Chapter 38
Chapter 38
After returning to the orphanage during the summer vacation, Linna still lived a busy life. Apart from discussing Harry's upbringing with Hermione, she also had a lot of things to deal with, such as the living dead virus that was being secretly researched by various countries.It's only been two weeks since the summer vacation, and Linna has already finished her homework ahead of schedule, so there are so many things she needs to solve this summer vacation!
Standing at No. 4 Privet Drive—the door of the Dursleys' house, Lena and Hermione heard the quarrel inside, and only heard Vernon Dursley roar loudly: "Harry Potter!! If you If you can’t control that damned owl, let it go!!”
As soon as Vernon's voice fell, Harry's voice tried to explain. "It's so stuffy, it needs to fly outside."
"You mean it's my fault?" Vernon replied in a sullen voice.
Hermione frowned slightly, and she said dissatisfiedly: "Oh, what a nuisance, I must take Harry away today, what the hell is this, how can Principal Dumbledore entrust Harry to their care? "
Lina didn't speak, she just reached out her hand and knocked on the door politely.
"Harry, stop dawdling, go and open the door for me!!" Petunia Dursley's roar sounded.
The door opened quickly, and Harry was astonished to see Lena and Hermione standing outside. "Sister? Hermione? Why are you here??"
"Come to see you, Harry." Hermione frowned slightly as she looked at Harry. She stretched out her hand and pinched his cheek, which resulted in a pain in her heart.
Merlin's smelly socks! !How could these bastards bully Harry so much that he was so skinny after only two weeks?
"Where are the clothes?" Linna also frowned and asked.
Harry was wearing an old suit, obviously ill-fitting, two or three times too big.There were also a few small cracks in the supposedly brand-new round-frame glasses on the bridge of the nose, and the fair and round cheeks that had been so hard to raise were now sunken. Judging from his current life, it is obvious that he is not living very well.
"It was taken by Dudley." Touching his face, Harry smiled awkwardly.
"Harry, who's here??" Vernon came out from the inside. When he saw Linna and Hermione standing outside the door, his expression suddenly became bad. Pushing Harry away, he said, "Don't open the door casually, you idiot!!"
After hearing this, Linna raised her foot and kicked Vernon in without saying a word.
It is really not easy to aim at the feet with such a large volume.
Seeing Vernon on all fours, Harry turned his head away and mourned for him in his heart.
Vernon was fat and bulky, and when he fell to the ground, one could imagine the great movement.Petunia ran out of the living room as soon as she heard the movement outside, and screamed when she saw Vernon fell to the ground. "Honey, what's the matter with you?" She knelt down and helped Vernon up with all her strength.
Vernon was panting heavily, his face was blushing, and there was an angry look in his eyes.
"Mr. Dursley, we are here to talk to you about Harry." Hermione stepped forward and explained the purpose of this trip.
"We have nothing to say!!" Petunia said sharply.
"Mrs. Dursley, I advise you to have a good talk with us, otherwise it won't be us, but people from the Children's Protection Association who will come to you later." Hermione blinked and smiled wickedly. .
It was the first time Harry discovered that Hermione was actually not easy to mess with. You see, the faces of Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia turned black.
However, they came here this time for him?
Petunia's face was a little blue, she obviously didn't expect Hermione to mention the Children's Protection Association, she managed to force a smile, and said, "In this case, please come in first, let's have a good talk."
Of course Vernon knew what the Children's Protection Association was. What kind of onion was a common man like him in front of the law?He had no choice but to swallow the resentment in his stomach aggrievedly. Although he really wanted to vent his anger on Harry, if he really did that now, it would be his own bad luck.With heavy steps, he came to the living room and asked Dudley, who didn't know why, to go upstairs. The following conversation was not suitable for his son to hear. As for Harry... "Harry, you also answer me to the room."
"Yes." Harry replied obediently.
As soon as Harry left, Hermione pulled Lina to sit on the sofa. She cleared her throat and said, "Well, I'll just explain why I'm here, Mr. and Mrs. Dursley. We want Harry's custody."
"Then I'll give it to you." Vernon replied immediately.
"No." Petunia glared at Vernon, rejecting Hermione's proposal.
"Reason?" Lina asked.
"Then ask Mrs. Dursley to give a reason for not agreeing." Hermione followed Linna's words.
"Oh, you have also seen that Harry is only 12 years old, and you are only 12 years old, how can you say that you want custody? Besides, I am Harry's aunt, and I am obliged to take care of him..." Pei When Ni said this, there was an embarrassed smile on her face.
"Oh, duty?" Linna chuckled, and she glanced at Petunia lightly.
Lina's laughter turned Petunia's face from blue to black. She knew that the girl in front of her was laughing at her. She looked very much like Lily back then, oh, it was so unpleasant. "Of course it's an obligation."
