Chapter 102 It's the Victory of the Big Money
Chapter 102 It's the Victory of the Big Money
Back in Godric's Hollow, Qiubai picked a handful of daisies that bloomed just right in the garden, and found a newspaper in the study to wrap the flowers.I don't know which issue of the Daily Prophet it was, but the person in the photo hid by the frame in disgust, for fear that flowers and branches would scratch it.
The sky was getting dark, and the afterglow of the setting sun dyed the road orange. Qiubai held a bouquet and walked towards the church with Severus.From time to time, two people walked by in the square, some of them ran to the bar, and some of them ran back home.They all hurried past a monument full of words, but in Qiu Bai's eyes, it was a statue of a family of three.
Without stopping, they walked into the path beside the church together.The ruins behind the church were fenced off, and a narrow door was added to the entrance to the cemetery.Pushing open the narrow door, they walked to the next few rows of tombstones.Qiubai's memory had some deviations, and it was only Severus who stood in front of Allen's grave smoothly.Allen's tombstone has more traces of the years, but the photo of him still smiles brightly.
Qiubai put the bouquet on the tombstone and sat beside it.After staring deeply for a few minutes, Qiubai choked up and said: "I finally did it, Alan...Dad..."
Without saying anything more, Qiubai took Severus and bowed in front of the grave, then turned and left with Severus.Following the last twilight, Severus took Qiubai to another tomb. There was no photo on it, only a name "Charlotte Ferry Smith".
"I am very grateful to her." Qiubai said, "Thanks to her body for being willing to accommodate my soul. I am also sorry for letting her body be buried underground in that way."
Severus squeezed Qiubai's hand tightly, what he saw that night was something he never wanted to recall for the rest of his life.Nobody knew how devastated he was when he saw Charlotte's twisted arms and legs.
Qiubai also bowed to the tombstone.Then they returned home together under the stars.The home is warm, there is already a star-studded dinner on the table, and the poured butter beer is placed on the side of the plate, waiting for the hosts to clink glasses in celebration.
The next day was also the moment Qiubai had been looking forward to for many years. She first went to Gringotts to exchange a box of British pounds, then found out the bank card used to collect dividends, and went to a bank in London to look inside. What shocked her was that she also became a rich woman in the Muggle world.
"This..." Qiubai, who went out with his bank card, still hadn't recovered from the string of zeros, "Why...why are there so many?"
Severus couldn't answer her question because he didn't know much about the Muggle world himself.But on the way to find the shopping mall, Qiubai found the reason.She could see a "Betty's Pet Store" on every street she passed, and she saw the cover of Tammy Taylor in the magazines sold by the roadside.Tammy turned out to be a well-known entrepreneur...
"Time really changes a lot...but she still remembers my dividend..." Qiubai sighed.
Pull Severus into a mall, and the shopping frenzy begins.Not only did she buy a lot of outfits for herself and Severus, but also for the upcoming Harry.
The magic came into play at this time. Qiubai stuffed all these clothes into the storage bracelet in a hidden place, and finally put on new clothes with ease, stepped on the high-heeled shoes that Qiubai was not used to, and stood outside the mall.
A big sun hat, a pair of sunglasses that cover half of the face, flaming red lips, a long black dress that shows off your figure, and black high heels that are more than 2 inches under your feet. The thin black ribbon is shining in the white Alluring at the ankle.With her proud height and temperament, Qiubai has attracted the attention of many people. She is like a cover girl who just walked out of a fashion magazine.
"Too flamboyant," Severus said through gritted teeth.
"I've got to show Vernon Dursley a good look. There's someone behind Harry," said Chomber childishly. "Well, I'm going to buy a car."
Severus couldn't bear the eyes of everyone and used a Muggle ignore spell around Qiubai. Finally, those eyes moved away in confusion, "You know how to drive that Muggle thing?"
"Oh, if there is no difference from 500 years later." Qiu Bai shrugged and went to the auto shop to buy a car in full. According to the waiter in the shop, this is already the latest luxury car.Sitting in the driver's seat, Qiubai suddenly laughed and fell on the steering wheel. When Severus was writhing on pins and needles and cast doubtful eyes, Qiubai said, "I always feel like a rich man now."
Severus didn't understand the term "big money", much less the meaning behind it.It was difficult for Qiubai to explain this kind of meaning with Chinese characteristics, but Severus didn't really want to know.
He stayed in the car restlessly for less than 5 minutes, and said to Qiubai, "I won't go, I'll go back to Godric's Hollow."
"Okay..." Qiubai leaned over and gave Severus a superficial kiss, "Then wait until I bring the child home."
Potter in Severus' mind seemed to explode, he bared his teeth in disgust, and quickly left in the whirlpool, leaving Qiubai to say "goodbye" to a cloud of air.
"I hope I can get used to the driving seat on the right." Qiubai started the ignition and moved slowly to the road... Taking out a map from the storage box, Qiubai began to slowly head towards Surrey Go to the county.
Thinking silently of No. 4, Privet Road, Xiaohuijin District, Qiu Bai asked several times before finally finding the specific location.Qiubai parked the car by the wall of another car, used a disguise magus for himself in a good mood, pulled out the mirror on the car and took a closer look, it was perfect!
