CHAPTER 458: CHAPTER 155 SUBSTITUTE TEACHING_2

"But..." He Yuan sneaked a glance at Chen Si, just happening to meet his gaze, quickly turned her head shyly, then pouted and said, "Xixi, didn’t you marry the Marshal without ever meeting him?"

"Love after marriage!" Du Xixi stubbornly stretched her neck, "What? I’m not allowed to date Ke Lian after I marry him?"

"Allowed! Of course allowed!" He Yuan blushed, feeling Chen Si’s gaze seemed to linger on her, but with Du Xixi in front of her, she was too embarrassed to respond, thus she stomped her foot in frustration, grabbed Du Xixi’s hand, and ran upstairs, "Xixi, I don’t understand some class matters, let’s hurry to your office!"

"Hey!" Du Xixi was suddenly pulled upstairs by He Yuan, followed by a few mechanical soldiers who also ran along, in an instant leaving only Chen Si alone on the stairs, not having reacted yet.

He rested his hand on the railing and slightly looked up, wanting to hear He Yuan and Du Xixi’s movements, but they were too fast, and within just a short while, they had already reached Du Xixi’s office, leaving the stairs completely silent, with nothing else discernible.

It’s unclear how much time had passed when a diligent student arrived early, wanting to practice knife skills in the classroom, but after only a few steps, spotted Chen Si standing there grinning foolishly.

The student halted his steps, speaking hesitantly, "Professor Chen... Are you okay?" Why did he look silly?

It’s no wonder the student hesitated, as Chen Si usually portrayed a calm and composed image in class, commanding respect without anger when facing students. Now, this silly grin... really ruined his image.

The smile on Chen Si’s face almost instantly vanished, he glanced at the student who seemed to be questioning life, hand clenched over his mouth as he coughed, then said, "I heard that changing one’s facial expression helps in infusing emotions when cooking."

"Hmm."

"I’m just practicing, in everyday life, I’m not like this."

"Hmm."

"I..."

"Hmm!"

Chen Si: ...

Alright, can’t explain this.

While Chen Si was there trying hard to salvage his image, Du Xixi and He Yuan were already causing a ruckus in the office.

"Chen Si, huh, not much progress before, but now he’s captured your heart," Du Xixi poked He Yuan’s forehead, letting He Yuan shyly fall onto her shoulder, "Have you really fallen for him?"

"Actually, I’ve liked him for a long time," He Yuan smiled shyly, thinking about all the years she had spent with Chen Si, feeling a sweetness in her heart, "I had quite a good impression of him since the year I joined the Cultural Relics Bureau. He’s genuinely been very good to me."

"Is it sending water when you’re thirsty or clothes when you’re cold?" Du Xixi rarely gossiped about those around her, but now she couldn’t help but do so, "interrogating" He Yuan, causing He Yuan to cover her face bashfully.

"Xixi, stop asking!"

It’s not that He Yuan didn’t want to tell Du Xixi, but... He Yuan bit her lower lip, because this matter was truly too embarrassing, and just thinking about Chen Si rendered her speechless.

Du Xixi glanced helplessly at her, feeling a bit unsatisfied from half-eaten gossip but didn’t want to force He Yuan to reveal those little affectionate details, so she smiled and changed the subject, starting a conversation about class affairs, "Zhang Ye is something else, leaving so urgently without even telling me where he is in the teaching."

Additionally, the Cultural Relics Bureau is truly peculiar, calling Zhang Ye back to handle matters is one thing, but insisting on emulating the military department by not allowing Zhang Ye to use the Light Computer during office hours.

This leaves Du Xixi with no way to inquire.

"The semester has just started a bit over a month ago, he’s probably only taught ten or so classes, so likely hasn’t covered much, right?" He Yuan pondered, reckoning that Zhang Ye’s teaching progress wouldn’t be fast.

Knife tool introduction and application differ from other subjects, as knowledge is found entirely through practice, with theoretical knowledge being pitifully scarce. In fact, among those ten or so classes, Zhang Ye probably didn’t even dedicate one and a half classes to theory.

And knife skills are not easy to master, the rapid progress made by He Yuan and the others back then was largely thanks to Du Xixi’s hands-on teaching and their determination to practice even through the nights.

Why did Lin You decide to assign the knife tool introduction and application class to Zhang Ye back then? Probably him climbing stairs late at night was a contributing factor. A professor who’s willing to climb walls for culinary practice must have plenty of perseverance!