My Husband, a Marshal: Conquering the Stars with My Culinary Arts-Chapter 527 - 178: Campus Culture and Arts Festival_2

Du Xixi gasped, feeling that her university life back then was truly blissful. However, she pondered for a moment and said, "Different professors should assign different assignments, right?"

Du Xixi didn’t know if the university model of the Star Era was somewhat different from Blue Star’s university model, so she asked beforehand, making it easier to assign tasks when needed.

"Yes, it’s different." Wenren Yu sat in his office chair, slightly turning his toes, causing the chair to tilt a bit in Du Xixi’s direction. "I studied in the Ancient History Department at Blue Star University. Besides assignments uniformly set by the school, each professor would give their students more or less private ’stuff’ based on their own preferences."

"Is that so."

Du Xixi got a general understanding from Wenren Yu, but she hadn’t decided what assignment to give yet. She planned to wait until the winter break was near to ask each professor about their assignment load and then decide based on the situation.

Moreover, the Food Department was quite special. At present, the theoretical knowledge was surely not as abundant as practical knowledge. When assigning tasks, it might primarily focus on practice. Du Xixi also had to consider the various culinary skills levels of the students to make a general balance.

Upon returning to her office, Du Xixi opened her lesson preparation book to begin researching for her afternoon class, but suddenly heard the closed office door being knocked. She quickly said, "Come in."

The door was gently opened, and Du Xixi raised her eyes, originally expecting He Yuan after class, but instead saw the familiar figure cautiously walking in, who was Shan Zhi, a student she had personally mentored before.

"Shan Zhi? Is something wrong?" Du Xixi had a very good impression of this timid and very shy student. Seeing her take a few steps further into the office but dare not continue, only cautiously glancing at her, Du Xixi softened her voice even more, "Come here and sit down first."

Knowing that Du Xixi had always been very gentle, Shan Zhi, although timid, was not too afraid, and after sitting down on one side of the sofa, she nervously held onto her school uniform and whispered, "Professor, I’m here to thank you."

"Earlier... something happened at my home. Thank you for asking the Mechanical Soldiers to help." Shan Zhi’s voice was small but soft, evoking a sense of pity, prompting Du Xixi to rise and sit opposite her, personally pouring her a cup of warm water.

Seeing her take the cup and sip lightly, Du Xixi smiled and said, "I don’t like hearing you say this. I’m your professor; protecting my students doesn’t require special thanks, does it?"

"Besides, I didn’t do anything. It was you who made the decision." Du Xixi’s eyes dropped slightly, thinking about the mess in Shan Zhi’s family, and couldn’t help but sigh in her heart. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Before Shan Zhi went to university, her parents had divorced and remarried, had new children, leaving Shan Zhi, their daughter, forgotten in the back of their minds. It was only because the elders of both families couldn’t bear it that they took turns raising Shan Zhi.

Shan Zhi used to be a lively child, but the changes in her parents’ marriage made her increasingly sensitive, even though the elders treated her very well, it wore away her former liveliness.

Earlier, when Shan Zhi suddenly took leave to go home, Du Xixi learned from Shen Yiyi that something had happened at Shan Zhi’s house. Out of concern, but mindful of not intervening too much, Du Xixi ordered the Mechanical Soldiers to protect Shan Zhi covertly.

The Mechanical Soldiers wouldn’t just rush in to back up Shan Zhi; Du Xixi meant for them to act according to the situation — if Shan Zhi felt she couldn’t resolve it, she should report it to Blue Star University and request assistance from them, then the Mechanical Soldiers wouldn’t need to step in.

But if Shan Zhi was too afraid to report to Blue Star University and for some reason might face personal danger, the Mechanical Soldiers could then come into play.

Du Xixi met the returning Mechanical Soldiers the afternoon after Shan Zhi took leave, asking only to understand the general situation.

It turned out Shan Zhi’s mother, after remarrying, unexpectedly lost her husband. When crying while visiting her maiden family, she didn’t wish to raise her child with her second husband, intending to send the child to her maiden family and then go out to live freely.

Of course, the maiden family disagreed. It wasn’t that they didn’t like that child, but as the maiden family, they could no longer stand Shan Zhi’s mother’s actions. Abandoning Shan Zhi wasn’t enough; she wanted to abandon another child.

They sternly refused, Shan Zhi’s mother then resorted to manipulations. In the end, unable to do anything, the maiden family had to accept that child, planning to take care of the child just like Shan Zhi, raising them well.