After pushing open the car door and getting out of the car, Qiu Bai stood in front of the door and knocked.It was Harry who opened the door. He looked at the beautiful woman in front of him suspiciously, and Qiubai pulled off his sunglasses and winked at him.Harry saw those familiar blue eyes and immediately opened them wide in surprise.
"Who is it? Who is it?" A boy as fat as a meatball ran over and roughly pushed Harry away. "Hi, Miss, who are you looking for?"
"Who is it?" A tall and thin woman holding a rag came out of the kitchen, looked up and down when she saw Qiubai, but her eyes were full of doubts, this was a visitor who hadn't made an appointment.
With a smirk, Qiubai took off his sunglasses and said to the woman, "Penny, are you okay?"
The rag in Petunia's hand fell to the ground, and she screamed as if seeing a ghost, "Su...Charlotte!"
Qiubai pinched her ears, "I didn't expect to see you in more than ten years, and you went to study high-pitched singing?" She resumed her perfect smirk, "I'm not welcome, Petunia."
"You...you..." Petunia's voice trembled, and she also attracted Vernon from the room. His round belly seemed to burst through the buttons of his clothes. It's hard to imagine how the father and son made themselves so fat of.
"What's the matter? What's the matter!" Vernon ran out in a hurry.
"Hello, Mr. Dursley." Qiubai greeted Vernon.
Vernon narrowed his bean-sized eyes, carefully recalling who the person in front of him was, and finally he thought of something, his eyes were as big as Petunia, and then he picked up a baseball bat from the side, "You... You are a human or a ghost..."
"Of course she's human," said Harry loudly.
"Okay, okay." Vernon made a gesture to rush to Harry and grab him. "Is this your trick again?"
Qiubai grabbed the baseball bat and threw it aside, "Is this how the Dursleys treat guests?" She glared at Dudley who was about to pick up the baseball bat.Dudley hid behind Petunia with a look of horror on his face.
Qiubai sat down on the sofa, pulled Harry to his side, raised his chin and pointed to the empty sofa opposite, "Come, sit, we need to have a good talk."
The three of them moved and sat down. The thin Petunia was squeezed between two fat ones, one big and one small, and it seemed a bit difficult.With a hook, Qiubai summoned the teapot on the dining table, poured two cups of tea in front of them, and gave one of them to Harry.
After Qiubai took a sip of tea, he said to the three people on the opposite side: "Then... let's start..."
"First of all, I have to introduce myself. Charlotte Smith is Harry's godmother. This time, I am here for Harry." Dudley let out a short scream when he heard this, but was caught by Petunia. Cover your mouth.
After Petunia's hand was bitten viciously by Dudley, she gave Dudley a dull look, then turned her head and said to Qiu Bai: "Xia...Charlotte, I don't remember that you won't...you won't... ..."
"No way?" Qiubai hooked his fingers again, and the teapot was put back on the dining table, "I have to say, the guests are required to pour the tea themselves, you are really rude."
"What! Are you taking the brat away at last?" said Vernon gruffly.
"Of course, it's impossible for me to put him here to be abused again, don't you think?" Qiubai asked leisurely.
"Who? Who abused him." Vernon stalked his red neck, his eyes were guilty and he did not dare to look at Qiubai, and he bluffed, "We have done enough, look, look, eat and drink for free For more than ten years, he wore the clothes given by Penny and me, but he didn't know how to be grateful?"
"Dudley gave me those clothes when he stopped wearing them," said Harry coldly.The sweatshirt Harry was wearing was so bulky that the sleeves had to be rolled up five times to show his hands, and the hem of the sweatshirt dragged down to the knees of the enormously baggy jeans...
"Don't talk to me like that!" Vernon exasperated, trembling.
"Yes, don't talk to him like that, Harry." Qiubai smiled and pulled Harry's baggy clothes, but his eyes were full of coldness. "It doesn't make sense to talk to such a person."
"You!" Vernon's fat body was shaking.Petunia next to him had an increasingly strange expression, and since Dudley saw Qiubai cast a spell, he seemed to have shrunk and shrunk beside him like a quail.
"Really, Petunia, I never thought you would become like this." Qiubai looked at Petunia, the disappointment in his eyes seemed to overwhelm her, "You used to love your relatives, although you don't Love Lily's magic, but secretly you still worry about her. But you keep changing, becoming more and more cold and cruel. I don't ask you to give Harry a good life, but at least you shouldn't abuse him .”
Petunia trembled her lips and said nothing, her eyes were red, as if she had lost her anger.
"You really let me down, Petunia." Qiubai said with a sigh.Although Petunia was a bit mean when she was young, she still had a good heart.She will comfort Charlotte who has lost her mother, and will leave Charlotte with every year's textbooks, and is even willing to give Charlotte a tutor.Being neglected by her mother would be sad, she said she hated Lily, and would still give her presents on her birthday.
How did all this change?Since the death of Mr. and Mrs. Evans?Or has it changed before then.Qiubai didn't know, but the person in front of her was no longer the one in her memory who was holding her and crying.
