Chef at the University Canteen

Chapter 548 - 292: If You Don’t Train Hard, You’ll Let Down Jiang Yu’s Cooking

"Celebration feast?"

Liu Xiaohu reached out to wipe the water off his face, couldn’t help but turn his head and glance at him, and said with a smile,

"Isn’t the celebration feast prepared by Jiang Yu? If you’re hoping to taste the flavors of a celebration feast, you’d better eat more of the nutrition meals made by Jiang Yu tonight, and there’s no need to worry about any forbidden ingredients being added."

"The way you put it, I feel like I’m starting to get hungry already."

The student athlete who trains for sprints couldn’t help but touch his stomach, smacking his lips as he said,

"Ah, us athletes are really pitiful, can’t eat this, can’t eat that, have to limit energy intake to maintain bodily functions...

The last time I tasted the food from the Seventh Dining Hall was the last time!"

"Truly ’listening to a wise man’s words as if it’s insightful’!"

Liu Xiaohu couldn’t help but joke, raising his hand to pat the other’s shoulder as he said,

"Not gonna talk to you anymore, I’m off to continue training. If I don’t work hard, I’d feel guilty about the meal Jiang Yu prepared for us!"

"..."

The sprinting athlete listened to this, couldn’t help but be stunned for a moment, and after a while, finally came back to his senses.

He raised his hand to scratch the back of his head, thought for a moment, and also turned back to the indoor track to bury himself in training.

Liu Xiaohu is right, the provincial games are about to start, even though my chances of winning the championship are slim, I must at least work hard for it!

Otherwise, I’d really feel guilty about the meal Jiang Yu prepared for us...

Meanwhile, on the other side, a group of student athletes who had just completed several sets of explosive training breathed heavily as they went to the sideline to hydrate, their faces excited as they chatted:

"To prepare for the provincial games, I haven’t eaten at the Seventh Dining Hall for a long time, and didn’t expect the academy to be so supportive, directly inviting Jiang Yu to help us with nutrition meals!"

"The academy is doing this to give us more motivation for training, but honestly, I’ve been craving Jiang Yu’s cooking for a long time!"

"I wonder what delicious food Jiang Yu will prepare for us tonight. Just thinking about it makes my mouth water!"

"Almost there! Let’s push through and finish the remaining sets, then we can head to the dining hall for a meal!"

"Nutrition meals are delicious, but they can’t match the variety of dishes at a celebration feast, pals. We still have to work hard and strive to win a gold medal at the provincial games, that’s the real deal!"

"Go, go, go! Win the gold medal for the prize money and have a celebration feast personally made by Jiang Yu, it’s a win-win situation!"

"..."

In the corner on one side of the training hall, Lin Yahu and Yin Tao were sitting on a bench against the wall, their eyes scanning like surveillance cameras, constantly watching the athletes training in the hall.

As he watched, a smile slowly appeared on Yin Tao’s sun-tanned old face, and he said with a broad grin:

"Xiaolin, your ’culinary motivation plan’ really works, look at this bunch of little rascals, each training like they’re on steroids, shouting and practicing hard.

If it were the past, they’d complain endlessly after a few sets, coming up with ways to slack off, and with my temper, I’d want to whip them to death!"

"Haha, it’s like driving a donkey in the countryside, whipping it won’t make it move forward, but might accidentally kick you instead."

Lin Yahu held a teacup, took a sip while smiling and said,

"So, people in the countryside often dangle a carrot in front of a donkey, making it want to eat but just out of reach, enticing the donkey to walk forward on its own.

Our method is pretty much similar, these athletes are like the donkey, and Jiang Yu’s celebration feast is the carrot."

"Your metaphor is really spot on."

Yin Tao couldn’t help but laugh, nodding repeatedly as he said,

"These little rascals do have a donkey’s temperament, refusing to move when urged, retreating when pushed!

If we didn’t create a ’carrot’ to hang in front of their heads, would they be training so diligently now?

See, we’re sitting here resting, and they’re training hard on their own."

After a pause, he suddenly seemed to recall something, raised his hand to scratch his head, hesitated and said,

"But, even though training enthusiasm is up and intensity is about right, with less than half a month left before the provincial games open, as coaches, there’s not much more we can do.

Xiaolin, how many gold medals do you think our team can take home at the provincial games?

I just feel uncertain in my heart!"

"I really can’t say how many gold medals they’ll win at the provincial games."

Lin Yahu looked afar at the athletes still sweating profusely in the training hall, couldn’t help but shake his head, he said with a furrowed brow,

"Most of our athletes are participating in such a large event for the first time, so it’s inevitable they’ll feel nervous.

Whether they can win medals still depends on their performance during the competition!"

Yin Tao, somewhat troubled, scratched his head again, sighed and said,

"That’s true, but if the results are too poor, we won’t be able to explain it to the dean!"

"What’s there that can’t be explained?"

Lin Yahu glanced at him and said lightly,

"We asked the dean to invite Jiang Yu for nutrition meals, and it was for the students, not for ourselves."