Big Fish felt aggrieved and couldn’t help but step forward, wanting to question, “I am a human now!”

Chancellor Wen’s expression was extremely grim, his amiable smile completely gone. He turned his head away, not wanting to even look at Big Fish. “Humans and supernatural creatures are different. Please respect yourself.”

The image of a winged carp speaking human language was so deeply ingrained in his mind that Chancellor Wen could still vividly recall it. The fish’ transformation into human form didn’t dispel his fear; instead, it intensified it, creating a sense of disconnection between reality and illusion.

Once bitten by a snake, afraid of ropes for ten years.

Chancellor Wen couldn’t help but feel suspicious. Since the wenyao could transform from fish into human and could move around in the world undetected, was it possible that the original forms of other people he knew in life were also supernatural creatures?

Chancellor Wen looked around, scanning his colleagues around him, and finally stopping at Luo Huai’an.

Seeing him staring at her, Luo Huai’an smiled politely, her smile very bright.

Chancellor Wen was touched by her smile and breathed a sigh of relief. His worries were unnecessary. They all looked so normal, how could they be a supernatural creature?

Because there were other people present, Chancellor Wen had deliberately lowered his voice so that only a few school leaders who were familiar with the situation heard it.

The other school leaders remained silent and refrained from interfering in the Chancellor’s private affairs. However, they felt a pang of regret at the dramatic change in the Chancellor’s attitude. There was previously a beautiful painting of a wenyao in the Chancellor’s office, but now not even a trace of it could be found.

In ancient times, Lord Ye loved dragons, and today, Lord Wen loved fish!

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

Big Fish was struck by the stark contrast between Chancellor Wen’s attitude towards him and towards Luo Huai’an. He was deeply shocked. He let out a long sob, turned his back and continued to wipe the table, his back looking very lonely.

Chancellor Wen felt a bit sorry for him, but the current situation prevented him from showing too much sympathy to the wenyao. After all, the wenyao had made too many mistakes. If they hadn’t come to cause trouble, the Eighth Cafeteria would be open right now, and no one would have been frightened.

Chancellor Wen put away his sympathy for the wenyao, walked up to Luo Huai’an, and whispered, “How have they been behaving lately? Do you really want them to stay here?”

To be honest, for both personal and public reasons, Chancellor Wen didn’t want the wenyao to stay in school.

Big Fish’s back looked increasingly bleak, even a little hunched.

Chancellor Wen pretended not to see him and stared straight at Luo Huai’an, expecting her to kick the wenyao out of the school.

Luo Huai’an blinked. She understood the Chancellor’s concerns, but honestly, unpaid workers were incredibly useful. 

Perhaps due to their race, the wenyao weren’t particularly bright, but they were quite obedient. Only Big Fish was constantly thinking about usurping the throne. The little Fishes had long since settled down, their spoon-shaking honed to perfection and their arithmetic much improved. Because Big Fish’s wife enjoyed the staff meals, she worked even harder, and the kitchen became much more efficient with her around.

Luo Huai’an coughed lightly, pretending not to understand the Chancellor’s intentions. “Chancellor, they are doing an excellent job, there is really no need to drive them away.”

Chancellor Wen sighed, thinking about what the department officials had said, and finally accepted reality. He heard that the authorities had already imposed many restrictions on the wenyao, preventing them from harming anyone. Despite Chancellor Wen’s own fears, the wenyao could indeed work in the school without compromising public safely.

Chancellor Wen withdrew his thoughts and remembered the important matter he wanted to discuss, so he turned around and invited another person in.

The man was about thirty or forty years old and looked very dignified.

Chancellor Wen smiled and introduced him to Luo Huai’an, “This is the commander of our school’s military training unit. His surname is Zhang. You can call him Instructor Zhang.”

“Hello, Instructor Zhang.”

“Hello,” Instructor Zhang nodded, his face expressionless and very solemn.

Seeing his expression, Luo Huai’an seemed to have thought of something and turned to look at Vice Chancellor Ling next to her. Vice Chancellor Ling also had an expressionless face. In terms of majesty, he was even more dignified than Instructor Zhang and could almost stop a child from crying at night.

Luo Huai’an had a thought that these two people seemed to be quite similar.

After Instructor Zhang greeted Luo Huai’an, he turned to look at Vice Chancellor Ling, his eyes full of admiration: “… Captain!”

After hearing his address, Vice Chancellor Ling frowned and said, “I’m not your captain anymore, so don’t call me ‘Captain’.”

Instructor Zhang immediately stood at attention and responded, “Got it!”

Luo Huai’an suddenly had a realization. No wonder the two of them had such similar temperaments; it turned out they were comrades.

Chancellor Wen looked at Luo Huai’an and said with a smile, “It’s like this. The freshman military training will begin tomorrow, and the instructors have all arrived at the school. I came here to discuss with you the relevant matters related to the instructors’ meals.”

Instructors, like students, needed to eat. Because the large number of people involved in military training made centralized management difficult, instructors ate individually. Traditionally, the school would find a cafeteria and negotiate a menu with the cafeteria contractor. The cafeteria would prepare dishes based on the menu, typically two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes, plus some fruit. The cafeteria staff would prepare the food and would place the corresponding meal trays on the designated tables during mealtimes.

In this way, during mealtimes, the instructors did not have to line up with the students and could eat hot meals as soon as they arrived at the cafeteria.

Last year, the Seventh Cafeteria was responsible for this matter.

This year, Chancellor Wen thought about it and felt that Luo Huai’an’s cooking skills were so good that they were worth promoting, so he decided to settle the matter with the Eighth Cafeteria.

Luo Huai’an was very happy and cooperated with them to work out the details of the cooperation. When Luo Huai’an saw the amount on the contract, she was overjoyed.

After a while, she couldn’t help but complain, Why is the military training in college only one month? Wouldn’t it be better to have a year of military training?

She then spoke out what was in her heart.

Chancellor Wen’s smile froze on his face: “…”

Other school leaders: “…”

Instructor Zhang, on the other hand, felt like he had met a kindred spirit and nodded deeply. “What you said makes a lot of sense. I think so, too. These days, students are as weak as chicks and need to strengthen their bodies. A strong youth is a strong nation. Only when they are strong can our motherland prosper.”

Luo Huai’an also nodded deeply, “I think so too!”

These two people had different ideas, but they reached a consensus through different paths. Vice President Ling also nodded seriously to express his approval.

Mythical Beast Cafeteria translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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T/N: It’s funny because Chancellor Wen and Big Fish’ interactions are being deliberately portrayed as scumbag man and lovelorn girl 😂

Big Fish: What a heartless man! You obviously liked me before
Wen: We have already broken up. Please respect yourself.
Big Fish turns away, her back lonely: Wuwuwu.

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Chapter 9.2 — Seduce The New Students
Chapter 10 — The Only New Variable Is The Eighth Cafeteria
Chapter 11 — Eat In Front Of The Freshmen During Military Training
Chapter 12.1 — Suzhou-style Mung Bean Soup
Chapter 12.2 — Suzhou-style Mung Bean Soup
Chapter 12.3 — Suzhou-style Mung Bean Soup
Chapter 13.1 — Suzhou-style Mung Bean Soup Part II
Chapter 13.2 — Suzhou-style Mung Bean Soup Part II
Chapter 13.3 — Suzhou-style Mung Bean Soup Part II
Chapter 14.1 — Pepper Pancakes
Chapter 14.2 — Pepper Pancakes