"You..." Vernon wanted to speak again, Qiubai waved his hand to seal his mouth, and Dudley covered his mouth in horror, fearing that he would be the next one.
"I... I thought you were all dead." Petunia's voice trembled, tears streaming down her cheeks, "Magic is an evil thing, it took away my parents, my sister and friends , I can't let it take away any of my relatives, I can't!"
"So you don't want Harry to go to Hogwarts?"
Petunia turned her head and said nothing, maybe she had some thoughts.But in fact she was just worried that Harry would eventually bring their family into the wizarding world.It was a dangerous world out of her reach, a world she would rather never have known.
Qiubai sighed, anyway, Petunia did make Harry grow up.From Petunia's point of view, starting from her situation, she also devoted a lot of energy to raising Harry.It's just that in terms of feelings, Qiubai really can't accept it.
"I always say what I say." Qiubai took out a black box from the storage bracelet, "I am very grateful that you didn't throw Harry out, but you are willing to raise him. This is a thank you gift."
"As for the suffering you caused Harry, I will also get it back." Qiubai smiled like a devil, "You should educate your children well."
Dudley screamed and got up and ran upstairs.
"What did you do to him?" Petunia stood up in horror.
"It's not a bad thing, Petunia." Qiubai also stood up, "It's just to give him some dreams. -Harry, go and pack your luggage, it's getting dark, we have to go home quickly."
Harry jumped up, "I'll get it right away!" He had already packed all his things and was waiting for his mum Charles to pick him up.
He brought down a huge suitcase upstairs, full of things he needed to go to school and all his precious treasures - the invisibility cloak, the broomstick that Qiu Bai gave him (the other one he lent to Luo as agreed) Well), the Marauder's Map, and a few makeshift clothes.While he was tidying up he even pulled out all the food that had been hidden under the loose floorboard, and searched and searched the corners of the bedroom for any forgotten spellbooks and quills.
He dared to say that there was absolutely no trace of him in that room.He was about to say goodbye to this place, and he really had never been happier.
The cage containing Hedwig bumped and knocked, Qiu Bai waved his hand, and the big box floated up.Then she went out with Hedwig's cage in her left hand and Harry's big box in her right hand.Harry hurried out with his autumn sunglasses and hat.
After putting Harry's suitcase into the trunk, he released Hedwig from the cage, "Little girl, is it okay to stay in the car?" Qiubai flicked Hedwig's snow-white feathers.Hedwig proudly agreed, and then stood on the back seat.
Petunia and Vernon were also standing in front of the door. When Harry excitedly got into the passenger seat, Petunia shouted: "Charlotte!"
Seeing her pointing at Vernon, Qiubai remembered that he hadn't broken the spell.A few steps back to the door, Qiubai waved his hand, and Vernon was able to speak.He looked at Qiubai's car and whispered in shock: "The latest version..."
"I'm leaving, Petunia." Qiubai said his last goodbye.
"But... but... about blood magic?" Petunia asked.
"You don't need to worry about that, I won't let Harry have anything to do." Qiubai raised his chin, "Your good Dudley will be all right, the spell will be broken in a week. So, just leave it! "
Qiubai got into the car, started the car, and drove away.
The sky is gradually getting dark, and the setting sun is about to disappear on the horizon.Qiubai drove the car to more and more remote places.There was nothing around the road, so Qiubai found a place and stopped.
"What did you do to Dudley?" Harry asked.
"Let him go through your experience in a dream." Qiubai said, "I want to empathize with him so that he can understand what's wrong with him. Come on, get out of the car."
"Where are we going!" Harry looked around suspiciously.
"Go to Godric's Hollow, have you heard of it? You lived there when you were a child." Qiubai replied, "But it's too far away. It will take a day for this non-magic car to drive there. We have to change our method. "
"Riding a broomstick?" Harry was even happier.
"No, a faster way." Qiubai blinked.
Harry took Hedwig out of the car, and Qiubai placed a huge protective spell around him just to be on the safe side, ensuring that no one would see her next operation.
She took off the biological ring and threw it on the ground.The small ring quickly hovered and turned into a big ring thick for two people.Qiubai put Hedwig inside, and Harry also looked down curiously.
"Is it a room?" Harry asked.
"More than that." Qiubai changed the ring back into a ring and put it back on his finger, "I'll take you in to play then, but now the important thing is to go home first, you can see that the sun is almost setting."
Harry nodded.Qiubai patted the front of the car, and the car gradually shrunk until it was the size of a palm.It looked like Dudley's toy car to Harry, and it was impossible to imagine that he had just been sitting in it.Qiubai put the shrunken car into the storage bracelet.
"Take my arm, Harry," she said to Harry. "Must not let go, you know?"
"Yeah!" Harry grabbed Qiubai's arm.
After a snap, they disappeared together in the vortex.Harry held on to Chomber's arm tightly, as if afraid that Chomber's arm would break free from his grasp.His eyes were pitch black, and after being strongly squeezed from all directions, he finally came alive.
Qiubai rubbed the tearful Harry's head, she had a deep feeling of how uncomfortable apparation and entourage were.But time will help him overcome this difficulty, and now Qiubai no longer suffers from apparition.
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