CHAPTER 434: CHAPTER 147: EXPLODING YUANXIAO_2

"Moreover, the relationship between visual perception and color and taste matching are interconnected. You might have classes together for a while," as the department head, Wenren Yu was actually aware of the entire teaching schedule for the Food Department, but he didn’t "spoil" anything in advance, he merely added before stating his own teaching arrangement, "I’m handling the ingredient pairings."

Zhang Ye chuckled, "I’m responsible for the introduction and application of knives."

Visual perception, the relationship between color and taste matching, ingredient pairing, and the introduction and application of knives, these four courses seem simple and parallel, but actually, they are all interrelated. Take for instance, visual perception and the relationship between color and taste matching, they are almost in the same category of courses, yet there are many specific differences, hence they are taught separately.

"So what about Xixi?" He Yuan had been listening to everyone, but was still most curious about Du Xixi’s teaching arrangements, and thus ignored the resentful gaze from Chen Si beside her, half-turning, staring directly at Du Xixi.

Du Xixi glanced at He Yuan, then at Chen Si, and with a helpless smile said, "I don’t have a specific teaching plan. Sister Lin You arranged three classes per week for me, with all grades of students attending each class, and I teach according to my own plans."

"That’s right." Wenren Yu, putting down the kitchen knife with composed demeanor, continued, "Xixi is quite proficient in every course, so if she were to teach just one, it would waste the potential of the others. Therefore, Director Lin pondered for several days and still decided on such an arrangement for Xixi."

The teaching assignments are usually determined based on the professor’s own capabilities. For instance, both He Yuan and Chen Si excel in the visual presentation of dishes, hence visual perception and the relationship between color and taste matching were assigned to them.

But when it comes to Du Xixi, her culinary skills could be described as all-encompassing. Frying, baking, cooking, steaming—every cooking technique you can think of, Du Xixi knows them all, which made Lin You quite troubled when arranging for her.

Avoiding squandering Du Xixi’s talent, while also being concerned that using her for lesser tasks might discontent the students, Lin You racked her brains for a long time before coming up with this teaching arrangement.

Given that assigning Du Xixi to any single course was unsuitable, the decision was made not to assign her at all, but let her choose the teaching content herself—having three classes a week as a token of Lin You’s thoughtful consideration for Du Xixi.

Bear in mind, each class at Blue Star University lasts for a full ninety minutes. As for Du Xixi’s three classes, each will have an additional half-hour.

So, it’s not too unfair to He Yuan and the others, either.

He Yuan immediately sighed gloomily, "I was hoping to prepare for a class together with you."

If Du Xixi were to be a professor for one of the courses, even though the teaching content might differ, the general process would always be similar. He Yuan, worried she couldn’t write it out herself, could at least borrow from Du Xixi’s "answers."

But since Du Xixi will be setting the teaching content herself, whether or not to prepare for a class is meaningless to her. She already gained a wealth of teaching experience from previous live broadcasts, making class preparation merely redundant.

"I can accompany you," Du Xixi smiled, carefully rinsing her hands with clean water, "I am also worried about being stage-frightened with so many students, preparing a class might also be a sort of psychological preparation."

Whether it was teaching culinary skills in a live broadcast or evaluating students during the observation period, none were as daunting as now teaching face-to-face to the sixty-three students in the Food Department.

In a live broadcast, one cannot see fans and viewers, as long as Du Xixi doesn’t check the comments, she can "entertain herself" teaching food. And during the evaluation period, students came in separately, all idolizing and respecting Du Xixi, who taught with absolutely no pressure.

Yet teaching sixty-three students at once... Du Xixi was somewhat uneasy about the student number she had never tried even during the Blue Star period, and quite apprehensive about the situation spinning out of control.

Culinary mastery isn’t merely about mimicking recipes—it requires personal intention. Du Xixi wanted to bring out each student’s culinary level but worried about not enhancing the students’ skills and rather negatively influencing them.

Preparing for a class would give Du Xixi some psychological groundwork, which isn’t a bad idea.

Having heard Du Xixi’s words, He Yuan’s mood brightened again, yet seeing her clingy demeanor towards Du Xixi, Chen Si’s eyes dimmed.