Chef at the University Canteen-Chapter 363 - 245: Without Jiang Yu, the "Phoenix" Won’t Come

Chapter 363: Chapter 245: Without Jiang Yu, the "Phoenix" Won’t Come

So, when Professor Hans comes tomorrow, the school leadership has decided to give him the highest level of reception.

Of course, the focus is on you. The school hopes that you take this banquet seriously and showcase your best skills. The rest doesn’t matter for now; just win Professor Hans’s ’stomach’ over with your gourmet cooking!"

"Ah, so that’s what it’s about."

Jiang Yu was quite happy upon hearing this. It’s certainly a good thing that the school could attract international research experts.

As a student of the school, he naturally wouldn’t refuse to contribute to this event.

However, he was still a bit puzzled and couldn’t help but ask,

"Teacher Xiong, you mentioned earlier that this matter has something to do with me?"

"Yes, I heard from others that the real reason Professor Hans wants to stay at our school is because of you!"

Teacher Xiong spoke with great excitement, his eyes gleaming as he looked at Jiang Yu, and continued,

"The last time he brought a team to our school for exchange visits, didn’t he have two meals at restaurant number seven?

Apparently, after tasting your dishes for the first time, Professor Hans was dazzled, and then became so enamored that he couldn’t let go. The reason he gave up everything at Sun Never Sets was to stay here, where he could savor your cooking every day."

"Ah, this... Such rumors don’t sound very credible, do they?"

Jiang Yu was shocked after hearing Teacher Xiong’s words but didn’t believe it in his heart. He shook his head and said,

"Among the guests who’ve dined at restaurant number seven, there must be at least eight hundred if not a thousand by now. I’ve never heard of anyone unable to leave because of one meal."

"Haha, do you think no one has thought that way? It’s just that there are more important things to attend to."

Teacher Xiong picked up his teacup, blew on the tea leaves floating on the surface, took a small sip, then glanced at Jiang Yu, and with a faint smile said,

"Moreover, the life philosophies of Huaxia people and Westerners are quite different.

From some perspective, they are more focused on their quality of life, and work is merely a means to maintain that quality. Their attitude towards work is moderate.

That’s why Professor Hans would give up a lifetime professorship at a world-renowned university just for a meal and choose to come to our school because he thinks that enjoying your gourmet dishes would enhance his quality of life, which is more important than his job.

However, how many of us Huaxia people think that way?"

After pausing for a moment, he continued,

"For us Huaxia people, the term ’start a family and build a career’ clearly illustrates our life philosophy. ’Building a career’ is just as important as ’starting a family,’ which means that ’work’ holds a significant weight in our lives.

Although young people nowadays are increasingly focused on their quality of life, they lack the ’capital’ like Professor Hans to find a suitable job that ensures their quality of life at any time."

"Hmm, when you put it that way, it does seem possible."

Jiang Yu thought for a moment, nodded, and said with a smile,

"Westerners are indeed more adept at expressing their preferences and acting on them swiftly.

We Huaxia people rarely can put everything aside to go on a spontaneous trip, picking up a backpack and leaving whenever we want."

"Hahaha, that’s exactly it."

Teacher Xiong couldn’t help but laugh heartily, and with a mysterious look said,

"And who said Professor Hans is the only one reluctant to leave our school because of a meal?

To my knowledge, there seems to be another person planning to do the same, and both of us know this person!"

Jiang Yu was instantly curious upon hearing this and quickly asked, "Who is it? I really know them?"

"Of course it’s true, why would I lie to you?"

Teacher Xiong chuckled and said,

"You just met this person a few days ago; it’s only been days since he left our school.

He is your senior, now a member of the Huaxia athletics team, and the former men’s high jump Asian Games champion, Lin Yahu."

"Ah, this..."

Jiang Yu was taken aback again, eyes wide open, looking incredulous, and said,

"Is he planning to retire? Doesn’t he seem to be that much older than me?"

"He isn’t much older than you. In theory, this age is when he should be achieving great results, and retiring now is indeed a bit regrettable."

Teacher Xiong said while sipping tea,

"However, last year he had a right Achilles tendon injury, and the situation seems somewhat complicated and hard to recover from, resulting in his consistently poor performance on the field for over a year, and he’s probably struggled with this for a long time.

This time, while assisting in training fellow students at his alma mater, he happened to taste your cooking, which likely prompted him to decide to retire.

Actually, even without the injury, he could at most participate in one Olympics, namely next year’s Olympics, but now with the injury, even getting a ticket to next year’s Olympics is questionable."

Jiang Yu asked again, "Does he have any plans after retiring? Does he want to return to our school?"

"Yes, I heard that Lin Yahu has already discussed with the school about returning as a physical education teacher after retirement, though it hasn’t been publicized yet."