Chef at the University Canteen-Chapter 362 - 245: Without Jiang Yu, the "Phoenix" Won’t Come

Jiangzhou University, Administration Building.

Today is the weekend, and the administration building is empty. Most of the office doors are closed, with only a few rooms having open doors, and it’s unclear whether the people inside are working overtime or on duty over the weekend.

Jiang Yu didn’t think much of it as he carried two plastic bags straight up to the third floor, arriving at Xiong Bingsheng’s office.

Xiong Bingsheng had also just arrived not long ago. Originally, he was at home, but upon hearing Jiang Yu say he was making Peach Blossom Pastries and was planning to bring some over for him to try, he rushed to the office without hesitation.

After all, he lived not far from there, just in the faculty dormitory building on campus, about a ten-minute walk away.

Jiang Yu’s Peach Blossom Pastries, only a fool wouldn’t want to eat them!

Moreover, he planned to take these pastries back for his wife and daughter to try.

Thinking about it made Xiong Bingsheng feel a bit guilty inside.

Last time, Jiang Yu had given him some Qingming Fruit. He originally intended to take them home to share with his wife and daughter, but who could have predicted that after eating one, he couldn’t resist having a second, and after the second, he couldn’t resist eating the third...

In the end, he actually ate both boxes of Qingming Fruit by himself, stuffing himself so full that he skipped lunch.

After returning home, Xiong Bingsheng didn’t dare mention it to his wife. If he did, it’s not that she would be angry with him, but she would definitely laugh at him.

A grown man, unable to control his appetite and being such a glutton...

Isn’t that enough to make someone laugh to death?

Just this little incident might be enough for his wife to laugh at him for half his life, and where would he save face then?

So this time, with the Peach Blossom Pastries Jiang Yu brought, he definitely needed to hold back and only eat them after going home to share with his wife and daughter.

Otherwise, he really worried he might, like last time with the Qingming Fruit, inadvertently eat them all himself again.

Sigh! It’s all because Jiang Yu’s food is just too delicious!

After arriving at the office, Xiong Bingsheng boiled a pot of water and wiped the coffee table clean with a cloth. Just as he was about to tidy up his somewhat messy desk, he suddenly heard a faint sound of footsteps coming from the corridor.

He turned his head to look towards the door, just in time to see Jiang Yu carrying two plastic bags, walking in from outside the door:

"Teacher Xiong, did I disturb your rest?"

"No, no!"

Xiong Bingsheng quickly turned around, took out a teacup and some tea leaves from the cabinet, and made tea for Jiang Yu, smiling as he said,

"I’m resting wherever I am, and coming to the office is even more peaceful. You wouldn’t know, but the little girl at home keeps pestering me until I get a headache every day."

Though he said that, the look of doting on his face was undeniable.

Jiang Yu smiled and asked, "Isn’t Teacher Xiong’s child in elementary school now?"

"Yes, she’s already in second grade. Time flies so fast."

Xiong Bingsheng sighed deeply, as if he hadn’t doted on his "little cotton-padded jacket" enough, and in the blink of an eye, she was growing up.

The two of them sat on the sofa, sipping tea and chatting idly for a while.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Jiang Yu finally brought up the matter they talked about on the phone earlier. He asked,

"By the way, Teacher Xiong, you mentioned earlier that the school wants to book a private room for lunch tomorrow. Is it for an alumni visit?"

"Not really an alumni visit. Interestingly, this relates to you."

Xiong Bingsheng waved a hand with a smile, picked up the kettle, and filled Jiang Yu’s cup with water, continuing,

"A while ago, a university delegation from Great Britain visited our university for an exchange. Do you remember that?"

Jiang Yu took a sip from his teacup, nodded, and replied,

"Yes, I remember."

"At the end of their exchange visit, before they were about to leave, the leader of the delegation, Professor Hans, tall with light golden hair, suddenly approached the school leadership, expressing his willingness to teach at our university."

Xiong Bingsheng was still wearing a look of disbelief as he recounted the story. He hadn’t encountered anything so peculiar in his life—a delegation leader visiting for an exchange who ended up not wanting to leave. How often does one come across something like that?

He took a big gulp of water, smacked his lips, and continued,

"This Great Britain university delegation came to Huaxia. Besides visiting our university, they also visited several other well-known universities for exchanges. So, although Professor Hans reached a verbal agreement with our university, he continued fulfilling his duties to complete the exchange visits.

After his trip to Huaxia ended, he returned to Great Britain with the delegation and submitted his resignation to the university he was teaching at. Tomorrow, he’ll come to our university again.

You probably don’t know Professor Hans—he’s a tenured professor at the University of Bristol, which is one of the world’s top 100 universities and has produced over a dozen Nobel laureates.

Professor Hans himself is a renowned figure in the international academic community. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been the leader of this Great Britain university delegation.

Due to Professor Hans’s status in academia and his research capabilities, our university leaders are very keen on his initiative to come and teach and conduct research at our university, fearing that other universities might ’poach’ him first.