the courtyard, craning their necks to look inside.

Those who couldn’t see squatted outside, pulling out their phones to watch Bai Su’s livestream.

When Lu Tingyan arrived, the sight that greeted him was a huge crowd of males outside, drooling as they gawked hungrily at Bai Su on the livestream screen.

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