Chef at the University Canteen-Chapter 477 - 273: Is Jiang Yu’s Cooking Really This Magical? (Part 4)

The dish was rich with the aroma of cooking oil, exquisitely sour and spicy, perfectly cooked and seasoned, truly a masterpiece!

When Hu Zhihai came to the kitchen door, Jiang Yu had just poured the hot sauce, fried with oil, over the steamed fresh fish. The sizzling sound filled the air, with a strong, spicy fragrance hitting Hu Zhihai’s face, almost making him drool!

"Oh my gosh! It smells so good, so good!"

Hu Zhihai couldn’t help but swallow his saliva hard, then said to Jiang Yu who turned his head,

"Lao Jiang, everyone is here. Even Counselor Lao Chen came!

Hey, you wouldn’t have guessed, Wang Xueyi left after lunch, clearly didn’t want to come!"

"Whether I invite him is my business, whether he comes or not is his. It doesn’t matter; we’ll have few chances to meet in the future anyway."

Jiang Yu looked indifferent and then said, "Since everyone is here, let the waiter come and start serving the dishes."

"Oh, oh, okay!"

Hu Zhihai nodded, suddenly remembered something, and added,

"Oh right, a party without alcohol won’t do, where’s the beer? I’ll go grab a few crates."

"Xiaoma, Xiaodeng, you two go to the storage room and help bring out some crates of beer."

Jiang Yu didn’t say much more, just instructed the two apprentices, then glanced at Hu Zhihai,

"You go with them; you can use the cart to bring them over."

"Okay."

Hu Zhihai nodded and followed the two apprentices to the storage room to fetch the beer.

After a short while, Hu Zhihai and the others each pushed a cart and delivered several crates of beer to the three private rooms.

"There’s enough beer for everyone today. No one goes home sober, let’s start with one bottle each!"

The dishes hadn’t been served yet when Hu Zhihai opened ten bottles of beer in a row, placed them on the glass turntable of the dining table, then took a bottle of beer and sat down in an empty seat, filled his glass and said with a smile,

"Today, with our graduation thesis defense finished, we are truly graduating. From tomorrow on, most of us will be leaving Jiangzhou and going our separate ways. In the future, the chances to meet will only become fewer!

We have been classmates for four years; that’s fate. I hope everyone will have a bright future and reach the peak of life!

Come on, everyone fill up! For our future, let’s down this glass!"

Hu Zhihai was quite the sentimental speaker. As he finished speaking, several girls had reddened eyes, and others were moved, shouting one after another:

"Fill it up, fill it up!"

"No one goes home sober today!"

"Cheers for our future!"

"..."

After one glass, Hu Zhihai pulled Counselor Lao Chen over and said with a smile,

"Lao Chen, you are our counselor. Over these four years, you’ve watched us come into the school and now you see us graduate. Now that we’re stepping into society, don’t you have something to say?"

Lao Chen was a rather quiet person, not one to talk much usually. But now, seeing the class he led graduate, he was full of emotion.

Lao Chen stood up from his seat, looked around, and said somewhat emotionally,

"You are the first class of students I’ve brought as a counselor. Thinking back to the first time I met you all four years ago, it seems like it was just yesterday.

Unexpectedly, four years have passed in a blink, and from now on, you will leave the campus and embark on a new journey in life.

I won’t say much more, just this:

Treasure your friendships with your classmates, even if you’re thousands of miles apart and don’t see each other often, stay in touch.

Because once you step into the workforce, it’ll be difficult to find someone who would be willing to stay up drinking with you all night when you’re heartbroken."