My Husband, a Marshal: Conquering the Stars with My Culinary Arts-Chapter 577 - 195: Malicious

"What? Isn’t the final decision solely up to those three people?" Du Xixi had been lost in her own thoughts just now and didn’t pay attention to who was speaking or what was said.

Previously, the Blue Star University’s website mentioned that the "referees" would choose the ultimate first place, so Du Xixi naturally assumed that the final decision would be in the hands of those three "referees." However, according to He Yuan, it seems that’s not the case?

"Yeah, all the professors and school leaders are referees. These three people just have slightly more voting rights. One can have ten choices, while our school’s referees can only choose once each." He Yuan tried to recall the opening speech and couldn’t help but feel that the school really kept it under wraps. "They only revealed the referees for this event at the opening ceremony and even included us. The school sure kept it tight-lipped."

"This kind of referee method isn’t very favorable for our Food Department. Each department’s professors inevitably have some preference for their own, but even the relatively obscure Robotics Department has twenty professors, compared to our..." Wenren Yu trailed off.

In the entire Blue Star University, aside from the Food Department, the Robotics Department has the fewest professors, yet it has twenty. Meanwhile, the Food Department only has five professors, which is quite pitiful.

That’s just the minimum. The departments with the most professors easily have several hundreds. Even if all three referees with ten votes each chose the Food Department, the Food Department couldn’t possibly rank first.

Everyone fell silent, thinking that the best result the Art Department could achieve might just be hovering in the middle-bottom range. However, after a moment of internal struggle, they suddenly felt at ease.

They glanced at each other’s calm expressions and couldn’t help but laugh. They were never too hung up on winning or losing, so not getting first place wouldn’t bother them too much. Fretting over it would only add unnecessary worries.

After some more joking around, they dispersed to their designated workstations to prepare for the campus cultural festival projects. For instance, Zhang Ye had already headed to a second-floor classroom with four students waiting downstairs. Once the interested people came, they planned to showcase their knife skills.

Du Xixi, as the "Food Experience" leader, was in charge of a third-floor classroom. Familiar with the classroom, she easily retrieved the necessary ingredients from the refrigerator, neatly arranged them on the long washing counter, then took out her usual kitchen knife, swung it a few times, and gently placed it on the clean chopping board.

Taking a deep breath, Du Xixi wondered how many people might be interested in the Food Department, which had been established for less than half a year. Hopefully... not too few, right? Du Xixi pursed her lips worriedly, her right hand unconsciously touching the edge of the podium.

Next, awaiting everyone’s arrival.

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For Blue Star University’s faculty and students, the Food Department is considered quite mysterious. Whether it’s the presence of Du Xixi, the Empress, or those students who are obviously exhausted but wish they could spend every moment practicing culinary skills, it all amazes everyone.

Everyone is curious about what exactly this new department has that makes the students so "crazy."

So, when the opening ceremony for this campus cultural festival ended, and everyone was free to visit any department on campus, nearly a third of the students flocked to the Food Department.

For an infinitely vast university like Blue Star University, with countless departments and batches, this was indeed a huge number. At a rough estimate, this third numbered nearly three thousand, which was overwhelming compared to the Food Department’s original sixty-plus students.

Fortunately, although the Food Department had few people, its teaching building was the same scale as the more populated departments. Even if three-fourths of the entire student body came over, squeezing in would still be manageable. Thus, these nearly three thousand students wouldn’t make the Food Department seem too crowded.

However, for the faculty and students of the Food Department, accustomed to a daily life of two or three people passing by, the sudden flood of people left both the Food Department students and the five professors somewhat at a loss.