"Your so-called obligation is to abuse Harry, and let him be your child labor by the way?" Hermione said bluntly.
It's okay not to say this, but when Petunia and Vernon froze, they forgot about it.
Harry is not doing well in their house. In addition to doing housework and weeding, he also has to be a qualified punching bag. He even buys the necessities, and the clothes he wears do not fit, but Da old clothes.
Seeing their faces become so ugly, Hermione felt secretly happy.
Well, it is definitely the right decision to come here today to talk about Harry's custody.
"You don't need to worry about the custody issue, Harry will be raised by our Granger family." Hermione said with a smile.
"He's just staying here, since you want to take him away, please do so," Vernon said.
Vernon wished someone would take Harry away. He had had enough of giving Harry free food and drink for so many years.He didn't understand why Petunia wanted to prevent others from taking Harry away. Vernon didn't want Petunia to say a word at all. He grinned and continued, "When are you going to take Harry away?"
"Today." After Linna finished speaking, she stood up from the sofa.
She didn't expect that today would be so smooth, and she thought that custody rights would not be so easy to obtain.
"Oh oh oh, okay, I'll let Harry prepare the luggage now and go with you." Vernon said as he stood up from the sofa. He twisted his huge body and went upstairs quickly.
Petunia really didn't expect her husband to want Harry to go so much, and the words she wanted to say could only be stuck in her throat.
Hermione patted Linna on the shoulder and said, "I'll go up and have a look, how about you?"
"Stay." Lina only said one word.
"Okay, then wait for me." Hermione blinked and went upstairs cheerfully. She was going to help Harry pack his luggage and keep an eye on Vernon along the way.
In the living room, except for Penny and Linna, everyone else is gone.
Petunia looked up at Linna complicatedly, and said slowly, "You really look like Lily."
"Of course." If she wasn't like Lily, then something was wrong.
"Equally annoying." There was a trace of disgust in these words.
Lina didn't reply, she just looked at Penny with a distorted expression indifferently.
"After so many years, maybe... I was a little cruel to Harry, but I still raised him." Petunia's eyes suddenly became blank, and she spoke the next words as if she had opened a chatterbox . "Lily and I are sisters of the same mother, but no matter in terms of appearance, brains, magical talent or interpersonal communication... they all beat me. The parents' preference for Lily, the approval and praise of Lily from the people around, the one named Severus Snape's hazy love for Lily...everything makes me jealous, why does she have it but I don't?" Having said that, Petunia's eyes showed a trace of jealousy. "Oh, you know? I hate Lily to death, even if she is my own sister, although she is good to me, but those are not what I want!!"
"Then what do you want?" Lina asked softly.
"What... do I want?" Petunia was confused. She had hated Lily for so many years, what exactly did she want?
"Harry is innocent." Lena turned around and looked out the window.
"Harry is innocent?" The four words woke up Petunia like a bombshell, she looked at Linna complicatedly, and said, "You are not like Lily at all, she will never tell me These words, huh, should be these few words, she will say a lot of truths, how she loves me, but she has never really understood me. "
"It's the same for you." I also didn't know Lily Evans Potter.
"Perhaps." The halo around Lily's body is too dazzling, beautiful and radiant, which blinds Petunia's heart, and she forgets how she hugged her on the day Lily was born, saying that she would protect her for the rest of her life of.
After that, Petunia stopped talking, and she quietly cleaned up the dining table. When Harry and Hermione came down with their luggage, she raised her head slightly and said lazily, "Is there a car?"
Petunia's words surprised Harry, and he stared wide-eyed at his aunt, who had always disliked him.
"Yes." Hermione answered.
"Is everything sorted out?" Petunia asked lightly.
"It's all sorted out," Harry said obediently.
This time, Petunia didn't respond to Harry's words, she carried the plate and walked towards the kitchen.
Looking at the back of Penny leaving, a gleam of light flashed in Lina's eyes.
Perhaps this Aunt Petunia was just a poor fellow.
Jealousy is sometimes powerful and can change a person.
Lena came to Harry, helped him carry his luggage, and said, "Let's go."
"Yeah." Harry looked back at Vernon and Dudley who were standing at the top of the stairs wishing him to leave quickly, and said, "Goodbye, Uncle Vernon and Cousin Dudley."
After hearing Harry's words, Dudley waved happily. "Bye now."
With Harry gone, Dudley felt his life was complete.
Although, there is one less guy who can vent his anger.
Before leaving, Linna heard Penny's voice coming out of the kitchen. She looked back and saw Penny's lips twitching slightly.
Eyes flickered slightly, Linna nodded heavily at her.
Goodbye, Aunt Petunia!Goodbye, the Dursleys.
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