CHAPTER 426: CHAPTER 144 THE SWEET AND SALTY DEBATE (PART 1)_3

"Then work hard from now on!" Lin You came over at this time, her tone gentle, but her expression carried a bit of anger, "I will have someone thoroughly investigate the staircase issue."

Beside Lin You was Wenren Yu, obviously Wenren Yu had just informed Lin You about the mishap where He Yuan had fallen.

Lin You gestured for Du Xixi and the others to slow their pace, waiting until all the professors ahead had left and only their small group remained. Then Lin You said softly, "The buildings of the Food Department were just recently completed under my supervision. I am certain the staircase function was normal half a month ago. It makes no sense for it to fail right after you return."

The staircases at Blue Star University were internally constructed, there’s no reason for staircases elsewhere to function perfectly for decades, yet the sparsely populated Food Department has one gone awry.

Unless...

"Did someone deliberately sabotage?" As the person involved, He Yuan recalled the incident and felt something was odd, holding onto a suspicion, "It’s strange how the same staircase I’ve used for months suddenly made me slip today, and when I did, it felt soft beneath, as though something was empty."

The possibility of a guess that already existed in their hearts rose from fifty percent to ninety, Lin You’s brow furrowed: "No one has dared to cause trouble within Blue Star University for a long time, I must thoroughly investigate and find out who’s seeking trouble!"

With those words, Lin You coldly stepped away in low heels, her figure exuding a sense of determination, akin to a warrior heading into battle—whoever dares cross the line, shall face her wrath!

"Xixi, don’t you think Director Lin was just..." He Yuan tugged on Du Xixi’s sleeve, hesitating to continue, appearing a bit embarrassed.

"You’re trying to say she was cool, right?" Du Xixi guessed, trying to finish her sentence, "I think so too, Sister Lin You is always that imposing."

"No! You misunderstood!" He Yuan sighed, looking somewhat distressed, "I think she resembles that instructor, Mo Feng... both are very fierce!"

Everyone: ...

Mo Feng, who was leisurely watching students do push-ups while maintaining a cold demeanor, sneezed: ... seems someone is talking about me.

***

Du Xixi often felt her luck was peculiar, bad things always being thrust upon her, but afterward, someone would always take those misfortunes away, not wanting Du Xixi to worry too much.

The previous email was like this, today’s staircase issue was no different. Could it really be bad luck? Unwilling to believe in superstitions, when Du Xixi returned home she told Ke Lian about it, who after pondering, spoke earnestly, "I heard Your Majesty say that at Blue Star, it’s popular to worship deities for health and good fortune."

"Perhaps we should try remote worship?" Ke Lian also seemed to think their little dear wife had extraordinarily bad luck, otherwise, why would clueless people keep running into her? Since it’s popular at Blue Star, it must have some efficacy.

Du Xixi was speechless for a moment, unable to respond, until finally saying hoarsely, "We need to believe in science!"

Du Xixi’s grandfathers quite believed in Bodhisattvas, from childbirth to holiday festivities, even during Du Xixi’s exams, they prayed, making the Bodhisattva quite busy.

But Du Xixi herself didn’t believe much, and even if they were to pray, how would they do it? It’s not about distance, but time! A thousand years of time!

"Forget it, I’ll go to the kitchen to make something to eat." Du Xixi liked to hang out in the kitchen when feeling down, making her feel completely calm, today she was rather troubled and felt she might linger a little longer.

"Bang!"

The kitchen door slammed shut, the uninvited kitchen destroyer Ke Lian touched his nose, thinking about what Du Xixi had said today, his eyes grew contemplative as he turned to the upstairs study.

Speaking of it, the origin of the previous email had been partially investigated.

"Madam, what delicious thing are we making today?" As Du Xixi’s "designated" small assistant, 2569 was naturally more "valued" by Du Xixi than Ke Lian, allowed to be by her side making food together.

"I don’t know, my mind’s a mess." Du Xixi longed for a life that was simple and stable, yet from some point onwards, incidents kept occurring around her unexpectedly.

Yiyi and Er Er poisoning, the Food Department student’s first investigation, the mysterious email, and today’s He Yuan’s fall...

Du Xixi sighed, casually opening the cupboard, seeing there were plenty of things inside, she randomly grabbed a bag of glutinous rice flour and placed it on the sink, then thought for a moment and asked 2569 to get a large bag of sesame and peanuts: "When feeling down, let’s have something sweet."

Sesame-filled tangyuan and peanut-filled tangyuan, both were Du Xixi’s favorites, perfect for calming her troubled heart at this moment.