Beast World: From Villainess to Cub-Raising Chef

"Are you hungry? I can go get some food for you."

Li Chenlin stared at her for a long moment, then his large hand suddenly clamped around her wrist.

He opened his mouth, revealing sharp teeth, and bit two holes into her wrist, injecting his venom.

"Ngh..." Bai Su’s face paled from the pain. She instinctively raised her hand to struggle, slapping him hard across the face. "What are you doing?"

The system shouted excitedly, ’It went up! It went up! The affection score increased!’

Bai Su: ’...’

’I think I know how to raise his affection score now.’

Li Chenlin grimly touched the spot where he’d been hit. His gloomy, morbid snake-like eyes stared at her unblinkingly. "This is to prevent you from calling the police when you go down to get food. My venom is in your body. If I don’t give you the antidote within an hour, you’ll die."

Bai Su pressed her lips together, looking at him with a hint of anger. "I was trying to help you out of kindness, and you repay me with malice?"

Furious, she raised her hand and slapped him again.

Li Chenlin’s snake-like eyes instantly narrowed into vertical slits. His body shot upright, standing tall before her like a serpent. "You’re courting death!"

’No female had ever dared to lay a hand on him. Did this little rabbit not know who she was hitting?’

Bai Su was completely unafraid. "You’re exactly who I’m hitting!"

If the system hadn’t chimed in again to tell her his affection score had increased, she would have been terrified by this gloomy, pathologically possessive pervert in front of her.

She clutched the spot where he’d bitten her, snorted coldly, and turned to go downstairs to prepare food.

Only Li Chenlin remained in the room.

Only then did he finally relax completely. He touched the spot where he’d been slapped, his shoulders suddenly shook, and he let out a low chuckle.

The scent of honey peach still lingered in the air.

*

Bai Su figured the father and son’s tastes should be similar.

Bai Xiaolang liked to eat things like beef and lamb, and so did Lu Tingyan.

’Bai Xiaoshe likes all kinds of eggs. Maybe Li Chenlin does too?’

Bai Su suddenly realized—the man in her room was Bai Xiaoshe’s biological father. They had even fought in the forest before!

’I wonder if they recognized each other.’

Bai Su pressed her lips together and decided not to bring any of this up for now.

Bai Xiaoshe had only just opened up to her that night. She needed to play it safe for a bit.

Bai Su took some quail eggs and chicken eggs from the refrigerator. After a moment’s thought, she also took out some lamb and pigeon meat.

’He needs to ward off the cold. Eating some lamb and pigeon meat would be best.’

She got to work immediately.

Bai Su rolled up her sleeves and quickly made hot and sour quail eggs, hot and sour fried eggs, grilled lamb, crispy braised pigeon, and a lamb stew.

’Given Li Chenlin’s build, he’d probably eat several pounds of food.’

Bai Su took a deep breath, placed all the food on a tray, and brought it back to the room.

’Damn masochist. If it weren’t for the fact that he’s Bai Xiaoshe’s father, I’d never let him eat in my bedroom!’

Bai Su stood at the bedroom door, composed her expression, and went in carrying the food.

An overwhelming smell assaulted her nose, and her expression couldn’t help but darken.

When Li Chenlin saw her arrive, his expression remained unchanged. He said lazily, "Just put it down."

With a dark expression, Bai Su was stuck, not knowing whether to enter or retreat.

Thinking of the children in the house, she had no choice but to close the door.

’I can’t let the children see that we have a neurotic snake in the house, can I?’ 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Bai Su placed the food on the coffee table beside her, deliberately avoiding looking in his direction. "Um... when you’re... you’re done, remember to eat."

Li Chenlin was radiating a dangerous aura.

Bai Su had no intention of staying long. Fear of snakes is instinctual, and even if he was incredibly handsome, she still couldn’t shake the innate terror in her bones.

She turned to leave too quickly. It was hard to say if it was her own carelessness or the snake tail’s intention.

Her foot tripped on his snake tail, and she inexplicably fell into his arms.

Li Chenlin chuckled, his hand conveniently wrapping around her waist to cop a feel. "What’s this? Can’t wait to throw yourself into my arms?"

Furious, Bai Su slapped him again. "Who’s throwing themselves into your arms?"

He grew excited, finding new ways to provoke her. He grabbed her wrist, preventing her from leaving. "Getting angry out of embarrassment? Did I strike a nerve?"

"Admit it, you’ve been flustered for a while. Otherwise, how do you explain the scent of peaches filling the room?"

Bai Su was suffering in silence. This body of hers was extremely sensitive, what could she do?

’Just now, even in that terrifying situation, his tail teasing her had still provoked a reaction from her.’

She remained stubborn. "I wasn’t throwing myself at you! Let me go, I’m leaving!"

Li Chenlin pulled her forcefully into his embrace. "Enough with the playing-hard-to-get act."

Bai Su was absolutely incensed. She ducked her head and bit down on his finger, hard enough to draw blood instantly.

The system was ecstatic, screaming frantically in her mind: ’It went up!’

’It went up again!’

’Points Bodhisattva! This is definitely a Points Bodhisattva!’

Bai Su was so angry she laughed. ’Fine, if that’s how it is, don’t blame me for not holding back.’

He was like a hooligan, his hands roaming all over her.

Bai Su didn’t hold back either, cursing and kicking at him.

The affection score jumped up bit by bit, as if it were free.

Even Bai Su couldn’t help but find it strange. ’This guy is actually a masochist...’

*

「Three hours later.」

Bai Su was tired from all the hitting and couldn’t be bothered to deal with him anymore.

Li Chenlin was a complete psycho. She had slapped, bitten, and kicked him, yet he only seemed to get more and more fired up.

Li Chenlin lay on the bed, looking utterly satisfied, his eyes filled with excitement and disbelief.

Bai Su was also quite happy.

The system had told her she’d gained a lot more points, which could be used for many things.

She could buy some rare ingredients and seasonings now.

Not only that, she could also exchange for a few more of the boilers she wanted.

But Bai Su didn’t spend them right away.

She was afraid she’d waste the points in her excitement.

’The points have been accumulated and won’t disappear anyway. I can just take them out and spend them when I need them.’

Bai Su glanced at the food on the side. "Come and eat. Aren’t you hungry?"

Thank goodness she had brought the food up in an insulated container.

Li Chenlin let out a soft snort, seeming to be in a very good mood.

Bai Su walked over to the coffee table, opened the insulated container, and set out all the food.

Instantly, the rich, savory aroma of the food filled the entire room.

Li Chenlin paused as he was getting up. "What is that smell?"

Without looking up, Bai Su replied, "The smell of food."

Li Chenlin walked over and sat on the rug, staring at the dishes on the coffee table. "This is food?"

Bai Su nodded patiently. "Yes. Want to try some?"

’Once he eats my food, my Healing Power can successfully enter his body.’

’At the very least, his power to intimidate me will be reduced somewhat.’

Given that Li Chenlin had contributed a considerable number of points to her over the last three hours, Bai Su’s gaze toward him was now much kinder.

Li Chenlin stared at her shimmering, watery eyes and rosy lips. The light in his own eyes flickered, but in the end, he didn’t refuse her goodwill.

He tentatively took a bite of a quail egg. A hot and sour flavor spread through his mouth.

His golden, vertical pupils instantly became wide and round, and even his gloomy aura seemed to fade a little.

Li Chenlin stared at the quail egg on the table in disbelief. "This is food?"