[HP] Hogwarts Muggle University

Lily hadn't seen Severus in a while.

When she was on vacation, she saw that Severus hadn't responded to her messages for a long time, and Lily rushed to Spider's End to find him.But she had just turned into the alley when she heard the sound of beating and cursing from No. 19.

Bang—a wine bottle came out of the window and smashed to pieces. Lily trembled, not daring to stay here any longer.

At dinner that day, she talked about the voices from Snape's house to the Evans couple. Her parents looked at each other. Finally, Mr. Evans coughed and slowly put down the knife and fork in his hand:

"Lily, you'd better keep a little distance from that boy in the future."

"Why?" Lily asked without thinking, "I've known Sif for many years." It wasn't until she looked up and saw the expressions of the Evanses who hesitated to speak, that she realized that they seemed to be serious, " Do you think he's going to spoil me?"

"We didn't assert that," added Mr. Evans hastily, but his wife shook her head:

"Don't set yourself on fire?"

Lily finally faced her parents' words seriously: "What's the matter?"

"It's all over the town," Mrs. Evans said with a sigh. "That scum forced his wife to try to borrow money for him to drink and gamble. He assigned her to ask the former neighbor for money that day. She didn't ask for it. Come back. Afterwards, she was given a good beating. That scumbag also ransacked the box and took away the money she left behind... I heard that the money was not much, and she just wanted to save some money for her son."

"Even if Snape won't bring you down, do you think his father's behavior won't bother you?" said Mr. Evans. "He'll do anything for a little money." , I used to force my wife to ask for money from her natal family, but now I want my wife to ask all kinds of acquaintances for money. If he wants to hear some gossip, it will be no wonder if he doesn't annoy you to death!"

Lily immediately understood Mr. Evans' subtext: "Severus and I are just friends."

"Really?" asked Mr. Evans lightly. "Not everyone thinks so."

The small discussion at the Evans family dinner table was just a fleeting moment, but Lily met Snape by chance a few days later.

"Severus?" Lily stopped her bike in surprise, "what are you doing here?"

She just happened to pass by this street on her bicycle, and spotted Snape by the dumpster at a glance.

"I..." Snape's face suddenly turned purple, "I'm just...uh..."

"What are you picking up wine bottles for?" Lily asked bluntly.

Snape's face turned slightly pale, and after a few seconds of stalemate, he finally replied: "For measuring instruments... for chemical experiments."

Lily froze for a moment, having nothing to say.

"How have you been lately?" she finally asked, "When I passed by your door the other day, I heard..."

"Oh, yes." Snape's expression darkened instantly, he grabbed the thread on his sweater, "Don't come to me if you have nothing to do in the future."

Lily frowned deeply: "What's going on?"

"He's going crazy." Snape said gloomily. "He beats my mother every day, and I can at least stop it a little at home." He said, rolling up his sleeves to reveal the bruise on his upper arm, "This is In a fit of rage, he smashed it with a desk lamp."

"My God!"

"Anyway, that's it." Snape interrupted her, "Don't go to my house in the future if you have nothing to do."

Without waiting for Lily to answer, he picked up the cloth bag full of empty wine bottles and hurriedly disappeared at the other end of the alley.