Chef at the University Canteen-Chapter 511 - 282: At Least There’s Still the Seventh Dining Hall (2)

"Wasn’t it made clear earlier that we’d be back by eleven?"

The middle-aged male teacher’s face immediately darkened, and he said somewhat angrily,

"Even though you all have graduated, technically we as teachers shouldn’t be responsible for you anymore, but you’re still students we taught. If you take the bus back on your own and something happens on the way, who among us teachers can bear such responsibility?"

His words left the refined-looking male student feeling even more embarrassed and aggrieved:

I just came over to tell you about this, it’s not like I encouraged my classmates to stay. Isn’t it a bit unfair to take your anger out on me, teacher?

"Teacher Qian is right. If we brought them here, we have to ensure they get back. If something happens, we can’t shoulder that responsibility."

Several other teachers exchanged glances. A relatively older female teacher laughed and spoke up,

"We’re out here to relax, and everything was going well. There’s no need to make everyone unhappy!

Since the students want to have lunch at the Seventh Dining Hall, let’s have lunch first before heading back.

Honestly, the flavors at the Seventh Dining Hall are really something. Even as someone who isn’t picky, I can’t stop thinking about the food’s taste and would love to try more of their dishes."

"Teacher Liu speaks my mind. I’ve heard that the dishes at the Seventh Dining Hall are delicious too, and was feeling embarrassed to stay and try them. Now that the students are willing to stay for lunch, it fulfills my desire too."

"It’s true, though the crawfish is tasty, it isn’t filling!"

"I feel that the crawfish we just had was so delicious that even if we went back, we wouldn’t want to eat anything else. The taste can’t be replicated elsewhere, so we might as well have lunch here before leaving!"

"Ah, now that you mention it, you’re absolutely right! I’m already worried that once we get back, I won’t be able to swallow my own cooking!"

"..."

Besides the middle-aged male teacher, the other homeroom teachers all chimed in, looking quite eager and supportive of the students’ suggestion to stay for lunch, apparently keen on trying the Seventh Dining Hall’s lunch themselves.

The middle-aged male teacher, seeing this, hesitated a bit: "Having lunch at the Seventh Dining Hall isn’t impossible, it’s just that we only rented the bus for half a day..."

"Leave the bus issue to me, teachers, don’t worry about it."

Xiong Bingsheng, who had been silently sitting on the side, stood up at just the right moment, smiling,

"Everyone, please rest while I inform the kitchen to prepare more dishes, so it doesn’t affect the students’ meals later."

With that, he nodded and smiled at the teachers, then turned and left the box on the first floor.

To be honest, every student was reluctant to leave, wanting to have lunch at the Seventh Dining Hall before going, which really caught Xiong Bingsheng off guard.

This wasn’t in his original plan at all!

Initially, he planned to send the students off before lunch to avoid affecting Jiang University’s students’ meals, as the dining hall is already busy during meal times, and having this additional batch would only make things more chaotic.

But who would have thought, after eating the spicy crawfish made by Jiang Yu, these students wouldn’t want to leave!

The students’ reluctance to leave is, of course, a good thing, as it proves that their "culinary enrollment" plan is feasible. Once they taste the Seventh Dining Hall’s lunch, they might be even more unwilling to leave, constantly craving this taste every day.

If you can captivate these students’ appetites, there’s no worry whether they’d choose to enroll at Jiang University!

If they could attract just a few more quality students, the school would benefit massively!

However, this matter still needs a good discussion with Jiang Yu, because with the students deciding to stay for lunch, it would certainly be tough on the canteen’s chefs...

Feeling slightly guilty, Xiong Bingsheng left the box on the first floor and headed straight to the kitchen.

Today happens to be Saturday, so the No.7 dining room on the second floor is closed. With the hot weather, Jiang Yu naturally decided not to go out but sat with Jia Dequan in a corner of the kitchen, discussing their medicinal cuisine research for anorexia.

Seeing Xiong Bingsheng coming in, Jiang Yu quickly stood up to greet him, smiling as he asked:

"Teacher Xiong, are those senior students leaving now?"

"Uh, not yet."

Hearing Jiang Yu’s question, Xiong Bingsheng became a bit embarrassed and said somewhat sheepishly,

"Xiaojiang, I really underestimated how enticing your crawfish would be for these students. After they finished eating the crawfish, they didn’t want to leave and insisted on having lunch here.

We had intended to use the Seventh Dining Hall’s food to attract these students to enroll at Jiang University, so we couldn’t just chase them away.

What do you think... will this affect the normal operations of the dining hall?"

"They don’t want to leave?"

Jiang Yu was taken aback for a moment, then quickly understood, with a trace of helplessness in his eyes, he jokingly said,

"Teacher Xiong, does this count as ’easy to invite the gods, hard to send them away’? 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Since it’s like this, the canteen will just have to prepare more food, otherwise, with so many extra people, there might not be enough for our university’s students to eat."